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The incorrigible introversion of NSG

Neesika
08-02-2009, 06:34
What annoys you about NSG? Is it the endless abortion/religion/Muslim/etc debates? Is it a particular tactic you see used to the sycophantic applause of the regulars? Is it the moderation style? Attention whores? Ads? Freaking smell? What? What, to you, constitutes the 'bullshit' of NSG?

I am imploring you to consider what annoys you about NSG, without flaming, baiting or trolling (do those parameters annoy you?). At the same time, you could of course provide some balance by discussing what you like about the place, since you apparently have chosen to continue sticking around.
Neo Art
08-02-2009, 06:35
What annoys you about NSG?

You
Neesika
08-02-2009, 06:39
You

It would have been so much more clever had you said, "threads whining about NSG".

Tsk.


Tsk.
Ghost of Ayn Rand
08-02-2009, 06:40
You

Starting a fight with Neesika is a naked way for you to avoid the thrashing you've got coming, Neo Art. We should be about ready to open our debate thread.

On topic, what annoys me about NSG are when people just cut and paste whole swaths of somebody else's material, add nothing, and posture it as understanding.
Trostia
08-02-2009, 06:40
Meh, nothing particularly annoys me about NSG so much as my tendency to frequent it.

All the little things that can be annoying - you touched on some, Neo Art has touched on some others :p - are in the end not inimical to NSG but society in general and I have learned to mostly accept it. While still being annoyed to the point of risking heart attack.

Although one thing sorta unique to NSG is the quote-depth limit, and lack of any other real thread/reply structure which helps to tell what people are talking about AND what they were originally talking about. It's this last that leads to really huge threads that go around in circles and where the subject of debate becomes "what we were fucking debating about?"
Gauntleted Fist
08-02-2009, 06:40
What annoys you about NSG?Leaving for a day, and coming back to see ten new pages on a thread that I was interested in, until I saw the ten new pages. -_-;
Hydesland
08-02-2009, 06:40
The fact that I fucking find it so facepalmish at times, yet I'm addicted to it.
Dimesa
08-02-2009, 06:41
What annoys you about NSG? Is it the endless abortion/religion/Muslim/etc debates? Is it a particular tactic you see used to the sycophantic applause of the regulars? Is it the moderation style? Attention whores? Ads? Freaking smell? What? What, to you, constitutes the 'bullshit' of NSG?

No offense, but what the bloody hell are you talking about... these things are in any given forum (of general chat).
Neesika
08-02-2009, 06:42
Neo Art has touched on some others :p

You get a double dose of me...you must REALLY be annoyed :P
Christmahanikwanzikah
08-02-2009, 06:42
Whining about threads whining about NSG.

Whining about whining about threads whining about NSG.

Runon sentences using the same verbs from the previous sentence in jest of the poster.
Neesika
08-02-2009, 06:43
No offense, but what the bloody hell are you talking about... these things are in any given forum (of general chat).

Continue making love to your fish, or whatever it is you're doing in your avy, and hush now.

Your reply is akin to 'well that's the way it's always been'. NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
Lunatic Goofballs
08-02-2009, 06:44
The special visual effects are lacking and the cgi is amateurish at best. *nod*
Christmahanikwanzikah
08-02-2009, 06:44
Also:

The lack of a spam forum.
How everyone takes everyone else completely seriously and everything they say literally.
Dimesa
08-02-2009, 06:45
Continue making love to your fish, or whatever it is you're doing in your avy, and hush now.

Your reply is akin to 'well that's the way it's always been'. NOT GOOD ENOUGH.

Try changing things then, or better yet, make some trolly drama to entertain yourself.
Ghost of Ayn Rand
08-02-2009, 06:45
Also:

The lack of a spam forum.
How everyone takes everyone else completely seriously and everything they say literally.

Did you see the Mod Forum thread I did where I demanded Dempublicents1 be punished for making too reasonable a post?

And somebody goes on there and says "I don't see any rulebreaking"?
Gauntleted Fist
08-02-2009, 06:45
Your reply is akin to 'well that's the way it's always been'. NOT GOOD ENOUGH.Sure, it happens everywhere, but this is about NSG.
Straughn
08-02-2009, 06:46
Easy.
"Sigs are limited to eight lines."

And when people nark about that kind of stuff.
And when people don't return my stalk-er, TG's and msgs.
Poliwanacraca
08-02-2009, 06:48
Post-n-run trolls. You know, the sort of people who come into evolution threads 37 pages in and say, "ok so no 1 will ever anser this question for me so if u think we came from monkees y are there still monkees huh? also evilution is just a theory did u know that?" and then disappear forever.
Neesika
08-02-2009, 06:48
Try changing things then, or better yet, make some trolly drama to entertain yourself.

You're not very good at this.

First you identify the problems.

Then you come up with solutions.

Then you implement them.

Or you have sex with fish.

I see which option you've chosen.
Straughn
08-02-2009, 06:48
The fact that I fucking find it so facepalmish at times, yet I'm addicted to it.
Heh. True, this.
Hydesland
08-02-2009, 06:49
I hate the fact that the title of this thread will eventually be censored.
Neesika
08-02-2009, 06:49
Sure, it happens everywhere, but this is about NSG.

Did you just steal my punchline on purpose?

'Cuz that would be okay, but if it was by accident, I'd be offended.
Poliwanacraca
08-02-2009, 06:49
Did you see the Mod Forum thread I did where I demanded Dempublicents1 be punished for making too reasonable a post?

And somebody goes on there and says "I don't see any rulebreaking"?

That was pretty much my favorite thing in the history of the universe. Both your post, and the replies. :tongue:
NERVUN
08-02-2009, 06:50
We just don't have good smilies. Really, that's the worst part of it.

I think the thing that has been annoying the hell out of me lately is anyone new who posts anything that disagrees with the statues quo is automatically labeled a troll. I know we get trolls, but it seems that all the regulars rush up to call anyone they disagree with a troll and shut down discussion, regardless of what was actually said and if that person might hold that belief or opinion or not. Given that 3/4ths of the "OMG! TROLL!" claims never make it to moderation seems to confirm that people know that is wasn't actually trolling.
Lunatic Goofballs
08-02-2009, 06:50
You're not very good at this.

First you identify the problems.

Then you come up with solutions.

Then you implement them.

Or you have sex with fish.

I see which option you've chosen.

Have you ever tried having sex with fish? They have spines you know.
IL Ruffino
08-02-2009, 06:50
The fact that I fucking find it so facepalmish at times, yet I'm addicted to it.

I love your sig.
Straughn
08-02-2009, 06:50
Post-n-run trolls. You know, the sort of people who come into evolution threads 37 pages in and say, "ok so no 1 will ever anser this question for me so if u think we came from monkees y are there still monkees huh? also evilution is just a theory did u know that?" and then disappear forever.
They don't disappear, they just either adopt adapt & improve, or they perish.
Christmahanikwanzikah
08-02-2009, 06:50
Did you see the Mod Forum thread I did where I demanded Dempublicents1 be punished for making too reasonable a post?

And somebody goes on there and says "I don't see any rulebreaking"?

Oh my God, I loved that.

Even Kryo took you seriously. O.o
Hydesland
08-02-2009, 06:51
[serious]I think the thing that has been annoying the hell out of me lately is anyone new who posts anything that disagrees with the statues quo is automatically labeled a troll.

*obligatory* troll.
Neesika
08-02-2009, 06:51
We just don't have good smilies. Really, that's the worst part of it.

I think the thing that has been annoying the hell out of me lately is anyone new who posts anything that disagrees with the statues quo is automatically labeled a troll. I know we get trolls, but it seems that all the regulars rush up to call anyone they disagree with a troll and shut down discussion, regardless of what was actually said and if that person might hold that belief or opinion or not. Given that 3/4ths of the "OMG! TROLL!" claims never make it to moderation seems to confirm that people know that is wasn't actually trolling.

I hate that this is the first time I've ever seen tags used.

And by hate, I mean love.

But in that sort of way that leaves you feeling dirty on the inside.
Gauntleted Fist
08-02-2009, 06:52
Did you just steal my punchline on purpose?Steal it? You never owned it in the first place.
Poliwanacraca
08-02-2009, 06:52
They don't disappear, they just either adopt adapt & improve, or they perish.

