User talk:Matty the Damned/Archive1

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Hi Matty the Damned . I hope that your damnation wasn't for anything too serious. If you'd like to know a bit more about the site please have a look at our RationalWiki:Newcomers' guide.--Bob^{bing up} 15:14, 10 November 2008 (EST)

Sysopship

You seem mostly harmless, so you're a sysop now. Yay! Here's a manual. So long, and thanks for all the goat. Thunderkatz^Ho! 19:40, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Ta fanx! MtD (talk) 19:48, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Susan

If a user wants to retire they are welcome to. Please don't remove such notices.--Bob^{Spring is sprung!} 14:10, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

Please to be talking here.

Please be providing handy links to your archives, or I will start typing with the local accent. :) Тy^Talk. 01:36, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

Shit. I knew I was forgetting summat. :) MtD^{Pinko Scum} 01:41, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

HIV/AIDS

Sorry, but have I said something to offend you? --I haven't chosen a username yet. (talk) 02:10, 28 June 2011 (UTC)

Nope. I just think your edit to that article is off the mark. It contains a couple of assumptions which I don't think are backed up by evidence as well as some emotive language. Try dialing back the rhetoric a bit and we'll see how you go. In the interests of transparency I should tell you I have AIDS. MtD^{Pinko Scum} 02:14, 28 June 2011 (UTC)

Refute not revert

If you want to get rid of what I wrote, I would like to see an accurate refutation. Where is your proof that neo-Nazis are NOT left-wing? The fact that the MSM says so? Neo-Nazis are liberal (talk) 02:07, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

I have proof. They all vote for Arpaio here in Arizona, and while David Duke isn't exactly a skinhead, he ran as a Republican--User:Brxbrx/sig 02:31, 18 December 2011 (UTC)

Shut up Bricks. --MtD^{Pinko Scum} 02:33, 18 December 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, didn't really look at the date...--User:Brxbrx/sig 02:35, 18 December 2011 (UTC)

Don't fret son, I never read anything I respond to neither. --MtD^{Pinko Scum} 02:37, 18 December 2011 (UTC)

Really..

..You don't have to welcome the same troll who's been here since 2007, who also keeps using a different proxy to create an account. RatMaster ^háblame 13:39, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

But I like your enthusiasm. RatMaster ^háblame 13:40, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

Well, I'm just trying to be nice. Offering a welcome and all that. How am I meant to know he's a fucking troll? Honestly, sometimes I think you boys just see me as a bit of meat, ready to cook your meals, clean your house and press your collars! MtD^{Pinko Scum} 13:42, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

Because they keep creating accounts that are not new users :p RatMaster ^háblame 13:45, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

Why would someone create an account if they already had one? I mean that just doesn't make sense. Seems a bit rude, really. If a chap has an account he should jolly well use it and not create a new one. No, I'm sure you're wrong. I've no doubt we're under attack from a battalion of cads and bounders. Battle stations! MtD^{Pinko Scum} 13:49, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

If you do windows as well, I'm so asking you to marry me. --PsyGremlinParla! 13:51, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

We know this guy. RatMaster ^háblame 13:53, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

Frankly the pair of you have a cheek. I've heard about you and your smutty mouths. We'll have none of that carry on here, thank you very much. >:(

But back to the matter at hand, if a chap has an account and should find himself blocked, I'm sure an arrangement can be made. Probably he had one or five too many gins and got a little bit silly at the wheel. Well that happens to best of us, doesn't it really? One minute you think you're enjoying a snifter of marsala and the next thing you know there's Ovaltine all over the inside of the microwave.

Anyway, I'm sure it'll work out. MtD^{Pinko Scum} 14:00, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

I love your English/Scottish (sorry I don't know my UK well) accent. RatMaster ^háblame 14:02, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

Well you can offer all the blandishments you want, but you'll not be taking my sister out for a fish dinner and that's for sure. She requires cold hard currency right on the knocker, so have your change purse ready.

There used to be a time when a chap could rely on another chap. You know, to stick to one account and make a decent fist of himself. Sadly those days are gone. All this sockpuppetry, well that rot might be acceptable over at Wikipedia, but we're not all D. Gerards and that's for sure and certain. MtD^{Pinko Scum} 14:10, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘Truer words never spoken. RatMaster ^háblame

Indeed. And what's become of the junior boys? There was a time when you could bend a n00b over the pommel horse and give him a tusk up the runter and he'd thank you for making the effort. Nowadays even looking askance at a callow youth gets you listed on a register of some sort. Outrageous! Bring back the birch, I say. MtD^{Pinko Scum} 14:21, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

Who are you?

