This has gone from mildly irritating, to amusing, to surreal.
Love Me Vol. 1, apparently, is off the ledge. Ambushed is afraid that the end of Western Civilization is nigh.
Mhendo posted a melodramatic tear jerker and vows to post as usual, even if it leads to his (?) banning. Prior to that, Mhendo offered up a summary of his posting history, letting us know that he’s likely to call someone a chunt once every 5000 posts or so. With that torrid history of online abuse, I figure in about March of 2012 or so he won’t be banned, or even warned, but be told “Mhendo, knock it off.” I believe **DSYounfEsq ** (iirc) said it was the most sensible post of the thread, and while I agree with that assessment, they both appear to be oblivious to the fact that Mhendo’s post could have been written by Ed.
Assuming Mhendo’s telling the truth, Mhendo is exactly the type of poster that should be carrying on business as usual—exactly the type of poster that Ed and Dex have gone out of their way to say won’t be affected by this simple, sensible, minor rule change.
**RobuSensei **, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHmvkRoEowc , feeling neglected, opened a new thread in hopes of getting some attention. We’ve got some inane poll going around as if it’s anything but a “Me too” poll. (can you see A.C. Nielson subcontracting out a presidential poll to David Axlerod?)
Lost in all this juvenile madness is what Ed & Dex have actually said. (and it would appear that most haven’t read it but are moving along this petulant trail with a herd mentality.)
Enough is enough. The “we need a place to vent” theme was always a non-starter. Still Ed and Dex have gone out of their way to say that the spirit of The Pit----the ability to be insulting, to be raucous, to use profanity, and to flame will remain. *Only the most juvenile, vile, witless and stupid abuse *needs to stop.
And yet post after post has responded to this simple, minor rule change as akin to tearing up the First Amendment. This childish, petulant behavior is beyond the pale. It’s time to grow up.
Ed, make it 400 pesos: You’ve built a nice franchise. (but I suspect you’re having a hard time trying to figure out how to monetize it) It looks to me that you have tried to be considerate to your “customers”. (some of which haven’t cared enough to pony up 15 bucks before starting their crying)
But it’s clear to me that they will continue to piss and moan and cry and accuse and berate----not until you answer them (as you already have)-----but until you give them the answer they want.
You’ve let them “vent.” (a euphemism for acting like spoiled children) At some point the discussion needs to be over and we need to get back to life. Make your decision(s). Lock the threads. Let’s go through the learning/transition process, including the inevitable sacrificial bannings.
On the other side of this, the miscreants will be gone, and the board will actually be more creative, more vibrant, more intelligent—and no less raucous, or funny.
Enough is enough with this melodramatic nonsense.