Due to continued complaints from our sponsors and a recent flood of inappropriate content, we have decided it is time to get rid of the OT board. It will be locked today and removed one week from now. There have been a lot of good posts over the years, but they are buried in the junk and we just cannot spare the moderation resources to deal with something that is ultimately offtopic from dakka's true purpose. Offtopic discussions will still be permitted in the private DCM forum, but any offtopic content that does not fit the scope of existing forums will incur punishment. If you wish to discuss this matter, please do so in this thread and nowhere else on the forum.
It's just not fair! All those timewasters spamming the offtopic forums with posts completely irrelevant to the matter in hand have ruined it for all of us that wanted to discuss topics of a divergent nature. Damn your hides!
Personally I thought the OT board was something that made Dakka really differant then other wargamming sites. I mean granted I never took part in the "how old are you" or "how tall are you" threads but there where some very intellectual discussions on the thread and some opportunities for members to learn things about eachother outside of wargamming. And I don't like that off topic discussions will still be allowed in the DCM forum, if it's going to go it needs to go for everyone.
Personally, I fully approve of this idea. The off-topic forum is the home to worthless filth and topics not appropriate to think about. I cannot welcome this idea from our glorious benefactors more, it's a great way to clean up Dakka.
Considering it is well known to be less popular than it's 40K cousin, I suggest the tripe that is the WHFB be removed next. This would free up plenty of server space for quality content provided only by our glorious moderators and ensured by the removal of the OT forum.
Don't allow the Mods to control you! they'l only get stronger! run run to the hills! There coming! They'l find you and edit your free will posts!
Flee to the off topic fourm http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/forums/show/54.page
blood reaper wrote:Don't allow the Mods to control you! they'l only get stronger! run run to the hills! There coming! They'l find you and edit your free will posts!
It's not the Mods I'm worried about...it's the Chaos Gods!
Considering it is well known to be less popular than it's 40K cousin, I suggest the tripe that is the WHFB be removed next. This would free up plenty of server space for quality content provided only by our glorious moderators and ensured by the removal of the OT forum.
..interesting thoughts... no one really paints or models either do they ? And it's well known that GW IS the hobby, so we could away with all those other boards too.
We shall consider your ideas, they have merit and you show promise.*
We approve ; have a gift
( note to self : is this right ? )
We are the moderators : for now we run your boards, soon we shall come for your womenfolk.
* If, perhaps, a bit too much independent thought.
Well, its been fun folks. I don't see how modding can be am issue, I cynically believe this was done to try and get more DCM, but that's by the by.
I will occasionally browse the P and M and tactics forums, but I said 6 months ago I would delete my account if this happened and im a man of my word. I will encourage my RL friends to do the same.
Considering it is well known to be less popular than it's 40K cousin, I suggest the tripe that is the WHFB be removed next. This would free up plenty of server space for quality content provided only by our glorious moderators and ensured by the removal of the OT forum.
..interesting thoughts... no one really paints or models either do they ? And it's well known that GW IS the hobby, so we could away with all those other boards too.
We shall consider your ideas, they have merit and you show promise.*
* If, perhaps, a bit too much independent thought.
M'lord, you're right you know. Even those Forge World chaps don't paint their models:
See?!
I humbly support our overlords ideas and any further Ceasing and Desisting they may feel is in order.
*not to worry; I'm not in the habit of thinking often. I prefer others to do it for me.
SEND CASH. OR KITTENS. OR *PLACEHOLDER TO CHECK SPELLING WITH FRAZZ AND ALSO BREED, COLOURATION AND TEMPERAMENT WE DO NOT, REPEAT DO NOT, WANT A REPEAT OF THE "SCARY JACUZZI PANICED RESPONSE" INCIDENT*
Just Dave wrote:Personally, I fully approve of this idea. The off-topic forum is the home to worthless filth and topics not appropriate to think about.
Really? I better check out the OT forums, just to be sure.
( Can we check this last one Mr. Lego/Yak before we run with it ? I t doesn't seem quite right to me and we don't want to look foolish in front of the plebian masses.)
All good God Fearing, gun totin whiskey drinking, tree chopping, hair on the chest, chaw chewing Americans love Dakka. Only hippy tree hugging mammas boys think otherwise, and the weiners know what to with them don't we boys!
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Capt. Rex wrote:
blood reaper wrote:Don't allow the Mods to control you! they'l only get stronger! run run to the hills! There coming! They'l find you and edit your free will posts!
