No Envy For 'Rilla

[EasyT]

I don't envy you, man, trying to moderate this forum.

I know FTR's job isn't to censor people, but you mods should have some discussion about having rules RE: Personal Attacks.
You wanna RAZ someone, fine. If it gets ugly, you're gone.
Just locking the thread doesn't seem to motivate people to think twice before pushing the submit button.

EasyT

[a500lbgorilla]

yah, im trying to figure something out. But i've been pretty swamped with school, friends and even trying to play poker to really come up with a good solution. (Beyond Xianti giving me some real powers)

[ake]

yah, im trying to figure something out. But i've been pretty swamped with school, self mutilation and even trying to play poker to really come up with a good solution. (Beyond Xianti giving me some real powers)

FYP

[a500lbgorilla]

my soul is a black and hopeless as boostnslide

[ake]

To whom do I report posts with racist content?

[a500lbgorilla]

http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...ode=post&u=593

[a500lbgorilla]

Also since when is calling a black person black and a hopeless person hopeless racism?

[ake]

No. That's older than the candy+van trick. Try that on the fish

[ake]

Also since when is calling a black person black and a hopeless person hopeless racism?

Who said it is?

Clearly I was talking about this post

[a500lbgorilla]

yah, refs hated the Steelers all season. Im suprised we overcame it all.

[Rondavu]

Just don't go racist crazy. I've made a couple of posts that could be enterpreted as racist, when in fact they aren't, since I'm not racist. Actually, I'm an american indian. You probably weren't referring to my posts anyway, but wanted to make sure.

Edit: Now I see what you're talking about. Using the N word is bad. He was out of line.

[ake]

Actually I'm just kidding. In fact I regularely hold auctions to sell my livestock boost on irc. No one buys him though..

$5 starting bid, any takers? He picks cotton like a MADMAN.

[Rondavu]

That's why this forum OWNS. I didn't think people picked cotton anymore. Last time I checked they started using black cotton picking machines.

[Aces]

The aforementioned post went too far IMO.

And I don't know what's up w/the attack on AoK. Good guy and great posts - a big asset to these boards.

[journey075]

gonna be my last post on the subject, but anybody who takes somebody elses's money and doesnt pay them back is a loser.

ANYWAY, the community is nice because there are no rules. if it was modded as heavily as other forums id leave ftr honestly (not a threat lol).

[a500lbgorilla]

In light of jfishes post. We need to make a bunch of rules and mod this place heavily.

[boost]

Just don't go racist crazy. I've made a couple of posts that could be enterpreted as racist, when in fact they aren't, since I'm not racist. Actually, I'm an american indian. You probably weren't referring to my posts anyway, but wanted to make sure.

Edit: Now I see what you're talking about. Using the N word is bad. He was out of line.

Id poke a pokahantis, but the rest of your kind should be eradicated. I say first we kill your source of food, shelter, and tools for sport, leaving them dead by the thousands just for the fuck of it. Then claim your land as ours, offer you treaties then back stab you. All the while laughing as your pitiful, often romantisized yet never really quite that cool, piece of shit, 'heyhowareyah' kind are hearded into lil shit holes and forced into gambling and substance addictions. oh.. wait.. we already did all that..

kthxg-- err wait.. it wasnt a good game, you fucks got slaughtered while we pointed and laughed BWWAHAHAHAHAHHA

[Xianti]

Do I need to start temp-banning people? I was really hoping it wouldn't come to that. But I think we've now got some trolls among us that have no sense of self-restraint.

[eeeee]

I think it all reflects poorly on FTR.
The point of humor is to barely cross boundaries, but the boundaries keep moving -- racism, sexism, homosexual suggestions, just a riot, I tell you. HAHAHAHA not

And the gang up attacks and the sleezy business arrangements made public for the purpose of reputation assassination. "ewwww, poker is like this?"

If no one with leadership makes clear the standards, then there will be no standards.
If standards aren't clear, then the peons, like myself, won't bother to speak up either.
My 2c.

[boost]

Do I need to start temp-banning people? I was really hoping it wouldn't come to that. But I think we've now got some trolls among us that have no sense of self-restraint.

just curious... was this in response to my post?

