i don't have a reason to give a shit

Knowledge and intelligence are different.

I'm inclined to agree. But to you, what separates knowledge from intelligence?

Ugh....okay, you got me? Obviously, your brain develops while you're a child and teenager, but this isn't fucking relevant to what I'm talking to Loaf about.

I don't know what you're talking about, especially when you say stuff like we can't make ourselves smarter. Like, do you mean that we can't change our IQs? Our capacity to learn? I would agree with that, I guess. Some people have learning disabilities.

He was a bad mod.

I wouldn't say a natural progression of the conversation equates to derailment - there have been plenty of threads that have done that and remained unlocked.

However (using old Serious as an example) - if Meta were to make a thread on the EU, and suddenly on Page 2 Chally and Kinder are screaming about North Korea with no natural progression to connect the two topics, that would equate to a derailed thread.

Well, then, I'd like an apology for at least three warnings that I've received.

I'm not, it's not even that hard

I always thought this was an asinine thing to say, and the Mythics on b.old would say it all the time.

It may not be hard for you, but you're failing to account for the fact that not everybody is you. Some people are opinionated, and angry. I haven't seen you express too many controversial opinions before--hell, I don't recall seeing you having an argument with anybody.

Not saying you have to, but this is why you haven't really ever gotten in trouble before. Because you don't... really... post anything. You probably actively avoid engaging in heated discussions about your convictions/passions (if you have any at all), and though that may be easy for someone who lacks such convictions, for those of us who do, it's a little bit easier to have a run-in with the mods.

And sure--a lot of it has to do with our own lack of self-control at times, but really, it's just an irritating thing to say. "It's not that hard". I don't know--maybe if you had opinions you felt like were worth losing your privileges over, you'd understand.

"Derailment of threads, or purposefully going off topic, is not encouraged and should be kept to a minimum."

That's the stated policy.

I actually kind of agree. But I think the idea is that once a thread reaches the point of derailment, it becomes a topic about nothing, essentially. So you'd have pages and pages of topics made that ended up being about nothing. In other words, spam.

But I see where you're coming from.

this kid's got you beat, OP

Oh wait, and Lars von Trier.

But I haven't seen any of his movies. They seem super pretentious, but I like that.

I try to guess but it's usually wrong. I don't really get many likes, totes awks

>has less posts than me
>has more pages of likes received than me
>says he doesn't get many likes

 :^(

'bating

Uhhhh. Define "true old school".

I 100% agree.

Lately, "linear" has become almost a swear word to gamers, and I don't know why.
Linear games were great.

All the time.

Sly Instinct, Ender, and Desty like my posts a lot.