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Post by NotMyKid on Dec 28, 2011 9:29:30 GMT -6
That place is a fucking joke anymore. I don't mind people not agreeing with me on topics and enjoy a grown up debate when that's the case but over there it's basically a handful of decent posters and a hell of a lot of adults and or 20 year olds acting like they are 10. Do people actually get something out of starting some shit thread knowing it will get a lot of response? Does that somehow make their day better? If so, Fuck do a lot of posters over there need to get a life and or a GF. That's a gratuitous swipe at 10 year olds, bra. Jon sent me a PM to let me know he agreed with me and asked for my input to make things better. So feel free to post your solutions and Jon will be able to read them here, that and if the next new member here has a screen name of Noj Rellim we should all know who it is.
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Post by lpcalihawk on Dec 28, 2011 10:35:41 GMT -6
That's a gratuitous swipe at 10 year olds, bra. Jon sent me a PM to let me know he agreed with me and asked for my input to make things better. So feel free to post your solutions and Jon will be able to read them here, that and if the next new member here has a screen name of Noj Rellim we should all know who it is. Hoffa.....it really depends on how much content he is willing to limit. For example, do you put a limit on the number of threads started on a specific topic? How many fucking "McCall gets a redshirt" threads probably got started there by a bunch of no-nothing dipshits. Or, is he willing to limit the number of posts in a thread before it is closed? That may limit the amount of stupid back and forth you seem to be complaining about. Maybe limit the amount of posts a poster can make per day.....that might encourage some people to go out and play outside instead of picking fights with Ghost of AT&T over there.
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Post by NotMyKid on Dec 28, 2011 11:11:28 GMT -6
Jon sent me a PM to let me know he agreed with me and asked for my input to make things better. So feel free to post your solutions and Jon will be able to read them here, that and if the next new member here has a screen name of Noj Rellim we should all know who it is. Hoffa.....it really depends on how much content he is willing to limit. For example, do you put a limit on the number of threads started on a specific topic? How many fucking "McCall gets a redshirt" threads probably got started there by a bunch of no-nothing dipshits. Or, is he willing to limit the number of posts in a thread before it is closed? That may limit the amount of stupid back and forth you seem to be complaining about. Maybe limit the amount of posts a poster can make per day.....that might encourage some people to go out and play outside instead of picking fights with Ghost of AT&T over there. All sound like decent ideas. As I told Jon in my message back I don't envy his position. Obviously he wants a quality site that people enjoy but all those dipshits help his bottom line by way of traffic to his site which means more AD $. It has to be a tough balance.
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Post by lpcalihawk on Dec 28, 2011 13:11:48 GMT -6
Hoffa.....it really depends on how much content he is willing to limit. For example, do you put a limit on the number of threads started on a specific topic? How many fucking "McCall gets a redshirt" threads probably got started there by a bunch of no-nothing dipshits. Or, is he willing to limit the number of posts in a thread before it is closed? That may limit the amount of stupid back and forth you seem to be complaining about. Maybe limit the amount of posts a poster can make per day.....that might encourage some people to go out and play outside instead of picking fights with Ghost of AT&T over there. All sound like decent ideas. As I told Jon in my message back I don't envy his position. Obviously he wants a quality site that people enjoy but all those dipshits help his bottom line by way of traffic to his site which means more AD $. It has to be a tough balance. It seems like he has to choose between making money and pleasing Hoffa.....I think I know which one he will choose.
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Post by GhostMod 5000 on Dec 28, 2011 13:28:12 GMT -6
Jon sent me a PM to let me know he agreed with me and asked for my input to make things better. So feel free to post your solutions and Jon will be able to read them here, that and if the next new member here has a screen name of Noj Rellim we should all know who it is. Hoffa.....it really depends on how much content he is willing to limit. For example, do you put a limit on the number of threads started on a specific topic? How many fucking "McCall gets a redshirt" threads probably got started there by a bunch of no-nothing dipshits. Or, is he willing to limit the number of posts in a thread before it is closed? That may limit the amount of stupid back and forth you seem to be complaining about. Maybe limit the amount of posts a poster can make per day.....that might encourage some people to go out and play outside instead of picking fights with Ghost of AT&T over there. Please, I have no interest in starting fights with those idiots. I want to start fights with Vintage and Ralphie.
