Missin U <3 - lamentations for those felled by the SB

i think once someone hits 51 there should be a poll... mostly lol but kinda serious!

I can't help but think people opposed to the SB system are just opposed to board moderation in general, don't want anyone to tell anyone else to civilize their discourse, and would rather have one person to yell at than 51 people in the case of any one particular banning.

actually I strongly oppose the SB system but appreciate the effect it's had on my own posting and general awareness of others, if that makes any sense

stockholm syndrome

xp in other words, you're a masochist.

I would like to understand that Louis having obviously seen the effect.

you love the sb's, you dirty bastard. beg for one. beg.

uh, xpost?

51 Active Users

I think I mean, having seen the effect it's has on you in an obvious way. I think it's been really positive.

# 51 on the world heritage site list is a place called ban chiang.

give it its props, when 51 people express their disapproval of one's presence, and then 40+ of them restate this expression even after an absence, it is somewhat akin to having a rather knobbly baseball bat vigorously applied to one's temple every time one logs on. sooner or later, even the stargazing lunkheads among us had to notice

aw cheers K! and loooool d-mac. and lol crut, attention to detail makes the world go round. and lol d-mac again. if there were a suggest props system everybody's favourite Irish Spurs fan would be clocking tonight

it is somewhat akin to having a rather knobbly baseball bat vigorously applied to one's temple every time one logs on.

<3 and all man, but i had originally lobbied for this.

My favourite Irish Spurs fan is my neighbour Áine btw

lol

Louis, I think this stuff does you the world of good. You are still here and people want you to still be here.

(am i the only one not to have noticed any real change in messr jaggr? maybe it's cos i don't read ILM?)

Or this?

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/03/18/article-1162554-03F75F34000005DC-698_468x328.jpg

Also Darraghmac, as far as I can see, you also get what I was meaning by this system... Sorry for not crediting you with that earlier.

cheeky fucker- he finally clicks that making every clusterfuck thread about him was drawing the SB action, so now he's trying to make it about me. sets a dangerous precedent imo.

Not a change in kind, but in degree.

I never change for you, D-mac. I'm always the same gambolling jackanapes you know and love. Whether I vote for you in the forthcoming D-mac vs Áine poll is a different matter.

xpost to keith- that i understand the system? or that i'm much more pleasant all of a sudden?

BAN DARRAGHMAC

Maybe it's both, I'm not sure. I was kind of vaguely aware that you might've changed your approach, but not consciously sure... I think I meant the former, that you understand what I was trying to achieve with the system.

Áine is totes awesome btw and I can make a really long list of great things about her (that are 100% true) that will guarantee her victory

keep up, IKR. the SB function has rendered those calls obselete

lol

I'll think about it harder when I'm less completely drunk.

fwiw D-mac became an A+ poster a few months back. the change was barely perceptible but i think it involved channeling his energies slightly away from antagonism and slightly more towards lolz.

i was gonna say, i'm not sure either is true in any case, keith.

i think SB is a neat enough function, though rather than cheerleading for it i'm just bemused by the fact that mods/yourself get stick when a ban occurs as a result of people using it.

I wouldn't presume to second guess where your head's at, darraghmac, but in my opinion, right now, I'd be where Louis's take is...

tbh, i've merely acknowledged and welcomed our new mod overlords. life's better now.

soon crut will join and the circle will be complete

this is like the end of that novel

george orwell's 51

I think that one was banned at my school.

oooh explain the process of how in depth, please

ray bradbury's (searching) far and high for 51

that deserves banning tbh

You worked hard at that!

ends, means, justification

must try to catch this and report back, if possible. feel it might enlighten us as to what mod discussions are like once the 51 hammer drops on someone.

http://www.jeffreyweissman.com/images/current_events/51-flyer-front-300.jpg

The Crying of Lot 51

51 Angry Men

so, is the point of ilx so that ppl can make pynchon jks and everyone gets it?

The Taking Of Pelham 51-2-3

KNOW51NG

Congratulations, User: [Tiern@n]. You have now reached ILX: Level 2

Curtis' view is his view. It's entirely valid and I have plenty of respect for his view, I think I ideologically differ in that I don't think that 'freedom' means that anyone should always be able to do whatever they want, but that society rightly wants to put restraints on what people are and are not allowed to do. J0hn D describes it brilliantly upthread re: imagebombing. My view is that there needs to be a check on this sort of thing - that you should think before you post - that your rights don't eclipse the rights of others, which is quite different from your opinion, which you are entitled to. This is particularly difficult on the internet when you can pretty much get away with whatever you like, because it's so anonymous. However, this is not everyone's view. Some people's view is that freedom means that you ought to be able to do whatever you want, which is fine; that's their view, I just can't say I agree.

what gives me a kick is that this thread will be back to being a cluster when i wake up tomorrow, with this brief interval of crappy jokes based on an extremely thin premise hiding out somewhere in the skipping 13498 messages link