It's not the Mods I'm worried about...it's the Chaos Gods!
Blood for the Blood God
(Stops playing poker with bloodletters) wait, there's a difference?
Frazzled wrote:Oh contraire, Dachshundskrieg now walks amongst you! Soon the Modeling and Painting forums will tremble before the awesome might of TBone!
malfred wrote: OUT of a job?
This is Frazzled getting started!
So...we should expect to see weiner miniatures in the P&M forum then?
Frazzled wrote:Oh contraire, Dachshundskrieg now walks amongst you! Soon the Modeling and Painting forums will tremble before the awesome might of TBone!
malfred wrote: OUT of a job?
This is Frazzled getting started!
So...we should expect to see weiner miniatures in the P&M forum then?
Symbio Joe wrote:A "small" change to dakkadakka. I see what you did there. well it is the end of... something. And those who have witnessed it shal never forget the simles this forum brought to our faces. For all those who cannot bear their sorrow they should go out into the "wastelands" to find new hope.
Symbio Joe wrote:A "small" change to dakkadakka. I see what you did there. well it is the end of... something. And those who have witnessed it shal never forget the simles this forum brought to our faces. For all those who cannot bear their sorrow they should go out into the "wastelands" to find new hope.
Symbio Joe wrote:A "small" change to dakkadakka. I see what you did there. well it is the end of... something. And those who have witnessed it shal never forget the simles this forum brought to our faces. For all those who cannot bear their sorrow they should go out into the "wastelands" to find new hope.
The Wastelands never promised you hope.
It did promise me candy. All I got was a nondescript van and a creepy looking legoburner.
One does have to wonder, if moderation time was an issue, how many mods are keeping this thread safe from the modquisition's REMOVED BY THE MODQUISITION
Which was, obviously TO BE REALLY AWESOME MODERATORS.
The Dark Gods of Chaos may Promise power but will devour your souls beware becoming one will be damming your soul. The Dark Realm of DCM's is full of Knightmarish beasts. Were is DOOMFART to protect us?
I for welcome the end of the OT and its multiple daily reports. To quote the DCM forum, where you can go for all your OT needs:
Many years from now, new users will start to post questions "What was the Off Topic Forum" until the great sages of Dakka will reply.
"Gather round my children and I will tell you a story, a story of the OffTopic Wars. Many years ago, even before my time the great lands of Dakka prevailed against the ferocious Off Topic demons that desended across the realms of dakka. Eventually the wise sages of the Modquistion came together to deal withthe ever increasing threats. After many moons it was decreed that a new land come to being, a land where these demon could fester and grow without harming the lands of Truth and Light. But even the almight Modquistion could not invisage this monster they had created. For many years the sages did battle against overwhelming odds, forcing the creatures back each time with their Runes of Locking and Weiner Dog pictures. But alas, even the Modquistion could see the fight was for naught and throughout many years of contemplation the Sages degreed the land be burned and the almightest Rune of Locking was constructed to surround the land. All talk of the Off Topic is forbidden and you too should remain silent, lest the Runes of Banhammer be placed upon you"
Then one child pipes up "So bascially we're just covering it up just like we did the Squa....."
Frazzled wrote:I for welcome the end of the OT and its multiple daily reports. To quote the DCM forum, where you can go for all your OT needs:
Many years from now, new users will start to post questions "What was the Off Topic Forum" until the great sages of Dakka will reply.
"Gather round my children and I will tell you a story, a story of the OffTopic Wars. Many years ago, even before my time the great lands of Dakka prevailed against the ferocious Off Topic demons that desended across the realms of dakka. Eventually the wise sages of the Modquistion came together to deal withthe ever increasing threats. After many moons it was decreed that a new land come to being, a land where these demon could fester and grow without harming the lands of Truth and Light. But even the almight Modquistion could not invisage this monster they had created. For many years the sages did battle against overwhelming odds, forcing the creatures back each time with their Runes of Locking and Weiner Dog pictures. But alas, even the Modquistion could see the fight was for naught and throughout many years of contemplation the Sages degreed the land be burned and the almightest Rune of Locking was constructed to surround the land. All talk of the Off Topic is forbidden and you too should remain silent, lest the Runes of Banhammer be placed upon you"
Then one child pipes up "So bascially we're just covering it up just like we did the Squa....."
Not a day too soon I say.
So it is to be blackmail? Pay up, or no more fun fun silly willy?