I literally didn't know you existed before now. Whatever. Email me if you want to know the real truth behind why they got rid of me. I deserve a fair trial and will not stop until I get one. 86.46.169.205 (talk) 12:23, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

I roll in like the fog on little cat feet. How can I email you when I don't know your email? MtD^{Pinko Scum} 12:27, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

You can use the "E-mail this user" function. (((Zack Martin)))^™ 12:28, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

I can email an anonymous IP editor? How marvellous! MtD^{Pinko Scum} 12:30, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

GRAHAMDAEEJIT AT GMAIL DOT COM 86.46.169.205 (talk) 12:30, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

It's MarcusCicero, you can go to User:MarcusCicero and use the "E-mail this user" function on that page. Or yeah, he just gave you his email. (((Zack Martin)))^™ 12:31, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

MarcusCicero? Never heard of him. Sounds like a playa. MtD^{Pinko Scum} 12:40, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Oh, he is such a naughty boy, they have decided they have to revert his every comment, including on other editors talkpages, even when they object; and if you dare to claim the prerogative of deciding for yourself what goes on your own talk page, they will threaten you with retaliation. (((Zack Martin)))^™ 12:43, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

How unfortunate for him. It seems he is the victim of the Old Chinese Curse May you come to the attention of those in authority. I am sure They know what They are doing. MtD^{Pinko Scum} 12:46, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

I'll "red bang" you.

Thanks! PintOfStoutTalk Good people drink good beer. 22:15, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

That phrase...

I have seen you use the phrase "cretinous prattle" at least a couple times now, and I would like to thank you for such a wonderful way of describing Maratrean and similar posters. Blue (pester) 00:43, 18 December 2011 (UTC)

It seems the only fitting characterisation. I'm pleased to have been of use. ;) --MtD[User talk:Matty the Damned/Archive1[User_talk:Matty the Damned|^{Pinko Scum}]] 01:45, 18 December 2011 (UTC)

heads up for falling Tomes

Block log for Abd. Thanks for the proper RationalWiki Welcome. Good thing it didn't interrupt any editing, or I'd have been Seriously Pissed, at having to spend twenty seconds saving my work for later. After all, that damned Captcha is hard enough. All things in Due Proportion, except, of course, for anything that Offends My Sensibilities. Watch out or I'll Drop a Tome on ya. It may only weigh a few pounds, but from this altitude ... Look Out Below! --Abd (talk) 19:10, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Whatevs. --MtD^{Pinko Scum} 19:14, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

Sig

Yes, that is a book about Nessie.

You have a teal-coloured sig. So have I, because it matches my nail polish. Sophie^{because liberals} 11:11, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

Squee! I use it because it matches my eye-shadow. ^.^ --MtD^{Pinko Scum} 11:20, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

I have a pashmine the same colour, I should upload a pic. Sophie^{because liberals} 11:22, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

Luvverly! You should. I have a burka in puce. --MtD^{Pinko Scum} 11:32, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

I will do myself up a bit and take a photo of my shiny tealness. Sophie^{because liberals} 11:35, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

Mint

Mint Lisa w/ MATE is like the good ol' days. Do it now. Occasionaluse (talk) 05:56, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

So long as the Nividia driver is not fux0red. Is it like Fedora Core 7? Core 7 -- now that was a fuckin' sweet distro. --MtD^{Prematurely Indeterminate} 06:17, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

Fucked nvidia seems to be 12.04. Mint 12 is still based on 11.10. It's kind of a good thing that mint lags behind ubuntu. Ubuntu tends to shoot from the hip with their firm 6 month cycle. Mint waits until they get it right. Occasionaluse (talk) 06:20, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

I had the same problem with the driver in 11.10 but it might be a moot point. I'm thinking of going with Nouveau rather than the binary nightmare from Nvidia. I understand that Nouveau handles basic desktop effects and all that shit with little stress. But I'm certainly going to download Mint. I don't think I can stand the torment of returning to Arch. --MtD^{Prematurely Indeterminate} 06:29, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

Still getting the hang of this!

OK, will do! --Kittenmommy (talk) 21:27, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

this

<3 Copperhead^Hisssssss 22:01, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

Heh. Marty is my favourite wind-up toy. He provides me with endless entertainment. ^_^ --MtD^{Prematurely Indeterminate} 23:18, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

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File:Acemodlove.jpg

Vote Ace.