If we want to cut the racist jokes out, thats fine. I just felt like at FTR we are pretty close, and with like my freinds we can make jokes and everyone knows its jsut all fun and games. No one takes it to heart, everyone really knows slavery is bad, everyone knows the holocaust is not right, ect ect.. But I guess the problem comes when we are all having a good time then someone thats not so close to the group decides to join in. Like for example Ive know ake for quite some time, he makes black / slavery jokes to me, but thats not hte extent of our communication. Then there are people that I see on IRC that I dont really communicate with now think its ok to just throw a racist joke at me everytime the ysee me. With ake Im not just an outlet for racist jokes, for others it seems like now they think its ok so they can jsut spew racist jokes and think they can get away with it.

I dont mean to bring IRC into here, Im just using it as an example. My feelings dont get hurt but I just start to see people differently.

But lets say we make a rule "no more racist jokse" what happens when prozach complains about the emo/self-mutilation jokes? Now do we have to be sensitive to his lil pansy ass? What happens when AOK complains about us pointing out his degenerate debter status? Do we have to be sensitive to dead beat losers? I dont know.. when and where does it stop? I dont want to sit around the commune singing coom-bi-yah (sp?) that shit would be lame.

[a500lbgorilla]

I think it all reflects poorly on FTR.
The point of humor is to barely cross boundaries, but the boundaries keep moving -- racism, sexism, homosexual suggestions, just a riot, I tell you. HAHAHAHA not

And the gang up attacks and the sleezy business arrangements made public for the purpose of reputation assassination. "ewwww, poker is like this?"

If no one with leadership makes clear the standards, then there will be no standards.
If standards aren't clear, then the peons, like myself, won't bother to speak up either.
My 2c.

But on the other side, im not about to say "Though you all find emo, ginger, gay jokes hilarious. You can't joke around in here. Get a new sense of humor or stop posting."

[Xianti]

Do I need to start temp-banning people? I was really hoping it wouldn't come to that. But I think we've now got some trolls among us that have no sense of self-restraint.

just curious... was this in response to my post?

No. It was in response to EasyT's first post in this thread.

You're harmless, b00st. You're like a black poodle with a cute bark.

[Xianti]

I agree with 'rilla. All kinds of humor is fine, as long as it's obviously in jest.

Some remarks by a lot of people lately (not in this thread) have been spiteful, condescending, and just unpleasant. That is not what FTR is about.

[Muxy]

Do I need to start temp-banning people? I was really hoping it wouldn't come to that. But I think we've now got some trolls among us that have no sense of self-restraint.

just curious... was this in response to my post?

No. It was in response to EasyT's first post in this thread.

You're harmless, b00st. You're like a black poodle with a cute bark.

RACIST.... temp ban yourself now.

[boost]

I think it all reflects poorly on FTR.
The point of humor is to barely cross boundaries, but the boundaries keep moving -- racism, sexism, homosexual suggestions, just a riot, I tell you. HAHAHAHA not

And the gang up attacks and the sleezy business arrangements made public for the purpose of reputation assassination. "ewwww, poker is like this?"

If no one with leadership makes clear the standards, then there will be no standards.
If standards aren't clear, then the peons, like myself, won't bother to speak up either.
My 2c.

But on the other side, im not about to say "Though you all find emo, ginger, gay jokes hilarious. You can't joke around in here. Get a new sense of humor or stop posting."

exactly... this is a forum about poker, poker is for adults, not lil kids. "knock knock" and "whyd the chicken cross the road" jokes arent really funny to adults anymore... well sometimes they are but.. you get my point. Some humor is edgy, some humor is blunt, and then theres dwarfmans I-talked-to-a-AIM-bot-and-heres-the-conversation "humor" . But its all humor and shouldnt be taken too seriously.

[Xianti]

RACIST.... temp ban yourself now.

Okay. I'll ban myself for 15 minutes. See ya.

[boost]

yah I guess thats what I was trying to get across.. I sometimes dont feel like being clever so Ill just be really blunt, maybe this comes across as spiteful but its not. Maybe this is the same for others too, but sometimes it just really feels like people mean what they post.

and xianti.. I dont take kindly to that comment. You would go and refer to a black guy as a dog wouldnt you? And you couldnt even make it a cool dog, you went and used poodle.. thats just not cool. So why dont you take your high-yellow ass back to china and sew me up a fresh pair for airforce ones, DI DI MAO!

[Xianti]

Sit, b00st, sit. Good dog.

[ProZachNation]

Do I need to start temp-banning people? I was really hoping it wouldn't come to that. But I think we've now got some trolls among us that have no sense of self-restraint.

just curious... was this in response to my post?