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Post by thunderhawk on Dec 28, 2011 13:28:57 GMT -6
That's a gratuitous swipe at 10 year olds, bra. Jon sent me a PM to let me know he agreed with me and asked for my input to make things better. So feel free to post your solutions and Jon will be able to read them here, that and if the next new member here has a screen name of Noj Rellim we should all know who it is. What's the solution to stupid people? Let's not mince words...the average IQ of posters on this site is way the fuck higher than the average IQ of posters on JM's site, and it's patently obvious. So I don't know how you solve congenital stupidity. I guess you could limit threads to one per topic but that still wouldn't fix the stupidity within said threads. Of course none of it really matters since it's just a stupid website, but it is the best Hawkeye site so the situation does suck a pole somewhat. I won't even address the cesspool that is the Politics forum except to say that for someone like me with a degree in Poli Sci and a doctorate in law (read: I understand the constitution and civics) that even trying to converse with some of those idiots renders me skeptical of the claim that man is created in God's image. I don't mind opposing viewpoints since I often maintain opposing viewpoints within my own brain (as is the province of an intelligent human being), but fucking bizarrely unself-aware ideological zealotry literally makes me want to go Unforgiven on some motherfuckers.
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Post by lpcalihawk on Dec 28, 2011 14:23:07 GMT -6
Hoffa.....it really depends on how much content he is willing to limit. For example, do you put a limit on the number of threads started on a specific topic? How many fucking "McCall gets a redshirt" threads probably got started there by a bunch of no-nothing dipshits. Or, is he willing to limit the number of posts in a thread before it is closed? That may limit the amount of stupid back and forth you seem to be complaining about. Maybe limit the amount of posts a poster can make per day.....that might encourage some people to go out and play outside instead of picking fights with Ghost of AT&T over there. Please, I have no interest in starting fights with those idiots. I want to start fights with Vintage and Ralphie. Which is worse......getting in quibbles with them or having them adore your hilarious posts/pictures?
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Post by GhostMod 5000 on Dec 28, 2011 17:11:01 GMT -6
Please, I have no interest in starting fights with those idiots. I want to start fights with Vintage and Ralphie. Which is worse......getting in quibbles with them or having them adore your hilarious posts/pictures? Neither. I go to HN for one reason and one reason alone. Not to get information. Not to grab ass with the regulars. Not to get liked. I do it to entertain myself, usually at the expense of other people. The day I take one slice of that world seriously, is the day I wrap my lips around a .45.
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Post by NOTTHOR on Dec 28, 2011 17:44:56 GMT -6
Which is worse......getting in quibbles with them or having them adore your hilarious posts/pictures? Neither. I go to HN for one reason and one reason alone. Not to get information. Not to grab ass with the regulars. Not to get liked. I do it to entertain myself, usually at the expense of other people. The day I take one slice of that world seriously, is the day I wrap my lips around a .45. I always pictured you as a running car in a closed garage kind of guy. Learn something new everyday. Tootles, buddy.
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Post by socal on Dec 29, 2011 9:51:13 GMT -6
Jon sent me a PM to let me know he agreed with me and asked for my input to make things better. So feel free to post your solutions and Jon will be able to read them here, that and if the next new member here has a screen name of Noj Rellim we should all know who it is. What's the solution to stupid people? Let's not mince words...the average IQ of posters on this site is way the fuck higher than the average IQ of posters on JM's site, and it's patently obvious. So I don't know how you solve congenital stupidity. I guess you could limit threads to one per topic but that still wouldn't fix the stupidity within said threads. Of course none of it really matters since it's just a stupid website, but it is the best Hawkeye site so the situation does suck a pole somewhat. I won't even address the cesspool that is the Politics forum except to say that for someone like me with a degree in Poli Sci and a doctorate in law (read: I understand the constitution and civics) that even trying to converse with some of those idiots renders me skeptical of the claim that man is created in God's image. I don't mind opposing viewpoints since I often maintain opposing viewpoints within my own brain (as is the province of an intelligent human being), but fucking bizarrely unself-aware ideological zealotry literally makes me want to go Unforgiven on some motherfuckers. The former Illini board did it right (before it imploded) -A set of strict rules -Zero tolerance for breaking those rules -Vigilant moderation Things were great post HN-OT1 for a few years... until the mod took a sabbatical. It then reverted to a standard feces flinging board.
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Post by The Resistance on Dec 30, 2011 8:27:44 GMT -6
As Thunder stated a lot of stupid fucks. I think trying to keep the sports forums on task should help. Seems like a lot of knowledgeable posters have departed.
