See.... this is what happens when you choose a crap qotw (to be fair, not much choice this week!)
You get quite a few of the normal funny but not necessarily true stories, the genuine abuse that some people have gone through and the total piss taking ones.

All a good read normally, but no, not this week because, oh look, /talk are bored... seriously guys, have you nothing better to to? Actually, I'll rephrase that, fuck off you sad bunch of little twats and go back to /talk and continue to rip the fuck out of each other over there. Have you really got nothing better to do??
(Kip, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 21:52, 39 replies)

Woah there, calm down.
No need to get so wound up by some words on a screen.
( BraynDedd Natasha Kaplinsky's labia majora, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 22:02, closed)

But but but but ... it's SERIOUS BUSINESS

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 22:39, closed)

Would anyone be on b3ta if they had better things to do?
Other than the contributors to the main board, obviously, as they've found an outlet for their creative, er, creations.

As your post bears no relation to the Question of the Week, you have only yourself to blame for the inevitable flaming that will ensue.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 22:04, closed)

I put it to you that a screaming majority of the posts have had no relation to the question.

( BraynDedd Natasha Kaplinsky's labia majora, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 22:06, closed)

The case for the prosecution
has no further statements to make at this juncture.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 22:09, closed)

His girlfriend is a stripper m'lud.

( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 22:32, closed)

thankfully not.
But at least I can manage to get one.
(Kip, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 22:57, closed)

WHAT?
Dad!! You can't announce that you're cheating on mummy on a public messageboard!
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 23:10, closed)

Taking her for a ride in the Honda Accord, eh?

( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 23:11, closed)

Oh god no.
I was begat in that Honda.

:(
:(
:(

How could you do this to me, dad?
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 23:15, closed)

You should come for a ride in mine.
It's filled with puppies, rainbows and Mars bars.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 23:18, closed)

Oh boy!
I'll just get my satchel and duffel coat.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 1 Mar 2011, 7:34, closed)

I think we should all be terribly nice to this one.

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 22:25, closed)

you go for it son, I've got to get up in 6hrs for work
So will let you get on with your childish bullshit. Night peeps.
(Kip, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 23:00, closed)

It's a good job we've got you here to remind us to stop being irreverent on an irreverent website.

( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 23:02, closed)

I used to be irreverent, then I realised I didn't believe in God and had to give it up.

( broadsword now that's fresh, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 23:12, closed)

Awwww ... "son" ... you're just lovely, you are.
I'd love to be your son. I don't think it'd be all that convincing what with me being older than you ... but hey ... if you want to push me on the swings and buy me ice cream then I'm game.

I'd rather you didn't wear those spaz specs like in your profile though. I do have a tiny shred of dignity left to protect. And they make you look a bit paedo so the other parents might get a bit twitchy.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 23:08, closed)

He stole from Princess Di's funeral, you know.

( BraynDedd Natasha Kaplinsky's labia majora, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 23:24, closed)

I'd prefer a Dad with more hair than him.

( WormuIus, Tue 1 Mar 2011, 0:47, closed)

You're all HORRID!
Leave brittney daddy alone!
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 1 Mar 2011, 8:13, closed)

and here it is, woot!

(Kip, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 22:56, closed)

OOoooOOOOOoooOOOooo!

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 22:24, closed)

This is why /talk and QOTW need a merger.

( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 22:53, closed)

pfft!

( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 23:31, closed)

I reckon a few of them could stick it out.

( WormuIus, Tue 1 Mar 2011, 0:47, closed)

Quite right.
So let's shut down /talk altogether as it's a waste of bandwidth.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Tue 1 Mar 2011, 4:59, closed)

at the copa, copa cabana!
lalalalalalaaa fuck you.
( The Doveston haunted by the memory of his own amnesia, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 22:58, closed)

i well like breasts

( broadsword now that's fresh, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 22:59, closed)

What a touchy cunt.

( Neptune A dole queue dosser and foul mouthed chav., Mon 28 Feb 2011, 23:01, closed)

You leave my new dad alone!
You horrid bully!
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 23:08, closed)

It is a particularly crap QotW topic
but they all follow a basic formula of attention-seeking.

It's the particuarly queasy mixture of 'this terrible thing happened to me please listen to me talk about it' and 'oh yeah its totally normal and its nothing really and I go over it and adn adn etc.' which I think riles some people.

The reason people from talk come and rinse you is not becuase they are evil or /talk is a nasty place, its just they don't feel they have to play nice because they aren't interested.

I hope this makes you feel better.
( WormuIus, Tue 1 Mar 2011, 0:45, closed)

I don't really hope this makes you feel better
I hope it winds you up so much you have to tell the internet about it in the inevitable QotW 'Times you got upset at the internet'.
( WormuIus, Tue 1 Mar 2011, 0:46, closed)

Ironically, this would better suit the likes of Shambolic and AB
as all they're doing is saying "I'm upset at you because you're not amusing me. Waaaah!"
( argyleblanket The man on the roof works for me, Tue 1 Mar 2011, 7:50, closed)

To be fair,
most of the stories being posted are not in the least bit amusing.

Obviously, no one has to read them but, likewise, everyone is free to critique everyone else (or call them a cunt, it's all good).
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Tue 1 Mar 2011, 8:35, closed)

How dare you suggest that b3tans continue to behave the way they've behaved for the last ten years!
You awful awful awful man!
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 1 Mar 2011, 9:01, closed)

I think they might be trying to wind you up rather than being wound up themselves.
Its all very complicated.
( WormuIus, Tue 1 Mar 2011, 13:18, closed)

It's clearly not working.
If he was genuinely irritated by it then he would bring it up in random threads while playing internet policeman ... oh.

Oh I see.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 1 Mar 2011, 13:30, closed)

Can you stop trolling and stay on topic, please.

( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Tue 1 Mar 2011, 14:44, closed)

I love it when you're all masterful.

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 1 Mar 2011, 15:09, closed)