What new rules would you impose on After Hours?

hatrickpatrick · 19-05-2015 09:28PM

Smidge wrote: »

Eh it says your join date is 2005..................

I made an account then but I didn't post much at all until '07/08, certainly not on AH.
The Leaving Cert necessitated a certain amount of procrastination, which was when Boards really came into its own.

hatrickpatrick · 19-05-2015 09:29PM

Gibson Muscular Toadstool wrote: »

Can we ban the words "PC brigade"? Some people are fúcking pathological about getting it into every single thread they post in, it makes AH incredibly boring to read sometimes when there's post after post of no substance, just some vague dig at an amorphous entity that may or may not post in the thread at some unspecified point.

Can we just use the term SJW instead? :pac:

hatrickpatrick · 19-05-2015 09:31PM

Asarlai wrote: »

Make it clothing optional the first Friday of every month

Take this one step further and ban clothing altogether on the aforementioned Fridays.

hatrickpatrick · 19-05-2015 09:31PM

Gibson Muscular Toadstool wrote: »

It's fantastic training in passive aggression. Totally transferable skill too, some day you'll find yourself in a workplace and be wondering how to absolutely tear some prick a new one without seeming to, and you'll think back to your days here with gratitude

Isn't that what the laxative in the coffee trick was invented for?

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5 · 19-05-2015 09:52PM

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

Can we just use the term SJW instead? :pac:

That one doesn't seem to be abused as much, hell I use it! I've seen "PC brigade" used for the weirdest stuff though, people just seem to think it's meant to denote "things I don't like". It's turned into the "thanks, Obama" of boards.

TheBeardedLady · 19-05-2015 10:10PM

I like being called an SJW - makes me feel sexy. I imagine myself twice my height typing on my laptop in my sitting room dressed in a skimpy amazonian warrior costume (and NOT a smelly oversized cardigan made of hemp and purple flares with dandruff-ridden white woman dreads).

Same goes for PC Brigade - makes me feel important and evokes memories of my days in the Sea Scouts.

TheBeardedLady · 19-05-2015 10:17PM

crockholm wrote: »

restrict multi-quote to 2 paragraphs,duo-quote,we could call it, as bi-quote sounds harsh on the ear. Degsy and outlaw pete to be given diplomatic immunity. Realistically though,I reckon strobe hit it on the head with the partitioning of AH.

You'd miss me terribly though we could pass secret notes through a hole in the partitioning.

Fr_Dougal · 19-05-2015 10:31PM

We should have mass on Sunday's and confessions once a month.

Cold War Kid · 19-05-2015 10:53PM

catallus wrote: »

But their discretion is clearly not working; the number of posters with closed accounts is a good enough sign of that.

Like I said, someone with an unreasonable hatred of mods would bee seen through easily enough.

The closed accounts are due to the "Close account" button being there. I've had a few accounts, and had a reason for closing each one (real-life recognition, wanting a break from the place, getting harassed by PM) but if the "Close account" button weren't there, I'd have to suck it up (as was the case when I experienced some of that with my first account that I had for years, before the "close account" button was brought in).

Hans Bricks wrote: »

Judging by that Rubberbandits FB status a while back about Boards.ie posters, there was a couple of familiar names that were mentioned there who wouldn't last too long here if we could attack the poster. It is a bit primary schoolish around here in that we have to somehow re-word our disdain for other posters.

I can see why Boards doesn't want people to be able to verbally abuse each other though - it would undermine the place; Boards has standards, it's not TheJournal.ie or Politics.ie (thank fuq). Boards seems to be ok with people being told they're hypocritical, dishonest etc though (within reason).

Gibson Muscular Toadstool wrote: »

That one doesn't seem to be abused as much, hell I use it! I've seen "PC brigade" used for the weirdest stuff though, people just seem to think it's meant to denote "things I don't like". It's turned into the "thanks, Obama" of boards.

It gets used about absolutely anything. I've seen it in relation to: not being able to take the leash off your dog at the park, the anti-smoking campaign, and just plain being nice to people.

