It’s like this, dan.
MPSIMS threads are most often about “This is what happened to me today.”
Poster A: “I was at the grocery store, and I got some Mayfield Turtle Tracks ice cream! Hallelujah!”
Poster B: “Woohoo! Do you live in [region]? I’m gonna see if I can get some!”
Poster C: “I don’t live anywhere near there! Waah, I wish I could get Mayfield Turtle Tracks ice cream! Oh, well, I can console myself at the Ben & Jerry’s store near my house!”
Poster A: “Don’t sweat! Maybe you can come to the next Dopefest in my area: I’ll get enough MTT for everyone!”
Poster C: “Poster A, you rock! {{{{{{{{Poster A}}}}}}}”
Many (not all, but pritnear 50%) Pit threads are about, “This is what happened to me today, and I am PISSED!”
Poster A: “So I was at the grocery store today, trying to forget about the shitty thing that happened to me at work [anecdote], and to my blessed relief, I found some Mayfield Turtle Tracks ice cream. Then I got in line, and this fat welfare bitch and her three snot-nosed brats were holding up the line, and my ice cream started to melt. Then I got home and my slut of a neighbor was blocking my driveway again. Life sucks.”
Poster B: “What does the other customer’s weight have to do with anything, you fucking fat basher?”
Poster C: "Yeah, you should talk, Poster A. Do you think all that MTT is going to make you skinny?
Poster C again: “Oh, I hear you about [work anecdote]. My boss/cow-orker is driving me to homicide as I speak [anecdote]”
Poster A: “Look, I was just describing the customer, okay? The fact that she was a fat ugly heifer with rolls of flab pooling out from beneath her dirty tank top has nothing to do with her being an inconsiderate, lazy bitch who can’t keep her legs closed and caused my MTT to melt. Get off my dick.”
Poster B: :wally
Poster E: “Well, I used to work in a grocery store, and [anecdote] [anecdote] [anecdote].”
Poster C: “But you weren’t there, Poster E, so stay out of it.”
Poster B: "Oh, and Poster D, why don’t you change jobs if you hate your boss/cow-orker so much?
Poster D: “You don’t know anything about my life, Poster C! I’m a chronic-fatigue suffering single dad of four with a degree in folklore and mythology! Do you think job opportunities grow on trees for me?”
Poster F:
[quotes Poster A’s second post]
:rolleyes:
Poster G: “Just blow up your neighbor’s car next time she blocks you.”
See what I mean? The mods have enough to do without having to put out those kinds of fires in MPSIMS. People are going to post stuff like the above OP anyway; the Pit is a place where they can do so, and others can reply unreservedly.
Please note: I am not casting aspersions on any of the posters who go mad for Mayfield Turtle Tracks ice cream. I just think it’s a cool phrase. Plus, I wish I had a chance to sample some, if it’s as good as y’all say.