Posting Style and What is Happening to this Place?

I get a good laugh from a lot of posts here but do miss the interaction that was here in the begining. Gave an opportunity to ask and answer alot of good qestions, now seem like some posts are a pissing contest and as you read the post is hi jacked to someones other point that pissed them off. So I just have a good laugh at the parties involved and sometimes wonder who dressed them today. lol

Life is too short to get your blood pressure up! remember the battle cry from the 60's "Make love not war"

Google mail has a feature - "mail goggles" you can set certain hours - like between 10pm and 7am - when you might have been drinking- before it lets you send a mail - it gives you a few very simple math questions...

Maybe we need that here.

You wanna know who is at fault for all the bullshit? WE ARE!

We have enabled this behavior!

Folks, get a freakin' life, step away from the board if you're down or pissed, then after you've had time to collect your thoughts and in a much better mood, then come back to the board for FUN.

Most of you are your worst enemy!

Reese... Holly... Lana... I think I'm in love.

And for the record, that post was an off the cuff reply with no thought other than "I love the ladies on here"

The problem with the membership self policing itself comes in 3 issues:

Sometimes people think they are right no matter what anyone else tells them. I have been "that guy" and I have been on the other side of it. Some mistake being a bully for pointing out common sense. Again, just like Bizz, I acknowledge I have been on both sides of this one.

Sometimes people think they deserve respect on a SHMB without doing anything to warrant said respect. Some people think longevity automatically should equal respect. If you have been on the board for ages (and previous boards) and you say something stupid don't get pissed when someone calls you out (or in my case) has a little fun with you.

Some people need to learn to laugh at themselves a bit. Have fun with this thing of ours. To quote Crash Davis, "Have fun goddamnit!" Originally Posted by Boltfan

great description of three possible categories - the most important is the last! tho there are serious issues that arise in this sub-culture, please folks dont take this stuff so damn serious!!!!

For myself, most posts are written, then proof read, then correct grammatical errors, and spelling mistakes. Proof read. Decide I have not gotten my point across. Rewrite second paragraph. Proof read. Decide I sound like an egotistical idiot. Rewrite 3rd paragraph. Continue until I cant remember why I was posting, and send what ever is left.

I'm exaggerating, but there is a bit of truth there.

As for the vibe of the board, I don't think it's changed much. My perception has. As I learn, get to know others, learn to recognize the truth & the BS, it seems as though the board has changed. Logic tells me it probably hasn't. Originally Posted by PODarkness

i'm kinda like POD - i write it up, review it, then post it, then edit it to clean up stuff. and i still dont always get what i want to communicate down in pixels properly.

... Someone nailed it earlier. There is always some good, some bad and a lot of filler and you learn to filter it out. Originally Posted by outbound

as with life.

It's playtime here...ain't a damn thing anyone can say or do to me here and get me riled.

Meanwhile, people are getting their heads chopped off in Sudan. Originally Posted by Prolongus

and in syria, libya, iraq, afghanistan, kenya, congo, pakistan, burma, cambodia, china, mexico, etc.
what happens in this sub-culture pales by comparison to all the real negativity going on in the world.

... There is a life outside of this board and outside of this lifestyle... some people forget that. While I understand the need to vent sometimes, Lord knows I have done it, there are more important things going on in the world that we could be fighting for or about.
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Let's have fun people! This is supposed to be an escape from reality, not a rehashing of the same old BS you get at home or at work. Being behind a computer doesn't make you tough or whatever...it makes you a coward..if you can only be an ass behind a monitor. Originally Posted by Reese Foster

+1000 - there is more to our lives than this sub-culture.
and the sooner people understand that, the better, imho.



i've said it before & i'll say it again - if you want to make a claim about something that's happening on the forums of this board, pls back it up w/ specific statistics, not generalizations. i havent noticed a downward thread. or maybe i'm not just looking at eccie the way others do.

Reese... Holly... Lana... I think I'm in love. Originally Posted by CenterLock

Posting style depends on how I want it to come across. Thoughtful means reading and editing what I wrote till I post it and then once in awhile I do another quick edit if I catch something after it goes public. Lately more than half of my intended posts just disappear because I figure its not worth the trouble to actually post. Off the cuff, funny or the I don't care how its taken post just gets posted with very little thinking or edits. The witty stuff tends to be either/or.


"What is happened to this place?" you ask. Simple(ya right) group dynamics. It grew from a small number of folks to many more. As a result it went from the small group building upon a common view point to a broader group with a more divergent view of things. Also it means more loud mouth dissenters and it means they have to be much louder and obnoxious to stand out in the crowd in general.

As to the good folks gone bad well as soon as somebody figures out what button to push with you then we shall be asking "What happened to him he seemed such a curious guy?" But normally it is people taking things around here way to serious they would have to use makeup to put a smile on the their face. Aside from the seriousness, people tend to use the anonymous nature of the net to vent stress often times over what should be trivial stuff just like in real life. And of course the plain old bullies that have been in hiding that come out.

Oh Oh Oh one last idea, when one certain provider who is not allowed here gets mentioned even now it seem like the frying pan gets moved from the stove to the blast furnace. Very hot topic that just burns me up because the shit has been tossed around so much I cant eat apples anymore. And I have no horse to ride for either side because I never took it for a ride and just wish people would just have a burger and agree to move on because its just a waste of time at this point because nothing is going to change on the subject.

See the last paragraph just goes to show even I can have a hot button or two.

This is my opinion and I can only hope I escape without points,


I should not have to join a spider hole to be frank with my fellows.
Class humor and grace, with a spit of sarcasms is what attracted me to this board.


This gal said it pretty well,
Watch your mouth lest you be given points for your foolishness!!!
You love all moderators and admin and that is that!! If not, you do not belong here! I am paraphrasing, but that's what I was told by an owner, so mind your P's and Q's!!! You love everyone, or you hate ECCIE and there is no in between! AND,

This place has become about as much fun as a catheterizing a feral hog. Sorry. We can all shove sunshine and rainbows up each other's asses, but it's just not the same as being real.

I'm kinda kidding but I'm really not!! That's the funniest part!! [IMG]file:///C:/Users/SWEETI%7E1/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif[/IMG]
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There are many tools to protect you from offensive content, I would hope the mods restrain themselves and that others use the RTM as a last resort you fucking pussies
I could not love her more if I were A triplet.

Lots of really cool guys here that can help us out via p.m. There's also a lot of the same old fat, shit starting, cheap douche bags we had on a.s.p. You know what. Those cock suckers will get temporarily banned then allowed to come back. Again, those douche bags have no job or life so, they'll always be on here. Hope this helps.

I miss the old days

I miss the old days Originally Posted by berkleigh

Dear,
could you please expand on those things that you miss?

I miss the old days Originally Posted by berkleigh

these are the good old days!!!
--carole king

these are the good old days!!!
--carole king Originally Posted by pmdelites

I was never a Carole King fan, but she might have a point...

I love's me some Carole,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB8Mu_rnbLc


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDXgKIpJyIk

Reese... Holly... Lana... I think I'm in love.

And for the record, that post was an off the cuff reply with no thought other than "I love the ladies on here" Originally Posted by CenterLock