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2019-02-21 at 12:36 AM UTC in Men should feel ashamed.To err is human. To blame someone else is politics. You are solely responsible for your success and your failure. And the sooner you realize that, you accept that, and integrate that into your philosophy, you will start being successful. As long as you blame others for the reason you aren't where you want to be, you will always be a failure.
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2019-02-20 at 1:22 AM UTC in I've come to appreciate Finny over the years.
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2019-02-20 at 1:16 AM UTC in I've come to appreciate Finny over the years.
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2019-02-19 at 11:17 PM UTC in I've come to appreciate Finny over the years.
Originally posted by gadzooks Clearly you get it.
A lot of people don't realize that having an INTERNET FORUM is a privilege, not a right.
Free speech applies to EVERYONE, but posting on an Internet forum means you are not only speaking on behalf of yourself, but also on behalf of whomever is providing you with the pulpit to speak from.
Thus, the one providing the pulpit has to make discretionary decisions.
Lanny did EXACTLY that, and he was not in the wrong with how he did it.
I don't exactly agree with you.
As far as I know nothing finny did or said would have gotten Lanny into trouble with the law.
Lanny didnt have to do anything. He could have done nothing at all. Or could have let the guy have a tantrum and run out of steam. Or he could have implemented an ignore feature so we could all ignore shitty posts and shitty posters would be posting shit nobody would ever see.
Basically I'm saying it doesn't really matter at all but I don't think what he did was really the best choice he could have made. -
2019-02-19 at 10:43 PM UTC in I've come to appreciate Finny over the years.
Originally posted by gadzooks Please don't get me into the whole slippery slope argument.
Man, I have spent WAY TOO MUCH time debating in my own mind (while waiting at a bus stop, or standing in line at the grocery store, etc) contemplating THAT EXACT ISSUE regarding all of this…
But finny, was, ultimately, BREAKING THE RULES.
There are so few rules here that it's kind of a special accomplishment to get yourself banned here.
I'm not trying to argue that banning finny is an easy thing to do. But we HAVE TO DRAW A LINE SOMEWHERE.
How can we prove quality of a post?
How can we prove spam?
How can we prove anything?
We can't.
So administrators have to make judgment calls.
And, no matter what anybody says, I stand by Lanny's call.
And not out of some kind of brownnosing BS. But because I know what it's like to host a website, and I know that I would have likely done THE EXACT SAME THING if I were in his position and I had my own infinityshock.
Did he have to make a judgement call? I don't know if I agree with that. You don't have to read anything you don't want to read here.
I used to appreciate moderators who would help prevent discussion derailment, move off-topic posts and punish repeat offenders. But Lanny can't be here 24/7 to play janitor. People will post off topic bullshit in almost every thread, and usually nothing will be done about it. But maybe it's better that way. Don't feed the trolls and the shit will sink and the cream will rise to the top. The truth, the posts, that really matter will shine through the bullshit and if your topic doesn't maybe that's because it's just more bullshit.
Anyway... I don't think Lanny actually had to do anything. He did, and this is his website, so we have to deal with that. But he didn't have to do anything at all.
And implementing the ability to ignore or block specific users might have been a better choice. -
2019-02-19 at 10:20 PM UTC in I've come to appreciate Finny over the years.
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2019-02-19 at 10:17 PM UTC in I've come to appreciate Finny over the years.
Originally posted by gadzooks In OVER TWENTY YEARS… Finny is the first person to make me actually question if 'free speech' should be absolute or not.
Did his comments ever cause someone harm? Did his speech force itself to penetrate your brain?
That's a slipper slope to start sliding down... maybe the man will some day decide that your speech is to hateful to exist and they will exterminate you too. -
2019-02-19 at 10:13 PM UTC in I've come to appreciate Finny over the years.Sometimes he posted some smart shit, mostly about cars and guns. Sometimes he posted some dumb shit, mostly about cocks and assholes. Generally speaking that's not much different than anyone else here.
Yes, he seems to have been posting more dumb shit recently. But I think an important part of this shit posting fiasco to remember is that it seems that it was done in protest. He was protesting Lanny through shit posts. He didn't hurt anybody. Nobody was forcing anyone to read anything. He didn't ruin any lives. He was just fighting the man, he was just fighting the system, albeit in his own unique way.
And as far as I know nothing is preventing him from creating a new account. As far as I know he can come back here.
As I see it he didn't really deserve to be banned, but since his ban is inconsequential this is a fruitless conversation. -
2019-02-18 at 11:29 PM UTC in Why is this place to toxic?Is there some pattern that I should perceive in this senseless pageant of atrocity?
Is there some truth that may be divined from the entrails of &TOTSE?
It seems useless...
I struggle to impose a structure that has meaning on the madness that churns within this community... within this forum...
But tonight I looked into infinity's eyes and glimpsed the abyss...
And I fear that it may be bottomless....
I know that there must be an answer... a light in the blackness... but I don't know if I can find it on my own. -
2019-02-18 at 11:19 PM UTC in The last bastion of free speech and sensible discourse on the internet
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2019-02-18 at 6:44 PM UTC in Women just want to be raped
Originally posted by Grylls Wait, so men don't want to be raped?
https://www.8muses.com/comics/picture/Fansadox-Comics/301-400/Fansadox-302-Erenisch-The-Hotel/5 -
2019-02-18 at 6:38 PM UTC in I need a gender check on Sophie
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2019-02-18 at 6:30 PM UTC in Women just want to be raped
Originally posted by Rizzo in a box lmao wow tell us more about the ancient days when men were men and women were property
https://www.8muses.com/comics/picture/Fansadox-Comics/301-400/Fansadox-302-Erenisch-The-Hotel/5 -
2019-02-18 at 6:24 PM UTC in I need a gender check on Sophie
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2019-02-16 at 7:07 PM UTC in Ya know, maybe the anarchists were right...
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2019-02-16 at 2:58 AM UTC in Patience is the highest valueBeen patiently waiting for you to realize this.
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2019-02-15 at 10:31 PM UTC in The Retarded Thread: Sploo Needs Attention
Originally posted by Mahmoud Man, microdosing LSD is awesome. I took 25ug today and it's felt fantastic so far.
Microdosing reduces depression and mind wandering but increases neuroticism, according to first-of-its-kind study
https://www.psypost.org/2019/02/microdosing-reduces-depression-and-mind-wandering-but-increases-neuroticism-according-to-first-of-its-kind-study-53131 -
2019-02-15 at 10:10 PM UTC in I want to hear about the new Zelda.They are remaking Links Awakening for the Switch. I've almost beat Links Awakening DX on my Odroid Go.
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2019-02-15 at 10:07 PM UTC in Should I get a real doll?
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2019-02-15 at 10:05 PM UTC in Should I get a real doll?
