Do All AH threads follow a set pattern

Reality_Check1

First of all I am not complaining this is merely an observation because I like browsing AF from time to time and I enjoy the wide variation of topics that get discussed. However do people feel that sometimes when the odd serious thread pops up that it gets ruined by the same posting formula that is applied to nearly every new topic in AH. For those of you who aren't aware of what this is it would follow something like this;

OP posts
attempted funny one liner
attempted funny one liner
attempted funny one liner
attempted funny one liner
Actual funny post
attempted funny one liner
attempted funny one liner
Serious reply to OP
attempted funny one liner at expense of serious post
attempted funny one liner at expense of serious post etc

No doubt this thread will either descend into the same or just disappear off the front page because nobody will care. Im not sure how to fix this - maybe remove the "thanks" function from AH?

TL;DR I like it here but it would be nice if the more serious threads were left alone from all our inspiring comedians

TPD

AF?

Acidflash

what's AF?

Riddle101

TPD wrote: »

AF?

After Fails

syklops

Air France?

Reality_Check1

Sorry meant AH (after Hours) dunno what I was thinking.

If a mod could change that it would be great

jester77

Reality_Check1 wrote: »

Sorry meant AH (after Hours) dunno what I was thinking

Neither do we

TURRICAN

Attempted ......liner - check
Attempted........liner-check

Pig Benis

Reality_Check1 wrote: »

Im not sure how to fix this - maybe remove the "thanks" function from AH?

Who says it needs fixing?? If you dont like the way it is, the dont fcuking read it.

im invisible

Ah Fúck!

Chuck Stone

Look at me Mammy. I can see patterns Mammy.

You're a very clever boy.

Zascar

Yes absolutely they do. It's very annoying. Generally the first post is critical, if it has some sense, then the thread might have a small chance of being somewhat useful and worth reading. If the first post is something stupid, trying to be funny (rarely successful) the thread is almost destined to failure.

Personally I think it's a real shame that the forum that's by far the most popular, on the biggest message board in the country, is 99% full of absolute utter junk. You'd think an effort would be made to restrict this to the forums dedicated to nonsense like the thunderdome - but sadly not.

westendgirlie

Reality_Check1 wrote: »

Sorry meant AH (after Hours) dunno what I was thinking.

If a mod could change that it would be great

That was the sixth post. You promised us funnies in the sixth post.

D minus

seven_eleven

You forgot all the terribly absolute shít puns that are never funny.

King Of Wishful Thinking

Reality_Check1 wrote: »

If a mod could change that it would be great

Edit>Advanced Edit.

Reality_Check1 wrote: »

Do All AF threads follow a set pattern

Yup, they do but you forgot:

Good content posts nicked and turned into threads

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=81416660&postcount=57

syklops

seven_eleven wrote: »

You forgot all the terribly absolute shít puns that are never funny.

Thinly veiled absolute sh1t pun is, well, sh1t.

9959

I'd like to attempt a funny two liner.
Will this do?

Funglegunk

Zascar wrote: »

Yes absolutely they do. It's very annoying. Generally the first post is critical, if it has some sense, then the thread might have a small chance of being somewhat useful and worth reading. If the first post is something stupid, trying to be funny (rarely successful) the thread is almost destined to failure.

Personally I think it's a real shame that the forum that's by far the most popular, on the biggest message board in the country, is 99% full of absolute utter junk. You'd think an effort would be made to restrict this to the forums dedicated to nonsense like the thunderdome - but sadly not.

It's because of After Hours that all this junk doesn't, for the most part, bleed into the rest of the site. Be glad it's here.

BrensBenz

You forgot the:

• Where did I say...?
• I never said...
• Read my post...ffs

...and usually followed by badly written and spelt accusations of idiocy and / or badly written and spelt claims of impeccability.
I find this strange because I rarely, if ever, meet anyone in the flesh as aggressive, as nasty or as eager to take offence as the two-finger warriors on AH. What happens when the normal, pleasant, open-minded Jekyll (or is it Mitty) signs onto boards? And, after their atomic-scale, hair-splitting rants, do they morph back to normal before re-joining family and society? God, I hope so!
As they say in AH, "gets popcorn".

