ScreenXSurfer
Ain't no bitch who can do it like me
It was quite the affair.Freemasons ran Pol Pot out of Missouri?
It was quite the affair.Freemasons ran Pol Pot out of Missouri?
THERE were two "Reigns of Terror," if we would but remember it and consider it; the one wrought murder in hot passion, the other in heartless cold blood; the one lasted mere months, the other had lasted a thousand years; the one inflicted death upon ten thousand persons, the other upon a hundred millions; but our shudders are all for the "horrors" of the minor Terror, the momentary Terror, so to speak; whereas, what is the horror of swift death by the axe, compared with lifelong death from hunger, cold, insult, cruelty, and heart-break? What is swift death by lightning compared with death by slow fire at the stake? A city cemetery could contain the coffins filled by that brief Terror which we have all been so diligently taught to shiver at and mourn over; but all France could hardly contain the coffins filled by that older and real Terror—that unspeakably bitter and awful Terror which none of us has been taught to see in its vastness or pity as it deserves.
She's quoting A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. GREAT book.What in the Nine Hells of Valeria are you talking about?
Ahh, Clemens. I really should read more of his work.She's quoting A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. GREAT book.
Ahh, Clemens. I really should read more of his work.
So, a fraud who created a religion to enrich himself while understanding next to nothing about the one it was based on?Pol Pot is the Joseph Smith of communism.
*slightly triggered*
I didn't mean to post that. It was actually my own ignorance that led to my triggering. Carry on.Only slightly, I must be more inebriated than I thought.
I didn't mean to post that. It was actually my own ignorance that led to my triggering. Carry on.
Please, I can only handle so much embarrassment.And now I'm curious? Did you think I was getting the author completely wrong as opposed to using his real name instead of his nome de plume?
Please, I can only handle so much embarrassment.
So, a fraud who created a religion to enrich himself while understanding next to nothing about the one it was based on?
I think some sects still do actuallyDidn't Mormons believe that black people were soulless?
Cursed iirc, the descendants of CainDidn't Mormons believe that black people were soulless?
Didn't Mormons believe that black people were soulless?
The goal should be for everyone to feel they got something out of the exchange and that their time wasn't wasted.
tone making people fight instead of talking.not nessisserally nice or even civil
The lax rules allow for much more casual and relaxed conversation about subjects that get brought up, yes you get people shitposting and shitting but that is the price of being able to actually have an open conversation where language and topics aren't policed to the degree where giving your opinion on something automatically gives you an infraction or a ban.Somehow this thread itself became a perfect demonstration of how this sub-forum fails.
Too much shitposting, ever escalating derails, poster who don't know when to stop getting egged on by trolling instead of stopped by moderation and the apperantly approved
tone making people fight instead of talking.
A few quick thoughts on the points you brought up.Somehow this thread itself became a perfect demonstration of how this sub-forum fails.
Too much shitposting, ever escalating derails, poster who don't know when to stop getting egged on by trolling instead of stopped by moderation and the apperantly approved
tone making people fight instead of talking.
Both are basically the same "problem". Thing is this is a forum, not a chatroom and not a private conversation. The free talking style might be engaging for those few directly involved, but reading threads and trying to find what you were looking for after reading the title and OP becomes basically a disappointing chore.Shitposting is harmless. It can be ignored.
2. What's wrong with derails? In my experiences, when people have a conversation it can very quickly derail from subject to subject.
Isn't posting in this thread supposed to achieve this very goal?
Isn't posting in this thread supposed to achieve this very goal?
Eh, I believe I have a pretty good read on some problems, but I can't offer any solutions that differ from "recreate SB" and that's obviously not the ideaThey're kinda laid back, so it may take some time. That being said, when you plead for your case, give some solutions that would satisfy both your concerns and the owner's wish of a less regimented forum. I wish you luck, my friend.