Why message boards go down hill.

Oriphiel · 08-23-2017, 01:46 PM

I read it that way too.

~~MicShazam~~ · 08-23-2017, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Oriphiel

I read it that way too.

I know Denmark is an expensive country to live in, 20% sales tax and all, but there are limits.

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista

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Seriosly though, that's my take on MB. Maybe I'm just enough of a newbie yet that people are taking it easy on my questionable tastes.

**Frownland** · 08-23-2017, 02:05 PM

When you get down to it 10 is an arbitrary number too you socially constructed bitch.

~~MicShazam~~ · 08-23-2017, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

When you get down to it 10 is an arbitrary number too you socially constructed bitch.

Some arbitrary social constructs make more sense. In any case, it's nice not to have to convert things since all units easily translate to other units by simply moving the comma (sorry, "decimal point").

I hate it when english language texts refer to people's height in feet and other nonsense like that. Learn to metric, bitches.

**Frownland** · 08-23-2017, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by MicShazam

Some arbitrary social constructs make more sense.

Say that to the man with eleven fingers.

Tbh I'm more of a descriptive unit kind of guy. "Really ****ing tall" is a lot more clear than "ten tenometers and a tenteenth."

~~MicShazam~~ · 08-23-2017, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Tbh I'm more of a descriptive unit kind of guy. "Really ****ing tall" is a lot more clear than "ten tenometers and a tenteenth."

For literature, I think I'd agree. I don't need to know the exact measurements of the whole cast.

Trollheart · 08-23-2017, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

I read this as 2,066 dollars and was muchly concerned.

Me too

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Originally Posted by MicShazam

That would take some inflation.

I keep forgetting that Americans use a "." instead of a "," for decimals. Or at least sometimes? I'm confused.

Um, we all use them. That's why they're called decimal points? I think it's one of the few grammatical constants on which both Americans and others agree.

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Originally Posted by MicShazam

For literature, I think I'd agree. I don't need to know the exact measurements of the whole cast.

Unless one of them is Raquel Welch (showing my age but come on...)

Paedantic Basterd · 08-23-2017, 02:55 PM

Eh, I never had a problem integrating here or getting bullied and I'm basically the softest piece of cheese of a human you could meet. That said, a lot of you are jerks, I just ignore it.

Trollheart · 08-23-2017, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Paedantic Basterd

Eh, I never had a problem integrating here or getting bullied and I'm basically the softest piece of cheese of a human you could meet. That said, a lot of you are jerks, I just ignore it.

yeah, but everyone loves you.

Paedantic Basterd · 08-23-2017, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by LoathsomePete

I feel the exact same way. I was going through this thread and I saw a lot of old posters that I use to enjoy, but time moves on and things change. One thing that has changed though is how slow the forum moves compared to 7 years ago.

I think you're probably right about this, but it's hard to say why things dropped off. It's certainly less dramatic than it used to be, which might be related to the activity, but I also feel like the constructive discussion threads were more active at the time as well.

Or maybe they weren't active and I just have all these memories of trying to boost activity as a mod.

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yeah, but everyone loves you.

This is true, I am delightful.

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