Cee-Jay-Cee

Thinly veiled 'I have absolutely no sense of humour" thread.

awec

CJC999 wrote: »

Thinly veiled 'I have absolutely no sense of humour" thread.

Neither do a lot of After Hours posters if some of the attempted one liners are taken in to account.

Whenever a new thread appears there are people almost falling over themselves in an attempt to be the first person to post a funny reply.

--Kaiser--

awec wrote: »

Neither do a lot of After Hours posters if some of the attempted one liners are taken in to account.

Whenever a new thread appears there are people almost falling over themselves in an attempt to be the first person to post a funny reply.

And they're usually damn good

Dravokivich

So the trend of threads recently is complaining about the quality of posts in AH?

It all started with that thinly veiled thread and now people are looking at AH critically. There is nothing to critique in this forum. It can be mundane, nonsensical and over the top, just as much as it can be inciteful. The best thing about AH is both set of extremes exist here. They may not co-exist, but they never will with people nit picking over it all the time.

Turtyturd

I am a page late but Joe Duffy reference.

ScumLord

Reality_Check1 wrote: »

Sorry meant AH (after Hours) dunno what I was thinking.

If a mod could change that it would be great

Sure, just send me your password and I can log into your account and press the edit button under the post.

Staedtler

Dravokivich wrote: »

So the trend of threads recently is complaining about the quality of posts in AH?

It all started with that thinly veiled thread and now people are looking at AH critically. There is nothing to critique in this forum. It can be mundane, nonsensical and over the top, just as much as it can be inciteful. The best thing about AH is both set of extremes exist here. They may not co-exist, but they never will with people nit picking over it all the time.

Speaking of nitpicking, did you not mean 'insightful'?:P

Reality_Check1

ScumLord wrote: »

Sure, just send me your password and I can log into your account and press the edit button under the post.

Another poster already helped me in that regard without the pathetic attempt at a one liner. considering you are a mod you blissfully help to articulate my whole point

thank you

davet82

Reality_Check1 wrote: »

First of all I am not complaining this is merely an observation because I like browsing AF from time to time and I enjoy the wide variation of topics that get discussed. However do people feel that sometimes when the odd serious thread pops up that it gets ruined by the same posting formula that is applied to nearly every new topic in AH. For those of you who aren't aware of what this is it would follow something like this;

OP posts
attempted funny one liner
attempted funny one liner
attempted funny one liner
attempted funny one liner
Actual funny post
attempted funny one liner
attempted funny one liner
Serious reply to OP
attempted funny one liner at expense of serious post
attempted funny one liner at expense of serious post etc

No doubt this thread will either descend into the same or just disappear off the front page because nobody will care. Im not sure how to fix this - maybe remove the "thanks" function from AH?

TL;DR I like it here but it would be nice if the more serious threads were left alone from all our inspiring comedians

Reality_Check1's special theory of After Hous relativity :rolleyes:

HeyThereDeliah

So OP wants to change AH. Good luck with that.

Staedtler

Staedtler wrote: »

Speaking of nitpicking, did you not mean 'insightful'?:P

No, it incites a lot of anger

ScumLord

Reality_Check1 wrote: »

Another poster already helped me in that regard without the pathetic attempt at a one liner. considering you are a mod you blissfully help to articulate my whole point

thank you

Your welcome.

Turtyturd

Reality_Check1 wrote: »

Another poster already helped me in that regard without the pathetic attempt at a one liner. considering you are a mod you blissfully help to articulate my whole point

thank you

To be fair he is a mod on a zombie forum, if your theory had been about how zombie attacks follow a similar pattern I reckon he may have been more helpful.

Staedtler

bluewolf wrote: »

No, it incites a lot of anger

Incitant, then.:pac:

Dravokivich

Staedtler wrote: »

Speaking of nitpicking, did you not mean 'insightful'?:P

No, I wanted to incite a reaction!

:pac:

ok ok ok, yeah, I meant that...

9959

bluewolf wrote: »

No, it incites a lot of anger

No, it excites a lot of pedants.

cantdecide

OMG OMG OMG!

