A Lot of Cool People are Banned!

LostReefSponger said:

Insulting members that are backing up their fellow RIU friends and insulting trolls is way different. Trolls deserve it, guys willing to back each other up don't deserve it, isn't that what a COMMUNITY is about? Supporting each other and making sure those "bad eggs" don't ruin things? The internet is getting to be more and more like "real life" since technology is taking over the world, and if people can defend themselves in person when someone insults them, how come we can't do that on here?

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exactly finally someone gets it.


if you break your back you can't fight back.

fucking simple.


we have no community anymore because we've allowed this RULE thats supposed to make our community BETTER slowly BREAK IT APART.


just like cannabis prohibition I tell ya.... no joke.

thedoc08 said:

I vaguely remember welsh, but don't remember if we had an exchange that could have resulted in him getting infractions.

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no we didnt mate...

420God said:

I like reading what you guys post. It's entertaining.

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I know.

I don't support trolls, I have learned to not feed them.

The rule is in place to prevent flaming, pure and simple.... You don't have to like it, but you do have to abide by it as do others. Again, if you don't like it and refuse to follow it, you have other options. trolls frustrate me as well, I just don't feel like i have to respond to them and stoop to their level with personal insults. I have in the past have learned it isn't tolerated.

poplars said:

man you are the biggest tool I've ever seen.

you could take FDD's job if you wanted.

yeah the no insults really prevents flame wars, by allowing trolls to nit pick at all the people who may blow up (and they get enough blow ups to justify the fun.)

so hey no matter what you say if you are supporting the no insults rule you are supporting trolls.

quite simple.


PM rolli? are you fucking kidding me? when has that worked in the past? did I just join yesterday?

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420God said:

Don't mind me, just getting my post count up.

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Hey, don't waste your fucking time here with that shit, totally worthless post and not needed, INFRACTION GIVEN!

No but really, that was fucking hilarious. I would insert a "thumbs up" smiley but all I can find is a middle finger smiley. Weird, we aren't supposed to insult each other yet I can flip you off, but not give you a thumbs up!

SocataSmoker said:

How about just banning anyone that fits the criteria of a troll... rollitup could come up with his own criteria for the mods to follow, not that difficult...

Poplars, I understand that fighting back is logical and such... but what if the trolls don't go away and stay in your thread?

You've got no rule against insults now, so a 80 page thread could be nothing but a bunch of people going back and forth, calling each other names and just being generally stupid... with no repercussions.

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honestly I feel like we're getting somewhere, you see people just calilng names back and fourth, but I see rationalizations being expressed and I see people understanding them.

obviously if the mods could control the flow of trolls they would have by now... do we /really/ want more of the same old???

trolls are OBVIOUSLY exploiting a loophole, they will not stop coming until they see that this community will fight back as a whole to protect itself.

allowing the mods to take over and the rules to help the community as you can see has done NOTHING but break us apart.

it will do nothing more than that unless we are allowed to DEFEND EACHOTHER.

welshsmoker said:

no not the doc mate, have pm you..

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Have at it Hoss. =)

Serapis said:

I don't support trolls, I have learned to not feed them.

The rule is in place to prevent flaming, pure and simple.... You don't have to like it, but you do have to abide by it as do others. Again, if you don't like it and refuse to follow it, you have other options. trolls frustrate me as well, I just don't feel like i have to respond to them and stoop to their level with personal insults. I have in the past have learned it isn't tolerated.

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look if you don't agree with me you can just stop talking, I'm going to keep convincing people of my point, you will never convince me your logic is correct because it isn't, if it was there wouldn't be so much mass trolling.

GanJulia said:

Aww Crypt I never thought i'd see the day! So proud of my ability to entertain you

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I thought April had it for a while. You've got it now.

So you would also stifle differing opinions? How mature and democratic of ya

poplars said:

look if you don't agree with me you can just stop talking, I'm going to keep convincing people of my point, you will never convince me your logic is correct because it isn't, if it was there wouldn't be so much mass trolling.

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Serapis said:

So you would also stifle differing opinions? How mature and democratic of ya

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no you can keep talking if you want I'm just assuming you stick to your own logic... you seem to consider me a troll so shouldn't by YOUR logic you should ignore me and just move on right?

see this is why I think the rule is fucking stupid.

why can't you just call me a tool and a prick and you disagree with me then go on your way... you've expressed your opinion now you can leave.

but with your logic you should just stop talking right now and ignore me, as eveyrthing you say is feeding the troll (that I assume you assume I am )

I guess April and I need to get into our panties, cover ourselves in oil and wrestle for it?

Oh, no.. wait... that was my dream last night

I used to think Poplars was a troll. Until he came to a great realization and started fully trolling. Then I saw him as a kinsman.

I mean we're stoners not robots... people get mad, people say shit sometimes, we get over it.

but this stifling our emotions and allowing the trolls to pick at us has really been working great huh? look how vibrant and loving our community is.

You sure like to put a lot of unspoken words into other people's mouths don't ya? lol... when did I even remotely refer to you as a troll? I think you are just venting your opposition to a rule. You are entitled to that. I have a differing opinion and I thought I could express it without being called a tool, a fool, an idiot; sadly I was mistaken, but then again, look who I'm conversing with.

I'm glad you think you can tell others to move on or quit talking. You really are a funny person.. lol

poplars said:

no you can keep talking if you want I'm just assuming you stick to your own logic... you seem to consider me a troll so shouldn't by YOUR logic you should ignore me and just move on right?

see this is why I think the rule is fucking stupid.

why can't you just call me a tool and a prick and you disagree with me then go on your way... you've expressed your opinion now you can leave.

but with your logic you should just stop talking right now and ignore me, as eveyrthing you say is feeding the troll (that I assume you assume I am )

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poplars said:

I mean we're stoners not robots... people get mad, people say shit sometimes, we get over it.

but this stifling our emotions and allowing the trolls to pick at us has really been working great huh? look how vibrant and loving our community is.

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Yep you're right!

Time to kick it back to the trolls...

GanJulia said:

I guess April and I need to get into our panties, cover ourselves in oil and wrestle for it?

Oh, no.. wait... that was my dream last night

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Uh, dude, you already made your point, so...

you've expressed your opinion now you can leave.

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poplars said:

I mean we're stoners not robots... people get mad, people say shit sometimes, we get over it.

but this stifling our emotions and allowing the trolls to pick at us has really been working great huh? look how vibrant and loving our community is.

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HEY! WTF Happened to the like system in my absence! I just came across my absolute favorite post ever and I can't LIKE IT!?!?! FUCK YOU!

Is it possible that this "no insults" rule was put in place to try help keep cyber bullying down? Even if it was, it's been said over and over that RIU is for 18+ adults, not middle school kids that actually hurt each other by their bullying, we (well some of us) are adults and are able to get past this "bullying" but bashing a troll shouldnt be considered bullying or anything, it's a troll, they obviously don't have feelings.

That being said, if people are too sensitive on an online forum then let your balls drop and move on from RIU.

Take it this way, if someone came into your circle and fucked up the rotation or was disrespecting the vibe of the circle, they would get bashed and insulted, right? This is a stoner forum, Toke N Talk is probably the closest thing to an "online smoke circle" and why should the ones messing up rotation and the vibe be rewarded and the ones that supply the dank are kicked out of the circle?