Time for some therapy in order to get our shit together

[Djoser]

Okay, I usually don't do this but obviously, within the past 24-48 hours or so, shit has went down in this forum and everyone is at each other's throats and beliefs with machetes in hand. I still have no clue what the fuck triggered it, but it's obviously getting out of hand to the point where Enzo is leaving. So something's got to give. We can't have a biggest bro and contributor leaving because our bullshit. We got to break this down.

Clowning
Okay, Enzo has brought this up many times before and on those previous occasions I agreed but felt there was a slight exaggeration and the people causing it weren't that many. Now I agree completely. Turn many threads have turned into a petty jokes contest and shoddy attempts of sarcasm. Honestly, only a good 4 people are so here are actual comedians that are funny 24/7. I'm not one of them. Okay, sure it's good to crack a joke even in the most serious of threads but learn how to read the situation and make a good one instead of just being a complete jackass. Hell, at least when Gezus does it, he makes a contribution at the same time or lets us know. Tune that noise down, please.

Differing Opinions
Okay, there's some hypocrisy on this. We always want people of different opinions to flock to the forums in order to spark more frequent and diverse debates. However, somewhere during the process when that one person shows up, we devour them and continue eating their dead flesh like vultures. I'm sure all of us know that someone with a different opinion may not come with the best approach or may not seem the brightest, but don't some of us encounter those type of people EVERYDAY? Offline, if someone like a Tea Party member or so, were engaged in debate with one of you, y'all would start spitting Shak like lectures with decorum just to show you're the better individual. But once you get on here, it's like you have to take a literal shit on that person and their opinion. Yeah, it gets annoying, but two wrongs don't make a right. So let's not be assholes to a bunch of dicks, okay? You're only fucking yourselves.

Besides, we're all mostly of the left, right?(get it? left, right. LMAO) Anyway, since the left pretty much hates itself, that already provides a few arguments amongst ourselves.

Differing Opinions: Religion
I've been waiting to get to this. You're all a bunch of biased bastards, the religious followers and the anti-religious people. Christianity and Islam have it big over here. Each religion has at least one person to be backed up by, meaning they can NEVER be made fun of. But other religions can, and that's okay. Oh, and atheism, too. But Mormons won't catch a break here or anyone else(except denominations of Christianity and Islam). It's hypocritical, too. But I guess you have to know to be hypocrite. But I'm not even trying to name call but just pointing out an observation I made. Honestly, supporting religion or not, shouldn't the forum collectively maintain equal disdain and support for each religion? Sure, it's hard to do, but y'all are smart enough to at least attempt such a thing, no? I sure hope so, but lately, I can't tell.

So-called Mod "abuse"
C'mon. Get fucking real. What did they even do again? Change some signatures? I sure hope it was funny. On Mono's behalf, he's changed posts before but for comedic reasons. As I've said before, compared to other places, this forum is the most tame, especially in my experience. When do we ever need the mods to ban someone or to fix something? Just about never. You'd be surprised how many spambots they kill before we even notice them. So at least thank them your ungrateful bastards. Now I ain't riding the mods here as I still haven't attained my rightful position as a fellow "pig" but quit the bitchin'. Y'all are lucky my plans to delete you all were revealed so the forum feeling my wrath will probably never happen.


Welcome back
I don't know what else that's a big issue, but can't we improve on some things so Enzo can return to us while we have gourmet chocolate and flowers in hand? It's not hard to do. And we owe it to him. This forum is on limited time anyway, so let's make the best of it. Besides, if Enzo refuses, we'll just drag him back, bound and gagged and all. Isn't that how we usually do it? Rev bring the duct tape this time.

[psy0nyd3]

I think the biggest problem is when people are allowed to insult other members. The insulted party becomes apathetic, there is no admonition, and the charades continue. Even sarcastic insults shouldn't be tolerated. We have to at least act like we're respectable adults, even if we're kids at heart.

Also when Enzo says he's taking an indefinite/permanent break from the place to pursue more real life goals and aspirations, we have to let him. If he doesn't enjoy his time here, then how could anybody say he has to stay?

[Chino]

someone sticky this muthafucka, or Pm this to EVERY MEMBER OF THE FORUM active or nonactive

[Rev]

I say make this thread a fucking announcement so every motherfucker that comes in reads it

[Djoser]

(12-02-2011 10:22 PM)psy0nyd3 Wrote:  I think the biggest problem is when people are allowed to insult other members. The insulted party becomes apathetic, there is no admonition, and the charades continue. Even sarcastic insults shouldn't be tolerated. We have to at least act like we're respectable adults, even if we're kids at heart.

Also when Enzo says he's taking an indefinite/permanent break from the place to pursue more real life goals and aspirations, we have to let him. If he doesn't enjoy his time here, then how could anybody say he has to stay?

That's fine. Aaron did the same thing. But if we're driving him nuts, then something has to change. It's an insult anyway considering what enzo as done all these years. We all can't be here forever. If we lose our flagship member and friend over some petty bullshit on our behalf. What does that say about us? If this site is gonna become official for Tech then we gotta make this place last.

[psy0nyd3]

Definitely DJ, I'm not saying otherwise.

[Gezus]

Made the thread important(sticky).