Raziel Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 This is why: http://www.usmessageboard.com/ If you dare, go look, then come back and thank Rippa and Dean and the rest of our overlords for their good sense. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamp, broken circa 1988 Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Oh, I can use this to break a few brains this weekend. Thanks much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaedmc Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Oh goddammit why did I read that stuff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 I don't know what I enjoyed more - the Rules folder being totally empty or that the creators thought they would need a separate forum for flame wars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Oh goddammit why did I read that stuff? Because you've already had your one annual pilgrimage to abovetopsecret's forums and needed a vacation with something different to offer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaedmc Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 *googles "abovetopsecret", finds thread dedicated to 9/11* DFA, you bastard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Everyone really needs to go through some of the alien bullshit there at least once. Then never again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgundy LaRue Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 I will likely regret saying this out loud, but--- 98% of us here are smart people. We don't always agree, we snark on each other, we've turned FSW into our mascot. But we're smart and smart people can have smart discussions. If they want. I'm not saying that we should have a CE forum. I'm saying to stop underestimating us a collective. We're better than that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaedmc Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 I think we've handled ourselves pretty well with the Boston and Trayvon Martin stuff. Sometimes it gets ugly but cooler heads usually prevail. Then again, we all know it'll just become a shit on Big Fresh fest...A Big Fresh Shit Fest, if you will. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted September 26, 2013 Author Share Posted September 26, 2013 And its the 2% (see the afore mentioned Boston and Martin threads) that fuck it up for the rest of us. That, and politics does strange things to people. I've seen perfectly rational, intelligent people reduced to frothing lunatics over the most innocious of things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaedmc Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 No one's going to miss those 2% if they get staked, though. A Current Events folder could also be a killing field for the loathsome. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.K.o.S. Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 98% of us here are smart people. Thanks for editing that up from 97% so I could be in the smart kids club. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.K.o.S. Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Double post! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgundy LaRue Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 98% of us here are smart people. Thanks for editing that up from 97% so I could be in the smart kids club. I couldn't leave you behind! You're one of us. ONE OF US. Like the mafia or zombies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 This place pretty conclusively demonstrated it couldn't handle a current events folder. I'm not sure why people think now that the gimmick poster count has doubled that's going to improve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaedmc Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 They probably didn't have the proper staff in place to rule such a combustible folder with impartiality and steadfast resolution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 They probably didn't have the proper staff in place to rule such a combustible folder with impartiality and steadfast resolution. Yeah, SatanPro and Rick were my friends but both of those guys were confrontational and were on opposite ends of the spectrum. That always equaled "fight" and sometimes it got personal. Stir in trolls that just wanted to flame bait the two and you had your perfect storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 As someone who lived through the old CE forum... I'll pass. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 If I want to stick a thumbtack in my eyeball a few dozen times a day, there are literally thousands of other sites that are there waiting to help me. Please, stay not that, DVDVR! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fresh Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 I think we've handled ourselves pretty well with the Boston and Trayvon Martin stuff. Sometimes it gets ugly but cooler heads usually prevail. Then again, we all know it'll just become a shit on Big Fresh fest...A Big Fresh Shit Fest, if you will. I can't tell if this is defending me or attacking me, sooooo... thanks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaedmc Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 I don't know if it's defending, but it's certainly not attacking. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fresh Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 Haha, well no worries. I've been on my best behavior recently! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offspring515 Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 Yeah, I vote for avoiding a Current Events hornet nest. No reason to make us choose between chunky peanut butter and smooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fresh Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 How about "Uncurrent Events"? The Colonies were justified in throwing all that tea in the harbor: agree or disagree? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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