Hehe. But if good posters come from trolls, why are there still trolls, huh? :p

Actually, I should have been more specific - I don't mind if they post and run so much, but when they post demanding answers to something and then never even come back to read them, that drives me nuts.
Sparkelle
08-02-2009, 06:53
I would like to see some more conservative posters with good debate skillz. So that we can get some real good discussions. I also think that the posters here don't even try to consider other's opinions before asmashin' them.
Straughn
08-02-2009, 06:54
Have you ever tried having sex with fish? They have spines you know.And scales.
But that's not the point, unless you're some kind of freak, you should be only having sex with the actual genitalia/sex organs of the fish. Which are usually on the inside, mostly.
http://www.greendiary.com/images/males_only_boast_between_300_and_400_legs_but_two_are_modified_into_sex_organs_coloured_blue_and_yel low_image_paul_marek_and_jason_bond_east_carolina_university.jpg
Neesika
08-02-2009, 06:55
Steal it? You never owned it in the first place.

What kind of bullshit, racist comment is that? Oh, so my people didn't conceive of property in the same manner as you, that means you can't actually 'steal' anything from us because we never 'owned' anything in the first place? Huh? Oh look at you, so bleeding clever with your eurocentric crap.

You are european right? I don't want to have to invent new 'centricities' just for you.
Gauntleted Fist
08-02-2009, 06:55
Oh, another thing that annoys me.
People who have bad grammar and spelling, but whose post have great points within them. It's the proverbial to jump or not to jump for me. "Do I want to read it and make my eyes bleed for the truth, or do I not and save my eyes?"
Hydesland
08-02-2009, 06:55
I would like to see some more conservative posters with good debate skillz.

*also obligatory* they are too busy with their jobs. :wink:
Neesika
08-02-2009, 06:55
I would like to see some more conservative posters with good debate skillz.

Does not compute, dividing by zero hurtz mah head.
Sparkelle
08-02-2009, 06:56
^hmm, two good responses^
Neesika
08-02-2009, 06:57
Oh, another thing that annoys me.
People who have bad grammar and spelling, but whose post have great points within them. It's the proverbial to jump or not to jump for me. "Do I want to read it and make my eyes bleed for the truth, or do I not and save my eyes?"

I see you've familiarised yourself with the writings of the eminent jewish-American lawyer, Neo Art.
Forsakia
08-02-2009, 06:57
When people post a link and comment on it without quoting the article. I'm lazy enough to be annoyed at having to click a couple of extra times.
Gauntleted Fist
08-02-2009, 06:57
What kind of bullshit, racist comment is that? Oh, so my people didn't conceive of property in the same manner as you, that means you can't actually 'steal' anything from us because we never 'owned' anything in the first place? Huh? Oh look at you, so bleeding clever with your eurocentric crap.What kind of bullshit is that? It's my bullshit, thank you. If you don't like it, you can take your ball and go home.
But that would make me sad. For, you see, I have no ball to play with other than yours.
Straughn
08-02-2009, 06:57
We just don't have good smilies. Really, that's the worst part of it.There's three really good posters as far as smilies go. Well, four, but one of them was castigated (sorta castrated) for a certain sheep smilie a while back. It's good to keep them in touch.
Neesika
08-02-2009, 06:59
What kind of bullshit is that? It's my bullshit, thank you. If you don't like it, you can take your ball and go home.
But that would make me sad. For, you see, I have no ball to play with other than yours.

You appeal to my sympathy, and it disgusts me.

*goes home and plays with ball*
Gauntleted Fist
08-02-2009, 06:59
I see you've familiarised yourself with the writings of the eminent jewish-American lawyer, Neo Art.Its true! The shame is great, and my eyes do hurt, but I will continue to read!
NERVUN
08-02-2009, 06:59
*obligatory* troll.
*Summons interdimensional mallet, starts to use said mallet*

I hate that this is the first time I've ever seen tags used.

And by hate, I mean love.

But in that sort of way that leaves you feeling dirty on the inside.
But is it the good kind of dirty or the one that leaves you showering for hours and still not yet feel clean?
Forsakia
08-02-2009, 06:59
What kind of bullshit, racist comment is that? Oh, so my people didn't conceive of property in the same manner as you, that means you can't actually 'steal' anything from us because we never 'owned' anything in the first place? Huh? Oh look at you, so bleeding clever with your eurocentric crap.

You are european right? I don't want to have to invent new 'centricities' just for you.

Did you have a flag?
Gauntleted Fist
08-02-2009, 07:00
You appeal to my sympathy, and it disgusts me.Dammit, have you not taken your ball and left yet? I want to go back to my computer, but you and your damn ball and this "wanting to play" thing prevents me from doing that!

Oh, I see how it is. You and your "editing". Well, I can do that, too!

*goes home and plays with ball**insert victory quote here* I'm too lazy to do it.
Neesika
08-02-2009, 07:02
*Summons interdimensional mallet, starts to use said mallet*


But is it the good kind of dirty or the one that leaves you showering for hours and still not yet feel clean? ...One day soon Im gonna tell the moon about the crying game...

Did you have a flag?

Does your scalp, blowing in the breeze, count?
Sparkelle
08-02-2009, 07:02
I hate it when people start playing their little RPGs and disclude the rest of the world. :P
Straughn
08-02-2009, 07:03
Hehe. But if good posters come from trolls, why are there still trolls, huh? :p Divergence, migration, distraction, adaptation. :)

Actually, I should have been more specific - I don't mind if they post and run so much, but when they post demanding answers to something and then never even come back to read them, that drives me nuts.Yeah. The best ones are the dig-in tangles, like the ones Sin gets into, like Muravyets gets into.
The ones that FreedomAndGlory used to get into, the ones that Corneliu used to get into, the ones that Greenlander used to get into, and the ones that Balderdash(some number) used to get into. :)
Neesika
08-02-2009, 07:03
I hate it when people start playing their little RPGs and disclude the rest of the world. :P

*I put on my robe and wizard hat*
Straughn
08-02-2009, 07:04
But is it the good kind of dirty or the one that leaves you showering for hours and still not yet feel clean?What's the difference? Besides you've been on NS long enough to know that being here diminishes that line anyway.
Hydesland
08-02-2009, 07:04
I hate NSG's music taste as well.
Straughn
08-02-2009, 07:05
*I put on my robe and wizard hat*
Begs the question of how good you really are with your wand and wiles.
Neesika
08-02-2009, 07:05
The best ones are the dig-in tangles, like the ones Sin gets into, like Muravyets gets into.
No entiendo de que mierda hablas.
Poliwanacraca
08-02-2009, 07:05
I see you've familiarised yourself with the writings of the eminent jewish-American lawyer, Neo Art.

I saw this coming, and yet I still laughed out loud. Perfect. :D
Ghost of Ayn Rand
08-02-2009, 07:05
Post-n-run trolls. You know, the sort of people who come into evolution threads 37 pages in and say, "ok so no 1 will ever anser this question for me so if u think we came from monkees y are there still monkees huh? also evilution is just a theory did u know that?" and then disappear forever.

Baldwin for Christ made a better effort than that, at least.
Neesika
08-02-2009, 07:05
I hate NSG's music taste as well.

It bothers me more when NSG tries to taste my musics.
Gauntleted Fist
08-02-2009, 07:06
Baldwin for Christ made a better effort than that, at least.I hate self-promotion, too. ;)
Neesika
08-02-2009, 07:06
I saw this coming, and yet I still laughed out loud. Perfect. :D

I've been waiting for that literally for a week and a half now.
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
08-02-2009, 07:07
You're not very good at this.

First you identify the problems.

Then you come up with solutions.

Then you implement them.

Or you have sex with fish.

I see which option you've chosen.
I've slept with the fishes before. It was very wet and cold and confusing.
For instance, did you know that certain species of fish molt their scales when in distress, and that these scales are very irritating to mucus membranes? I didn't before, but now I do. So does my proctologist, which is a piece of info I can only assume will be very useful in the future.
I leave the details to your imaginations.
Ghost of Ayn Rand
08-02-2009, 07:07
Oh my God, I loved that.

