I've seen that name several times in this thread. He is the only person on my ignore list...and that includes all forums I've ever participated it. Not because he's the worst I've ever seen, but because he PM'd me to try and insult me...something like "Your spelling is embaresing[sic]". Hilarious! Edit: Use the ignore feature. It solved my issue immediately.
When it's a 1-on-1 feud the ignore feature is very useful, but in this case it's a whole group of people being annoyed by one guy. It shouldn't be a case of getting each of those people to add him to their ignore list, he should just be dealt with accordingly.
I reluctantly admit I've used the words "epic" and "fail" here before. However, I only used them either sarcastically, or because they were necessary.
This is a tough one. I already mentioned in the BA thread that I think the general maturity level has lowered, but I guess I understand that a lot of the young'uns are going to be attracted to a site like this. My issues are that: a) This isn't a Nintendo DS forum where the hardware costs ~$100 and you would expect many kids to have it...therefore I get REALLY annoyed with the constant, "OMG it's too expensive, can I have a promo code" posts. You have a luxury item. Put up or shut up. Stop expecting quality for $.99 when you (or mom and pops) spend hundreds on the device. b) Excepting non-English speakers, LEARN TO SPELL! I'm sorry, I'm going to call him out: iphonecarjackfan or whatever his name is...his posts actually wound my soul. Some of his posts made me want to physically destroy something. c) For purely selfish reasons, one of the things that drew me to this forum was the maturity level of many of the posters, and how they could have very intellectual discussions one moment, while the next moment posting something goofy and sarcastically inane. I suppose that I'm just seeing less of the obvious "satiric" immature posts, and more genuinely flat out stupid comments. We have obviously had our "pet" members who were capable of incredible stupidity, but many of those were able to be tolerated, and even begrudgingly accepted after a time. Now, it seems that people are joining with the sole purpose of acting as juvenile as possible, and some of these members are driving away valuable, contributing members. Well, enough of my elitist, self-serving rant. I am aware that I am as capable as any of juvenile, purile, sophomoric posts. I am also, however, capable of writing "purile" and "sophomoric" without use of a thesaurus, and can throw out a "Cop Rock" or "Manimal" reference with the best of them. I'm out like Billy Mays.
I agree, and couldn't have said it better myself. Unfortunately I have noticed that the very members that drew me here, have been posting less frequently. It's no fun being sarcastic, when the general populace reading said post, fail to grasp the true intent. Still, I find a good laugh or two.
Well said sizzle ...I use "epic" and "fail" every so often. I don't think I'm cool for it, I just think they convey the emotion accurately. It's easier to type "fail" than something like "I mock your inability to construct a coherent argument, and your analysis of the entire situation is distinctly below par... in my opinion". Although sometimes I'll write the latter
The only appropriate time you can use the words epic fail is when talking about the Funny members of TA thread.
