An abundance of mediocrity
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Topic: An abundance of mediocrity
Posted By: †Sniper†
Subject: An abundance of mediocrity
Date Posted: 08 July 2005 at 11:54pm
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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. |
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Posted By: xteam
Date Posted: 08 July 2005 at 11:55pm
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yeah
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Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 08 July 2005 at 11:55pm
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This is like the 50th post made about this, congrats.
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Posted By: Glassjaw
Date Posted: 08 July 2005 at 11:55pm
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Basically you're asking people to not spam? Have you not noticed said spam all along?
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Posted By: usafpilot07
Date Posted: 08 July 2005 at 11:57pm
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"Let he who is without sin cast the first stone."
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Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 08 July 2005 at 11:58pm
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usafpilot07 wrote:Posted By: shocker sucks
Date Posted: 08 July 2005 at 11:59pm
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"Fifteen years old plus one Hotter than a microwave oven Mary, baby, daddy is comin' home" |
Posted By: stratoaxe
Date Posted: 09 July 2005 at 12:00am
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T&O is fun...even with said spam. C'mon-you can only make so many topics on "Did We Go To War For The Right Reasons Vol.122230049". Especially late at night-and there's plenty of threads here. I understand what you're saying, but I think it's still just part of a really cool forum. Really the problem comes in with the petty soap operas and the annoying noob posts like "poop on all of you" (some of you may remember that one) that just serve to be random idiocy. ------------- 
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Posted By: xteam
Date Posted: 09 July 2005 at 12:02am
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mmmmmm mediocrity
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Posted By: stratoaxe
Date Posted: 09 July 2005 at 12:03am
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^ Whoa. New sig xteam-? -------------
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Posted By: xteam
Date Posted: 09 July 2005 at 12:04am
ohhh yeeeaaahhh ------------- |
Posted By: †Sniper†
Date Posted: 09 July 2005 at 12:05am
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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. |
Posted By: cdacda13
Date Posted: 09 July 2005 at 12:05am
| His sig has been on my backround for months. |
Posted By: Glassjaw
Date Posted: 09 July 2005 at 12:06am
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Wait... So, what you consider boring or idiotic is what we should all consider boring or idiotic? ------------- |
Posted By: xteam
Date Posted: 09 July 2005 at 12:07am
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ha
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Posted By: †Sniper†
Date Posted: 09 July 2005 at 12:07am
Yes? |
Posted By: stratoaxe
Date Posted: 09 July 2005 at 12:10am
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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. -------------
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Posted By: lester98c
Date Posted: 09 July 2005 at 12:11am
| late night t&o rules because i have nothing better to do at 3:30 when there usually like 15 people here |
Posted By: Glassjaw
Date Posted: 09 July 2005 at 12:15am
You put it the best so far. ------------- |
Posted By: tippmann89c
Date Posted: 09 July 2005 at 12:18am
| Sniper - take some IQ tests, read the funny pages everyday, and shut up. then you and i will both be happy. |
Posted By: G
Date Posted: 09 July 2005 at 12:24am
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Just a suggestion, the MIA Model98.net eliminated their post count and any form of ranking based on that, and this greatly reduced the spam in the threads. Hint Hint ------------- Heaven = a warm water barreling overhead right-hand point-break on an uncrowded beach with a never-ending quiver of surfboards |
Posted By: usafpilot07
Date Posted: 09 July 2005 at 12:26am
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Posted By: Hitman
Date Posted: 09 July 2005 at 12:26am
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I agree with your suggestion. People should really think about the content of their thread before posting it. I suggest that before anyone posts a new thread, read it over after you've typed it up. Think about your thread from an outside prespective. If someone else posted it, and you read it, would you even care about it? ------------- |
Posted By: Glassjaw
Date Posted: 09 July 2005 at 12:29am
Such is the point of T&O in the current stage of things. No one cares if anyone will like their posts, unless they are serious threads. Other than that..so what? I post to have a good time, nothing more or less. ------------- |