Even Kryo took you seriously. O.o

I think Kryo was just being modly, which is his job, now.
Gauntleted Fist
08-02-2009, 07:07
I've been waiting for that literally for a week and a half now.I tried to get it to you faster, but the opportunity never presented itself to me.
Poliwanacraca
08-02-2009, 07:08
Baldwin for Christ made a better effort than that, at least.

BfC and his three strangely similar friends are definitely NOT among the things that annoy me about NSG. :)
Christmahanikwanzikah
08-02-2009, 07:08
I'm still unhappy about the whole "Lawyers in Catsuits" thing.

I mean, ffs, great mental image there... furries in court ftl. :tongue:
Neesika
08-02-2009, 07:08
The responses in this thread are the silver lining.
Neesika
08-02-2009, 07:08
I tried to get it to you faster, but the opportunity never presented itself to me.

Yes yes, are we going to have sex now?
Poliwanacraca
08-02-2009, 07:10
I'm still unhappy about the whole "Lawyers in Catsuits" thing.

I mean, ffs, great mental image there... furries in court ftl. :tongue:

I'm still amused as hell by the whole "Lawyers in Catsuits" thing. I'm rather proud to have completely inadvertently produced a meme. :p
Gauntleted Fist
08-02-2009, 07:11
Yes yes, are we going to have sex now?No, I think we should sit here and discuss random things with the other posters of NSG for several hours.
Straughn
08-02-2009, 07:11
Oh, another thing that annoys me.
People who have bad grammar and spelling, but whose post have great points within them. It's the proverbial to jump or not to jump for me. "Do I want to read it and make my eyes bleed for the truth, or do I not and save my eyes?"Think of it as poetry with an accent.
http://www.usc.edu/CSSF/History/2007/Projects/J0635.pdf
Trostia
08-02-2009, 07:12
The overwhelming "liberal" bias on this forums. It places just about any "conservative" poster in the position of being outnumbered, and having 10 posters snipe at every 1 post he/she makes. Having an unfriendly, even hostile audience makes arguing any point harder, adds undue pressure, and ultimately has the potential of simply drowning out anything he/she says with sheer quantity.
Forsakia
08-02-2009, 07:12
Does your scalp, blowing in the breeze, count?

How many colours did it have on it?
Straughn
08-02-2009, 07:13
No entiendo de que mierda hablas.Says you.
Yup, poetry with an accent alright.
Neesika
08-02-2009, 07:13
You know what annoys me the most about NSG?

The lack of fart jokes.
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
08-02-2009, 07:13
No, I think we should sit here and discuss random things with the other posters of NSG for several hours.
Hmmm? (http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/duty_calls.png)
I did that once. He quit seeing me the next day.
NSG has never abandoned me though, not once in six years and about 10 incarnations. That's what I love about it.
Ghost of Ayn Rand
08-02-2009, 07:14
I hate self-promotion, too. ;)

Its rational self interest. A=A.
Straughn
08-02-2009, 07:15
The overwhelming "liberal" bias on this forums. It places just about any "conservative" poster in the position of being outnumbered, and having 10 posters snipe at every 1 post he/she makes. Having an unfriendly, even hostile audience makes arguing any point harder, adds undue pressure, and ultimately has the potential of simply drowning out anything he/she says with sheer quantity.Yeah, that whole butt-hurt approach many conservatives seem to coddle, that is really annoying.
Gauntleted Fist
08-02-2009, 07:16
Hmmm? (http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/duty_calls.png)
I did that once. He quit seeing me the next day....Which is the whole point.

Its rational self interest. A=A.I'm going to wander off for ten minutes, and not go grab any type of object that I can strangle you with, or harm you in any shape, fashion, or form with. Just don't answer the knock at your door, mmkay?
Straughn
08-02-2009, 07:17
I've slept with the fishes before. It was very wet and cold and confusing.
For instance, did you know that certain species of fish molt their scales when in distress, and that these scales are very irritating to mucus membranes? I didn't before, but now I do. So does my proctologist, which is a piece of info I can only assume will be very useful in the future.
I leave the details to your imaginations.First hit's free.
Although i'm replying to the last line, it really needs the appropriate context, plus i really like your anecdote.
I like anecdotes.
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
08-02-2009, 07:21
First hit's free.
Although i'm replying to the last line, it really needs the appropriate context, plus i really like your anecdote.
I like anecdotes.
Who doesn't?
Well, actually, I once met this guy who didn't like anecdotes...
Christmahanikwanzikah
08-02-2009, 07:21
I saw something that annoyed me and now I can't remember. That is especially annoying about NSG.

Oooh, right. The "My penis/country/language/sport/job/LOLDONGS is better/bigger/harder/louder/Jew-ier than yours/his/mine/all" threads.
Neesika
08-02-2009, 07:21
Who doesn't?
Well, actually, I once met this guy who didn't like anecdotes...

Were you always gay?
Gauthier
08-02-2009, 07:25
"Obama is a Failed President" and "Ebil Mozlemz." Which unsurprisingly often combine to form Devastator... er I mean "Obama iz an Ebil Mozlem Manchoorian Candidayt turning America into Teh Caliphateâ„¢".
Trostia
08-02-2009, 07:29
Yeah, that whole butt-hurt approach many conservatives seem to coddle, that is really annoying.

I do not think you actually read what I said.

That's another annoying thing. People quote me. They reply to me. But they aren't actually making a response.
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
08-02-2009, 07:29
Were you always gay?
I am bisexual, which I'm pretty sure I've mentioned before.
Unless you were commenting on my humor, which I can only excuse by saying I've been drinking.
Ghost of Ayn Rand
08-02-2009, 07:29
BfC and his three strangely similar friends are definitely NOT among the things that annoy me about NSG. :)

See, you say that, but then I get restraining orders just for sitting outside your bushes, which you would've never had to know about until I thought that chunk of wasabi was one of the chunks of avocado sitting next to it because Intangelon digs the avocado out of his california rolls like some kind of fucking freak, so naturally, digesting a thumbsize piece of solid wasabi caused my fragile intestinal tract to fart up a storm.
Straughn
08-02-2009, 07:31
No, I think we should sit here and discuss random things with the other posters of NSG for several hours.

This IS sex!
http://www.mikelobban.ca/forumpics/funnypix/WorfWill.jpg
Straughn
08-02-2009, 07:44
I do not think you actually read what I said.

That's another annoying thing. People quote me. They reply to me. But they aren't actually making a response.Huh, i thought "reply" = "response", but perhaps i should've consulted the thesaurus first.
Oh well, bygones. Not like there's any undue pressure or hostility or anything. Oh well. Nothing to get butt-hurt about anyway.
Ryadn
08-02-2009, 07:44
Mostly the people. :P

No, honestly. There are a handful of posters I just can't stand, usually because, in my opinion, they're trolls that no one has banned yet. The only thing more irritating than seeing their moronic, hating-spewing bullshit posts is my occasional inability to restrain myself from sniping.
Trostia
08-02-2009, 07:48
Mostly the people. :P

No, honestly. There are a handful of posters I just can't stand, usually because, in my opinion, they're trolls that no one has banned yet. The only thing more irritating than seeing their moronic, hating-spewing bullshit posts is my occasional inability to restrain myself from sniping.

You're talking about me, aren't you?

Huh, i thought "reply" = "response", but perhaps i should've consulted the thesaurus first.

A reply to a post is not the same as a response to its content.

For example instead of saying that, I could have posted a random picture of Jack Bauer.
Anti-Social Darwinism
08-02-2009, 07:49
Being ignored. Not being ignored. No one laughs at my jokes or they laugh at things that aren't jokes. Idiots. People who are smarter than I am and persist in rubbing my face in it. Clown sex. The fact that Fass doesn't come around nearly often enough and when he does, he's annoying.

In other words, it's just like reality --- only not as physically dirty and you're not as likely to get diseases from it..
Yootopia
08-02-2009, 07:50
*what do you actually like*
It hurts so good.
Straughn
08-02-2009, 07:52
I am bisexual, which I'm pretty sure I've mentioned before.You say "before" ... but i'm pretty sure i'd have noticed that. Damn, first Trotsia's quote and then you.
*sobs*
Skallvia
08-02-2009, 07:53
The only thing that really gets on my nerves about the forum, as opposed to just individual people......