Lord Scythican wrote:It is all samusaran253's fault.
He/she/it deserves its own sub-forum:
"The life and adventures of samusaran253"
But you'd scroll down and all you'd see is Thread-Locked, Thread-Locked, Thread-Locked, Thread-Locked, Thread-Locked, Thread-Locked
Actually, that would be some achievement, getting you own threads locked in your own section.
Frazzled wrote:I for welcome the end of the OT and its multiple daily reports. To quote the DCM forum, where you can go for all your OT needs:
Many years from now, new users will start to post questions "What was the Off Topic Forum" until the great sages of Dakka will reply.
"Gather round my children and I will tell you a story, a story of the OffTopic Wars. Many years ago, even before my time the great lands of Dakka prevailed against the ferocious Off Topic demons that desended across the realms of dakka. Eventually the wise sages of the Modquistion came together to deal withthe ever increasing threats. After many moons it was decreed that a new land come to being, a land where these demon could fester and grow without harming the lands of Truth and Light. But even the almight Modquistion could not invisage this monster they had created. For many years the sages did battle against overwhelming odds, forcing the creatures back each time with their Runes of Locking and Weiner Dog pictures. But alas, even the Modquistion could see the fight was for naught and throughout many years of contemplation the Sages degreed the land be burned and the almightest Rune of Locking was constructed to surround the land. All talk of the Off Topic is forbidden and you too should remain silent, lest the Runes of Banhammer be placed upon you"
Then one child pipes up "So bascially we're just covering it up just like we did the Squa....."
Not a day too soon I say.
So it is to be blackmail? Pay up, or no more fun fun silly willy?
Don't think of it as blackmail. Think of it as...well think of it as blackmail.
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Lord Scythican wrote:It is all samusaran253's fault.
Indeed, that and thread in Nuts and Bolts besmirching Frazzled's sacred honor. The weiners...er our investors...had to step in at that point.
Samus_aran115 wrote:Oh wait. I can't make a thread. Too bad. It was going to be a good one: "Odd talents?"
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Lord Scythican wrote:It is all samusaran253's fault.
At least it's not mine
Your just as responsible for this as samusaran253.
Not for nothing, but this is the time to splinter amongst ourselves, pointing fingers and blame at those who were not even remotely responsible. Take to the streets and pillage to your heart's content. Factionalize and divide DerpaDerpa for all time into warring camps of petty feuds and simmering hates.
I'll be enjoying all of it from the relative comfort of my DCM forum where threads like "The Roll Your Face on the Keyboard Thread" and "Ass Surgery and Snow" are just the glimmering nuggets of OT-ness we DCMs get to enjoy.
Hey mess with the weinerdog you get the teeth. Unless of course you spriing for DCM status and can enjoy naked weiner dog pics to your heart's content.
In the words of my daughter to her larger brother. "Thats what you get!!!!"
Samus_aran115 wrote:Oh wait. I can't make a thread. Too bad. It was going to be a good one: "Odd talents?"
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Lord Scythican wrote:It is all samusaran253's fault.
At least it's not mine
Your just as responsible for this as samusaran253.
Not for nothing, but this is the time to splinter amongst ourselves, pointing fingers and blame at those who were not even remotely responsible. Take to the streets and pillage to your heart's content. Factionalize and divide DerpaDerpa for all time into warring camps of petty feuds and simmering hates.
I'll be enjoying all of it from the relative comfort of my DCM forum where threads like "The Roll Your Face on the Keyboard Thread" and "Ass Surgery and Snow" are just the glimmering nuggets of OT-ness we DCMs get to enjoy.
Oh yes, and DOOMFART is to blame too.
Don't forget the "How to build your own Rhino for $200" and "How many pencils can you fit up your nose?" threads, good times ... good times
Lord Scythican wrote:It is all samusaran253's fault.
Indeed, that and thread in Nuts and Bolts besmirching Frazzled's sacred honor. The weiners...er our investors...had to step in at that point.
It is sad though. I only hope some light is shined on this horrible moment. I have pictures of my weiners that I want to post in OT forum. Where will I post them now?
It almost seems worth it, to pay $25.00 to show you all my weiners.
The culprit is global warming/climate change/climate disruption or whatever the hell they are calling the latest alarmist claptrap.
Have you been living in a cave for the last 10 years?
How is that hole in the ozone treating you down there, Gonads? Based on the one sprig of hair in the profile pic, I'm starting to think it really may be the culprit
Lord Scythican wrote:It is all samusaran253's fault.
