Caterwauling

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MOD NOTE: I've moved most of the "discussion" about the Business Cat comic strip thread here. I'm saying most because I've edited and deleted posts that were, frankly, out of order - I can't be sure I got them all, there was A LOT to read, so I may edit more stuff at a later stage if I spot it.

THIS IS THE ONLY THREAD THAT SHOULD BE USED FOR DISCUSSING THE BUSINESS CAT COMIC STRIP THREAD.

Now, here's a quick summary of the forum charter again, READ IT AND FOLLOW IT. IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, DON'T POST.

1. DON'T BE A DICK. This applies to everyone.
2. ATTACK THE POST, NOT THE POSTER.
3. NO BACKSEAT MODERATION - IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE CONTENTS OF A POST, PLEASE REPORT IT.
4. NO MOANING OR BITCHING - THIS INCLUDES NO MOANING OR BITCHING ABOUT WHAT'S CONSIDERED FUNNY OR NOT.
5. READ 1. AGAIN.

As Pawwed Rig said:

Mod note: Regarding the posts below and who posts what, there is nowhere on boards in all the time I have been here that one poster gets priority over another to post a picture and we are not going to set a precedent here.
What I would suggest is that you identify anyone whose posts you do not wish to see and set them to ignore. This can be done via
profile settings,
control panel,
under settings and options click edit ignore list
Type in the persons name

You won't see their posts again.

With regard to reposts - site wide it is usually first come best dressed. For the purposes of this thread (due to popular demand) reposts won't be deleted.
Lads its meant to be fun............

The Moldy Gowl

Please don't restart the civil war by posting unrelated cat memes.

Trigger

The Moldy Gowl wrote: »

Please don't restart the civil war by posting unrelated cat memes.

We miss you in the SF

Liam McPoyle

Whats happening here mods?

Firstly there is no "repost" rule in this thread so why was my post deleted?

Secondly, you have someone trolling ie cork boy.

People have expressed their opinion about the thread, he is spoiling the fun that has been running for 3 years as I'm sure most regulars in here would agree but he is being allowed to continue to do so.

He has been called out a couple of times and a couple of times has said he will refrain from posting yet here he is again.

That is thread spoiling.

It's petty, I know, but he is sucking all craic out of the thread and is now being encouraged to do so.

Load of shyte tbh.

The Moldy Gowl

Did business cats post get removed with the new edition and cork boys one was kept?


Cheap imitations don't get my likes.

Trigger

Terrible carry on by Cork boy again after being asked by many members to stop

pjohnson

MOD NOTE: Attack the post, not the posters.

<<SNIP>>

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Business Cat wrote: »

Whats happening here mods?

Firstly there is no "repost" rule in this thread so why was my post deleted?

Secondly, you have someone trolling ie cork boy.

People have expressed their opinion about the thread, he is spoiling the fun that has been running for 3 years as I'm sure most regulars in here would agree but he is being allowed to continue to do so.

He has been called out a couple of times and a couple of times has said he will refrain from posting yet here he is again.

That is thread spoiling.

It's petty, I know, but he is sucking all craic out of the thread and is now being encouraged to do so.

Load of shyte tbh.

Mod note: About the duplication, it was a genuine mistake on my part, apologies - I hadn't noticed I had deleted yours, BC, I only saw the duplicate, I'll restore it now.

New Home

Mod note: One more thing - as usual, if you have a problem with a post please report it, and we'll look at it. I'm not saying there's no chat here (not at the moment, anyway), but all this isn't making the thread any nicer, I don't think. The rule of not attacking other posters still stand, though.

As for the rest, we mods will discuss it and we'll post back.

Pawwed Rig

Mod note: Regarding the posts below and who posts what, there is nowhere on boards in all the time I have been here that one poster gets priority over another to post a picture and we are not going to set a precedent here.
What I would suggest is that you identify anyone whose posts you do not wish to see and set them to ignore. This can be done via
profile settings,
control panel,
under settings and options click edit ignore list
Type in the persons name

You won't see their posts again.

