Can we make that a board rule?
Yes, sorry, I always twitch like this when I read the rantings of an imbecile.
Oh ho ho, see it’s funny because you’ve insinuated that the OP is an imbecile because you disagree with his viewpoint. Classy and persuasive.
Well, considering I didn’t post anything in the thread because OMG it was already answered by the time I reloaded, that’s kind of moot.
The way you phrased it, it sounded like no one has any reason to click on a thread they don’t understand, and if they do, they should hit the back button if they’re still ignorant about it.
Except I define my use of “thread shitting” in my second sentence where I actually say “It’s more about the dolts who pop into a thread they don’t understand and make some dumbass comments about the subject they know nothing about”. In your moderator expertise, then, should I actually say “MY DEFINITION OF THREAD SHITTING, FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS THREAD IS:”
You should also confirm with the moderators of Cafe Society that I didn’t actually report the posters as thread shitters… which is what I would do for people who violate board rules. And at any rate, I would expect a moderator of the Straight Dope Message Board not to actually assume the motivations of posters unless, the posters, actually say they want moderator action taken. Things like “Why didn’t they get warned?” or “These thread shitters are violating a board rule.” Maybe it’s just my bad that I have such high expectations of someone who has been given a very important job of figuring out the tone of a thread.
Yeah, because instead of complaining in the thread itself where it’d derail the thread even more, I ignored the stupid jokes and replied to the topic of discussion, and then I… why… I even helped out future thread readers by reporting it and having the title fixed. And THEN I had the audacity to complain in the BBQ Pit!!! If this is not the place to whine about it, where the fuck should I whine about it then?
Funny, I thought idiot was the one who can’t (or won’t) read for context.
Let’s all make sandcastles!
I don’t think he insinuated that the OP is an imbecile. I think he stated it outright.
Which I guess brings us back to my pet peeve number 2…
No, by all means, click on it. Hell, if even one person had actually asked “I’m not familiar with Li’l Sebastian. What has he done?” rather than the ha-ha-look-at-me-I’m-so-funny responses, it wouldn’t have drawn such ire.
The ire in this thread is warm, like the glow of a car’s cigarette lighter.
He didn’t actually specify which posts he was reading that make him twitch so there. He outright stated that someone’s posts were imbecilic but not whose they were, hence my use of insinuation. Neener neener.
stomps on Sierra’s sandcastle just cuz.
Don’t you just want to touch it?
How about you just use the actual definition of the word, instead of inventing your own?
Good job. Have a cookie.
And this relates to what, exactly? Do you need Inner Stickler to step in and translate Moron to English again?
You must be even thicker than I thought, if you think my problem is that you’re not whining about this in the correct place. The problem is that you’re whining about this at all. There really isn’t a place you could go where your whining wouldn’t be annoying, and that includes if you locked yourself in your closet and sat there muttering about it to yourself in the dark.
Cars still have cigarette lighters? Or is that what gramps is still calling the iPod car charger?!
Stomp the sandcastles all you like, the OP seems to have plenty wadded up them so there’s still more to play with.
I’d say more than just the OP have sandy cunts.
What’s that? My translation skills are needed again? Ok.
Grapefruit: I’m ticked off and wish to express my angst in the appropriate forum.
Miller: I dislike that you used what I feel is the wrong word so I will attempt to beat you down with lots of words because it makes me feel important.
Various other dopers: Check out my swinging dick.
Sierra and Inner get a game of beach volleyball going.
Um ummumm aaaah you said the NAUGHTY WORD
lobs a sandball at Stickler
Nah, you should just learn to read for context.
Oh, I get that you don’t think my rant is justified. I disagree though. It’s a rant of irritation that I wanted to get off my chest. Besides, it’s not like I’m whining about coworkers or dog at dog parks or Google front page pictures. Although silly peeves (IMO), the posters also have every right and justification to rant about what irritates them. As far as I know, there is no actual board rule that says “Your rants are silly, therefore it’s not appropriate for the SDMB”.
Also, your assertion and responses has moved pretty far away from the indication that I didn’t use “thread shit” properly to what is now a whine about how my rant is annoying and baseless. How about you figure it out whether you have a problem with my use of the word “thread shit” or whether you think my rant is annoying. I’ll happily accept both, but you’re grasping at straws by now.
I heard Lil’ Sebastian was murdered on the Vegas Strip after a Holyfield fight.
For me to disagree, there would have to be some actual content there in the first place, rather than an unfocused rant about behaviour he doesn’t understand, delivered using words that are clearly beyond his understanding. Rather, I feel a combination of amusement and pity.
I see I wasn’t that hard to understand after all.
Pet peeve number three: “But I’m allowed to post this sort of thing!” Yes, you are. No one has said differently. Note that, instead of moderating you, I’m insulting you. Your rant is petty, vacuous, and ill-defined. You couldn’t even properly frame your complaint, and had to wait for someone else to show up and describe it for you. Hence, the mocking.
I’m just trying to keep up with your goalposts. I’m perfectly happy to make fun of you for whatever it is you’ve decided this pit thread is about, because I’m reasonably certain that all your attempts to reframe it will fail equally.