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After hours no longer a safe place for irreverent humour.

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  • #92
    D0NNELLY
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,381 ✭✭✭D0NNELLY


    superfurry1 wrote: »
    And this thread wont last very long.

    When you say that, they leave it open to make you think it's all in your head. Mind games.....


  • #93
    KERSPLAT!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31,152 ✭✭✭✭KERSPLAT!


    D0NNELLY wrote: »
    When you say that, they leave it open to make you think it's all in your head. Mind games.....

    >.>

    They're on to us!!


  • #94
    mzungu
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 6,310 Mod ✭✭✭✭mzungu


    #MakeAfterHoursGreatAgain


  • #95
    FizzleSticks
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,172 ✭✭✭FizzleSticks


    This post has been deleted.


  • #96
    Mark Tapley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,193 ✭✭✭Mark Tapley


    mzungu wrote: »
    #MakeAfterHoursGreatAgain

    #funnyanarchiccesspit would be better.


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  • #97
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 21,740 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    ancapailldorcha wrote: »
    I've noticed a tendency among some people to classify any sort of dissent as an echo chamber for some reason. We seem to moving away form debate and more towards echo chambers and safe spaces in general so it makes sense that this way of thinking would pervade Boards.

    Something which is prevalent today which wasn't say ten years ago is the concentrated effort made not to offend and to be accepting of all and everything. It should be ok to put your head above the parapet and say what it is you want to say.


  • #98
    Silverfish
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,698 Mod ✭✭✭✭Silverfish


    learn_more wrote: »
    Wibbs is on 35,885 posts. Don't think yis should ever meet in real life.

    We have. There were surprisingly few arguments and very little bloodshed.


  • #99
    s4uv3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 952 ✭✭✭s4uv3


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Oh is he one of the attention se, I mean one of the ones who stripped off for charity? Or something?


    :p

    "Attention seekers"who raised €17,500 for a childrens charity? Yes.
    lol


  • #100
    cml387
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,932 ✭✭✭cml387


    Never mind the travellers/immigration/muslims/norn ireland debates.

    Real venom was evident in the row between those who like a carvery dinner and those who think it's an abomination Unto The Lord.

    That's the kind of row that makes AH great.


  • #101
    ScumLord
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,788 ✭✭✭✭ScumLord


    I blame iPhones, and android devices, and all the other devices that made the internet accessible to the masses. Being able to operate a PC was a pretty good way of filtering out stupid people and people that are afraid of technology. Now anyone with a hundred euros and the ability to put brightly shaped objects in the correct hole can connect with fellow idiots and be stupid on a grand scale. An infant can be on facebook and posting within minutes of their first use of a phone these days.

    Generally before the plebs came online there was a sort of culture and jokes were understood to be jokes. Then everyone else turned up and sarcasm just became a thing of the past on the internet, it was replaced by people that genuinely meant whatever bat**** nonsense they heard down the pub or off the priest.


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  • #102
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 21,740 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    s4uv3 wrote: »
    "Attention seekers"who raised €17,500 for a childrens charity? Yes.
    lol

    Of course lol


  • #103
    Lucyfur
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,513 ✭✭✭✭Lucyfur


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Oh is he one of the attention se, I mean one of the ones who stripped off for charity? Or something?


    :p

    If I had the boobs or indeed the balls to strip off and raise thousands for charity I would.

    I'm sure you would too :)


  • #104
    Sweetemotion
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,556 ✭✭✭Sweetemotion


    I was told once by a member of "The Clique" That he was surprised, that I lasted this long.


  • #105
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 21,740 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Lucyfur wrote: »
    If I had the boobs or indeed the balls to strip off and raise thousands for charity I would.

    I'm sure you would too :)

    I would do something entirely different :)

    But of course the method doesn't matter I know.


  • #106
    Lucyfur
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,513 ✭✭✭✭Lucyfur


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    I would do something entirely different :)

    But of course the method doesn't matter I know.

    Go for it! Use your smarts :)

    No one got naked last year and thousands were still raised :)


  • #107
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 21,740 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Lucyfur wrote: »
    Go for it! Use your smarts :)

    No one got naked last year and thousands were still raised :)

    Here on boards?


  • #108
    KKkitty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,537 ✭✭✭KKkitty


    One thing that has happened with AH is the fact that a lot of legendary posters have closed their accounts. You can't say certain things without a warning either. Make AH great again.