With regard to reposts - site wide it is usually first come best dressed. For the purposes of this thread (due to popular demand) reposts won't be deleted.

Lads its meant to be fun............

Liam McPoyle

While I understand and agree with the sentiment of the above post, P, Boards has long had a "spirit of the forum" ethos. Imo CB is flying in the face of that. This thread was started by Business Cat to post his adventures, it's VERY goofy, I know, but that's kind of the point of it, that's part of the "joke" and part of why people get a laugh out of it.

For the record, I don't expect him to be carded, thread banned or whatever as that would be nonsense, he just doesn't seem to have the awareness that he is being a bit of a dick, which again, is one of the long standing tenants of Boards, ie, don't be one.*


*I'm aware that we are debating memes about a cartoon cat in a suit and am aware of the ridiculousness of that.

Doge

Cork Boy

MOD NOTE: Attack the post, not the posters.

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So I'm trolling by posting a business cat meme in the thread set up for posting business cat memes? Like the mods said, no poster gets priority and like Business Cat (the poster) said, <<SNIP>>.
I checked this thread on a Friday and saw no new business cat meme posted, so I chipped in in the interest of business cat fans getting their fix asap. If any poster gets upset because someone "beat them to it" on an internet forum dedicated to a cartoon cat, then they seriously need to take a good long hard look at themselves.

As there have been a number of posts attacking me for posting a business cat meme in the business cat thread, I feel I have a right to defend myself. However, this will be my last post on the matter.

That does not mean I will refrain from contributing to the thread.

The Moldy Gowl

Half the joke is that the op posting the memes is called business cat

Ficheall

The Moldy Gowl wrote: »

Half the joke is that the op posting the memes is called business cat

Wow. Sounds hilarious.

Liam McPoyle

Cork Boy wrote: »

So I'm trolling by posting a business cat meme in the thread set up for posting business cat memes? Like the mods said, no poster gets priority and like Business Cat (the poster) said, he is indeed being petty.
I checked this thread on a Friday and saw no new business cat meme posted, so I chipped in in the interest of business cat fans getting their fix asap. If any poster gets upset because someone "beat them to it" on an internet forum dedicated to a cartoon cat, then they seriously need to take a good long hard look at themselves.

As there have been a number of posts attacking me for posting a business cat meme in the business cat thread, I feel I have a right to defend myself. However, this will be my last post on the matter.

That does not mean I will refrain from contributing to the thread.

You're lack of anything resembling even remote awareness is hilarious tbh.

People have made their thoughts known on more than one occasion but you are going to continue doing what is rankling people anyway.

If I need to join the queue to take look at myself then you young man, you NEED to be at the front of that line.

Good luck to ya.

pjohnson

Ficheall wrote: »

Wow. Sounds hilarious.

Cats are certainly more amusing than Cork people I find :P

Bandana boy

Why do you care who posts the latest cartoon , it's not like you have any artistic involvement in the cartoon.

What if you are on holiday are we supposed to wait two weeks for BC so you can get "the thanks" ?

The cardinal rule works both ways dude

Gloomtastic!

Cork Boy wrote: »

So I'm trolling by posting a business cat meme in the thread set up for posting business cat memes? Like the mods said, no poster gets priority and like Business Cat (the poster) said, he is indeed being petty.
I checked this thread on a Friday and saw no new business cat meme posted, so I chipped in in the interest of business cat fans getting their fix asap. If any poster gets upset because someone "beat them to it" on an internet forum dedicated to a cartoon cat, then they seriously need to take a good long hard look at themselves.

As there have been a number of posts attacking me for posting a business cat meme in the business cat thread, I feel I have a right to defend myself. However, this will be my last post on the matter.

That does not mean I will refrain from contributing to the thread.

I love my Friday afternoon postings about the cat’s latest adventures, I don’t watch out for them religiously but when you see it, you go yeah!!. And sure enough, there it was last Friday.

However, it was somewhat marred by the fact that it was posted by yourself.

This is Business Cat’s thread. He set it up, he introduced us to him and he even named himself after it.

