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RE: The Rules
January 23, 2015 at 12:54 am
[quote=Losty Ones I struggle with are the quoting one,[/quote]
Not to toot my own horn, but I am, like, really, really good at quoting.
"There remain four irreducible objections to religious faith: that it wholly misrepresents the origins of man and the cosmos, that because of this original error it manages to combine the maximum servility with the maximum of solipsism, that it is both the result and the cause of dangerous sexual repression, and that it is ultimately grounded on wish-thinking." ~Christopher Hitchens, god is not Great
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RE: The Rules
January 23, 2015 at 1:24 am
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(January 23, 2015 at 12:45 am)Losty Wrote: Then there's the necroposting rule. If I ever receive an official warning regarding this, then I'll consider not doing it. I think it's a terrible rule 
Bad as you want to be.
Yeah, it is a weird rule .. or is it really a guideline? Damned if I know. But I sure wish no one had to do anything about it. If no one responds because everyone involved has moved on .. whatever. Let the noob talk to themselves or to whoever shows up that is interested for all I care. Just hate that anyone has to be bothered by it.
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RE: The Rules
January 23, 2015 at 1:39 am
(January 23, 2015 at 1:24 am)whateverist Wrote: (January 23, 2015 at 12:45 am)Losty Wrote: Then there's the necroposting rule. If I ever receive an official warning regarding this, then I'll consider not doing it. I think it's a terrible rule
Bad as you want to be.
Yeah, it is a weird rule .. or is it really a guideline? Damned if I know. But I sure wish no one had to do anything about it. If no one responds because everyone involved has moved on .. whatever. Let the noob talk to themselves or to whoever shows up that is interested for all I care. Just hate that anyone has to be bothered by it.
It's more of a guideline. I necro'd my get-together thread the other day, but it's a sticky, and is meant to be brought up as needed. Same with, like, the cat memes thread. Mostly, we're guiding against necroposting in threads that aren't meant to be ongoing. It's better to start a new one so people don't find themselves responding to members who aren't active any longer. That's wicked annoying.
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RE: The Rules
January 23, 2015 at 1:50 am
Good. So long as staff aren't bothered to do anything about it. I know I sometimes mention it myself but I'm pretty low key .. cuz, you know, whatever.
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RE: The Rules
January 23, 2015 at 2:08 am
(January 23, 2015 at 1:50 am)whateverist Wrote: Good. So long as staff aren't bothered to do anything about it. I know I sometimes mention it myself but I'm pretty low key .. cuz, you know, whatever.
Honestly, the only time it ever becomes more than an annoyance is when someone's going around necroposting every thread in sight.
It's a guideline. It's not something that's going to get anyone in a bunch of trouble.
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RE: The Rules
January 23, 2015 at 2:16 am
I've kept my Damned Catholics, Damned Protestants, Damned Muslims and Damned Jews threads going for years. The first three are easy because they do something stupid pretty much every day. The Jews are a little harder but that mainly because they don't annoy the shit out of me the way the others do.
Then there is the Damned Republicunt thread...again, stupid shit is a daily occurrence there and the Gun Nut thread which, sadly, will never run dry.
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RE: The Rules
January 23, 2015 at 2:20 am
(January 23, 2015 at 1:39 am)rexbeccarox Wrote: ... so people don't find themselves responding to members who aren't active any longer. That's wicked annoying. Lately, that is like two days old. 
You make people miserable and there's nothing they can do about it, just like god.
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God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
-- Superintendent Chalmers
Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things.
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Once something's been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral.
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RE: The Rules
January 23, 2015 at 2:24 am
(January 23, 2015 at 2:16 am)Minimalist Wrote: I've kept my Damned Catholics, Damned Protestants, Damned Muslims and Damned Jews threads going for years. The first three are easy because they do something stupid pretty much every day. The Jews are a little harder but that mainly because they don't annoy the shit out of me the way the others do.
Then there is the Damned Republicunt thread...again, stupid shit is a daily occurrence there and the Gun Nut thread which, sadly, will never run dry.
Don't forget the rabid cops thread. That's good for a daily post.
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RE: The Rules
January 23, 2015 at 2:40 am
(January 23, 2015 at 2:20 am)IATIA Wrote: (January 23, 2015 at 1:39 am)rexbeccarox Wrote: ... so people don't find themselves responding to members who aren't active any longer. That's wicked annoying. Lately, that is like two days old.
Gawds; no kidding. Gonna need a replacement banhammer soon. Mine's caked with brains.
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RE: The Rules
January 23, 2015 at 2:42 am
Throw it in the oven. 250 for 3 hours 15 mintues. Cure those brains.
This is key: you have to quench in Extra Virgin Olive Oil immediately when you pull it out of the oven to anneal the brains. Banhammer strong as ever.
"There remain four irreducible objections to religious faith: that it wholly misrepresents the origins of man and the cosmos, that because of this original error it manages to combine the maximum servility with the maximum of solipsism, that it is both the result and the cause of dangerous sexual repression, and that it is ultimately grounded on wish-thinking." ~Christopher Hitchens, god is not Great
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