Why people stop posting here

1) Few get high brow humor
2) However, low brow seems to be beneath them
3) Constant attacks
4) A skewed representation where people who support Bush are the majority, when in reality the majority of Americans do not
5) Failure to get sarcasm
6) Failure to see that the "Breakfast Club" term is a freakin joke
7) Several posts made in response to said joke as if it were real
8.) Said posts legitimatized elitist feelings that were previously only joked about
9) Intimidation tactics
10) Selective moderating
11) Poor spelling
12) Poor grammar
13) People acting innocent
14) The same debates happen over and over again
15) When said debates are hit with sarcasm, people freak out
16) Overreacting
17) Failure to have continuity between real posts
18) Failure to hold real debate
19) Failure to address these issues
20) Failure to grow the hell up

21) Don't feel the need to answer waste of time posts.

Stay strong brother!

Seems like 21) doesn't fit the list

22.) Failure in general.

I've noticed a decline in posting ever since the advent of Shout. E vero?

The time of the profound is dead; let us now enter the time of the dead.

21.) because of posts like this...

And those like this.

I've an idea, why don't we continue this way. Next one please?!

22.) Or maybe because of certain members who feel they're much more intellectual and smarter than they really are, who continue to pollute the BB with bullshit, turning off long-time members who actually DO know WTF they're talking about because such childish bullshit behavior/instigation isn't quite what this BB is about. But then again, perhaps it's the Admin's fault for actually letting this continue, cuz he thinks everyone should be given a chance to prove/bury himself, even tho time and time again that philosophy seems to fail him because too many immature idiots who think that they're smart hang around cuz they don't "get it" and think that they are "part of" the "smart" ones and the cycle goes on and on...


BTW, I obviously was NOT saying this to Anthony! I was "adding" to the list!

P.S.

Re:

That is so VERY original. Copying other peoples' sigs... wow... cutting edge shit and way to think for yourself!

Truth be told - what you (well, what you are brainwashed to) consider as a "club" here... Trust me, "we" ( ) don't talk about you, let alone have EVER said such things. We talk about things that are worthwhile and interesting.

wow, my post was a joke -- hence the smiley. maybe the main reason people get fed up with this place is because there's so much goddamn animosity abound, everyone takes everything as an attack rather than light-hearted humor.

it's absolutely impossible to be playful without someone being offended around here. it's absolutely ridiculous -- this is a messageboard, not a call-to-arms.

i thought that was the point of this thread & why it was started: to pin-point how uptight some of us are & laugh it off & try to lighten up. guess not.

I think you give some people too much credit.

Sarcasm and jokes are an offense punishable by death. Hang the traitor, float the witch. You can't have your pudding until you eat your meat.

that seems to be the general consensus.



giving everyone the benefit of assuming that they're sharp enough to absorb & take a joke is too much credit? if that's true, i think i want to disown the human race.

fact is: i've spoken with capo once or twice in PM, i even joined his old film-related message board, i hold no animosity towards him -- so i assumed that he would reply light-heartedly as well, & that would be that; i didn't intend on upsetting people uninvolved & getting viciously attacked because obviously everyone is too uptight to have some fun with humor.

When did you start smoking weed? I'm proud of you!!

When you gave it to me.

How can you have any pudding if you don't eat yer meat!?

LMAO! Floyd

Paw speling and paw granma makes peeple stopp posting hear????

Nah... it only takes Truth to shut people up.

Wel, I shore am relived to here that.

the truth shall set you frea.

And those like this.

No one is going to play my game? I'm crushed.

(SC, standing up): Oooops, sorry, I didn't see you sitting there.

^^^^^^^^^^^
(high brow humor)

Man, that's gotta hurt.

And those like this.

OK ENOUGH ALREADY! I'm getting hungry.

Geoff, SC, let's go. It's time for breakfast.




Don Cardi

The Breakfast Club, the Liberals, the Brat Pack, ....

Why can't I be in a club?

Anyone want's to be in a club with me?

Groucho Marx put it best when he said, "I wouldn't be in any club that would have me as a member".

(Thats high brow humor which is sarcastic. The spelling and grammar are correct and it has continuity between posts.... Hell, its the perfect reply!!)

.

I'll be in a club with you, Enzo.

We'll call ourselves the Worldly Apolitical Nexus for Knowledge, Entertainment, Reality and Self-preservation.

Do these type of posts fall under the "failure to grow the hell up" category?



And which of the categories do these fall under: "Constant Attacks, failure to address the issues, or failure to hold real debate?"





Someone here needs to practice what they are trying to preach.



Don Cardi

I sure hope you were practicing sarcasm and high brow humor in that reply, DC.

Agreed I thought that was not only the point of this thread but the BB itself --- if I can't laugh at myself -- I have no right to laugh at others! I come here to get away from life and have fun

I can't keep up with you.

I'm leaving.

Yeah, I guess my post can fall under either one of those categories.


Don Cardi

You can't fool me, Mick. You're practicing good sarcasm there.

Seriously. I'm surely posting less lately. And yes, the reason is that super shout box thing. I absolutely love it!

PS. How may adverbs have I put in?

Practicing sarcasm and high brow humor, I have to say the reason people are leaving is that they don't get paid for the posts they make.

