Over in GQ someone was asking about the great The rock in the box: I burning your dog thread. As I was re-reading that classic trainwreck, it occurred to me that this sort of unbridled lunacy was once common in the Pit, and just how much fun it was. I think that the paid subscription policy has cut way down on the number of incoherent but vastly amusing posters we used to see. Additionally, I suspect that if the thread were posted in the Pit today it would be quickly closed by a moderator or at least moved to another forum where the scathing replies would not be permitted. I miss the good old days.
I think that’s why some members are willing to foot the bill for other people’s membership fees. They’re hoping to trigger such a piece of surreality. We can only hope.
I agree. Just today I was thinking how dull the pit has become since all the good threads keep getting moved out. It’s no fun to read any more because all thats left are the foul mouthed rants.
While there was, perhaps, a certain random looniness in bygone days, perhaps lost because of paid membership, I remind you that if we didn’t have the paid memberships, we wouldn’t have any boards at all.
Having just reread the thread in the OP, I conclude that everyone who posted to it was either high or drunk. Or both. What a wonderful collection of complete and utter nonsense!
I noticed the large number of well-known “Guests” in that thread, and I checked a couple of their profiles and found that they appear to still be active members. I’m guessing there’s a software glitch somewhere.
I was basing my previous post on the “last activity” date shown for those posters. On closer inspection, although the “last activity” date may be within the past couple of weeks, none of the “Guests” I checked has posted since the cutoff date for renewal. It appears that they’re still looking in occasionally though.