  • #109
    JohanFr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38 ✭JohanFr


    KKkitty wrote: »
    One thing that has happened with AH is the fact that a lot of legendary posters have closed their accounts. You can't say certain things without a warning either. Make AH great again.

    Like who ?


  • #110
    darkpagandeath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,461 ✭✭✭✭darkpagandeath


    http://img.memecdn.com/triggered_o_6289201.jpg

    That is all.


  • #111
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 21,740 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Sweetemotion wrote: »
    I was told once by a member of "The Clique" That he was surprised, that I lasted this long.

    What is "The Clique"? Aren't those things one of the reasons AH wants to stay away from chatty threads, so cliques don't form?


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  • #112
    Mark Tapley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,193 ✭✭✭Mark Tapley


    ScumLord wrote: »
    I blame iPhones, and android devices, and all the other devices that made the internet accessible to the masses. Being able to operate a PC was a pretty good way of filtering out stupid people and people that are afraid of technology. Now anyone with a hundred euros and the ability to put brightly shaped objects in the correct hole can connect with fellow idiots and be stupid on a grand scale. An infant can be on facebook and posting within minutes of their first use of a phone these days.

    Generally before the plebs came online there was a sort of culture and jokes were understood to be jokes. Then everyone else turned up and sarcasm just became a thing of the past on the internet, it was replaced by people that genuinely meant whatever bat**** nonsense they heard down the pub or off the priest.

    You mean like transubstantiasion ?


  • #113
    Junkyard Tom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,115 ✭✭✭✭Junkyard Tom


    There are some little nuggets of comedy gold in AH. This one had me tipping my hat recently.


  • #114
    Mark Tapley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,193 ✭✭✭Mark Tapley


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    What is "The Clique"? Aren't those things one of the reasons AH wants to stay away from chatty threads, so cliques don't form?

    That's off topic and Boards are terrified that a thread will evolve like a normal conversation.


  • #115
    Spanish Eyes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,132 ✭✭✭✭Spanish Eyes


    The only thing that should be banned in AH is anything that might lead to litigation for the owners. Libel, slander, sub judice cases.

    Everything else should be allowed. Think about it, if we are not naming an individual anything is possible with the above caveat. And it should be.

    Would bring the place back to life like Lazarus!


  • #116
    jamesbere
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,022 ✭✭✭jamesbere


    KKkitty wrote: »
    One thing that has happened with AH is the fact that a lot of legendary posters have closed their accounts. You can't say certain things without a warning either. Make AH great again.

    We need a trump style poster.

    We'll build a thread and make the mods pay for it.


  • #117
    Discodog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,047 ✭✭✭✭Discodog


    DivingDuck wrote: »
    I think these two posts are bang on. Lots of AH threads shouldn't really be in AH, they're just there because the forum they should be in are so stringently moderated as to prevent opposing opinions being discussed.

    I think the forum would benefit from being split into two, personally. One to follow the original spirit of After Hours, with silly joking banter, and one for more serious discussion where you can say just about anything apart from serious stuff like trying to dox people, start a hate rally, or break the "don't get the forum sued" rule.

    So the real problem is also the charters & the way that other forums are moderated. I know of one classic example in a very contentious forum. The Mod allows a practice that is against the charter but it works well & we all appreciate it.


  • #118
    RayM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,973 ✭✭✭RayM


    I've never really understood the "no chat" rule. It seems sort of messed up that chatting about "things that trivially annoy you" is verboten, yet it's perfectly fine to have shit-loads of near-identical threads about immigration, multiculturalism, Islam, etc - all of which (more or less) consist of people calling each other cunts without using that exact word.


  • #119
    RobbingBandit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,403 ✭✭✭✭RobbingBandit


    Make me supreme mod of AH and I'll make it great again or **** them all to death. :D


  • #120
    Mark Tapley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,193 ✭✭✭Mark Tapley


    Discodog wrote: »
    So the real problem is also the charters & the way that other forums are moderated. I know of one classic example in a very contentious forum. The Mod allows a practice that is against the charter but it works well & we all appreciate it.


    A Riddle Wrapped in a Mystery Inside an Enigma


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  • #121
    ancapailldorcha
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 42,639 CMod ✭✭✭✭ancapailldorcha


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Something which is prevalent today which wasn't say ten years ago is the concentrated effort made not to offend and to be accepting of all and everything. It should be ok to put your head above the parapet and say what it is you want to say.

    I've never said otherwise. We have to ensure that everyone can enjoy this forum though. There's a balance.

    The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

    Leviticus 19:34



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