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Post by gwynthegriff on May 2, 2022 16:21:50 GMT
I would also point out that nobody, including conservativeestimate, saw it necessary to use the report function in relation to anything in the Wandsworth thread.
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timmullen1
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Post by timmullen1 on May 2, 2022 17:14:49 GMT
You don’t need to be to recognise an obvious health condition when it’s staring you in the face, something which he was happy to own up to; so his “attention seeking” was a very common manifestation of that. Oh yawn. We can't go pussy footing around health conditions -- they could be undiagnosed, undisclosed, or just used by obnoxious individuals as a shield for their disgraceful behaviour. People should grow the fuck up and take responsibility for their own wellbeing. (And I say that as someone who could play sob stories about health conditions, but does not, because I've got a basic sense of self-respect.) And you have just proven my point about the intolerance and unwelcoming nature of this board.
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Post by greatkingrat on May 2, 2022 17:28:44 GMT
Is it Thursday already?
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Post by 🏴☠️ Neath West 🏴☠️ on May 2, 2022 17:55:14 GMT
Oh yawn. We can't go pussy footing around health conditions -- they could be undiagnosed, undisclosed, or just used by obnoxious individuals as a shield for their disgraceful behaviour. People should grow the fuck up and take responsibility for their own wellbeing. (And I say that as someone who could play sob stories about health conditions, but does not, because I've got a basic sense of self-respect.) And you have just proven my point about the intolerance and unwelcoming nature of this board. Ah well, I must have been very, very drunk indeed to have skipped Tuesday and Wednesday entirely! But seriously, come off it. It's nothing to do with intolerance of non-issues that no-one else is seeking to make into an issue; it's just that people who behave abrasively and/or plain stupidly can expect to rankle a few people. I'm enjoying this! Iechyd da!
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Post by Arthur Figgis on May 2, 2022 18:25:46 GMT
And you have just proven my point about the intolerance and unwelcoming nature of this board. Ah well, I must have been very, very drunk indeed to have skipped Tuesday and Wednesday entirely! But seriously, come off it. It's nothing to do with intolerance of non-issues that no-one else is seeking to make into an issue; it's just that people who behave abrasively and/or plain stupidly can expect to rankle a few people. I'm enjoying this! Iechyd da! Well, indeed. No-one dislikes Mullen because he’s disabled. It’s because he’s rude to everyone, especially to those who point out when he’s wrong, which is most the time with his confident assertions- and then uses his disability as an excuse for having being wrong, usually with a comically convoluted and tenuous excuse such as his carer’s cat having difficulties after getting the snip, and that affected his sleep; or tries to argue he was correct after all on a technicality. His disability may contribute to him being miserable and hating everything and everyone, and thus being rude to everyone, but it’s the rudeness that people take issue with, not the disability. I try to be kind and understand. But there’s only so much latitude you can give someone who is so insufferably rude without provocation. At least he won’t be back here until Thursday, and he wouldn’t lie about that, would he?
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The Bishop
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Post by The Bishop on May 18, 2022 11:33:29 GMT
He deleted his account after a certain other poster had a late night rant at him.
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Sandy
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Post by Sandy on May 18, 2022 11:33:42 GMT
When did Conservative estimate delete his account and was there a given flaky reason? And is this thread to note the not infrequent occurrences of forum members deleting accounts? Wandsworth thread IIRC, after being given some life advice.
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The Bishop
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Post by The Bishop on May 18, 2022 11:46:38 GMT
Go up the page a bit for another possible candidate.
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The Bishop
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Post by The Bishop on May 18, 2022 11:56:12 GMT
Mr Chanin as well, it *was* a bit of a brutal bodying looking back.
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Post by Forfarshire Conservative on May 18, 2022 14:19:36 GMT
I felt there was some frustration towards CE, I didn't really share it. He was a bit too eager sometimes, but I do hope he eventually comes back.
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Chris from Brum
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Post by Chris from Brum on May 18, 2022 14:45:41 GMT
I must admit that I've never known such a forum for people flouncing (and repeated flouncing in some cases) as this one.
