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PB2K · Jan 8, 2008, 04:51 PM

it's when a forum gets too popular when it starts to attract stupids. stupids only find mainstream forums and mess them up with insults and oneliners that don't get past OMG WTF

i'm sorry but i think we just have to deal with it

Dakar the Fourth · Jan 8, 2008, 04:51 PM

Originally Posted by PB2K

it's when a forum gets too popular when it starts to attract stupids. stupids only find mainstream forums and mess them up with insults and oneliners that don't get past OMG WTF

i'm sorry but i think we just have to deal with it

Yes, that's exactly it.

vintage · Jan 8, 2008, 05:00 PM

Originally Posted by PB2K

it's when a forum gets too popular when it starts to attract stupids. stupids only find mainstream forums and mess them up with insults and oneliners that don't get past OMG WTF

i'm sorry but i think we just have to deal with it

You are calling other people stupids, yet you are not using capitalization. Hrm....

Dakar the Fourth · Jan 8, 2008, 05:01 PM

I'm sure a Grammar Nazi is exactly what the Lounge needs to get back on track.

vintage · Jan 8, 2008, 05:10 PM

It was a friendly rib.

Lighten up, lean back, and just enjoy it.

sek929 · Jan 8, 2008, 05:13 PM

+1

Oh no I didn't!

Dakar the Fourth · Jan 8, 2008, 05:20 PM

Originally Posted by vintage

Lighten up, lean back, and just enjoy it.

Things I've said to overly intoxicated women before committing date rape?

analogika · Jan 8, 2008, 07:53 PM

^ For $200 please.

Laminar · Jan 8, 2008, 08:14 PM

vintage=Kevin?

brassplayersrock² · Jan 8, 2008, 08:25 PM

who knows. you could PM a mod and ask

Cold Warrior · Jan 8, 2008, 08:32 PM

It was Ca$h. reader50 mentioned it in the 'is banning users helpful' thread.

brassplayersrock² · Jan 8, 2008, 08:34 PM

just saw that a second ago. thanks cw.

here's a blast from the past:

Face Ache · Jan 8, 2008, 09:51 PM

I've been informed I have "enemies" within the mod squad. That's why I personally don't make much effort around here these days - this is enemy territory.

Kinda sad after years of contributing to find that out.

MacosNerd · Jan 8, 2008, 10:07 PM

Originally Posted by Face Ache

I've been informed I have "enemies" within the mod squad. That's why I personally don't make much effort around here these days - this is enemy territory.

Huh?

who "informed" you and being a internet forum what possibly could these supposed enemies do to you

SSharon · Jan 8, 2008, 10:30 PM

After spending many years here I don't see why anyone has enemies here. Some people are asses, but I think most come here to have fun and relax.

Times have changed a bit, but I still keep coming back and I don't intend to stop because of a few peoples' bickering with the mods.

When did people start taking the internet so seriously anyway? We really need some more carly patterson pics to lighten things up. Even those lol catz would be welcome.

Face Ache · Jan 8, 2008, 10:42 PM

Originally Posted by MacosNerd

who "informed" you and being a internet forum what possibly could these supposed enemies do to you

The person who informed me is someone who knows.

As for what they can do to me - well they can just "moderate" the stuffing out of me. The last person to needlessly attack me here was defended by two mods and just made a moderator himself. Seems I'm very much on the outside here. I dunno... maybe it's my fault, but I don't have these problems elsewhere on the internet and there was a time when I didn't have them here. I don't think I've changed.

Most of the popular members from this Lounge started their own forum a few years ago - that's where the fun (and the friendliness) is. That's why this place is a shadow of its former self.

- - e r i k - - · Jan 8, 2008, 10:43 PM

Face Ache has "enemies"? oooh... where can I get those? Sounds exciting.

Face Ache · Jan 8, 2008, 10:49 PM

Just be a smart-arse lefty in the Pol Lounge and they'll be along shortly.

brassplayersrock² · Jan 8, 2008, 11:00 PM

i have enemies on the staff as well face ache. you are not alone.
any penis jokes and and and..... well i don't know yet, but it'll be BAD!!!

Laminar · Jan 8, 2008, 11:07 PM

Originally Posted by - - e r i k - -

Face Ache has "enemies"? oooh... where can I get those? Sounds exciting.

Interested in a career in arching?

brassplayersrock² · Jan 8, 2008, 11:12 PM

what cartoon show is that?

- - e r i k - - · Jan 8, 2008, 11:46 PM

Originally Posted by brassplayersrock²

what cartoon show is that?

This was a joke, right?

brassplayersrock² · Jan 8, 2008, 11:50 PM

no. should it be?

krillbee · Jan 9, 2008, 12:45 AM

i really liked this place better when shifuimam was here. she gave some of us geeks hope.

SSharon · Jan 9, 2008, 01:04 AM

Originally Posted by krillbee

i really liked this place better when shifuimam was here. she gave some of us geeks hope.

she left? it feels like only yesterday she posted a pic of the shoes in her closet

justanotherjacob · Jan 9, 2008, 02:45 AM

Somewhere between then and now, at least four things happened:

1. Twelve year olds raised on pre-web net protocols became extinct.
2. The iPod was enormously successful.
3. UBB chronic search index pain was replaced with vBulletin AJAX, and Mac OS X and the MacNN Forums lost their pinstripes.
4. Some country joined the European Union. Probably. Or was it China's space program? MySpace? Something like that.

