Ive been lurking more than posting lately, and that infrequently. I only just now found out about Melin’s having been banned - since I’ve always liked her posts, I thought, “What? No! Why?” and checked out the many links - including one to the Pit. I have never been to the Pit before. I come to the SDMB for my dose of skeptical intelligence, bizarro humor and warm fuzzies - so I generally restrict myself to the Comments forums and MPSIMS. So now Ive just read some of the threads in the Pit, and boy am I depressed!
Forgive my ramblings. I enjoy a good rant as much as anybody, but why does it have to get so personal? Yes, I do want everybody in the world to be nice to each other. I dont give a flying fuck if you think Im a wuss.
Can we, like, have a group hug and sing Kum-ba-yah or something now? I dont care what Ed says, I still feel like I need to take a bath.
Ca
I’ll stop procrastinating tomorrow.
Let’s let this incident sleep the sleep of the dead.
Fair-unfair, deliberate-impulsive, vindictive-with love: it’s over.
Let’s put it behind us.
Can I get an “amen”?
Voted Best Sport
And narrowly averted the despised moniker Smiley Master
Forward deployed until 18AUG00
AMEN!!!
I’ve learned that if someone says something unkind about me, I must live so that no one will believe it.
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AMEN!!!
You sing in my consciousness like a counterpoint to my life.
L.L.
huh?
I sold my soul to Satan for a dollar. I got it in the mail.
Scarlet, same for me. I came across it Friday night, I think, and I thought, ‘well, it’s probably just as well I don’t come here much anymore, missed THAT ugly scene.’ I too will restrict myself to light banter, warm fuzzies, general informations and healthy skepticism. Anybody think that the Pit, as exciting as it is to some people, might not have been such a great idea?
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The Pit isn’t a ‘fun place to go and hang out’ that’s for sure, but it probably DOES provide a service that would spill out all over the other areas, if it weren’t there so that the mods could move arguments that become too personal, or just too heated.
It must be especially bad for anyone coming into this late, not to mention your poor eyeballs reading THAT much stuff. But, the same people that have the ability to banter about inane subjects also show their passionate sides too, that isn’t such a bad thing, a bit overwhelming, maybe.
So, holding hands with everyone in a circle,
“Kumbaya my Lord, Kumbaya…” Let’s gather around the campfire now, and get some marshmallows and straighten out some hangers for a REAL roast. 
Judy
“Um, according to who? Nothing more than a high brow troll, though occasionally the bi polar personality swung in a constructive direction on innocuous topics.” Omniscient
Amen. I stay out of the Pit for the most part, but still visit to see what’s going on.
On a few occasions, I contributed a very mild flame and then later regretted it. I’d go back and find that I’d misunderstood, or had just piled on cause it seemed like the thing to do. I think we need the pit now…there are those who apparently need to say the “f” word a couple times a day, and some do seem to get a lot out of it. BTW, I noticed on the list of boards, this note under the Pit heading: “If you gotta flame, do it here. This is the place for all complaints and other discussion regarding administration of the SDMB.” Sounds to me like the original intent of the Pit was for just that – to complain specifically about the SDMB.