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# Hi, remember me
I asked if anyone could get me a skateboarding monkey. How did that piss everyone off so bad??? Cheers for the attempts though.

I shall now return to the lurking for fear of causing further offence.
(tdavidj, Mon 1 Sep 2003, 16:51, archived)
# People do this stuff for fun
It's no fun if someone tells you what to do.
(I helped save b3ta! wayward., Mon 1 Sep 2003, 16:52, archived)
# I thought...
... it was a request. Who the hell am I to order strangers about?
(tdavidj, Mon 1 Sep 2003, 16:53, archived)
# But you must not threadwaste!
/finger wag
(I helped save b3ta! icezebra *insert large monkey*, Mon 1 Sep 2003, 16:54, archived)
# yes, that's a great word to use
because tdavidj is really going to know what it means.
(I helped save b3ta! bananaman, Mon 1 Sep 2003, 16:55, archived)
# how about,
"waste threads" instead?
(I helped save b3ta! icezebra *insert large monkey*, Mon 1 Sep 2003, 16:56, archived)
# equally clear
as proverbial mud... you have to explain WHY, including what means a thread's been wasted.

and as there's really no such thing as a wasted thread, then you have to put up with us telling you so afterwards
(I helped save b3ta! JustHere4Coffee remembers when all o' this were car parks, Mon 1 Sep 2003, 16:57, archived)
# too right.
(I helped save b3ta! bananaman, Mon 1 Sep 2003, 16:58, archived)
# ere
www.b3ta.com/board/1890238
(I helped save b3ta! icezebra *insert large monkey*, Mon 1 Sep 2003, 16:59, archived)
# well for that matter
who the hell are you to make requests of strangers
(I helped save b3ta! The Incredible... accident free since, Mon 1 Sep 2003, 16:55, archived)
# Apart from sexual requests.
They're fine to make.
(WouldSwapABearForATiger, Mon 1 Sep 2003, 16:55, archived)
# For an appropriate fee.
I only charge £3.75
(I helped save b3ta! Baz Fuck off, Mon 1 Sep 2003, 16:57, archived)
# yes,
but you're a cunt.
(I helped save b3ta! bananaman, Mon 1 Sep 2003, 16:57, archived)
# If you want, baby.
But it'll cost you extra.
(I helped save b3ta! Baz Fuck off, Mon 1 Sep 2003, 16:58, archived)
# i am,
when i go into shops and ask for help.
(I helped save b3ta! bananaman, Mon 1 Sep 2003, 16:55, archived)
# but thats what shop assistants are for
the hint is in the job name
(I helped save b3ta! The Incredible... accident free since, Mon 1 Sep 2003, 16:56, archived)
# A hopelessly inaccurate job name
in my experience.
(I helped save b3ta! Baz Fuck off, Mon 1 Sep 2003, 16:58, archived)
# they assist the shop,
not the customers. or something.
(I helped save b3ta! bananaman, Mon 1 Sep 2003, 16:59, archived)
# that's how it comes over though
even though it was a request...

most places call that "commisioning," and it usually costs money
(I helped save b3ta! JustHere4Coffee remembers when all o' this were car parks, Mon 1 Sep 2003, 16:56, archived)
# OK maybe that was badly worded
but people want to make their own ideas, they can't be bothered to do stuff because someone asked them to.
(I helped save b3ta! wayward., Mon 1 Sep 2003, 16:57, archived)
# You forgot to post a picture.
(WouldSwapABearForATiger, Mon 1 Sep 2003, 16:52, archived)
# Come to the Brighton Bash!
At The Pull & Pump on Saturday evening.
(I helped save b3ta! butchbint, Mon 1 Sep 2003, 16:53, archived)
# I warned you about using the board for grooming...
;-)
(I helped save b3ta! thirdman Ia! Ia! R'lyeh Cthulhu ftagn! Ia! Ia! Mglui nafl, Mon 1 Sep 2003, 17:00, archived)
# be there
or die!
(I helped save b3ta! butchbint, Mon 1 Sep 2003, 17:06, archived)
# Unless I can persuade Maria to re-locate her birthday party from Clapham to Brighton
I don't think I can...

:-(
(I helped save b3ta! thirdman Ia! Ia! R'lyeh Cthulhu ftagn! Ia! Ia! Mglui nafl, Mon 1 Sep 2003, 17:17, archived)
# Oh yes
you must be there everybody!

(I helped save b3ta! Darkedge, Mon 1 Sep 2003, 17:04, archived)
# hmmm
I am at a wedding in Brighton this weekend...

