1)Someday, we'll look back on this, laugh nervously and change the subject. 2) The fact that no one understands you doesn't mean you're an artist. 3) I don't know what your problem is, but I'll bet it's hard to pronounce. 4) Any connection between your reality and mine is purely coincidental. 5) I have plenty of talent and vision. I just don't give a damn. 6) I like you. You remind me of when I was young and stupid. 7) What am I? Flypaper for freaks!? 8) I'm not being rude. You're just insignificant. 9) I'm already visualizing the duct tape over your mouth. 10) Thank you. We're all refreshed and challenged by your unique point of view. 11) I will always cherish the initial misconceptions I had about you. 12) It's a thankless job, but I've got a lot of Karma to burn off. 13) No, my powers can only be used for good. 14) How about never? Is never good for you? 15) I'm really easy to get along with once you people learn to worship me. 16) You sound reasonable...Time to up my medication. 17) I'll try being nicer if you'll try being smarter. 18) I'm out of my mind, but feel free to leave a message... 19) I don't work here. I'm a consultant. 20) Who me? I just wander from room to room. 21) I see you've set aside this special time to humiliate yourself in public. 22) It might look like I'm doing nothing, but at the cellular level I'm really quite busy. 23) At least I have a positive attitude about my destructive habits. 24) You are validating my inherent mistrust of strangers.
And I totally agree with her. <3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In November last year, I quit going on the forums. I stopped posting on restricted, my favourite place to chat, and lurked on the forums. I only come on now for trading purposes, on PC & Pets, and rarely graphics. You know why? Popularity. Groups. So called oldies yelling at poor so called newbies.
I've been on this site for a long time now, a hell lot more then these so called 'oldies' that call themselves cool. I was lurking one time on the pets forum, looking for good trades and do you know what I found? Probably a 2 day old just-joined newbie trying to trade a jessup for a chibs. People came, and flamed him. They hated him. It was disgusting to watch. I took a stand. You know what happened then, when I told them that THEY were newbies once themselves, and they made mistakes too? I got hate mail.
That's not only one time that I've seen this, I've seen it a lot. Sure, 2 years ago it would still happen, but it was rarely. To all of you 'oldies' with 2 million user id's that say 'newbies have taken over' your WRONG. YOU were once a newbie. The other people on the other side of that computer screen isn't a robot. They have feelings. They're probably wondering, 'Why are these people yelling at me? I'm just trying to get this cute kitty on my profile.' It's getting out of hand. Seriously.
Which brings us to problem deux - Popularity. I mean, SERIOUSLY. What is up with the forums these days? Anybody who isn't 'popular' with like, a gabillion posts and a funky username, can't talk? Just get ignored? That happens ALOT now. On every forum, except SPAM&Entertainment. Take graphics, for example. I'm on a PROTEST for that forum. Their could be the best graphics maker ever trying to advertise there graphic, but your going to ignore it because that persons name isn't Rein. Seriously? I'm serious. Popularity is a HUGE thing on this site right now. I remember awhile ago, before 80% of you all joined[You so called oldies, yet again.] popularity didn't MATTER. It seriously did not matter. Nobody cared if you had 1 or 10,000 posts. People didn't care what stupid user ID you were.
And i'll continue, in my short rant, to number 3 - Groups. Say your in a group sort of like the fmie, except its on restricted. You and your group-members declare themselves 'cool' and make a forum. Another non-group member tries to post on it, and you start flaming them. I mean COME ON. What happened to the forums on this site?
There was NO popularity, NO groups, NO newbie bashing and no 'cool populars who know everything and we should worship them because they say that they're cool. '
In conclusion, THE FORUMS SUCK. ._. I seriously mean, they suck. They're not great all.
And to you damn people who say the moderator's arn't doing there job, how about YOU try to moderator a forum for a chance? Ask Ian to make you mod for a day. YOU try taking care of all of these problems at once. Give them a BREAK. There doing the best they can! SHEESH.
