An Outsider's View of a "Boardsie"

salthillman

Was on my way to Boards tonight, and I stumbled across this;

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=boards.ie

Admittedly it made me laugh, but then I wondered what do people actually think of us?
I mean, people here go on about how everyone that calls Joe is an idiot, how everyone that posts on Facebook is an attention seeker and how everyone that uses Twitter is a twat. So then, what are we, or, how are we perceived by outsiders?

CrazyRabbit

Well, there's some decent people here. And the other 99% aren't too bad.

Oranage2

salthillman wrote: »

Was on my way to Boards tonight, and I stumbled across this;

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=boards.ie

Admittedly it made me laugh, but then I wondered what do people actually think of us?
I mean, people here go on about how everyone that calls Joe is an idiot, how everyone that posts on Facebook is an attention seeker and how everyone that uses Twitter is a twat. So then, what are we, or, how are we perceived by outsiders?

LOL -the first comment is spot on, it's literally only missing "coke and hookers" from suming boards.ie up!

For Forks Sake

this got a laugh

Its membership consists of 90% moderators who spend all thier time banning the other 10%

qz

An Irish internet message board that has more forums than topics, averaging about 2 topics per 5 forums

Big Nasty

salthillman wrote: »

Was on my way to Boards tonight, and I stumbled across this;

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=boards.ie

Admittedly it made me laugh, but then I wondered what do people actually think of us?
I mean, people here go on about how everyone that calls Joe is an idiot, how everyone that posts on Facebook is an attention seeker and how everyone that uses Twitter is a twat. So then, what are we, or, how are we perceived by outsiders?

First post on the link very funny I thought!

Big Nasty

Oranage2 wrote: »

LOL -the first comment is spot on, it's literally only missing "coke and hookers" from suming AH up

FYP!

epgc3fyqirnbsx

Outsiders don't have a view of what we are because once they discover us they become us. We're like a sick cult

salthillman

Duncan Silly Milk wrote: »

Outsiders don't have a view of what we are because once they discover us they become us. We're like a sick cult

Ah now! There's plenty of people that know about Boards but aren't members. But day r manly pplz dat spk lik dis.

OPENROAD

very disappointed to see no reference for our love of The Daily Mail they obviously do not know us that well

orourkeda

There appears to be little mention of ****, steak, blow jobs, coke or hookers.

A big yore ma to that.

Krieg

Anyone notice the name of the author of the first entry?

Captain_Generic

orourkeda wrote: »

There appears to be little mention of ****, steak, blow jobs, coke or hookers.

A big yore ma to that.

Yeah they missed the real heart of boards, our deep and intelligent conversations. I certainly will not be blasting it with piss

Amber Lamps

Posted by Devore too :pac:

strokemyclover

Charlie Sheen would call us Vatican Assassins!

salthillman

Krieg wrote: »

Anyone notice the name of the author of the first entry?

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/member.php?u=98
:eek: That bitch!

--LOS--

I love the way the OP says I was on my way to boards tonight like it was his local :P

thunderthing

Random poster #1 should have said some pathetic, failure of a one-liner making fun of the OP, while posters #4 and #5 should have got into some equally-pathetic squabble over grammar and spelling. I hate this place sometimes.

silvervixen84

Didn't even mention Facekicker, pfft :rolleyes:

Esel

Someone stick up a definition of 'boardsie'.

salthillman

Anyone wanna actually answer the question??:P

Captain_Generic

salthillman wrote: »

Anyone wanna actually answer the question??:P

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ul8VgHojN7U/SmnDV7aoBjI/AAAAAAAAQWQ/uofpG2fVenI/s400/50_epic_super_nerd_photos_12_20090723_1355718444.jpg

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

qz wrote: »

An Irish internet message board that has more forums than topics, averaging about 2 topics per 5 forums

In fairness there is a Mustard forum!

Terry

Banned users with a grudge.
Time for a little rant.

In the interest of openness, I will point out the following:
1. I used to be a moderator here.
2. Some moderators are ****, but that comes down to perspective. A lot of people thought that of me (and they were right).
3. Most moderators are nice people who just want to help out in the day to day running of a site they enjoy using.
4. Moderators are not paid, although sometimes they get a few free beers.
5. This is the most important one. Certain users are under the impression that boards.ie owes them something, or they are IT students with a bit of internet knowledge and think they are better than the average boards user.
These are the ones who tend to be banned, re-register, get banned again, complain about it in the Prison forum, re-reg, get banned again and so on. Then they get pissed off because the mods caught them out.

6. Some of hte new admins are power tripping dicks.
Please not that I said the new admins. The original ones are all sound, but one or two of the new ones allowed that little bit of extra power go to their heads.

7. Boards is a great resource.
If you hate it so much, why the **** are you still here?
Yeah, it's not perfect, but it's still a great site.
There are a lot of **** using the site, but **** exist outside the internet too. If you have not learned this yet, then you really need to get out more.

Life is hard. Wear a helmet.

strobe

Terry wrote: »

Banned users with a grudge.