“We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.” ~ Benjamin Franklin
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Post by thunderhawk on Dec 30, 2011 14:15:46 GMT -6
As Thunder stated a lot of stupid fucks. I think trying to keep the sports forums on task should help. Seems like a lot of knowledgeable posters have departed. “We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.” ~ Benjamin Franklin Even the sports forums are full of stupid fuckery. But I don't think it's a characteristic of that website per se. I think it's more of a general human condition kind of thing.
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Post by Saggitariutt Jefferspin (ith) on Dec 30, 2011 14:48:54 GMT -6
As Thunder stated a lot of stupid fucks. I think trying to keep the sports forums on task should help. Seems like a lot of knowledgeable posters have departed. “We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.” ~ Benjamin Franklin Even the sports forums are full of stupid fuckery. But I don't think it's a characteristic of that website per se. I think it's more of a general human condition kind of thing. BINGO. HN is just a representation of the human populous.
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Post by GhostMod 5000 on Dec 30, 2011 15:43:22 GMT -6
Even the sports forums are full of stupid fuckery. But I don't think it's a characteristic of that website per se. I think it's more of a general human condition kind of thing. BINGO. HN is just a representation of the human populous. I think that's wrong too. I have been chatting with idiots online since the early 90's, pay by the minute AOL chatrooms, and I have come to find that Gabriel's internet fuckwad theory has been proven time and again. People just don't know how to communicate with each other online.
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Post by twine on Dec 30, 2011 16:35:26 GMT -6
BINGO. HN is just a representation of the human populous. I think that's wrong too. I have been chatting with idiots online since the early 90's, pay by the minute AOL chatrooms, and I have come to find that Gabriel's internet fuckwad theory has been proven time and again. People just don't know how to communicate with each other online. The original Internet tought guy, going back to the days of paying minute charges for AOL chat rooms.
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Post by Saggitariutt Jefferspin (ith) on Dec 30, 2011 18:36:12 GMT -6
I'm afraid if you have a free site, that it's going to bring all the mouthbreather trolls. I've subscribed to HI (back when it was HN originally), and it's great to thin out the herd. It's not as if I can't find out "breaking" news on free sites 5 minutes later - I subscribe because it weeds out dipshits.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2011 20:19:44 GMT -6
Happy New Year, Itheus.
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Post by Saggitariutt Jefferspin (ith) on Dec 30, 2011 20:36:53 GMT -6
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Post by thunderhawk on Dec 31, 2011 0:59:52 GMT -6
BINGO. HN is just a representation of the human populous. I think that's wrong too. I have been chatting with idiots online since the early 90's, pay by the minute AOL chatrooms, and I have come to find that Gabriel's internet fuckwad theory has been proven time and again. People just don't know how to communicate with each other online. Goddamn that's funny as hell. I'm pretty much the same online as off, which I suppose some might find simultaneously appalling and alluring.
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Post by Ginger on Dec 31, 2011 17:44:15 GMT -6
Okay, is vegashawki an alt of someone? He seems familiar....does anybody know?
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Post by Gumbyhawk on Jan 1, 2012 17:16:45 GMT -6
BINGO. HN is just a representation of the human populous. I think that's wrong too. I have been chatting with idiots online since the early 90's, pay by the minute AOL chatrooms, and I have come to find that Gabriel's internet fuckwad theory has been proven time and again. People just don't know how to communicate with each other online. I think the fact that this thread has gone on as long as it has here is telling in and of itself.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2012 19:08:44 GMT -6
Man Gumby, you really hate HN and Miller, don't you. Sheesh.
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Post by Gumbyhawk on Jan 2, 2012 19:44:12 GMT -6
Man Gumby, you really hate HN and Miller, don't you. Sheesh. Mostly, I hate talking about shit that was relevant six years ago.
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Post by Saggitariutt Jefferspin (ith) on Jan 2, 2012 20:07:07 GMT -6
I have never had a problem with JDM. I've met him, and he was nice and cordial. As has been pointed out, his job of running a "cool" website is nearly impossible.
But dudes, his brother posts on HI, and he is insufferable. I would try not to judge him if I met him...but fuck his posts are full of douchebaggery.
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Post by Ginger on Jan 3, 2012 7:32:48 GMT -6
I have never had a problem with JDM. I've met him, and he was nice and cordial. As has been pointed out, his job of running a "cool" website is nearly impossible. But dudes, his brother posts on HI, and he is insufferable. I would try not to judge him if I met him...but fuck his posts are full of douchebaggery. Really? Who's that? There's so many to choose from.
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