Is when the Mods just randomly do crap to me, without bothering to let me know...Like, I get on and all the sudden my Sigs been replaced, and Im just like :mad: (for want of language)....

When, if theydve just let me know first, I woulda just changed it myself and everything woulda been all fine, lol..

MODEDIT: Randomly adds line to post without bothering to let Skallvia know.
Straughn
08-02-2009, 07:58
A reply to a post is not the same as a response to its content.

For example instead of saying that, I could have posted a random picture of Jack Bauer.There's no reason why my response can't include Jack Bauer. In the many years that show's been on, i'm sure there's some kind of application that can be used in context.
There are things in this world which are out of our control. Sometimes we like to blame ourselves for them so we can try to make sense out of them.
Yeah, that one will do nicely.
http://starsmedia.ign.com/stars/image/article/836/836838/hero-showdown-john-mcclane-vs-jack-bauer-20071120024155853-000.jpg
Straughn
08-02-2009, 08:01
Who doesn't?
Well, actually, I once met this guy who didn't like anecdotes...Who? They must conform to my view. Must.
*grits teeth*
http://starsmedia.ign.com/stars/image/article/836/836838/hero-showdown-john-mcclane-vs-jack-bauer-20071120024155853-000.jpg
Ryadn
08-02-2009, 08:03
I'm still amused as hell by the whole "Lawyers in Catsuits" thing. I'm rather proud to have completely inadvertently produced a meme. :p

I don't even know the origins of that, I just know the meme, so it's a true meme for me!
Heinleinites
08-02-2009, 08:06
How everyone takes everyone else completely seriously and everything they say literally.

This. This in big bold letters. Just because you personally don't think it's funny, doesn't mean it wasn't intended to be a joke.

I think the thing that has been annoying the hell out of me lately is anyone new who posts anything that disagrees with the statues quo is automatically labeled a troll.

This too.

On the other hand, it gives me something to do when I'm bored at work. That, and it gives me another avenue to talk about myself, and really, who doesn't like that? Talking about themselves, that is.

Your reply is akin to 'well that's the way it's always been'. NOT GOOD ENOUGH.

Now see, I've been told this too, by people and it's always kind of puzzled me. If something has been done a certain way for a period of time, chances are there's a good reason for it. I'm not saying don't ask questions, or explore alternatives, but I wouldn't go rushing changing things just because it's assumed that 'change'='better.' You could end up with something worse, too.
Trostia
08-02-2009, 08:07
There's no reason why my response can't include Jack Bauer. In the many years that show's been on, i'm sure there's some kind of application that can be used in context.

Yeah, that one will do nicely.
http://starsmedia.ign.com/stars/image/article/836/836838/hero-showdown-john-mcclane-vs-jack-bauer-20071120024155853-000.jpg

I ... cannot disagree now.
Zilam
08-02-2009, 08:08
How, if you criticize anyone besides WASP, then you are a bigot.
Straughn
08-02-2009, 08:09
I ... cannot disagree now.http://www.xsltblog.com/archives/The-Simpsons-Mr-Burns-Excel.jpg
Straughn
08-02-2009, 08:10
How, if you criticize anyone besides WASP, then you are a bigot.
http://www.metal-rules.com/interviews/images/WASP_Band2.GIF
?
Not sure i'm following you there ....
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
08-02-2009, 08:11
Who? They must conform to my view. Must.
*grits teeth*
http://starsmedia.ign.com/stars/image/article/836/836838/hero-showdown-john-mcclane-vs-jack-bauer-20071120024155853-000.jpg
His name was Adrian Montague, he lives in Brooklyn (or, at least, he did until about a year and a half agao). Regrettably, he is highly incorrigible, so I highly suggest stabbing him with pointing things until he falls over.
That'll learn him to hold attributes which I don't like and to bother existing in spite of my displeasure.
Ryadn
08-02-2009, 08:13
You're talking about me, aren't you?

If I was talking about you, I'd be way meaner to you where mods dare not go.

It's not all about you!! God.
DaWoad
08-02-2009, 08:13
Did you see the Mod Forum thread I did where I demanded Dempublicents1 be punished for making too reasonable a post?

And somebody goes on there and says "I don't see any rulebreaking"?
that was awesome. . .even the first mod didn't pick up on it but Kat did before I could reply :(
Straughn
08-02-2009, 08:14
His name was Adrian Montague, he lives in Brooklyn (or, at least, he did until about a year and a half agao). Regrettably, he is highly incorrigible, so I highly suggest stabbing him with pointing things until he falls over.
That'll learn him to hold attributes which I don't like and to bother existing in spite of my displeasure.
I know people in Brooklyn. This is getting done.
Does he have any pix of you, like for revenge or whatever?
Ryadn
08-02-2009, 08:15
How, if you criticize anyone besides WASP, then you are a bigot.

You forgot "male heterosexual". I'm a WASP (well, of WASP extraction anyway, not a practicing Christian) and you can't criticize me either because I'm a bisexual girl.
Skallvia
08-02-2009, 08:17
Fortunately Im not Anglo-Saxon or Protestant, lol...

Scots-Irish, lmao...
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
08-02-2009, 08:21
If I was talking about you, I'd be way meaner to you where mods dare not go.

It's not all about you!! God.
It's about me, then, isn't it? That's ok, I love any form of attention.
I know people in Brooklyn. This is getting done.
Does he have any pix of you, like for revenge or whatever?
I never had sex with him, if that's what you're driving toward. He's just an acquaintance. Sort of. I've met him a few times, and I'm pretty sure he'd recognize me if we were in the same room.
Most of my relationships are like that.
You forgot "male heterosexual". I'm a WASP (well, of WASP extraction anyway, not a practicing Christian) and you can't criticize me either because I'm a bisexual girl.
Your have a vagina, therefore you can rely on Neo Art's ceaseless emotional support and argumental defense. Sexuality is entirely irrelevant, given the natuer of the internet.
DaWoad
08-02-2009, 08:24
how, if you criticize anyone besides wasp, then you are a bigot.

*bigot!*
Ryadn
08-02-2009, 08:25
Your have a vagina, therefore you can rely on Neo Art's ceaseless emotional support and argumental defense. Sexuality is entirely irrelevant, given the natuer of the internet.

And like most situations where sexism actually works out in my favor, I exploit that fact shamelessly.
Christmahanikwanzikah
08-02-2009, 08:38
Renamed threads bearing no semblance of their former selves.
Ardchoille
08-02-2009, 08:39
Neesika seemed to expect it. One does one's best.
Ghost of Ayn Rand
08-02-2009, 08:40
that was awesome. . .even the first mod didn't pick up on it but Kat did before I could reply :(

I think it was Ardchoille that closed it, and she spanked me poetically.

I deeply hate her.
Straughn
08-02-2009, 08:41
I never had sex with him, if that's what you're driving toward. He's just an acquaintance. Sort of. I've met him a few times, and I'm pretty sure he'd recognize me if we were in the same room.
Most of my relationships are like that.
I weren't implying that, actually.
I intend to tort-er, persuade him with several anecdotes. And if he knows much about you, there could be liability of sorts, since you're likely to be in a few of them.
Yootopia
08-02-2009, 08:41
WTF!

A CHANGE OF NAME?

But we hate change here at NSG :(
Straughn
08-02-2009, 08:42
But we hate change here at NSG :(Well, a few butt-hurt people do, yes. But not all of (or even the majority of) us do.
Ghost of Ayn Rand
08-02-2009, 08:43
You forgot "male heterosexual". I'm a WASP (well, of WASP extraction anyway, not a practicing Christian) and you can't criticize me either because I'm a bisexual girl.

