A good example, though, of how the filter humor could be a lot of fun rather than Stompable, IMO.
I agree that really threatening someone with a filter is rude. Joking about it seems harmless enough to me.
No power in the 'verse can stop me.
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Pix - May 10, 2004 1:54:19 pm PDT #611 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
amych - May 10, 2004 1:55:46 pm PDT #612 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I agree that really threatening someone with a filter is rude. Joking about it seems harmless enough to me.
This. And even if joking about it gets taken wrong and ruffles feathers (as it surely will it at some point), it's still far less harmful than specifically legislating "you are not allowed to say xyz" on this board -- for any value of xyz, not just filtering.
NoiseDesign - May 10, 2004 1:56:06 pm PDT #613 of 10001
Our wings are not tired
And thus our little morality tale is now complete.
amych - May 10, 2004 1:56:46 pm PDT #614 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
And thus our little morality tale is now complete.
woh-pah!
Miracleman - May 10, 2004 1:57:39 pm PDT #615 of 10001
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
t takes a bow
Gus - May 10, 2004 2:07:57 pm PDT #616 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
Got it. The official code for "that is a filter up your butt" is "woh-pah".
Lee - May 10, 2004 2:35:09 pm PDT #617 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
The official code for "that is a filter up your butt" is "woh-pah".
If I use this as my tag line, is that demon like behavior?
RobertH - May 10, 2004 2:49:17 pm PDT #618 of 10001
Disaffected college student
Maybe it's these new tinted glasses, but I think in most cases (not counting stuff like filtering people just to manage to keep up with the board) it's going to be obvious which individuals and which situations are about to/recently did result in filtering.
And as a Usenet user, despite no one having maligned it, I do still wanna say that A) most newsgroups aren't as tightly knit a community as this board is/can be, and B) given the threaded, ask-respond nature of Usenet, it can be considered more of a courtesy to announce a filtering, so that no one is left wondering if something is just wrong with their news server.
("woh-pah!"?)
amych - May 10, 2004 2:56:06 pm PDT #619 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
(edit: didn't need to be said.)
Jesse - May 10, 2004 3:24:29 pm PDT #620 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Due to coversation in Natter: Possibly the FAQ could stand to be updated with AIFG specifically. Or at least, the little link at the top of the page should be "AIFG" instead of "I'm (x)ing right now!"