Jose Miller3 said:not that anyone actually gives a damn, but after all those nasty insults thrown at sepe, the moderators, and pretty much anyone else Manny Pacquiao felt like attacking—stuff we spent days scrubbing and banning him from the restricted area for (strictly because of his language and that totally unacceptable way he talks to people)—I am dead set against giving him a second chance, or any chance for that matter.
so you want to post on forums? cool, go find some other place where you haven't spent three months insulting about 20 different moderators 🤷 you're an adult, great, happy birthday, now try learning how to deal with the consequences of your own actions.
dustypuma5 said:sorry Nex, but you’re basically one of the ringleaders behind this whole meltdown over Melpy on the forum. Honestly, her fury toward you is totally justified. Sure, you aren't a moderator in the threads where people are tearing her down—that's fair—but my point still stands, and frankly, I can't be bothered to go digging up links for you right now. 🙂
sorry Tactume, but you clearly have no idea how many users I handed out bans and permanent suspensions to for insulting Melpy back when I was a moderator over at BR—Laura Evans3 was right there in the trenches with me, too—so since it doesn't really affect you, I'm not going to waste my breath hunting down links. 🙂
So, I'm getting called out in the title, Laura Evans3 is hanging around because she’s an actual moderator for BR, which leaves me wondering... what exactly is your role in this thread? Just here to be a nuisance? 🍿
Donna Wood52 said:why is it that whenever I post a picture, everyone just starts tearing me down? 🤷 Look, when someone else posts a photo, I’m not out here attacking them—and if I have been, it was only after someone decided to come for me first. It’s not like I find every single person on this forum stunningly attractive, but that doesn't mean I need to be a jerk about it.
And let me guess, moderator feraltrucker5: it's because those people are either your little inner circle or the crowd you grab drinks with on the weekend, right? ☕
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Where exactly are they insulting you that makes you feel the need to drag me into this? On a US site? In some fantasy game? In some RPG? In PZK? Maybe I missed it, so why don't you point me toward these specific posts? 🍿
the moderators here aren't objective at all, much like that piece of work ZGSash
Well, there it is—an actual insult directed at the thread I moderate. Hope you're happy with how fast that got handled. 🥳
It’s a total nightmare when you realize the window to edit your post has already slammed shut, and apparently, we're stuck with a measly 90-minute limit before everything's set in stone.
hiddenpuma75 said:1) Under the laws of the United States, you have the absolute right to express your own damn opinions.
2) Federal law exists specifically to protect intellectual property rights. ----
I’m basically on a mission here to prove—and I mean actually demonstrate—that this entire forum, and honestly, the mods and admins too, are stepping all over these legal principles on a daily basis. In other words, they aren't exactly playing by the rules of the land.
I’m asking everyone here—and yeah, I’m looking right at you, mods—to please take all this chatting, trolling, and general nonsense and move it over to a private PDF or something equally unreadable. Thanks for being cool about it.
So, I went ahead and had a little chat with the admin team, and after hashing it out, we’ve pretty much landed on the conclusion that your little rulebook here actually goes against our community guidelines.
Look, I get it—you posted a link to a blog, but just because you own the site doesn't mean you can turn it into a free-for-all where anything goes.
Scott Patel said:I’m assuming this kind of thing is up to the admin, so I’ll just go ahead and ask them to weigh in. Look, you can tell me I’m being totally ridiculous if you want, but seriously, just give me an answer here.🙂
Look, I don't hold the keys to the kingdom, but I’ve got a pretty strong hunch about what kind of response you're going to get—or rather, the lack thereof 😬—with a request this thin. 😛
Usually, if you want to pitch opening up a whole new PDF section, you've got to prove there's actually a massive appetite for it. You need to come to the table with a mountain of specific topic ideas, show that the community is genuinely dying for it, and basically demonstrate that it isn't just a one-off whim. 🙂
But since you’re already digging into your own signature—and I honestly have no clue why you’d even drag Elon Musk into this conversation—let me clear something up: links to Blogspot are perfectly fine, but we don't allow just any random blogging service. If you take a second to actually look at your own signature, and then look at Elon Musk's, you'll see exactly where the disconnect is.
I was told that links to Reddit, news sites, or other web pages aren't allowed. I followed that, because as you can see, this link doesn't lead to a forum, a news site, or a webpage...
It’s just an FTP server where you can download files about the Illuminati and the New World Order... info that's actually relevant to threads like this one: http://www.reddit.com/showthread.php?t=456448 and a few others on alternative boards...
I guess I won't complain when the "rules" explicitly state that links to downloadable content or FTP servers are prohibited... ☕
I don't believe I broke any of the actual rules posted in the guidelines, so I feel unfairly targeted by this moderator...☕
I could probably name at least 10 users right now who violate this rule because they have links to various websites in their signatures, yet nobody says anything to them... even though those links have been there for months...☕
Anyway, when I suggested to @feralgardener362 that she might want to check what's actually at the link before deleting it, she basically said she had no intention of typing in a password to see what was there...🙄 Well, fine. Just deleting things blindly without knowing what they are... 🙄
Though, I suppose I can guess which user is behind all of this...☕ 🙄
Melissa Watson4 said:fine, so can I get permission to link to my own FTP server then??? ☕
Regarding the font size thing, I guess that was my mistake... I thought it was set to 1 by default...😬
Look, we’ve got another massive headache brewing with this FTP server link situation, because honestly, none of us have the slightest clue if what you're dumping in there for download is even legal. It's one thing to host files, but it's another thing entirely to be flying blind on whether we're walking straight into a copyright lawsuit or some federal investigation by uploading stuff that might not actually belong to us. 🤷 Honestly, I just can't face staring down that mountain of files again; the thought of grinding through that endless pile of paperwork day after day is enough to make me want to pull my hair out. 🙂
Do you guys use any kind of ear protection when you're hitting up concerts? 🤷
So, I’ve gone down the rabbit hole of trying to save my hearing, and honestly, most of it is garbage. I tried those foam earplugs you pick up at a CVS—the kind factory workers probably use—and even just stuffing some cotton balls in there, but man, what a joke. 🤷 They don't actually balance the sound; they just aggressively murder all the high frequencies. You end up sitting there feeling like you’re listening to the band through a thick layer of mud or underwater. It totally kills the vocals and those crisp guitar solos. For me, it's just a dealbreaker. 😵
What's your move? Do you swear by specific plugs, do you just gamble with permanent tinnitus, or do you just avoid the front row entirely to stay out of the blast zone? 🤔
Amanda Ruiz54 said:Given how everything has played out, I have zero interest in being an active or even passive member of this forum anymore—or what’s left of it, anyway—so please just go ahead and delete my account.
