Hold on - I thought all members of staff could see IP addresses?PI and i cannot.
Who the heck are you, Chaos, and why aren't you a member?
Who the heck are you, Chaos, and why aren't you a member?
No, I like you and I want to recruit as many members as possible. :angel:
i cannot see IP adresses, but it might be our old friend Mind of Ordered Chaos.
No, I like you and I want to recruit as many members as possible. :angel:
I wish I could believe that! Some of the parts I have read would say that some of you like to drive people out if they don't measure up to your "standards" of INTENSITY.
Sorry, but I'm rather cynical!
No, I like you and I want to recruit as many members as possible. :angel:
I wish I could believe that! Some of the parts I have read would say that some of you like to drive people out if they don't measure up to your "standards" of INTENSITY.
Sorry, but I'm rather cynical!
There may be one person that I drove away, but it was not for that reason at all, Chaos.
I wish I could believe that! Some of the parts I have read would say that some of you like to drive people out if they don't measure up to your "standards" of INTENSITY.
Sorry, but I'm rather cynical!
I wish I could believe that! Some of the parts I have read would say that some of you like to drive people out if they don't measure up to your "standards" of INTENSITY.
Sorry, but I'm rather cynical!
I don't lie on here, Chaos. I omit information and stretch the truth into all kinds of interesting shapes, but if you ask me a direct question and I give you a direct answer, you can count on it being true. I've only read three of your posts, to my memory, but I liked what I saw so far. And this site is dead without its members, so it's in everyone's interests to recruit as many members as we can. If you can't trust my honesty, trust my self-interest.
What you've probably heard are the complaints of people who think they've been victimized. We hold no power over any member. We cannot break into anybody's house and force them to log on. We can play mind games - but only the mind games that people allow us to play. At any moment you can log off, step away from the computer, and never have to deal with any of us in an unprotected environment again. And even then, most people aren't on here to play mind games, they're here to be honest, be themselves, and have fun. We give people a hard time, but I can't think of a single member on here who is deliberately spiteful at heart. You have to take it for what it is: a sparring ground, in an artificial online environment where there are no real consequences.
Nobody can truly be driven out. If people gang up on you and it seems like they're trying, all you have to do is turn around and tell them to fuck themselves and you'll immediately have the respect of the majority of members. We've had trolls, psychotic people, and people who don't seem to have two brain cells to rub together - and they've all managed to earn a grudging respect by virtue of tenacity.
/steps off soapbox
Certainly everyone on here doesn't share my beliefs. God, that would be boring.
You miss my point. What are you afraid will happen to you? Even if there were people on here who decided to be cruel to you, what of it? You can still step away from the computer. You can still delete your account. Nobody here can truly touch you.
My words do hold true. The parts about "the majority of members" are estimates based on reading most of the board regularly since the day it was founded. The rest of it makes no promises about other people's behavior - it just makes promises about your ability to defend yourself.
Hold on - I thought all members of staff could see IP addresses?Just Site Administrators and duncvis.
That not true they drive themselves away.No, I like you and I want to recruit as many members as possible. :angel:
I wish I could believe that! Some of the parts I have read would say that some of you like to drive people out if they don't measure up to your "standards" of INTENSITY.
Sorry, but I'm rather cynical!
That not true they drive themselves away.No, I like you and I want to recruit as many members as possible. :angel:
I wish I could believe that! Some of the parts I have read would say that some of you like to drive people out if they don't measure up to your "standards" of INTENSITY.
Sorry, but I'm rather cynical!
That not true they drive themselves away.No, I like you and I want to recruit as many members as possible. :angel:
I wish I could believe that! Some of the parts I have read would say that some of you like to drive people out if they don't measure up to your "standards" of INTENSITY.
Sorry, but I'm rather cynical!
Easily said, not easily proven! happeh, postperson, foad, robertn, I'll say your right on those! As for others, I'm still cynical! Now I'm going to step away, read more and stop talking! :book: :-\
Easily said, not easily proven! happeh, postperson, foad, robertn, I'll say your right on those! As for others, I'm still cynical! Now I'm going to step away, read more and stop talking! :book: :-\
That not true they drive themselves away.No, I like you and I want to recruit as many members as possible. :angel:
I wish I could believe that! Some of the parts I have read would say that some of you like to drive people out if they don't measure up to your "standards" of INTENSITY.
Sorry, but I'm rather cynical!
Easily said, not easily proven! happeh, postperson, foad, robertn, I'll say your right on those! As for others, I'm still cynical! Now I'm going to step away, read more and stop talking! :book: :-\
What about Ascan, who deleted all his posts and left in a snit fit because he was unable to back up all the BS he was spewing in a debate?
I would say look up his old posts here and see the BS for yourself, but unfortunately you can't because he deleted all the evidence.
Of course, he spews the same BS on several Aspie fora, so you could look on one of them.
Easily said, not easily proven! happeh, postperson, foad, robertn, I'll say your right on those! As for others, I'm still cynical! Now I'm going to step away, read more and stop talking! :book: :-\
*waves to Chaos*
Just figured out who you are (based on writing style).
No, I like you and I want to recruit as many members as possible. :angel:
I wish I could believe that! Some of the parts I have read would say that some of you like to drive people out if they don't measure up to your "standards" of INTENSITY.
Sorry, but I'm rather cynical!
why don't you just make everyone become a member who wants to post something. that will get rid of the guest problem right there
What would happen though if the guest was under eighteen and posted here what would happen then where they can post as guesses?why don't you just make everyone become a member who wants to post something. that will get rid of the guest problem right there
Because of the adults-only policy.
The guests area is free for all. There's no way we can control everyone's true age there, or in the members-only forums for that matter, but we do try.I see.
i am still awaiting my medal.
i am still awaiting my medal.
(http://osulibrary.orst.edu/specialcollections/coll/pauling/bond/pictures/large-nobel-chemistry-medal.jpg)
*waves back to Pyraxis*
No, I like you and I want to recruit as many members as possible. :angel:
Easily said, not easily proven! happeh, postperson, foad, robertn, I'll say your right on those! As for others, I'm still cynical! Now I'm going to step away, read more and stop talking! :book: :-\
*waves to Chaos*
Just figured out who you are (based on writing style).
(http://animatedtv.about.com/library/graphics/sp606_Professor_Chaos.jpg)
She has a god-complex, folks. A maniac who wants to rule the world -- with Intensity as her stepping stone.
I love to bullshit online.