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Besides the fact that “stupid” is a subjective term (and naturally IMO, misapplied here), such a proscription is nowhere to be found in the rules. Thus, I think it’s unarguably obvious that personal bias is in play now (I hope I’m allowed to suggest that). What, exactly, is a “stupid” thread anyway? One where there’s no garauntee that absolutely everybody on Earth will get the joke? Really, what’s the extra membership charge that’ll afford me the benifit of the doubt in cases like these? Do you think I actually consider my neighbor’s sexual activities to be a personal insult directed towards me? That’s the joke - that I’d present my housemates’ bedtime follies in a ridiculously self-centered manner. I was just humorously sharing an experience that in reality is at worst, moderately uncomfortable, and at best, a source of amusement. Most other posters are not required to be perfectly straightforward at all times, why should I be? Am I expected from now on to point out precisely which parts of all my posts are tounge-in-cheek, and then provide a couple of sentences outlining how the humor is supposed to manifest itself? I wouldn’t mind doing that, actually - it’d be a fun exercise.* Seriously, there are plenty of wacky, yet unlocked rants in the Pit; why do mine keep getting singled out?
*This was a slightly unexpected follow-up. Most people would find the previously stated exercise overly labored and uneccessary. However, this writer surprisingly expressed delight in the prospect of performing it.
Why do YOUR threads keep getting singled out?
Far out… hasn’t ANYONE ever told you not to lead with your chin?
So it was a joke thread? Not allowed in the Pit. Have a nice day.
It was closed in another forum with the advice given to move it here.
Which he did. So?
I think that was a call on your body of work, not just the specific thread. You may be perfectly nice in real life but going by your posts here you’re an idiot and you start stupid threads.
I was going to say he’s batshit crazy, but to-may-to, to-mah-to.
Pizza, I think it’s time for you to consider the possibility that irony may not be your strong suit. How about for the next thirty days, you only post things you actually believe.
Probably, though, under the assumption that pizzabrat really was upset that the lesbians didn’t include any death spikes in their fun.
Ah, they’re 1920’s-style lesbian death…
…never mind.
Well, for example, one in which a poster who has had a previous thread closed immediately starts a new one whining about it.
SDMB Prime Directive = “Don’t Be A Jerk.”
Starting a joke thread about being pissed off about lesbians not including penises in their sex = Being A Jerk.
If you truly think there was nothing jerkish about your thread, print out your OP and show it to your roommates.
pizzabrat, you’ve actually come up with some decent threads before, so you’re not beyond hope. Everybody seems to be fairly harsh to you here, so I’ll try the helpful approach and see if it sinks in:
When you want to rant about a situation, think of yourself as a stand-up comedian on stage. Your primary goal is to make your audience laugh. If you piss them off, you get booed off the stage and the venue won’t hire you back.
When you say something like “There’s two lesbians having noisy sex next door. I don’t get it. Why don’t they like penises?” the audience glares back at you with contempt. Why? Some of them are lesbians, and others are friends or relatives with lesbians. Plus, it sounds like you’re deliberately provoking a fight.
Now think to yourself, WWJD (What would Jerry (seinfeld) do?) He’d probably say something like “Last night, I all the sudden got woke up in the middle of the night when the couple next door started having loud sex. I’m not talking man-woman screams and moans. I’m talking woman-woman screams and moans!”
audience chuckles because sex is naughty. boom! then they realize he’s talking about lesbians.
“I mean, you’ve got two high-pitched voices screaming in ecstacy, instead of just the one, cuz guys usually try to keep it down to a subdued macho groan, like [sub]uhh uhhhhhhhhh[/sub] and girls just let it fly! OH! OOOOOOOHHHHH!!!”
audience laughs. Some in agreement, some not, but none of them feel like they’ve been insulted. Generally chided a little bit, but not directly insulted.
“What I wanna know, how come I can’t get in on that loud sex next door? I mean, just because I have a penis doesn’t mean I can’t do some high squeals too!”
audience laughs, because comedian made fun of himself.
So try that approach next time, and maybe the mods won’t bitchslap you.
What I was thinking as well. When you repeatedly have trouble with your posts not being received in the way they were intended, it’s time to consider that the problem may be with the writer rather than the readers.
I’m not so sure it’s that simple, Knowed Out. Sometimes people take offense just because of who wrote a post no matter how it’s worded, or just because they have a chip on their shoulder the size or Kansas, or just because their knees are wound so tight that a butterfly will trigger a smack to their chins. They do not perceive this as their own problem, but as the problem of the person from whom they took offense. That said, however, it is a sign of insanity to open a thread complaining about a moderator action. The usual gaggle of ass kissers piles on as the thread turns into a rhetorical food fight complete with inside jokes, poop slinging, and witless banter. Such threads are never successful and the OP will never have its way.
I now have a mental picture of pizzabrat as Quagmire from Family Guy.
“Excuse me, but have either one of you ladies ever been…penetrated?”
With Lynn, the safest way to avoid getting a post locked or getting warned is to just assume she is the most uptight, prudish, conservative person possible. I’m not claiming that she is, but if you take that approach, you won’t post something that she finds ‘jerkish’. Yes, being a ‘Jerk’ can be a rather subjective term, and on Straight Dope it seems to be weighed as far as the majority of people’s attitudes are concerned.
I often feel there is a definite line in the sand drawn about this issue- that if you find a thread funny and respond positively, people will imply you are encouraging trolling (of course they cant claim that outright, since it is not something you are supposed to explicitly state in a thread).
My advice is to look at the rhetoric of some of the more well-loved posters on the board, and emulate their style. At the end of the day, everybody’s shit smells pretty much the same.
I must leave work at once and go home and go to bed: I have just found myself agreeing with every word in a post by Libertarian.
Wait; I have an out: what the hell was that about a butterfly?
And take some cold medicine or something 'cause Lib’s post was nonsense and a complete non sequitur to the thread. If you even understood it, then your brain is muddled by something they should have an elixir for at the pharmacy.
Yeah, like this one guy who assumes anyone who ever says, “Jesus H. Christ!” is a hateful bigot, who asks to be banned then whines about it on other message boards when the admins do as he asks, and then keeps jumping into threads making off the cuff remarks that only he can decipher?
Are those the kinds you’re talking about, Lib?
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