Posts by Peter Thompson5

northerncyclist2 said:Facebook was taken offline just to put some pressure on the owner to finally deal with the server rights, since some of the emojis are hosted outside the forum (and still are)—which just isn't right. I pointed this out to the admin team, and they agreed with me.

Well, it’s been two months since that "pressure" started, and honestly, nothing has changed.

Admin team, seriously, what a genius plan this was... 🤦

seriously 😲

Jason Morgan said:How on earth is it possible that nobody seems to have a clue what actually happened with Facebook?
This forum is starting to feel like a David Lynch film.

🤣

Anthony Jackson2 said:So, those are the optimists. 🤣

Man, we are totally on different pages here—I saw them as being pretty polite and chill, while the rest of us are basically losing our minds without Facebook 🙂

Aside from you few weirdos who are against it 🙄

Anyway, your explanation just doesn't fly with me—I'm not doing that 🙂

Seriously guys, just give it back already 🙂

Things are getting pretty ugly without it 😢

And I honestly don't get the people in the poll who voted saying they'd love to have it by Christmas 🤣

Daniel Ward87 said:

The President is gonna lose her job.

Awesome 👋

Totally agree. Velvet is one of the best people on this board

And honestly, I don't get the logic behind this rule—why wouldn't you want to ban people who aren't even being problematic and are literally asking to be banned themselves? What's the point?
Is it because this forum is supposed to be some massive, high-stakes institution or something? 🙄

E: Also, what about everyone who requested a ban before the rules were changed? Yeah, yeah, I know, "it's their own fault." But seriously, this kind of "tough love" approach to enforcement is just brilliant.

Hey guys, turns out only admins can moderate on Amtrak, not me

I’m totally backing Yevgeniya on the main board

Bradley Sanders4 said:Actually, yeah, it is possible. We haven't lived under a one-party system for twenty years, and frankly, that history isn't nearly as relevant to this topic as, say, ancient Greece or some Islamic states might be. The real issue is that the go-to arguments in these debates usually boil down to "well, things were better under Marshall," which is just a nasty way of implying that gay people are all atheists or nostalgic for the old regime. Once someone pulls that kind of "logic" out of their pocket, of course someone else is going to jump in to call them out.

Stop dragging Marshall and Stalin into this as if they're valid talking points, otherwise, we'll never get any actual political discussion done. Cut the philosophy crap.

Yeah, that comparison just doesn't hold water. I mean, people always talk about how the Church shapes kids' minds, right? Well, they were drilling that stuff into the parents too—even harder, actually. And you mentioned things were more liberal back then. Or... wait, do you think there aren't people over 20 living here? lol

Karen Rodriguez3 said:It wasn't even about that. It was about people straight-up falsifying history, and I guess there's no way to stop people from reacting to that.

Yeah, true.
The subject is sensitive, and honestly, it's pretty much impossible to avoid mentioning politics at some point.
If it's just mentioned within the context of the main topic, I don't see why it should be banned. Otherwise, there's really no topic left to discuss.
And maybe if people stopped nitpicking and hitting that report button unless it's actual insults or a serious rule break, things would go smoother.

This.
But I don't get it—if everyone's supposedly down for more relaxed moderation, why does everything turn into a flood of reports the second a topic gets even slightly intense? 🤷

Anonymous said:Look, honey, this isn't even about ambercyclist50—you get banned for bad posts, period.
If you want to talk about him, go start your own thread dedicated to him. OK?!

Listen, buddy, I’ll post wherever I feel like it. 🥳

And I'm not talking *about* him—I'm just giving him some pointers so he can actually enjoy being on this forum. 😁
The guy seems super stressed and frustrated acting like this. 😢
Plus, let's be real, my advice applies to the rest of you guys too! 🥳

ambercyclist50 said:I’ve been posting on this thread for years—seriously, I have way more posts than anyone else here, almost double the next person—so I pretty much know this discussion inside and out. And let me tell you, something like this has never, ever happened before.

And what does that even have to do with anything? This isn't your private little club.

It's pretty obvious they're just trying to tank the thread,

Look, they have every right to post here. If you can't handle what they're saying, just hit the ignore button and chill. As far as I can see, nobody's actually breaking any rules.

Shouldn't moderators be the most active users with the best reputation? How many posts does Rosey actually have in this thread? Like, maybe a handful, and most of them are just random trolling comments. What good is a moderator who doesn't even know the subject matter?

