Translation: I want to be able to post the most ridiculous self-aggrandizing crap I can think of and not be subjected to scrutiny. And I should be able to hand wave away any such scrutiny because I’m sick and tired of being caught out at minimizing my role as an instigator in my many tales of alleged discrimination and oppression.
Look, dude. If you want to post in IMHO and MPSIMS, then confine your topics to kitties, rainbows and nipple preferences. Your threads belong in the Pit because they are pit-worthy, whether that’s your choice or not. No one here is obligated to give you huggles when your stories are filled with so many implausibilities that people are inclined to yell, “bullshit!”
The guy who got suspended did so because he was willfully and repeatedly violating at least 3 rules, by my count. If I were a mod, I would have brought up the possibility of banning with the other mods. He got off lightly.
OMG. This thread absolutely was not pit worthy. Give it a rest. It was in the appropriate forum. I stand by my account of the story one hundred percent; as I said, the one thing I yelled back in response to his flabbergasting verbal assault is the only thing, the only element whatsoever, to the story that I didn’t include originally. And it was only because I didn’t find it particularly relevant. This man was angry at me for assuming he wasn’t disabled and “being selfish”, not calling him an asshole after he (most inappropriately and unexpectedly) called me a rude motherfucker and told me to shut the fuck up. And I did include the detail when I thought of it; if I had any deceit intended with this I would never have included it, period. These “inconsistencies”, if that is what you want to call them, are evidence of my poor story telling skills, that’s it. Not evidence of dishonest writing.
*it’s posts like this that make me want to be in the Pit. Momentarily, that is. Then I get over it.
I was a participant in that thread and I agree with the mod decision. It didn’t deserve to end up in the pit.
Ambivalid I do not want you to get assaulted. I think you are an OK guy and generally enjoy reading your posts - but I think you have a severe ‘hot button’ issue about wheelchair accessibility which makes you act in ways that could be self-defeating. I posted in the faint hope that you would examine your actions to see if you could have acted in a more defensive manner - in that instance and in others.
However, pixie snyx or whoever is someone you really don’t want on your side. Nor, indeed, Big T.
This was mostly what left me scratching my head, but from the other side - most of what I see here is the that the OP does not have control of a thread once started.
I don’t have a problem with the modding per-se, except that the discussion was totally shut down - I thought the discussion could have evolved, OR, if really inappropriate for MPSIMS - then move it. Don’t just shut it down when the OP is not getting the sort of love he wants.
And as to starting a pit thread - what would I have been pitting exactly? There was nothing in that thread worthy of pitting. Not Ambivalid’s actions, nor any of the other posters, so any pit thread I could have started would have been rather limp wristed…
And as has been said, if Ambivalid really wants to define and maintain control of the discussion, then start a blog.
Don’t start a thread and then define what is within bounds that you are willing to discuss…
Bolding mine, and I disagree. I doubt anymore needed to be said after the initial post and some “poor you” commiserations/validations. After that, either close it or move it. Nothing would be forcing the OP to “defend himself” in the pit if it got moved; he could just ignore it. Locking it would do the same thing as far as he is concerned, as he really didn’t add anything* after the initial post other than to try defend himself.
*and really didn’t need to add anything, as the way I see it he was just venting to begin with
Splatterpunk (awesome name) probably does have a point. However… I don’t think a thread should be moved for similar facts. People should ignore it or pit it.
And Twicks - take a bow. You did well.
I’m fine with it not being moved. I am a bit bothered that the discussion was shut down. There were several open points left dangling, including why I thought not including the fact it was raining in the OP was an important omission (it totally changes the scene and lends support to Ambivalid’s lack of patience). However, I can also see that it would have been difficult to drag it back on track.
I absolutely, positively did not start this thread and try to define what is in bounds as far discussions are concerned. That is preposterous. Quite the opposite; I said I am willing to discuss and respond to any respectful, in-good-faith criticism at all times. I enjoy heated discussions. However, I do not enjoy personal attacks and disrespectful, disparaging slams which are the hallmark of Pit threads. That is all I was protesting: moving my thread to the Pit.
I know this is neither here nor there but since you brought it up in that thread I wanted to say this: that woman parked in the handicapped spot in the RiteAid parking lot who I asked about her permit (or lack therof) was parked in a handicapped spot with absolutely no placard/permit on display at all. All I did was ask her about that. I feel like I did the right thing. This was a woman, walking seemingly totally fine, leaving her car parked in a handicapped spot with no placard or ID. This is a textbook example of when it IS appropriate for someone like me to ask a person like that about their lack of necessary permit.
People, we’re in ATMB. Attacks on each other and on each other’s posting history are out of place, as are substantive matters already dealt with or not in other threads. The issue here is why a particular mod handled a particular matter in a particular way, not anyone else’s behavior in that thread or others.