As the matter of fact I'm going on strike starting now, until I get paid 2 cents for each and all the 2 cents I've contributed including this one.

Let's see if this works...

2¢ ???? I thought you had more sense (cents) than that!!

Wait 'til Geoff activates the chatroom!!





Dunno, but after reading that grammar I wanna stop posting.

Nah. I've just gave two cents with making no sense every time. I'm only trying to break even. Oooops, I forgot I was on a strike. It starts from NOW!

for some reason I cannot use the chatroom....





I hope this was sarcasm. I'll kill myself if not. And you'll have me on your conscience!!!

Hmmmm... I think you're fakin' that strike. I smell a rat here (must be two different scents).

Oh no... it was HEAVILY SARCASTIC

That (new) chatroom will be a better part of these boards (and more accessible).

If Geoff paid us for all the posts that we made, Irishman would be the Bill Gates of the GangsterBB!


Don Cardi

Attica! Attica!

I'm going to post this way from now on.
I'm going to post this way from now on.
I'm going to post this way from now on.
I'm going to post this way from now on.
I'm going to post this way from now on.
I'm going to post this way from now on.
I'm going to post this way from now on.

I'm not a fan of chat rooms; the humour to be found there is of too low a calibre for my liking.

I love this guy. He's my torment and ecstasy...

Does it break my strike if I post this way?

All I know is that it's either George Bush's or Hillary Clinton's fault.

It's actually pretty funny to see the responses here...in large part because it proves what MJ is saying. The Bratpack was formed as a Bizarro version of the Breakfast Club, and now the BC has done a bad soap opera turn.

If we keep making up clubs then the GangsterBB will become facebook. Speaking of which anyone want to start a "People who like to watch girls vollyball"?

I actually prefer nude female volleyball. There's just so much to watch.

Sorry, but you have to try harder than that to stir up the shit.

In essence you're saying that I don't have the same right to have a good time here by practicing high brow humor or being sarcastic. Well, D-J, the truth is I DO have that right.

Stop all your whining, bitching, moaning and being so divisive. Its REALLY wearing thin already.

But who, then, is proving whose point?

I don't get it.

Sometimes you need to have the woman wear bikini's so that you know they are female.

Hmmm a thread about why people don't post that is already two pages long. Quitting these boards is as easy as quitting smoking. I do it every day.

Agreed 100%. As you all remember I used to post A LOT in political threads. I stopped a long time ago now because of this reason. I do not support censorship, but I do not support stupidity. How do we solve this? I don't know. But I look forward to a day when I can post again. I probably wont ever post in political threads again, but just regular threads. "Nice Threads" I like to call them.

The Doc

[quote=SC
Stop all your whining, bitching, moaning and being so divisive. Its REALLY wearing thin already.

[/quote]


I could not have said it better

Well I definitely didn’t start becoming a spectator instead of actively being involved because I didn’t get the high/low brow humor.

Seriously? A few here know (I don't know a lot of who's-who here anymore, because I became a "nomad" in & out of here long before now) my tale of woe. Frankly, I got tired of all the political exchanges and believer-bashing by the so-called "enlightened, progressive" crowd who belittles everything held absolute by others because they themselves have no absolutes...or much sense, for that matter. Just gets my blood pressure up, and who needs to waste time listening to fools like that when life is so short?

I miss the good ol' days when we'd argue movies, flirt with our lady posters here, or ridicule spoiled celebs, etc. Sure, I've done my share of "political exchange," theological discussions, etc. But most of the more civil, sensible folks who debated the other side are gone (Plaw, to name one)...so, why hang around with kiddies in a sandbox?

Thankfully, a few bright spots still shine here, but it's getting dimmer. I hope Geoff and SC still keep it going, though. Maybe it'll return to its Golden Days soon.

But what do you do if they take their sand and follow you around when you are trying to get away from them?


You're welcomed to join us for breakfast Snake.


Don Cardi

I made the Brat Pack what they are today. And don't you forget it!


Don Cardi

In keeping with the Club theme, I propose the Brat Pack change their name. Which one do you want?

Fight Club
Club Dread
Mickey Mouse Club

How about The Breakfast Club Wannabees?



Don Cardi

Fuck all the other clubs.

The Wanker Club (members thus far, Enzo and Capo) is THE best club of these boards.

We support grammar, Turi, and are apolitical.

Pssh, its obvious that in making fun of my signature, you missed the joke.

So

JOKE

damn

Also, I have how everyone in the "club" thinks so highly of themselves as moderators to run this thread into a joke.

Please

How many registered users are there? How many actually post?

I can point to examples of all the points I made. Its ridiculous how everyone acts like a goddamn 5 year old and then everyone points fingers like their not to blame.

It must be someone else because after all, you're all perfect

If you missed that, thats sarcasm

Its out of control. So get the hell off your high horse and realize that through either action or inaction you're letting the problem fester and perpetuate.

Get the hell over yourselves.

Feel free to be sarcastic, or "practice high brow humor," (if that's what you call your posts...) but maybe spice it in with some moderation once in awhile.

And pour me a cup of that hypocrisy, while you're at it.

Sucn animosity in this thread towards the breakfast club, its a shame though me and Sicilian Babe aren't moderators so I won't turn this into a joke.

