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The Flood / Re: How old do you look
« on: May 01, 2015, 03:27:31 AM »One gave me 29 and another 21 and all I did was slightly turn my head. This thing seems inaccurate as fuck.It is.
You look younger than 20 even....
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The Flood / Re: How old do you look« on: May 01, 2015, 03:27:31 AM »One gave me 29 and another 21 and all I did was slightly turn my head. This thing seems inaccurate as fuck.It is. You look younger than 20 even.... >__________> 1142
Serious / Re: Can English be the official language of the US?« on: May 01, 2015, 03:26:19 AM »Why are Americans so frightened of learning another language?Cause many Americans never leave the US (even for visiting other countries), and many of the ones who do never stay in other countries long enough for there to be a need to learn another language. Shows how much money they make. Or at least what their priorities are. So the vast majority of the people here only know English, unfortunately. 1143
The Flood / Re: ITT : Americans draw maps of Europe and vice versa (more fun than it sounds)« on: May 01, 2015, 03:11:16 AM »She is, yes.Isnt Kiyo from Northern Ireland though?"Kiyo Land", has a good ring to it. 1144
The Flood / Re: 51% decline in Sep7agon's activity since December. (statistics thread)« on: May 01, 2015, 03:01:24 AM »Oh, hey Kinder's alt.So yeah, I have a totally not obvious and shameless bump with a statistical update.And the final statistics are in. 1146
Serious / Re: David Cameron is kicking ass on BBC1« on: May 01, 2015, 02:20:10 AM »Regardless of his politics, Cameron is a really good public speaker.Too bad he's a fucking half-spined clown, lol. Though I'd pick Cameron over any of the crappy-ass US Presidential candidates being rolled out right now.... 1147
The Flood / Re: 51% decline in Sep7agon's activity since December. (statistics thread)« on: May 01, 2015, 02:17:05 AM »So yeah, I have a totally not obvious and shameless bump with a statistical update.And the final statistics are in. April saw a total of 1876 threads made. Which constitutes approximately a 6% decline from March's activity. SEP7AGON IS DYING !!!!!!!! 1148
The Flood / Re: Some things i have noticed from raising my testosterone« on: May 01, 2015, 01:16:30 AM »I'd go insane if I had to live in a place so rural as yours. I need to live in a city, with life.Shit.Glad you posted. I've always been rather appreciative of mundane things. And lately, especially so, I've come to appreciate the feeling of work. It feels good to work again. Obviously there's some struggle. My lungs will never be fully well again and I know I have to be careful with my heart.Oh god. The silence in rural areas is maddening for me. And not to mention the fact that you yourself have to provide all of your needs. Getting food, heat, water. Dammit. I can get the appeal of that for some people, but I'm not one of them by any means. 1149
Septagon / Re: Selective Moderation« on: May 01, 2015, 01:14:28 AM »Send it to me via PM then?And which mods are the ones who love to hate you? 1150
Septagon / Re: Selective Moderation« on: May 01, 2015, 01:10:50 AM »And which mods are the ones who love to hate you?I've been here longer than you have. So no.It's because all of these butthurt users have so much influence. And yes, because of mod favoritism as well to some extent.But here's another thing. The reduced activity means that we won't want to alienate the remaining users by going strict on moderation suddenly. Now is the time to keep more relaxed moderation because that's honestly one of the only things that keeps Sep7agon even remote unique from other forums, and thus maintain its pull factor on the users who are already here.There's my point.Hmm...well it looks like none of the mods were around to see it. I know I wasn't. I got on and deleted a few threads in the flood and noticed that there weren't any reports. I hadn't had a chance to enter many of the front page threads, but nothing stood out to me, so I didn't rush to check them.I'm constantly reporting things, but I left Comms' threads alone to see what would happen, seeing as they were on the top of page one of the Flood for hours and it should be standard procedure at this point to check Comms' threads antway given that the mods are well aware of his posting habits. My previous account was registered to this site around early August. 1151
Serious / How many more terms do you think Angela Merkel will win? (German politics thread« on: May 01, 2015, 01:09:35 AM »
For those of you don't know who Angela Merkel is, she's the Chancellor of Germany. And Chancellor functions the same as Prime Minister for all intents and purposes. And she's been Chancellor since 2005.
