Obviously he’s 13, which is why he’d be so scornful of a 12-year-old who lacks his great wisdom.
That’s a real cop out answer since you never gave me any specific instructions in the first place and you were just looking to give me are warning because I insulted your aztec “tutelary deity”. The real reason was the “personal insult” of asking for their age.
matt357, a lot of guys would have figured out that the battle was lost and they would lose the war if they didn’t shut up. Maybe right now would be a good time to become one of those guys.
It really would.
Matt,
piece of advice from someone who’s butted heads with mods before.
A. Just because someone disagrees with you doesn’t they have a vendetta against you or are stupid.
B. No, referring to posts as “bullshit” is not against the rules. I’ve done so several times and never gotten warned. Attacking the posts and not the poster will not get you warned.
The closest that will happen is that sometimes, in some threads, when temperatures have escalated, you might be asked to change your tone or language because the thread is spiraling out of control.
C. Send a PM, not start up a thread in ATMB. I’ll admit to having done both, and deeply regretted doing the latter. The first is vastly more mature, and in my experience, when treated with respect and being engaged in a private conversation most people, including the mods of this site, will a) respond better and b) more honestly than when you make a spectacle of yourself. I’ll admit to have my differences with several mods, but I think it’s better to try and keep such disagreements private for my own sanity and also because it’s vastly more adult.
D. Having looked at the warning, I don’t think any reasonable person could disagree with them. Yeah, I’ve gotten notes and warnings I disagreed with and feel several of the mods have blind spots, but believing that you’re/I’m always right and they’re always wrong is silly. Fish can’t recognize water.
The best part of that Aztec thread was learning that Doc Cathode uses Yahoo to search the Internet.
In this instance, **Colibri **and Marley are entirely correct. The warnings issued are appropriate and consistent with the way those rules have been applied for at least the 7 years I’ve been here.
matt357, allow me to introduce you to the concept of “whoosh”. That’s the sound of a joke going over your head and you taking it seriously.
Colibri’s reference to a tutelary deity was a joke, son, a joke - an attempt to leaven the thread with a bit of humour.
No wonder you are so well liked by the nonnies.
If there are Aztec descendants currently in Brazil, they must have passed through Panama on their migration … Colibri may well be one of them! :dubious:
Fascinating - in a quick review of the posts in question, he has told - a doctor how doctors react, a cop what the criteria for being arrested for might be, a lawyer what is likely to be prosecuted and a moderator how to moderate.
FASCINATING.
So, it’s not advisable. I guess that means you’re gonna think bad thoughts his way.
It’s not like anyone has ever gotten banned for repeatedly breaking the rules or anything.
OP has started thread so as to win an argument with moderators in the court of public opinion. Noting that the OP’s peers have failed to back him up and that even the usual suspects of mod-haters have not even filed an amicus brief, as is their wont, this court finds the OP guilty.
You guys are cracking me up. Especially this post.
Next he’ll be telling us how to cut out hearts for sacrifices.
He presented this argument when we were considering him as part of the staff. We felt that he showed the right attitude, but told him that he was a bit too lenient on spammers. He’s working on it.
**Marley **used an exclamation mark in private correspondence to me once… I cried for days. There was no need for such an insult!
Hey, dude. I know you are probably new here but there is a quote function that let’s you do this:
instead of typing out the quote and getting it wrong like this:
The good old days.
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Unless of course this is some subtle attempt to insult **Colibri **and his Aztec forefathers?! If that’s the case you should issue yourself a warning. Or two warnings.
Most awesom ATMB thread ever.
Given the literacy level of his posts thus far, do you really think that’ll be of any worth?
Thanks! I’ve been looking for that for ages.