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  • 02-06-2015 12:57pm
    #1
    lickme
    Closed Accounts Posts: 108 ✭✭


    It's like congratulating someone that went to a supermarket and bought a turnip.
    I mean why do people congratulate them? It's an Internet forum, not real life. It's not like they got engaged or having a baby or something. It's very very strange.


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  • #2
    Zombienosh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,911 ✭✭✭Zombienosh


    WAaAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhh


  • #3
    Ruu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,622 ✭✭✭Ruu


    Did your application get turned down again?


  • #4
    aaronjumper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,128 ✭✭✭✭aaronjumper


    They deserve a little something for the loss of sanity. I imagine they come out the other end looking like Vietnam veterans.
    "You wouldn't know man, you weren't there!"


  • #5
    lickme
    Closed Accounts Posts: 108 ✭✭lickme


    Ruu wrote: »
    Did your application get turned down again?

    No but I got congratulated on my turnip. My application for turnip buyer was successful.


  • #6
    Banjo String
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,380 ✭✭✭✭Banjo String


    Meh. Lick me.


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  • #7
    Knex*
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,477 ✭✭✭✭Knex*


    Because not everyone is a dick, OP.


  • #8
    walkingshadow
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 369 ✭✭walkingshadow


    Well, being a Mod on boards gives certain people a sense of power and control that they will never wield in their real lives, so let them at it I say.


  • #9
    darkpagandeath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,465 ✭✭✭✭darkpagandeath


    aaronjumper wrote: »
    They deserve a little something for the loss of sanity. I imagine they come out the other end looking like Vietnam veterans.
    "You wouldn't know man, you weren't there!"

    Really it's a good 95% troll to be fair, Not like the old days when it was subtle.


  • #10
    lickme
    Closed Accounts Posts: 108 ✭✭lickme


    Knex. wrote: »
    Because not everyone is a dick, OP.

    So what is it there been congratulated on? The ability to ban people on an Internet forum. WOW congrats on been able to ban people on a forum.


  • #11
    Adamocovic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,292 ✭✭✭Adamocovic


    lickme wrote: »
    It's like congratulating someone that went to a supermarket and bought a turnip.
    I mean why do people congratulate them? It's an Internet forum, not real life. It's not like they got engaged or having a baby or something. It's very very strange.

    If internet forums and websites aren't real life then I spend a considerable time away from real life.

    I'm all for being congratulated when buying a turnip also.


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  • #12
    Adamocovic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,292 ✭✭✭Adamocovic


    lickme wrote: »
    So what is it there been congratulated on? The ability to ban people on an Internet forum. WOW congrats on been able to ban people on a forum.

    The ability to keep order and peace in an area where everyone can voice their opinions no matter how ridiciculous they are. They are the chosen ones.


  • #13
    aaronjumper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,128 ✭✭✭✭aaronjumper


    darkpagandeath wrote: »
    Really it's a good 95% troll to be fair, Not like the old days when it was subtle.
    The old prison forum is still good for a laugh now and again.
    A witty troll, is to be treasured.
    None of them left now though, it's all one shot offensive posts that get immediately banned, re'reg, banned.
    Round and round they go like a chase scene from Scooby Doo.


  • #14
    Kovu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,241 ✭✭✭✭Kovu


    What ever happened to that guy who actually filled out the amp test to become a mod and addressed it to the admins?

    Edit-Oh wait, found it


  • #15
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,195 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    Adamocovic wrote: »
    ...I'm all for being congratulated when buying a turnip also.

    Hear-hear. It's not so easy being a turnip either - I'd say congratulations are in order for that one as well. Does anyone like turnip soup? I had turnip soup at a funeral lately and I thought it was mighty.


  • #16
    Emsloe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 210 ✭✭Emsloe


    The prestige! The fame! The hours of endless thread cleanup with zero thanks....


  • #17
    darkpagandeath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,465 ✭✭✭✭darkpagandeath


    aaronjumper wrote: »
    The old prison forum is still good for a laugh now and again.
    A witty troll, is to be treasured.
    None of them left now though, it's all one shot offensive posts that get immediately banned, re'reg, banned.
    Round and round they go like a chase scene from Scooby Doo.

