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Someone's having a bad day!...

  • 03-04-2006 8:00pm
    #1
    DublinWriter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,560 ✭✭✭


    Poor young soul, all he wanted to do was reach out to his fellow nearby mosher...

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054912435

    ...hardly a very friendly thing to do on the kid's fourth post!
    Post edited by Shield on


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  • #2
    The Sweeper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,658 ✭✭✭✭The Sweeper


    You've been into the sherry again haven't you.


  • #3
    DublinWriter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,560 ✭✭✭DublinWriter


    Minesajackdaniels wrote:
    You've been into the sherry again haven't you.

    *blush* Yes.


  • #4
    Silverfish
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,698 Mod ✭✭✭✭Silverfish


    DublinWriter wrote:
    Poor young soul, all he wanted to do was reach out to his fellow nearby mosher...

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054912435

    ...hardly a very friendly thing to do on the kid's fourth post!

    Yes well Karl Hungus is like that. He abused me no end on the forum when I first posted there*. In fact, so much so I never went back.**

    I cried for ages***










    **Not true

    *** not true either

    * completely true.


  • #5
    DublinWriter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,560 ✭✭✭DublinWriter


    Silverfish wrote:
    Yes well Karl Hungus is like that. He abused me no end on the forum when I first posted there*. In fact, so much so I never went back.**

    I cried for ages***

    And they say Heavy Metal isn't Satanic...I'm off to play all my Europe and Stryper LPs backwards...then we'll see who's laughing!


  • #6
    Karl Hungus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭Karl Hungus


    No, I've had a great day, thanks. Can't you tell? :)


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  • #7
    The Sweeper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,658 ✭✭✭✭The Sweeper


    DublinWriter wrote:
    And they say Heavy Metal isn't Satanic...I'm off to play all my Europe and Stryper LPs backwards...then we'll see who's laughing!

    If it makes a sort of "Mway mwah mwuh-huh-huh-huh-huh-huh" sound, then probably eporuE and repyrtS.


  • #8
    DublinWriter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,560 ✭✭✭DublinWriter


    Minesajackdaniels wrote:
    If it makes a sort of "Mway mwah mwuh-huh-huh-huh-huh-huh" sound, then probably eporuE and repyrtS.

    Well, when I played the phrase "It's the final countdown!" backwards, I swore I could hear "I am a mod, love me, need me".


  • #9
    regi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,280 ✭✭✭regi


    I feel like we're the ones who should be giving you Feedback when I read this thread.


  • #10
    Talliesin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,314 ✭✭✭Talliesin


    DublinWriter wrote:
    Poor young soul, all he wanted to do was reach out to his fellow nearby mosher...

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054912435

    ...hardly a very friendly thing to do on the kid's fourth post!
    WTF is the problem?

    Poster starts off-topic thread.

    Users complain.

    Moderator states that the thread is off-topic and locks the thread.

    Seems like the smooth running of the moderation system really.


  • #11
    Mimikyu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,960 ✭✭✭✭Mimikyu


    This post has been deleted.


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  • #12
    The Sweeper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,658 ✭✭✭✭The Sweeper


    Eh, this thread started two posts into that thread, so was more a complaint about the second harsh response as opposed to the locking of the thread. Still, I'm sure it was the sherry.


  • #13
    Shabadu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,659 ✭✭✭Shabadu


    Why has no-one said "It's the Final Countdown" to Dublinwriter yet?


  • #14
    Talliesin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,314 ✭✭✭Talliesin


    Minesajackdaniels wrote:
    Eh, this thread started two posts into that thread, so was more a complaint about the second harsh response as opposed to the locking of the thread. Still, I'm sure it was the sherry.
    Hardly harsh. Granted when I used to work in a book shop and somebody wandered in asking if we had any milk, or bread, or clothes or sweets, we'd be slightly more polite in pointing out that it was a book shop, but then they were theoretically potential customers we could get sales from later.

    Also a few were quite clearly senile, so it would have been mean to do otherwise.


  • #15
    The Sweeper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,658 ✭✭✭✭The Sweeper


    I agree. Hardly harsh. Hence my accusations of sherry abuse. Personally, I thought Dublinwriter was going for a record of how many consecutive threads he could start in Feedback, a record currently held by Fighting Irish.


  • #16
    Fighting Irish
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,065 ✭✭✭Fighting Irish


    Solitaryman666 wrote:
    This post has been deleted.

    What if he was looking for people from castleknock who are into metal/rock?


    Do we have to explain how our threads are related to the forums these days just incase the mods don't get it?