Look what exciting news topic I've just been refreshing my browser all day for casually stumbled across.

Let's discuss...

Jeboa Safari

Happens nearly every thread, some people seem to define themselves by it. Usually better off skipping the first couple of pages to avoid most of it.

SafeSurfer

So whats the pattern?

Is the next post supposed to be a funny one liner, an actually funny post or a serious response to the original serious response to the op?

Pottler

Reality_Check1 wrote: »

TL;DR I like it here but it would be nice if the more serious threads were left alone from by all our inspiring comedians

Did you mention the Grammar Nazis at all? I lost focus there for a minute, I was racking my brain for a funny one liner, but I can never come up with one of those, they're beneath me, really. I think people should take AH much more seriously and consider what they are going to post for much longer, not just post the first innanity that springs to mind. Very immature, IMOHO(whatever that stands for)

Cheeky_gal

There's also a lot of bullying in threads which is completely overlooked by the mods. People form gangs and attack the one poster or the OP in some cases.

LizT

Cheeky_gal wrote: »

There's also a lot of bullying in threads which is completely overlooked by the mods. People form gangs and attack the one poster or the OP in some cases.

Report the posts so.

Cheeky_gal

LizT wrote: »

Report the posts so.

This.

Now Liz will await 10 'thanks', to which was a very unhelpful and may be deemed "smart" comment. Obviously I would report the comments.

I said they get overlooked.

Staedtler

Cheeky_gal wrote: »

This.

Now Liz will await 10 'thanks', to which was a very unhelpful and may be deemed "smart" comment. Obviously I would report the comments.

I said they get overlooked.

Jesus Christ.

LizT

Cheeky_gal wrote: »

This.

Now Liz will await 10 'thanks', to which was a very unhelpful and may be deemed "smart" comment. Obviously I would report the comments.

I said they get overlooked.

I didn't post that for thanks at all. How do you know they are overlooked? Perhaps the mods have seen them and decided there is no case for action. PM a mod if you genuinely think someone is being bullied on a thread and they're not responding to it.

Staedtler

9959 wrote: »

No, it excites a lot of pedants.

Just an obscure thought: the word 'pedant', when read, conjures thoughts of a paedophile going for a walk!

Noun or adjective?

Pottler

LizT wrote: »

I didn't post that for thanks at all. How do you know they are overlooked? Perhaps the mods have seen them and decided there is no case for action. PM a mod if you genuinely think someone is being bullied on a thread and they're not responding to it.

Stop bullying me, stop it now. I'm warning you, I'll say somthing I'll regret.:D

bnt

I think AH threads follow the same pattern as grief for a loved one who has died:

• denial: OP starts a thread, saying one thing but really meaning something else. Won't admit it to himself, never mind anyone else. For example, anything about life outside Dublin is really about Travellers;
• anger: well, duh, loike.
• bargaining: OP tries to negotiate his way out of the mess, pleading ignorance of the not-so-subtle bigotry in the original post.
• depression: the world's gone to hell, hasn't it? People are just stupid, and why am I wasting my time on this fecking forum?
• acceptance: yeah, it's just another AH Thread. There'll be another one along in a minute.

B.A._Baracus

Reality_Check1 wrote: »

OP posts
attempted funny one liner
attempted funny one liner
attempted funny one liner
attempted funny one liner
Actual funny post
attempted funny one liner
attempted funny one liner
Serious reply to OP
attempted funny one liner at expense of serious post
attempted funny one liner at expense of serious post etc

Op is right.
While After Hours is a good forum because you can talk about alot of different things. Some people go over board with the "witty comments" - hey nothing wrong with that in a joke thread But .. making witty comments about someone horrifically dying?

Daveysil15

BrensBenz wrote: »

You forgot the:

• Where did I say...?
• I never said...
• Read my post...ffs

This happens a lot. There's always a few that take things way too seriously. So many things are politically incorrect these days.

Staedtler

Pottler wrote: »

Stop bullying me, stop it now. I'm warning you, I'll say somthing I'll regret.:D

I think it's the other girl who's over-reacting.

stoneill

no, they don't.