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tania:
i kind of like ryan's username. he is really awesome and one of my favourite people here and it's sort of a reminder that even he still had to start out somewhere.

i am kind of thinking that the more you draw attention to things the more you single people about and make everything awkward and so maybe if new people are being treated shitty, starting an entire thread and throwing blame around is kind of counterproductive? like hannah said? and not only did we kind of address this already, like hannah also said, but it might be more productive if we could just be civil and discreet about it whenever incidents do occur and then move on? like if you're at a party and you're there with your friends, and you're drinking and having fun, then some people you've never met before show up all like "oh hey we heard there was a party" and you are mean to them, wouldn't you prefer for your friends to say to you "hey, why were you mean, stop being mean" and you are all "oh dang i am sorry" and they are all "it's cool, don't worry about it, let's go do some shots" than for them to stop the party and make an announcement that people should stop being dicks to the new people which not only feels awkward but also everyone knows they are talking about you? cos that feels like a bit of a similar analogy to me.

patrick, i really am curious as to who thinks james is a dick, besides you. i've heard a lot of praise and not a single complaint from anyone else. he is an excellent contributor and i really think this would definitely be a much less intelligent and funny place without him. i think when he said he was kind of a dick he was mainly referring to your accusing tine, and now that you've admitted you don't dislike him either the whole thing is sort of silly and redundant. if you're going to say people think he's a dick, name some people or else it's a pointless accusation and equally pointless argument.

Eris:
Patrick, it only gets half-discussed because there is only so much people can say about the situation before people start repeating themselves and then everyone stops listening. What are we supposed to do, tell everyone that you are not allowed to get mad at someone if they get offended at a joke? some people will take things a different way and get annoyed at different things, so there is no way to control individual people's reactions. Do you want mods and admins to post a sticky saying "CHEER UP YOU FUCKS"? Tempbans for anyone being dicks to newbies? You're telling us things a lot of us already know, but there is nothing really to do other than hope that people realise they are being jerks and start lightening up. That is, unless you or someone else can think of soemthing that would drastically change how people think.

KvP:
my ugly mug -

est:
Man, this shit again.  Oh no, how terrible.  There is a bunch of people who know each other and you are not a part of it.  Oh no, a bloo bloo fucking bloo.  sack the fuck up


Also: replace the red thing on Han's mug with a light blue thing and that is what is on my mug.

Oh, I also have a mug with a polar bear on.  It's tops.

Patrick:
@Tania: It was an example, as I clarified. And the point is that popularity is a bulletproof vest around here.

Using your same analogy, if there's a bunch of people at a party throwing food at anybody who comes in the door, then yeah, I think it's justifiable to stop the party and say "Hey, stop being dicks, we are trying to have a party here."

I don't understand why people have to shit down my throat for refusing to let it slip back out of the spotlight. If people know there's assholery going on, they are more careful to not be assholes themselves. Then again, I expected this to happen as soon as I hit the "post" button to start the thread. My lack of faith in people's resolve has never failed me yet.

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