A Lot of Cool People are Banned!

[welshsmoker]

fuck i cant read fast enough to keep up with this thread, mind you i am well stoned on my 5th tinny and giggling like a baby, i thank you all..

 

[Dj1209]

I can share that responsibility with you

@poplars, fdd has been a puppet for a while, I don't think he's a bad guy because he went on a nit-picking infraction/banning rampage, that was expected.

maybe we should start a club?

 

[poplars]

fuck i cant read fast enough to keep up with this thread, mind you i am well stoned on my 5th tinny and giggling like a baby, i thank you all..

the speed at which this thread has grown really shows the need for this kind of change... I went from feeling this place had no community to now I'm starting to feel like there is a vibe growing again...


we just need to be able to get shit off our chests and get over it... no more on edge no insults bullshit...

I can't tell you guys how much this feels like prohibition to me... we're all fucked up from it, and after its lifted there will be periods of abuse, followed by balance and some of the best effects possible, such as this place feeling like it once did, a warm community with possibility....

not a dark cold place of people on edge at eachothers throats with heartless trolls poking and proding at the few people who have hearts left.

I don't mean to sound corny but this is serious shit, if we can't have a community online wtf do we have anymore? local communities don't really exist anymore...

 

[LostReefSponger]

Cool debate and all, but the bottom line is it takes two to tango. When you respond to me, you're guiltier than I am, because you're the last player to act. Granted I'm pr0 at being hard to ignore, the ball is still residually in the court of the opposition.

Time for work, ya'll have fun now.

Doc has a point here. It is usually the second offender that gets caught. First offender strikes while people aren't looking for it, then once it happens and everyone jumps on them and starts bashing them then of course they are the ones that get caught and get infractions because now the attention has finally changed to the insults that happened. Do I agree that the troll shouldn't be punished and the defenders should? No, but then again it wouldn't be too hard for a mod to recognize the instigator and punish them, I seem to see that when a troll disappears then the insults tend to disipate (sp?) afterwards too...weird.

 

[Dj1209]

I can share that responsibility with you

@poplars, fdd has been a puppet for a while, I don't think he's a bad guy because he went on a nit-picking infraction/banning rampage, that was expected.

Maybe we should start a club?

 

[SocataSmoker]

And yours. Almost. Close. Very close. So close. Inch away. Just a little more. LMFAO. xD

Can you see it?

I'm leaning back...

 

[I<3 Bull Dykes]

Yes, it would be so nice to put it behind us and bring back the Toke'n'Talk that was enjoyed by many...

But of course, that would mean that a few members who act like grade school children would have to stop acting like that.

However, that's a very doubtful possibility, unless... hopefully FDD will come back and ban the ones who instigate all this crap.

For all of those that mistakenly think FDD is bad, just be lucky you don't have me as a moderator





You know that "Just sayin'" is indeed fanning the flames, instigating... it's not good for the community, and it's not the best showing of an adult-like mentality.

Sure, it may not be against the rules, but if it's bad for the community and thus, needs to stop... I'm supportive of banning those that instigate others, including mods... by "fanning the flames".

It's a private forum, your presence here is a privilege and not a right, if you see otherwise you are free to leave or act stupid enough to get a ban.

Eat a dick.

 

[Serapis]

We obviously do not hang out in the same bars, lol.... in real life insulting words often lead to fights. A long time ago, they led to duels to the death. We don't need that shit here on RIU...

Poplars used to be a guy I didn't like, mainly because of his calling guys tools and pricks and whatnot. But after reading more from you on this thread I see you aren't trying to put anyone down or anything but instead getting your opinion across. A lot of people on here type like they talk, are people thrown in jail or kicked out of places for calling someone in a bar a tool or even fag? No, people take it in stride and know that it is just (and unfortunately) part of the vocab now-a-days. Insulting words are kinda useless to argue against, it's like people telling kids to not say bad words, what the hell makes a word so bad? Because someone says it in an agry tone?

From my view it seems like most of the "insults" on here are really just sensitive people taking someone's tone the wrong way. It's the internet, tone is kind of hard to interpret.

 

[Dj1209]

I can share that responsibility with you

@poplars, fdd has been a puppet for a while, I don't think he's a bad guy because he went on a nit-picking infraction/banning rampage, that was expected.

Maybe we should start a club?

 

[The Cryptkeeper]

the speed at which this thread has grown really shows the need for this kind of change... I went from feeling this place had no community to now I'm starting to feel like there is a vibe growing again...


we just need to be able to get shit off our chests and get over it... no more on edge no insults bullshit...

I can't tell you guys how much this feels like prohibition to me... we're all fucked up from it, and after its lifted there will be periods of abuse, followed by balance and some of the best effects possible, such as this place feeling like it once did, a warm community with possibility....

not a dark cold place of people on edge at eachothers throats with heartless trolls poking and proding at the few people who have hearts left.

I don't mean to sound corny but this is serious shit, if we can't have a community online wtf do we have anymore? local communities don't really exist anymore...

We've always got weed. And...and... Yah.

 

[poplars]

We obviously do not hang out in the same bars, lol.... in real life insulting words often lead to fights. A long time ago, they led to duels to the death. We don't need that shit here on RIU...

lol wow bro this isn't a bar there isn't gonna be a dual to the death, people say a few things then they get the fuck over it... how hard is that to understand????

 

[welshsmoker]

lets start a sticky, ban the fkn trolls..

 

[Serapis]

FDD has stated many times that a reported post takes him time, because he has to read several pages to get to the bottom of it. He didn't just infract the reported author, he went back and looked to what led to it.

Doc has a point here. It is usually the second offender that gets caught. First offender strikes while people aren't looking for it, then once it happens and everyone jumps on them and starts bashing them then of course they are the ones that get caught and get infractions because now the attention has finally changed to the insults that happened. Do I agree that the troll shouldn't be punished and the defenders should? No, but then again it wouldn't be too hard for a mod to recognize the instigator and punish them, I seem to see that when a troll disappears then the insults tend to disipate (sp?) afterwards too...weird.

 

[TigerClock]

Maybe yall should start a club!

 

[poplars]

FDD has stated many times that a reported post takes him time, because he has to read several pages to get to the bottom of it. He didn't just infract the reported author, he went back and looked to what led to it.

lol common dude that shit doesn't work like that at all... the troll who fucked with me in my thread that got me banned didn't get SHIT... it happens so many times and you're gonna try to tell us it doesn't? seriously fool that is fucked up.

 

[poplars]

lets start a sticky, ban the fkn trolls..

war path troll hunt!

 

[The Cryptkeeper]

Maybe W'all should start a club!!

 

[Serapis]

did you read the post i replied to? He mentioned calling someone a fag in a bar....hence my reference to a bar..... and I also stated insults used to lead to duels....

how hard is that to understand? lol

lol wow bro this isn't a bar there isn't gonna be a dual to the death, people say a few things then they get the fuck over it... how hard is that to understand????

 

[SocataSmoker]

Eat a dick.

Whip it out, big boy...

Wait... that's it?

I'd be more full eating a pea.

 

[welshsmoker]

lol common dude that shit doesn't work like that at all... the troll who fucked with me in my thread that got me banned didn't get SHIT... it happens so many times and you're gonna try to tell us it doesn't? seriously fool that is fucked up.

totally agree mate..