Freshmeat,I think it's great that you offered so much time trying to help the WAD get on better footing, but I think you may have overlooked a clue as to who pissed on his Wheaties. He took offense with the way
Kissimmee John was treated.
That thread has been quite ever since(but we may hear something once the Aussies get their ***** out of bed). I think it's a John thing.
Although Spell Check is a very useful tool, I think what some of these people need is an ****** check. Just a thought.
OK - checked the thread. You're kidding, right? The thread is a perfect example of why they put a "search" function in forums like this. It provides members the benefit of all those past discussions - even if the expert who provided info 9 mo ago isn't online today. And it does so without wasting everyones time on 'old news' topic. Moreover, using "search" also limits the tendency of information on a topic to get spread across more and more threads -- just find the old thread and (if you don't see the answer your question) post your question in a reply to the original thread.
The forum is sort of like "your favorite corner tavern" - with a database of every discussion you and your buddy's ever had.
Since no popcorn-thread like this is complete w/o a someone quoting the forum guidelines / rules (search function says no one has used "guidelines" yet) ....
3. No politically-correct fucktards.
4. No ass-clowns in general.
5. No personal attacks. However, when some ****** desperately needs it for violating Rules 1-4, group dog-piles are perfectly acceptable.
6. Those who are easily offended should proceed with caution. Posts in this forum may or may not contain adult language/themes. No whiney-gash crying about them allowed. Deal with it.
In practice, the warning about "easily offended" is not just about adult language / themes -- people engage in "frank and open dialog" on this forum, and sarcasm tends to get used a lot. Your reply started out with:
"I think it's great that you offered so much time... ". This might be sarcasm (or at least mistaken for it). But its not worth getting my feelings hurt about either way, since your main contribution was the info you provided about the other thread-- right?
[Just a thought] Maybe we should bring back politics and/or religion as a special topic - limited to every third Tuesday or something like that --- Just so the FNG's can get a better notion of what terms like "Rude", "Easily offended," etc. can mean (on this forum). :blink:
Question for Admin types: I did
search for some of the more heated threads I've seen - subjects like "evolution" or "Iraq" or member name = "Yanktar" :biggrinsmiley: . But, I can't seem to find the really good stuff. Did the admins decide not to retrieve these threads from back-up after the hacker problems of last year ( ? )
FM - (my last 0.02 worth into this little discussion)