Maybe I'll start saying what I would do if I was a mod.

I would lock this.

Don't worry; it just got drowned out by all the shitposts anyway. Because that's what happens when you try to do anything but shitpost in this forum.

Anyway, I quite enjoyed this album, but yeah, they be teasing hardcore.

Posted this already.

No need to cry. It wasn't directed at you.

Oh, and the "change the site" part is unknown to me. I have no idea what you're talking about.

i've made the decision a couple weeks ago that if i can't integrate myself within the community, i'll make every attempt to try and help improve the site itself instead, whether by design, function, or policy

Verbatim is the worst marketer I've ever seen. He wants people to jump on board with him to change the site but at the same time calls them idiots. Yeah, that's not how you throw a pitch.

because their reasons for not "jumping on board with me" are completely asinine, and based on fundamental differences between what we think a forum should be in general

seems reasonable to me that i'd get bitter over it

*loading screens*
Welp, that's news to me. I had no idea it was associated with autism, got a source for that?

I would point them to you, but you've just immediately dismissed them so it looks like there isn't much point.

The hugbox was invented by Temple Grandin. That should say enough.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hug_machine

Calling someone stupid isn't ad hominem. It just isn't. Ad hominem isn't, "You're ugly." It's, "You're ugly; therefore, you're wrong."

Your stupidity doesn't make you wrong. But you are wrong, regardless of your intelligence.
And I've demonstrated that.

Of course it's rude, but perhaps you don't understand - This isn't a hugbox. Just because something is inflammatory or rude doesn't mean it's up for immediate locking. 'Play nice' is a reminder not to turn it into some outright flamewar and to leave it as it always ends up, with users making fun of themselves or their friends.

I get that you want this place ruled with an iron fist, it's just not going to happen though.
Nor is your case helped by jumping to ad hominems when you disagree with someone.

You realize that banning all inflammatory threads doesn't make the forum a hugbox, right? It would be a hugbox if all you allowed was threads like, "who is the cutest user." And nothing else. THAT would be a fucking hugbox. Also, I like how you use the term hugbox in general--it's associated with autism, so, you're basically cheating the argument by using such a charged word there. Calling someone autistic, even indirectly, is a surefire way to get people on your side on the Internet. Subtle.

Point me to the ad hominems that I've made. I've called you stupid, because you are. That's not ad hominem, though.

Quote from: Verbatim on January 05, 2015, 03:23:20 PM

That's not what I'm talking about, though. I think the idea of expanding Serious's content is completely reasonable. It got shot down for literally no reason. Not one iota of thought or consideration went into the idea.

If you really want to suggest a major change like that and want it to actually be discussed and considered, you should make a serious thread about it on the septagon board. It's not much of a surprise an idea like that gets easily lost in a thread like this.

Why, so it can get shot down there, too? It's been established that you guys don't like the idea. I GET that. I just want to know why it can't happen.

However, people saying X is ugly isn't against the rules in the same way that spamming up a thread with 'FUCK YOU FAGGOT' is. If it's someone, for example, making photoshops to mock another user from a picture they have posted - then of course, that is taken seriously and removed. If you are trying to equate 'X is ugly' with a three page flamewar then you need to get better at picking out balanced examples.

My original contention was "I don't care if it's not a flamewar." It's rude and obnoxious to call someone ugly, period. I would never comment on anyone's appearance ever unless they did it to me first. And even that's irrational for me to do, but that's what I do when I'm pissed off. I bite back. Surprise surprise. And no one can really blame me for that.

This is just a fundamental belief of mine. If you don't think that this thread is worth locking simply by its inherently inflammatory nature, then I think you are incredibly stupid. And this is gonna get nowhere. That's that.

The fighting in this thread is coming from a user who said the thread should be locked to avoid fighting.

gg.

and the person fighting with said person is a mod

even better

what a fucking trainwreck you are, psy

i used to respect you

Consistency would be me then editing kupo's post where he called you stupid as well. Or perhaps you selectively ignore things that run contrary to the point you are trying to make.

No, consistency would be locking this thread that serves only to degrade people. Just because you think anyone who cares is "thin-skinned" doesn't make fucking shit. This is why you're a shit moderator. You have no consideration or empathy, apparently. Frankly, fuck you.

Quote from: Verbatim on January 05, 2015, 03:12:48 PM

The only reason most people are saying me is because I'm disliked. If I was popular, no one would say me.

You are genuinely unattractive.

No, I don't even really think so. You'd think I'd know that myself, wouldn't you? But, no, I'm really not. I've uploaded some pretty bad pictures of myself before, but I mean, I have enough balls to put my fucking face as my avatar. You'd probably never do that.

The only reason most people are saying me is because I'm disliked. If I was popular, no one would say me.

I'm right about most things.