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Joke's old now, and they're degenerating into spam.
I'm going to leave the current ones alone, but any new 'Ask a ...' threads that appear will be locked.



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Myrth
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Thanks Myrth! :D

it makes me cringe having to say this but thanks Myrth

it makes me cringe having to say this but thanks Myrth
LOL

When the number of threads of type X is greater than the average number of posts in those threads, it's hard to dispute that the trend is going to far....

and i was starting to get in to them

It makes a pleasant change from the Israel-Palestine or Bush-Kerry threads.

I take pride in being only the second person to make an "Ask a XXX" thread, the bandwagon was barely moving when I hopped on!

Hey Myrth, we'd you block mine right away. It wasn't a joke and at least it isn't my rant zone for saying Bush is an idiot.

Oh, and I have not posted the "ask a Swede" thread yet! Well, I suppose we could run it here, any questions?:P

Wait a second...

Does that include the occasional "Ask The squatch" threads, I make every so often?

Wait a second...

Does that include the occasional "Ask The squatch" threads, I make every so often?
Let's check.
but any new 'Ask a ...' threads that appear will be locked.

"Ask The squatch" threads

Hmm... I don't know.

Wait a second...

Does that include the occasional "Ask The squatch" threads, I make every so often?
No, but I *really* wouldn't recommend making one anytime soon.

Good move.

If anything, more duplicate/knockoff threads of the same topic should be locked! :)

What was the original, anyway?

The original was "Ask a Later Day Saint!" and I made the first spin-off (Ask a Jew!)

After that there were some other good ones (Based on nationality, religion, and personal history) but then there appeared the moronic and idiotic ones that made this thread a valuable commodity.

Wait a second...

Does that include the occasional "Ask The squatch" threads, I make every so often?
No, but I *really* wouldn't recommend making one anytime soon.

"Ask the squatch" is an ancient and honorable tradition. We certainly wouldn't want it to get confused with the current "Ask a..." trend.

Now Myrth's angry :(

The original was "Ask a Later Day Saint!" and I made the first spin-off (Ask a Jew!)

After that there were some other good ones (Based on nationality, religion, and personal history) but then there appeared the moronic and idiotic ones that made this thread a valuable commodity.

Like my one about going to bed that's going to be bumped in a while when I answer one of the questions?

Joke's old now, and they're degenerating into spam.
I'm going to leave the current ones alone, but any new 'Ask a ...' threads that appear will be locked.
So, you're going to lock those but not the billions of reincarnations of the thousands of Bush vs Kerry, Bush Sucks, Bush is Great, Kerry is an Asshole, Kerry is God, Republicans Suck, Republicans Rule, Democrats are Morons, Democrats are Awesome, Abortion is Wrong, God is Right etc etc...and you know what I'm talking about!! I've found that those have more reincarnations than the "Ask a..." thread set.

Those are new, the others aren't. Plus it's always the same shit over and over and over...

Sorry Myrth,

Just tried to inject a little humor for you mods.....

Sorry Myrth,

Just tried to inject a little humor for you mods.....
sorry but Myrth doesn't do humour!

That's why I was originally deleted.

sorry but Myrth doesn't do humour!

fo rizzle bizzle

Stop spamming this thread, please.

Edited the title so maybe, more people will get a hint and read it.

Ah, okay. Sorry. I didn't see this.

I don't know if this is the best place for such a discussion, but I tend to agree with Kryozerkia's comments above.

Perhaps forum posters should be encouraged a little more to look for existing threads on a topic they want to discuss, rather than creating new ones all the time.

Another example was the recent spate of "What religion are you?" polls (I even created one myself as a pisstake, so I guess I'm not in an ideal position to complain...but still...)

Anyway, these are just suggestions, no criticism intended. ;)

Darn. Just as I was about to do, Ask an Astrologer.

Yeah, and I would have liked to do an "Ask a Witch/Pagan" thread. I like answering questions about my religion and assuring people that "The Craft" wasn't at all a realistic representation of the modern witch, or that we DON'T worship Satan.... Ah, well.