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Post by aargauer on May 18, 2022 14:49:35 GMT
Mr Chanin as well, it *was* a bit of a brutal bodying looking back. My comment was not meant in the sense of "you are an antisocial weirdo so become an accountant", but rather "why put yourself through the strain of trying to enter a uncertain, poorly paid career when you are clever enough to not have to".
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Post by jamesdoyle on May 18, 2022 15:11:44 GMT
I must admit that I've never known such a forum for people flouncing (and repeated flouncing in some cases) as this one. As I said in a previous incarnation, I have long experience of internet forums from the very earliest days, and either a strong set of rules (basically the rules developed in IBM in the late 70s/early 80s) is implemented and held to, or the forum becomes a hostile environment to many - and not just those who 'flounce' but those (a much larger number) who remain 'lurking' because they see what it's like to participate. People are expressing sadness over losing this member because to a greater or lesser degree they valued his input, but how many equally valuable members have we lost because they've never joined in the first place? Some of those rules may not seem relevant to how friendly/hostile a place is, but they have been shown time and again to have an impact on eroding civility. I've come back because by limiting which areas I participate in, I can avoid the worst excesses - but frankly, the unpleasantness pervades every corner of the forum, and there are members who consider it their right to be unpleasant, rude, threatening, self-referential, or selfish, and who get away with it continually. If we had decent rules, then it's not infringing on their right to free speech, just their opportunity to behave like idiots.
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Post by carlton43 on May 18, 2022 18:25:59 GMT
I must admit that I've never known such a forum for people flouncing (and repeated flouncing in some cases) as this one. That is the luxury for the confident and the entitled. It can never be available to me. My Forum history used to be a frantic rear guard activity to stop the many members determined to have me evicted!
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Post by Disgusted Of Tunbridge Wells on May 18, 2022 20:09:57 GMT
I must admit that I've never known such a forum for people flouncing (and repeated flouncing in some cases) as this one. That is the luxury for the confident and the entitled. It can never be available to me. My Forum history used to be a frantic rear guard activity to stop the many members determined to have me evicted! I would argue you have a lot of confident to speak your mind, which frankly I admire. Or maybe that is just your online persona, of course.
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Post by carlton43 on May 18, 2022 22:43:16 GMT
I have met him IRL. He is a terrified little pussy. Wee, sleekit, cowrin, tim'rous, beastie The very same
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neilm
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Post by neilm on May 19, 2022 7:09:45 GMT
I must admit that I've never known such a forum for people flouncing (and repeated flouncing in some cases) as this one. The repeated flouncing is only one person.
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iang
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Post by iang on May 19, 2022 8:12:52 GMT
Before I joined here, I often used to follow discussions on Political betting. I haven't looked at it more than occasionally for a good few years, but then my recollection is that the threads were a great deal more abrasive and sometimes unpleasant than is generally the case here. I think it's mostly pretty civilised
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Post by jamesdoyle on May 19, 2022 8:59:59 GMT
Before I joined here, I often used to follow discussions on Political betting. I haven't looked at it more than occasionally for a good few years, but then my recollection is that the threads were a great deal more abrasive and sometimes unpleasant than is generally the case here. I think it's mostly pretty civilised PB can be a real bearpit - but then it's a completely different (nearly said kettle of fish!) environment, with no threading and a fairly radical libertarian approach to administration. It's complete chaos. And as a result, probably has an even greater proportion of lurkers to participants. There are a few regular participants it's worth reading, but other than that it's just the headers. I've just had a quick look at the front page on here: there are currently twice as many lurkers as registered users, and over the past 24 hours the ratio has been > 4:1. Quite a lot would not choose to participate directly even if the environment was different, but I wouldn't be surprised if the number of participants doubled if it was seen as more welcoming.
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Post by iainbhx on May 19, 2022 11:45:05 GMT
I must admit that I've never known such a forum for people flouncing (and repeated flouncing in some cases) as this one. The repeated flouncing is only one person. How soon we forget ianrobo.
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