Just one week without somebody in the closet posting an tail-wagging “FIRST!” after TC puts up his Atomic Dog.
This site has become a home for ass kissing, flame warlords. They made a forum out of the site three or four years ago to expand the minds of fitness people but since then its like T-Nation has become some political party with only one category of thinking or stance on fitness issues. We’re no better than M&F in that regard.
Now flame on.
[quote]Lou Garu wrote:
Just one week without somebody in the closet posting an tail-wagging “FIRST!” after TC puts up his Atomic Dog.
This site has become a home for ass kissing, flame warlords. They made a forum out of the site three or four years ago to expand the minds of fitness people but since then its like T-Nation has become some political party with only one category of thinking or stance on fitness issues. We’re no better than M&F in that regard.
Now flame on.[/quote]
First!
Yes, I am that funny… Seriously, though, I just try to focus on the all the reasons why T-Nation is still my favorite information source. I just avoid the bullshit (like the Politics and Photos forums), enjoy the articles, and focus on threads which are productive (or funny).
I think if we all did that, then the trolls would realized they have no audience, and would move on. For example, the next time some manorexic posts a picture, just don’t respond. Then they’ll have no reason to come back.
What I am getting sick of are all the recent threads complaining how bad it is around here now. Get over it. Things change. You can either roll with them, or be bothered by it. Either way the world doesn’t revolve around you and what you want.
Yes it would be better if all the little 12 years old would quit posting. But by comparison to any other message board I’ve ever frequented, this one is still by far the tamest in that respect.
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[quote]swordthrower wrote:
I think if we all did that, then the trolls would realized they have no audience, and would move on. For example, the next time some manorexic posts a picture, just don’t respond. Then they’ll have no reason to come back.[/quote]
We aren’t a small enough or a close knit enough community to ever come to a unified decision on how to behave in a situation, or even to agree on what a situation is.
There will always be someone that has a smart remark, a helpful remark, a totally off the mark remark as well as the trolls who are happy to mislead the oblivious any chance they get.
I, for one, wish this place would get some type of rating system, so that when stupid things happen, or when people are trolls, their so called karma gives the uninitiated another chance to discover it.
If five guys all post “first” to an article, we could shit on their karma rating for being losers. I mean, it’s so original and truly funny, even after the 10,000th time, isn’t it?
Personally, I find the delicious irony of the “first” posters to be a highlight of most Fridays. I hope they never stop.
But then again, I was laughing hysterically at the “Sexist Joke” thread. I am a sick bastard.
[conspiracy theory]
I also believe the mods purposely hold up any post that screams, “FIRST” just to fuck with the hapless poster.
[/conspiracy theory]
[quote]vroom wrote:
swordthrower wrote:
I think if we all did that, then the trolls would realized they have no audience, and would move on. For example, the next time some manorexic posts a picture, just don’t respond. Then they’ll have no reason to come back.
We aren’t a small enough or a close knit enough community to ever come to a unified decision on how to behave in a situation, or even to agree on what a situation is.
There will always be someone that has a smart remark, a helpful remark, a totally off the mark remark as well as the trolls who are happy to mislead the oblivious any chance they get.
I, for one, wish this place would get some type of rating system, so that when stupid things happen, or when people are trolls, their so called karma gives the uninitiated another chance to discover it.
If five guys all post “first” to an article, we could shit on their karma rating for being losers. I mean, it’s so original and truly funny, even after the 10,000th time, isn’t it?[/quote]
I think that rating system is coming back. Not sure when, but I remember in the tech support section, they said it was a test run to make it work.
[quote]rbnlaw wrote:
Personally, I find the delicious irony of the “first” posters to be a highlight of most Fridays. I hope they never stop.
But then again, I was laughing hysterically at the “Sexist Joke” thread. I am a sick bastard.
I also believe the mods purposely hold up any post that screams, “FIRST” just to fuck with the hapless poster.
[/conspiracy theory]
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What do you call the usles skin around the… oh oops wrong thread.