Posted By: †Sniper†
Date Posted: 09 July 2005 at 12:33am
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I'm aware that most of you are giving me flak for posting this, and I
don't care. Truth is, I have little respect for most people in this
thread, because time and time again you have failed to produce anything
remotely resembling intelligence in my dealings with you. You all seem to think that I am complaining or whining. I am not, and prior to posting this, I realized that many of you would find great enjoyment in trying to insult someone else and make them look foolish. Good for you. Guess what; I don't read half the posts by many of you, because I already know they will contain no substance. If you are incapable of understanding what I am trying to convene to you, then so be it. Props to hitman. |
Posted By: stratoaxe
Date Posted: 09 July 2005 at 12:37am
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I don't think I insulted you one time Sniper-I simply disagree that the posts are ruining T&O, or making it less enjoyable. So whether you read my posts or not (I don't care)-I haven't hurled any insults at you. -------------
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Posted By: †Sniper†
Date Posted: 09 July 2005 at 12:40am
I know you didn't. I also never said anything is being ruined. You are one of three people in this thread who said anything worth being read. I don't like the direction this thread is going, as some of you are still thinking I am out to turn this place upside down or something. All I'm asking, not requesting, is that you use some of those brain cells from time to time. On that note, I take my leave. |
Posted By: tippmann89c
Date Posted: 09 July 2005 at 12:41am
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BTW... how does this thread contain wit and humor? the things you crave so much in everyone elses posts? keep on useing phrases like: If you are incapable of understanding what I am trying to convene to you, then so be it. |
)Posted By: xteam
Date Posted: 09 July 2005 at 12:55am
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yeah
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Posted By: youm0nt
Date Posted: 09 July 2005 at 7:40am
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Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 09 July 2005 at 9:53am
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Posted By: Badsmitty
Date Posted: 09 July 2005 at 10:25am
| I enjoy the shark infested waters of T&O. |
Posted By: agentwhale007.
Date Posted: 09 July 2005 at 10:44am
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I wanna be a minority. ------------- Hey, nice marmot!  |
Posted By: Ejp414
Date Posted: 09 July 2005 at 1:19pm
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Welcome to the Internet.
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Posted By: xteam
Date Posted: 09 July 2005 at 1:26pm
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oh no mediocrity somebody call 911 ------------- |
Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 09 July 2005 at 3:42pm
Hell, that even happens page to page! -------------
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Posted By: Hairball!!!
Date Posted: 09 July 2005 at 7:11pm
| lol |
Posted By: rockerdoode
Date Posted: 09 July 2005 at 9:21pm
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1.
Anyways...I've noticed a LOT of the crap threads that have been out recently are all buggs...the other ones aren't that bad. People are just making REALLY lame posts that turn into spam because the subject sucks so bad. I blame society. ------------- "According to Sue Johanson, theres nothing that can increase your manhood, trust me I've already looked into it for myself." -Zata |
Posted By: Hades
Date Posted: 10 July 2005 at 2:23pm
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FrozenBalls. I completey understand your point. Unforuantely there is no cure, so I have resolved to ignore the crappy posts.
I too enjoy T&O. ------------- 
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Posted By: Zesty
Date Posted: 10 July 2005 at 3:03pm
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It's all about the members.
We used to have a bunch of experienced, intelligent, somewhat mature members. Now, whenever you try and have a good debate, it is hijacked by a bunch of geeks who don't even have anything to offer the thread. People on this forum just have no originality and are sorely lacking in "game". They just regurgitate a bunch of crap, trying to sound as adult and intelligent as they can. It's easy to see through. |
Posted By: Hades
Date Posted: 10 July 2005 at 3:06pm
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Another thing that irks me is in the past the members were actually so invovled with the forum, this place had a newspaper.
Recently a yearbook thread couldnt get more than 2 posts that actually talked about the subject...... In other words nothing memerable happened here in over a year..... -------------
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Posted By: Zesty
Date Posted: 10 July 2005 at 3:08pm
| Isn't asking and requesting basically the same thing? |