I wasn't banned.

salthillman

I see your

Captain_Generic wrote: »

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ul8VgHojN7U/SmnDV7aoBjI/AAAAAAAAQWQ/uofpG2fVenI/s400/50_epic_super_nerd_photos_12_20090723_1355718444.jpg

and I raise you a

orourkeda

Terry wrote: »

Banned users with a grudge.
Time for a little rant.

In the interest of openness, I will point out the following:
1. I used to be a moderator here.
2. Some moderators are ****ers, but that comes down to perspective. A lot of people thought that of me (and they were right).
3. Most moderators are nice people who just want to help out in the day to day running of a site they enjoy using.
4. Moderators are not paid, although sometimes they get a few free beers.
5. This is the most important one. Certain users are under the impression that boards.ie owes them something, or they are IT students with a bit of internet knowledge and think they are better than the average boards user.
These are the ones who tend to be banned, re-register, get banned again, complain about it in the Prison forum, re-reg, get banned again and so on. Then they get pissed off because the mods caught them out.

6. Some of hte new admins are power tripping dicks.
Please not that I said the new admins. The original ones are all sound, but one or two of the new ones allowed that little bit of extra power go to their heads.

7. Boards is a great resource.
If you hate it so much, why the **** are you still here?
Yeah, it's not perfect, but it's still a great site.
There are a lot of **** using the site, but **** exist outside the internet too. If you have not learned this yet, then you really need to get out more.

Life is hard. Wear a helmet.

Now we're talking

spider guardian

atari jaguar. feaky magee. yore ma. romanians. novelty rubber mallets. tldr.

/thread

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

Does anyone remember that picture where there was a list saying;
"You Are;
1. Non-religious
2. From middle-class
etc.."

Think that pretty much sums up your average Boardsie.

Oranage2

Terry wrote: »

Banned users with a grudge.
Time for a little rant.

In the interest of openness, I will point out the following:
1. I used to be a moderator here.
2. Some moderators are ****, but that comes down to perspective. A lot of people thought that of me (and they were right).
3. Most moderators are nice people who just want to help out in the day to day running of a site they enjoy using.
4. Moderators are not paid, although sometimes they get a few free beers.
5. This is the most important one. Certain users are under the impression that boards.ie owes them something, or they are IT students with a bit of internet knowledge and think they are better than the average boards user.
These are the ones who tend to be banned, re-register, get banned again, complain about it in the Prison forum, re-reg, get banned again and so on. Then they get pissed off because the mods caught them out.

6. Some of hte new admins are power tripping dicks.
Please not that I said the new admins. The original ones are all sound, but one or two of the new ones allowed that little bit of extra power go to their heads.

7. Boards is a great resource.
If you hate it so much, why the **** are you still here?
Yeah, it's not perfect, but it's still a great site.
There are a lot of **** using the site, but **** exist outside the internet too. If you have not learned this yet, then you really need to get out more.

Life is hard. Wear a helmet.

Not getting you?

Are you saying that the pressure of moderating turns people into nerdy gaybags and that the pressure of modding as well as the power trip you went on as a mod is the reason you're no longer a mod?

Tar.Aldarion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KtAgAMzaeg

<_<

http://omg.wthax.org/cheers_intro_logo.jpg

>_>

Terry

Oranage2 wrote: »

Not getting you?

Are you saying that the pressure of moderating turns people into nerdy gaybags and that the pressure of modding as well as the power trip you went on as a mod is the reason you're no longer a mod?

Yes. I'm a nerdy gaybag, and that is why I'm no longer a mod.

Wanna fúck whilst watching The Big Bang Theory?

Oranage2

Terry wrote: »

Wanna fúck whilst watching The Big Bang Theory?

No!

Tar.Aldarion

Terry wrote: »

Wanna fúck whilst watching The Big Bang Theory?

God yes

seanbmc

That's hilarious.

NeedaNewName

Terry wrote: »

Banned users with a grudge.
Time for a little rant.

In the interest of openness, I will point out the following:
1. I used to be a moderator here.
<lol>


If you hate it so much, why the **** are you still here?

Terry,

You still feeling unloved bro? Pretend you are still a mod or something? Build a fuking bridge? Stop drinking?

FreudianSlippers

NeedaNewName wrote: »

Terry,

You still feeling unloved bro? Pretend you are still a mod or something? Build a fuking bridge? Stop drinking?

You're definitely not a re-reg.

NeedaNewName

FreudianSlippers wrote: »

You're definitely not a re-reg.

What do you mean by that?

Gummy Panda

NeedaNewName wrote: »

What do you mean by that?

Re-reg, don't fade away
Re-reg, don't fade away

Esel

NeedaNewName wrote: »

Terry,

You still feeling unloved bro? Pretend you are still a mod or something? Build a fuking bridge? Stop drinking?

FreudianSlippers wrote: »

You're definitely not a re-reg.

NeedaNewName wrote: »

What do you mean by that?

While Google will not explain 're-reg' to you, I'm sure you understand the term perfectly well. If not, maybe you need a newer name (or a newer e-mail address, IP address, or something equally Greek geek). Souvlaka might taste nice.

Metallitroll

why they're outside looking in and not inside looking out; thats why. this.. is why. i am, therefor you are, too.