"Fuck Man" or "We're Talking About The Lord Of The Rings Now" - Page 9

Fifthfiend · 10-03-2011, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Meister

Have you guys considered that a discussion about Lord of the Rings on nuklearforums.com might not be the kind of thing some people, as a rule, take the absolute most serious stance possible on, without any ill intent?

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Originally Posted by Meister

Or maybe when someone cracks a joke about how Sauron can't find the One Ring and it's like right there, in a thread on a light entertainment forum that started off with "man Isildur you had one job and you ballsed it up," going all "well actually in the source material I think you'll find" serious literary science on their ass is not entirely the appropriate reaction.

Uh no because it's pretty obviously Barrelpants doing the same thing Barrelpants does in every thread, regardless of whether it's about Lord of the Rings or actual real people in prison being executed for grimes they're innocent of, sorry you don't pay enough attention to things to be able to figure that out.

Seil · 10-03-2011, 03:32 PM

Yeah... Ring-Wraiths apparently dun like water what with the stopping at Buckleberry Ferry and the thing with Arwen at the river and junk...

Seil · 10-03-2011, 03:35 PM

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Uh no because it's pretty obviously Barrelpants doing the same thing Barrelpants does in every thread, regardless of whether it's about Lord of the Rings or actual real people in prison being executed for grimes they're innocent of, sorry you don't pay enough attention to things to be able to figure that out.

Breathe, boys.

Professor Smarmiarty · 10-03-2011, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Fifthfiend

Uh no because it's pretty obviously Barrelpants doing the same thing Barrelpants does in every thread, regardless of whether it's about Lord of the Rings or actual real people in prison being executed for grimes they're innocent of, sorry you don't pay enough attention to things to be able to figure that out.

It's not my fault you work for Fox News.

Marc v4.0 · 10-03-2011, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Smarty McBarrelpants

Elves are the tofu of middle-earth.

Dwarves are Spuds.

Archbio · 10-03-2011, 04:00 PM

POS and Meister,

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Originally Posted by SMBP, not that early in the thread

Your myth argument makes no sense. Tolkein details everything in great massive pointless details for us. What is the point of that if he wants to portray a more fluid, more open history. His encyclopedic style doesn't serve that goal.

But you're arguing the same points, points that have no relevance to me or the argument I'm making.

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Originally Posted by SMBP, even later

Textbook strawman that one.

Oh, that SMBP, such a lighthearted goof!

Y'know, I thought you all disapproved on calling people out on their trolling, so I thought I'd respond to him like he wasn't trolling, taking his tone at face value. Like, this is LOTR, so his manner of posting wasn't as inflammatory to me as if the thread was about like... Nazis, ancient Greeks or Darwin's deathbead conversion, in which context his manner of posting would be pretty much have been the same, just adjusted a bit.

So I thought I could roll with it while having some fun rehashing fun concepts about Middle-earth stories, calmly and leavening it with humour until the discussion was dropped or an opportunity to steer it away was taken, instead of breaking my keyboard at disinformation about a serious subject. But nope, totally shameful behavior on my part, that.

So, kid gloves with SMBP, I guess.

Ignore him or play along.

Like the supposed gay-jokes. Good, clean fun. Ha, Sauron loves the cock. Like an homosexual man! That's a sure a good, seamless substitute for "stupid" as an insult.

But it's all in good fun. SMBP is drunk! lolololol

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It's not my fault you work for Fox News.

How kahraaaaaaazy!

Silliness credentials; established!

Sifright · 10-03-2011, 04:04 PM

I sense some hostility Captain.

shiney · 10-03-2011, 05:39 PM

Tongue in cheek lulzing aside, maybe I should consider instituting an ignore feature? We're not about to ZOMGREPRIMAND SMBP over being non-serious in a non-serious thread, nor reprimand anyone else for being overly serious, I mean from a moderator perspective there's not really any clear resolution apart from potentially affording people the ability to selectively ignore users.

If that's not a good alternative for you lot, considering it would be a universal ignore rather than thread-based, perhaps we will just have to ask people to personally filter out content that they don't appreciate via the human power of "I'm not reading this", until it starts actually breaking rules or w/e. Sorry Arch, SMBP, whomever, etc, but I don't think this is really a "gotta take mod action" situation.

Krylo · 10-03-2011, 05:59 PM

To add to Shiney's post, the only thing the Mods did agree on in this issue is that it probably doesn't require direct action, and as such Meister and POS's comments don't actually reflect the moderators as a whole and should not be taken as 'moderator' posts but rather as 'user' posts.

I know it is difficult to separate the moderator's actions as users and mods, especially in situations like this and perhaps they should take more care in their posts in such situations, but constantly being held to that standard isn't always easy.

And that's why I'm here saying that. Hopefully it will help smooth any ruffled feathers regarding this.

The official mod stance is as Shiney says. Smarty was being a bit (possibly a lot) annoying, but not in a punishable fashion.

phil_ · 10-03-2011, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by shiney

instituting an ignore feature? ... a universal ignore rather than thread-based

But don't we already...?

10-03-2011, 05:39 PM	#88
shiney Derrrrrrrrrrrrrp. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The land of fartz and buttz Posts: 8,266	Tongue in cheek lulzing aside, maybe I should consider instituting an ignore feature? We're not about to ZOMGREPRIMAND SMBP over being non-serious in a non-serious thread, nor reprimand anyone else for being overly serious, I mean from a moderator perspective there's not really any clear resolution apart from potentially affording people the ability to selectively ignore users. If that's not a good alternative for you lot, considering it would be a universal ignore rather than thread-based, perhaps we will just have to ask people to personally filter out content that they don't appreciate via the human power of "I'm not reading this", until it starts actually breaking rules or w/e. Sorry Arch, SMBP, whomever, etc, but I don't think this is really a "gotta take mod action" situation. __________________ boop

10-03-2011, 05:59 PM	#89
Krylo The Straightest Shota Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: It's a secret to everybody. Posts: 17,789	To add to Shiney's post, the only thing the Mods did agree on in this issue is that it probably doesn't require direct action, and as such Meister and POS's comments don't actually reflect the moderators as a whole and should not be taken as 'moderator' posts but rather as 'user' posts. I know it is difficult to separate the moderator's actions as users and mods, especially in situations like this and perhaps they should take more care in their posts in such situations, but constantly being held to that standard isn't always easy. And that's why I'm here saying that. Hopefully it will help smooth any ruffled feathers regarding this. The official mod stance is as Shiney says. Smarty was being a bit (possibly a lot) annoying, but not in a punishable fashion. __________________ I am very tired. Last edited by Krylo; 10-03-2011 at 06:04 PM.

10-03-2011, 03:32 PM	#82
Seil Super stressed! Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: British Columbia Posts: 8,081	Yeah... Ring-Wraiths apparently dun like water what with the stopping at Buckleberry Ferry and the thing with Arwen at the river and junk...

10-03-2011, 04:04 PM	#87
Sifright Fact sphere is the most handsome Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,108	I sense some hostility Captain.