  • #17
    Fighting Irish
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,065 ✭✭✭Fighting Irish


    Minesajackdaniels wrote:
    I agree. Hardly harsh. Hence my accusations of sherry abuse. Personally, I thought Dublinwriter was going for a record of how many consecutive threads he could start in Feedback, a record currently held by Fighting Irish.

    :rolleyes:

    Its feedback forum, if you don't want feedback don't have a feedback forum. Do i really have the most threads? :D


  • #18
    Karl Hungus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭Karl Hungus


    Fighting Irish wrote:
    What if he was looking for people from castleknock who are into metal/rock?


    Do we have to explain how our threads are related to the forums these days just incase the mods don't get it?

    Carefull now, them's fightin' words.

    In seriousness though, I've even had someone post on the rock/metal board looking for accommodation. It doesn't belong there at all, end of story, even if he did want to look for accommodation from people into rock/metal... Or do I just "Not get it"? :rolleyes:


  • #19
    Fighting Irish
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,065 ✭✭✭Fighting Irish


    Karl Hungus wrote:
    Carefull now, them's fightin' words.

    In seriousness though, I've even had someone post on the rock/metal board looking for accommodation. It doesn't belong there at all, end of story, even if he did want to look for accommodation from people into rock/metal... Or do I just "Not get it"? :rolleyes:

    I agree people probably do post stupid ****, but how do you know that guy wasn't looking for rock/metal people in his area?


  • #20
    Karl Hungus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭Karl Hungus


    Fighting Irish wrote:
    I agree people probably do post stupid ****, but how do you know that guy wasn't looking for rock/metal people in his area?

    Where are you getting the idea that I'm under the impression he wasn't looking for rock/metal people in his area? I think it's fairly obvious that he is, but that's besides the point, and the point is, that kind of thread doesn't belong in the forum.

    If someone posted "Anyone from x" in the film board, I'd do the same thing, and if someone posted in the games forum "Anyone from x" I'm sure the mods there would do the same thing. Most of the forums here are not chatrooms. You can't come in and say "Anyone from so and so" or "How's the weather?" or "Hey, how are you today?" as that's just off-topic chatter, doesn't matter if you're adressing a certain populous of posters.


  • #21
    Fighting Irish
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,065 ✭✭✭Fighting Irish


    Karl Hungus wrote:
    Where are you getting the idea that I'm under the impression he wasn't looking for rock/metal people in his area? I think it's fairly obvious that he is, but that's besides the point, and the point is, that kind of thread doesn't belong in the forum.

    If someone posted "Anyone from x" in the film board, I'd do the same thing, and if someone posted in the games forum "Anyone from x" I'm sure the mods there would do the same thing. Most of the forums here are not chatrooms. You can't come in and say "Anyone from so and so" or "How's the weather?" or "Hey, how are you today?" as that's just off-topic chatter, doesn't matter if you're adressing a certain populous of posters.

    Fair enough, it just seems a tad harsh :)


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  • #22
    Karl Hungus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭Karl Hungus


    Fighting Irish wrote:
    Fair enough, it just seems a tad harsh :)

    All I did was close his thread. He has had no punishment of any sort for posting off topic. I don't see what's harsh about it.


  • #23
    Fighting Irish
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,065 ✭✭✭Fighting Irish


    Karl Hungus wrote:
    All I did was close his thread. He has had no punishment of any sort for posting off topic. I don't see what's harsh about it.

    Well not harsh but maybe the sort of thing that you could let slide or wait and see what the thread was about, maybe he was looking for people to join his band or whatever


  • #24
    Karl Hungus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭Karl Hungus


    Fighting Irish wrote:
    maybe he was looking for people to join his band or whatever

    Then he was still posting off-topic. That would belong in bands/musicians.


  • #25
    hullaballoo
    Administrators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,773 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭hullaballoo


    Talliesin wrote:
    but then they were theoretically potential customers we could get sales from later.
    In a similar way, could this guy not be a potential future customer? If you take a capitalist line of thinking - if he likes the place, he might subscribe. If he regarded the response as harsh, he might find that his first impression of the place is that it is unfriendly, and it might be some time before he comes back (assuming he does).

    It's also better for boards to have as many active accounts as possible, because active users give rise to more users, and this will expand the boards.ie community.

    I didn't really think it was too harsh though, and it didn't look like the OP did either.


  • #26
    Talliesin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,314 ✭✭✭Talliesin


    Fighting Irish wrote:
    Well not harsh but maybe the sort of thing that you could let slide or wait and see what the thread was about, maybe he was looking for people to join his band or whatever
    So instead of quickly pruning an off-topic post the mod should let the forum fill up with irrelevant ****?
    hullaballoo wrote:
    In a similar way, could this guy not be a potential future customer?
    1. We don't have customers.
    2. The people asking for milk in book shops only really annoy the people working there, not the other customers.


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