Well she was a bisexual girl
Logged onto nationstates
She couldnt help thinkin that there
Was a little more to life
Somewhere else
After all it was a great big world wide web
With lots of places to post on
Yeah, and if she had to die
Ryadn, she had one little promise
She was gonna keep

Oh yeah, all right
Take it easy baby
Make it last all night
She was a bisexual girl
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
08-02-2009, 08:44
Neesika seemed to expect it. One does one's best.
Shouldn't it be introspection, not introversion?
Introspection, after all, need not be correct or intelligent.
Straughn
08-02-2009, 08:46
Well she was a bisexual girl
Logged onto nationstates
She couldnt help thinkin that there
Was a little more to life
Somewhere else
After all it was a great big world wide web
With lots of places to post on
Yeah, and if she had to die
Ryadn, she had one little promise
She was gonna keep

Oh yeah, all right
Take it easy baby
Make it last all night
She was a bisexual girl

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z60/palacepuppy/Photographs-RockMusicScene/tom_petty_std.jpg
Not in the grave, but not entirely alive either, so spinning like a dervish, no doubt.
Gauntleted Fist
08-02-2009, 08:46
Well she was a bisexual girl
Logged onto nationstates
She couldnt help thinkin that there
Was a little more to life
Somewhere else
After all it was a great big world wide web
With lots of places to post on
Yeah, and if she had to die
Ryadn, she had one little promise
She was gonna keep

Oh yeah, all right
Take it easy baby
Make it last all night
She was a bisexual girlNeedless qualifiers are so dull. ;)
Ghost of Ayn Rand
08-02-2009, 08:48
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z60/palacepuppy/Photographs-RockMusicScene/tom_petty_std.jpg
Not in the grave, but not entirely alive either, so spinning like a dervish, no doubt.

I think he's doing a voice on King of the Hill these days.

And he still gets more women than I do...
Ghost of Ayn Rand
08-02-2009, 08:51
Needless qualifiers are so dull. ;)

So, I should change Cyndi Laupers lyrics to "Girls All Like to Eat Muh-uff...Oh, Girls All like to Eat Muuuuufff!"

......

......

(crickets)

.....


That's all they really waaa-aaa-aaaant! Eat muuuu-uuuu---fff!

.....

.....

(tumbleweeds)

.....

When the hetero sex is done, oh, girls, they want to eat muuuuuuuuf!
Gauntleted Fist
08-02-2009, 08:54
So, I should change Cyndi Laupers lyrics to "Girls All Like to Eat Muh-uff...Oh, Girls All like to Eat Muuuuufff!"

......

......

(crickets)

.....


That's all they really waaa-aaa-aaaant! Eat muuuu-uuuu---fff!

.....

.....

(tumbleweeds)

.....

When the hetero sex is done, oh, girls, they want to eat muuuuuuuuf!Absolutely. The crickets are a nice touch, though.
Straughn
08-02-2009, 08:57
I think he's doing a voice on King of the Hill these days.

And he still gets more women than I do...
Doesn't he get a doinky-doinky with Brittany Murphy?
http://mysecondjournal.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/brittany-murphy-014.jpg
*whimpers*
*sobs*

Yeah, on topic, that's another thing that annoys me .... posters who could and should get tha nookie who really need it and somehow end up here not describing the acts in licentious detail.
Ryadn
08-02-2009, 09:01
Well she was a bisexual girl
Logged onto nationstates
She couldnt help thinkin that there
Was a little more to life
Somewhere else
After all it was a great big world wide web
With lots of places to post on
Yeah, and if she had to die
Ryadn, she had one little promise
She was gonna keep

Oh yeah, all right
Take it easy baby
Make it last all night
She was a bisexual girl

Reading that killed something inside of me.

Luckily, I was planning to abort it anyway.

Yeah, on topic, that's another thing that annoys me .... posters who could and should get tha nookie who really need it and somehow end up here not describing the acts in licentious detail.

It annoys us more.
Ghost of Ayn Rand
08-02-2009, 09:04
Doesn't he get a doinky-doinky with Brittany Murphy?
http://mysecondjournal.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/brittany-murphy-014.jpg
*whimpers*
*sobs*

Yeah, on topic, that's another thing that annoys me .... posters who could and should get tha nookie who really need it and somehow end up here not describing the acts in licentious detail.

Great. So, the other day, a Judge was guest lecturing one of our classes. And he likes to walk around while he talks. So, he saw my computer wallpaper, which at the time was a picture of Gandalf holding an AK-47 with the caption "Multi-Classing: Because Wizards Run Out of Spells".

And now, thanks to you, next time, he's going to see Brittany Murphy.

And then he'll thank you.
Christmahanikwanzikah
08-02-2009, 09:05
Women. They annoy me to no end.

Though this isn't exactly an NSG problem...
Skallvia
08-02-2009, 09:07
Doesn't he get a doinky-doinky with Brittany Murphy?
http://mysecondjournal.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/brittany-murphy-014.jpg


Seriously, Why must you taunt me so?
Ryadn
08-02-2009, 09:10
Women. They annoy me to no end.

Though this isn't exactly an NSG problem...

Great. So, the other day, a Judge was guest lecturing one of our classes. And he likes to walk around while he talks. So, he saw my computer wallpaper, which at the time was a picture of Gandalf holding an AK-47 with the caption "Multi-Classing: Because Wizards Run Out of Spells".

And now, thanks to you, next time, he's going to see Brittany Murphy.

And then he'll thank you.

Seriously, Why must you taunt me so?

Men who drool over fake tits, fake tans and general skankiness.
Khafra
08-02-2009, 09:11
As a relative newcomer, I'd say the part that annoys me most is that people post here so farking quickly that by the time you wade through the monotony and inevitable off-topic rambling that fills the (average) five to ten pages in a thread, so many more people have posted that you have five new pages to read when you're done! In every thread on the first two pages of the board, no less!

(I was going to claim that I didn't read this thread and skipped right to the end to prove a point, but...I didn't. So sue me.)
Skallvia
08-02-2009, 09:11
Men who drool over fake tits, fake tans and general skankiness.

You say that like its a bad thing, lol...
Ghost of Ayn Rand
08-02-2009, 09:12
Seriously, Why must you taunt me so?

Shit, dude, no kidding, I mean what the fuck...
Maineiacs
08-02-2009, 09:13
Doesn't he get a doinky-doinky with Brittany Murphy?
http://mysecondjournal.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/brittany-murphy-014.jpg

I don't know about him, but could I?
Gauntleted Fist
08-02-2009, 09:13
Men who drool over fake tits, fake tans and general skankiness.They were drooling over that chick? What ever happened to standards?
Ghost of Ayn Rand
08-02-2009, 09:13
Men who drool over fake tits, fake tans and general skankiness.

That is not completely true. Many of the Mexican prostitutes that I enjoy have authentic skin tone.
Skallvia
08-02-2009, 09:14
They were drooling over that chick? What ever happened to standards?

I had to throw those out when all those women threw me out, lol :p
Ghost of Ayn Rand
08-02-2009, 09:15
They were drooling over that chick? What ever happened to standards?

One time in the central southwest desert I pulled over to a truck stop brothel and had a slightly pudgy skank grind me off while giving me directions to another brothel in another county.

I have no standards.
Gauntleted Fist
08-02-2009, 09:17
I had to throw those out when all those women threw me out, lol :pThat's terrible. Those poor standards, all homeless and shit.

I have no standards.I'm not sure if I should go for the "Obviously", or the "No shit" reply. Which one do you prefer? :cool:
Ghost of Ayn Rand
08-02-2009, 09:20
I'm not sure if I should go for the "Obviously", or the "No shit" reply. Which one do you prefer? :cool:

Say "No shobviously". I'll know what you mean.
Gauntleted Fist
08-02-2009, 09:21
Say "No shobviously". I'll know what you mean.Alright. I'll...just take your word for it, in an uncharacteristically trusting manner. ...Right.
Sudova
08-02-2009, 10:01
The overwhelming "liberal" bias on this forums. It places just about any "conservative" poster in the position of being outnumbered, and having 10 posters snipe at every 1 post he/she makes. Having an unfriendly, even hostile audience makes arguing any point harder, adds undue pressure, and ultimately has the potential of simply drowning out anything he/she says with sheer quantity.

Half the fun of BEING conservative is facing the dogpile of "Liberals"-Conservatism works best when presented as a minority viewpoint, Republicans tend to stay "Clean" longer when they actually have to fight and justify their ideals. Remove the conflict and opposition, and they kind of turn into Lefty-Lite. (Witness: McCain, Bush Jr., etc. etc.) The best era of the Conservatives to date was with Clinton in the White-House, and the press breathing down their necks. (the Nineties). The present version got fat, lazy and as corrupt as the Democrats they unseated in '94.