Top argument. Right. Totally. You guys aren't the only ones on the psychology subforum—or even on this entire site—to deserve special treatment.

Seriously 😂😂

All I see here is a massive ego trip.

Hey, ambermason16—did we seriously just get ghosted? 😲

We aren't even joking, we're being totally serious here
Come on, don't you want us to finally be besties😍 or what?

Sandra Parker3 said:As an official family member, I’m officially backing the request to reopen that closed and long-forgotten Passion Orient thread

Look, it's Christmas—time for forgiveness and giving...
So this is Christmas... and what have you done.... what? what? what (Sorry if the link isn't working—I can't hear a thing, totally lost my voice, haha)

Oh, colour,🎉 so good to see you! 🙂
And I am absolutely loving that song choice😍

Chloe Scott27 said:And hey, if the world doesn't end this year, it's still Christmas—a time for forgiveness, love, and all that other stuff. It would be awesome if we could just bury the hatchet and smoke a peace pipe together.

Yeah, that's the plan. Let's all light a peace pipe together this Christmas🎉 🎉

rowdyviper14 said:Don't you dare hit us with a "No way" or whatever your usual thing is😍, actually think about it😉

Right, ambermason16, think about it—we know you're not one of those people who asksWhat's so funny 'bout peace love and understanding

Hey there, Stitchers!

First off—let me clear this up, sweetie. I’m not calling you "dear" just because you hit us with those intense outbursts—though, man, those were something else! It's more that you really are just a dear to me and all the other girls. Seriously. 🙂Look, I’m not trying to get all mushy or anything—seriously—but if it wasn't for you, we wouldn't have gotten this far together. So, thanks. Truly. From all of us!

Alright, now for the important stuff. So—here goes.

How's it going? Christmas is coming! i So, how's that season of joy and peace treating you, babe? Look, we girls seriously want to make up with you—like, let’s just bury the hatchet already! Especially since, honestly? You're way more good to us than anyone else. 🙂 Honestly, you definitely brought some much-needed good vibes into my life—and seriously, thanks for that.
Let's just ignore those cheap shots of yours—seriously. While we're dealing with people filing complaints about basically everything on TV What without anyone ever reporting them (so yeah, you totally stalk us), you’re over here handing out red cards for being off-topic, spamming, and whatever else. Give me a break! 😵Man, you just blast everyone we chat with with warnings—and then you go ahead and wipe the whole thing clean!
Look, that’s just not fair—or even cool. 🙂Honestly, we’re all just ready to move on from that—totally over it!
It’s like you’ve made it your life’s mission—total overkill, really—to drive us all away from Television!
Seriously, what gives, Stitchers? 😢Look, we’re all just people—let's hope we can actually work this out, right?
Maybe we’ll end up becoming friends—who knows? We don't have to be BFFs right this second, but... you know. I get it, I really do—I need to chill out. Let's just take some baby steps first—maybe just bury the hatchet to start with—and then go from there. Ugh, I know, I know... I can be a total handful sometimes!

So, basically, we all decided that—in the spirit of goodwill, peace, and just being awesome—you should totally unlock our favorite thread for us. (For anyone out of the loop: I’m talking about the Passion Orient Vol 2. series thread—that legendary Turkish drama everyone's obsessed with!)

Plus, she'd be totally super cool—basically the main star of the whole show! 🙂 Ever seen anything like this on the forum through our eyes?

And hey—we also wanted to give a massive shout-out to you and your whole mod team over on that "Praise the Moderators" thread!

Come on—for us, even though we've always been... Shiny happy people! Man, this would seriously make our day! 🙂
Look, Judgment Day is happening this Friday anyway—so who cares? Dead or alive, let's just let us have a little more fun on this thread while we still can! 🙂

Come on, get over here please! 🙂 I mean, I really don't think you're actually that cold-hearted—I bet we could totally win you over if we tried! 🐻

That would be it! Everything we ever wanted! Stitchers

And finally—to everyone who actually makes it through Judgment Day—I just want to say... My absolute favorite—"Let It Snow" by Dean Martin!

P.S. Stitchers—you deserve all this and then some. Like, double everything! Honestly, screw the rules—if we're doing this, let's go big! You deserve at least ten times the love. Also, I am seriously, seriously loving your new avatar! 🙂It’s more than just good TV—honestly, it’s one of the main things that actually inspired me to finally open this request!