I like to think of Boards as a village. Populated by wierd and passionate people, we share our knowledge to whoever wants to know. But like every functioning community, there has to be order and everybody has their place. Mine’s mainly over in Food & Drink. This is Business Cat’s place.

Maybe you can start your own thread, but with a name like Cork Boy, I can’t for the life of me think of what that would be, sorry! :rolleyes:

Yester

Everyone is entitled to post what they want (within the rules of course) I guess some of us within this small sub section of boards get a kick out of seeing the Business Cat comic posted by Business Cat.

keano_afc

The last few pages of this thread sum up exactly why this entire website has gone to the dogs. Or cats, to keep it topical.

Ficheall

So I'm allowed to register an account called "xkcd", post a thread with all the xkcd comics for thanks, and then complain if someone else has the audacity to post one?
(I'm working off the assumption that Business Cat is not involved in any way in the creation of Adventures of Business Cat - if I'm wrong on that score, then I withdraw my bafflement.)

FanadMan

Ficheall wrote: »

So I'm allowed to register an account called "xkcd", post a thread with all the xkcd comics for thanks, and then complain if someone else has the audacity to post one?

BC has been registered since 2012 and has over 12k posts. If you regged as xkcd and butted in, you'd hopefully be treated with the "Don't be a dick" rule and carded.



Cork Boy is just taking the pee as far as I'm concerned. BC started the thread (not sure if under the same name, but that doesn't matter) and kept the thread running every Friday. That is until CB started posting, then things went downhill. Since then, there has been less comments on Business Cat (the comic) and more on a wannabe wrecking the thread.

<<SNIP - NO BACKSEAT MODDING>>

Muahahaha

Would agree with the sentiment on thread. Business Cat kicked this off and kept it going and wants to keep it going. Im not sure why cork boy wants to hop on the bandwagon only in the last few weeks, can you not just leave it up to Business Cat who has done it for 3 years now?

AH response- scratch his eyes out Business Cat ! Then blast him with cat piss !

Cork Boy

I suggest people whose enjoyment of these comics is affected by who posts said comics, follow the mods advice and put me on ignore.

That way, people who want their BC fix asap will get their fix asap, regardless of who posts it.

I am as entitled to post here as much as anyone else and I will not be run off the forum by childish playground tantrums and bullying.

pjohnson

Shame I only found this thread so late. Oh well.

Liam McPoyle

Cork Boy wrote: »

I suggest people whose enjoyment of these comics is affected by who posts said comics, follow the mods advice and put me on ignore.

That way, people who want their BC fix asap will get their fix asap, regardless of who posts it.

I am as entitled to post here as much as anyone else and I will not be run off the forum by childish playground tantrums and bullying.

Genuine question.

Why do you feel the need to continue doing something that is clearly annoying alot of people?

Liam McPoyle

Bandana boy wrote: »

Why do you care who posts the latest cartoon , it's not like you have any artistic involvement in the cartoon.

What if you are on holiday are we supposed to wait two weeks for BC so you can get "the thanks" ?

The cardinal rule works both ways dude

If the thread was being left idle for weeks at a time then this point would hold some water but it was getting updated within a couple of hours of a new strip being released, by myself, since I started it. It's a little corner of boards that some people have been having fun with for 3 years.

Sonics2k

Cork Boy wrote: »

I suggest people whose enjoyment of these comics is affected by who posts said comics, follow the mods advice and put me on ignore.

That way, people who want their BC fix asap will get their fix asap, regardless of who posts it.

I am as entitled to post here as much as anyone else and I will not be run off the forum by childish playground tantrums and bullying.

Y'know what, I've stayed out of this for ages, and I really had no opinion either way as I was just enjoying the comics.

But at this point, it really is you being childish. You know full well that since the thread was created that BC was posting the weekly updates, but in some weird attempt to be edgy, or possibly just out of sheer boredom, you decided to throw that all of in attempt to be cool or something.

Frankly I don't care if a different person posts it each week, but at this point your attitude is really really childish and kinda sad.

Greybottle

Cork Boy wrote: »

I am as entitled to post here as much as anyone else and I will not be run off the forum by childish playground tantrums and bullying.