I'm not, and never was, a good debator, but even I know that you get good by tangling with people who don't agree with you, and better if you tangle with 'em unsupported, since you become more nimble and better at backing up your statements...or not,but you definitely DON'T get better in a venue where everyone but a small minority takes your side.
Philosopy
08-02-2009, 10:21
I think the thing that has been annoying the hell out of me lately is anyone new who posts anything that disagrees with the statues quo is automatically labeled a troll. I know we get trolls, but it seems that all the regulars rush up to call anyone they disagree with a troll and shut down discussion, regardless of what was actually said and if that person might hold that belief or opinion or not. Given that 3/4ths of the "OMG! TROLL!" claims never make it to moderation seems to confirm that people know that is wasn't actually trolling.

I agree with this. Time on NSG seems to consist of 3/4 jumping on people with remotely different views, 1/4 complaining that it's boring here these days.

There might just be a connection, you know.
Gauntleted Fist
08-02-2009, 10:22
I'm not, and never was, a good debator, but even I know that you get good by tangling with people who don't agree with you, and better if you tangle with 'em unsupported, since you become more nimble and better at backing up your statements...or not,but you definitely DON'T get better in a venue where everyone but a small minority takes your side.You're making sense, stop scaring me! :eek: :p
Ryadn
08-02-2009, 10:37
I agree with this. Time on NSG seems to consist of 3/4 jumping on people with remotely different views, 1/4 complaining that it's boring here these days.

There might just be a connection, you know.

That's ridiculous. Nothing of the sort goes on here. You're completely mischaracterizing the forum in an obvious bid to be divisive and inflammatory, typical of most trolls.

Can we talk about something else now? God, this is boring.
Gauntleted Fist
08-02-2009, 10:46
That's ridiculous. Nothing of the sort goes on here. You're completely mischaracterizing the forum in an obvious bid to be divisive and inflammatory, typical of most trolls.

Can we talk about something else now? God, this is boring.I am amused, please, by all means, continue. :p
Dumb Ideologies
08-02-2009, 11:56
I've got to confess a dislike for those threads that end up with posters making a ton of rubbish sexual innuendos and going on about how they'd like to make out with each other.

In the vast majority of cases, you've never met, and never will. At best, you've seen a couple of pictures, which might not even be the person you're talking to, and you only know each other from posts on an internet forum, which is hardly an accurate ground for an accurate assessment of personality.

*throws cold water over those who engage in threads where this sort of thing goes on :p*
Heinleinites
08-02-2009, 12:07
I've got to confess a dislike for those threads that end up with posters making a ton of rubbish sexual innuendos and going on about how they'd like to make out with each other.

This. Few things are worse than a promising thread that turns out to be 2 pages of interesting topic and 10 pages of desperate sex-talk and stupid in-jokes.
Wuldani
08-02-2009, 12:16
This. Few things are worse than a promising thread that turns out to be 2 pages of interesting topic and 10 pages of desperate sex-talk and stupid in-jokes.

I've noticed this happens on a lot of serious threads where people will spam the forum with unrelated stuff to shut down the discussion. It's disappointing to see a promising discussion devolve into trading ridiculous remarks.
Trostia
08-02-2009, 12:21
This.

That.

Few things are worse than a promising thread that turns out to be 2 pages of interesting topic and 10 pages of desperate sex-talk and stupid in-jokes.

You do realize this is a forum with mostly persons in their teens, right?
Heinleinites
08-02-2009, 12:27
You do realize this is a forum with mostly persons in their teens, right?

They do say that those who talk about it the most do it the least. When I was younger, I found 'Act like you've been there before' to be a good principle, too. You mostly hear it with regards to people over-celebrating a win of some kind (sports, politics, what-have-you), but it can have broader meaning as well.

I've noticed this happens on a lot of serious threads where people will spam the forum with unrelated stuff to shut down the discussion. It's disappointing to see a promising discussion devolve into trading ridiculous remarks.

Along with that, you tend to get snotty condescension too. People seem to forget that it's not really necessary to be the world's leading expert in whatever-the-hell to have an opinion about it.
Galloism
08-02-2009, 15:01
Great. So, the other day, a Judge was guest lecturing one of our classes. And he likes to walk around while he talks. So, he saw my computer wallpaper, which at the time was a picture of Gandalf holding an AK-47 with the caption "Multi-Classing: Because Wizards Run Out of Spells".

You make me run the strangest Google searches.

However, I could not find that picture. I need you to send it to me post-haste.
Galloism
08-02-2009, 15:03
You do realize this is a forum with mostly persons in their teens, right?

I think most of the offenders are actually in their twenties.

It's a good thing that I am always there to bring light and reason to these discussions and drag them back onto topic. Without me, this forum would be nothing but a large burning pile of anarchy and rampant thread destruction.
SaintB
08-02-2009, 15:16
You do realize this is a forum with mostly persons in their teens, right?

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=576597

Actually mostly between 20 and 30.
Western Mercenary Unio
08-02-2009, 15:26
I think most of the offenders are actually in their twenties.

It's a good thing that I am always there to bring light and reason to these discussions and drag them back onto topic. Without me, this forum would be nothing but a large burning pile of anarchy and rampant thread destruction.

Because you stay on topic so well.
Soheran
08-02-2009, 15:43
What annoys you about NSG?

The egotistical intellectual dishonesty.
Galloism
08-02-2009, 15:45
Because you stay on topic so well.

I do. However, my topic often has little to do with the thread topic.

Also, sarcasm is lost in these forums.
Sirmomo1
08-02-2009, 15:50
"I like baseball, it's really fun".

"SOURCE?"

And them people what hate the world.
Khafra
08-02-2009, 15:50
I do. However, my topic often has little to do with the thread topic.

Also, sarcasm is lost in these forums.
No, you're totally wrong; sarcasm is immediately apparent to everyone at all times.
Kryozerkia
08-02-2009, 16:02
Oh my God, I loved that.

Even Kryo took you seriously. O.o

I think Kryo was just being modly, which is his job, now.

I did because I wasn't in my right mind...

Now then... what annoys me? Smiley spam. That goddamn smiley spam! And not just the religious use of the friendly smileys, but the obnoxious use of the gun smileys. And it's always the n00bs who do it... and yet think it makes them look so cool.
Blouman Empire
08-02-2009, 16:20
You do realize this is a forum with mostly persons in their teens, right?

And yet, the majority of people who do that sort of thing aren't in their teens.
Blouman Empire
08-02-2009, 16:23
*throws cold water over those who engage in threads where this sort of thing goes on :p*

Your posts always make me wet DI. :p

Ok I'll stop in this thread. *Sulks off*
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
08-02-2009, 16:27
This.
That.
Those.
Blouman Empire
08-02-2009, 16:32
What I hate about NSG is that every time I log onto the computer I fell compelled to come and check it out and then stay on for hours at end.
SaintB
08-02-2009, 16:34
I did because I wasn't in my right mind...

Now then... what annoys me? Smiley spam. That goddamn smiley spam! And not just the religious use of the friendly smileys, but the obnoxious use of the gun smileys. And it's always the n00bs who do it... and yet think it makes them look so cool.

I use gun smilies sometimes :(

I don't like it when an otherwise good debate starts to devolve into one person throwing insults and occasional barely vieled flames rather than provide proof for what they are trying to say.
Lunatic Goofballs
08-02-2009, 16:49
As a relative newcomer, I'd say the part that annoys me most is that people post here so farking quickly that by the time you wade through the monotony and inevitable off-topic rambling that fills the (average) five to ten pages in a thread, so many more people have posted that you have five new pages to read when you're done! In every thread on the first two pages of the board, no less!

(I was going to claim that I didn't read this thread and skipped right to the end to prove a point, but...I didn't. So sue me.)

Oddly enough, that's what keeps me here. It's practically a chatroom. So many other promising forums hold onto me for a couple days because that's how often someone posts. :p
SaintB
08-02-2009, 16:55
Oddly enough, that's what keeps me here. It's practically a chatroom. So many other promising forums hold onto me for a couple days because that's how often someone posts. :p

Odd, me too.
Kryozerkia
08-02-2009, 17:11
I use gun smilies sometimes :(

I don't like it when an otherwise good debate starts to devolve into one person throwing insults and occasional barely vieled flames rather than provide proof for what they are trying to say.

