I really like that mental picture and the word flow.
I suppose the mods could always move the whole thread to the Pit so they can let loose on one poster.
Anyone got a link to Manhattan warning people in the good old days?
Wow, a pit thread. I can’t say I expected this much effort from anybody.
I have to say I don’t see the big deal. I wrote right there in the post exactly what the link was. I don’t see how anybody would be fooled, and I certainly don’t see the “NSFW” aspect of it – other than, yes, it’s a live video with loud music, which is exactly what I warned about.
And it had a point. Hostile Dialect noted that he had avoided the dreaded “rick roll” by checking out the URL before clicking on it. A tactic that, I might add, I often use myself. But it’s not foolproof. In this case the URL was … well, I can’t tell you, because apparently that worthy of a “formal warning”. But suffice to say there was nothing in the URL that would indicate that you are being lead to a “rick roll”.
As for Tuba’s language … well, she’s been an abrasive asshole for some time now. I’ve seen her be capricious and petty to any number of posters over the years, and I’ve seen the mods “circle the wagons” to kiss her butt about it any number of times. I’m not particularly surprised to see her act that way again. Disappointed in her, but not surprised.
Anyone who thinks a rickroll is some kind of real breach of humanity instead of a harmless prank needs to seriously, seriously mellow out. I honestly can’t even conceive of a normal, emotionally healthy person being anything but mildly amused by it, even if (or especiall y if) it’s the thousandth time it’s been done. When you find yourself actually getting worked up over such benign tomfoolery, it’s a good chance to do a relentless self-inventory. I’d start with the colon and see exactly what’s up there that needs to be dislodged.
And then, I think a little lite r&b from the 1980s might be exactly what you need to help you relax.
You know, just because you think Garpherz is being butthurt and whiny doesn’t mean he’s wrong. In this particular instance it really does seem two or three steps past sensible to warn a person for saying “don’t let the door hit your ass…” and then directly call another person an ass in the SAME THREAD. Hiney, derriere, butt, gluteus, boob, dork, schmuck, yutz, putz, loser, lamer, waste of skin, waste of oxygen, mouthbreather, failed genetic experiment, failed abortion… loads of perfectly acceptable non-swearing ways to call someone a fucked-up dickbag assfaced product of old shit and new semen without using the same insult you just warned someone about. FOR FUCK’S SAKE.
Dude, you did not link to the Rick Astley Youtube video but to a pop-up nightmare site. Post #62 other thread You were rightly called an ass, I woulda called you a lot worse.
No you didn’t. You said it was a rickroll, but you neglected to mention it spawned endless popups when an attempt is made to close the window. That is why you are being warned, cuntstain. Next time you open your mouth about this and anything but an abject apology comes out, we are all going to piss down your throat.
I think this pitting is kind of pointless, except for the part where he kind of does have a point. It’s like cops who habitually speed, or use their lights to run stop signs when they’re not going anywhere in a hurry. It’s a bad example, and it makes it easier for other people to rationalize breaking the rules themselves.
This particular example is mountain/molehill stuff, but I think it’s ill-thought out to dismiss the idea out of hand. There might not be a rule that moderators, when acting as moderators, should endeavor to follow the rules of the forum they’re in, but there probably should be.
Anyone who thinks Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up” is R&B should be forced to listen to that song on an endless loop for a week.
What, your dumb ass couldn’t figure out from the context that it was going to be something a little more annoying than your average rickroll? Christ, what a bunch of crybabies. Next time you click a link like that, I’ve got three words for you: Control, Alt and Delete.
Oh, lord. I’m sorry to offend your taxonomical purity.
Have you had a colonoscopy check for branches and other foreign objects lately?
I agree with this post 100%. Well, 90%. I think instead of having to listen to this, they should be forced to listen to some REAL R&B for a week. It’ll cure them of the Astley = R&B misconception for good.
Why is forcing people to open the Task Manager to close a window not being a jerk? Where do you draw the line? “Yeah, that page irreversibly infected your computer with bondage porn spyware, but you should have known better, because I’m such a dick. I’ve got three words for you: nuke and pave.” Thanks for nothing, GED.
I should, because apparently I’m not as good at pulling things out of mine as you are.
Oh, he forced people to click that link, did he? Well, yeah, I can see if he was standing there with a gun to your head threatening to blow your brains out of you didn’t click it where you’d that was a bit jerkish, sure.
What? He wasn’t? Well, then. Scrape the sand out of your pussy and move on.
“Hey, so I infected your computer with a couple of thousand malicious virii. It’s not like you don’t have virus scanning software is it?”
That’s about as welcome as the asshole former friend who clipped his toenails onto my carpet and then when I asked him not to, just blew it off by telling me to vacuum later.
Dude, I have two or more windows open at any given time and I’m in the middle of a job hunt. The other window I have open right now is a job board. When one of them forces me to close all of them, there’s a good chance that I will lose something.
Heck, one of the apps I had to fill out a couple of weeks ago was so obnoxiously long and convoluted that it took me 2.5 hours to do it. I would have been extremely unhappy to have some ASS bomb it down in the middle of it.
Yes, it’s perfectly healthy and normal to get worked up over a pop song being called “R&B” because even though it’s technically kind of a R&B/soul song, the guy is white and is a lousy dancer. Your disgust is registered. We all admire you for being such a purist. The ghost of Sam Cooke will be along shortly to give you a grateful hug.
Well, if you’re doing something that important, then you probably shouldn’t be clicking random links on the internet, now should you?
Perhaps you’re right. Conversely, perhaps we should expect that someone might be tasked to keep the boards here clear of links that might shut down someone’s machine. I kind of like that strategy better, since I wouldn’t want to have to reboot, even if I wasn’t doing something particularly important at the time.
Relax, it’s not that big a deal. I don’t think you need to be as embarrased or defensive about it as you seem to be.