Who exactly is bullying you here?

People are annoyed, you've been politely asked to stop. Fair enough if you don't want to stop.

But where exactly is this bullying?

Cork Boy

pjohnson wrote: »

Cats are certainly more amusing than Cork people I find :P

FanadMan wrote: »

<<SNIP>>

Muahahaha wrote: »

AH response- scratch his eyes out Business Cat ! Then blast him with cat piss !

Greybottle wrote: »

Who exactly is bullying you here?

But where exactly is this bullying?

There you go.

h0neybadger

You clearly can't accept that we (the people who come here to view the thread) enjoy that Business Cat is the one who posts these.
It's a tradition. for the past 3 years.

And we would like to keep it that way.

You've turned a fun thread into a complete whine fest for no reason.

Well done.

Cork Boy

h0neybadger wrote: »

You clearly can't accept that we (the people who come here to view the thread) enjoy that Business Cat is the one who posts these.
It's a tradition. for the past 3 years.

And we would like to keep it that way.

You've turned a fun thread into a complete whine fest for no reason.

Well done.

I came here like everyone else to enjoy some business cat on a Friday afternoon and saw none posted. Figuring Business Cat (the poster) was busy or unable to post for some reason, I stepped in and posted. Other people took offense to that and they turned the thread into a whine fest. Ironically, you come along then and add to the whining.

Well done.

StupidLikeAFox

Can't wait until Friday to see how this pans out

Cork Boy

StupidLikeAFox wrote: »

Can't wait until Friday to see how this pans out

Liam McPoyle

Cork Boy wrote: »

I'm being a dick for posting business cat cartoons in the business cat thread? Right, gotcha. Of course you're the hero for derailing the thread with your tantrums :rolleyes:

<<SNIP>>

You deflected my previous question.

So again, why are you persisting with doing something that you know is annoying alot of people?

Eric Cartman

How about for the next 3 weeks we hold a contest, best of 3 for posting the comic first, winner is the only one to continue posting the comic or be permanently banished.

side note - if cork boy wins he must change his name to Howard T Business Pug or face banishment.

Trigger

Eric Cartman wrote: »

How about for the next 3 weeks we hold a contest, best of 3 for posting the comic first, winner is the only one to continue posting the comic or be permanently banished.

side note - if cork boy wins he must change his name to Howard T Business Pug or face banishment.

Or... we could just revert back to what had been working perfectly fine for 3 years

Greybottle

Eric Cartman wrote: »

How about for the next 3 weeks we hold a contest, best of 3 for posting the comic first, winner is the only one to continue posting the comic or be permanently banished.

How about they both post as usual and the winner is the one with the most likes.

KAGY

<<SNIP>>If everyone who cared enough just put Cork boy on their ignore list then we wouldn't gave has this stupid back and forth over the last few pages.
I agree with the mod that nobody has the right to be the sole poster of any type of content, but i also think that cork boy's continuing posting knowing that the followers of this thread don't like it is pure trolling and going against the spirit of the boards community.
(... I'll be back, have to change to the old site o post a pic >:-\ )

osarusan

I can't decide who I have less sympathy for.

Vojera

Anyone looking for drama-free Business Cat postings can go direct to the artist's site here. At least that way he gets some ad revenue.

Liam McPoyle

Mods.

I'd like to apologise for my part in all this bullshyt.

I'll fully admit I'm being a bit precious about the thread. I started posting the BC strips in the YLYL thread a number of years ago when I came across them as i really enjoyed them, people got a kick out of them so I started this thread to allow people to track it from the beginning and to keep them all in the same place so yes, i do feel a level of ownership about the thread. I started it and have maintained it so i think that much is understandable. Someone in a previous post mentioned that im annoyed about someone else getting the "thanks" for posting. It's nothing to with thanks, if that was all I wanted I'd just post them in the YLYL thread which has a much higher viewership.

Our own little Business Cat sub community has grown over the years on the back of this thread as is evidenced by peoples responses to cork boy trying to insinuate himself into proceedings but despite repeated requests he is ignoring what the majority want and is continuing to cause derailing of the thread.