Indeed, that and thread in Nuts and Bolts besmirching Frazzled's sacred honor. The weiners...er our investors...had to step in at that point.
It is sad though. I only hope some light is shined on this horrible moment. I have pictures of my weiners that I want to post in OT forum. Where will I post them now?
It almost seems worth it, to pay $25.00 to show you all my weiners.
I will not miss seeing the ton of ridiculous, half-baked garbage I see posted in there. I avoid most of the topics just based on their titles knowing that to venture in there would be a trip to oblivion. I have often thought that the OT part of the forum should be closed and if this is an April Fools I'll be disappointed. I don't envy anyone having to moderate that part of the forum.
Frazzled wrote:I for welcome the end of the OT and its multiple daily reports. To quote the DCM forum, where you can go for all your OT needs:
Many years from now, new users will start to post questions "What was the Off Topic Forum" until the great sages of Dakka will reply.
"Gather round my children and I will tell you a story, a story of the OffTopic Wars. Many years ago, even before my time the great lands of Dakka prevailed against the ferocious Off Topic demons that desended across the realms of dakka. Eventually the wise sages of the Modquistion came together to deal withthe ever increasing threats. After many moons it was decreed that a new land come to being, a land where these demon could fester and grow without harming the lands of Truth and Light. But even the almight Modquistion could not invisage this monster they had created. For many years the sages did battle against overwhelming odds, forcing the creatures back each time with their Runes of Locking and Weiner Dog pictures. But alas, even the Modquistion could see the fight was for naught and throughout many years of contemplation the Sages degreed the land be burned and the almightest Rune of Locking was constructed to surround the land. All talk of the Off Topic is forbidden and you too should remain silent, lest the Runes of Banhammer be placed upon you"
Then one child pipes up "So bascially we're just covering it up just like we did the Squa....."
Not a day too soon I say.
So it is to be blackmail? Pay up, or no more fun fun silly willy?
Don't think of it as blackmail. Think of it as...well think of it as blackmail.
Tanuki look like badgers that went wussy. Badger Dogs fear no steenking badgers!
ALas there's no OT to discuss it in detail, but there's always DCM. Oh look there's a new DCM thread: Watching paint dry - too much of an adrenalin rush for children?
aka_mythos wrote:This was funny... now it's scary... in the new world order the mods will reap the chaff from the wheat. ALL SHALL BOW BEFORE THEIR MOD OVERLORDS.
I am glad their cuteness will spare me my life. The Black & Tan one is named Courage, after Courgae the Cowardly Dog cartoon. He acts just like him, scared of his own shadow. He got mud all over him yesterday and after his bath I used the blow dryer to get him dry. Sacred the bejesus.
The other one is Mara, named after Mara Jade. It might be because of the red hair and my wife likes to dress her in purple.
n0t_u wrote:Run Lord Scythican, that's how they get you!
I agree there's even plenty of Tanuki for the Drop Bears.
Spoiler:
I know. I have already been assimilated. Every time I read DOOMFART, I see the word WIENERFART. I think Frazzled planted those puppies in my local trading journal.
By the way, if anyone is interested, W.I.E.N.E.R.F.A.R.T. is an acronym for Witty Intermediaries Effusively Negotiating Everyone to Rectify For A Respectable Today.
Hmmm this is unfortunate but i suppose i will spend alot less time on Dakka as a result which will probably be a good thing. I admit to taking the Bait of Samus Aran 253's threads. I admit to posting a couple silly threads (well one, that soon got locked) I admit i never read ANY of the Boring Political ones, dont need to hear teenagers spouting john Stewart/Cracked.com as their own opinions. I admit to seriously OT sub-trolling, I admit to innapropriate content generally accompanied by (I blame the Ork he looks filthy) I regret Nothing JE NE REGRET RIEN!!! Wait is this an April Fool? genuinely didnt occur to me. lol
Arg. Im seriously disappointed on this news. I really liked the OT section. It was nice to talk about 40k/warhammerr and all that but once that was done, it was nice to go and just BS with some of the DAKKAnuts.I R SAD
Tigerone wrote:It just took 7 pages for someone to throw it out there..gotta love it....
Everyone knew....
Most likely this is an attempt to control the crowd, since all sorts of 1st Jokes would have been posted today. Sad thing is is we lack our OT forums because of it :(
I really didn't get a chance to weigh in on this but I for one applaud it.
