A water plant that’s been improperly balanced—as if there’s even such a thing as a perfectly tuned one 😁—can trigger a chain reaction because it drags a dozen other variables down with it. These neural pathways are bizarre. Good grief. 😁
Jeffrey Garcia6 said:I actually know a company that specializes in both entryways and interior doors, yet they have "interior" right there in their business name 😬
Look, I don't see why everyone is making such a massive deal out of this. An apartment's front door is located within the confines of a building or a specific living space. Choosing to buy or swap out those entrance doors is fundamentally linked
to the whole process of interior design and stuff like that.
And honestly, I don't think the lack of instant replies is because people are posting in the interior design section. Also, I think saying that almost nobody visits the interior subforum
is a total reach.
We'll touch base soon.
Look, Nene, almost nobody browsing that section is looking for FRONT DOORS. 😁
The average person doesn't consider an entry door part of their interior decor. Seriously. I even used air conditioning as an example earlier! :P Anyway, thanks for moving the thread, though we don't have many more warm days left to get these doors installed. 🙂
And let’s be real, most people here probably already have their doors installed since it's October, and a few of us are just moving at a snail's pace. 😁
Austin Hernandez said:...and I honestly don't see why anyone felt the need to call that out.
Grace, you're the only one I actually recognized from the housing registry, so given how things work, I just assumed casualwolf12 was some kind of sub-category. My bad.
Even the best make mistakes when they're working. But if you're trying to get through the front door and find it locked, what do you expect? A little frustration is inevitable. Sorry. 😁
Let’s all just embrace cheap demagoguery for a moment. An entrance door is NOT part of the interior. Have you ever walked into a retail store and seen an entrance door categorized under "interior"? NO. Why? Because they aren't interior. You find them in stores with—guess what—ENTRANCE doors. Not even in shops where the doors are set back inside the building, but in shops with actual ENTRANCE doors. Come on, please, if an air conditioning unit can be placed in the root directory, why can't this topic? Nobody browsing the interior section is looking for this, because they are interested in completely different things, so putting this topic in the root makes the most sense.
Honestly, this bickering isn't fair. We are talking about people who actually need help—the reason they even joined this forum—but they can't get that help because of a moderator's rigid obsession. Please, have a shred of common sense and realize this forum exists to help people, not to serve as an ego trip for staff. Thanks.
But honestly, look at the rest of the threads in the interior design section—NO ONE looking for front doors is going to browse through interior decor, because a door isn't an interior element. It just isn't 🙂. Since it doesn't fit there, it makes perfect sense for it to be in the main directory. So, please, I’m asking you nicely: I desperately need help finding front doors (as do many others here who have been completely ignored), yet nobody in the interior section gives a damn about entryways. They are focused on decorating the inside. They probably already picked out their doors. 😁
So, what exactly counts as apartment interior design? I’m dying to know. Is it the bathroom door, the toilet, the lightbulb, the cabinet, some ceramic Virgin Mary, a Jesus candle, a little electric Elvis with LED lights, the kitchen range hood, or maybe a Persian rug? Apparently, those are all "interior" elements.
But the front door—the one I actually walk through and everyone sees from the hallway? Not so much.
Why am I even asking? Because I wanted to start a thread about the front door I'm buying on the housing subforum. I did exactly that, but the moderators just merged my post into some "front doors" thread located in a tiny baby subforum called "interiors"—a place where practically nobody with actual knowledge of entryways ever hangs out.
Seriously, how can an AC unit thread be allowed in the main housing section, yet a topic about front doors isn't?
boldwalker12 said:I’m not either. What I was getting at is pretty obvious the second you land on this subforum. I shouldn't even have to scream "The Emperor has no clothes" at you, especially since you're a moderator.
I don't have any issues here besides what I just said. For instance, I didn't see Jeffrey Cooper7 tearing anyone apart or calling them some deranged names. 🤷 Just so we're clear, I'm not playing defense for anyone; I just can't stand double standards.
And honestly, that’s everything I’ve got to say about it.
Do you have a quote for that? Honestly, you're clearly talking about me. So, quote it. Thanks.
Jason Richardson5 said:Did you grab that from what.cd? 🤣 Because I saw the exact same stuff posted in another thread just the other day. 😁 But honestly, can anyone even compete with She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy? 🙏 🙏 🙏
No, a buddy of mine dropped it in that "30 days of music" thread under the song that makes you laugh, "Rodney Atkins - It's America." After digging a little deeper, we found ourselves looking at some farmer's daughter, and suddenly it was a total rabbit hole where every single song was about a tractor. 😁
Take, for example, this comment from a young woman out in rural America regarding the song "Big Green Tractor."
I seriously think this is one of the most romantic songs ever... lol BackwoodsBarbie1992 1 week ago 22
I won't pretend I don't get it, since I've had this thing on repeat for half an hour now. 🤦 😁
It’s pathetic how you all assume I’m just here to troll you. I am not.
Out there in the vast expanse of the American musical landscape, there exists what I consider a subgenre of country music—one that focuses almost exclusively on tractors. To kick things off, I'll share a track that isn't strictly about tractors, but served as my gateway into this magical world of tractor-centric melodies.
Right away, the line "I'd be on my tractor, she'd be on my mind" jumps out at you. Sure, it mentions a truck too, but don't you dare call it a "truck" in the wrong context; it's an essential distinction.
The next song is by a different artist, and quite frankly, I can't stop playing it. Again, you might think I'm joking, but I'm dead serious.
Lyrics like "Or we can take another ride on my big green tractor Life is a highway" or "We can go to town, but baby if you'd rather, I'll take you for a ride on my big green tractor" are simply breathtaking in their beauty.