I would like to vote for you, but you are a New Zealander. --MtD^{Prematurely Indeterminate} 03:14, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

Yes, but I married a South African and I can trace my lineage back to Tahiti. So just vote Ace.Ace^Moderator 03:21, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

You married a what? O.o --MtD^{Prematurely Indeterminate} 04:41, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

A lady from South Africa. Who cares, just fucking vote Ace. Shall I draw you a diagram? Ace^Moderator 06:58, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

I think you're gonna have to. Peter ^{Urist for Mod!} 07:04, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

Why would an Australian vote for a New Zealander who married a South African? The whole idea is preposterous. And possibly treasonous. --MtD^{Prematurely Indeterminate} 07:57, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

Don't ask questions just vote Ace. Ace^Moderator 08:14, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

Actually I'm thinking of voting for Sophie. She seems nice. ^.^ --MtD^{Prematurely Indeterminate} 10:31, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

OK, but you do get 7 votes. Ace^Moderator 10:33, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

I FUCKING KNOW HOW STV WORKS. --MtD^{Prematurely Indeterminate} 20:44, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

doesn't sound like you do but we can change your name to Shouty McShouterson if you like? Ace^Moderator 21:26, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

Only six weeks ago I conducted an STV ballot with 7546 formal votes cast to fill 15 positions. It was done by hand not with some high-falutin' MW extension. Paper ballots. I was shouting because I figured you couldn't hear me properly all the way over there in the Land of the Long Flat Vowel. Do you like hokey-pokey ice cream? I do but it is hard to find here. --MtD^{Prematurely Indeterminate} 21:50, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

I don't like Ice cream. Ace^Moderator 22:33, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

Oh dear. That is a problem. Do you dislike puppies too? --MtD^{Prematurely Indeterminate} 22:38, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

I don't dislike them but I wouldn't want to own one. Ace^Moderator 22:49, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

They can be tiresome especially if they've gotten into the ice cream and spewed all over hall runner. Curiously the flavour of the ice cream doesn't seem to have any impact on the odiousness of the vomit. I don't have much time for cats. Awful things. Snakes with fur. --MtD^{Prematurely Indeterminate} 22:56, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

I want a pet Komodo Dragon. Ace^Moderator 22:58, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

Yes! How fucking cool are they? Venomous lizards! David Icke is gonna freak. --MtD^{Prematurely Indeterminate} 00:17, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

sterile^{no new information} 05:18, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

And who might you be? --MtD^{Prematurely Indeterminate} 06:09, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

I'm an 'merican, if that's your focus. sterile^{no new information} 06:27, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

Stay back Sterile, the sow is mine. Ace^Moderator 06:34, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

He gets seven choices. sterile^{no new information} 13:33, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

err?

Did I do something to you? I'm confused. sterile^{no new information} 17:34, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

No, I was being an attention whore. But it's good to see you're sensitive to the capricious whims of the electorate. --MtD^{Prematurely Indeterminate} 22:09, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

Hey

Stop sysoping random idiots! Osaka Sun (talk) 06:18, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

Go and lick the pavement. ^_^ --MtD^{Prematurely Indeterminate} 07:11, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

We were all random idiots once... Peter ^{This is not my first temporal anomaly} 06:29, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

But were you demoted within 72 hours of walking your random idiot self through the registration page? Ochotonaprinceps^{not a pokémon} 10¹³ points 06:33, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

No, I lasted about a week. Peter ^{This is not my first temporal anomaly} 06:42, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

A week? I took two months. Osaka Sun (talk) 06:45, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

I think it was kids in North America

There was another spate of similar wandalism Saturday evening, but not last night, as far as I saw. The timing (evening in the US, well past pub closing in the UK, some form of broad daylight in the antipodes, I suppose) makes me think the perpetrators are within a time zone or three of me, and the lack of activity on a school night makes me think it's kids. Who really knows? As I've previously said, my level of emotional investment in chasing that knowledge is slim to nil. Carry on... Sprocket J Cogswell (talk) 14:21, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

Hi

Hi, and thanks for the welcome. I'm new to this wiki, and am not much better at others- I have read through the Wikipedia guidelines and policies, and still suck at editing it. I was just wondering, did I do anything wrong on the page, or what prompted you to leave that message? Thanks! --Lixxx235 (talk) 07:11, 6 April 2014 (UTC)

No, you did nothing wrong from what I can see. Just giving you a friendly welcome. :) --MtD^{Pert yet flexible} 07:14, 6 April 2014 (UTC)

... wait, what?

