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# cleaning the folders and saw I still had this for a possible future image challenge
seemed a shame to let it go to waste and not post it


(Wanky workin' the sweet trolly, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 11:22, archived)
# and just for the record and old times sake
apologies if I got a bit shirty with a few posters.

and no this was not about "the pixel width of my images and I took offence and flounced off"

I think it's clear what my opinion about that was
www.b3ta.com/board/10737745

404 pixels wide images fits just dandy on the fp without adjustment
I know because my nick clegg post was 404
www.b3ta.com/board/10735440 and fitted fine without resizing (but this was taken off the fp when it was pointed out, probably the same mystery mod that edited my posts - making me look like a paranoid dick and being fine with it)

and for the record I didn't 'flounce because of resizing images'
www.b3ta.com/board/10739125

believe it or not posters can leave this site out of choice rather than in a huff

but never let the truth get in the way of a good story
(Wanky workin' the sweet trolly, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 11:29, archived)
# oh do fuck off wanky
(Wanky workin' the sweet trolly, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 11:29, archived)
# this
(Wanky workin' the sweet trolly, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 11:29, archived)
# sloooooooooowly
(I helped save b3ta! mongychops, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 11:38, archived)
# haha
(I helped save b3ta! prodigy69 broke b3ta and made everyone leave, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 11:42, archived)
# pfft
(I helped save b3ta! Michael Ellis contributes nothing, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 11:43, archived)
# :D

(I helped save b3ta! Fresh Water Mole loves his baby boy more and more every day, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 11:57, archived)
# haha
(I helped save b3ta! monkeon schmonkeon, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 11:59, archived)
# Hahaha
Clicked
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 13:07, archived)
# Hahaha.
(I helped save b3ta! Lord Kronos Go Team Pachyderm, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 13:28, archived)
# You crossed the line.
(I helped save b3ta! atomic A-bomb-a-nation, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 13:29, archived)
# Hahaha great threadsave
(I helped save b3ta! edjogs Collared doves are shit., Thu 12 Apr 2012, 13:50, archived)
# hahaha, it's like crack you see, you'll never leave
you think you will, but you never will, you'll end up mugging old ladies for their broadband connection and using the 2 hours free computer access at the local library.

:D
(I helped save b3ta! Thor_sonofodin has done things, terrible things on, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 11:35, archived)
# nah but I will miss the place
(Wanky workin' the sweet trolly, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 11:37, archived)
#
Flouncing is the ancient art of leaving a board, community, blog or Internet forum in the most dramatic way possible.

Whereas normal people who are fed up with a discussion or debate simply leave, flouncers need eternal validation. Instead of simply logging off, they must announce that they are leaving. Flouncing usually occurs when a wanker realizes that other people on the planet hold differing views.


History

In childhood, flouncing is called "tantrums."
Types

* A Convoluted Flounce is a wordy diatribe in which the wanker must make it clear how everyone else is forcing them to leave, and that the wanker simply has no other choice.

* The Double Flounce is when a flouncer vows never to post again and never to return. They then return to announce again that they will never again return.

* The Triple (or more) Flounce is exceedingly rare, but definitely the most amusing.


Effects

The goal of a flounce is always to elicit an outpouring of handwringing and sympathy from other fans ("Please don't go, we love you, you're brilliant!") If there's a corresponding threat of deletion, they will expect an added outcry for the sake of their fic ("It would be like Michelangelo erasing the Sistine Chapel if we live without chapter 217 of your Harmonian opus!"). The wanker must know that they are so vitally important mass suicide will result if they leave the fandom. If there is an insufficient outcry the first time, the wanker will institute the double flounce.

98.7% of flouncers return within a week, usually in the form of a sockpuppet. A percentage of these flouncers will actually return as themselves or not leave at all, most with the explantion that the sympathy garnered has changed their minds.
(I helped save b3ta! mongychops, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 11:46, archived)
# hahahahahahahaha
*bookmarks*
(I helped save b3ta! Michael Ellis contributes nothing, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 11:47, archived)
# I'm not sure I can masturbate to this post, sorry.

