Posts by Larry Walker24

driftingtinker said:We had this brutal start where everything just escalated out of nowhere, and then we basically settled the whole mess with one exchange: "Can we just wrap this up?" — "Fine."

and it feels 🙂

🙂

Jeremy Johnson18 said:One of the first things I suggested when I stepped up to mod was that people try taking a slightly different approach with you. Honestly, I thought it was just an issue with the politka side of things.
Obviously, that didn't work and I just ended up looking like a naive idiot, but I'm glad you and Andreja are on good terms now.

So, it actually works after all. 👍

🙂

yeah, here's some credit where it's due. he's actually alright

driftingtinker said:Did you totally forget about that warning from the mod who doesn't even moderate this subforum? 🙂

Oh yeah, give that guy an Oscar already!! 😂 😂 😂

As for me—what kind of nonsense is this ban? Then I look up and my blood pressure hits the ceiling. He doesn't even moderate that section. And of course, I just get hit with canned responses.

Jeremy Johnson18 said:🙏🤣

And why are you cool with the mods just messing with you?

Look, it's like this—if you train a mule by hitting it, don't be surprised when it expects a beating even when you're trying to be nice.

Jerry Robinson56 said:Look, that is easy enough to explain. In Zoran's eyes, everyone is a right-winger unless they happen to be a leftist... but you have to admit, he was more than willing to indulge your desire for a label. Imagine if he had actually pushed back or if he had truly "figured you out."

As for the number of red cards... I am sitting at exactly 250. I am just a few short of completing an eighth deck, though even one being pulled—and that too from that notorious kclllc—makes a difference.
I intend to sell the seventh deck to that lunatic from Iceland who is waiting for the seventh coming, which Godot will personally deliver to him.

I'm totally clowning you right now, seriously heavy clowning.

driftingtinker said:Easy for you to say if you're just playing partials, but what's the most cards you've ever been dealt in a row, and who was the unlucky soul responsible?

😬

🙂

From Nice—she's actually given me my biggest streak (can't say exactly how many, but it's a lot)

I keep a running tally of my cards, so I always know exactly who’s been hitting me up (not counting yellows)

At one point, I hit 990 points

The absolute peak, though—getting carded while you're already banned

Jeremy Johnson18 said:You happy with this forum?

Alright, here's my take...

We need a total overhaul of the moderation team. The people running things actually need to know what they're talking about instead of just acting like they do.

I mean, look at the Supreme Court—they vote by majority on cases. Here, all the mods have to agree on someone regardless of whether they even moderate that specific subforum or not, which is just insane. What does someone's connection to some random Eurovision scandal even have to do with anything?! Like, wtf?!

Look, I get it, mods are human too, but building a whole profile on someone based solely on their posts is 🤦

They really ought to ask themselves why some people wouldn't even moderate here if they were dead.

Partial bans (whether they're standard or requested) are handed out left and right. It’s pretty obvious the admin wants people to write less, because there’s no logical explanation for anything else. If someone requests a partial ban, it makes sense to ask *why*, not just say "here's your ban, deal with it."

It’s ridiculous that a user can be fine on one subforum but totally banned on another. That just doesn't work.

It’s not all on the users, though; the mods are feeling the heat too.

The moderation is so inconsistent. You’ll have the exact same mod handling the same issue completely differently—like, they’ll slap a C/P ban instantly on one thread, then ignore it entirely on another. Same person, different rules.

The site needs an upgrade, both visually and technically.

There should be a way for users to have a say—maybe through a public poll—in who moderates their subforum. People should be posting there, not just whoever the admin decided to install. It would actually show that management cares about the people writing the content.

That’s just what popped into my head.

Oh, and one more thing: at college, if students give a professor bad reviews three times, that prof is basically gone. Here? Nothing happens. People complain, and the higher-ups just ignore it like dogs barking at a passing truck.