    Aye, It's like a 16 year old discovering 4chan for the first time. And not realising its mainstream now and just blatant.


  • #18
    Knex*
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,477 ✭✭✭✭Knex*


    lickme wrote: »
    So what is it there been congratulated on? The ability to ban people on an Internet forum. WOW congrats on been able to ban people on a forum.

    You can say the same for having a kid.

    Why congratulate someone on giving birth. Its not exactly a difficult or rare thing to achieve. "There are millions of babies. WOW on having a baby. Get over it."

    Its nice to be nice. Relax a bit.


  • #19
    darkpagandeath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,465 ✭✭✭✭darkpagandeath


    Knex. wrote: »
    You can say the same for having a kid.

    Why congratulate someone on giving birth. Its not exactly a difficult or rare thing to achieve. "There are millions of babies. WOW on having a baby. Get over it."

    Its nice to be nice. Relax a bit.

    No, no they are the first. And their parenting will be far superior and better than anything that has previously gone before. And they know better far better than generations previously.


  • #20
    kfallon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭kfallon


    Can we get congratulated on buying any veg or is it exclusive to turnips?


  • #21
    Dozen Wicked Words
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,325 ✭✭✭✭Dozen Wicked Words


    kfallon wrote: »
    Can we get congratulated on buying any veg or is it exclusive to turnips?

    And is a turnip really a turnip, or is it a swede?


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  • #22
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,195 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    Dozen Wicked Words wrote: »
    And is a turnip really a turnip, or is it a swede?

    Your traditional, daycint, Christian white turnip is a turnip. These yalla yokes masquerading as turnips these days are in fact swedes. Bork-Bork-Bork!! :D


  • #23
    Knex*
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,477 ✭✭✭✭Knex*


    kfallon wrote: »
    Can we get congratulated on buying any veg or is it exclusive to turnips?

    "Nice Melons" ;)


  • #24
    darkpagandeath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,465 ✭✭✭✭darkpagandeath


    Dozen Wicked Words wrote: »
    And is a turnip really a turnip, or is it a swede?

    Does it look like a thingy ?


  • #25
    kfallon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭kfallon


    Knex. wrote: »
    "Nice Melons" ;)

    That's a fruit!!!


  • #26
    anncoates
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,925 ✭✭✭✭anncoates


    Doesn't care.

    Starts thread.

    Probably cares.


  • #27
    circadian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,221 ✭✭✭circadian


    lickme wrote: »
    It's like congratulating someone that went to a supermarket and bought a turnip.
    I mean why do people congratulate them? It's an Internet forum, not real life. It's not like they got engaged or having a baby or something. It's very very strange.

    Forget turnips. How's them grapes?


  • #28
    Menas
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,318 ✭✭✭✭Menas


    Whaaaaat? So we dont have a new Mod that I can congratulate?

    Bah, pesky click bait threads.


  • #29
    aaronjumper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,128 ✭✭✭✭aaronjumper


    How many Mods have been successfully rounded up and chained to the boards servers anyhow? Is there hundreds of them?


  • #30
    aaakev
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,088 ✭✭✭aaakev


    lickme wrote: »
    It's like congratulating someone that went to a supermarket and bought a turnip.
    I mean why do people congratulate them? It's an Internet forum, not real life. It's not like they got engaged or having a baby or something. It's very very strange.

    If you knew the powers we have you would congratulate us too, viewing boards as a mod is like having a crystal ball..... plus the extra pay really helps


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  • #31
    catallus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,106 ✭✭✭catallus


    darkpagandeath wrote: »
    Aye, It's like a 16 year old discovering 4chan for the first time. And not realising its mainstream now and just blatant.

    God bless 4Chan!


  • #32
    Chucken
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,459 ✭✭✭Chucken


    kfallon wrote: »
    Can we get congratulated on buying any veg or is it exclusive to turnips?


    What would your veg of choice be?

