Posts by hollowtrucker77

Look, I’ve already laid out my stance on this: I don't see any issue with people writing negative things about someone, and if you actually started punishing that, you'd basically be strangling free speech itself.
But let’s be real here—fuck you, fuck your mother, fuck your two dogs, and fuck your sister; that's just a concentrated pile of garbage shoved into two sentences. You can try to forgive me, but calling that "free speech" is a total stretch.
It’s the exact same logic as someone grabbing a megaphone and screaming directly into your ear; it doesn't matter how much truth is in what they're yelling or how much you might actually agree with them, it's still just harassment.

Just off the top of my head, I’d bet anything that this very same subforum is littered with plenty of other profanity and insults—just maybe not quite as surgically focused—that have slipped through the cracks without a single moderator even thinking about deleting them or handing out a warning card.

Eric Hernandez said:Honestly, I think the whole thing is just plain moronic. Throwing yellow cards around right from the jump on a loose ball? It’s ridiculous. If they started handing them out after a warning, sure, you’ve gotta maintain some level of discipline, but slapping cards for something clearly done in the heat of the moment is just stupid.
If you don't feel like doing the job properly, then don't bother showing up at all.

Edward Howard2, buddy, maybe take a moment to get your head checked, alright? 🙂

It’s pretty moronic to not read the manual before you start operating the machine.
Personally, I respect that granitefox16 wasn't whining about the card itself, but rather pointing out how the rule was actually applied.

Taylor Gonzalez79 said:Look, if you listen to what the moderators are saying, they didn't actually draft this rule themselves. Honestly, just look at how much AT&T is constantly hammering us with ads on this forum—at least according to everyone else, though I personally just run AdBlock Plus. I wouldn't rule out the possibility that this ridiculous rule was cooked up specifically because of all those ads.

Well, some other mods wrote it before this current crew came in.
I mean, I’m not surprised by anything human at this point, but for now, I really don't think that rule has anything to do with the advertising.
The main reason is that if it were true, we'd be seeing a whole bunch of similar rules popping up for everyone else trying to hawk stuff here.
And let's be real, it's not like the service providers are the only ones around here who can't get their act together.

granitefox16 said:Well, that’s just great. Honestly, what a complete and utter joke.😁

Just imagine if you were actually stuck with me, having to haul a hundred duck eggs over to my place every single day, only for some freak flash flood to wash away the entire bridge before you even make it back.😁

Do you really think he’d take the bait and start throwing insults? Honestly, I doubt it. He isn't exactly known for having much restraint, but even he has his limits when things get heated.

Look, you know what? Just wrap this whole thing up already. I’ve been hanging around here far too long to sit through this nonsense, and frankly, I’ve learned enough to know that threads like this are an absolute waste of everyone's time.🙂

Sure, if the water washes away the bridge, you’re going to turn around and take it out on me instead of actually blaming the damn construction crew.
It’s a bit of a catch-22, isn't it? I can't make a dime off these eggs, and you aren't exactly seeing any profit from what you're already doing with them either.
Look, we can go back and forth insulting each other until we're blue in the face, but at the end of the day, that damn bridge still hasn't been built.
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Nah, I’m honestly just gonna drag him right into the off-topic section myself at this point.

Like I was saying before, my gut feeling is that they cooked up this rule specifically because of the national pastime over there: constant, relentless bashing of service providers, so they probably just drafted it that way to shut down the noise.
I honestly can't wrap my head around the idea that anyone would actually go out of their way to acquire a service provider just for the sake of owning one—if that’s really the endgame here, then we have officially reached the absolute peak of stupidity.
I’ve always been pretty skeptical about those overly detailed rulebooks, honestly, because I think they just practically beg people to start hunting for loopholes and finding clever little ways to sidestep them.
You know, there’s this basic level of civilized behavior that just ought to be understood instinctively, without needing some formal rulebook to spell it out for you. It’s common sense, really. People who constantly push those boundaries—those who lack even a shred of basic decency—shouldn't just be ignored; they should be dealt with, shut down, or simply erased from the conversation entirely once they cross that line of reasonable tolerance.

granitefox16 said:We can dive into that over on the other thread, though I’m honestly not sure how much I even want to drag myself back into that mess.😁

Look, I get that you’re taking aim at AT&T, but my contract isn't with them—it’s with Verizon, and they’re the ones failing to deliver what they actually promised me.
Whatever issues they might be having with their purple branding or whatever isn't really my concern.

Just imagine if you had signed a deal with me where I’m obligated to drop off 100 fresh duck eggs at your door every single morning at exactly 8:00 AM.
Now, say at 7:00 AM, a flash flood washes out the bridge, or lightning strikes my truck, or some other random catastrophe happens—something totally out of our control involving a third party we both rely on.
Would you honestly sit there and blame me for the bridge collapsing, or for the lightning strike, or just because I only have one truck?
If you ask me, we should both just accept the concept of "force majeure," or better yet, we should both go after whoever is responsible for the bridge or the flooding, since we're both losing out here.
But hey, it’s your call; personally, I think acting otherwise is just a bit childish, almost like throwing a temper tantrum...

