The Newly Departed thread: announcements (departures)

[Edwardo Piet]

I know it's not relevant but I don't think he's good at his job either (especially considering he claims to have been responsible for a lot of the recent changes to the forum, which are negative changes IMO).

But this is simply my opinion. Clearly the staff as a whole think he's good at being a mod otherwise they wouldn't keep him. Whilst we're being irrelevant I may as well give my opinion.

I didn't say that he needs to act professional as a mod. He's still acting more professional than I did as a mod. Which I'm more than willing to admit. I think I was good at being a mod though. Or at least, not crap at it.

I didn't say you said he needs to act professional. I'm simply pointing out that saying "a mod was a douche to me." Is like saying, "mods are allowed to officially be douches," which I don't recall being the case. Acting as member: douche away. Acting as mod: less douche necessary. It's a nit-picking thing, but I know I hated when people made it sound like I wasn't allowed to be a bitch just because I was staff.

Oh yeah I totally get you. As long as you know it's clear I wasn't saying otherwise either. No one has to act more professional as a mod. But they can, if they want to. I never bothered lol. I always try to have maximum freedom as long as I don't break any rules, and for years I've been fine (although unfortunately, more recently, staff have thought I've stepped over the line, despite the fact that I'm the same as I've always been since 2008... but that's another topic).

It seems like the thread is gonna need splitting if the digression keeps going on.

I guess the problem with this thread is it's only active when people either say they're leaving for a bit or when people pop in to ask where so-and-so has been. Well, that's not a problem per se... but you know what I mean. It's not a specially active thread but it's also a permanent thread... so once a digression happens it takes a long while to get back on topic, because it'll only get back on topic when someone either leaves or someone asks where someone has been. I hope that make sense?

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I see that often people think a disbelief in free will is to say that everyone is innocent of their actions.
But in reality, a belief in free will is a way to feel less guilty about judging others who act differently to yourself or who act the same but for different reasons.

I think people miss my key words a lot. Ultimately innocent is not the same as innocent. Ultimately everyone is, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't hold people responsible anyway for the good of all. Or indeed, for the good of a community.