Don't act wounded. You know what I mean, and I don't mean the single, well placed gun smiley; I mean the one that is used as overkill by General n00benheimer - the one that comes around for no reason, often known as the one-post wonder. (see exhibit "A" for an example)

EXHIBIT A

:sniper::mp5::sniper::gundge::mp5: i decalre war on u ppl hahaha :sniper::mp5::sniper::gundge: i nuke u adn u al die cuz i rulez
Sudova
08-02-2009, 17:12
You're making sense, stop scaring me! :eek: :p

Don't worry, to-morrow I'll be my usual, incoherent self.
SaintB
08-02-2009, 17:18
Don't act wounded. You know what I mean, and I don't mean the single, well placed gun smiley; I mean the one that is used as overkill by General n00benheimer - the one that comes around for no reason, often known as the one-post wonder. (see exhibit "A" for an example)

EXHIBIT A

Actually I wasn't too sure... I aint slept in... ZZZZZ...
Naturality
08-02-2009, 17:53
This.
That.Those.

Them.
Khafra
08-02-2009, 17:53
Oddly enough, that's what keeps me here. It's practically a chatroom. So many other promising forums hold onto me for a couple days because that's how often someone posts. :p
I just feel like there's a lot of material that I'm missing simply by not having enough time to read everything before it's swallowed by the constant deluge of new posts. I feel as though my posts are often missed simply because threads are often on new pages within minutes, the previous pages mostly forgotten. For example, I was actually quite surprised that you replied to my post in this thread, since it's already several pages back now.
Neesika
08-02-2009, 18:09
Wow.

That's fucking pathetic. They really did censor the title.
Neesika
08-02-2009, 18:13
Neesika seemed to expect it. One does one's best.

Ah.

No I didn't!!! Hydesland is the one who made that claim...I had no particular belief that the thread title was going to be changed.
Neesika
08-02-2009, 18:15
Men who drool over fake tits, fake tans and general skankiness.

Thank you. I wanted to say that as well, but was afraid of coming across as catty. Then I thought, everyone already knows I'm a bitch, why should adding catty to that matter? Then I read your post, and my heart was at ease.
Neesika
08-02-2009, 18:17
That's ridiculous. Nothing of the sort goes on here. You're completely mischaracterizing the forum in an obvious bid to be divisive and inflammatory, typical of most trolls.

Can we talk about something else now? God, this is boring.

I'm very happy you came to NSG.
Neesika
08-02-2009, 18:20
I've got to confess a dislike for those threads that end up with posters making a ton of rubbish sexual innuendos and going on about how they'd like to make out with each other.

In the vast majority of cases, you've never met, and never will. At best, you've seen a couple of pictures, which might not even be the person you're talking to, and you only know each other from posts on an internet forum, which is hardly an accurate ground for an accurate assessment of personality.

*throws cold water over those who engage in threads where this sort of thing goes on :p*

Fair enough...but what about those of us who have met, or have at least had enough online contact to know one another really, really well?

Right right, get a room and all that :D
Dinaverg
08-02-2009, 18:20
Posters with less than 1000 posts pretending they matter. :p

Also, insular spammers.
Neesika
08-02-2009, 18:21
This. Few things are worse than a promising thread that turns out to be 2 pages of interesting topic and 10 pages of desperate sex-talk and stupid in-jokes.

Yeah, I fucking HATE that! Unless it involves me, then it's inherently okay. But if it doesn't, it's really freaking annoying to see a bunch of new pages in an interesting thread only to find out it's just mindless flirting. Assholes.
Khafra
08-02-2009, 18:24
Posters with less than 1000 posts pretending they matter. :p
Hey, be nice, I try to make my posts include some kind of relevant content; I'm sure that's harder than most new people try.
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
08-02-2009, 18:24
Fair enough...but what about those of us who have met, or have at least had enough online contact to know one another really, really well?

Right right, get a room and all that :D
There's are multiple private messaging systems attached to the forum, you know.
Just don't comment on the fact that you're sending them.
Dinaverg
08-02-2009, 18:24
This.That.Those.Them.These.
Dinaverg
08-02-2009, 18:26
Hey, be nice, I try to make my posts include some kind of relevant content; I'm sure that's harder than most new people try.

I'd respond to this, but I've been so much happier since I'd decided to become obnoxiously oblivious to the content of any such posts.
Khafra
08-02-2009, 18:28
I'd respond to this, but I've been so much happier since I'd decided to become obnoxiously oblivious to the content of any such posts.
Noted. Please excuse me while I become oblivious to the "content" of your posts. :)
Longhaul
08-02-2009, 18:31
Posters with less than 1000 posts pretending they matter. :p
Posters with more than 1000 posts who think that their past spamming somehow makes their opinions more valid than people who tend to stay quiet? Actually, no, I can't honestly say that I care enough to complain about it :p

Random chatty spam in threads is annoying, as a few people have pointed out, but I find it to be a small price to pay for the fairly wide spread of opinions that appear on NSG. Taking all of it away would be a lessening of the place, I think.

---

I'm intrigued though... what was the original thread title, before its seemingly controversial edit?
Dinaverg
08-02-2009, 18:36
Posters with more than 1000 posts who think that their past spamming somehow makes their opinions more valid than people who tend to stay quiet? Actually, no, I can't honestly say that I care enough to complain about it :p

Random chatty spam in threads is annoying, as a few people have pointed out, but I find it to be a small price to pay for the fairly wide spread of opinions that appear on NSG. Taking all of it away would be a lessening of the place, I think.

---

I'm intrigued though... what was the original thread title, before its seemingly controversial edit?

...You know, I should probably know who you are but...nope, I've got nothing.
Longhaul
08-02-2009, 18:40
...You know, I should probably know who you are but...nope, I've got nothing.
Why? Why should you know who I am? Are you gunning for some kind of encyclopaedic knowledge of everyone who posts on NSG? Good luck with that :)
Muravyets
08-02-2009, 18:41
Nothing annoys me about NSG. Some people annoy me, but that's a different thing, and I wasn't going to enter this thread. But I did think of two somewhat common habits that some people have which annoy me wherever they happen, in NSG or anywhere else:

I don't much enjoy, but I don't really mind the occasional mano a mano duel/fight breaking out in a thread. I don't enjoy but don't really mind a side topic ballooning into a kind of thread within a thread, unless the combatants so overwhelm the main thread that they really should break off into a separate thread to be polite. And I don't even really mind when a debate gets stuck in a rut, exhausts all its points, and has nowhere left to go but round and round in a circle. I get bored pretty quickly when that happens and wander off, but it doesn't bother me. To me, that just illustrates where the real crux of the controversy really lies.

But the things that do annoy me are:

> When a side-topic gets stuck in a rut like that but one or both of the combatants will refuse to drop it and return to the main discussion. I often get stuck like that and, when I realize it, I try to drop it and back out, but sometimes the other person won't let it go, and I have to sit silent through a couple or several posts of what a loser I am because I don't want to keep chasing around in circles. That is really hard to do.

> When people take exception to a poster's personality and make that the topic of argument instead of whatever the real topic is. There are lots of people who piss me off by the way they talk in this forum, but I try to keep my arguments pointed to what they are saying, more than how they are saying it. Really, these people are not part of my life, I don't have to talk to them if they bother me that much, so there is no need for me to start pointing out what I might see as flaws in their personality. It's none of my business and not relevant to the discussion.

But some people will take exception to how a person talks and make THAT the focus of their argument, even completely ignoring the substance of the arguments to bitch about the other person being difficult or whatever. I get that a lot, but I have actually seen others get it, too. Because it attacks the poster rather than the substance of the argument, it annoys me.
Nanatsu no Tsuki
08-02-2009, 19:27
No entiendo de que mierda hablas.

Me gusta cuando hablas en castellano!:fluffle:
Hydesland
08-02-2009, 19:31
I hate the fact that the title of this thread will eventually be censored.

Heh, looks like I was right.

