# The "Look and Feel" of this place **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 25, 2012, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-look-and-feel-of-this-place/632658 "2012-08-25T23:28:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-look-and-feel-of-this-place/632658/101 "2012-08-27T15:50:57Z")
Go minister to some oaks, Oakminster. You need some tranquility, because you clearly don’t understand the proper tone of civil conversation any longer. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-look-and-feel-of-this-place/632658/102 "2012-08-27T15:59:51Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Your reaction, on the other hand, was entirely uncalled for, obnoxious, and provocative. You could have disagreed without getting personal, but you chose to get nasty with me, accusing me of being “snotty” when a fair reading of my post shows no such intent. You’re the one that cranked the hostility up to 11, and I replied in kind…without violating any rules. Using the word “snotty” is “dialing the hostility up to 11”?:dubious: Seriously, **Oak** , get a grip. ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-look-and-feel-of-this-place/632658/103 "2012-08-27T17:30:32Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Mine was peaceful, with no yelling. Just simple changing stuff around, like changing message board settings. A fridge in the bathroom, different colors on this board. No drama. No huhu. **Oakminster** , “what you’ve just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.” ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-look-and-feel-of-this-place/632658/104 "2012-08-27T17:40:42Z")
**RaftPeople** , your hyperbole is a step more hyperbolic than **Oakminster** ’s. He is correct that he made no threats and did not include violence. You definitely upped the metaphor to 11. ---
**Author:** ![Steken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Steken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steken)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-look-and-feel-of-this-place/632658/105 "2012-08-27T19:08:51Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > **RaftPeople** , your hyperbole is a step more hyperbolic than **Oakminster** ’s. He is correct that he made no threats and did not include violence. You definitely upped the metaphor to 11. See those quotation marks? The man was riffing on [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hfYJsQAhl0). ---
**Author:** ![Hbns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hbns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hbns)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-look-and-feel-of-this-place/632658/106 "2012-08-27T19:36:31Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Uh…no. Your post involved arson, and yelling. Mine was peaceful, with no yelling. Just simple changing stuff around, like changing message board settings. A fridge in the bathroom, different colors on this board. No drama. No huhu. Yeah. But, well there was that implication the board is your personal property. :rolleyes: > [@Oakminster](#): > > How would you like it if I came over to your home and started rearranging your furniture? ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-look-and-feel-of-this-place/632658/107 "2012-08-27T19:46:55Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > **RaftPeople** , your hyperbole is a step more hyperbolic than **Oakminster** ’s. He is correct that he made no threats and did not include violence. You definitely upped the metaphor to 11. I quite agree. But, as **Steken** noted, it was just a funny reference to a movie line. ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-look-and-feel-of-this-place/632658/108 "2012-08-27T22:20:06Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Did you get a good feel, or did you just look? Some of us don’t have time to be groping all around the internet .. could we have volunteers go manhandle around and report back on their findings? ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-look-and-feel-of-this-place/632658/109 "2012-08-27T23:47:22Z")
Upon further reflection, I’ve been an asshat in this thread. My apologies to all I offended. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-look-and-feel-of-this-place/632658/110 "2012-08-27T23:56:00Z")
We all have bad days, and you get points with me for recognizing that you were having one and apologizing. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-look-and-feel-of-this-place/632658/111 "2012-08-28T01:07:04Z")
> [@Seanette](#): > > We all have bad days, and you get points with me for recognizing that you were having one and apologizing. It was more like 4 days, but who’s counting? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-look-and-feel-of-this-place/632658/112 "2012-08-28T01:20:27Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > It was more like 4 days, but who’s counting? 😃 I was trying to be kind. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-look-and-feel-of-this-place/632658/113 "2012-08-28T01:29:25Z")
Aw damn and this pitchfork has a no-returns policy. Now what am I gonna do? ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-look-and-feel-of-this-place/632658/114 "2012-08-28T01:46:46Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > Aw damn and this pitchfork has a no-returns policy. Now what am I gonna do? No kidding. Dang! Well I’m glad Oaks came his senses because this was getting surreal. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-look-and-feel-of-this-place/632658/115 "2012-08-28T02:34:56Z")
So what I’m getting from this is that we’re unanimous in that we all want [IMG] tags, right? > [@Autolycus](#): > > Aw damn and this pitchfork has a no-returns policy. Now what am I gonna do? Oh… crap, why does nobody tell me about these things before it’s too late? I take everything back! Don’t pitchfork me bro! ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-look-and-feel-of-this-place/632658/116 "2012-08-28T03:51:32Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > 1. Your anaolgy was faulty. Nobody changed anything, nobody rearranged the furniture or painted the walls. A more accurate analogy would be if you were in college and sharing an apartment with an assortment of roommates. You’re a senior, and the freshman who moved in last semester comes in and says, “Hey, the neighbors redecorated, and I think we should do some of the things they did. Here are pictures.” I was thinking it was more like you ran an extension cord downstairs to the outlet on your neighbor’s back porch. We’ve all done that, am I right? ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-look-and-feel-of-this-place/632658/117 "2012-08-29T18:16:59Z")
> [@Steken](#): > > See those quotation marks? The man was riffing on [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hfYJsQAhl0). I wasn’t speaking about that quote, but this one: > [@RaftPeople](#): > > When you responded to that poster, it was as if you had driven to his house in the middle of the night, set fire to his car, broke into house, went to his bedroom, pulled out a bullhorn and yelled at him “YOU ARE WRONG!” for 30 minutes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-look-and-feel-of-this-place/632658.md?page=5)