Posts by Terry Barnes7

A pseudo-moderator of that caliber would certainly be a welcome addition to the Religion section on the Adobe PDF. 😬

brightsailor17 said:This sub used to be such a lively place—always someone airing grievances or weeping about how the moderators were being unfair or power-tripping. Has there been a sudden shift toward moderation excellence? Are they just sitting on their hands now? Or have we all collectively matured and decided to stop disagreeing with everything? Perhaps everyone is just too exhausted to complain anymore.

Personally, I find myself lamenting the lack of complaints; things have become rather tedious here. It used to be easy to gauge the pulse of Reddit.

Then again, I could easily step into those moderator shoes myself. You all know my ambitions. 🙂

All I’ll say is this: send me the PDF on Religion. 🕺

Casey Bennett said:That rule dates all the way back to 2006. As most people here are already aware, using clones is tacitly permitted as long as you aren't abusing them.
For instance: if you find yourself banned and decide to start posting via a clone, that is a massive "no-no."
Or if you're using multiple profiles within the same thread—absolutely not, unless it's an extreme exception where you've cleared it with a moderator first.
It gets even worse when you're not just using multiple profiles on one topic, but actually patting yourself on the back to artificially boost your own rating (LOL. Goodbye and send a postcard).
Using different profiles within the same subforum but on separate threads is tolerated, though it’s wise to notify the mods to avoid any misunderstandings.

Any situation where you've forgotten your password or lost access to your email and can't reset it is easily handled through the forum help desk. Furthermore, if a clone is created due to one of those situations—much like what happened with mellowbadger0—and you continue posting solely from that account, there is no issue at all.

Except, of course, when we're talking about the Religion sub-forum, where the rules tend to operate under a slightly different set of logic.

mellowbadger0 said:You should take a look at the Reddit rules.
Technically, you can maintain two accounts as long as your primary one hasn't been banned.

I used my first account extensively on the spirituality and mysticism boards, and I eventually found myself overwhelmed by an influx of private messages, which became rather exhausting over time.

The general forum guidelines actually state the opposite (refer to point 9.).

Anthony Nguyen81 said:Dear SS-U-worker 🤣

*fixed 😁

Matthew Collins20 said:If someone decided their preferred aesthetic was typing out SS or HH instead of standard letters—would we just shrug that off as fine, too?

I fail to see the issue—what’s actually wrong with someone having an affinity for electricians and choosing to say Hail Hydra? 🕺

Carl Roberts2 said:Anyone who doesn't agree that Oprah Winfrey and her ilk are nothing more than con artists—well, they clearly aren't living in the real world.

I suppose we should assume that even lesbians find themselves missing a man at times? 🍿

If you actually manage to pull off some kind of change, do us a small favor and lend a hand over on the Religion board. 🙂

Is this particular Smith we're discussing? 🤔

Casey Bennett said:After looking into this—essentially running some consultations—here is the breakdown: you are perfectly free to maintain a list of users you have muted, provided you don't wrap it in a layer of unnecessary provocation.
For instance, saying "Here is my ignore list: User A and User B..." is completely acceptable.
However, framing it as "The idiots on my ignore list: User A and User B" is where we draw the line; that simply isn't okay.

I trust that clarifies things. 😁

Finally, some good news. 🙂

Casey Bennett said:There aren't any official rules right now—Andrlon just pulled them down temporarily—but don't think that means anything goes.
Stick to the old standards: keep signatures to a maximum of three lines using the smallest font size, absolutely no insults, no advertising, and if you’re quoting someone else on this Forum, you have to include a direct link to their post...

If anyone needs help tweaking their signature—say, hiding a URL behind some text or shrinking the font size—just ask here in this thread.

Just so we're all on the same page—does this mean I'm allowed to list out all the users currently sitting on my ignore list in my signature?

Yes, I’m actually asking about the specific link that Jeremy Johnson18 posted earlier.

Is there actually a set of guidelines somewhere regarding how to handle signatures? I managed to track down a link over here, but it seems to be broken—or perhaps it's just me.

All I end up seeing is this:
No Topic specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator

wearybison63 said:The moderators are at fault here if they aren't stepping in to handle the insults and the trolling—it’s essentially a failure of the mods to actually perform their duties.

And, of course, there is supposed to be some sort of oversight for them, too. Or at least, there ought to be. 😉

Larry Ortiz5 said:—well, he’d certainly rather roll back to an older driver version than deal with the sheer headache of wiping his entire drive just to install Linux.

He’s running a 1 TB SSD, so there is plenty of room to carve out maybe 30 or 40 GB for a Linux dual-boot setup. That is, assuming his entire SSD isn't one giant system partition—because if it is, resizing those partitions can become quite a messy ordeal.

boldraven11 said:I’ve already given that a shot—just swapping out the drivers—but it’s the exact same story.

I realize this might sound a bit unconventional—perhaps even a little eccentric—but you should consider installing a Linux distribution for a few days just to test the waters. It is my understanding that the Radeon drivers for Linux are often more stable than their counterparts on Windows. If everything runs smoothly during those couple of days, then we can be 99.99% certain that we are dealing with nothing more than poorly optimized Windows drivers.

cosmicbadger6 said:Hey,

Not really sure where this fits, so here goes.
You guys might not get it. Ehh, how do I even start this?
Back in High School, I hit a massive depressive slump—couldn't drag myself out of bed, couldn't focus on school, couldn't deal with friends. Plus, the classes at my school were incredibly dull.
Just total depression.
And then what happened? I bullied a few girls back then, and now, somehow, it’s like I can’t move forward in life. And I’m 30 now.

I’m talking about work. Finding a job feels impossible. I’m not exactly a "people person"—I get bored with things too fast—and the people I actually meet tend to avoid me or stop calling.

Can't find a decent guy either, just guys looking for sex.
I could live for another 150 years and still not find anyone worth keeping.

I've held a few jobs, but they were all temporary gigs.
At my last job, they treated me like garbage—constant criticism, making me feel small, just constant nonsense.

Even when I'm just walking down the street, I feel like I'm hearing sarcastic comments from everyone.

I honestly feel like all of this is happening because of those mean things I said in high school.
Like karma. A boomerang hitting me in the face.

What do you think? Is this because of those messages from back then?
For context, I started withdrawing into myself pretty early—around 7th grade. I just didn't want to hang out with anyone anymore.
I even saw therapists, but nothing really helped.

When I graduated from High School, a few former classmates added me on Facebook just to verbally attack me. In the end, I was the one made to look like the villain again.
Maybe it would have been smarter if I hadn't said anything to them.

I don't know.
Is there anyone here who actually has an answer? Someone who can make sense of this?

Wait a second, weren't you in a relationship for a year and a half? 🤔