MODEDIT: We aim to please.
Nanatsu no Tsuki
08-02-2009, 19:32
I just dislike trolls. Some trolls are funny, though. But when one troll gets into a thread... it's flame-central.
Gauntleted Fist
08-02-2009, 19:44
Don't worry, to-morrow I'll be my usual, incoherent self.Goody.

I just dislike trolls. Some trolls are funny, though. But when one troll gets into a thread... it's flame-central.Where's that "Trolls are like sex" quote?

Heh, looks like I was right.Fris said something about PG/G rated titles, because of the kids that use the sight. (That was forever ago, but...I read a lot. >.>)
New Genoa
08-02-2009, 19:44
The posters who are obsessed with spamming and spam-related culture.
Nanatsu no Tsuki
08-02-2009, 19:47
Where's that "Trolls are like sex" quote?

Yup... you got it.:wink:
Dinaverg
08-02-2009, 19:50
the posters who are obsessed with spamming and spam-related culture.

:$ *▒
Gauntleted Fist
08-02-2009, 19:52
Yup... you got it.:wink:If only I could remember it, or if the poster who has it on their sig would oblige me and post.
Fassitude
08-02-2009, 20:47
The fact that Fass doesn't come around nearly often enough

I don't know what would be "often enough" for you, but my presence here will probably keep diminishing. Life is a crowded venue.

and when he does, he's annoying.

What is it that's annoyed you? I'm interested to know.
Fassitude
08-02-2009, 20:49
What annoys you about NSG?

It's just an internet forum, you know. Nothing to get annoyed at.

Quote boxes in sigs are abomination, though, but as sigs are so easy to turn off, no longer even a nuisance.
Johnny B Goode
08-02-2009, 20:57
The fact that I read these posts despite having nothing to say.
Trostia
08-02-2009, 21:03
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=576597

Actually mostly between 20 and 30.

I'm gonna go ahead and assume there are more than 171 people who post on NSG, making that poll incomplete and definitely not representational.

And that poll is likely riddled with lies and puppet-wank anyway.

Further, this is no basis for a claim that the ones who post in any particular style (i.e desperate sex spam), are the ones who claimed to be 20 or older. That poll could be 100% true, and yet every poster who uses that style could just be in the teenage range.

In conclusion, the teenagers are to blame.
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
08-02-2009, 21:41
And that poll is likely riddled with lies and puppet-wank anyway.
Which makes it perfectly representational of NSG.
In conclusion, the teenagers are to blame.
As it always has been, so it shall ever be.
Would you join me in chasing those damn kids off our collective lawn?
Ghost of Ayn Rand
08-02-2009, 22:59
You make me run the strangest Google searches.

However, I could not find that picture. I need you to send it to me post-haste.

I don't remember where I got, and Brittney lives there now,but I found this for you:

http://ui06.gamespot.com/1829/multiclassing_2.jpg
Anti-Social Darwinism
08-02-2009, 23:06
I don't know what would be "often enough" for you, but my presence here will probably keep diminishing. Life is a crowded venue.



What is it that's annoyed you? I'm interested to know.

Nothing terribly important - just the fact that I'm from the U.S. and you seem to dislike both my country and, by extension, anyone from my country. And that you claim not care what anyone thinks while simultaneously wanting to know what they think.

You're quite intelligent, but you appear to be a mass of contradictions and bitterness.
Bouitazia
08-02-2009, 23:14
And that you claim not care what anyone thinks while simultaneously wanting to know what they think.

You're quite intelligent, but you appear to be a mass of contradictions and bitterness.

Welcome to the human condition!

I`m sorry, I could not resist.
I know you are quite familiar with life,
having seen more of it then me. ,)
Galloism
08-02-2009, 23:15
I don't remember where I got, and Brittney lives there now,but I found this for you:

http://ui06.gamespot.com/1829/multiclassing_2.jpg

Your googlefu is stronger than mine.

Thank you *saves*
Straughn
08-02-2009, 23:30
Reading that killed something inside of me.

Luckily, I was planning to abort it anyway.
But ... but .... what if it was Jhahannam?

It annoys us more.Opportunities abound. It's the miles that are the problem.
Straughn
08-02-2009, 23:36
Great. So, the other day, a Judge was guest lecturing one of our classes. And he likes to walk around while he talks. So, he saw my computer wallpaper, which at the time was a picture of Gandalf holding an AK-47 with the caption "Multi-Classing: Because Wizards Run Out of Spells".

And now, thanks to you, next time, he's going to see Brittany Murphy.

And then he'll thank you.Well, since we've established it isn't lupus, i'm reveling in the small but ever-significant fact that i've made a positive difference in the world.
:)
I have other pix you can put on your desktop, to be sure. Not sure if i can transfer them here, however.
Straughn
08-02-2009, 23:38
I don't know about him, but could I?
Try not to forget that 20 hot seconds she spent with Rabbit (named that for a reason obviously)
Nanatsu no Tsuki
08-02-2009, 23:39
Try not to forget that 20 hot seconds she spent with Rabbit (named that for a reason obviously)

Mmmmm. Rabbit is a genius. *shivers*
Straughn
08-02-2009, 23:39
Seriously, Why must you taunt me so?Must have something to do with that primary stimulus-response mentality i embrace so often.
*shrug*
Straughn
08-02-2009, 23:41
That is not completely true. Many of the Mexican prostitutes that I enjoy have authentic skin tone.Good answer, mon capitan.

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14490785&postcount=139
Also, a good answer.
Straughn
08-02-2009, 23:44
I'm not, and never was, a good debator, but even I know that you get good by tangling with people who don't agree with you, and better if you tangle with 'em unsupported, since you become more nimble and better at backing up your statements...or not,but you definitely DON'T get better in a venue where everyone but a small minority takes your side.
Right here's some good eatin'.
Straughn
08-02-2009, 23:45
Can we talk about something else now? God, this is boring.We could talk about Brittany Murphy some more?
Or ... pulling Jhahannam out of you (ceremonially, of course)


Actually ... i don't remember you on any anecdote threads. This needs to be rectified.
Verdigroth
08-02-2009, 23:46
Thanks to 6 years in college I am a master at the art of debating...nyah!
Straughn
08-02-2009, 23:47
I've noticed this happens on a lot of serious threads where people will spam the forum with unrelated stuff to shut down the discussion. It's disappointing to see a promising discussion devolve into trading ridiculous remarks.
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14490954&postcount=149
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14490950&postcount=148
Odd how your response to this could only have happened with the impetus, and your response is fully in line with the OP. Self-fulfilling promise.
We've the waltz, now a tango?
Straughn
08-02-2009, 23:50
Thanks to 6 years in college I am a master at the art of debating...nyah!
Yeah, but all your work is pro bono when you're not paying for it anyway. I know you.
Straughn
08-02-2009, 23:54
You do realize this is a forum with mostly persons in their teens, right?
http://www.wiworks.com/images/fat-man-at-computer.jpg
That used to read, "14/F/Cali" or something like that.
Times ain't what they used to be.
Straughn
09-02-2009, 00:08
The posters who are obsessed with spamming and spam-related culture.Culture?
Hmmm ... for some it's not obsession so much as full-fledged embracing of said "culture".
Don't be hatin'.
Straughn
09-02-2009, 00:14
You're quite intelligent, but you appear to be a mass of contradictions and bitterness.

Straightforward enough.
Dumb Ideologies
09-02-2009, 00:16
Culture?
Hmmm ... for some it's not obsession so much as full-fledged embracing of said "culture".
Don't be hatin'.

I fully appreciate the value of cultural diversity, and respect spammers as equal members of the forum. I'm not spammerist. Indeed, some of my best friends here are spammers.
...
...
...
Oh...fuck it, I'm convincing nobody *mows down the spammer hordes with a machine gun and throws their bodies in a ditch*
Straughn
09-02-2009, 00:18
Mmmmm. Rabbit is a genius. *shivers*It's the genius that turns you on?
... implicitly, then, almost *all* your flirting was/is never on the level, given the stock here. :p
Ardchoille
09-02-2009, 00:19
Cut out the quote pyramids. This thread teeters on the edge of existence, and survives only because it may have a minatory effect on some players. Spam it egregiously and it dies.

Ah, the hell with that. It's dead.