Let's pivot back to Rodney, because he’s clearly got the winning hand here. He doesn't just have a tractor; he has a whole crew of friends with tractors.
Then you have lyrical gems like "I'll live out in the country happily ever after I got everything I need 'cause I got friends with tractors Yee haw." Is anyone actually immune to those lines? No one. I said no one.
Finally, we have Kenny Chesney with his undeniable hit, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWu4a...eature=related , though I haven't quite decided on that one yet. Why? Because "Big Green Tractor" is stuck on permanent repeat. And I am not kidding.
Furthermore, the comment sections are absolute battlegrounds where people argue over which tractor reigns supreme. The intensity is unreal.
"If it ain't red, keep it in the shed!" That's the kind of mantra that pulls you out of a depression, colors your world with undiscovered hues, and sends your adrenaline through the roof.
Do you have a favorite tractor anthem, and were you even aware that a genre dedicated to tractors actually exists?
I’m convinced there are actually two different endings. I mean, seriously, give me a break—that line "it all came so close to never happening," followed by them driving off without showing us their destination? It's clearly meant to be ambiguous. After that moment, they could have headed out West toward the desert and all that chaos from the story, or they could have just kept driving straight to prison. I honestly think the director leaves it up to the audience to decide.
Arthur Barnes said:Hold on a second. Besides the fact that you aren't even the moderator of this subforum... 😬I think it’s just hypocritical... supporting comments that say "great thread, this helped more than therapy, genius!" when those are actually replies *to* the thread itself. You can't just pick and choose to support only one side of that sentiment... it doesn't make sense.
I’m saying it again, both of these are just thread comments. One gets a pass, but the other doesn't? Fine. Then let's have the same rules applied to all comments...
I mean... this is a forum for discussion, right? 🤷
Thanks for clearing that up. Honestly, I wouldn't have gotten it without you... 🙂
Then we get to that whole thing where moderators get away with stuff that "regular users" don't. I've heard from some reliable sources that this isn't even an isolated incident... they let this specific user slide on things that would get anyone else banned. It’s clearly becoming a pattern...
Are there other mods on this sub too? People they can't just delete... 🤷
Those are just thread reactions that stay ON-TOPIC and address the stories being told; they provide contextually appropriate feedback for the posters. They were made by people who were also participating in the discussion properly. What you’re doing here is the equivalent of going to an ESPN forum and starting a thread titled "Football is total garbage."
I know you're bored, but seriously, try opening a thread like that on a sports board. See how it goes.
Arthur Barnes said:Hold on a second. Besides the fact that you aren't even the moderator of this subforum... 😬I think it’s just hypocritical... supporting comments that say "great thread, this helped more than therapy, genius!" when those are actually replies *to* the thread itself. You can't just pick and choose to support only one side of that sentiment... it doesn't make sense.
I’m saying it again, both of these are just thread comments. One gets a pass, but the other doesn't? Fine. Then let's have the same rules applied to all comments...
I mean... this is a forum for discussion, right? 🤷
Thanks for clearing that up. Honestly, I wouldn't have gotten it without you... 🙂
Then we get to that whole thing where moderators get away with stuff that "regular users" don't. I've heard from some reliable sources that this isn't even an isolated incident... they let this specific user slide on things that would get anyone else banned. It’s clearly becoming a pattern...
Are there other mods on this sub too? People they can't just delete... 🤷
No. Your comments are nothing more than an attack on the thread and its participants. It's completely baseless. If you think a thread is stupid, or the people in it are, then just leave. It's really that simple.
Anyway, that's my final word on the matter. Thank you.
Arthur Barnes said:Some posts just got nuked on "When you're a miserable Šupendara", including a few of mine.
Doesn't really matter though. They were just discussions from a more serious standpoint, offering some constructive criticism on the whole thread. Apparently, they got wiped because the mod doesn't like theory or something... who knows. It's whatever.
But now I see one of the subforum mods steering the conversation in that exact same direction (link to post) and it hasn't been sanctioned—not even the replies to the comment. I bet Gnothi actually has a much broader take he could share on the thread just like I did, but since he isn't "IGRIV"...
Anyway, my question is: why was this morning's discussion deleted, while Gnothi's comment stayed up?
Thanks 🙂
No. You were trolling. You didn't "comment" on the thread; you spat on the entire premise of people sharing their stories, which is off-topic by definition. If you want to critique that specific type of confession, go start your own thread.
Or just stay on-topic for once.
What is the point of providing a "critical review" of someone else's life story and their personal interactions within THEIR own space?
It’s like reading a novel and using a highlighter to scribble notes after every single paragraph. Or at the end of a chapter—it doesn't matter. It's obnoxious.
Bottom line: you were trolling. You were even being rude to some of the other posters. Deleting those posts was more than justified.
P.S. I would have deleted Gnothi's comment too, but unfortunately, he's the moderator of this subforum. He isn't going to delete his own post, obviously.
- pays his taxes and bills right on schedule - knows exactly what his gross salary is and doesn't complain about the local surcharges, even though he lives in a quiet suburb like Naperville but commutes to Chicago and deals with both sets of municipal fees - drove a beat-up old Chevy Cavalier for seven years while paying it off and didn't utter a single complaint - has a nightmare of a wife and two unruly kids, but loves them because that’s just what you do - actually greets his neighbors, and when it hits 95 degrees and someone asks, "Man, is it hot out here?" he responds with, "You know how it is, thanks for asking." - and so on...
For someone who’s such a coward in real life that they take whatever crap is thrown at them, you sure act bold behind a screen. Is that how it works? Why don't you just hide behind your computer while your mom's in the next room? 😁