Please continue on with your 3rd grade humor and then your attempt to make it seem as if you are not the reason the more mature crowd is no longer posting on the boards.

The more mature crowd? Which one is that? The 60+ group? Is it time for adult swim already?

maturity is not an age, its a state of mind....
There used to be great topics here and some mature respectable debating, sadly that has gone out the window, all in your eyes, because of the Breakfast Club..whatever you need to do to make yourself feel better, the mature people here see who the ones are who are causing the problems, and it doesn't matter what "group" they are associated with.

Double J, you're not practicing age discrimination there, are you?? If so, I would be shocked, I tell you, SHOCKED. That would be so unlike you, to criticize or single out a particular group or demographic.

Pssht, I wasn't making fun of you.
It was a joke of me. Thought of by Capo.

I don't care what club you have, I only know that my club is better than yours.

I always like your posts MJ, so don't think I'm mocking you.

And that is who?

Besides, that Breakfast Club, I thought it was just a joke by DJ.

But now I see that DMC and SB consider themselves a member of it.
So someone, enlighten me, who is part of the Breakfast Club?

Emilio Estevez
Anthony Michael Hall
Judd Nelson
Molly Ringwald
Ally Sheedy

Enzo, I'm not going to start naming names because that will just give people ammunition to bad mouth people who have nothing to do with the conversation. The level of debates on this board has gone down to 2 people name calling like 2 little kids, yeah its a "joke" to them but its stupid to everyone else.

We are considers members of this "Breakfast Club" because we have friendships off the boards, although according to Double-J they are shallow friendships.

I missed what the "Breakfast Club" joke is.

Is it just me, or do others sometimes draw a blank? You know, where you literally have nothing to say and are speechless? (I'm sure my family would consider that an impossibility on my part. ) Or, maybe I'm just getting old!

TIS

The problem is that some people take themselves too seriously.

No the problem is that when people label other people as a group and then go out of their way to insult that said group it usually pisses people off.

Or are we going to not only pretend to be immature but act like a child too and not take responsibilities for our actions?

Don't put words in my mouth, I don't want any of your buffet. I never said that all "that has gone out the window...because of the Breakfast Club."

Make myself feel better? Oh, right. I forgot, I've just been chugging down the Prozac since this whole issue started, I'm so depressed!

"The mature people see who the ones are who are causing the problems." Really? The blind leading the blind I suppose.

A backhanded reply from SB? I too am shocked. Why don't we just debate abortion again. It was so much fun. You know, me making points with evidence, you putting up walls.

Who's going out of who's way to insult that group? Last time I checked, it was you the other day in the shoutbox, Mr. Maturity, who was badmouthing the Brat Pack. How mature...discussing other members on a public forum. Very, very mature.

So yes, when you go out of your way to insult that group, it does usually piss people off. Now pass me the sugar.

Ah, Double J, that's so sweet of you to offer, but at my age and with all my infirmities, I'd be afraid that I wouldn't withstand the colossus that is your wit and intellect. I'm afraid that the frail old ticker just wouldn't be able to take it...

Gee, for someone calling me a 3rd grader, and saying I'm the one who ruined the serious debate, this sounds awful juvenile.

Let's examine.





That was soooo grammar school. You know. Like when you were in 3rd grade and argued with a 4th grader.

Regards,
Double-J

Don't blame me. DMC's the one who gave you the mature label, not me.

Sure Double-J because it was the Breakfast Club who started attacking you, it wasn't the BratPack attacking the Breakfast Club for no reason at all, well I guess the reason being that we get along off the boards and have real friendships.

Actually, whats funny is that we didn't say anything about the BratPack we only commented on how some people will only post third grade humor with the petty name calling and ruining threads...if the shoe fits.

DMC?? That sweet angel of a young gentleman?? I believe that he refers to a maturity of the mind and soul, while you mentioned physical aging. Not the other way around.

Right. Because, after all, we've come out and attacked you, right? In every thread. We're just following you everywhere...dee-dee-dee-dee...you're now entering the Twilight Zone.



Actually, you used the Brat Pack by name. I don't even need a shoe horn for that one.

At least have the balls to admit to what you said. It's no be deal - just tell the truth. Alas, if only the Shoutbox had an archive.

Irregardless. The definition of maturity is, "The state or quality of being fully grown or developed."

He was calling you old!

I have the balls to admit what was said but the name Brat Pack was never brought up until you came into the box, because you got pissed off that we were talking about behavior that resembled your own.

I don't think the Breakfast club is following you into every post, but there were more than enough jabs taken at the breakfast club for no reason at all in other posts to realize what was going on.

And as I said before, this whole thing really started when members of the board said they couldn't make it for when you were coming to New Jersey

By your definition a 21 year old is then old....

Live in denial. That's fine. But I wouldn't have jumped in had I not explicitly have seen the Brat Pack name. But the truth is known.



Jabs? Really? Are you sure it wasn't just sarcasm gone wrong?

Or is it your paranoia again?



Right. Because, after all, I did coin the Brat Pack phrase. I did indicate complete disgust at not meeting anyone in New Jersey. Of course. Silly me. What next? Did I kill some Jews to? Don't feel bad, or circumvent your anger, just because you were foolish enough to have a private conversation bashing members of the forum in a public arena.

