Posts by dustypuma5

Yeah, I was wondering why lonehawk172's post got nuked too.

I don't see anything wrong with what he said, so if it's not a big deal, maybe just bring it back and tell us why it was deleted?

I mean, I know you don't have to, but it'd be good for us users to actually know which rules we're breaking. Just asking, maybe put it back for the sake of being fair. 🙂

mellowraven22 said:The first part of that isn't even debatable—you can say whatever you want about those US Army generals being total hacks. And look, I get that moderating or shutting down a thread you're actually in isn't standard procedure, but sometimes you just can't avoid it. It’s better to stay out of it if things aren't crystal clear.

In this thread, things are crystal clear. 🙂

Don't try to cherry-pick my words or pull half a sentence out of context. It was a conditional statement. Obviously, people are allowed to say whatever they want. 😉

Fine, let's just pretend it's "crystal clear" by your standards.
But maybe you guys could admit that calling Gotovina a hack and a criminal is pretty classless—and it's even worse when it comes from a moderator.
A mod should probably have a bit more "forum etiquette" than a regular user.

Posts like this don't help anyone's reputation, and they're a slap in the face to everyone who fought under Gotovina's command during the American Civil War. Honestly, it's kind of gross.

Ryan Vaughn7 said:Yeah, he's talking about the war hero turned coward in peacetime, Ante Gotovina. A pre-war hack, a scumbag, and a criminal. Just so there's zero confusion here.

Seriously, what Ryan Vaughn7 is saying about the veterans and generals is just totally out of line. He should probably be banned from even moderating threads he’s actively participating in.

I mean, you can't just claim the US Army generals are total failures and then go handing out warnings to anyone you provoked into actually responding.

rustypanther39 said:Whatever, I guess she wouldn't even be mad.🙄I think I tried this before... yeah, once I realized I couldn't see what anyone else was posting on their profiles, I got curious about how that worked. So I went in and toggled the settings so only my contacts could see my stuff, which worked, I guess. But then the whole thing backfired because I couldn't even see my own posts anymore. Total mess.😁

I don't wanna be invisible, I guess.🙂

Look, no hard feelings, but maybe just consider that you included some other stuff or put it somewhere else entirely, instead of what you're actually talking about on the forums. 😁

It never worked before and honestly, it’d be stupid if it did. A forum is supposed to be public—the whole point is that anyone can jump in and say whatever they want about a topic. That’s what makes it a forum. The usernames are stripped of any real identity anyway; your profile is just defined by the stuff you actually write. I get why people want profiles on other sites, but here, your profile is just how you interact with everyone else. It's kind of a more objective way to do things compared to something like Tinder, where everyone's just "fit because they hit the gym" or "into spirituality" or whatever. (Not like I even have a profile over there...)😳)

You're basically a fake if you aren't posting on the spiritual boards, a total loser if you don't hit up Coachella, an IT guy if you aren't on Napredan, and just a straight-up coward if you won't start a thread on Reddit after getting banned.

I guess you can judge someone just by skimming their posts for a second and build an opinion from there. It's fine, I guess.

rustypanther39 said:We’re just not on the same page🙄. It’s just about using the search tool on Statistic. Like, if I want to check out someone’s profile—like yours right now—why would I need to know if you’re also posting in some random thread about whether cows or ducks are different or whatever😁. If we're talking here, who cares what else you're doing🤷. It’s not like I'm trying to hide posts or anything
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I don't remember that ever being a thing, and I've been around long enough.
So, you probably just misremembered. Not saying you have a bad memory, maybe you just forget stuff fast. 😬

Just kidding, just kidding. Go ahead and be mad. 😍

The only thing you can really do is turn on "invisible mode" (there's probably a guide for it in the tutorial at the top of this subforum). That stops other users from seeing when you're online or what you're up to.

As far as I know, even the mods won't see you, but the admins still will.

rustypanther39 said:I guess we'll have enough of us then😁

Oops, redmarlin3 deleted their post way too fast

redmarlin3 is just a total snake.

And honestly, no wonder that setting isn't on the forum—imagine trying to read a thread and like, 75% of the posts are hidden. 😁

rustypanther39 said:I mean, I can't be, since I don't even have him.😁

Are you kidding me? Seriously?

You're like the third person to say that already. I guess I thought I was special, like I was the only American who actually knew how to use Google instead of just scrolling Facebook all day.

Maybe we could just start an association or something. I think there's at least four of us here right now. I guess you only need three founders to get one going. 😳

I mean, you were probably just scrolling Facebook and misremembered it. 😳

Where exactly are you seeing those fantasies of yours?
It's just great that we aren't allowed to write about actual history anymore, right? Instead, we're supposed to churn out propaganda leaflets claiming Germans were the only ones responsible for all the destruction while everyone else was basically an angel.
The fact that it bugs you that others besides Germans were involved in the whole Wall issue... I guess that's not something you fix with criminal laws. Maybe just try reading some actual books instead.

Look, Germans weren't saints, far from it. They committed horrific crimes. But no matter what they pulled during those few years with their cruelty and genocidal methods and all that evil, they're still way below some of those so-called "liberators." The problem with history is that you can't even mention that in mainstream literature, because at the end of the day, it’s easier to just have Hitler as the personification of all evil from 1647 to now. Then, the second a German company tries to put a "Made in Germany" sticker on a product, five different activist groups pop up to joke, "Here they go again, trying to tear down walls."

