but hasn't it been a bit quiet here lately?
can't we do something to inject some life into the place?
(Quinton had to abandon other account as i broke it, Tue 13 Sep 2011, 14:11, 3 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

I think humour would work better.

( girlinthehole, Tue 13 Sep 2011, 14:12, Reply)

I hope someone will inject some soon then

(Quinton had to abandon other account as i broke it, Tue 13 Sep 2011, 14:13, Reply)

A thread is only as good as you make it.
Waiting for everyone else to be amusing doesn't work.
( girlinthehole, Tue 13 Sep 2011, 14:16, Reply)

You should inject some air into your veins.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 13 Sep 2011, 14:13, Reply)

spiteful, uncalled for
downright deranged
(Quinton had to abandon other account as i broke it, Tue 13 Sep 2011, 14:13, Reply)

See if you can fit a pencil behind your eyeball

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 13 Sep 2011, 14:15, Reply)

Should be a bodkin for proper Newtonlols.

(BrianHequator was stretching owls, on, or around, Tue 13 Sep 2011, 14:18, Reply)

as kroney points out
one pun thread might have been funny. Constantly crowbarring the same weak concept in everywhere isn't. At all. "being an irritating shit" is not the same as "injecting life"
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 13 Sep 2011, 14:14, Reply)

I started it as a joke
it was amusing between me and one or two other people, the fact that so many people got so disproportinately upset was just insane
(Quinton had to abandon other account as i broke it, Tue 13 Sep 2011, 14:15, Reply)

That's what made me keep going.

(PsychoChomp, Tue 13 Sep 2011, 14:16, Reply)

No shit...
i don't think anyone was that upset were they, it was irritating, but not worth getting het up about
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 13 Sep 2011, 14:17, Reply)

You were one of the most upset.

(PsychoChomp, Tue 13 Sep 2011, 14:18, Reply)

bullshit, i even said a couple were funny

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 13 Sep 2011, 14:19, Reply)

I'M NOT UPSET

(Quinton had to abandon other account as i broke it, Tue 13 Sep 2011, 14:22, Reply)

I'm glad you can see it my way

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 13 Sep 2011, 14:30, Reply)

well, no, it's not at all. Not in the slightest.
Say you had a private one-line joke that was funny between the two of you? Right, well, say you went into a crowded bar full of people you vaguely knew, and barged into every conversation shouting that one-line over and over again? How long do you think you'd last before someone twatted you and got a round of applause?

Becuase, basically, that's what you've been doing.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 13 Sep 2011, 14:18, Reply)

Dan! Dan! Dan! Dan! Dan! Dan!
etc
(The Luggage is haunted..., Tue 13 Sep 2011, 14:19, Reply)

Taking that bar metaphore further
It's more like 3 or 4 people making jokes on one side of the bar while another 3 or 4 people kept coming over and saying FUCKING SHUT UP THIS BAR IS FOR ALL OF US STOP MAKING JOKES. The idea that the majority of people were against it is just false there were about 4 or 5 people who moaned and about 4 or 5 people who were making puns.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 13 Sep 2011, 14:21, Reply)

For the record
silence isn't the same as enjoying it, it was irritating as hell, but I didn't see any point in getting internet serious about it.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Tue 13 Sep 2011, 14:22, Reply)

It's also not a mark of annoyance
you can't assume anyone not involed did or did not like it. Or lets face it even care.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 13 Sep 2011, 14:24, Reply)

True enough I suppose.

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Tue 13 Sep 2011, 14:26, Reply)

see below.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 13 Sep 2011, 14:29, Reply)

you've interpreted that in a very unusual way
I haven't barged in anywhere, it's very easy not to read what somebody posts or to ignore a sub thread and carry on about your conversation. I haven't imposed myself on anyone.

The fact that we're even having this discussion is weird. If I had been shouting over people or deliberately stopping conversations then fair enough, but that's not what this is at all.
(Quinton had to abandon other account as i broke it, Tue 13 Sep 2011, 14:21, Reply)

*sigh*
no, I've interpreted it in the way any normal human being would. Of course it is shouting over stuff and of course it fucks conversations up because people go away until the stupid puns stop. Did you not notice that?

I'm not the arbitrator of what is and isn't reasonable here. But shit like that just turns this place into a Tesco Value /talk and people will leave until all that's left are the autisms and the beakers and the odd decent person trying desperatly to actually have a conversation. Knock yourself out, chap. do your worst
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 13 Sep 2011, 14:26, Reply)

I disagree

(Quinton had to abandon other account as i broke it, Tue 13 Sep 2011, 14:27, Reply)

Dude, it's the internet. Chill.
If TF is Bert, or grates, put them on ignore.

That's what it's for.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Tue 13 Sep 2011, 14:28, Reply)

I'm perfectly chilled
I'm just trying to explain how being human beings work as apparently ttf thinks it works somewhat differently.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 13 Sep 2011, 14:30, Reply)

I think people choose how to interpret posts on the internet
the fact that you interpret it as someone shouting over your conversation and barging in says more about you than it does me
(Quinton had to abandon other account as i broke it, Tue 13 Sep 2011, 14:33, Reply)

I'm afraid that it really doesn't
however, the fact that you think it's "my" conversation when I said nothing of the sort is probably an interesting insight into your psyche.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 13 Sep 2011, 14:34, Reply)

it was a generic 'your', meaning everyone here as a whole
I can't believe I've been sucked into this conversation, I feel like I'm being trolled
(Quinton had to abandon other account as i broke it, Tue 13 Sep 2011, 14:37, Reply)

This just reads as "YOU'RE RUINING THE INTERNET"
which is fucking stupid and this conversation weeks after it happened is far more boring than any pun thread, and more people will be put off by this shit than "houmous the tank engine"
(PsychoChomp, Tue 13 Sep 2011, 14:41, Reply)

You are probably right.
But that doesn't change the truth in what I'm saying.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 13 Sep 2011, 14:53, Reply)