I'm a... sysop? And that's a demotion? Uhh.... what's going on? <_> Serocco (talk) 04:49, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

Sysopship is really no big deal here. You've been around a while and you might find the tools useful. Most <semi>regular contributors end up with mop as a matter of course. Just read the guide I linked to on your talkpage. --MtD^{Notorious Sodomite} 05:00, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

Well, I like the new tools. Thanks! Serocco (talk) 05:04, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

Sure thing. Just make sure you delete the mainpage. --MtD^{Notorious Sodomite} 05:13, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

The mainpage of what? Serocco (talk) 18:42, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

The mainpage of RationalWiki. He was joking, since you obviously shouldn't be deleting important things like that. (sorry for ruining the joke by explaining it) Nullahnung (talk) 18:49, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

You wish I was joking, sugar-tits. --MtD^{Notorious Sodomite} 18:50, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

User spaced oblivion

Thanks for moving the article to my userspace. I'll happily work on it if you think it's worth having an article on oblivion. If you think there's no need for such an article in the first place then I'll work on something else. If not...do you suppose I should just cut out the religious elements and focus only on the finality of death, decomposition of the body and the end of mind/cognition? Cheers. --Shabidoo (talk) 17:33, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

No problem. What you work on is up to you of course. I think that Oblivion is probably already well covered in the Death/Afterlife articles but perhaps there's an arguable case for an article which addresses things like soul sleep, total annihilation and second death. You know the eschatology of groups like Mormons, Seventh Day Adventists and the like. --MtD^{Notorious Sodomite} 20:49, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

Hi

Thanks for the welcome, much appreciated! Registered Sax Offender^{sax me} 22:49, 14 April 2014 (UTC)

You're more than welcome. Love the username. ^_^ --MtD^{Notorious Sodomite} 22:53, 14 April 2014 (UTC)

Your tireless efforts

Have an orange bar across the top of your window, on me. Your tireless efforts on the welcoming committee have not gone unnoticed. Also, your notoriety has not yet percolated to my neck of the woods. I suppose that falls in the realm of "thankful for small favors"... Sprocket J Cogswell (talk) 14:05, 18 April 2014 (UTC)

boo!

Care to explain your changes to the #cropCircle article? rrstuv 01:06, 28 February 2015 (UTC)

BOO!Doublethink (talk) 01:54, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

Undid your revert of Jarrah White

Hi Matty, I just undid your revert Jarrah White, as the deletions are by a BoN who seems very intent on importing bland Wikipedia-style NPOV to RW to an extent that seems uncomfortably close to whitewashing (no pun intended). I'm just wondering if the current watered down version is what you intended and why? Perhaps it's per the "beware of lawyers"-caution and hedging against lawsuits? But if so, I'd like to know as a reference for future edits. There's a discussion going on at the talk page if you want the nitty gritty of it. ScepticWombat (talk) 09:35, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

Nah, it's all good. --MtD^{Notorious Sodomite} 09:47, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

A talkpage is a castle

While I agree with the idea somewhat, I do think there are limits.

1. Is the welcome message, if I had shown up and made mistakes and edits that earned me a neutral or negative greeting, then I should see this as a sign of friction and seek to understand the problem at hand, and not simply change said message to suit my fancy.
2. The content of other users comments: Their words are their own, and I, nor any other user has the right to alter them to suit our own ends, whatever they may be.

That's all I wished to say from my perspective. ☭Comrade GC☭^{Ministry of Praise} 03:45, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

Mate we're on a unity ticket here. I don't disagree with you on the substance of the matter. @Jsolinsky is a bellend of the highest stripe but if you strip him of his talkpage access without blocking him, he's gonna make an even bigger cunt of himself than he already has. --MtD^Bogan 04:02, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

I don't want to block him, I didn't even want to take away his talkpage access. I just wanted him to stop edit warring and looking at this site and myself with the narrow focus he currently uses. When I have an argument with another user I go through their edit logs and talkpage comments to try to get a better idea of where they're coming from, what positions they hold, etc. (It sounds creepier than it actually is.) I wish others would do the same, and it's very clear from this edit that he has not. All he knows of me or you is our direct interactions, nothing more. ☭Comrade GC☭^{Ministry of Praise} 04:15, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

Again, I think we're on a unity ticket. We are, in large part, in furious agreement with each other. I appreciate you're a diligent and dedicated sysop and RW could do with three of you. If @Jsolinsky is as big a pest as you think then you should give vast and careful consideration to taking him to the RW:COOP.

We have a policy of not deleting the talk page along with the main page.

Sure thing. Where are all these policies kept? For future reference.

Well, RationalWiki:Community Standards covers most of them, along with the sysop guide and bureaucrat guide. Other policies are unwritten and based on tradition, and one generally discovers them through trial and error.

Yeah, I read those. So I suspect I'm at the trial and error phase. :)