I think it was the (since deleted) Post Pictures of Your Sister thread that did. I got something like 30 PMs about it, HBMC was especially elloquent in his remarks on why it was inappropriate.
I would imagine that sponsors like Battleaxe and Kreig Chisel were outraged.
EPIC Sad face :( I miss the gold ole off topic forums. At least have a sports forum! Or a Jokes forum! but without the offtopic forum I might get depressed and play crackdown2 and kill everything....
OH well nothing I can do now to save it! Now excuse me I will be yelling at kids to get off my lawn!
*pulls out a minigun*
What did I just tell you!
DAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKAvv
*pulls out a minigun*
What did I just tell you!
DAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKAvv
Clearly the problem with this whole scenario is that the mods can't help but to
BLAME THE VICTIM! BLAME THE VICTIM! BLAME THE VICTIM! BLAME THE VICTIM! BLAME THE VICTIM! BLAME THE VICTIM! BLAME THE VICTIM! BLAME THE VICTIM!
On the (miniscule) off-chance that this is actually true, for posterity I'll reprise my favourite ever post, made in the 'Thread In Which We Discuss Dinosaurs':
*pulls out a minigun*
What did I just tell you!
DAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKAvv
Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:Ugh. This kinda sucks. I'm a little hesitant to go DCM now, honestly. If anyone wants to add me, facebook.com/cannerus I guess
Edit: Would the mods be opposed to someone creating a separate Dakka Off-topic board all together or would that create some sort of resentment?
Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:Clearly the problem with this whole scenario is that the mods can't help but to BLAME THE VICTIM! BLAME THE VICTIM! BLAME THE VICTIM! BLAME THE VICTIM! BLAME THE VICTIM! BLAME THE VICTIM! BLAME THE VICTIM! BLAME THE VICTIM!
Kid_Kyoto wrote:I think it was the (since deleted) Post Pictures of Your Sister thread that did. I got something like 30 PMs about it, HBMC was especially elloquent in his remarks on why it was inappropriate.
Was the thread inappropriate, or the picture of your sister?
I for one fully support the decision .. ...who need's a forum where people can disuss opinions on a varitey of topics...?
We should all get down to the serious business of sqaubling over which group of little plastic men are overpowered...arguing over exactly ...to the word...what each rule may or may not imply...and posting army list to ensure our forces are maximized to WAAC standards...
blood reaper wrote:Frazzled has been stoped for now. But be wary he will return.
Weiners cannot simply be put down; they may shrink and hide, but they will rise again.
This is only a test. Had this been a real Dachshundskrieg event, this channel would now be broadcasting local shelters and Dachshund storm probabilities for your area.
"moderation resources" makes sense to me. I see the "just nuke the thread" idea was a no-go. I would guess the quality of dakka's other posting just went up some.
And yes there is always the OT Zone for the truly desperate.
i, for one, applaud this change. in my short forays into the morass that is the off-topic forums, i did notice that it was populated exclusively by fascists and anarachists. the only posts that were completely objective and level headed in the entire subforum were mine and i don't come here often enough to give it the credibility it so desperately needs. good riddance!
Between doing your eye makeup and deciding on which Lady Gaga quote you want as a tatoo, it's nice to see that you still take time out to post fresh and original material on the internet.
Between doing your eye makeup and deciding on which Lady Gaga quote you want as a tatoo, it's nice to see that you still take time out to post fresh and original material on the internet.
You haven't the slightest clue waht degree of drunk I am right now Ilove you, dear sir.
This isn't a small change. The Off-topic Forum is one of the most used forums on dakka. In fact, I have the Off-topic forum number two below my chain-fiction posts.
Of course there is annoying spam and that spam is most of the off-topic forum. More mature members will generally have less spam in their off-topic history, including news things, and other mature-like news things.
THEREFORE,
if the off-topic forum was destroyed and put into smaller forums (e.i. World news forum) then dakka would not be completely destroyed form lack of use.
Another problem-fixer would be to ban stupid stuff, such as my Hobbit orange thread.
If the Off-topic forum was gone, Dakka would face a shortage of posts, and the death of well-known users.
Quick question, and be honest - am I on drugs again?
Stop denying it you bastard and share them about a bit Remember, toke toke pass, toke toke pass.
If mods wanted an amusing joke they should have just dumped the swear filter for the day.
Seen yak swearing his arse off (along with everyone else) on the other forum.
Quick question, and be honest - am I on drugs again?
