An abundance of mediocrity

An observation has recently been made by fb. In previous months, and even years, Thoughts and Opinions has always held the top spot for pure volume of posts. However, Upgrades and Customizing has traditionally been the leader in number of threads created.

Recently, a disturbing trend has formed. Through an avalanche of pathetic, moronic, pointless, and just plain sad threads, T&O has fallen from being the haven of intellect and wit into the lair of the thick skulled ones.

Reason would have it that as the number of threads increased, so to would the quality and humor held within the majority of said threads. Alas, no such prediction has held true. Instead, we are faced with the deprivations of poorly concieved and painfully boring threads, in which people are sadly lacking in funny.

Travel through the archives if you will. Previous years hold pages and pages of hilarious threads. Even such deplorable events as the departure of Joe Snuffy held great amusement within the bounds of their posts.

All that is asked is that the spam cease and desist, as your misguided attempts at acheiving some far off post count are - to be blunt -  annoying to read, and make this humble corner of the internet that much less enjoyable.

As an aside, this thread is not a complaint; it is simply fb dispensing some thoughts and suggestions to the masses.




Edited by †Sniper†

This is like the 50th post made about this, congrats.



Edited by Linus

"Let he who is without sin cast the first stone."

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mmmmmm  mediocrity

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His sig has been on my backround for months. 

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†Sniper† wrote: I'm asking for people to stop making mind numbingly boring threads. I don't care if your friend didn't come over, I don't care if you screwed up with yet another girl, and I certainly don't care if you feel the need to quote someone 15 times to break a thread. *cough* Two of the above three instances could be made into humorous threads if their creators has at least a marginal ability to conduct humor, emotion, and drama through words, a skill in which many here are miserable failures. Take, for instance, rhino39s classic threads about getting drunk. Nobody gives half a damn, but because they were written with such wit and style, the majority of replies were of satisfied forumers who had gotten a fair return on the time spent reading that thread. Now, I know some of you are probably, right this second, scouring T&O for threads I created with less than half the effort to make them into something great. Well, all I can say is, good for you, I'm not complaining, I'm simply trying to make a suggestion.

But it's your decision not to read them. I rarely read posts like "My Girl Dumped Me Oh Noz". I don't really care. But it doesn't hack me off or anything. And there are some people who actually are into that kind of thing, so hey.

Like I said, there are plenty of intelligent, funny, witty, and sometimes even helpful posts on T&O. And there are the ones that make almost no sense...That's what makes it T&O.

stratoaxe wrote: †Sniper† wrote: I'm asking for people to stop making mind numbingly boring threads. I don't care if your friend didn't come over, I don't care if you screwed up with yet another girl, and I certainly don't care if you feel the need to quote someone 15 times to break a thread. *cough* Two of the above three instances could be made into humorous threads if their creators has at least a marginal ability to conduct humor, emotion, and drama through words, a skill in which many here are miserable failures. Take, for instance, rhino39s classic threads about getting drunk. Nobody gives half a damn, but because they were written with such wit and style, the majority of replies were of satisfied forumers who had gotten a fair return on the time spent reading that thread. Now, I know some of you are probably, right this second, scouring T&O for threads I created with less than half the effort to make them into something great. Well, all I can say is, good for you, I'm not complaining, I'm simply trying to make a suggestion. But it's your decision not to read them. I rarely read posts like "My Girl Dumped Me Oh Noz". I don't really care. But it doesn't hack me off or anything. And there are some people who actually are into that kind of thing, so hey. Like I said, there are plenty of intelligent, funny, witty, and sometimes even helpful posts on T&O. And there are the ones that make almost no sense...That's what makes it T&O.

You put it the best so far.