He clearly does not have the wherewithal to see this, perhaps he is trolling, but it's abundantly clear that it's not going to stop which means the thread will continue to be derailed and we will end up with pages of crap like the last page.

It saddens me a bit that the weekly bit of fun and speculation about what will happen next will have to end as the only feasible option is that a no chat rule be introduced. Otherwise we are going to go around in circles as CB has said he is not going to stop so there is nothing else that can be done.

That's my final thoughts on the whole thing. It's been a huge amount of fun but unfortunately, like most things with Boards these days, all good things must come to an end due to the actions of the few.

I'll continue to post the strips as they are released anyway as I'll be damned if I let him ruin that much.

Best regards,

BC.

:cool:

pjohnson

astradave wrote: »

Or... we could just revert back to what had been working perfectly fine for 3 years

I wish I found this thread before <<SNIP>>

Star Lord

First time I've ever made use of the ignore function in 12 years of using the site!

Keep up the good work Business Cat!

Cork Boy

Business Cat wrote: »

Mods.

I'd like to apologise for my part in all this bullshyt.

I'll fully admit I'm being a bit precious about the thread. I started posting the BC strips in the YLYL thread a number of years ago when I came across them as i really enjoyed them, people got a kick out of them so I started this thread to allow people to track it from the beginning and to keep them all in the same place so yes, i do feel a level of ownership about the thread. I started it and have maintained it so i think that much is understandable. Someone in a previous post mentioned that im annoyed about someone else getting the "thanks" for posting. It's nothing to with thanks, if that was all I wanted I'd just post them in the YLYL thread which has a much higher viewership.

Our own little Business Cat sub community has grown over the years on the back of this thread as is evidenced by peoples responses to cork boy trying to insinuate himself into proceedings but despite repeated requests he is ignoring what the majority want and is continuing to cause derailing of the thread.

He clearly does not have the wherewithal to see this, perhaps he is trolling, perhaps he has aespergers or similar, but it's abundantly clear that it's not going to stop which means the thread will continue to be derailed and we will end up with pages of crap like the last page.

It saddens me a bit that the weekly bit of fun and speculation about what will happen next will have to end as the only feasible option is that a no chat rule be introduced. Otherwise we are going to go around in circles as CB has said he is not going to stop so there is nothing else that can be done.

That's my final thoughts on the whole thing. It's been a huge amount of fun but unfortunately, like most things with Boards these days, all good things must come to an end due to the actions of the few.

I'll continue to post the strips as they are released anyway as I'll be damned if I let him ruin that much.

Best regards,

BC.

:cool:

Please delete this part. That's not funny

Liam McPoyle

Cork Boy wrote: »

Please delete this part. That's not funny

It's not an attempt at humour.

You seem incapable of grasping a most rudimentary aspect of social etiquette despite it being repeatedly spelled out to you.

d31b0y

I'm out...
Nobody has a monopoly over a comic they didn't have any help creating.
This is ridiculous. I'll just sign up to the RSS feed.

ancapailldorcha

d31b0y wrote: »

I'm out...
Nobody has a monopoly over a comic they didn't have any help creating.
This is ridiculous. I'll just sign up to the RSS feed.

It was just a bit of fun to be honest. It's sad that Cork Boy couldn't just start another thread for related stuff while this one stuck to speculation and the comic itself so now we have a page of what is basically the antithesis of what the thread was originally intended for, ie a bit of fun.

ELM327

Business Cat wrote: »

It's not an attempt at humour.

You seem incapable of grasping a most rudimentary aspect of social etiquette despite it being repeatedly spelled out to you.

As someone who has asperger's (ie me) it's also not funny.
Asperger's/ASD/Autism is not a catch all term. Some people are just jerks, there doesn't need to be a syndrome or diagnosis!

PS - Keep up the business cat posts

TrueDub

ELM327 wrote: »

Some people are just jerks, there doesn't need to be a syndrome or diagnosis!

Definitely the most intelligent thing said on Boards for days, if not weeks!