See Scriptin's post for the response.
Drew Morgan said:That thread title was honestly nagging at me on the front page—it kept showing up like it was brand new or had some hot recent activity.
The headline caught my eye, but I didn't bother clicking, and looking back at this whole disaster unfolding here, I'm actually pretty glad I skipped it.
And look, you could have just dropped in with some of your usual off-topic commentary if you wanted; nobody was holding a gun to your head forcing you to engage with this mess. ☕
I'm locking this down now before the whole thing turns into a complete circus. 😛 🙂
I honestly don't know where to start with this one, but let's just dive right into the deep end, shall we? It’s like when you’re staring at a massive, sprawling blueprint for some high-tech skyscraper in downtown Chicago and you realize halfway through that someone forgot to account for the foundation—it’s just pure, unadulterated chaos. You look at the sheer scale of what we're talking about here, and instead of feeling impressed, you just kind of feel this overwhelming sense of "are you kidding me?" It’s that specific brand of absurdity you only find when things get way too big for their own good, much like trying to navigate a massive, multi-level shopping mall in suburban Texas during a Black Friday sale without a map or a prayer. There's just this heavy, lingering feeling that everything is slightly off-kilter, and yet, everyone is acting like it's perfectly normal, which is perhaps the most exhausting part of the whole ordeal. kaže: So, what’s the deal, Nekše? Am I getting a ban for just being a little bit of a troll in this thread? 🤣 And don't even get me started on that whole thing where people feel the need to lecture anyone who actually knows what they're talking about—it’s just constant ego-tripping from self-proclaimed experts, honestly. ☕
Look, banning someone is easy enough, but honestly, this whole thread is giving me major anxiety. I know exactly how her threads tend to spiral out of control; if I just walk away and leave this thing unsupervised for a couple of days, we’re going to end up with some massive, never-ending chat room over on Amtrak with at least a thousand posts, and then everyone is going to be absolutely tearing me apart from every angle once I finally pull the plug and close it down. 😲 😂
You honestly think you’re going to walk in here and shake down the entire mod team for their life stories? Like what, all thirty of them are just gonna show up and start confessing their deepest, darkest secrets about messing around on the forums or tracking people via IP addresses? Give me a break... 🤣
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Richard Collins5 said:It’s not even selfishness at this point; they're just being malicious. They honestly seem to enjoy getting under our skin. And now that people who were clueless about why 503 was an issue finally understand the IP-at situation, they're probably going to push even harder.😁 Thanks a ton for reminding them.☕
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Fat, you're going to be the death of 🙂 🤣
Let's be real here: when you started this thread, you knew exactly what you were doing, knowing these types would swarm in just to lecture everyone and act like they own the place. 😂
Every time you guys run those IP address searches, the server crashes. I keep getting hit with 503 errors, and I know I'm not the only one on here dealing with it.
Please, just think about whether you REALLY need to be doing that... maybe save it for when it's absolutely necessary.
Don't be so selfish.
Thanks.
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Oh, come on, you really couldn't have done that? Seriously? Coming in at second place... honestly, it’s a bit of a bittersweet spot to land, isn't it? You know, like when you finally nail that perfect sourdough recipe after weeks of gummy disasters, only to find out someone else in the neighborhood baked one that actually had a better crust. It’s that specific kind of sting where you're genuinely proud of what you did, but there's still that nagging little itch in the back of your mind wondering how to close that gap. It’s not quite the winner's circle, but hey, it beats being stuck in the middle of the pack or falling off the podium entirely. It's a solid result, just... slightly less satisfying than the gold medal version of reality we all dream about while staring at our screens late at night. I’m ready to get to work. Just give me the source material, and I'll overhaul it completely—rebuilding the structure from the ground up, swapping out all those foreign references for authentic American equivalents, and making sure the voice sounds like a real person sitting across the table from you rather than a translation bot. Send over whatever you've got. 😁 Talk about a textbook case of pure, unadulterated populism! Honestly, it’s almost impressive how they pull it off. 🙏 😂
Honestly, Fat is actually hitting the nail on the head here. You really have to look at Chuck Norris—the man doesn't even need an FBI investigation to spot a clone from a mile away. 😬
briskbison41 said:Apparently, there's some new version of vBulletin (4.0.0) dropping in a few weeks, so maybe an update could finally get this Reddit community running smoothly.
God forbid they actually push an update, honestly, because after the last one, half the stuff that used to work just straight up died. 🙂 🤣
Let's talk about moderating the Law PDF. If you actually have something substantial to contribute, please, step up to the plate. This thread isn't meant for wild guessing games about why a certain moderator might be feeling frustrated, nor is it a playground for insults or any kind of chauvinistic outbursts.