Shoutouts to: Nice, Maria Barnes, the politics mods, the mods over at the USA section, and the mods at the women's corner. Much respect.🙏

Jerry Robinson56 said:You aren't just a king; you’re an emperor. 😁But honestly, you must have done something truly egregious to get banned by Zoran... In my estimation, he’s actually a quite capable moderator, or at least he certainly attempts to be. Regardless,
It is incredibly awkward to attempt to correct those flawed perspectives one inherits from their upbringing... It is a deeply difficult task. Such things leave lasting imprints and create very easy triggers.

Partial truth—there’s history, and then there’s *his* version of history. And I’m not buying his take.

and the absolute peak was when he labeled me a right-winger 😂

forgot the history—the moderation on that old-school pioneer is 🤦

exactly 11

driftingtinker said:...it sounds like they're blasting bubbly drinks and accordion tunes over from the food court 🙂

hahahahaha!

🙂🙂

So, I actually put together this whole thing on the history of Eurovision (1956 - 2003)

If anyone's actually interested:

driftingtinker said:Alright, just come up with a title for the thread. Just make sure it ends with "ex-Chatterbox" at the very end, and I'll pin it back as a sticky once you've finished cleaning it up.

Sure thing, deal. 👍

driftingtinker said:Well, you’re basically a local on the ex-Chatterbox anyway, so I guess you’ve already gone ahead and redesigned the whole place to suit your own taste 🙂

Everyone’s pretty happy about it—some people are thrilled you showed up, while others are probably celebrating the fact that you're finally leaving 😬

maybe 🙂

I'll be back through it in a few days. Man, there's always so much drama, so much politics

The last big mess was that whole thing between Armenia and Azerbaijan

driftingtinker said:We could honestly just rename it something like "Eurovision and its impact on EU politics" or whatever. I'm being serious here.

👋 👋 👋

tooooooooo

ESC is pure politics

especially when you look at how they vote

I've got enough dirt to make this a killer topic

Jerry Robinson56 said:How many do you actually have? 😁 I personally stopped at 4 (on the money)

RiD - No kids here, so some mods told me there's no point in me hanging out, even though I mostly just posted in the NYC student section🤣

TV - Typical, those guys don't know the first thing about Eurovision

Music - Trash moderation

Social - Lemonzoo

Nature - Bad moderation, basically they just moderate whenever they feel like being an asshole

Alternative - Lemonzoo

Men's Corner - I commented on some random forum users in the commentary thread, they didn't like it, so Deedy banned me

D&K - Lemonzoo

Betting - The mod knows my whole history on this forum and banned me because of it (kind of like that movie Minority Report where Tom Cruise gets arrested before he even commits the crime)

Tennis - The mods don't know anything about the sport

Olympics (every 4 years)

I actually had to log out just to see what I was missing😬

It's honestly wild how easily the admins hand out bans on request, even though they should actually want people posting

driftingtinker said:You’ve basically gone ahead and claimed this entire chat for yourself, I guess 🙂

😉

Laura Chavez93 said:Is there an existing thread regarding Eurovision on any of the other subforums—maybe Trash, Teens, or Trkeljanje—where manchild could go ahead and post?...

Yeah, check the women's corner and the USA section.

Amanda Robinson4 said:To you, these split-ups are like Pokémon. For some reason, you just have to catch 'em all!

👍

The title under the username isn't just there for show—king of percentages.

Amanda Robinson4 said:Oh, he definitely does, if you ask him! Though he hasn't even taken it off since he heard it on Fun Music.

Look, let's just clear one thing up—those PDF bans on my account where I requested them myself:

a) They were slapped on because I called out the mods, and honestly, the moderation here is a total disaster.
b) Those PDFs don't mean anything to me (they're totally non-essential).
c) I barely even remember I have them (those damn PDFs).

Quote : Casey Bennett

lonegull16 said:So now we find out there’s even some partial overlap with the music too 🤣

There’s a thread over there, but it’s mostly just people dropping song links.

There’s a thread over on the women's corner (those discussions are legendary there) plus another one over on the US boards.


Huge thanks to Maria Barnes for the reply.