How to undermine RI w/out breaking any rules?

[justdrew]

.. setting up a counter current, rather than head on confrontation with something that may or may not even be, is probably, in my estimation, a better course of action.

Are you sure you're not letting yourself be intimidated by tantrums?

I work hard at never being sure of anything.

it's certainly easy to take the bullet points in the OP wrong and feel (unintentionally) insulted.

So we shouldn't talk about it because somebody might take offence? i don't agree, particularly when taking offence is so often just a rationalisation for aggression (e.g. "YOU looking at ME, FAG?!?!?"). And i think its worth noting that the only posters on this thread hyperventilating and directing abuse are those trying to shut it down.

I suspect you're proceeding from a perspective that says all communication is manipulation. everything an effort to force some outcome. maybe... whereas, I think it's fine to just say things, and every comment should not have to be worried over about what intention anyone else may imagine behind it. less-polite communications are just that, less polite. but politeness is not a perfect goal, especially when honest frank dialog is wanted. i do think it would be wrong to expect, especially in a forum like this, that every word be carefully planned.

anyway, I'm just making an observation, do with it as you please, I'm certainly not saying I think that you shouldn't talk about anything you want to

[blanc]

Happily I'm too thick to notice when any of this is going on, if it is, and sail blithely past the mines, taking everyone on trust.

[undead]

How to undermine RI w/out breaking any rules?

One way to do that would be to instigate a passive-aggressive bitch-fest with no clear purpose, for those who care about whether this place is undermined. Personally I'm glad to not know exactly who / what this thread is referring to. Evidently, it must be a drag to care so much about this place.

[justdrew]

someone was worried about something they thought/think is/had-been going/gone on, so be it

we should be glad such threads get started, better than the concern being needlessly stifled.

[wintler2]

I suspect you're proceeding from a perspective that says all communication is manipulation. everything an effort to force some outcome. maybe...

Not really. I think all communication is information, and information has varying quality or at least utility, to sender & receiver. And that improving the utility of information is good manners, its why we're here (online).

I might have an intuition/stoned daydream that Alex Jones is an alien lizard who can read my mind, but its good manners to try and put some evidence based meat on those speculative bones. Daily posting of many hundreds of words across a dozen threads to merely riff about todays news/pet theory/the next thing that crosses my mind is not good manners.

whereas, I think it's fine to just say things, and every comment should not have to be worried over about what intention anyone else may imagine behind it. less-polite communications are just that, less polite. but politeness is not a perfect goal, especially when honest frank dialog is wanted. i do think it would be wrong to expect, especially in a forum like this, that every word be carefully planned.

I don't think this is about speculation per se, or politeness, or trying to determine anyones motivation. Its about persistent egregious pissing in the information stream.

[82_28]

Here's how the fuck you do it, dicks. You live and let live and let discussion continue. If you two cannot abide by this simple rule of thumb in all human endeavors and the mods can't take care of you soon, then I am outta here. Seriously, there is no point in even being obsessed with this place with bird and ghost trapped in the shower getting free reign. I so, don't want to because my "disruption" bible tells me I need to stay the course and hang out here, making ever more friends as I have. I can name genuine fucking friends from here: psynapz, twyla lasarc, iamwhoiam, stephano, marycarnival, canadian_Watcher, Nordic, Elvis to name a few. You know what's fucked is, I've had fucking personal conversations with them on the phone and real life. We're real motherfucking people. I'm for fucking real you fucking cocksucking disturbers of natural communication as we have to do such things over the web. You are both, bird and ghost in a shower a disgrace. Chill the fuck the fuck out. This is basically as deep, web wise as you're going to get under my skin. After this I am gone. Fucking charlatans of freedom.

Fuck you, motherfuckers. Absolutely disgusting is your behavior. Just out of this world disgusting and for no fucking reason. Can any of you think of the reason why it would be this is going on? I have suspicions but for now, they are all about living and let live.

This has always been a friendly place, cocksuckers.

[justdrew]

well, yeah, but...

we're just not an edited venue. I'd far prefer people err on the side of inclusion than silence, I honestly don't read everything (while trying to meet out my scarce attention to all who bring some words) - we can't know what will be "just the thing" someone might need to hear, I don't think anyone should feel like self-censoring - it's too easy to not pay attention if it's something I'm not at a point to deal with in a moment, perhaps I'll come back to it and find it enlightening.

[82_28]

I suspect you're proceeding from a perspective that says all communication is manipulation. everything an effort to force some outcome. maybe...

Not really. I think all communication is information, and information has varying quality or at least utility, to sender & receiver. And that improving the utility of information is good manners, its why we're here (online).

I might have an intuition/stoned daydream that Alex Jones is an alien lizard who can read my mind, but its good manners to try and put some evidence based meat on those speculative bones. Daily posting of many hundreds of words across a dozen threads to merely riff about todays news/pet theory/the next thing that crosses my mind is not good manners.

whereas, I think it's fine to just say things, and every comment should not have to be worried over about what intention anyone else may imagine behind it. less-polite communications are just that, less polite. but politeness is not a perfect goal, especially when honest frank dialog is wanted. i do think it would be wrong to expect, especially in a forum like this, that every word be carefully planned.

I don't think this is about speculation per se, or politeness, or trying to determine anyones motivation. Its about persistent egregious pissing in the information stream.

OK. Now explain wtf this "information stream" is on a easily logon-able web board is? Have you thought about that?

This is an "Internet Community", asshole. And that is what we do. We have fun being a community. Everyone has differences. But we converse.