Nostalgia has no place in a discussion about why the past r0xed. We need "Real Facts". Did you guys hear the announcement from CES that someone is getting a personal trainer? DBGFHRGL

krillbee · Jan 9, 2008, 03:43 AM

Originally Posted by SSharon

she left? it feels like only yesterday she posted a pic of the shoes in her closet

Yea, she's been gone for a few weeks now.

badidea · Jan 9, 2008, 03:59 AM

Maybe now it's the time to look out the window and check out the girls on the street...in the real world! <- not the one on MTV!!

brassplayersrock² · Jan 9, 2008, 04:22 AM

Dork. · Jan 9, 2008, 08:34 AM

Originally Posted by SSharon

she left? it feels like only yesterday she posted a pic of the shoes in her closet

IIRC, she left when she realized this place had too much drama for her.

Dakar the Fourth · Jan 9, 2008, 09:10 AM

Originally Posted by - - e r i k - -

This was a joke, right?

No, he's actually that worthless.

andi*pandi · Jan 9, 2008, 10:27 AM

now, who is jacob? what'd you say? where's my glasses? why is the dog running in circles? How can we cope with this insanity?

osiris · Jan 9, 2008, 11:38 AM

Maybe this will help get the Lounge back to its former glory.

boots · Jan 9, 2008, 12:29 PM

Glory. Not Glamour. Dress the cat up in Roman armor and snap a picture of him kicking someone into a bottomless pit. That's glory.

brassplayersrock² · Jan 9, 2008, 01:21 PM

YouTube - 300 cat - Spartans parody

boots · Jan 9, 2008, 02:04 PM

Roman, Spartan, whatever. But yeah, THAT'S glory. Someone do a mockup of 'Hood kicking Zimpy into the abyss.

ThinkInsane · Jan 9, 2008, 02:07 PM

Originally Posted by Face Ache

The person who informed me is someone who knows.

As for what they can do to me - well they can just "moderate" the stuffing out of me. The last person to needlessly attack me here was defended by two mods and just made a moderator himself. Seems I'm very much on the outside here. I dunno... maybe it's my fault, but I don't have these problems elsewhere on the internet and there was a time when I didn't have them here. I don't think I've changed.

Most of the popular members from this Lounge started their own forum a few years ago - that's where the fun (and the friendliness) is. That's why this place is a shadow of its former self.

I don't know, I've always found you a rather likable chap even though I rarely if ever agree with your point of view. I've found that life is rather boring if you only like people who hold the same views as yourself. You're okay (for an Aussie

)

Dakar the Fourth · Jan 9, 2008, 02:29 PM

Originally Posted by boots

Someone do a mockup of 'Hood kicking Zimpy into the abyss.

Let's just say this scene popped into my head immediately.

osiris · Jan 9, 2008, 02:38 PM

ooh, it's like being there.

starman · Jan 9, 2008, 02:44 PM

Originally Posted by Face Ache

Most of the popular members from this Lounge started their own forum a few years ago - that's where the fun (and the friendliness) is. That's why this place is a shadow of its former self.

Are you talking about BBQ? That's long gone.

That was a fun place. I miss it

boots · Jan 9, 2008, 02:51 PM

Originally Posted by starman

Are you talking about BBQ? That's long gone.

That was a fun place. I miss it

There's a little life raft drifting in the ocean that retains a rag-tag group of survivors. It's just a Zodiac, really; LE was a cheap $%#!.

andi*pandi · Jan 9, 2008, 03:28 PM

shut up and row.

Cadaver · Jan 9, 2008, 03:41 PM

Originally Posted by freudling

So, this thread is proof positive that the lounge has slipped. A post like this should and has attracted several long-term posters, once that have a history here. But, I skipped from the first page, after reading the first 6 posts, to this last page. Nothing but fluff here.

OK. I posted here. Happy now?

(j/k)

boots · Jan 9, 2008, 03:44 PM

Originally Posted by andi*pandi

shut up and row.

Yes, Master.

ghporter · Jan 9, 2008, 04:22 PM

Originally Posted by Dakar the Fourth

No, he's actually that worthless.

I had to look that up. I guess I don't have the prerequisites for a degree in Venture. Your post was both rude and unnecessary. If we were to get into some of the things I'm interested in, I think you'd find yourself asking a lot of questions too. Not being "up" on everyone else's interests is just that. Don't go judging others by whether they are familiar with all the animated shows you are-you could find yourself in a trivia contest and lose.

Dakar the Fourth · Jan 9, 2008, 04:29 PM

Originally Posted by ghporter

I had to look that up. I guess I don't have the prerequisites for a degree in Venture.

Yeah, you're not what I'd consider Adult Swim's target audience. Unlike brass.

analogika · Jan 9, 2008, 04:33 PM

ghporter, I think you're overreacting.

But you're hitting one point that does exemplify what's happened to this place (and this thread, to a degree):

It's just not *fun* anymore.

In every sense.

Dakar the Fourth · Jan 9, 2008, 04:36 PM

You mean everyone is belligerent to those that irritate them?
Yeah, you have a point there.

boots · Jan 9, 2008, 04:37 PM

Way to state the obvious, dweeb. (You mean like that?)

Dakar the Fourth · Jan 9, 2008, 04:40 PM

It doesn't quite have the same kick when you don't really mean it.
Get it? boots. kick. hahahahaha