P.S.—hope you guys are all digging my tracks!

Sarah Sanders34 said:So then you expect people to be understanding and supportive? From who? What's even the end goal here?

I think his big plan is just to drag humanity back to the "good old days"—you know, arranged marriages (hey, Drew Lee7, if this guy is your idea of a rational dude, we've got problems 😂), women stuck in the kitchen, no school for girls, and all that junk

Sadly, I run into these twisted views in my line of work all the time—guys acting like women are second-class citizens or just less valuable than men. Usually from pretty educated guys, too. But yeah, he's definitely more blunt about it. Look, I appreciate honesty when it's coming from a good place, but this guy? Not even close

Drew Lee7 said:So, I'm asking to be protected from the personal bias and extreme subjectivity of the Lumber admin, dustyranger64, regarding the Cottage and/or intellectual topics. Thanks!

🤣 🤣
keep 'em coming

get outta here—dustyranger64 is a solid mod, and honestly, all the mods on Lumber are super chill

Seriously though, admins, please protect the ladies from future Greenlander rants all over this forum. For good.

Paul Ruiz86 said:Maybe I was just psychic—who knows? 😍 You hit the nail on the head—he really did come back like Odysseus! Honestly though, I'm kind of shocked you didn't catch that it hasn't even been a month since he sailed off again. 😍

Man, you really think you can just roll up to the crew in the States and expect them to welcome you like some kind of superstar—you know, like Brandon Castillo4? Well, I don't know what to tell you—maybe try trolling everyone a little less?
So you're actually gonna sign up for a creative writing course? — Honestly, I don't buy it. You can't just learn that stuff in a classroom!

Nicholas King said:So, we briefly veered off track into some pretty crude territory in a totally inappropriate thread—which, let’s be honest, has happened more times than I can count—and ended up completely overshadowing the actual discussion. meritum Look at the stuff that drove steelskipper5 to act like such a clown—it’s actually a perfect example of how much damage this kind of inconsistency can really do.

I'm with steelskipper5 on this one—those "polite" insults are actually way more aggravating. Honestly, I don't think you're going to get anywhere with that massive wall of text, but I'm pretty sure you've already gone down the rabbit hole—asking everyone why things are inconsistent, bugging the admins, and all that...

Disclaimer — just a desperate attempt at saving this thread: Look, this isn't some debate about being rude.Alright, let's get this rolling! Look, this isn't some debate about being rude...

Honestly, looking at this sea of text, I’m totally lost. I don't get you. You claim you don't want a sterile forum, but then you turn around and say vulgarity is too much—like, some of it is just too crude for you. So what, you want me to play judge and decide which words are "too gross" and which ones aren't? You want the admins to just ban everything? But wait—you *don't* want a sterile forum... so you want us all to walk on eggshells? To me, that’s actually worse. If you can come up with a way to filter out exactly what you hate while keeping the vibe alive—so the forum doesn't feel like a hospital ward and everyone still talks naturally—then hey, go for it! Otherwise, I’m pretty much spinning my wheels trying to figure out what your actual goal is here. Seriously, is saying "get lost" to a troll okay or not? Personally, I think it's fine for a mod to decide if a swear word is an insult or just flavor. If you don't like their call, then file a complaint. Just look at Brandon Castillo4 and the straight shooter—they used the same kind of language without being offensive. Sure, they aren't posting much anymore, but check out their old threads—they were a blast.

I don't think I even need to spell out the difference between those random swear words that aren't actually aimed at anyone specifically—He's totally acting like a Dick.") and just straight-up insults too ("Get lost, Dick!").

Seriously, how fragile does Person X's ego have to be to get all offended just because Person Y tells them to Dick off on a forum? And that’s if Person X isn't even trying to Troll in the first place!

Turns out "trolling" is actually a totally harmless and chill word.

Does the word itself even matter? It’s the action that’s the issue. And honestly—if we start banning every single little insult—we're gonna need way more mods just to keep up.

Brandon Castillo4 said:It wasn't even that big of a deal

I get that, but seriously—do we really need to act like kids in preschool waiting for some moderator to come bail us out because someone decided to troll? Like, if we say "get lost" or "screw you" or whatever, are we suddenly offending our precious little jokester? He’s such a sensitive soul, we have to walk on eggshells around him since he’s just *so* polite and refined... fine, he gets a warning. But for real, Nicholas King, does this really need to be such a whole thing?? Is telling a troll to "stuff it" really such a massive insult that we need three separate threads to debate it?