That actually is the way it is in real life. There ain't no information stream other than what you decide to put into it. Quit being such a melodramatic asshole. RI is a community and you are attempting to destroy it -- at least for me. I will be gone or will launch into you very soon. I so wish I could just ignore you. But if you two or few aren't taken care of or don't take care of yourselves, I for one, am out of this place.

[justdrew]

I suspect you're proceeding from a perspective that says all communication is manipulation. everything an effort to force some outcome. maybe...

Not really. I think all communication is information, and information has varying quality or at least utility, to sender & receiver. And that improving the utility of information is good manners, its why we're here (online).

I might have an intuition/stoned daydream that Alex Jones is an alien lizard who can read my mind, but its good manners to try and put some evidence based meat on those speculative bones. Daily posting of many hundreds of words across a dozen threads to merely riff about todays news/pet theory/the next thing that crosses my mind is not good manners.

whereas, I think it's fine to just say things, and every comment should not have to be worried over about what intention anyone else may imagine behind it. less-polite communications are just that, less polite. but politeness is not a perfect goal, especially when honest frank dialog is wanted. i do think it would be wrong to expect, especially in a forum like this, that every word be carefully planned.

I don't think this is about speculation per se, or politeness, or trying to determine anyones motivation. Its about persistent egregious pissing in the information stream.

OK. Now explain wtf this "information stream" is on a easily logon-able web board is? Have you thought about that?

This is an "Internet Community", asshole. And that is what we do. We have fun being a community. Everyone has differences. But we converse.

That actually is the way it is in real life. There ain't no information stream other than what you decide to put into it. Quit being such a melodramatic asshole. RI is a community and you are attempting to destroy it -- at least for me. I will be gone or will launch into you very soon. I so wish I could just ignore you. But if you two or few aren't taken care of or don't take care of yourselves, I for one, am out of this place.

JFC 82_28, you're right, someone was wrong (more or less, with provisos), it doesn't have to be made into such a big deal. community also involves letting 'clangers' go. Let's just go have a beer and a smoke in the back yard? no harm's done here

[lupercal]

^ Drew I think harm was done here, otherwise 82 wouldn't be so mad, which was the whole point of the idiotic OP. Why Jeff and b have let it run its nasty-baggage course I don't know but basically bedpanhandler has his knickers in a twist because 8bit punctured his favorite phony fairy tale, see "Arab Summer--All Out War?"

Anyway I find these interminable witchhunt threads extremely boring and am just popping in to tell 82 he couldn't be more right on. Over and out.

[82_28]

That's perfectly fine. No harm and no foul. But fuck this goddamn thread. I talk how I want to talk. We must all talk at all times how we want to talk. I write how I want to write. And do what the fuck ever it is I want to do. I would never hurt a soul (and why the fuck am I saying that?). I'm simply stepping up to condescending assholes. And you, "condescending assholes", will never, ever be free of people like me. We see you in every facet of modern life. We saw it in school and trying to get a leg up in life. I will be there to dog you. Just the way it is. I, "we" don't hate you, but we "I" see you. No, you're not being watched. Actually, it's all the opposite of "being watched". It's called living and let live. The most simplest motherfucking abstract thing that ever fucking existed in fact.

[justdrew]

^ Drew I think harm was done here, otherwise 82 wouldn't be so mad, which was the whole point of the idiotic OP. Why Jeff and b have let it run its nasty-baggage course I don't know but basically bedpanhandler has his knickers in a twist because 8bit punctured his favorite phony fairy tale, see "Arab Summer--All Out War?"

Anyway I find these interminable witchhunt threads extremely boring and am just popping in to tell 82 he couldn't be more right on. Over and out.

well, I call call harm irreversible damage, and i don't thin we're there yet...

something in the cord changes here I think fixes things....

[82_28]

I think the thing is is that I "stuck up" for 8bit. I do not like the genuine speculators getting tossed around anywhere. There is always room for speculation. Even, "way out there" speculation. Speculate away.

However one of the things 8bitagent and 82_28 did back in 2007 or so was conspire to eventually overtake RI sometime, late 2011. We're still working on it. I don't know 8bit from Adam. But fuck this goddamn thread of witch hunting perfectly speculative members who just make it known what they are thinking.

Congrats to the dicks. I'm sure you're proud. But you did not "win", because that is clearly all the fuck you care about. I don't give a fuck about winning. There are teams I am obsessed over winning, but I myself, don't give a fuck about your world of arrogant win time for your egos. Fuck you. Chill out. Watch the goddamn Stanley Cup Finals.

[wintler2]

OK. Now explain wtf this "information stream" is on a easily logon-able web board is? Have you thought about that?

What you see on the screen.

This is an "Internet Community", asshole. And that is what we do. We have fun being a community. Everyone has differences. But we converse.

That actually is the way it is in real life. There ain't no information stream other than what you decide to put into it. Quit being such a melodramatic asshole. RI is a community and you are attempting to destroy it -- at least for me. I will be gone or will launch into you very soon. I so wish I could just ignore you. But if you two or few aren't taken care of or don't take care of yourselves, I for one, am out of this place.

I put the insults in bold, the threats in italics. The underlined bit is pure comedy - i'm melodramatic?

Just for my information, can a moderator tell me is 82_28's post acceptable?

[82_28]

Yeah totally. You're right. Are you dense on purpose or because somebody is paying you to undermine RI? Harhar, right? Get with the program wintler. Ugh. So ugly is you guy's shit. Can you not see that all of this is literally for no reason other than a friendship spoken between people who are genuinely nice people.

I am sooooo fucking sick of assholes.

How in the living fuck can we prove we are just people, nice people, in a world with people like you? We all need to play like Call of Duty online or something so this can be settled. Fuck, you guys are one trick ponies. Mix it up a bit.