Look, granitefox16, we all have those moments where we just lose our cool, and honestly, it’s not exactly a stretch to start throwing insults or getting aggressive when things go south here.
Come on, you’ve got to realize that even the moderators are basically walking a tightrope between trying to be reasonable and just tossing out every standard rule in the book because they can.
That’s really what makes working with people such a massive headache in the first place.
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edge, give the mods a break here, it’s not really the guy's fault if the rule was worded like a total mess on the PDF
besides, it's entirely plausible the wording was just clunky because they were probably scrambling to satisfy some massive wave of complaints hitting the ISPs
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a suggestion for the mod team regarding the online PDF: maybe just cut out the part about "per ISP" entirely
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edge, you should really be breathing down the neck of whoever owns the line and working directly with the service provider to figure out how to fix that specific issue
you're the one admitting that connection quality fluctuates based on the time of day, humidity, or even rain...
at that point, an ISP really has no choice but to throttle their service level down to whatever the physical line can actually handle
and don't forget, this isn't exactly ideal for them either, since lower service levels mean they're essentially leaving money on the table

hollowtrucker77 is just hanging out here today, acting like any other guy on this forum with his own set of opinions, just like everyone else
It’s a different story when you consider that I might actually have a bit more perspective on things, which gives me a slightly broader view of how and why certain things tend to play out the way they do

edge79, look, I don’t really have much skin in this game, and I’m wondering if I can even weigh in here without everyone thinking I’ve got a horse in this race, but here goes nothing.
1. Everyone loves playing the hero for the "little guy," and everyone loves tearing down "big institutions," regardless of whether the little guy actually has a leg to stand on or if the institution is actually doing its job.
2. Honestly, that rule mentioned in the PDF sounds just as clunky to me as it does to you, but if I were in your shoes, I’d probably start by checking with the mods to see if there was some specific reason they felt the need to spell it out like that—because, let’s be real, nobody writes extra rules just for the sake of making life difficult.
3. Even if we ignore the technicalities of the written rules for a second, that post really should have been flagged or sanctioned.
4. You’re busy yelling at the ISP, but you haven't even bothered to look into who actually owns the lines, where the responsibility actually lies, or what the actual industry standards are for this kind of service.
5. At the end of the day, you're just venting at the provider because your wife signed off on something—which, frankly, is a bit much.
6. It doesn't really matter who you're aiming your frustration at, but it would be a lot more productive to actually get the facts straight before you start firing shots in every direction.

That’s my two cents, anyway; I can certainly go deeper into these points if people want to actually use some logic and common sense instead of just letting emotions run the show.
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I actually dig this, Nicholas King
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cosmictinker21, that would just fall under the general forum rules, so it wouldn't even be subject to the specific sub-forum regulations

What kind of motivation would an administrator even have to be "evil"?
I mean, the guy has plenty of other things to worry about in his life, and he isn't even constantly interacting with the users most of the time, so I don't see why he'd bother being unprofessional toward anyone.
Now, if you're talking about a moderator, you could maybe make that argument, since they're always in the thick of things and, given the nature of their job, they end up clashing with people on the site every now and then.
That’s exactly why we need someone to step in and judge—someone who can stay cool-headed and look at the whole situation with total objectivity.

So, we’ve got a new big-shot head admin on our hands now, and let’s just hold onto a shred of hope that things actually start moving in a better direction for once.
I also find myself having to agree with Michelle Alvarez8 yet again—and honestly, maybe there’s just something fundamentally wrong with my own brain—but it really isn't worth wasting any energy on those self-proclaimed keyboard heroes. Their entire purpose in life seems to be nothing more than trying to reach peak levels of being a total pain in the ass.
Unfortunately for them, though, in about 99% of cases, they can't even manage to pull that off.
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Michelle Alvarez8 said:Weapon number two: condescending attitudes wrapped in fake empathy.

Just report hollowtrucker77 right now—then we can move straight on to weapons three and four: getting deleted and blacklisted. 😁

Let's just skip ahead to number five and get both of them out of our hair once and for all.
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cosmictinker21 said:Leaking private messages is a double-edged sword. If someone gets hit with a barrage of insults, their immediate instinct is to warn everyone else about what kind of jerk they're dealing with—especially if the mods refuse to shut down the guy despite being asked. It's just human nature... that first impulse is basically: "Screw this idiot, let everyone else know he's a loser so they can stay away."

Still, it’s definitely rude to take something completely private and blast it publicly just out of spite or because you misread the room.

I guess I just wonder who gets to be the judge of what counts...🤷

Instead of making a scene online, you could just forward the stuff to an admin and expect them to fix the mess.
Because there's no denying it, the issue is definitely real.

The threads haven't actually been moved; they aren't locked, they haven't been deleted, and nobody is being stopped from continuing the chat on them