I could care less whether or not I saw any of the BB in New Jersey. Incidentally, I don't think I'd want to meet you anyways...bloodshed generally ruins and evening, and I don't want to get your brains all over your nice ivy league suit.

Paranoid? Someone order this man a mirror.

Regards,
Double-J

The more you actually use the words 'brat pack' the further his ego inflates and the more antics we can all expect.

Double J, there are 75 year olds I know that don't have the sense of 15 year old and 15 year olds that have the maturity of a 30 year old. I think that maturity is a state of mind and nothing else. And once you're over 40, you'll feel the same way.

I don't think so.

After all, you're older than 21, and I'm not considering you mature.

Who says I'm not? I'm actually ancient. I'm actually George Bernard Shaw, reincarnated.

"You're childish"

"No, you're childish"

"Me? Teacher, he called me childish first"

"No, he started"



Some members could be real debaters, and could be taken serious, but they continue to point out how stupid it has become, how bad the others debate, how immature the others are. Or they post stupid pictures.

Well, if you're that old and you're still a full-time student, perhaps you're just stupid!! j/k!!!

Can I please post this once again?

OK

I prefer to think of myself as a "lifelong learner,"

Actually, in a bit of hilarity - in my class the other day, my prof. asked for all the Senior auditors in the class to come to the front of the lecture hall for a presentation...silly me. I didn't realize that just meant the old people who were interning the class, not the senior-year students.

This BB has become so funny.

Laughing my ass off here...

I take offense to that.

They aren't just pictures, they're works of art! I spend two, maybe three minutes on that. And one of those minutes is Photoshop loading.

Yeah DJ, you posted tons of those, insulting other members.

I even remember Apple saying something like "You're embarassing yourself again, Mad Johnny" when MJ was debating and making a good point, IMO.

Quite insulting.

DVC insulted someone, was asked ten times if he stuck to his point, if he didn't want to take back his words.

Then, when I made a joke, and forgot the smiley, I was banned immediately.

Now tell me Double-J, do you think those are double standards?

For the most part. Although I like to think of my picture posts as a modern-day version of the political cartoon, rather than an insult.

""Surprise, you're a retard"" is a political statement, made trough a cartoon?

You didn't watch that South Park episode?

I haven't seen South Park in five years.

However, such a picture isn't really welcome in a debate, don't you think? Regardless the context in which the original message was brought.

It is certainly in context, since, after all, the South Park episode had come up in discussion, and those involved would have realized the (blatant) nod to the cartoon, rather than a random insult.

Be careful where you go with that kind of talk JJ.



Don Cardi

Please. Let's not forget

21) Failure to use 'Smiley's' when kidding therefore unfairly forcing others to misinterpret your posts.

22) Frequent pot-stirring.

Time to polish the spoon collection.

I'm sorry I wasn't around to see all the fireworks. However, I'm glad that there are other people that are fed up with the hypocrisy going on here.

Back a whole lotta posts ago, I was referring to JG, not you ES. Sorry for the confusion.

But seriously, the boards have become a hostile "you either with us or against us" kind of place.

JJ and I targeted this with satire and other things, but so many people didn't get it. Those that didn't became royally pissed off for no reason.

I would hope that people could act like normal people, before the age when people were offended by every little piece of minutia. Act like people did before "womyn" became a word.

I'm not saying I'm regressive. Not at all, so don't interpret it that way. (What's sad is I have to say this, otherwise someone will freak)

Stop being frivolous. We all know damn well you (as in the plural, but some people always miss that) don't lay awake at night sobbing going "oh God, JJ made fun of me on an internet message board" or "MJ won't agree with me."

The elitism that is now blatantly apparent was only joked about. We never thought people would get all defensive (btw, a defensive reaction is a sign of a guilty conscious). It was light humor, but the fact people are identifying with it is scary and points to a major problem.

I have seen some of your 'light humor', especially DJ's, and it sometimes is blatantly racist/anti-semitic. Cut it out plz.

DISSOLVE TO: Back of a Restaurant in Jersey City. There are Breakfast Club and Brat Pack members seated and standing around a conference table. Don Malta sits at the head of the table. -day


DONMICHEALCORLEONE : Don Malta, I want to thank you for helping me organize this -- breakfast here today. And also the other members of the Breakfast Club and The Brat Pack-- New York and New Jersey. SB from the Bronx -- and ah -- Brooklyn -- SC. An' from Staten Island, we have with us Don Cardi. And all the other associates that came as far as from California, and the United Kingdom, and all the other territories of the gangsterbb -- thank you. (then, sitting down) How did things ever get so far? I don't know. It was so -- unfortunate -- so unnecessary.

DoubleJ lost a debate -- and I lost a debate. We're quits. And if DoubleJ agrees, then I'm willing to -- let things go on the way they were before...

DON MALTA : We're all grateful to DonMichaelCorleone for calling this meeting. We all know him as a man of his word -- a modest man -- he'll always listen to reason...

DOUBLEJ : Yes, Don Malta -- he's too modest. He had all those invitations in his pocket. He refused to share them...with the Brat Pack...

