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Gumball Gumption
Jan 7, 2012

A lot of it really just is that you make very direct statements that come off as a demand and, fair or not, the blue star will make people read things in a harsher tone than you probably intend because you can't express tone on the internet.

You post like a pretty normal CE poster which I'd describe as low key aggro all the time, that thread is really mad still. But people will be weirder about it from you.

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Gumball Gumption
Jan 7, 2012

MikeC posted:

Except the context is very clear if you actually read the thread instead of taking isolated posts. He's posting right after *yet another* bout of Whataboutism when Terminal Autism https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3466532&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=661#post521093439 and Neurolimtal https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3466532&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=661#post521098251 tried to say that censorship is just the same in 'murica cuz they use soft power to ensure all movies are pro war, pro cop, etc etc and that censorship is effectively the same. Yet again I had to sit there and type a response to prove the blatant lie that took longer to vet than the baseless claim. This is exactly the type of thread making GBS threads I have talked about before. Constantly posting low content bullshit in the hopes no one takes the time to disprove it. It is an obvious misuse of posting to deflect criticism of China in the China thread.

Smeef's point on Stink's options is spot on. It very much feels like their goal is to take any language that could be misconstrued as offensive and say 'WE GOT HIM BOYS' and start an even wider derail - all in the effort to punish their posting enemies and not engage on the topic at hand - because they can't really defend their positions or be bothered to see if the other person's reply is valid or not. I am well beyond the point of "charity" here. It is the same people, using the same tactics, week after week.

Or don't assume it's a conspiracy against you on something awful the comedy forum and be more charitable and chill.

Having really started to pay attention to D&D it feels like a majority of the arguments are pedantic arguments over definitions that could be solved by both sides going "when you mean X do you define it as ..." and generally not treating the thing like a blood feud.

Gumball Gumption
Jan 7, 2012

Delete the just server thread. It's a weird remnant of old D&D where the mods were happy to just let someone be the star of their own weird show. No good discussion is coming out of it and it encourages cult like behavior.

Gumball Gumption
Jan 7, 2012

Lib and let die posted:

Goldmine it instead. It did produce some incredible content.

Oh good point, yeah it was a great honey pot. Goldmine it.

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