If we want to cut the racist jokes out, thats fine. I just felt like at FTR we are pretty close, and with like my freinds we can make jokes and everyone knows its jsut all fun and games. No one takes it to heart, everyone really knows slavery is bad, everyone knows the holocaust is not right, ect ect.. But I guess the problem comes when we are all having a good time then someone thats not so close to the group decides to join in. Like for example Ive know ake for quite some time, he makes black / slavery jokes to me, but thats not hte extent of our communication. Then there are people that I see on IRC that I dont really communicate with now think its ok to just throw a racist joke at me everytime the ysee me. With ake Im not just an outlet for racist jokes, for others it seems like now they think its ok so they can jsut spew racist jokes and think they can get away with it.

I dont mean to bring IRC into here, Im just using it as an example. My feelings dont get hurt but I just start to see people differently.

But lets say we make a rule "no more racist jokse" what happens when prozach complains about the emo/self-mutilation jokes? Now do we have to be sensitive to his lil pansy ass? What happens when AOK complains about us pointing out his degenerate debter status? Do we have to be sensitive to dead beat losers? I dont know.. when and where does it stop? I dont want to sit around the commune singing coom-bi-yah (sp?) that shit would be lame.

emo can change, skin color cannt

not that I have been or ever will be emo

[eeeee]

.... jokes arent really funny to adults anymore... well sometimes they are but.. you get my point.

I'm not suggesting flinging poo isn't funny. It is funny. Sometimes. But the largest, busiest forum is filling up with poo, and only seems to be attracting more poo flingers who can't seem to fling poo fast enough to please themselves. I wasn't sure that's what Xanti wanted. I can imagine plenty of people wandering in to FTR, then wandering off again.

I've been pondering lately that the Community should be the last forum on the index. You know, 'cuz poo rolls down hill. Or maybe there could be a duplicate Community area called the Poo Playground.

The racial jokes are bad for business. Beat downs are bad for business. It just has to be a money decision at a certain point. And the "lowest common denominator" for humor is usually too low. It's not about adult vs. 'knock knock' jokes (that's a straw man, Boost). It is that someone needs to decide what is too low, even if it's too high for 23 people on FTR (even if you aren't comfortable with drawing a line, 'Rilla.)

Props for making a little noise Xanti and 'Rilla, locking threads and the like. I notice for every locked thread, another starts up to finish the joke. If you make it known you are serious, 8 of the 23 frantic poo flingers will piss and moan and test you by flinging even more henious poo, so maybe you don't want to go that far. Maybe things are just fine. EasyT brought it up, and no one is really complaining, except for Boost not wanting any more racial jokes, and MannerBoy not wanting any more beat downs, and Xanti having to lock... well, maybe there are some complaints. No big.

[boost]

I didnt say no more racial jokes.. I dont know I was just saying that ... well I dont know what the fuck I was saying... I like the forums, I think things will work themselves out. So long as we are welcoming to new posters. I think a joke here and there is one thing, but being mean to newbies is what will turn people away.

[Lukie]

With no desire to read this entire thread at 4:00 am and no idea what it's about, anyone care to give me a quick summary of what's going on? Thanks.

[Irisheyes]

Flaming...blah blah... private matters in the open... bad impression on the forums... some people thing its gone too far... the usual.

[Lukie]

Flaming...blah blah... private matters in the open... bad impression on the forums... some people thing its gone too far... the usual.

Ah, ok.. that's what I figured. Thanks for the update and saving me a good 10 minutes of my life .

[Robert]

This is why I almostnever read the commune, I keep myself to the pokerrelated parts of FTR. Commune used to have a friendly atmosphere with lots of fun stuff, now its worse than some dumb tv serial.

[journey075]

its probably misinterpreted irc humor. then again we are assholes..

[Robert]

well the humour doesnt offend me at all, but at times I find it tasteless and not at all funny. I dont say you should keep yourselves in check because of me, because like I said I almost never read the commune anyway - I'm just trying to give an oppinion on how this all looks to an "outsider".

[gabe]

well the humour doesnt offend me at all, but at times I find it tasteless and not at all funny. I dont say you should keep yourselves in check because of me, because like I said I almost never read the commune anyway - I'm just trying to give an oppinion on how this all looks to an "outsider".

i agree with this. its like the IRC club just posts a dumb stuff that makes them laugh.

i'm not saying i dislike them, but thats what i see it as.