DONMICHAELCORLEONE : When -- when did I ever refuse an accommodation? All of you know me here -- when did I
ever refuse? -- except one time. And why? Because -- I believe this name calling business -- is gonna destroy the gangsterbb in the years to come. I mean, it's not like discussing or debating -- even disagrements -- which is something that some members seem to want nowadays, and is ah forbidden to them by the moderators of the boards. And I believed that -- then -- and I believe that now.
DON MALTA : Times have changed. It's not like the other boards -- when we can say anything we want. A refusal to invite a Brat Pack member to a Breakfast Club meeting is not the act of a friend. If DonMichaelCorleone had all the invitations in his pocket, then he must share them, or let the Brat Pack use them. He must let them draw the water from the well. Certainly he can -- propose that we split the bill at such events; after all -- we are not Communists.


DON CARDI (after some laughter from the group, stands):
I also don't believe in clubs. For years I paid my people extra so they wouldn't join them. --



[DoubleJ whispers something to one of his Brat Pack aides]


DON CARDI (continues): -- Somebody makes a post to the boards and says, "I have reservations made; if you give me three, four or five people -- we can have a breakfast club meeting." So they can't resist. I want to get rid of these clubs, keep it respectable and make us all one again.

(then, as he slams his hand on the table)

I don't want any political debates near the Godfather Trilogy Thread -- I don't want any Political Debates near the Scarface Threads! That's an infamia. In my threads, we move the politcal shit over to the General Discussion Thread -- the off topic thread. Politicians are animals anyway, so let them lose their souls...



DONMICAHELCORLEONE :I hoped that we would come here and reason together. And as a reasonable man I'm willing to do whatever's necessary to -- find a peaceful solution to disolve these clubs...

DON MALTA : Then we are agreed. The debates in General will be permitted, but controlled -- and DonMichaelCorleone will give up his Breakfast Club -- DoubleJ will give up his Brat Pack club and there will be the peace.


DOUBLEJ :But I must have strict assurance from DMC -- as time goes by and his position becomes stronger, will he attempt any individual vendetta?


DON MALTA :Look -- we are all reasonable men here; we don't have to give assurances as if we were lawyers...



DONMICHAELCORLEONE (holding up his hand to interrupt DoubleJ): You talk about vengeance -- is vengeance gonna bring your club back to you? Or my club to me? I forgo the vengeance of my breakfast club -- But I have selfish reasons. Another breakfast club member -- was forced to leave these boards, --

(then, as he stands, with Sicilian Babes's assistance)

-- because of this Breakfast Club / Brat Pack business. All right -- and I have to make arrangements to bring

him back here safely -- cleared of all these false charges. But I'm a superstitious man -- and if some member here should make an attack against hims -- if he should get banned by some moderator here -- or if he -- should embaress himself by getting trapped in a personal debate -- or if he's struck by a bolt of lightning -- then I'm going to blame some of the people on these boards! And that, I do not forgive.

(then)

But -- that aside -- let me say that I swear -- on the souls of my grandchildren -- that I will not be the one to break the peace that we have made here today...



[The dmc and sb move toward the head of the table where Don Malta is sitting. DoubleJ does the same. DMC and DoubleJ embrace as the others applaud]



CUT TO: DonMichaelCorleone's car driving -night

CUT TO: Inside the car where the DonMichaelCorleone and Sicilian Babe are sitting in the rear -night

SICILIAN BABE :When I meet with the Brat Pack people, should I insist that all there future posts are clean?



DONMICHAELCORLEONE : Mention it -- don't insist. Don Malta is a man who'll know that without being told.


SICILIAN BABE : You mean DoubleJ...



DONMICHAELCORLEONE :

DoubleJ's a pimp -- he never'a could've outfought The Breakfast Club. But I didn't know until this day that it was -- Don Malta all along...


=================================================================



Don Cardi

You never run out of them DC.

But perhaps you should tell some of our 'newer' members which movie you are paraphrasing.

For a serious answer to why people stop posting, how about;

22. The move to the next stage of their life.

I joined this board while in college because I had questions about The Godfather after having viewed it for the first time. I got my questions answered, but checked back in periodically when I had nothing better to do, mainly because I started participating in some of the fantasy sports leagues. I graduated college, got a real job, and now simply don't have time to spend pointlessly debating on some message board.

Newbies find this site primarily as a result of The Godfather, so I'm guessing many get their questions answered and leave. I doubt any of this club bullshit has anything to do with it. How could someone get offended by or judge someone they've never met before? The next post in this thread could turn out to be the most insightful, caring, and thoughtful idea you've ever read in your entire life, yet the poster could have written it while carving up his next door neighbor's children.

For those of you who care or don't care I'm leaving the BB for a while. The BB use to be a place I could come to get away from the stresses of life and talk to some great people. But now it's not that way anymore at least for me ttyl

Who's gonna keep everyone in line if you are gone? Who's gonna keep Santino from losing his temper?

Lisen to me mang. Chu dont reeleee mean dat chit mang! CHu are jus discustad rite now ladee. Chu cool down for a while mang and I keep dis place on ice while chu cool down.

I really hope that you are just kidding with us Mig.


Don Cardi

Come on lets all sit around the camp fire and sing together, I am sure we can all agree on this.

