I was explaining my action, rather than just saying that I did it.*apologizes for saying something*
*says it even more*
[News] The USA Police State will never satisfy its lust for beating, gassing, and imprisoning minorities
- Thread starter Charlie Don't Surf
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I'll admit, the reason I never use the rant threads for any of the truly serious shit that happens in my life is because it's too easy for our less empathetic members to use personal information as ammo. Most people here wouldn't do that to each other, but the few that are willing can make the forum an unpleasant place sometimes.
GasBandit
Staff member
I thought similarly at one point, but then real life turned more unpleasant on its own than anything else a forum user could concoct. It kinda loosened up my hangups about sharing serious shit.
I find it cathartic, honestly, since this is the one place that I know my friends and family don't see, so I can pretty much safetly rant about anything.
I don't know if you've tried the feature, but ignoring people is more trouble than it's worth.
I can understand that, but if I was one of the people having their rant thread content dredged up to be thrown in their face, I would see this as a toxic place to be, and I cut toxic shit out of my life.
The thing is, every time you talk about him, you sort of are giving him 'the time of day.' You're essentially saying "I never see you, but you occupy my thoughts."
I'm not really saying people shouldn't have people on ignore, and I don't really begrudge anyone their rationale. I'm just tired of seeing, particularly about Charlie, "I have you on ignore, so hmph." posts. What is the end goal here? You have them on ignore, so by your own admission, you can't see their posts, but you still think about them so much that you have to point out that you can't hear them? Then there's the posts where he's attacked without having said anything, and if he did say anything, it wouldn't be known to the critic anyway! "Oh here's a tragic story about two dead people in Omaha - I'll use it as a platform to tell everyone how much I don't like Charlie's opinions that I can't see, and condemn him pre-emptively."
Some days I just think certain people here should make a thread called "I don't like Charlie Don't Surf" and they can all give each other
I get what you're saying and I agree with you, but if you swap out Charlie for "the police," you essentially have a Charlie post.
How long has Gilgamesh been gone now?
Actually, the group I was thinking of included you. If I recall correctly, your shenanigans predated Gil, and maybe Jiarn, too.
As long as I've changed one person's life for the worse, my work is done.
Warning. This is joke could not possibly be in worst taste, but I justify it because I know I intend nothing but good natured, though very dark humour. Here goes:
Well shit. Does that means your gonna kill yourself now?
Cool.
But seriously, don't kill yourself. Your attempts have been so much more . . . cromulent? . . . than mine ever were. You've been lucky.[DOUBLEPOST=1432448925,1432448737][/DOUBLEPOST]Also, I should be posting in the I'm drunk/wasted thread, as my bartender just called me wasted and the manager here just gave me a glass of whiskey. Or whisky. I don't actually know what I just shot back
But seriously, don't kill yourself. Your attempts have been so much more . . . cromulent? . . . than mine ever were. You've been lucky.[DOUBLEPOST=1432448925,1432448737][/DOUBLEPOST]Also, I should be posting in the I'm drunk/wasted thread, as my bartender just called me wasted and the manager here just gave me a glass of whiskey. Or whisky. I don't actually know what I just shot back
What the hell did Jiarn do?
And if you're including me in a group that ran around making fun of Charlie ... you're partly right.
I actually came to post that you were wrong, because I remembered a specific incident where I made a joke thread thanking people for the likes I was getting on a post (those were primitive days, without all these fancy hearts and Captain America shields and handjobs). I looked up that thread, and that post, and I still stand by what I said, and I'm gonna link it here because I still stand by it as an abhorrent worldview: link
And of course I've had angry rants against him because of his disgusting view of women's rights, although really the women of Halforums were doing a fine job without me (see what I did there?) or when he was harassing Nick for no damn reason. I stick by those as well.
However, in looking over threads I've created--a tool I did not know we had and I appreciate--you're right. I did find a thread I created specifically to make fun of one of Charlie's threads. It was juvenile, enough for someone early in the thread to go "in b4 lock" and wasn't funny enough to merit its existence. I'm sure there were more.
That said, when you put it down to "any post" that's an enormous exaggeration, which is what made me think of Gilg, because he marked each of Charlie's posts as funny (I assume to spam his alerts box?). Prior to that, no one was stalking Charlie around the forums, not even Shego or myself, so you're way off there.[DOUBLEPOST=1432466665,1432466438][/DOUBLEPOST]On a side-note, we used to have a lot more threads for specific games, movies, etc, before the catch-all News or playing or what did you last see mega-threads were formed. It's probably better the way it is now as it's easier to follow one thread over many, but just something interesting I noticed in scouring some of that past stuff.
I think Gilgamesh was Jiarn.
As someone who's also been on the receiving end of this, it's SUPER fucking annoying. Just like most of what Gilgamesh did.
Also, this
I was not aware. In fact, I can't find Jiarn in the members list, so I guess that would indicate a name change?
Another aside (I'm learning so much about the forum today!), I'm glad we have a notable members list so newcomers know just whose dicks to suck. Also, Gasbandit is really popular. Sure, he's #2 in negative ratings, but that's only half as many as the #1 (guess who). When you go to positive ratings, he's #1 and way overshoots #2.
Yeah...I know. I get that. I'll try to stay my hand from that in the future, if I can. If I suggest to others to put him on ignore, I'll do it privately from now on.
We have a notable members list?![DOUBLEPOST=1432478855,1432478802][/DOUBLEPOST]Also that London Riots post is legitimately hilarious/awesome.
GasBandit
Staff member
It pays to be the guy who posts the memes, what can I say.
Except it doesn't really "pay" anything other than fake internet points.
But if you go by most positive ratings PER post, Kags is our queen.[DOUBLEPOST=1432479338,1432479240][/DOUBLEPOST]
Right at the top, the "Members" pulldown between "Events" and "Faq"
To get this thread back on-topic:
In Ferguson, they've repaved the area where Michael Brown was shot and laid a permanent memorial plaque in the sidewalk.
Countdown to when it gets vandalized ...
In Ferguson, they've repaved the area where Michael Brown was shot and laid a permanent memorial plaque in the sidewalk.
Countdown to when it gets vandalized ...
It might just be due to all of Jiarn's activity being pre-move. There are still quite a number of posts by "Jiarn," but they are all listed as if Jiarn is merely a guest user. So it looks like there's a name attached to the posts themselves, but no matching name in the user database, hence flagged as guest user.
--Patrick
It won't be vandalized.
It will be repeatedly shot by a policeman who was afraid for his life.
Jesus, some of that is like a real-life The Shield.
I had the exact same thought. I'm getting the feeling that creating special little taskforces on large urban police forces might be a bad idea.
Naaaaaaah.