I honestly don't give two shits if people apologize or not. I just wish people would stop assuming stuff goes on behind the scenes that just doesn't.

Thena broke a rule, whether intentionally or not. Its a very minor rule. Her post was edited to make it abide by the rules. As Shell pointed out, her actual final post even contained the same words that Thena was complaining about (that she was Googling) so there wasn't any need to even show the original post in the first place.

This whole thing has been blown out of proportion, for reasons I suspect have to do with the fact that Shell is my wife. Do we talk about the forum? Sure. Do I read her posts more than perhaps I read other users posts? Probably. If I see a rule violation in any post, I report it and deal with it.

(July 13, 2017 at 4:34 am)ignoramus Wrote: Rhonda started this!


(little troublemaker hehe!)

Aw no, daddy. This is between A and B. C me out of it.

(July 13, 2017 at 10:01 am)Shell B Wrote: You think cuntbag was the only thing insulting in your post? I don't mind being insulted. You're the one crying about apologies when you were the first one to dish it out. Own your shit, slag.

If you think having your googling disparaged as a source is insulting, you would really be making my point for me. Do go on.

Furthermore, I'm not "crying" about any apologies. I sure didn't make such a demand.

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(July 13, 2017 at 10:01 am)Shell B Wrote: You are ludicrous. "One day you'll learn." You fancy yourself the Buddha, don't you?

Nope. But I sure know that a demand is no way to fetch an apology. You act as if this is arcane knowledge?

Anyway, I'll let you have the last word. Make it good!

Google scholar. It's a perfectly acceptable way to find reputable sources on virtually any topic. Saying Google is a bad source is like saying the library is a bad source.

I sincerely doubt this will be the last word. You'll try here to feel like a bigger person, but you can't help it. One day, you'll make up more bullshit about me to make you feel like the hero of your own forum revolution. You'll get a few kudos from halfwits and it will feed your inflated ego. Maybe you'll then pretend to be a calm teacher-type spreading his wisdom to the angry children of the forum and step away feeling like you've really done some good. It's the routine for you. I look forward to doing this again when you feel like sufficient time has passed for people to forget you were pretending to be the bigger person. Wouldn't want them to catch on.

(July 13, 2017 at 9:46 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Furthermore, there's a right and wrong way to go about seeking an apology, and you chose the wrong way. One day you'll learn, but you'll have to do that on your own.

Ah yes. The wrong way e.g. call you out on your bullshit. Its alright you got your pride giving you pause, pretty much expected, given the fragility of your ego.

Your accusations of staff bias in this thread are wrong, petty and unwarranted. It is not the first time you did it. It seems Tibs does not want an apology. Meh, TBH, I kinda expected you would do it on your own and I can live without them, but I thought of you more humble and less prone to give bullshit. Want to discuss my even handedness? Report my profile saying "this guy is not suitible for staff duties because he's been mean to me and biased". Or use the questions for staff subforum.

Put up or shut the fuck up, as you english speaking say

(July 13, 2017 at 8:46 am)LastPoet Wrote:

(July 13, 2017 at 8:13 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: I'd suggest you ask for an apology from the poster who started throwing words around like "cunt", "cuntbag", and other such charming names, or started the whole imbroglio. I don't give two shits rubbed together about your expectations and won't jump at your command. I'm sorry to Rhonda for my part here, but this thread had devolved to petty argumentation long before I rejoined it. I haven't broken any rules in this discussion, so why I should be singled out here, it's beyond me.

Your bias is showing ... but you obviously cannot demand an apology of the person who really owes one, lol.

Oh you do have to apologize. IDGAF about your puny sensibilities regarding simple insults, or whatever the fuck you all were talking about.

I demand an apology for accusing the staff of bias like you just did, doubling up on what you said during the night. I figure you are unable to do so. Keep riding that high horse. It is your pride after all. Nothing more important on a man's life. Ha.

I'll tell you now that NO, I don't think the staff decisions here are ALWAYS made in a fair and even-handed manner; including this supposed "rule violation" that's only been touched on in the most vague and nebulous of terms, and as of yet, no one's been able to actually produce in writing. It appears to have been made off the cuff to in order to address a "special situation", in my view. 

Bottom line is...So what? 

This notion of an infallible "governing body" at AF that can NEVER be wrong, and must NEVER be questioned, and yes, yes, yes is always fair, just, and GOOD to be a bit disturbing, tbh. Must everyone believe that every single decision is made with absolute deference to to the values of virtue and fairness? That's insane, to me.

You all are human, correct?

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(July 13, 2017 at 10:06 am)Tiberius Wrote: I honestly don't give two shits if people apologize or not. I just wish people would stop assuming stuff goes on behind the scenes that just doesn't.

Thena broke a rule, whether intentionally or not. Its a very minor rule. Her post was edited to make it abide by the rules. As Shell pointed out, her actual final post even contained the same words that Thena was complaining about (that she was Googling) so there wasn't any need to even show the original post in the first place.

For the record: The reason I actually posted Shell's original post was to address her claims of being trolled; with the assumption that she'd quickly considered her own behavior within this thread, and then thought better of it....For obvious reasons.

I just chose to address both of her posts within the same body of text.

I'm not sure if you're aware of this, but you're really bad at reading situations. I even left a note in the edited version that explained why I had edited the post. I literally called you an old man, which I don't think you are. It couldn't be more obvious that I thought I was responding to a different post and had to fix it.

Listen, no one thinks the staff are perfect. However, there are a LOT of protocols in place to try to keep it as fair as possible. As far as I know, you didn't even get a warning. I assume as much because you'd probably mention it. Therefore, they barely took action. Get over it.

(July 13, 2017 at 9:52 pm)Shell B Wrote: I'm not sure if you're aware of this, but you're really bad at reading situations. I even left a note in the edited version that explained why I had edited the post. I literally called you an old man, which I don't think you are. It couldn't be more obvious that I thought I was responding to a different post and had to fix it.

Listen, no one thinks the staff are perfect. However, there are a LOT of protocols in place to try to keep it as fair as possible. As far as I know, you didn't even get a warning. I assume as much because you'd probably mention it. Therefore, they barely took action. Get over it.

Doesn't really matter what my assessment was as to why you edited your post. Your claim of being trolled was laughable to me, and it required addressing.

And, there's indeed nothing to for me to "get over", as I honestly don't care if the staff takes action against me or not. And I don't have any expectation that the staff should care about my feelings on the matter as an individual.

I'm simply choosing to call bullshit as I see it.

Well, glad that's cleared up. Since you don't care, we don't have to hear about it anymore. Hooray.

It does matter what your assessment was because it was one of many shitty assumptions you made that led to the length of this thread.

Tbh, interacting with you HAS become increasingly tedious. Hardly your fault, I reckon; You're just a bad penny.
I think that's been made abundantly clear, at this point.

I'm done. For now.