I'm just a regular Joe with a regular job
I'm your average white suburbanite slob
I like football and porno and books about war
I've got an average house with a nice hardwood floor
My wife and my job, my kids and my car
My feet on my table, and a cuban cigar

But sometimes that just ain't enough to keep a man like me interested
(Oh no) No Way (Uh-uh)
No, I've gotta go out and have fun
At someone else's expense
(Oh yeah) Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

I drive really slow in the ultrafast lane
While people behind me are going insane

I'm an asshole (He's an asshole, what an asshole)
I'm an asshole (He's an asshole, such an asshole)

I use public toilets and piss on the seat
I walk around in the summertime saying, "How about this heat?"

I'm an asshole (He's an asshole, what an asshole)
I'm an asshole (He's the world's biggest asshole)

Sometimes I park in handicapped spaces
While handicapped people make handicapped faces

I'm an asshole (He's an asshole, what an asshole)
I'm an asshole (He's a real fucking asshole)

Maybe I shouldn't be singing this song
Ranting and raving and carrying on
Maybe they're right when they tell me I'm wrong

Naaaah!

I'm an asshole (He's an asshole, what an asshole)
I'm an asshole (He's the world's biggest asshole)

A-S-S-H-O-L-E Everybody! A-S-S-H-O-L-E

Mama better be kidding!!!

Yes, she really better be kidding because if she's not, I'm gonna start losing it with some of those who are responsible for her getting that disgusted.


Don Cardi

Personally, I don't think she's kidding. Furthermore, I think she's been on the verge for a while, but recent 'discussions' helped to finalize the decision.

And then...I could be wrong.

But take heart for many of you, Mig is only a PM away. The break will probably be temporary, anyway.

Apple

Not the point Apple. Not the point.


Don Cardi

Those who are responsible? So... you're not responsible for your own emotions?

I think that way of thinking fell out of vogue when dueling became illegal.

As far as I know, and if there are any mental health professionals out there please correct me if I'm wrong, other people don't "make" you anything. You (plural you) choose to be upset because of someone else's remarks.

So if someone calls you (plural you) a name, then you choose to let that upset you.

Otherwise the world would be filled with murderers using the defense of "she made me kill her cause she made me mad"

I know it's not the point .

I realize you want Mig to keep posting to the BB, valued member that she is.

But unless she's kidding (did she use any Smiley's??)...the PMs will certainly help.

Apple

Does anyone hear a noise here? Or am I hearing things? Does that noise that I keep hearing sound like someone crying?



(High Brow Humor )



Don Cardi

Um yeah, way to make an example out of yourself of exactly what I'm talking about

High Brow Humor failure to get sarcasm overreacting






Don Cardi

um... okaayyyyy. I'm gonna back slowwly away from my computer

"I'm leavin, on a jet plane, don't know when I'll be back again."


(more highbrow humor)


Don Cardi

There is little evidence in this thread of a general decline in quality, but merely, I see, a rise in the quantity of members' post counts, posting, and counting, towards nothing in particular.

An hypocrisy is only unbearable so long as the demons in our head allow it to be; that is, so long as it is unavoidable. It's pretty much unavoidable when you take the fight to the authority. Lay low, say your piece and offer your opinion, and you generally don't have a problem. And if all you have to say or offer is a list pertaining to the authority's hypocrisy, then you're probably in the wrong place.

So much energy, so much time, devoted to something which, if changed, those crying for change would do very little with the responsibility and freedom 'gained'.

"I'd never join a club that would have me as a member."

Good words to live by.

The Doc

Agreed. I think Groucho had the right idea.

Another line of his worth quoting:

"I've got a good mind to join a club and beat you over the head with it."



Works for me.

Signor V.

this thread is absolutely ridiculous...

mick -- while maybe a bit verbose -- put it perfectly: in sum, everyone (yes, everyone) needs to get the hell over themselves & stop taking an internet message board so seriously.

for chrissakes...

Is it really about taking things seriously? Or is it about being able to come on the BB and chat like normal adults?

I can’t even remember the last time I’ve seen debate in these boards that didn’t turn into harsh insults. I stopped posting on here because I was getting tired of being insulted for my stances on simple things like “The Da Vinci Code” to more complicated debates like abortions.

Its one thing to disagree, its another to put someone down. And with people like Mig wanting to disappear now, how pathetic. She shouldn’t have to be the one to leave....but I’ll bite my tongue there.

You guys need to quit having so much fun! I'm abosultely SICK of all the SMILEYS!!! You all need to be more serious and increase your amount of HIGH BROW humor! What you need is to go vote like I did for the republicans, because Bush is THE MAN! You all need to grow the H-E-Double-Hockey-Sticks up!

Oh, by the way, have any of you seen the toilet paper? I have to go poopey really bad!

Attica! Attica!
Attica! Attica!
Attica! Attica!
Attica! Attica!
Attica! Attica!
Attica! Attica!
Attica! Attica!
Attica! Attica!
Attica! Attica!
Attica! Attica!

After doing some soul searching yesterday and this morning I've decided to stick around. I can't let a couple of pee on's take something away from me that means so much to me.

I would like to say A BIG THANK YOU to the people who sent me PM's asking me to come back or threaten me if I didn't. Love you guys

MAMA'S BACK

It took ya long enough. I had Mig withrawal.

I dunno.... you're married 24 years and now all of a sudden you're goin' soft??

