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Post by Fig on Mar 27, 2013 21:42:42 GMT -8
We! Are! The 99% (forum)!
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Post by Horned Gramma on Mar 30, 2013 9:33:07 GMT -8
I only read some of this and I think most of it is stupid.
BUT. There is a difference between being uneducated/under-educated and people who can't be bothered to type full words. Grammar is not a fucking 'construct', and we have never once made fun of someone here who obviously never learned how to spell. A perfect example would be the people who wander in off the internet streets of India or something -- people for whom English is a second language. We don't make fun of them for that, and if there were someone for whom English WAS their first language who perhaps was just a little bit slow we wouldn't make fun of them for that either. There is a difference, and it is obvious.
The regulars who are still on this board who took layers of shit from other regulars at one time or another absolutely brought that shit on themselves. I myself have brought down shit upon my own head, and when I do I own it. Blaming it on the people who were objecting to your shit is stupid and cowardly.
I don't know who it was that went cryin' to Snack's about 'ohh, the ProBoards people they so mean to noobs', but it's a safe bet that it was some turd that floated in from the Facebook page. So what. If we don't maintain the intellectual majority around here (and/or/if this place gets officially sanctioned, god forbid) this place will turn into the Coachella board. And we'll see how much you all like it then.
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Post by nater on Mar 30, 2013 9:36:14 GMT -8
I only read some of this and I think most of it is stupid. Thank you.
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Post by Pea on Mar 30, 2013 10:14:24 GMT -8
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2013 10:33:06 GMT -8
I only read some of this and I think most of it is stupid. BUT. There is a difference between being uneducated/under-educated and people who can't be bothered to type full words. Grammar is not a fucking 'construct', and we have never once made fun of someone here who obviously never learned how to spell. A perfect example would be the people who wander in off the internet streets of India or something -- people for whom English is a second language. We don't make fun of them for that, and if there were someone for whom English WAS their first language who perhaps was just a little bit slow we wouldn't make fun of them for that either. There is a difference, and it is obvious. The regulars who are still on this board who took layers of shit from other regulars at one time or another absolutely brought that shit on themselves. I myself have brought down shit upon my own head, and when I do I own it. Blaming it on the people who were objecting to your shit is stupid and cowardly. I don't know who it was that went cryin' to Snack's about 'ohh, the ProBoards people they so mean to noobs', but it's a safe bet that it was some turd that floated in from the Facebook page. So what. If we don't maintain the intellectual majority around here (and/or/if this place gets officially sanctioned, god forbid) this place will turn into the Coachella board. And we'll see how much you all like it then. Come on, HG. You can't really believe that he only said that because someone went "crying" to Zacks. If you read this board at all, you can see there is hostility and skepticism thrown at any new people whether they type correctly or not. Even when our beloved Burrito came here, he got a some shit. And you know just as well as I do that hazing that has happened here is not all justified. You have admitted yourself that you have taken things where they didn't need to go.
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Post by Horned Gramma on Mar 30, 2013 11:38:07 GMT -8
Whatevs. Yeah, things get out of hand sometimes -- the times when they have (on my account) are precisely the times where I have taken shit which I just mentioned. Truth is, this place is a shining fucking beacon of graciousness, intelligence and wit compared to just about any other forum you'll find on the entire internet, and that is almost entirely due to the effectiveness with which we expel assholes. Anyone is welcome to go spend five minutes at Hipinion or the Coachella board if you don't believe me.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2013 14:09:41 GMT -8
Like I said before, it's not about comparing this board to any other board. We might be nicer than other boards but we still can be mean and it makes sense that Sacks wouldn't want to align the brand with a board that makes people feel uncomfortable and intimidated which we do, whether you like it or not.
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Post by Rusty on Mar 30, 2013 15:55:08 GMT -8
Fuck Adam Snacks.
Like who cares if he doesn't like it here?
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Post by scough on Apr 1, 2013 10:26:20 GMT -8
If this board became "official" in any capacity I'd probably leave. I prefer the more mature group that is on this board compared to most anywhere else on the internet. Maybe I just have a thick skin from being on internet forums for over half my life, but I don't think anyone here is blatantly malicious towards new posters. I've been shit on a few times for things I've posted, but I shrug it off because I don't care if some anonymous person on the internet disagrees with me. There's a clear difference between people that have trouble with the English language, and those that are just lazy. The ones that get run off the boards are in the second category. I think we respond appropriately to the new posters that come in here and make first posts like "HAY GUYZ I HERD PERL JAM IS GUNA B AT !!". Stuff like that adds nothing to the community and it makes this forum more tolerable when those people stop coming by.
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Post by Cbats on Apr 1, 2013 11:39:28 GMT -8
The funniest part about this whole conversation is that the quote we're talking about is Snacks explicitly saying he has no interest in making things official and likes that everything is organic.
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Post by Nadine Hurley on Apr 1, 2013 18:17:13 GMT -8
And that he secretly reads the board.
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Post by rimjobflashmob on Apr 1, 2013 21:54:31 GMT -8
Not-so-secretly, clearly.
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