The Diabolical Monocle · 19-05-2015 11:01PM

Summarized investigation and report of the 'white male privilege' thread incident naming and shaming those found ungrateful to the glorious white man.

Roger_007 · 19-05-2015 11:04PM

The term 'After Hours' was traditionally used about people who drank in pubs after the official closing time. At that stage they mostly talk utter sh1te about things they know nothing about.
I think this is a great tradition and I suggest that only posters who have consumed at least 10 units of alcohol be allowed post in this forum...hic!
G'night...hic!

EoghanIRL · 19-05-2015 11:12PM

Articles from the daily mail should be banned.

Joe prim · 19-05-2015 11:14PM

endacl wrote: »

In fact, any use of the term brigade to refer to anything other than the military configuration?

It's a shorthand for 'I disagree, but am not intellectually equipped to refute your point in an adult manner'.

But what if we want to discuss the Fire Brigade, or even, God help us, The Boys Brigade? What then in the name of all that's holy?

Sheep Lover · 19-05-2015 11:16PM

Rename Thursdays as "Tuesday"
And Tuesdays will now be "Day after Monday Day"

strobe · 19-05-2015 11:24PM

Sheep Lover wrote: »

Rename Thursdays as "Tuesday"
And Tuesdays will now be "Day after Monday Day"

that's the first time I've genuinely laughed out loud at something written on here in a while. I'm a weird person and probably need some sleep, but thanks anyway man, needed that.

hatrickpatrick · 20-05-2015 12:30AM

TheBeardedLady wrote: »

I like being called an SJW - makes me feel sexy. I imagine myself twice my height typing on my laptop in my sitting room dressed in a skimpy amazonian warrior costume (and NOT a smelly oversized cardigan made of hemp and purple flares with dandruff-ridden white woman dreads).

Same goes for PC Brigade - makes me feel important and evokes memories of my days in the Sea Scouts.

I kinda like it when SJWs call me a sh!t lord. Makes me imagine myself sitting becrowned on a throne atop a gigantic pile of sh!te, and having a hoard of self-aware sh!te minions to do my bidding. :pac:

crockholm · 20-05-2015 01:49AM

TheBeardedLady wrote: »

You'd miss me terribly though we could pass secret notes through a hole in the partitioning.

A glory hole,of sorts:pac:

Would deffo miss ya,our politics are poles apart,but I have a great gra for you:o

Tony Beetroot · 20-05-2015 01:51AM

You cant beat a glory hole.

hatrickpatrick · 20-05-2015 03:43AM

crockholm wrote: »

A glory hole,of sorts:pac:

Would deffo miss ya,our politics are poles apart,but I have a great gra for you:o

Tony Beetroot wrote: »

You cant beat a glory hole.

I remember the first time I came across and looked up the term "glory hole". I was around 9 or 10 and looking back that may have been the day my already battered innocence was well and truly murdered.

Robsweezie · 21-05-2015 01:14PM

Attacking the poster is a double edged sword that will come back on you, I've been tempted to call people ***** and clowns, tell mods to **** off and tear strips out of their "decisions" , a year ago I would've been very much " piss off with your MOD WARNING, you can shove the charter up your fat hole " but at the end of the day you need a bit of self awareness to realise you wouldnt like it backfiring on you when you genuinely feel you've a valid opinion.

I'd hate to see it turn into a free for all cesspit like Facebook where you give an opinion in the comments, say a radio show debate, and then you've 5 -10 replies of people dishing out one liners of ****, clown, moron, sap, geebag, bellend, just because you've a slightly different view. Like most things It's amusing to watch, not so great to deal with. It's bittersweet.

I'm not one for too many rules, but another thing is using one's poster history as a stick to beat them with. " oh you posted in the work and jobs forum recently that you're unemployed, how's that going for you"? " oh really, you weren't saying that in the parenting thread" just examples off the top of my head.

5rtytry56 · 21-05-2015 01:22PM

200% echo rob here on Fb. While I'm on google+ "the bastard child of google", I've never been on facebewk.

What new rules would you impose on After Hours?

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