Me soft? Never I'm ready to kick ass.

Sorry, I just found the spelling of peon to be hilarious in this case, Miggy.

Glad to have you back!

Best news I've heard today.

Signor V.

That's the spirit.

Glad that you changed your mind Mama.

Yep! They are just peons who deserve to get pee(d) on.


Now go kick some butt Mama!



Don Cardi

This is a freakin message board. Cut the drama

No matter what I do to prove anyone wrong, I'm still told that I'm wrong.

Here. One more attempt to get through to people

Stop acting innocent
Stop mocking posts
Stop acting elitist
Stop being fools
Stop this nonsense

Make the boards the way they used to be.

Because, the next goddamn time Cardi mocks out one of my posts, I'll regard that as a "personal attack" because more insignificant things have.

Or, to re-word that for those who didn't get it-
Mocking = bad
Cardi mocks
"jerk" = bad

You (plural) can fill in the rest. I hope

The "Drama" stopped WAY before this post. And, for trying to stir the "drama" up again, you're gone for 24 (or so, depending on when I remember to reinstate you) hours.

Have a nice day!

I don't get it.

. The other day in the SEX BOX, eh, err, I mean SHOUT BOX, you said that you usually 'get it' 3 times a week!


Don Cardi

sex box? I don't know what you mean....people there talk of movies, politics, mortgages....anything BUT sex!!!

Well, this must be another first. The author of a thread being banned for posting in a thread he originated.
while complaining about posters who took his topic off topic, Now that is getting a bit

I guess he can now add this to his list? # -Getting put on time out.

Now we also know why Mad Johnny is Mad. He was "Driven Mad By Mocking"

Johnny, maybe you should cut down on the caffine when you have breakfast in the morning.

Holy shit! Even I can't add "banned" to my signature list. Crap.

Frankly though, I do see his point. I think that we all need to back off of each other, and try to get along, but by that same token, start reporting stuff to the mods if it gets missed. Maybe this will stop feelings from getting hurt.

Don't worry, MJ, we'll build you a shrine until you return! Don't drink MJ's rum!

If you do, just let me know!



Good advice and a good reminder! If you feel a post breaks the rules, click the button on the post in question. It's better than getting yourself into trouble.

So what would be the easiest way to add that to my sig?

Calling another poster a jerk, ass, or scumbag may be the easiest way.
I wouldn't use piece of shit though.

Then Geoff would do it for you.

Mock (mock)
King (king)
Bird (bird)
Yeah (yeah)

Mocking bird everybody have you heard?
Mad Johnny doesn't like no mocking bird
Cause if that mocking bird do sing
Geoff's throwing ole Johnny outside the ring.

And if outside the ring aint fine
Mad Johnny's gonna rip this ole post of mine
And when Don Geoff sets Johnny free
Johns comin after FS, DC, and me.

As Simon would say...

In case you read this when you return: you'd get more result if you wouldn't attack.

I ahve found this rather odd. From what I have seen the least talked subject is sex. Of course I don't look at people's ages so for all I know there is a bunch of underagers here and this would probably get most of us on Dateline.

Michael to Carlo.

Your turn

Now does the tittle of this thread say anything about SEX or the SHOUT BOX?
Give Mad Johnny his do...and stay on the topic!
That is it....next time I hit the button.

And they said you were all washed up, that you couldn't post like you use to.

Damn, if you didn't prove them wrong.

Did I miss a post made by Goeff somewhere informing us that you are now a moderator?

Or is it now a common practice for you to try and disrupt almost every topic that you post in?


Please! Be my guest. Hit that button!



Don Cardi

"Well, when the boss says push a button on I guy - I push a button."



Uh-oh...

Signor V.

Don Cardi

That was good Signor Vitelli

Well...it looks like fathersson has become quite adept at hitting SOMEBODY'S buttons !!

Apple

Well there are some people who get exited about pushing buttons, and others who exite themselves by using spoons.

Hey, whatever floats your boat.


Don Cardi

Or whatever trip your trigger

Of course, that should have been "...push a button on A guy..."

Serves me right for copying and pasting from Geoff's GFII transcript!

Signor V.

What's that your reply for November You played that crap on Capo already.

Well, Cardi you aren't a Mod on this section, so Stuff It.

and don't feed me that crap about "disrupt almost every topic"
That line is getting old too. This board isn't just for you. But I get a strong feeling this whole thread is about you.

Remember if you don't like someone or something said, move on and let people be.

Go taking your Mocking Tone somewhere else...you are not getting to me like you did Mad Johnny -

But *I'm* a Mod! And, as I let Mad Johnny free, I've decided to let you take his place for the next 24 hrs! Isn't this fun now?

Hey jGeoff, I know the job has give you stress.

That is why my arrogance, and speaking-for-everyone attitude, will make me a PERFECT Moderator. I will crack skulls. I will bust balls.

There needs to be LAW AND ORDER! (No "&", since I don't want Dick Wolf on me with a lawsuit!)

what in the hell...

sorry, i can't keep silent anymore -- i'm not taking sides, but jesus, cardi & the rest of them are doing just as much mocking, & it's only MJ & FS who get suspended? MJ is the one who created the thread, for chrissakes, & it veers off-course into some kind of joke-a-thon, & when he steers it back towards the issue of mockery & the like, he is banned; FS simply retorts at being mocked himself, & he is suspended as well. yet the others are still here, posting & laughing away...

does this not seem biased to anyone else?

