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Actually, I think they are more like tossing a stink bomb into a crowded room. Doesn't really do much except make the environment unpleasant for everyone else and stir them up. And more often than not, the stink bomb seems to be tied to an offsite link to an extreme viewpoint website that has an axe to grind with the subject of the lobber's political obsession. Much of the time, it seems that the "news item" is an outrageous construction, built from innuendo an grossly distorted facts, if not outright untruths. But, hey, if it's on the Internet, it must be true, right? Y'know - this isn't the first time this has come up here. anyone remember lurker01? pretty much the same kind of thing - toss a stink bomb into the room and watch the fun as everyone reacts. The real difference, as I see it between tossing a stink bomb into the room and a real political discussion is that the stink bomb thrower likes to start a new thread with an outrageous, extremist viewpoint (doesn't matter whether on the left or right, gang) and doesn't post anything else there again. JD does, sometimes, repost in a thread. Lurker rarely did. And, I would like to point out, PO doesn't lob stink bombs - he will argue the liberal side of an argument with the conservatives here but he doesn't start stuff. I think that is the difference between those of you who lean toward the farther right and JD - you engage in political discussion. This may get heated and even out of contol at times, but it is still a dialog. But you don't lob stink bombs just to watch the fun. I may disagree with your viewpoints, but at the end of the day we can all agree to disagree and that it's really all about rockets here. I did have a thought on the original point of this topic - there IS a way to do it. Set the Free For All section like the Semroc SAM section. If you want in, you would ask Scott for access. Of course, the downside is that if you decline access to Free For All, you won't have any place to post about your health, your dog, your dog's health, or Terri Garr. Trade-offs. Greg |
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I do believe lurker01 and cohetero are one and the same.
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Not unless Jon was going under a pseudonym - lurker01 signed all his messages "Bob". And I know that Jon is a real person - I met him at NARAM in Cincinatti. |
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I dunno, perhaps "Bob" is a middle or first name. They both share the same birthday, and the way both of their posts read is very similar. Again, I could be wrong but I don't think so. Skeptical Dave
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I usually check these forums by viewing "new posts" which pulls all the garbage up. On TRF I select the stupid newsbot forum, and then select "mark this forum read" then when I go back to "new posts" the crap is cleaned up. I tried that here w/ "Free for all" and (at least for me) that marked ALL the forums read. I think if the button were tweaked, we could have a filter if it really bugs you that much (the traffic here is lower, so I don't have to page through so much, so it doesn't really bother me here). I realize YORF is running an older version of Vbulletin so the tweak may not be availalbe. Man I love hanging w/ grumpy old men! Makes me look like big ol' teddy bear compared to some of y'all |
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Cheers,
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Heheheehe... you don't ask for much, do you?? LOL Sounds like you need the mental discipline of Kohlinar... (Spock can explain it... ) Have a good one! Later! OL JR
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What's worse is that read every post in THIS thread, knowing that it would have ZERO rocketry content.
Why do I do this to myself???
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....and everybody who's complained about non-rocketry related threads has posted in it.
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...yeah, like 49 posts currently with 800 some-odd views....
Just GOTTA get this horrible off-topic stuff off here! Seriously, the one thing I have found in reading some off-topic stuff (and there is a fair amount of it *I* don't necessarily care for personally) is that I DO occasionally learn a thing or two. Earl
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