    I don't like turnips :(


  • #33
    Tony Beetroot
    Closed Accounts Posts: 640 ✭✭✭Tony Beetroot


    Well wear


  • #34
    Akrasia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,799 ✭✭✭✭Akrasia


    I was a punk in the 80s but that was mainly because I didn't have the clothing budget to be a mod, and the fact that I only was born in 1983 meant I had easy access to safety pins.


  • #35
    Adamantium
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,563 ✭✭✭Adamantium


    I found this over on Reddit Ireland:

    http://i.imgur.com/4HVA1.jpg


  • #36
    pwurple
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,449 ✭✭✭✭pwurple


    Dunno, do they get paid maybe? It's a janitor's job essentially. Cleaning up other people's messes.


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  • #37
    Feisar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,787 ✭✭✭Feisar


    It is real life though, like any other pastime.

    Boards isn't the Matrix!

    First they came for the socialists...



  • #38
    sleepyheadh
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 582 ✭✭✭sleepyheadh


    Adamantium wrote: »
    I found this over on Reddit Ireland:

    http://i.imgur.com/4HVA1.jpg

    This is just perfect!


  • #39
    brevity
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,628 ✭✭✭brevity


    I hate when they mash up carrots and turnips.


  • #40
    catallus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,106 ✭✭✭catallus


    brevity wrote: »
    I hate when they mash up carrots and turnips.

    With a bit of pepper surely it's delicious?


  • #41
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,581 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    When you're a mod it's like being part of a big family.

    And if you get killed in a fight with rockers it means there'll be a big turnip at your funeral.


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  • #42
    Magico Gonzalez
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,328 ✭✭✭Magico Gonzalez


    MOD is UNNECESSARILY in capitals in the OP and it HURTS my EYES.


  • #43
    K-9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,311 ✭✭✭✭K-9


    Adamantium wrote: »
    I found this over on Reddit Ireland:

    http://i.imgur.com/4HVA1.jpg

    I don't think they even make a profit (so they tell us) so I don't know if that makes me sadder or not.

    Mad Men's Don Draper : What you call love was invented by guys like me, to sell nylons.



  • #44
    sleepyheadh
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 582 ✭✭✭sleepyheadh


    K-9 wrote: »
    I don't think they even make a profit (so they tell us) so I don't know if that makes me sadder or not.

    Is that a question you really want answered?


  • #45
    Summer wind
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,285 ✭✭✭Summer wind


    Wooooo our op sounds well jel:)


  • #46
    silverfeather
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,154 ✭✭✭silverfeather


    lickme wrote: »
    It's like congratulating someone that went to a supermarket and bought a turnip.
    I mean why do people congratulate them? It's an Internet forum, not real life. It's not like they got engaged or having a baby or something. It's very very strange.
    It nice when you get a scooter. And they have nice clothes. :)


  • #47
    catallus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,106 ✭✭✭catallus


    silverfeather wrote: »
    It nice when you get a scooter. And they have nice clothes. :)

    Stop trying to change the subject, this is about turnips :mad:


  • #48
    StewartGriffin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,284 ✭✭✭StewartGriffin


    They get congratulated for the same reason that, if a Mod comments on a topic, they get twice as many thanks as a regular poster. It's like little fish that swim beneath the sharks, clinging tight to the belly, basically kissing ass.

    All Devore has to do is fart in a thread and 850 thanks appear.

    :pac:


  • #49
    Ave Sodalis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,555 ✭✭✭Ave Sodalis


    Adamantium wrote: »
    I found this over on Reddit Ireland:

    http://i.imgur.com/4HVA1.jpg

    I think I may be overqualified :o


  • #50
    silverfeather
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,154 ✭✭✭silverfeather


    catallus wrote: »
    Stop trying to change the subject, this is about turnips :mad:
    Best post of the day! :)


  • #51
    silverfeather
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,154 ✭✭✭silverfeather


    StewartGriffin wrote: »
    They get congratulated for the same reason that, if a Mod comments on a topic, they get twice as many thanks as a regular poster. It's like little fish that swim beneath the sharks, clinging tight to the belly, basically kissing ass.

    All Devore has to do is fart in a thread and 850 thanks appear.

    :pac:
    I wonder what would happen if he wrote something? Also what is he eating?


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