What's this about hazing the newbies?

I don’t have multiple identities any more than you do.
Idiots like BratMan007 hate anyone who thinks troll hunting is a total bore, especially when tied to thread hijacking.
I’ve said it maybe five times now, so I’m on his hit list.

Why did I say “Go call me sour for contradicting you”?
Well, I just SAW him gripe because someone was SOUR!
Because they said someone was SOUR!
And I thought it was a foolish complaint, and a foolish counter-complaint.
And in Debate, it’s called inoculating yourself; He can’t call me SOUR if I gave him permission.

So he calls me a troll. Because he’s one of the Droners I hate on this board. His whole life here is nagative.

You would do well to ignore him. And who else? Wally. And some of the others above, probably. (Sorry, but I don’t read everything on a long thread, just notice my name and skip to it. This is a skill you’ll quickly learn here too.)

Thank you for your insight. I think I would like to make my own ideas though. I, thus far, have found no one that I do not like, or else I would leave.

I don’t know about hazing newbies, but braising newbies, yummm.

Hazing?

I’ve never heard of it here! Absolutely not!!!

WHACK!!(Through gritted teeth:) "Thank-you-Sir-may-have-another?

Newbies are not hazed. Stupidity is what causes hazing. End of story.

I’m locking this thread before it gets out of hand. Feel free though to restart the topic in the BBQ Pit.

evernewbie - resorting to name calling? Go back and read my posts, how many times have I been negative? I know there’s been a couple but it’s rare. I have gotten into a couple disagreements with people here, that’s natural, but I do not hold a grudge against people. Most recently was dook, but if you look at the dates, we posted together all friendly a little while later. I don’t put people on a hit list for disagreeing with me.

I also don’t even have a hit list. Should you post something meaningful instead of warning people not to post to threads and accuse other of trollhunting, I wouldn’t have given you another thought. Instead, you went on the attack.

I was not griping, I thought at first that Dave was being sensitive. I did not call him names, I did not refer to him as a crybaby or puss or anything. I suggested that if you’re gonna post in the pit, be prepared for negativity. When I first heard about it, I said it sounded like a joke to me and I asked for a link to the thread in question before I took any sides or made any judgments.

Nika also read the thread and made a comment about him seeming sour, which you have attributed to me and dragged me into something I really want no part of, but I will not sit quietly while you bad-mouth me to others. You do not know me, do not act like you do.

When somebody comes on claiming to have been called a name that was said about someone else, I assumed sock puppet. If you are not a sock puppet, my fault and I apologize for calling you one. However, you are still putting words in my mouth (so to speak) which anyone who has the brains to go back and read the thread can see were unprovoked by me. I said nothing to you or about you until you brought me into it. I let it go with my suspician that evernewbie was a sock puppet and was going to leave it at that.

I defined troll earlier as someone who posts to get a reaction, and you have certainly gotten mine. You’ve put words in my mouth (so to speak) which anyone who has the brains to go back and read the thread can see were unprovoked by me. I said nothing to you or about you until you brought me into it. You have added nothing to this thread, and have simply suggested to newbies that they ignore me and Wally and others here.

I’ve never seen your name before this thread yet you say you are on my ‘hit list.’ Whether you are a troll or not, you are acting like a troll, causing trouble in this thread and on this board. Say whatever you want from now on, you’ll get no more replies from me.

As I see it already has.

Hah! Snuck one in!

I always thought hazing in general, not just here, was done to test the mettle of new ______. No matter what, it was rarely meant with malicious intent. Rather it always seemed to be a test of whether or not the new guys could hang with the old. Everywhere from frats to the military to the new job has some type of hazing “ritual.” Some are fun, some may not be. Either way, if you couldn’t deal with it, you left and did something else. Such is life. (perhaps my first marriage was a form of hazing, it just took longer)
So what, if people want haze…why not haze 'em back. As long as it’s not rude or personal, who cares.
I’ve lurked here for a long time and I’ve not seen anybody get hit with something they didn’t deserve or instigate. One of the coolest things about this place is that stupidity is not rewarded.

Didn’t someone offer cocktails? I’d like something a little sweet, not sour! :smiley: