Did anybody catch the Mod Whine fest over on DC?
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We are lots of fun, aren't we? Plus we have a wonderful bunch of mods that everyone knows and loves so it should remain a wonderful place to be for a long time to come.
The Tourist
Banned
In all seriousness, I've seen this type of thing before. It usually involves guys who were always picked last in softball. Perennial outsiders. One too many swirlies.
The problem is that these guys grow up with the same little boy chip on their shoulders. They see a guy on a motorcycle having too much fun, and the next thing you know Little Lord Fauntleroy is passing around petitions for a helmet law.
Same deal here. The guys "breaking the rules" were the same fun bunch telling insider jokes and trying to have a good time. I know, I was one of them over there.
One moderator actually tried to scare me with their own brand of "double secet probation." It's called 'moderation.' In reality, it means the guy reads your mail to see if you're talking about him. Granted, I was...
I'd get these long-winded 2:00AM PMs about his authority. Kind of reminded me of the president of the chess club giving me the stink-eye for getting to second base with his girl friend.
So now he puts his widdle foot down and threatens folks with limited editing times to "show us who's boss." Yikes. I feel like holding him down, printing an "L" on his forehead with a magic marker, making him take off his pants and then tossing him into the girls' locker room.
And that's my point. If he can finally get even with us cool kids for high school, he can reclaim his nuts from lost-and-found. Yes, these guys grow up, and some become the Little Corporals of the marching band bake sale.
I don't get all of it, I must admit. I was out getting laid.
The problem is that these guys grow up with the same little boy chip on their shoulders. They see a guy on a motorcycle having too much fun, and the next thing you know Little Lord Fauntleroy is passing around petitions for a helmet law.
Same deal here. The guys "breaking the rules" were the same fun bunch telling insider jokes and trying to have a good time. I know, I was one of them over there.
One moderator actually tried to scare me with their own brand of "double secet probation." It's called 'moderation.' In reality, it means the guy reads your mail to see if you're talking about him. Granted, I was...
I'd get these long-winded 2:00AM PMs about his authority. Kind of reminded me of the president of the chess club giving me the stink-eye for getting to second base with his girl friend.
So now he puts his widdle foot down and threatens folks with limited editing times to "show us who's boss." Yikes. I feel like holding him down, printing an "L" on his forehead with a magic marker, making him take off his pants and then tossing him into the girls' locker room.
And that's my point. If he can finally get even with us cool kids for high school, he can reclaim his nuts from lost-and-found. Yes, these guys grow up, and some become the Little Corporals of the marching band bake sale.
I don't get all of it, I must admit. I was out getting laid.
LOL Tourist!! Myself, I don't go over there or follow links to them. No sense in it, they can say whatever they want it is their forum, I am content that I know the truth and I don't need affirmation from anyone else of that. It is enough that I know and that is what is important.
The Tourist
Banned
I was a member over there first. Sattie told me about NC.
A few years ago I decided to shift the bulk of my business to kitchen knives. I began to peruse the kitchen sections of sharpening forums, and then decided to talk to food hobbyists and chefs. I became a member of DC.
If it sounds innocent, it was.
Then one night I got a hell-be-gone PM from one of their mods. And someone else wrote to me warning me about him. That threw the gaunlet.
Oh, that was like a red flag to a bull. I made sure I tweaked him first thing everyday I rolled out of bed.
He would have been better off in the long run if he would have just kept his yap shut.
I don't go there anymore either because this place is a better fit for me and besides, all of my friends are here! Lots of the people here are folks that they banned anyway so what difference does it make to them where those people go? I like many people that are still over there and I'm glad that place exists. Some people prefer a very strictly moderated forum and would never be comfortable in a place like this that encourages a greater degree of self-moderation and tolerance for our individual differences. As far as I can see, the net is plenty big enough for lots of forums.
The Tourist
Banned
Yes, I know that. And some folks prefer those "Big Brother" cameras in public areas because they feel safer.
I don't understand the mentality. You have this beautiful country of freedom and opportunity. A land without kings, where we are citizens and not subjects.
So what do some people do? They seek out a rigid environment where the rules are harsh and pasty white boys crack whips out of spite.
Yikes, I do not understand why everyone in this country doesn't own a motorcycle and banjo. Have some fun. Life is short.
Uh..... I been bugging DW about gettin a motorcycle... think I almost have her talked into it!!!
The Tourist
Banned
Buy the banjo first. She'll suffer through a week of your miserable pickin' and she'll demand you get a motorcycle and get the hell out...
"self-moderation and tolerance"
Therein lies the key to NCT success. Adults know how to take care of themselves and others with respect regarding individual differences.
Oh, I'm with you, Tourist! I'm definitely one of those folks that live "on the fringe". That's why it's better to have those stricter, safer places for the people that want that. Then the rest of us can run around nekked screaming WooHoo at the top of our lungs!
I have been saying that from day 1.
Wart
Banned
Oh, I'm with you, Tourist! I'm definitely one of those folks that live "on the fringe". That's why it's better to have those stricter, safer places for the people that want that. Then the rest of us can run around nekked screaming WooHoo at the top of our lungs!
WooooooooooHooooooooooooooooooo!
The Tourist
Banned
Dyna Glide, Road King, or did S&S just build you something obscene?
PanchoHambre
New member
hmmm I just noticed that my name no longer says "banned" under it if you look at my posts... yet I don't show up in the user list..... whitewash!
DownByTheRiverSide
New member
Listening to all the D/C stories, I feel so unworthy. I never made it to the 'Big League'. All I ever got was a couple of Stern "You Better Not Do That Again" Emails.
DownByTheRiverSide
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I will say this, when I was first on there and saw BANNED under several of your names, I thought that was just some self-deprecating humor .... I had no idea it was Serious !!!
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