/thinks...
(Baj does Minecraft - http://www.youtube.com/w92baj, Mon 1 Sep 2003, 17:23, archived)
# "1 in 37 People Catch on Fire"
(I helped save b3ta! icezebra *insert large monkey*, Mon 1 Sep 2003, 16:53, archived)
# you have scrolled down haven't you
www.b3ta.com/board/1889994
Generally we don't like to be asked to create something specific on demand for people.
If you want stuff made to your spec pay some arty graffic designer some silly money to make it
(I helped save b3ta! Pootle, Mon 1 Sep 2003, 16:53, archived)
# Oh right...
I have no need of a skating monkey and if I did I would pay one of you guys for it, I thought it would be funny today has been unbelieveably dull.
(tdavidj, Mon 1 Sep 2003, 16:55, archived)
# It's because
when you post a new thread, it's knocks one off the end of the board.. so in putting your challenge to the board, you knocked someone's hard work off the end, hence forth - "threadwasting" next time, would be easier and less of an annoyance to people to "threadjack" i.e. reply to an existing thread...!
/fluffy
(I helped save b3ta! icezebra *insert large monkey*, Mon 1 Sep 2003, 16:58, archived)
# no it's not
don't go perpetuating a myth - that's not the only, or indeed any reason why he got moaned at
(I helped save b3ta! JustHere4Coffee remembers when all o' this were car parks, Mon 1 Sep 2003, 16:59, archived)
# I think we've been
hilarious
(I helped save b3ta! butchbint, Mon 1 Sep 2003, 16:58, archived)
# in that case
you should have made it yourself...

we all make what WE think will be funny - no matter how crap we think we might be at it, it's the fact that we thought of it and made it ourselves that makes it appealing to us, and hopefully to others
(I helped save b3ta! JustHere4Coffee remembers when all o' this were car parks, Mon 1 Sep 2003, 16:58, archived)
# fair enough
bein asked to make stuff, or even worse being provided with a picture of someone to deface, never go down all that well.
(I helped save b3ta! Pootle, Mon 1 Sep 2003, 17:00, archived)
# except on my little sister's birthday
when for some reason I got a load of really REALLY good replies. It was a slow sunday though.
(I helped save b3ta! Batsgirl, Mon 1 Sep 2003, 17:03, archived)
# Sundays are a bit different
I think during the working day, the stress of trying to be on the board, and not get caught not doing any work, increases the anger.
(I helped save b3ta! Pootle, Mon 1 Sep 2003, 17:09, archived)
# What's so fucking funny about a skateboarding monkey?
Sounds cliched and derivative to me.
(I helped save b3ta! Baz Fuck off, Mon 1 Sep 2003, 17:00, archived)
# it didn't most people provided either
comedic answers or helpful hints
(I helped save b3ta! Sunshine Elephant, Mon 1 Sep 2003, 16:53, archived)
# it pisses people off because
we are not your shop-me-an-insert-desired-animal-here-on-a-insert-desired-form-of-transport-here bitches
(I helped save b3ta! The Incredible... accident free since, Mon 1 Sep 2003, 16:53, archived)
# these parts are often nicer
after five of the o'clock. but we're here to have a bit of a laugh and make show off silly things we've made, that's all. and half of us are dead rubbish at doing pictures, but still give things a go if we think it'd be fun.
(I helped save b3ta! bananaman, Mon 1 Sep 2003, 16:54, archived)
# the offence was caused
because we're mostly here to display what we've made, rather than to take free commisions for other people... during your lurking, surely you'd have noticed that when people ask for stuff, usually they get sent to google or asked if we should consider ourselves "your (topic of discussion) bitches"

so long as you don't just come in and say "make me one of these 'cause I suck", you'll be welcome to hang around... but no matter how much you think you suck, you can still at least try it yourself - or perhaps offer cash money for the people who make what you like best, perhaps?
(I helped save b3ta! JustHere4Coffee remembers when all o' this were car parks, Mon 1 Sep 2003, 16:54, archived)
# By doing exactly what you've just done again.
Please read the FAQ - the links just up there.
*points up there*

/still fluffy
(I helped save b3ta! The_Intriguing_Mr_P, Mon 1 Sep 2003, 16:54, archived)
# And you were doing so well.
All you have to do is not start a new thread for something like this. Just add your request, comments or whatever onto the bottom of another thread. The board can only fit ten or fifteen(can't remeber which) threads, so when you threadwaste, you may push off a picture that someone had spent hours on. And don't worry about the abuse, we all got it at one point for doing something daft without realising. Oh, and welcome.

Edit: and what they said, too.
(I helped save b3ta! charliedontsurf, Mon 1 Sep 2003, 16:55, archived)