I am mildly annoyed by the following posting practice. Of The Hamburglar’s first nine posts, seven of them consist of replies to threads in which he or she quotes the previous reply, and then omits material, saying “The Hamburglar has stolen the [for example] H’s, S’s, and L’s from this post!”
Yep, methinks Hamburglar is suffering from an all too common disease called “trollitis.” Fortunately, this can be cured quite easily, by having a friendly moderator stick a boot up his ass.
But doesn’t whimsy have its place in the great SDMB universe? It should merely be in moderation, especially outside of IMHO, MPSIMS, and the Pit. I see great promise in The Hamburglar. But what do I know? I’m just some moron.
There once was a man of the land
Who walked 'round stealing burgers from hands
But his postings were snide
So the mods had him fried
And now under his name it says BANNED
I thought it amusing. It would have gotten old real quick, but so far, as someone said, it was a harmless touch of whimsy. It certainly wasn’t worthy of banning, and banning without any warnings at that, unless he was a sock.
I too am a touch confused that he was banned. I don’t think he was a sock, so I find it somewhat incredible that he was banned for misquoting when it was obviously done with a completely benign intent. He was moderately amusing, including his rant against Ronald McDonald, and not offensive.
Sure he technically broke a rule, but I didn’t see any warnings or anything to the poor guy. Perhaps they were a bit quick with the trigger on this one.
