Technically there still is, although he hasn’t posted since 2010. He was prolific for a while - 38,000 posts between 1999 and 2010. IIRC he was usually quite smug, with a hyperfocus on logic and not much emotional intelligence, and with a particular hatred for political correctness.
Ya got him before he changed it to Lib. snerk
BigT, what were you thinking when you posted this? Ignore Crane for a second. If I say, “I’m so hungry I could eat a cow”, and TOWP asks, “a cow?”, and I clarify, “a whole cow”, you realize I am being hyperbolic throughout? It is important that I am literally referring to a cow, otherwise it wouldn’t be hyperbole.
I think you had a valid argument, if only you had used “error of composition” instead of the word “hyperbole”. I.e. if Crane had accidentally written IDF is less kind than Waffen SS, but meant “more kind”, that would be forgiveable. I agree. But all agree, he didn’t do that. Pretty sure that’s what you were trying to say, but you botched it.
~Max
For certain values of “wee.”
No one called you out in the pit. You blundered into the pit and expected everyone to treat you with kid gloves. I believe at least 3 times now.
I say this in all seriousness. For your own sake, put the pit on ignore and just avoid it. You’ll be a happier person if you ignore it.
She does. I’m not sure how useful it is for me to get involved in this argument yet another time; especially since I’d come down smack in the middle of this particular version of it and probably annoy everybody.
Maybe I will anyway. Beck: please don’t try to tell people not to swear in the Pit. They’re gonna; that’s all there is to it. If you don’t want to be exposed to swearing, stay out of the Pit.
Everybody else: taking all the assorted posts at face value: Beck has done quite a bit of good in the world. And she’s done a lot of good posts on this board. If you don’t want to read about her cats or possums or grandkids or anything else about her daily life, then don’t read her threads. They’re no more mundane than a lot of things posted by others on these boards.
And we all of us need to watch out for unconscious bigotry; and we all need to practice not reacting defensively when accused of it. And we are all going to have to learn some things repeatedly.
This sums up my sentiment well, though I don’t have her (or anyone) on Ignore. I find her contributions generally valueless and the folksy charm is lost on me.
I pretty much just blast by her posts, right up until her shtick takes over a thread I frequent. Then it’s the same string of “poor liddle me,” non sequiturs, martyrdom, etc. And it’s just as interesting as her standard posts, which is to say, not at all. Tiresome bullshit…
Moving on to some constructive criticism of a poster I like, but whom I think needs to be more careful of their posting habits on the subject of guns: @Ulfreida.
I repeat, I actually like this poster, and first want to state that it’s absolutely fine to dislike America’s gun culture, gun violence, and the consequences. I will likely agree 80% or so of the time, but that’s me, that’s them, and no problem if we disagree.
The problem is, that when guns come up in threads, you have a tendency to loose control of your internal filters and post in a manner that’s appropriate for the Pit, not for other forums. The most recent:
A prior offense:
I -get- it that you’re passionate, and frustrated, and none of those are bad things. At worst, I’m accusing you, in the words of the OP, of foot-in-mouth disease. The topic comes up, your passion kicks in, and you post in a manner that is wrong for the forum.
The ONLY reason I’m bringing it up here is that to my knowledge, it’s happened twice, perhaps more in threads I don’t see. Granted, spaced out by over two years (!) but it’s something you seem to be aware of, based on a later post in the second thread I linked. With the mods looking at patterns in mod-notes, I don’t want you pulling warnings. So keep the passion, feel free to disagree with me and other posters on the topic, but watch the forum.
End of sermon.
Very few are complaining about her Bad Bad Bad threads here. Some have in ATMB, but here posters (and at least 2 mods) are complaining about her chastising posters in the pit and then playing victim when she gets pushback.
This is fantastic advice and I hope Beck takes it.
Beck, take this as from someone who wasn’t involved in the kerfuffles you got called out on, who doesn’t see you as fundamentally a bad person, and who thinks this arguing back and forth is both futile and pointless – STOP DIGGING! Please. That horse has been beaten to a composting pulp.
Boy, that’s a veteran Doper thing!
I hope this will work, and I hope at least a few know “The Breakfast Club:” [UNMUTE IT]
Why should she? Why should people not respond as they wish to the nuts who have very little life outside of internet gossip?
Yeah, now the thread is perfect.
Bingo card is now full, awesome.
Oh, I interrupted your sadistic pile-on?
Thank you for the reminder: Beckdawrek, don’t be an “octopus”.
Well…it’s never risen to the level of complaint, but I’ve always found her “jes’ an ol’ country girl from Ar-k’n-saw” schtick, and her tendency to use the board as her own personal Livejournal, to be a bit tiresome. But there are people who enjoy her, and I’m happy to simply scroll past the “Bad, bad, bad” threads.
Lately, though, it seems any thread she joins gradually becomes the Beck Show, and I’m getting tired of it. She’s a net benefit to the board, I think, but any more I just skip her posts.
Octo, I hate to tell you this, nobody gives a shit about your opinion.
Coming from one of the head gossipers/shit stirrers who can’t help but blur the lines between mod and poster which shows a lack of integrity as a person I don’t really care.