(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 11:53, archived)
# I know I can
(I helped save b3ta! Paul_P, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 12:03, archived)
# Careful with that wrist
(I helped save b3ta! Michael Ellis contributes nothing, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 12:05, archived)
# o_O are you stalking my facebook
(I helped save b3ta! Paul_P, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 12:13, archived)
# Of course I am
(I helped save b3ta! Michael Ellis contributes nothing, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 12:17, archived)
#
the post up there was genuine, the fallout and abuse I knew would come from posting it is part of the course, it was aimed at the posters I came here for and enjoyed seeing their stuff

we're all probably grown ups in real life , we sit here probably in an office or working from home and typing about this stuff on a comedy forum we logged onto, probably in between doing a design for a client or making some toast


I think that's probably the size of things and the reality of it, to be honest

EDIT: sorry if I didn't address any points you may have made, I admit I never read your reply past the first 2 lines (I 'm guessing the gist) but I'm not being obtuse when I say that, but I did reply given you spent the time to type out that huge chunk of text

(Wanky workin' the sweet trolly, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 11:58, archived)
# you've summed up my life in two lines
you just missed out the bit about unhealthy masturbation.
(I helped save b3ta! Thor_sonofodin has done things, terrible things on, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 12:07, archived)
# it's only unhealthy if the nuns didn't give consent
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 12:12, archived)
# FP this now
and forever
(I helped save b3ta! drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 12:21, archived)
# ^
(I helped save b3ta! atomic A-bomb-a-nation, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 13:33, archived)
# Arf!
:D

(I helped save b3ta! Fresh Water Mole loves his baby boy more and more every day, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 11:38, archived)
# Never forgive... :O
(I helped save b3ta! riverghost servicing your mum since, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 11:29, archived)
# Flouncy McFlounce
(I helped save b3ta! Michael Ellis contributes nothing, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 11:32, archived)
# cheers ellis
it's hard to take you seriously or personally though when trolling just seemed to be your sole function on this forum
(Wanky workin' the sweet trolly, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 11:36, archived)
# hahaha you've been listening to too much gossip and taking my b3ta comments a little too seriously, Frilly Knickers Flouncipoos :D
edit: I love the fact you are debating at all whether to take my comment "Flouncy McFlounce" seriously.
(I helped save b3ta! Michael Ellis contributes nothing, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 11:37, archived)
# you are still the one who cannot be forgiven
and it's still a tshirt worthy slogan

"MICHEAL ELLIS: I CANNOT FORGIVE"
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 12:11, archived)
# You spelled my name wrong
FUCK THIS, I AM LEAVING FOREVER
(I helped save b3ta! Michael Ellis contributes nothing, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 12:13, archived)
# my next slogan
DISCOMEATS: SPELLING DEFICIENT BASTADR!
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 12:15, archived)
# When I flounce I will have Rob delete everyone's account except mine
(I helped save b3ta! Michael Ellis contributes nothing, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 12:16, archived)
# from orbit, it's the only way to be sure
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 12:16, archived)
# Hurrah, you're back!
*trolls*
(I helped save b3ta! emvee cruor deo cruoris, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 11:41, archived)
#
www.b3ta.com/board/10740180
(I helped save b3ta! Michael Ellis contributes nothing, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 11:46, archived)
# Hahahaha
like it was ever in any doubt
(I helped save b3ta! emvee cruor deo cruoris, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 12:23, archived)
# So you're back again
to remind us you've gone. Just in case we missed the last time you came back to tell us you'd gone.

It'd be more convincing if you'd just go.
(I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 11:43, archived)
# ..or come back and get on with it
(I helped save b3ta! Michael Ellis contributes nothing, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 11:45, archived)
# *considers*
Naaaaah.
(I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 11:59, archived)
# ^
(I helped save b3ta! emvee cruor deo cruoris, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 12:31, archived)
# Nice to see you back :)
Screw the trolls
(I helped save b3ta! hekim 66 ɐŹ‡Ęš’ ŹžÉ”nā„² uooW, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 11:44, archived)
# I will symbolise all our hopes and dreams using the following image.


Which I feel explains everything, from the depths of my soul.
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 11:51, archived)
# looks alright to me, i'll have it if he dont want it
(I helped save b3ta! mongychops, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 11:52, archived)
# you can have it
for endless canoe joy time :D
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 11:53, archived)
# oh, also, does this mean I can post 404 images again and nobody can make issues out of it?
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 11:54, archived)
# Think people know it wasn't the pixels thing.
It's just funnier if it was, and this isn't the place to let facts get in the way of a joke.

Now stay.
(I helped save b3ta! monkeon schmonkeon, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 11:57, archived)
# but remember,

(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 11:59, archived)
# As a relatively impartial observer (I've only been registered a week), it seems to me...
...you initially got wound up about something pretty minor, accused the mods of being out to get you, dismissed everyone who dared suggest you might be overreacting as trolls, went around trying to have the last word in every resultant subthread, then had your account deleted. Having done that, you were clearly still watching the drama you'd caused unfold -- otherwise, why come stir things up again with another account, and go around trying to get the last word over everyone again?

