I'm not saying Humpty hasn't got the right to his opinion
of course he does. But there's a difference between "expressing an opinion" and "complaining that your opinion isn't the way things are done"

firstly, it's pointless, because it won't work and you'll come out of it looking like a fool. It's like walking into a lion's enclosure and trying to persuade them to vegetarian. Secondly, the majority, including those who set up and run the website, don't want it to work, because bile is part of b3ta's ethos. And thirdly, why on earth waste your time getting upset about something that isn't real?

The fact that it's a public forum is irrelevant. No-one makes people post here. There is a corner of the internet for everyone. If people don't like the abuse here, you're in the wrong corner. Accept that rather than pointlessly try and change that corner to make it the fluffy place you want.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 27 Jan 2011, 10:41, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

I see your point
and will happily accept that attempting to change the established order is a futile gesture. On the most basic level, it seems like a shame that someone can get stick for objecting to trolling. However you're absolutely bloody right about the ethos of the website, and must concede that your argument has greater validity and weight than mine. Well played, sir.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 27 Jan 2011, 10:44, Reply)

I will also caveat my point
by saying that there are limits, and unfortunately only an individual knows what the limits are. I've "done a humpty" a few times on /talk over the years but never to a troll, it's just provoking the response that the troll is after.

For instance, I come here much more than /talk now, not because I can't take the cuntiness, but because the discussions are better, IMO. And I thought you deserved a wanker like me.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 27 Jan 2011, 10:50, Reply)

Good job there isn't a "one in/one out" policy on wankers then, eh Chompy
Once again I appear to have allowed this subject matter to get my back up when I should know better
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 27 Jan 2011, 10:56, Reply)

I'm not saying you shouldn't object to trolls
I think I've not made myself clear. But actually complaining to the troll, in the thread they are trolling in, is pointless. And getting uspet about trolls is pointless.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 27 Jan 2011, 11:02, Reply)

Another good point
I've found that complaining about trolls to anyone is usually met by a barrage of "MTFU"s and arguments that I shouldn't take things so seriously. That's what annoys me.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 27 Jan 2011, 11:18, Reply)

"Do not feed the Troll"
Is an excellent mantra anywhere online, DF, not just here.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 27 Jan 2011, 11:20, Reply)

Hahaha
The funny thing is that I only started frequenting this site cos I liked the Image Challenges. I'm still not sure why I stuck around, or keep coming back. I seem irretrievably drawn to this place, like innocent passers-by caught in Beth Ditto's own personal gravitational pull
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 27 Jan 2011, 11:24, Reply)

There was only /board when I started here
but, as I said before, when /talk started it was very much like it is here now. Which is partly why I prefer it here.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 27 Jan 2011, 11:35, Reply)

I've never been on /Talk
I hear horror stories
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 27 Jan 2011, 11:38, Reply)