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Morven · 2012-02-29 13:50:57

"You're taking all the FUN out of the wiki!"

Odradek · 2012-02-29 16:14:55

Wait, since when did I ever have a fixation on Busy Street?

Salix Babylonika · 2012-02-29 16:34:12

To get to the other side!

Anonus · 2012-02-29 19:22:28

^^"Fixation" isn't the right word, but you used to talk about it a lot more than other people did.

Odradek · 2012-02-29 21:05:28

That's because I was on New Media. I barely cared about that site, but other people seemed to, so I mentioned it occasionally.

Anonus · 2012-02-29 21:06:25

I guess that was a misconception of mine (I seldom went there.), seeing as how you brought it up in Yack Fest more than anyone else (probably not that often in retrospect.).

Misery · 2012-02-29 21:16:33

The only part of the forum I ever liked is Forum Games.

Obā-san · 2012-02-29 21:21:00

Yeah, the Forum Lust Game was great.

Mr_W · 2012-02-29 21:28:38

@Naney It certainly deserved to be nuked.

Obā-san · 2012-02-29 21:30:53

I had fun there. And yeah, but the mods not doing anything about it was hilarious.

Misery · 2012-02-29 21:33:05

^ ^ Yes.

Morven · 2012-02-29 21:33:50

Frankly I never bothered reading it from the point where it was just outrageous flirting.

That said, I've never been one too bothered by sexual content; that's Eddie's issue, not mine.

Obā-san · 2012-02-29 21:35:04

I'm honestly kinda worried about Eddie.

He needs to take a breather or something.

Obā-san · 2012-02-29 21:39:35

Also: Quoting makes you a troll.

S77? i 7ven hav7 my own typing quirk now, is 7xcel7nt, no?

Morven · 2012-02-29 21:40:37

Naney, if you continue doing that I shall drown you in the sink.

Obā-san · 2012-02-29 21:42:34

BRB making self insert fantroll.

Salix Babylonika · 2012-02-29 21:44:11

I'm honestly kinda worried about Eddie.

He needs to take a breather or something.

TBH, that's probably the big reason I don't feel comfortable mocking the man. There's clearly something wrong there, at least that's how I see it. You're not that paranoid and normal.

Morven · 2012-02-29 21:52:52

It's a reasonable line of speculation.

Anonus · 2012-02-29 22:04:52

I try not to be too harsh on him, because I don't feel like I should be.

Misery · 2012-02-29 22:07:02

^ Yes.

Ace Rimmer · 2012-03-01 01:15:38

Well, I don't want to be harsh on him for reasons Superglobe said. Its just wrong mocking people who in trouble.

Odradek · 2012-03-02 08:51:46

So.

There's a debate between Lolacat and Hydronix in the Trash Heap on TvTropes.

Obā-san · 2012-03-02 08:58:02

(*Reads*) Oh joy.

millercross · 2012-03-02 09:26:26

--reads--

ok, i'm really getting tired of this whole "mocking is horrible, stop doing it, you satanspawn!" thing. It's a part of the internet, fucking deal.

Obā-san · 2012-03-02 09:28:07

BUT IT IS WROOOOONG AND MAKES MY CRY!!!!!! 8<

millercross · 2012-03-02 09:33:52

Wait, this is dumb. needs some re-elaboration

Unknown · 2012-03-02 13:29:07

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INUH · 2012-03-02 13:38:43

-reads-

-_-

Odradek · 2012-03-02 14:42:18

An ex-troper just came into the SA thread, partially defended the wiki, and the goons went crazy with reporting his posts and generally acting like he'd admitted to being a serial killer, and the thread might get locked if the mods don't understand what just happened.

This is familiar, in a way I can't quite place.

Salix Babylonika · 2012-03-02 14:44:47

People should stop Tubesphering up the Blagoblag.

Odradek · 2012-03-02 14:45:47

Agreed

Ace Rimmer · 2012-03-02 14:46:20

Its a troper rush

Mr_W · 2012-03-02 15:22:13

-reads argument-

Misery · 2012-03-02 15:29:36

^ My reaction too.

Unknown · 2012-03-02 15:31:06

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Justice4243 · 2012-03-02 15:34:54

That is a hug-box, yes.

They look like that...

Not very inviting looking, is it?

Vriska · 2012-03-02 15:35:29

I should 8e glad I slept through the argument and didn't read 8ack, shouldn't I?

Unknown · 2012-03-02 15:36:35

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Justice4243 · 2012-03-02 15:41:55

^^I just tried to read it and I merely skimmed what was being said.

My brain was like "LOL! Nope!" and I imediatly moved on to more important things like waiting for my multi gigabyte downloads to finish and posting pony pictures here.

Burn!

Ace Rimmer · 2012-03-02 15:42:21

You guys weren't even in the argument

Justice4243 · 2012-03-02 15:46:04

?

As in we shouldn't comment on it? Or that it was that much worse to be part of?

Obā-san · 2012-03-02 15:50:56

Oh it's a visual pun for "hugbox;" I see. XD

It's not a pun, it's a real hugbox. Temple Grandin invented it, she noticed that the cattle she worked with were more calm in confined spaces and made the device to see if she could use it to help with her social anxieties.

Ace Rimmer · 2012-03-02 15:54:05

As in we shouldn't comment on it? Or that it was that much worse to be part of?

Oh it was much worse when it was happening live, it was like a slow motion car crash

Justice4243 · 2012-03-02 15:56:02

Heh, I could imagine.

Vriska · 2012-03-02 15:56:51

Now I'm really glad I was asleep and have stopped reading what happened overnight.

Unknown · 2012-03-02 16:09:29

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Morven · 2012-03-02 16:49:13

People should not forget that a real human being exists on the other end of the wires, is my general thought. If you wouldn't do it face-to-face, you probably shouldn't do it on the Internet either; grow some moral principles.

Neither does this mean you should have to hold yourself to a higher moral standard than in any other form of communication, either. It's just another way to talk.

The "nobody should ever be mean, ever ever ever" side is wrong, because what this does is make real points of conflict be ignored until they have built up so much anger and misunderstanding that a community explodes, and it means that people who SHOULD be excluded from the community are not, because complaining about them breaches the "all nice, all the time" stricture.

On the other hand, do I really need to explain the flaws in the Internet-sociopath "It's not like it's REAL, duhh!" conception, either? Things don't get magically fine just because of Internet.

Boney · 2012-03-02 17:31:06

I couldn't watch the rest of it.

Viani · 2012-03-02 18:21:17

People should not forget that a real human being exists on the other end
of the wires, is my general thought. If you wouldn't do it
face-to-face, you probably shouldn't do it on the Internet either; grow
some moral principles.

I think people tend to abuse the "Talk shit get hit" freedom people get when on the internet, since you can be as uncivil and inhuman as possible with your words and treatment and never have to fear people retaliating physically towards you.

Odradek · 2012-03-02 19:50:13

In other news, the new guy in the SA thread has gone from "OHMYGOD get out of there these people will eat you alive like the wolves they are" to "the greatest poster of all time"

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