# I've been repeatedly silenced **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 23, 2013, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-repeatedly-silenced/656542 "2013-04-23T21:52:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-repeatedly-silenced/656542/81 "2013-04-24T20:31:16Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > I have a more concise alternative suggestion. Stop. **shadowofneo** , do you have any other questions about the rules or the way threads get moderated here or anything like that? ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-repeatedly-silenced/656542/82 "2013-04-24T20:32:38Z")
> [@shadowofneo](#): > > Please share I’m interested to know what my interpretations really mean. Man, just start your threads in Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share, the forum description reads, “For general discussion: from frivolous chatter to deep thoughts; from harmless diversions to life-changing announcements.” Nobody will hassle you for proof, or cites. It’s what you want. It’s what every white boy off the lake wants. ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-repeatedly-silenced/656542/83 "2013-04-24T20:52:17Z")
> [@shadowofneo](#): > > Are my threads going to continue to be closed […] If you can’t even amuse us and instead just post non-sense word salads? Yeah, probably. > [@shadowofneo](#): > > when the moderator say’s spacifically “i don’t know what this is, so i’m closing it” that is purely opinion based No, it’s pretty much objectively true. There was no ‘there’, there. You linked to google images, and vomited out random woo-terms, and didn’t even attempt to tie them together, let alone explaining what the fuck you were going on about. It wasn’t even clear what you wanted to discuss, since you don’t use English to communicate ideas very effectively. > [@shadowofneo](#): > > how can i provide creditble evidence on things that are not proven …then why are you trying to debate them without even the barest threshold being met, that of “well… is there any fucking reason to suspect that such a thing even exists, let alone that it’s got a specific set of characteristics?” You do understand that Great Debates is about, ya know, debating? And if all you can do is say “here are a bunch of words that have something to do with woo, oh, and a Google image search”? Well, why should anybody take your OP seriously? > [@shadowofneo](#): > > they aren’t as much an intellectual as i Obviously you stumbled upon the true issue here. You’re just too much for us, what with Stream of Consciousness Bingo and Elaboration-(Let-Alone-Citation)-Free-“Debating”. > [@shadowofneo](#): > > If a life supporting base is in fact on mars or could be secretly don’t you think that should be discussed and considered provocative. Why yes, if such a thing wasn’t batshit insane and contradicted absolutely everything we know about the world we live in, and if it wasn’t already stated by experts that the image is an artifact of a cosmic ray strike, then yeah you’d have a point. But as it stands, you don’t. > [@shadowofneo](#): > > I was aware it had been debunked but to me that means nothing, i would rather ask questions than live in mystery, apparently marley does not feel the same way Have you contemplated reading what you post before you hit “submit”? Because this is yet more gibberish. How can you reject something being debunked and instead engage in a game of Let’s Pretend, and then claim that you do not want to “live in mystery?” How can you look at the questions which were asked, deliberately ignore their answers, and then pretend that you want to “ask questions” as anything other than JAQing Off? > [@shadowofneo](#): > > my opinion is that there is somewhat of a double standard in which i seem to remain on the wrongs side of the tracks. Single standard: threads that are inchoate ramblings in which even the OP won’t exert the barest of effort to let people know WTF he’s talking about? Those’ll be closed. Besides, real intellectuals cite YouTube videos of The Golden Girls. > [@shadowofneo](#): > > I found [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrLvtoKZfxY) Do you realize you just posted a YouTube video of Night Court, and tried to use that as a metaphor for this board? Does that honestly strike you as… wise? ---
**Author:** ![shadowofneo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/54ee81/32.png) [@shadowofneo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shadowofneo)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-repeatedly-silenced/656542/84 "2013-04-24T20:58:54Z")
> [@Duke\_of\_Rat](#): > > Man, just start your threads in Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share, the forum description reads, “For general discussion: from frivolous chatter to deep thoughts; from harmless diversions to life-changing announcements.” > > Nobody will hassle you for proof, or cites. > > It’s what you want. It’s what every white boy off the lake wants. That was my point exactly, why was the bio thread closed. Ii would have been much more happy if it had of been moved there (MPSIMS) ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-repeatedly-silenced/656542/85 "2013-04-24T21:06:04Z")
You’re free to start a new thread in MPSIMS. But the response there will _not_ be significantly better. People will most likely still ask you for cites, or at the very least to explain WTF you’re posting about. And the vast majority of people still won’t believe in all the nonsense you want them to Just Ask Questions about. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-repeatedly-silenced/656542/86 "2013-04-24T21:12:40Z")