Stop denying it you bastard and share them about a bit Remember, toke toke pass, toke toke pass.
If mods wanted an amusing joke they should have just dumped the swear filter for the day.
Seen yak swearing his arse off (along with everyone else) on the other forum.
This isn't a small change. The Off-topic Forum is one of the most used forums on dakka. In fact, I have the Off-topic forum number two below my chain-fiction posts.
Of course there is annoying spam and that spam is most of the off-topic forum. More mature members will generally have less spam in their off-topic history, including news things, and other mature-like news things.
THEREFORE,
if the off-topic forum was destroyed and put into smaller forums (e.i. World news forum) then dakka would not be completely destroyed form lack of use.
Another problem-fixer would be to ban stupid stuff, such as my Hobbit orange thread.
If the Off-topic forum was gone, Dakka would face a shortage of posts, and the death of well-known users.
And more!
lord of the ghosts wrote:
Jackal wrote:
A bisexual Texan is flirting with a Catholic....
Quick question, and be honest - am I on drugs again?
Stop denying it you bastard and share them about a bit Remember, toke toke pass, toke toke pass.
If mods wanted an amusing joke they should have just dumped the swear filter for the day.
Seen yak swearing his arse off (along with everyone else) on the other forum.
For the record, declaring love isn't flirting, it's a search for commitment and the heartfelt cry of one looking to settle down. Manchu, would you bear my manbabies?
Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:Mid-day naps are the best thing ev-ar.
For the record, declaring love isn't flirting, it's a search for commitment and the heartfelt cry of one looking to settle down. Manchu, would you bear my manbabies?
Or the last desperate act of a person so lonely he's on the verge of becoming a hermit.
Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:For the record, declaring love isn't flirting, it's a search for commitment and the heartfelt cry of one looking to settle down. Manchu, would you bear my manbabies?
Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:Mid-day naps are the best thing ev-ar.
For the record, declaring love isn't flirting, it's a search for commitment and the heartfelt cry of one looking to settle down. Manchu, would you bear my manbabies?
Or the last desperate act of a person so lonely he's on the verge of becoming a hermit.
Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:Mid-day naps are the best thing ev-ar.
For the record, declaring love isn't flirting, it's a search for commitment and the heartfelt cry of one looking to settle down. Manchu, would you bear my manbabies?
Thank you Cannerus...I just spat coffee all over a shop computer...
If true and not an (removed) then not overly sorry. Though some OT banter is non inflammatory and a jolly good jape there is a lot of unpleasant and unecessary stuff too
Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:For the record, declaring love isn't flirting, it's a search for commitment and the heartfelt cry of one looking to settle down. Manchu, would you bear my manbabies?
I'm more of a top . . .
I bat switch. We can work it out.
I'd like to take a moment to praise OT for being a bastion of intellect, fine arts and tolerance. Truely, were the internet more like our sacred haven, the ills of this world would be for naught.
Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:For the record, declaring love isn't flirting, it's a search for commitment and the heartfelt cry of one looking to settle down. Manchu, would you bear my manbabies?
I'm more of a top . . .
I bat switch. We can work it out.
I'd like to take a moment to praise OT for being a bastion of intellect, fine arts and tolerance. Truely, were the internet more like our sacred haven, the ills of this world would be for naught.
Cannerus is starting to remind me of this character from the Discworld series, but doesn't slur his posts as often.
I almost once posted a "cyber hook-up" thread. I had three different substances in me at the time and even then realized what a horrible idea that would be Alas, only select forum crowds get to experience my loving touch.
Yes, I'm afriad we'd have to lock such a thing. Pity, when you consider the kind of memes that might come out of that. But there's always the Wasteland!
This thread is now pointless. As a polite reminder, we'll be hitting OT threads with the mod warning system a bit more in the near future to help cut down on the crap. The april fools joke was born out of the continued discussion to get rid of the OT board and it has been interesting to see just how much support there is for that amongst the userbase too.
Offtopic discussion is the purpose of this forum, not threads bragging about relatively dull events in individual lives 'wow I got new shoes', 'technique for eating an orange', 'I just got a driving license', etc. If you see these kinds of posts, use the mod alert button and type 'banal thread' in the alert box. They will get locked, the thread starters and some repliers will be punished and the quality of the OT forum will increase for all. Random noise is not discussion and there are plenty of other sites on the net for that.
Most of the threads here are good enough though so OT gets to stick around. Help make it better though