It's because her party (Christian Democratic Union) is so fucking popular, as evidenced by this opinion poll since the 2013 Elections. And what I'm about to say may shock you guys, but I really hope that Merkel doesn't get any more terms as Chancellor at all. She's honestly kind of just riding on her reputation for apparently keeping Germany stable throughout the whole Eurozone crisis. That's it. She hasn't innovated, or made grand sweeping reforms, or done anything new at all other than maintain the status-quo. She's like Putin in the way that they both earned their reputation by simply riding on the economy. The Eurozone crisis is gonna hit Germany at one point or another, and they're gonna need a leader who can innovate and doesn't simply ride on stability. Unfortunately, much of the German public has been duped into keeping on voting for the CDU, so Merkel's just gonna win another term in 2017. Lovely. Too bad I'm not a German citizen so I can't vote against her crappy party next Election. Since she's practically her own party by this point. So I guess you can discuss anything relating to German politics since there hasn't been a thread about Germany politics. And I'll fucking shit myself if Godwin's Law is invoked in this thread. 1152
Septagon / Re: Selective Moderation« on: May 01, 2015, 01:00:49 AM »I've been here longer than you have. So no.It's because all of these butthurt users have so much influence. And yes, because of mod favoritism as well to some extent.But here's another thing. The reduced activity means that we won't want to alienate the remaining users by going strict on moderation suddenly. Now is the time to keep more relaxed moderation because that's honestly one of the only things that keeps Sep7agon even remote unique from other forums, and thus maintain its pull factor on the users who are already here.There's my point.Hmm...well it looks like none of the mods were around to see it. I know I wasn't. I got on and deleted a few threads in the flood and noticed that there weren't any reports. I hadn't had a chance to enter many of the front page threads, but nothing stood out to me, so I didn't rush to check them.I'm constantly reporting things, but I left Comms' threads alone to see what would happen, seeing as they were on the top of page one of the Flood for hours and it should be standard procedure at this point to check Comms' threads antway given that the mods are well aware of his posting habits. What I'm saying is that I don't get why the moderators would be biased against you. 1153
Serious / Re: Baltimore riots continue« on: May 01, 2015, 12:55:58 AM »OH MY GOD FUCKING SHREKT>wishes death on police MOM, GET THE CAMERA OUT!!! 1154
Septagon / Re: For everyone proposing stricter rules and regulations...« on: May 01, 2015, 12:54:37 AM »Prevent it from being proposed by the mods.Okay who got butthurt?There's the problem. This forum has so many butthurt people that their favorite pasttime in the forum is to flood the moderators with reports. Thankfully, the two biggest perpetrators of this (Kinder and Noelle) are gone for the foreseeable future. If there rules and regulations stayed relaxed, then these butthurt people would continue to be denied influence since honestly, most of them tend to be annoying pricks in the eyes of some 75% of the forum. 1155
The Flood / Re: Some things i have noticed from raising my testosterone« on: May 01, 2015, 12:51:14 AM »Shit.Glad you posted. I've always been rather appreciative of mundane things. And lately, especially so, I've come to appreciate the feeling of work. It feels good to work again. Obviously there's some struggle. My lungs will never be fully well again and I know I have to be careful with my heart.Oh god. Talk about different lifestyles we must have. 1156
Septagon / Re: Selective Moderation« on: May 01, 2015, 12:50:50 AM »It's because all of these butthurt users have so much influence. And yes, because of mod favoritism as well to some extent.But here's another thing. The reduced activity means that we won't want to alienate the remaining users by going strict on moderation suddenly. Now is the time to keep more relaxed moderation because that's honestly one of the only things that keeps Sep7agon even remote unique from other forums, and thus maintain its pull factor on the users who are already here.There's my point.Hmm...well it looks like none of the mods were around to see it. I know I wasn't. I got on and deleted a few threads in the flood and noticed that there weren't any reports. I hadn't had a chance to enter many of the front page threads, but nothing stood out to me, so I didn't rush to check them.I'm constantly reporting things, but I left Comms' threads alone to see what would happen, seeing as they were on the top of page one of the Flood for hours and it should be standard procedure at this point to check Comms' threads antway given that the mods are well aware of his posting habits. But I don't get why you and Meta wouldn't be favored by mods? 1157
The Flood / Re: Some things i have noticed from raising my testosterone« on: May 01, 2015, 12:48:42 AM »Glad you posted. I've always been rather appreciative of mundane things. And lately, especially so, I've come to appreciate the feeling of work. It feels good to work again. Obviously there's some struggle. My lungs will never be fully well again and I know I have to be careful with my heart.Oh god. How old are you right now? I get the impression that you're in your mid-20s. 1158
Septagon / Re: For everyone proposing stricter rules and regulations...« on: May 01, 2015, 12:43:21 AM »Okay who got butthurt?There's the problem. This forum has so many butthurt people that their favorite pasttime in the forum is to flood the moderators with reports. Thankfully, the two biggest perpetrators of this (Kinder and Noelle) are gone for the foreseeable future. If there rules and regulations stayed relaxed, then these butthurt people would continue to be denied influence since honestly, most of them tend to be annoying pricks in the eyes of some 75% of the forum. Increasing the amount of regulations in this forum would give power to those who 75% of the forum are pissed off at. I have actually been a proponent for the continued status-quo in relaxed rules for a while because I know that adding more rules would do far more harm than good to the forum. 1159
The Flood / Re: Last post for a while.« on: May 01, 2015, 12:23:17 AM »forum goatKill yourself. 1160
