Posted on 04/09/2013 5:27:53 PM PDT by Darksheare
I just spent alot of time posting!
I see that, looks like you hit a small bump.
Pictured: Small Bump
What happened?
Well, someone set up us the bomb?
I'm serious!
Oh, well.. looks like your post got pulled.
Augh! I spent alot of effort on that! How did it happen?!
Couldn't be because you were doing it wrong?
What the, how'd you get that video of m-- uh.. I don't even wear that!
Right Skippy. *cough* Well, since you asked, here's how posts get removed.
First, if it is against TOS it gets seen.
Then it gets marked.
Okay, I have that much.
Then the mods gather:
Pictured, mods gathering.
I don't think that's how it looks, I..
Look, do you want an answer or not?
...Yes?
Right, carrying on.
Then they back their vehicle up to your post.
Whoah! What the heck is that thing?!
It's a machine, that eats other machines.
With this:
I don't see what this has to do with my post vanishing, can you tell me wha-
Watch it question boy! I have a flamethrower!
You want to vanish like your dog did?
What the?! No, not Roozer too!
To be fair, your dog WAS drunk.
What?! Who would even... please don't point that flamethrower at me.
Right, and after they saw your post off the entire forum, they set it on fire.
Wait.. that man. His face, and fire! Oh GOD WHY?!
Oh, HIS post was all about his face, so the mods set it on fire.
After that, they used the ashes to open a gate between our world and theirs, like this:
BLECH! That's horrible!
And those tentacles! GAAAH!
If you think that's bad, you should see what happens when the mods get their hands on a bad thread.
Pictured: Mod hands
Oh look, here comes a mod now.
Looks like they want to ask you about that thread you just posted.
Gaaah! Tell them I'm indisposed!
Pictured: Moderator, dunno which one.
Tell them yourself, they're right behind you.
Wait, don't run away!
We haven't gotten to what happens when they edit your thread title!
This concludes our sordid fictional tale.
If you liked that, we have plenty more in the book "Oh the horrible things you'll summon!" rumored to be written by IamnotaMod
Good morning, Scoutmaster. I’m already feeling sick today - I didn’t need this information! Our local council is trying to pretend that member opinion on the issue is evenly divided.
I hope the BSA votes correctly and stays the way it is. Any other vote will ruin scouting forever. I can just see the memberships dropping to the point that it’s only a token organization with fops as members. I don’t think that’s what the founding father had in mind.
The biggest danger, and I face it right now, is becoming so overwhelmed about the bad that’s going on that there’s no longer any energy to be outraged by it.
Someone on another forum said, “This will really pi$$ you off,” and I realized, “I’m almost out of pi$$.”
I loved The Incredibles! But then, I liked Toy Story, too. Not so much the sequels, but the original was pretty adult.
I have quite a few animated movies in my collection, but I DO have favorites! :o])
When we moved out of Missouri in 1980, I vowed I would never again live in Tornado Alley. And since then, the tornadoes have proved my choice a wise one.
I will be happy to stay in the Desert Southwest and take my chances with random sandstorms and occasional earthquakes.
The biggest problem is that, even if the Scouts vote the way I want them to this time, they will face the issue again.
What the Scouts need is a way to say, “Here we stand. If we fade into the sunset, we do, but we will not revisit the issue again.”
I guess about the only thing families can do if the vote is “the wrong one” is to boycott BSA and begin removing boys. How sad is THAT?
I’d have a hard time picking my all-time favorite movie, but “The Incredibles” is high on the list. That whole thing about how psychotic it is to graduate from 4th grade to 5th grade was powerful on so many levels. Then the kid says, “You always tell us our powers are good, so why do we have to hide them?” The notion that nobody can be excellent because it will make those who aren’t excellent feel bad is destroying our country.
But, good as “The Incredibles” is, “Jack-Jack Attack” is a much needed follow-on and a laugh-out-loud riot!
I was talking with my Church about starting a Scout Troop. We were wavering between Scouts (which I have been a part of) and Royal Rangers (which I have not). Given that the BSA seems to be willing to re-consider this issue every year, I had to recommend to my Church that we go Royal Rangers.
And, yes, that is very sad. The RR is subtly different than the Scouts and I liked the Scouts better. But this is not negotiable.
It’s too bad that gay-dom has to be legislated into society. I’ve always had a live-and-let-live attitude toward gays, and I’ve even had some as friends, but I resent the dickens out of the fact that someone thinks we have to make them (and all they do) a legal issue.
Being Politically Correct is a liberal attitude, and I refuse to give in.
If someone refers to me as MS, I correct them: It’s either my first name or my nickname, but NOT a sexless title. At least with Mrs. or Miss, one knew for sure...
And that’s enough brainiac things to spout for one day. As Mammy Yokum sez, “Ah has SPOKE!”
It is, as Tc says, enough to make one sick.
Seconded.
Seconded.
I long ago ran out of energy to be outraged. If someone can tell me something practical to do about Horrible Situation X, I’ll try to do it, but the emotion just isn’t there.
If you double-post a “Seconded” does that mean you’ve “Thirded?”
2 x 2 = 4.
Great! Now that we’ve broken the continuum we’ll all have Darks dreams.
Those are like Kafka dreams with jalapeno sauce.
Great, bugs with hot sauce. Perfect U.N.-approved meal.
Outrage does nothing without actions to enforce it. I would be enraged by the current BSA quandary, by POTUS, by Harry Reid, by Soros, etc., but I am of an age and with disabilities that preclude me getting “involved” and “doing something constructive.”
I need to save my energies for those things I can control around me, and focus on making sure I live longer than for the next month or next year.
Sadly, CFIDS has beaten most of the fight out of me because it renders me so helpless when I become emotionally or physically involved.
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