Cleaning Up Our Collective Act

[JaVeDK]

Originally Posted by jilena [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

These words by themselves and their use in a general sense may not be held in the best regard, but I think the alternative of censoring everything that might offend someone is much worse. Where do you draw the line? Some people are offended by sexuality, some people bathroom humor, some religion, etc. Shall we dumb all conversation down to the point that there is no flavor or substance and everyone spends more time trying not to offend anyone than they do actually saying anything? I bet even then someone would still be offended.

I have to disagree with you Jilena. Cleaning up ones language and acting civilized is the exact opposite of "dumbing" the conversation down. It's a testament to the sad decline of the English language (of which I am not even a native speaker BTW), that people are unable to communicate with proper words in a respectful manner. It seems that sounding cool and using the right buzz words and gangster slang is more important than the actual content. In many circles a well thought out and concisely formulated argument somehow loses out to an outrageous and, apparently, funny insult. I'm not saying that I never smile at a well crafted insult, but I cannot get behind the notion that it's somehow more interesting or cool to be a funny jerk than an intelligent gentleman.

Originally Posted by jilena [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Or the forums will be filled with boring inane posts about what people had for breakfast. No one will be offended. Nothing interesting or funny will ever be said. And life will go on. I don't think overmoderation is any better than no moderation.

If every post is pure drivel (or "dribble" as I have seen used in like 10 posts on here) whether it's offensive or not doesn't matter. I'd rather read funny offcolor/offensive posts than boring "mature" posts.

Sure if it's a response to every post "eat a bag of dicks" gets old quick. But a well placed "fag!" as the only response to a huge well thought out post will still illicit a real out loud laugh. I guess this makes me juvenile or at least means I find humor in the juvenile... Either way I don't think I am alone in finding this sort of thing funny in moderation. I am not saying the forum should ever be allowed to turn into /b/ but there is a reason so many post there... A lot of people find that sort of humor...well...funny?

*shrug*

I also disagree that you have to use offensive language to make a post interesting or funny. All it shows is that one lacks the capacity to compose something truly original and funny in an intelligent way.

Fart jokes, people falling flat on their face and swear words might be funny on occasion, but to most people they get old fast and if you don't have anything else to bring to the table, no one will take you seriously or respect you.

[Omnimorph]

Originally Posted by jilena [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Or the forums will be filled with boring inane posts about what people had for breakfast. No one will be offended. Nothing interesting or funny will ever be said. And life will go on. I don't think overmoderation is any better than no moderation.

If every post is pure drivel (or "dribble" as I have seen used in like 10 posts on here) whether it's offensive or not doesn't matter. I'd rather read funny offcolor/offensive posts than boring "mature" posts.

Sure if it's a response to every post "eat a bag of dicks" gets old quick. But a well placed "fag!" as the only response to a huge well thought out post will still illicit a real out loud laugh. I guess this makes me juvenile or at least means I find humor in the juvenile... Either way I don't think I am alone in finding this sort of thing funny in moderation. I am not saying the forum should ever be allowed to turn into /b/ but there is a reason so many post there... A lot of people find that sort of humor...well...funny?

*shrug*

Eat a bag of fags, dick!

see what i did there? mixing it up from time to time is always nice [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

More to the point though, ops shouldn't need to waste their time patrolling the forums. I do find most of the cussing at people to be mildly amusing, but like mentioned if every post was just arbitrarily affronting the person posting before you it would take away the point of the majority of the threads here. (admittedly most of them are unrelated to EQ at the moment, but hopefully that'll change [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.])

[mitic]

Originally Posted by Kanor [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

<--- Gay and proud of it

well, iam straight and not proud of it since it is normal to be straight. same applies to gay ppl cause they are, rolldrum, normal too.

wondering why gay ppl are getin mocked ? because of statements like yours. you aint special sir.

[Bones]

Originally Posted by Otto [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Hearts in the right place.

Buuuuut this is the internet.

I called out a buddy one day saying he was being a huge douche online and he's better than that.

He's still a douche online.

AKA I gave up and so should you =P

This.

While I agree (and probably the majority of the people on here) with what Hasbin is trying to convey,
This is the internet and nobody really gives a shit (or just act like they don't) what they say, because there are no real world consequences.
Trying to convince people that what they are saying on these forums is wrong will get you nowhere because they most likely already know it is wrong and just don't care.

[Grento]

Originally Posted by mitic [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

well, iam straight and not proud of it since it is normal to be straight. same applies to gay ppl cause they are, rolldrum, normal too.

wondering why gay ppl are getin mocked ? because of statements like yours. you aint special sir.

You believe being proud of something means you feel that you are special? That doesn't make much sense.

I am proud of who I am but I don't think I am special because of who i am.

[Hasbinbad]

Originally Posted by Bones [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

This is the internet and nobody really gives a shit (or just act like they don't) what they say, because there are no real world consequences.

I dunno man, I have talked to several people who have been pretty upset by the hate posted on these threads. Most of those people are also not outspoken enough to say anything about it, but they are genuinely upset at people being able to mock the rules at their expense.

[Aarone]

"Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world."
- The Buddha

[Bones]

Originally Posted by Hasbinbad [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I dunno man, I have talked to several people who have been pretty upset by the hate posted on these threads. Most of those people are also not outspoken enough to say anything about it, but they are genuinely upset at people being able to mock the rules at their expense.

Naw, I understand that.
I was talking about the people doing the hate posting (the ones who just don't give a shit what they say), not the people receiving.

[mitic]

Originally Posted by Grento [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You believe being proud of something means you feel that you are special? That doesn't make much sense.

I am proud of who I am but I don't think I am special because of who i am.

being proud to be gay is more or less a self protective mechanism. might be valid in RL (still a shot in their own foot imo) but on the internets in an onlinegame? give me a break man.

[Bones]

Originally Posted by Bones [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Naw, I understand that.
I was talking about the people doing the hate posting (the ones who just don't give a shit what they say), not the people receiving.

Edit:
Although honestly, people shouldn't let anything said to them over a forum post get to them no matter how ignorant or out of line.
Why you may ask? Because the people spewing the shit our of their mouths are the ones who have something to be ashamed of.