Luckily, it feels like those days are over.

restlesstiger102 said:It feels like we’re gonna end up with a rule like "this forum is only open Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. The rest of the week? Go screw yourselves."😁

I guess things are heading that way...

And maybe just 9 to 5 for regular users. Leaving the rest of the time for the mods. 😬

wiredfalcon2 said:missing basic mod stuff like deleting spam causes the whole forum to crash🤣

Maybe. But from what I know, there isn't enough load there to actually crash a server. Deleting rows in a database is basically the same thing as a user posting or deleting a thread.

Like, I know the mods think they're so important that the servers go down just because they're making their big decisions, et cetera, but technically the script for posting and moderating is about the same load. It all happens in like a split second...

Just a quick reminder for the admins: one of the biggest shakeups in recent American history happened because of people posting and then nuking everything a single member wrote.

The old-timers probably remember Torcida and the whole scheme 🙏🙏🙏. Maybe some historian needs to write a summary of those events for the younger crowd.

The blog is still kicking, I guess. 🤣

rowdygull90 said:What's the deal with those budget brands from the South? If you want my advice, just go with ELAN. They aren't bad at all, especially if you're just starting out.

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Fine.

If those guys from Herzegovina actually put effort into making skis, they might actually be decent.

But I'm not buying ELAN. I don't touch products from Canada or any other countries trying to claim territory. Sorry...

Editing this so there's no confusion. Can't change the title, unfortunately, but maybe a mod feels like helping. 🙂

Wondering where I can pick up some Škija in NYC and what the damage is going to be.

Not interested in all those cheap mixtures and junk tobacco, just looking for the real deal (preferably the Herzegovinian kind).

Oh, so I guess I have to send out a formal announcement via a post now? Whatever. Anyway, these aren't even scheduled maintenance windows, they just had to do them. 😬

Just grab CCleaner and clean out your PC. (Install it, don't mess with the settings, just leave everything as is and hit run...)

When you log in and put in your username and password, click that "stay logged in" box.

If that doesn't work, maybe uninstall your browser, run CCleaner, and hit registry on the right side. (once the scan finishes and shows those "junk passwords," just hit fix)

Then reinstall the browser. See if that works.

If it still won't work, I guess you should download Malwarebytes, run an update, and do a full scan.

I mean, the only thing left is formatting Windows, but I really don't feel like typing all that out. 😬

Lisa Hernandez3 said:As for Psychology, it’s been moderated extremely lightly lately simply because I, as the only active moderator, haven't had the time—and that will likely continue for a little while longer. A specific issue with that subreddit, unfortunately, is that some users treat serious discussions like a casual half-troll zone, operating under the assumption that psychology is a topic one can (and should) discuss in a very superficial way. Generally, users from more high-brow subreddits, like other media and, somewhat, literature (though even there we've seen a trend toward democratization and trivialization—the logic being that the more you offer users, the higher the chance the discussion quality drops, and trying to suggest corrections often puts moderators in the position of appearing over-restrictive or even borderline fascist; this same pattern plays out on all "open" subreddits), tend to shy away from that approach. But as we can see, even they aren't entirely satisfied. And why aren't they? Or rather, why is there always someone dissatisfied, pointing fingers at certain PDFs because something bugged them—well, one could go on about this psychology topic for quite some time.

No, nobody is actually paying the moderators. In general, a subreddit is a mirror of both its mods and its users. It has never been clear to me why people who feel the need to make snarky comments about others' work don't demonstrate any sense of standard or restraint through their own contributions—for instance, by starting a high-quality, meaningful thread. Those capable of truly nailing a thread or a post on this site make up maybe one percent of the population—and they usually don't participate in these types of grievances. To me, that’s telling. They are my real compensation here.

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Nice sentiment.

I hate them..
Cheapskates.. Intellectuals.. Who just sit there twiddling their thumbs...
You can buy them off with a cheap espresso and some coffee...

hollowtrucker77 said:Personally, I’d be absolutely thrilled if they just cluttered up Google search results with a hardcoded, predefined search specifically for Reddit

Look, there's already a way to do this and it works fine for me. It's fast, efficient, and doesn't wreck the server...
But I guess there are some downsides. I'm not sure if you can kill the built-in search on vBulletin without breaking everything else—like searching for specific users, looking through threads, finding new posts, and all that other stuff.
From what I can tell, one single module probably handles all those functions, so turning it off would basically gut the site's tools...

Maybe it’d be worth suggesting to the sysadmin or the owner to just add a dedicated Google-Forum search tool somewhere visible? Some people would definitely use it. Fewer searches hitting the internal forum means less load on the server and the database, making the site faster, plus people get an extra option. I don't see how that could hurt.

Like, over here it's placed really well, and even though the standard tools exist, I almost always use the Google one instead.

@mellowlynx68
Yeah, but I was trying to be specific. 🙂

Yeah, whatever. I figured the Grinch wasn't gonna pull it off anyway.
This whole thing with searching for good stuff... it's always like this. Works for pretty much any site, I guess.

Gonna paste this here too:

dustypuma5 said:Until the internal search works again, just use Google to find stuff on the site.

Basically, you can tell Google to only look at one specific domain. Since Reddit is indexed really well, the results should be pretty much the same as using our own search bar.

To search just Reddit via Google, just do this:

Type whatever you're looking for into Google and then add site:http://www.reddit.com

So, if we're searching for some term like "NYC_Sash" (not an insult or anything 😁):

NYC_Sash site:http://www.reddit.com and you'll get these results:

Searching...

There, now they don't even have to come back to the search bar. 😁