[Mike]

Now that we are legion, we are hiring out Millarworld Mods for a small fee to interested parties, to provide a general Internet Moderation service. Please apply to Ryan.

[steveuk]

I hope you get danger money.

[Steve Sensible]

Mike, on 31 July 2010 - 11:50 AM, said:

Now that we are legion, we are hiring out Millarworld Mods for a small fee to interested parties, to provide a general Internet Moderation service. Please apply to Ryan.

Man, I'd hate to be the person who gets the short straw and has to moderate Facebook.

If you really want to feel depressed, go and read Lamebook for half an hour. Then weep in the knowledge that there is no hope for humanity.

[steveuk]

Steve Sensible, on 31 July 2010 - 12:39 PM, said:

Man, I'd hate to be the person who gets the short straw and has to moderate Facebook.

If you really want to feel depressed, go and read Lamebook for half an hour. Then weep in the knowledge that there is no hope for humanity.

One of my occasional colleagues just laid into another my occasional colleagues when she posted a status update, complaining about the Tories and suggesting that the country had done pretty well under Labour.

To pick a representative section;

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We didn't prosper. They built a false economy based on personal debt. Labour voters have always been either benefit receipients, public sector workers, or students who like to be 'trendy.' I guess a lot of people in our industry never really evolve from the student phase.

And

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Opinions are fine, but base them on fact, not trends.

I'm going to have to pimp NCA to him.

[Craigy_Smith_BSc]

During the election my Facebook wall turned into a warzone.

I put one small post up, went to work and came home to fifty increasingly irate posts from numerous friends attacking and defending what I said and hijacking it for their own ends.

Mentals

[Martin Smith]

That's partly why I hate discussing politics with people, despite actually caring about the issues.

[Craigy_Smith_BSc]

Martin Smith, on 31 July 2010 - 02:11 PM, said:

That's partly why I hate discussing politics with people, despite actually caring about the issues.

Over the years I've learned the "Red Flags" of several of my friends. The topics of conversation guaranteed to drive them to incoherent ranting.
If you do it in the pub it can be quite entertaining.

The oddest is my mate Reshads, the "Militant" deaf. (Mind you this is a guy who stated his perfect superpower would be the ability to confiscate cars and/or legs at will.)

[David Chapman]

Craigy_Smith_BSc, on 31 July 2010 - 02:25 PM, said:

Over the years I've learned the "Red Flags" of several of my friends. The topics of conversation guaranteed to drive them to incoherent ranting.
If you do it in the pub it can be quite entertaining.

The oddest is my mate Reshads, the "Militant" deaf. (Mind you this is a guy who stated his perfect superpower would be the ability to confiscate cars and/or legs at will.)

Yes, I can just picture the militant deaf on the march:

"What do we want?"
"PARDON?"

I should know better than to post - and say - whatever comes into my mind, especially protest march jokes. At least, not until someone agrees to pay me to do so.

(My favourite protest march joke:

"What do we want?"
"ALZHEIMERS' RIGHTS!"
"When do we want 'em?"
"WANT WHAT?")

This post has been edited by David Chapman: 31 July 2010 - 03:02 PM

[Stephen G]

Steve Sensible, on 31 July 2010 - 12:39 PM, said:

Man, I'd hate to be the person who gets the short straw and has to moderate Facebook.

It's actually not as bad as you think.

I am uber, uber restrictive w/ my facebook. I am not even "friends" w/ my work colleagues on there - just friends that are from without that I shoot the crap with. I actually prefer twitter - which I have forward to facebook. Outside of keeping an eye on Mark's - I don't ever go to the site itself cause' twitter does it all for me.

In regards to things I do I know I shouldn't. I am not a lot, but occassionally prone to cutting someone off on the freeway who has pissed me off - and then slowing down when I get parallel w/ another car so they can't get around me. Or when someone has been dicking me around - I'll follow them for a solid mile while laying on the horn.

I'm not an advocate for road rage - seriously - but for #@&* sake - the entire state of Missouri never learned how to drive. Never had these problems anywhere else in the country - even Chicago - but Missouri - no one knows how to drive here. Idiots - nearly every one.

[Steve Sensible]

Stephen G, on 31 July 2010 - 03:15 PM, said:

It's actually not as bad as you think.

I'm on Facebook, and yes it is. Luckily you can hide peoples' updates if you want to.

[craggy]

other forums in general are something I know I shouldn't do, but there's some things that people just don't seem as interested here as I am, and I don't like boring y'all going on and on about something with nary a reply in sight.

[Christian U]

Yeah yeah yeah. Quit yapping about yourself, you!

[Russell H]

Craigy_Smith_BSc, on 31 July 2010 - 11:44 AM, said:

Read "Comments" sections on websites/articles/news etc.

Most are just depressing given that people who post online seem to be universally negative self-entitled f**kbags, unless its the BBCs "Have your say" which makes me feel like I'm experiencing some kind of cerebral event.

That said I just looked at the bleedngcool comments from some Millar related news (nemesis charity skydive) and the level of irrationality is bordering on funny.

I really know I shouldn't look but I still do.

I'll go blind.

You should visit spEak You're bRanes - a collection of some of the better "Have Your Say" style responses,

[Craig MacD]

Things I should know better than to do but I do them anyway:

- drink way too much Pepsi
- waste my time lazing around the house and surfing the net (I really should be focusing on finding a job)
- spending too much money on comics and dvds/blurays

[Martin Smith]

I know I shouldn't make bad jokes on the comments of Facebook statuses for people that I don't regularly see and am firm friends with. Like old classmates who never really seemed that keen on me anyway or ex-colleagues who never get my jokes. But I do it anyway. Last one.

Girl I Went To School With: Is wondering who's going to The Big Chill?
Me: Cool people.

Strangely she hasn't replied...

[Todd Gross]

A band I see perform often, Opie Hendrix and the Texas Tallboys, have a song called "Shoulda Known Better". There is a line from the song that I have taken to heart:

"If I'd known then what I know now, I'd never learned what I know now."

As far as Facebook and Twitter postings, I intentionally keep those silly and/or surreal.

[Jim Ohara]

I should know better than to a) tell wifey she's wrong about something, b) point out flaws when she's day dreaming and c) not stop talking immediately when I can see she's getting irritated with me.

[Craigy_Smith_BSc]

Jim Ohara, on 01 August 2010 - 12:14 AM, said:

c) not stop talking immediately when I can see she's getting irritated with me.

I am so guilty of this with my girlfriend sometimes.
I can see the train coming, a big part of me is screaming to get off the tracks but for some reason my mouth just keeps with the stupid.

[Ben the Obiwomble]

You've all just given more cause to be wary of Facebook. As to politics, no one wants to answer this one: "And the Tories would have done things differently? How?" Which is the elephant in the room, I doubt we'd be in a different situation than the one we have, save that it'd probably be worse - hmm, that's an idea for an NCA thread....