Marie Monday

bro she was just authoritarian to you because you deserved it, and the naked part is your pervy wishful thinking

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The Batlord

Nah **** that bitch.

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Marie Monday

#WWWP for mod to piss off Charles

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The Batlord

Batlord for mod cause he needs a job.

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Marie Monday

my local pub is looking for a barman you know

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The Batlord

Will I have to share the booze?

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Frownland

No need. I imagine their Steele Reserve supply is basically untouched.

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The Batlord

Wait wait wait. Bars have malt liquor? I always assumed they didn't bother.

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Lisnaholic

Yep, I agree with all the praise for your modding style, Marie. You do a great job of being friendly, and when necessary, putting out any fires with a brief comment, not a lecture.

Happily, MB's more toxic days seem to have passed, but I'd like to return to the topic of passivity that someone mentioned. I feel passivity is more damaging to MB than any lingering toxicity. I'm sure newcomers turn away because they get impatient with the lack of action/response they see. This is most noticeable in the threads dedicated to music; they seem to shrivel and die like unwatered plants in a garden and this happens much more so than in the past. Maybe that's because of reduced membership numbers.

There's one thread that I see as a kind of barometer of MB's health because it operates on a simple principle of short exchanges about music: a rec, a one-line reaction, a rec, a reaction and so on. That's surely the core dynamic of MB, and while the thread ran here for years, it has since flatlined, indicating that the MB patient does indeed have some health issues:-

Mini-Review The Song Above You: https://www.musicbanter.com/general-...e-you-225.html

Lastly, have we done all the metaphors for MB yet? We've had the sinking ship, the clubhouse with just a few old newspapers lying around and now the patient in the ICU, but I bet there are some metaphors we've missed. Any suggestions?

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Guybrush

Thank you so much, ribbons! You yourself impart a warmth to these forums that I really appreciate forums tend to breed or attract a lot of cynics and true kindness is a rare quality that often seems sadly underappreciated.

About the toxic environment, I know we lost several key members to it some 10ish years ago or so. I myself don't much mind being the target of that sort of attention, but when ****posting starts to derail every attempt at serious discussion, even long-time posters can only take so much.

The environment now is much better than it was, so at least that's a welcome change.

About activity, I'm admittedly a fairly long-winded poster. I can't write posts any time of day which are currently spent preparing meals, playing with the kids, being out in nature, reading at bedtime, etc. It takes me a long time to write a post like this (on my phone), so I typically have to wait until an opportune moment. I can usually squeeze like one or two replies in Writing from the god awful phone.. I'm sure it halves my posting, probably more. I think phone optimization would help some.

Marie Monday deserves all kudos It's interesting to come back and see a completely new name in blue. I'm happy you've made a home here, Marie.

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