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The simple fact is that RW used to have a sense of humour and it seems to have lost it. Changing Maratrean's user page was funny. Changing his signature was funny. Changing Bricks' signature was funny.

Those certainly had some childish humor associated with them the first time. When you folks started doing some of it repeatedly, it ceased to be funny.

This is setting aside of course, your assumption that you're the grand arbiter of humor here. I suspect that's why you turn around and call everyone who disagrees with your notion of what's funny "humorless tossers."

Most if not all of us do want to see Maratrean and Brxbrx go. As a matter of fact, I agree with Ace that they "hamstring" us and add little of value to the site. But when you have to reduce yourselves to Brxbrx's level, you start to lose whatever legitimate argument you may have been trying to make.

Seme Blue19:15, 17 September 2011

Not at all. If I was the only person who believed that things were getting less and less funny around here your argument would have merit, but I'm not so it doesn't.

As for doing it repeatedly, it depends exactly what you mean. Obviously the edit warring by me and Ace was necessary to make the point. There was a gap then we did it again. Doing it a third time would have been boring and I certainly had no intention of doing it - even before Nx's policy-breaking extension was added.

Judging from the emails I'm getting, my actions have quite a wide range of support. If that doesn't include you, sorry - and tough.

SuspectedReplicant retire me19:42, 17 September 2011

You sound a lot like MC, to be honest. I'm pretty sure he said something highly similar to "Judging from the emails I'm getting, my actions have quite a wide range of support" when he was defending his trolling.

Your efforts to get rid of Maratrean and Brxbrx are not misguided, but your methods are, in my opinion. I'm not going to defend them, but I'll not join your petty trolling crusade either.

Seme Blue20:04, 17 September 2011

Association fallacy.

I've just had someone offer me an 18-year old bottle of whiskey. If that's the reward for pettiness, I'll be petty all day long.

SuspectedReplicant retire me20:17, 17 September 2011

Hey, I was just pointing out something that you triggered in my memory. I was one of MC's defenders, I helped return him after his first lengthy ban. His crusade against "humorless tossers" isn't so different from yours, only he targeted higher-profile users. Anyway, it would be hypocritical for me to attack you for doing the same thing I supported MC for, I just realized. Meh. Carry on if you must.

Seme Blue20:29, 17 September 2011

I'm really curious, SR, cause maybe my sense of humor is lacking -- what "fun" has been removed OTHER THAN trolling someone's page. You imply that there is less fun here, so i'd love to see specific examples of actually funny things that have been removed.

Trolling, by the way, is not funny to me. It never has been, no matter who is trolling for what reason on what site. But clearly you and no one else get to define "fun" for all of us, hum?

Pink mowse.pngGodot Warning, chocolate will make your clothes shrink21:23, 17 September 2011
 

And hereby begins the story of an assassin…

ʤɱ federalist21:56, 17 September 2011
 
 

I thought policy was that a user's page is their castle and you're not allowed to edit it, much less vandalize it repeatedly. Silly me.

-- Nx / talk21:21, 17 September 2011

I really do not see where it's funny. Anymore than I see where it's funny to run fingers down the glasses of four-eyed kids in school. Or funny to intentionally leave your girlfriend chase after your car a few steps, as they do in "funny" movies, making her unsure if you are staying or going. Or why it's funny to leave the lid of the salt shaker slightly open at restaurants...

These things aren't funny, they are childish, they are abusive (the damage is very very slight, but the fact that you are targeting to annoy or harrass is still a level of abuse).

To me, funny is a good joke. Funny is Hugh Laurie. Funny is Peanuts.

Sad is trying to act 5 by trolling someone as if it mattered.

Pink mowse.pngGodot Warning, chocolate will make your clothes shrink21:27, 17 September 2011

That's your opinion. It's not one shared by many other people.

And Nx, fuck off. I've told you before - I'm really not interested in listening to your whining any more. Isn't it about time you LANCB?

SuspectedReplicant retire me21:31, 17 September 2011

That's exactly right. It *is* my opinion. and it is shared by many here. Not all, not most. The point I think is this. You clam "fun" is going. your definition of fun is acting like a 8 year old boy brat. "look, i can pull your hair". good for you. but saying "most of the grown up world doesn't find that crap fun" is not ruining the "fun around here". it's saying "We think rational wiki has more to offer people than the 5 year old thrill of pulling the girl's pig tail and making her cry".

Pink mowse.pngGodot Warning, chocolate will make your clothes shrink21:48, 17 September 2011

Sorry - I phrased that incorrectly. I meant it's an opinion with which many disagree. Yes there are several who agree with you, but I don't really give a fuck.

SuspectedReplicant retire me22:18, 17 September 2011
 

It's shared by those with a brain. That's enough for me.

ʤɱ federalist21:54, 17 September 2011

But you too, right?

SuspectedReplicant retire me22:21, 17 September 2011

You are more predictable than a day-time sopa opera, SR.

ʤɱ federalist22:23, 17 September 2011

If you had predicted my response, you wouldn't have left such a vapid comment in the first place.

SuspectedReplicant retire me23:07, 17 September 2011
 
 
 
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I doubt that'll be necessary. You run off crying with a distressing regularity, so I see no reason to give you a push.

SuspectedReplicant retire me22:21, 17 September 2011