I say he's dead.

coming back to 100 pages of tedium is even more annoying actually

Maybe there's a glitch in the OH system. Maybe banning him again and unbanning him will work.

Worth a try.

I don't see how that affects me.

no I made a thread on evolution since that topic was also popping up in other threads.. is just sorta how conversations go...

But debaser asked the one big question that MB can't answer... Why even have a forum?

Also lol @ "I've been avoiding this thread"...

Sorry for your trauma pal

For forums, the wake and the funeral has long been over. But we've decided to pitch a tent and have some beers by the grave to pass the time.

In all reality, I assume whoever owns this site still makes money off it, right? Otherwise, why continue paying the hosting fees?

Naturally, with how few members (especially active ones) we have, on-topic conversations will naturally take interesting diversions that are worth exploring (at least to some of us). Exactly who are we protecting from the sacrilege of a few off topic pages in a 700+page thread on a ghost-town of a forum?

Could one of us suggest that we (participants of off-topic conversation) move the conversation to a more appropriate thread for the subject matter? Sure we could. Will others actually follow suit and continue conversation in the other thread? Unlikely. Even if they did, what if that conversation then again veers off the topic at hand? Move the conversation again to a different thread? In short, this is why forums in general are dead.

Forums are dead because of social media but whiny rule scolds aren't helping.

I wasnt saying they were dead because of rule scolds per se, rather that social media and other platforms facilitates an easier mode of discussion than forums do. Zoomers today are doubtful to have the attention span to navigate an old web forum.