My head is spinning from all this talk about trolling and trolls 😵

Nicholas King said:Another solid example of what I’m getting at—is that whole mess of threads on Reddit, where they let things go unmoderated at first. It could be because of actual reasons, too, but let's not even go there right now. 😬Just being as straight up as possible—no fluff.Dick suck."...basically making excuses for him."I can't even begin to describe how much this forum makes my day—seriously! It’s just such a wild ride. Every single post feels like a little burst of energy—sometimes chaotic, sometimes totally hilarious, but always something to look forward to. Just love being part of this madness!...just so they can finally slap some sanctions on them after a massive amount of Dick, sorry. 😬So, after a massive moderator crackdown— Mind games—honestly, what a mess! Shout out to those folks who were calling for sanctions. While I was right there in the States, I saw firsthand how...Playing Dick.Got handed a 10-point disciplinary deduction—not that I'm complaining, per my chat with the mod—but yeah, here we go again. Apparently, I didn't repeat myself enough times: Look, this isn't some debate about being rude.It just ends up creating all this unnecessary room for "free moderator bias"—which, honestly, in this specific thread over on the US forums, has become totally grotesque and been used to troll everyone. Tricky business—totally playing games. "You write it up, then we’ll take a look and decide if it's worthy of a ban or whatever!I’d be an absolute moron—and apparently, according to the mod who’s been trying to teach me otherwise, that’s exactly what I am—if I actually believed moderation was some algorithmic process a trained chimpanzee could handle. But honestly? It’s actually better for the forum and the mods if that "subjective judgment zone" is kept as narrow as possible, only stepping in when it’s absolutely unavoidable... This thread really should've been titled "Trolling and being a total Dick: Two Peas in a Pod."

So, come on—walk me through the context of you playing Dick again? Let’s see if the story actually holds up. And honestly, you aren't even complaining about your own record, yet you're out here constantly trying to silence Brandon Castillo4 and acting like there are spies everywhere.

I don't think that US example actually works—honestly, I was up that night and saw exactly how things went down... And if I recall correctly, you were trolling Brandon Castillo4 about those Jesus types almost immediately—you definitely weren't being exactly polite in that Pic, either.
It’s not exactly rocket science what he was trying to say with that "suck my dick" comment—but hey, you clearly missed the memo there... you're a real genius, aren't you?

I know Brandon Castillo4 was welcomed in the States like he’s freaking Odysseus or something—but man, sometimes it really is just like that. 😁

I honestly think the guy got what he deserved—he clearly has a massive circle of friends here, so that’s that. I don't see any special treatment being given when it comes to the fallout. Honestly, Darkić's went a bit too far when Brandon Castillo4 wrote about how she ended a relationship that meant a lot to him, and then she just hits back with some "you won't care in a month" nonsense... To me, that sounds like she was just trolling him hard, and his response—basically telling her to suck it—was just him reacting. Like, leave me alone! He felt like she was totally dismissing his feelings, and she really hit a nerve there. I’d feel exactly the same way if I were in his shoes. I think most people get why Brandon Castillo4 reacted the way he did—I wouldn't have used those exact words, sure, but the sentiment would be identical. What else was he supposed to do, sit around waiting for the mods to step in? If someone disrespected me like that, I'd definitely tell them to get lost, which is pretty much the same thing as what he said.

Darkić's said herself she doesn't mess with anyone—and honestly, someone with a normal ego wouldn't be bothered by her anyway... Look, I always try to give people the benefit of the doubt, so maybe she wasn't trying to Troll him—maybe she was just being overly optimistic or well-meaning with that "you'll regret it" stuff—but either way, it didn't come off right, and it definitely wasn't the move to say it like that. Not at all. And if you ask me, Brandon Castillo4 shouldn't have even gotten a card for it. Seriously, this whole thing being dragged out everywhere is getting a bit much—honestly, it’s kind of gross. The guy just reacted like a human being to a provocation; she poked at him, the mods saw it that way, and I see it exactly the same way.

Come on, lay out your whole routine for me—tell us how you "Dick" around so we can see where you're being inconsistent. Personally, I’m all about staying consistent, so I'm backing

It's pretty obvious to me—just like it was for Larry Wilson25—that I've got nothing but love for Brandon Castillo4 🙂