Arguing a moderator's decision in public is a banishable offense.

You made a very valid statement earlier in this thread, Anthony...



... its true. So lighten up (everyone) and lets put this behind us.

Its pretty obvious that we all can't get along (apologies to Rodney King) and its even more obvious that some members REALLY don't like each other ( ) but I guarantee you that some decorum will be maintained here. Almost everyone seems to believe that if you don't like someone you should simply ignore them but few practice that ethic. Well, its time to practice what we preach and to put our beliefs into action.

It doesn't matter if you don't believe that calling someone a "jerk" is a personal attack. What IS important is the Board's Administrator does believe it (as do I). I think its pretty obvious that we're fed up with all this crap and it really needs to end now.

Everyone lighten up and take a deep breath (especially the women .... Oooooh, baby ) and have some fun. Just don't do it at another member's expense.

Hmm, I don't dislike anyone. Or maybe I do, but I never show.

Now, since this thread is about banning, can some admin or mod tell me why I was banned for 3 days last week? And why are MJ and FS banned only 1 day?

It was 2 days, not 3. And, different mods may choose to suspend for different amounts of time determined by themselves. I guess it depends on who catches you, and who's in a good/bad mood at the time. But as for WHY, that was because you called another member "an asshole", which obviously is neither helpful nor tolerated here....

I only forgot the smiley behind the word, and it should have been seen in a context. The person who I called it was DJ, and he knows I was only joking. I hope.

Then again, if one has to know each and every context and situation, that's difficult, so it's very understandable if you judge on absolutes, e.g. no words like asshole, regardless the situation. Okay, mea culpa.

But, I also wonder why I was banned immediately, while when DVC did the same thing as me, he was asked two times to take back his words, on which he replied with 'no'.
The mod's mood again, I guess.

No one's perfect here... your best bet is to let it go I think... But FWIW - "Mod decisions are final"

Yeah, now my mind is in complete harmony, I only had to know why I was banned and such. Thanks for the explanation.

So mod's decisions are final... I need to be one

Show me one post D Cardi has made where he calls another board member an asshole, or makes an attack on the character of anyone. He and I have had some heated arguments over time and not once has he ever insulted me personally. As for the "others" to whom are you referring?

me next, me next. this banning thing seems fun. is this what goes on at the cool kids table? i wasn't aloud to sit with the cool kids in high school, i just want to be cool now.

That wasn't his point at all, he never insinuated that Cardi called anyone anything. He's saying that MJ started this thread discussing problems with posting here, and then they're brought to the forefront in this thread. When MJ tries to bring it back ontopic, he's banned. Lombo didn't say anything about anyone calling anybody an asshole.

Boo hoo. It's people with quick trigger sensitivity towards even the smallest bit of sarcasm that makes this world the way it is. I bet if someone tells a black joke you call them racist, even if it is funny. I feel sorry for guys that have to go to sensitivity training or whatever because they said a swear in front of a coworker.
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Anyway, the fact is with these boards is it used to be a community with only a few people that shit in the pool like Mistersixer or others. Now we are a board of 95% of people who are quite simply, full of shit. Period.

I miss out on all of this fun stuff with the ignore feature on...please cite ANY instances of me being racist or anti-semitic (which is pure horsecrap, anyways). And no, my image making fun of the Democrats through slavery doesn't count, that wasn't racist at all. I'm waiting for all of these examples, Ice. Is this going to be another one of those times when you "bury" me like when you said I was Blibbleblabble and half a dozen other members?

Let them all pass all their dirty remarks (one love!);
There is one question Id really love to ask (one heart!):
Is there a place for the hopeless sinner,
Who has hurt all mankind just to save his own beliefs?

Guys, take these accusations/defamations off the boards.

• First rule of Breakfast Club is: You don't don't talk about Breakfast club.
  
• The second rule of Breakfast Club is: YOU DON'T TALK ABOUT BREAKFAST CLUB.
  
• 3rd rule: If someone says stop, the fight is NOT over
  
• 4th rule: many many guys to a fight
  
• 5th rule: Many many fights at a time
  
• 6th rule: No logic, No reasoning
  
• 7th rule: Fights will go on for as long as they have to
  
• If this is your first day in Breakfast Club, you have to fight
  

Why are you stirring up shit for?

Because People don't know when to stop..And then they wonder when they've been banned,what they have done..

Oh I forgot, Welcome back from your temporary break.

Thank you

At least hers was a voluntary one.


Don Cardi

Oh I am so scared




Rightly said.

Was there any reason for that SVSG?

No one was threatening you.

My post was intended as a joke.



Don Cardi

I think someone needs to chill out

Oh yes, there was that joking smiley at the end.
Nice joke Cardi. Too bad, people like me keep mis-interpreting your good intentions. What's wrong with us?
Again, great joke, now that you point out ...
Is it too late or can I laugh now ?........

All right. I've had enough of this crap now. Take some anger-management classes or something and chill the hell out! Everyone!

Topic Closed.

You can laugh whenever you want my friend because as I said, it was intended as a joke. Nothing more.


Don Cardi