Padraic

[Jackalope]

Isn't that exactly how rep whoring works?

I mean, if someone were to rep me.... why, I'd almost feel obligated to rep them back.

Not that I'd actually stoop to suggesting that I'd be willing to do such a thing.

We've already repped each other

Ahhh.... but my casual comment was craftily constructed for the eyes of those in the peanut gallery who have yet to rep me.

...or rather, it would have been so, were I the sort to stoop to rep whoring.

[Napoléon]

[Lion IRC]

Kudos does mean something
And AF must have set it up for a good reason.

Yeah, we set it up so we could mock the people who take it way too seriously. It's a fun sport.

Oh....so the kudos system is a way of mocking folk who take the kudos system too seriously.

(chicken/egg/chicken/egg)

So, if thats true, then a person who wanted to mock the kudos system might use...The Kudos System to do something like this ;

Forty-one kudos points and climbing...
The kudos system enables members to "thumb up" a post they find interesting or entertaining...doesnt have to be agreeable.
...He wants the precious. Always he is looking for it. So bright... so beautiful... ahhhhh...It came to me, my own, my love... my... preciousssss

And then some folk who might suspect they are getting punked at their own game, might go all...hey, the kudos system mockery game is just for fun...it's not serious... and they might
even start pretending to complain about how weird and annoying Lion's kudos whoring sig is.


And then, when it all gets a little bit awkward as people begin to wonder who is trolling who, and maybe he's been doing it since his first week here,
then we can all make a big joke of it and start all over again using Rep points as the topic instead of kudos points.

Ahhhhh........................*sigh*

That was fun.

Wait !!!
Is there a ''fun sport'' mockery game for the Rep points system too?

My very first kudos point here at AF was from padraic.

[Angrboda]

[Minimalist]

My very first kudos point here at AF was from padraic.

Pad is/was a great guy but sometimes he could be a shitty judge of character.

[Shell B]

Confused you too, huh? Silly member is silly.

[Rayaan]

Lion, just to address this post about your theory of Pad leaving atheism:

Yes, and its not an implausible theory. (Not an argument BTW).

1. I didn't say it was an implausible theory.
2. Fine. I shouldn't have said that it was an "argument." It was just a theory.

With that out of the way now, do you also think that your theory is the most plausible explanation for why Pad left this forum (and perhaps even the internet altogether) or do you think that your theory is as equally likely to be true as all the other possible explanations?

Anyway, as I said, it's just a theory and I am an optimist.

That's okay. However, just because this theory sounds most optimistic to you doesn't mean that it is the most likely one to be true (if that's what you're trying to imply).

Secondly, if Pad did leave atheism (which is not 100% improbable, of course), then you still have the problem of having to explain why he would specifically choose Christianity as opposed to something like deism or any of the other religions.

[Tea Earl Grey Hot]

Hey, um guys, Padraic's user page says his last visit was November 20th! I don't think he's dead: http://atheistforums.org/user-189.html

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Oh, wait. I just found out it was a mod accessing his account.

[Rayaan]

That was just me in Pad's account. I went to his account to find a certain PM that he sent me (which I deleted from my own account) and it had his full name on it. I thought I may be able to type his name on Google and find him on some other websites. But, after doing that, still no success. The videos that he uploaded and posted in this forum have been deleted as well. And he's not even replying to anyone's PMs nor E-mails since the time he left.

He appears to be completely away from the internet, but I hope he's alright.

[Norfolk And Chance]

Or me. I mean 17, come on guys. Fucking godschild has got nearly as many as me, and this is an atheist forum!

I expect to wake up in the morning on 20.

It's morning and I've woken up. Rep = 20, job done. Well done Atheist Forums. I can now die happy.