Thank whatever gods you please, those threads were getting annoying as hell... Meh, I guess I just wanted to say thanks to Myrth unlike oh so many of you and go back to trawling through all of the Kerry vs. Bush threads looking for something a bit more interesting.

Righto, soz, they are kinda fun though, I think it's interesting looking at different people's views, even more interesting when they embody themselves with a whole demographic, I'm still waiting for someone to disagree with me lol, but I see what you mean by there being to many. Removes thoughts of putting "Ask a person thread" or heres a risky one "Ask a hetrosexual white male"

This thread would be funner if it was titled "ask a mod"

I've enjoyed asking people stuff. I still have questions for some groups that haven't had a platform yet.

I'm rooting for
ask a black woman
ask a sub-saharan african
ask a redneck
ask a lesbian with a PhD in a natural science subject
ask a lawyer, for free
ask your grandma

This thread would be funner if it was titled "ask a mod"
yeah, except myrth already did a 'ask a mod' thread

I've enjoyed asking people stuff. I still have questions for some groups that haven't had a platform yet.

I'm rooting for
ask a black woman
ask a sub-saharan african
ask a redneck
ask a lesbian with a PhD in a natural science subject
ask a lawyer, for free
ask your grandma

Haha Grandma would be like "EHHH SONNY!"

Dang, why'd mine get deleted about gay guys but no one elses did. Meh, we were having fun with that, I do apoligise for not being permenently politically anally retentive but I thought general meant general, you could've just asked me to change the title.

Haha Grandma would be like "EHHH SONNY!"

Dang, why'd mine get deleted about gay guys but no one elses did. Meh, we were having fun with that, I do apoligise for not being permenently politically anally retentive but I thought general meant general, you could've just asked me to change the title.
well when did you start it?

well when did you start it?

Today, 9:44 AM

Hence the deletion.

Today, 9:44 AM

Hence the deletion.
thought so

Joke's old now, and they're degenerating into spam.
I'm going to leave the current ones alone, but any new 'Ask a ...' threads that appear will be locked.



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Myrth
The Eye of Myrth is upon thee
Forum Moderator

<--- childish voice> Whyyyyyy? :)

<--- childish voice> Whyyyyyy? :)
because he's a bitch

I said stop spamming. And don't flame. Consider yourself warned.

Unfree People
Forum Moderator

because he's a bitch

Aaah, the old 'How far can I push Myrth before he forumbans me?' game. I always seem to end up winning that one.

What about 'Question a...' its completely differant. REALLY!

I don't know if this is the best place for such a discussion, but I tend to agree with Kryozerkia's comments above.


Thank you.

Perhaps forum posters should be encouraged a little more to look for existing threads on a topic they want to discuss, rather than creating new ones all the time.

Another example was the recent spate of "What religion are you?" polls (I even created one myself as a pisstake, so I guess I'm not in an ideal position to complain...but still...)


I agree there. Also, the numerous religion based threads are more annoying than the latest fad. They open a Pandora's box.

And what of the "Paradise Club" thread series?

So, could the mods reconsider by looking at the rest of the general forum?

And what of the "Paradise Club" thread series?

hey! what about it?! it takes up one thread! what harm is it doing?

Why do you call yourself "Myrth" when you're such a spoilsport?

Not my fault he's doing his job. And if you happen to break the rules, don't blame the mods. God this mod bashing is betting old...

Aaah, the old 'How far can I push Myrth before he forumbans me?' game. I always seem to end up winning that one.

*pushes*


Sorry, I couldnt resist. Please don't deat me. :D

as a critical and non-biased bystander, i would like to say that myrth is doing his job, but hes overdoing. Not only does he delete flamers, trollers, etc... (which is good, i guess) but he also invades into spam (which is an NS tradition) and for no reason he deletes threads that he finds uninteresting and unNSlike.

this reminds me of some kind of twisted dictatorship, it almost makes me miss Hack and Neut... at least those guys you could reason with, myrth is just intolerable.

just my small, unbiased, unoffensive 2 cents.