Serious / Re: Do you believe in the medicinal qualities of psychedelic drugs?« on: May 01, 2015, 12:18:52 AM »Verbatim doesn't listen to that sort of stuff.except that would go beyond the realm of recreational use, which is what i was specifically referring to 1161
Serious / Re: What should happen to pregnant women who becomes braindead?« on: May 01, 2015, 12:18:32 AM »It should depend entirely on the status of the baby. If it's possible to somehow salvage the baby if the mother were even 2 months pregnant, then the baby should be salvaged. Ending the life of an already dead person is one thing, but causing a baby who's alive to die because of it is a whole other thing.If she is only four months pregnant, its too long too wait.. but if she only has four months left, maybe..If the baby is close to being born.. perhaps only a month or two away, keep her alive until the baby is born. 1162
Septagon / Re: For everyone proposing stricter rules and regulations...« on: May 01, 2015, 12:16:28 AM »I say just do away with bans entirely except for stuff like threats and just implement an actual mute function for the whiners that let words on the internet bother them.This is a good idea as well!! But make the mute function better than just a half-assed thing where all of the muted user's posts are under spoilers. Like, just make the muted user's posts disappear for the user muting the other person. And to appeal to the whole crowd against cyberbullying, etc, we still just keep some sort of regulations against making threads calling out users, etc. 1163
Septagon / Re: For everyone proposing stricter rules and regulations...« on: May 01, 2015, 12:14:13 AM »Well, we all voted for a hybrid of strict and lax. So yeahExactly. So changing that would really fuck shit up. 1164
Serious / Re: Up to 3/4s of Syria's population has now been displaced from their homes.« on: April 30, 2015, 11:59:50 PM »Can they even be considered a nation?Here's a map to show how much of a clusterfuck Syria is now. Spoiler You have 5 quasi-states taking up the land of a single state. Even more quasi-states once you consider how much disunity most of the factions have. Syria's statehood is pretty much just a formality now, since no party within it is anywhere near strong enough to assert control over the entire country. 1165
Septagon / For everyone proposing stricter rules and regulations...« on: April 30, 2015, 11:56:50 PM »
Here's this simple equation I devised.
Stricter rules = More bans More bans = Less users Less users = Less activity So stricter rules will inevitably result in less activity. And is that something we really want, especially given our current problem with sharp activity decline? And this forum is in an awkward position where the more... rowdy users tend to contribute more discussion to the forum overall. So banning users like them will pretty much kill the discussions going on in the forum, and it will pretty much kill the forum single handedly. So here is just some simple food for thought: Perhaps one of this forum's best traits is its relaxed interpretation of rules, and relaxed enforcement, especially comparing to other forums out there. I think that capitalizing on the relaxed rules and the (honestly, much more interesting) discussions that the Serious board has could result in increased activity for the forum. 1166
Septagon / Re: Selective Moderation« on: April 30, 2015, 11:39:48 PM »But here's another thing. The reduced activity means that we won't want to alienate the remaining users by going strict on moderation suddenly. Now is the time to keep more relaxed moderation because that's honestly one of the only things that keeps Sep7agon even remote unique from other forums, and thus maintain its pull factor on the users who are already here.There's my point.Hmm...well it looks like none of the mods were around to see it. I know I wasn't. I got on and deleted a few threads in the flood and noticed that there weren't any reports. I hadn't had a chance to enter many of the front page threads, but nothing stood out to me, so I didn't rush to check them.I'm constantly reporting things, but I left Comms' threads alone to see what would happen, seeing as they were on the top of page one of the Flood for hours and it should be standard procedure at this point to check Comms' threads antway given that the mods are well aware of his posting habits. 1167
Septagon / Re: Selective Moderation« on: April 30, 2015, 11:37:04 PM »That's not fair. I've never made a shitpost before.There's my point.Hmm...well it looks like none of the mods were around to see it. I know I wasn't. I got on and deleted a few threads in the flood and noticed that there weren't any reports. I hadn't had a chance to enter many of the front page threads, but nothing stood out to me, so I didn't rush to check them.I'm constantly reporting things, but I left Comms' threads alone to see what would happen, seeing as they were on the top of page one of the Flood for hours and it should be standard procedure at this point to check Comms' threads antway given that the mods are well aware of his posting habits. Every thread and post I have made has solid discussion value one way or another. It's up to the members to decide whether to take up my threads' discussion value or not. 1169
Serious / Re: What should happen to pregnant women who becomes braindead?« on: April 30, 2015, 11:23:25 PM »Well, assuming that this baby actually survives long-term, the answers to all of those questions will reveal themselves in the coming years.Oh god, this would practically be a case study for all of that. This is the first time I've heard of a case where they actually managed to save the baby from being pregnant in a braindead mother. In all other cases I've seen, the baby died with the mother.Why didn't they fight for her life too?Cause she was already dead and it was right to let her die with some semblance of dignity. 1170
Serious / Re: What should happen to pregnant women who becomes braindead?« on: April 30, 2015, 11:19:21 PM »Oh god, this would practically be a case study for all of that. This is the first time I've heard of a case where they actually managed to save the baby from being pregnant in a braindead mother. In all other cases I've seen, the baby died with the mother.Why didn't they fight for her life too?Cause she was already dead and it was right to let her die with some semblance of dignity. But being born to a braindead mother would definitely have a lot of influence on the baby. With terms of psychological damage... we'll find that out as time goes along. |