... and now you're back once again. So you weren't actually leaving, you were just causing a shitstorm of drama with you as the center of attention.

I'm sorry, but that's a massive flounce. And a huff. (Incidentally, no-one other than you suggested that either of those suggest a lack of "choice" on your part.) Your recent antics are, in fact, precisely those of an attention-seeking drama queen.

How tedious.
(EvilTerran rearranged his letters on, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 12:30, archived)
# ^ this, in a nutshell
(I helped save b3ta! emvee cruor deo cruoris, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 12:34, archived)
# Nah, clearly I'm just trolling him. ;)
Actually, I'm channeling the moderation on the User Friendly comments section, (a surprisingly thriving community) where I was a regular for a few years. They've got a "no drama queens" rule that I really like, viz:

if you post a big production goodbye that says basically you're leaving because the board sucks/you people are idiots/etc your account will be permanently disabled. In other words, we will enforce your goodbye so be sure you really want to go before posting something like that.

Personally, I think that rule would be good for pretty much any internet community.
(EvilTerran rearranged his letters on, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 12:48, archived)
# ^ this, in a nutshell
(I helped save b3ta! emvee cruor deo cruoris, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 14:07, archived)
# Fucking hell, that didn't take long
(I helped save b3ta! Michael Ellis contributes nothing, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 11:32, archived)
# CLAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYY
*hugs*
(I helped save b3ta! taters Bah weep grahnah weep ninibong, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 11:38, archived)
# yay taters
(Wanky workin' the sweet trolly, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 11:59, archived)
# I hope you have your smashing blouse on
(I helped save b3ta! prodigy69 broke b3ta and made everyone leave, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 11:39, archived)
# yay! 404!
\o/
(polished turd 404 pixels wide, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 11:47, archived)
# Worse flounce ever
and it had such potential to be a benchmark flounce but it's just become a long drawn out affair
(I helped save b3ta! Paul_P, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 12:06, archived)
# It's *not* a flounce
You can argue with people, say you are leaving forever and ask for your account to be deleted without it being a flounce you know.

Apparently.
(I helped save b3ta! Michael Ellis contributes nothing, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 12:09, archived)
# I thought the point of a flounce was that they were supposed to eventually fuck off
(I helped save b3ta! emvee cruor deo cruoris, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 12:28, archived)
# let's face it though, LS18 really raised the fucking bar too high
It'd have to be of such biblical proportions that it's discussed on Newsnight for the aftermath of it to beat him.
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 12:09, archived)
# Tru dat
WIV DA ANGLES XX
(I helped save b3ta! Michael Ellis contributes nothing, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 12:09, archived)
# I don't think the LS18 flounce had the level of hilarity that other flounces did.
the "is this small enough" flounce was an amazing read
(I helped save b3ta! Paul_P, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 12:13, archived)
# truth is, I missed it
I was just trying to go for the drama of it all so I don't feel left out

*feels left out*

bastadrs! I'm leaving! you bastadrs!
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 12:14, archived)
# I have it bookmarked
www.b3ta.com/board/7663181
(I helped save b3ta! Paul_P, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 12:16, archived)
# "Pisscrane" hahaha
(I helped save b3ta! Michael Ellis contributes nothing, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 12:17, archived)
# this is the comment that makes me laugh
No after this post, I've had it!
It's always been SOMETHING.
"Oh you used a font I don't like!"
"It's too brown!"
"It's too this!"
"It's too that!"
Almost never a comment that has to actually do with the image.
Eat more fucksocks, I'm out of here!
(I helped save b3ta! Paul_P, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 12:20, archived)
# reads it for limited personal amusement
edit: funny, because it's someone who isn't me having a mental breakdown
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 12:20, archived)
# You're not my real ladder.
(I helped save b3ta! atomic A-bomb-a-nation, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 13:36, archived)
# i hate being late to a party.
I'm too unawake to even think of something smart to say. And since lurking is evil, I thought it better to type this stuff.

Everything feels right, now.
(I helped save b3ta! cowcat Bituminous squeegee, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 15:43, archived)
# Huzzah with exclamation points
(I helped save b3ta! unclepills Sixty 25th of Decembers, Thu 12 Apr 2012, 22:39, archived)