> [@shadowofneo](#): > > That was my point exactly, why was the bio thread closed. Ii would have been much more happy if it had of been moved there (MPSIMS) What difference would that have made? People would’ve made the same jokes in any forum. The problem here was that your posts were incoherent. > [@FinnAgain](#): > > You’re free to start a new thread in MPSIMS. That’s not really true. We discourage people from starting multiple threads on the same topic- it’s kind of obnoxious. **shadowofneo** can start threads on other topics, sure, but whether they’re about time travel or moon bases or whatever, people need to be able to understand what the heck he’s talking about or the thread’s going to be dominated by jokes and it’ll probably be closed. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-repeatedly-silenced/656542/87 "2013-04-24T21:15:49Z")
Plus that bitch **twickster** has been known to close threads that are content-free – even in MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-repeatedly-silenced/656542/88 "2013-04-24T21:19:06Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Plus that bitch **twickster** has been known to close threads that are content-free – even in MPSIMS. Reporte…never mind. ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-repeatedly-silenced/656542/89 "2013-04-24T21:49:13Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > That’s not really true. Sorry, I figured that the mods normally say something like “If you want to repost this thread and correct the following problems, then fine.” ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-repeatedly-silenced/656542/90 "2013-04-24T21:55:58Z")
> [@shadowofneo](#): > > I found [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrLvtoKZfxY), it sadly demonstrates the metaphorical representation of what is really going on in this forum, Some key symbols… > > The Judge - Is The General Atmosphere of the board > The Money - Is The afterthought of substance > The Worm Stampede - is what happens every time i post > Bob - Though seemingly the most unintelligent person in the room, has spoken more truth than anyone else in the courtroom > Chicken & Eggs - Chicken before the egg reference > Granny - My Original Kaleidoscope post > > It’s all there, though i have lost the will to fight for my opinion I think I see where you’re going here. The Necco Wafers are the actual substance of your posts, right? ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-repeatedly-silenced/656542/91 "2013-04-24T21:58:43Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Stop. What’s the beef there? Honest question. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-repeatedly-silenced/656542/92 "2013-04-24T21:59:04Z")
> [@FinnAgain](#): > > Sorry, I figured that the mods normally say something like “If you want to repost this thread and correct the following problems, then fine.” That’s usually true. But in the OP here it sounds like **shadowofneo** was suggesting people discuss 12 unrelated topics at once, and that’s not going to work. If he wanted to start a thread about one of them (other than this moon thing, probably), that would be alright. [I think this is about something else, though.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=689110) ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-repeatedly-silenced/656542/93 "2013-04-24T22:01:46Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > What’s the beef there? Honest question. It was a tacit accusation of trolling. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2013, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-repeatedly-silenced/656542/94 "2013-04-25T00:19:35Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > Oh!! > > The _afterthought_ of the substance! I was thinking it was the forethought of the substance! HAHAHA!! I’m such an idiot. > > OK, that all makes total sense now. I can’t believe I didn’t see it before. Sheesh! In all fairness, who bets on Epimetheus? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2013, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-repeatedly-silenced/656542/95 "2013-04-25T00:22:35Z")
Coherence is a conspiracy of control by The Man! ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2013, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-repeatedly-silenced/656542/96 "2013-04-25T01:20:23Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > [I think this is about something else, though.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=689110) “Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.” ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2013, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-repeatedly-silenced/656542/97 "2013-04-25T02:37:43Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Plus that bitch **twickster** has been known to close threads that are content-free – even in MPSIMS. Say what you want about **Twickster** but she can be quite self critical. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2013, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-repeatedly-silenced/656542/98 "2013-04-25T02:55:38Z")
This is the funniest thread ever. Congrats, y’all. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2013, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-repeatedly-silenced/656542/99 "2013-04-25T03:17:36Z")
> [@FinnAgain](#): > > It was a tacit accusation of trolling. Huh, I thought it was a tacit accusation of mental masturbation. ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2013, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-repeatedly-silenced/656542/100 "2013-04-25T04:49:32Z")
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