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Offline CC27

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This post reminds me of what made DU great.
« on: April 07, 2015, 12:24:59 PM »
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This post reminds me of what made DU great.


http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026468809

In the good old days with the mods and before juries we would get into fights and the mods would delete posts and lock threads. It made DU fun. With the jury system "community standards" and fun have diminished.

I know the jury system is well intentioned, but we should realize that DU is not an academic institution. It's a way for us to learn, teach, interact, kill time, and have fun. And the occasional silly flamewar is certainly that. 

DU used to be the best moderated forum on the Internet. I wish we could to back to what made us great.

You were never great. Just a laughing stock.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026469087
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Re: This post reminds me of what made DU great.
« Reply #1 on: April 07, 2015, 12:30:17 PM »
They so long for authoritarianism.
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Re: This post reminds me of what made DU great.
« Reply #2 on: April 07, 2015, 12:32:15 PM »
They don't know right from wrong.
They have to be told it with a threat of discipline constantly hanging over their heads.
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Re: This post reminds me of what made DU great.
« Reply #3 on: April 07, 2015, 12:42:23 PM »
Which do you prefer?

A forum run by three nuts, or a forum run by a hundred nuts?
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Re: This post reminds me of what made DU great.
« Reply #4 on: April 07, 2015, 01:01:14 PM »
I don't know.  When you have that chance of being flamed because of something you said you might choose your words more carefully instead of just a mod deleting or locking posts.  It's kinda like you let your kid touch the burner once because they learn not to do it again  :-)
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Re: This post reminds me of what made DU great.
« Reply #5 on: April 07, 2015, 01:21:49 PM »
Quote from: GOBUCKS on April 07, 2015, 12:42:23 PM
Which do you prefer?

A forum run by three nuts, or a forum run by a hundred nuts?

I get the same entertainment value out of either.
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Re: This post reminds me of what made DU great.
« Reply #6 on: April 07, 2015, 01:30:35 PM »
Quote from: Bad Dog on April 07, 2015, 01:21:49 PM
I get the same entertainment value out of either.

Heh! My fave was watchin' the little crumb crunchers tryin' to put a penny into the electric wall socket! Good times, good times!

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It's a way for us to learn, teach, interact, kill time, and have fun

Yep, still runnin' at about 20% intellect I see. I'll leave it to you to figure which one is correct.
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Re: This post reminds me of what made DU great.
« Reply #7 on: April 07, 2015, 01:46:40 PM »
I have never seen a forum like DU. Even long term members can be given time outs for deviating from the "normal" deviation that is DU.

And what the hell is up with being given "time outs"?  It's treating them like little kids  and they should feel insulted if they had half a normal intellect.
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Re: This post reminds me of what made DU great.
« Reply #8 on: April 07, 2015, 01:58:03 PM »
Quote from: Gina on April 07, 2015, 01:01:14 PM
I don't know.  When you have that chance of being flamed because of something you said you might choose your words more carefully instead of just a mod deleting or locking posts.  It's kinda like you let your kid touch the burner once because they learn not to do it again  :-)
I got a feeling the DUmmies would have kept on burning their hands.
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Re: This post reminds me of what made DU great.
« Reply #9 on: April 07, 2015, 02:14:17 PM »
Quote from: FiddyBeowulf on April 07, 2015, 01:58:03 PM
I got a feeling the DUmmies would have kept on burning their hands.

Not just their hands. Remember, DU is the home of stevenumbers.
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Re: This post reminds me of what made DU great.
« Reply #10 on: April 07, 2015, 04:10:31 PM »
Typical. The left asks for more control over their lives and then bitch when they get it.

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Re: This post reminds me of what made DU great.
« Reply #11 on: April 07, 2015, 09:44:08 PM »
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This post reminds me of what made DU great.

Damn it. Just my luck.

The DUmp was great, and I missed it.
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Re: This post reminds me of what made DU great.
« Reply #12 on: April 08, 2015, 12:26:06 AM »
Quote from: delilahmused on April 07, 2015, 04:10:31 PM
Typical. The left asks for more control over their lives and then bitch when they get it.

Cindie

And they expect the rest of us to fall in line with their whining.

How ya doin' cutie? Long time, no see.

Good to see you're still ridin' heard.

Quote from: GOBUCKS on April 07, 2015, 09:44:08 PM
Damn it. Just my luck.

The DUmp was great, and I missed it.

Heh! You and everyone else in the universe! lol!
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Re: This post reminds me of what made DU great.
« Reply #13 on: April 08, 2015, 04:14:41 AM »
Quote from: CC27 on April 07, 2015, 12:24:59 PM
You were never great. Just a laughing stock.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026469087

....and a shocking example of visceral hatred, ridiculously ingrained group-think and wildly over-blown sense of self worth.

No, (D)Ullards....you haven't changed.

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Quote from: GOBUCKS on April 07, 2015, 09:44:08 PM
Damn it. Just my luck.

The DUmp was great, and I missed it.

:lmao:
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Re: This post reminds me of what made DU great.
« Reply #14 on: April 08, 2015, 04:19:34 AM »
Quote from: thundley4 on April 07, 2015, 01:46:40 PM
I have never seen a forum like DU. Even long term members can be given time outs for deviating from the "normal" deviation that is DU.

And what the hell is up with being given "time outs"?  It's treating them like little kids  and they should feel insulted if they had half a normal intellect.

No.  It is quite unique, in a  ........ fell into a cesspool on a 100 degree day, 5 miles away from clean water,  kinda way.
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Liberal thinking is a two-legged stool and magical thinking is one of the legs, the other is a combination of self-loating and misanthropy.  To understand it, you would have to be able to sit on that stool while juggling two elephants, an anvil and a fragmentation grenade, sans pin.

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Re: This post reminds me of what made DU great.
« Reply #15 on: April 08, 2015, 12:28:07 PM »
Quote from: 98ZJUSMC on April 08, 2015, 04:19:34 AM
No.  It is quite unique, in a  ........ fell into a cesspool on a 100 degree day, 5 miles away from clean water,  kinda way.

Lol! Perfect comparison!
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