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Everyone likes to belong to something. Whether it be for fun, a sense of belonging, or a need for attention, a group gives you a feeling of solidarity. Surrounding yourself with people that share common goals and ideas can be comforting. Sometimes however, you realize that you hate the people you've surrounded yourself with. Your religion doesn't allow you to read anything that has profanity or you've subscribed to Slashdot thinking you could learn more about hockey. This week's collection is composed of people who don't want to play, read, or be associated with us anymore. Read below to find out how bad they want out.
On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 ****** wrote:
"I'm relly sick of the level of discrimination that goes on here. I thought it might be different with other people who maybe didn't win everything. But its no different people won't be nice when your nice first. I try to say what others are saying and they get marked up? Not me as well? How can that be? If I'm the same how can they not act the same to me. It's like you have to be around forever before they won't say bad things about your comments. I thought it was different but they are just as BIG COCSUCKERS!!!!! Take my account and throw it away I've had enough of the newbie bigotry and FUCKING UNFAIR LIES."
Being just like everyone else is harder than you think. This next guy at least isn't concerned about being accepted. He has a clear vision of what he wants out of life. His vision is a world without profanity.
On Tue, 13 May 2008 ******* wrote:
"I try to live a good clean life by learning all I can and nurturing my body and spirit. I'm afraid that I will not be able to become part of your community as I find it sick. Sick in mind body and soul. Why your people deem it necessary to use the language that they do I can never understand. Women, children and people of faith will never be able to learn what you have to impart because of the filth you are tending in this rank garden. Please stop sending me email."
This next guy had me puzzled. I'd never had a complaint from fans of Guns-N-Roses, horror movies or unsound logging practices about the confusing "Slash" part of Slashdot.
On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 ******** wrote:
"I came here to learn about hockey and there is no hockey to be found. Your lucky that I didn't send you any money or we would have a big problem right now. If you don't want others to be confused to I suggest you think about changing your name to something that isn't obviously about hockey. I asked some coworkers and they agree, I'm not just some idiot. Come up with a name that means something."
"I'm relly sick of the level of discrimination that goes on here. I thought it might be different with other people who maybe didn't win everything. But its no different people won't be nice when your nice first. I try to say what others are saying and they get marked up? Not me as well? How can that be? If I'm the same how can they not act the same to me. It's like you have to be around forever before they won't say bad things about your comments. I thought it was different but they are just as BIG COCSUCKERS!!!!! Take my account and throw it away I've had enough of the newbie bigotry and FUCKING UNFAIR LIES."
Being just like everyone else is harder than you think. This next guy at least isn't concerned about being accepted. He has a clear vision of what he wants out of life. His vision is a world without profanity.
On Tue, 13 May 2008 ******* wrote:
"I try to live a good clean life by learning all I can and nurturing my body and spirit. I'm afraid that I will not be able to become part of your community as I find it sick. Sick in mind body and soul. Why your people deem it necessary to use the language that they do I can never understand. Women, children and people of faith will never be able to learn what you have to impart because of the filth you are tending in this rank garden. Please stop sending me email."
This next guy had me puzzled. I'd never had a complaint from fans of Guns-N-Roses, horror movies or unsound logging practices about the confusing "Slash" part of Slashdot.
On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 ******** wrote:
"I came here to learn about hockey and there is no hockey to be found. Your lucky that I didn't send you any money or we would have a big problem right now. If you don't want others to be confused to I suggest you think about changing your name to something that isn't obviously about hockey. I asked some coworkers and they agree, I'm not just some idiot. Come up with a name that means something."
And someone modded me down like they weren't thinking the same thing. HEH!
Whale
"Women, children and people of faith will never be able to learn what you have to impart because of the filth you are tending in this rank garden."
What? Hold the horses, here! There is something to be learned from Slashdot? And here I thought it was a place for over-opinionated (and often bored) tech folks committing the equivalent of mental masturbation.
Bearded Dragon
Am I seeing this right!? I don't have a problem with the idle section, but this isn't even worthy of an Idle thread.
"When information is power, privacy is freedom" - Jah-Wren Ryel
Why your people deem it necessary to use the language that they do I can never understand
We're a VB.Net shop. The language was forced upon us. We don't like it any more than you do. Sorry.
Maybe you should write slashdot an email to complain.
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>> Funny how stupid people always think they're smarter than they are.
Oh yeah? Well I suggest you think about changing your name to something that isn't obviously about ninjas.
Including the -1 you just got? ;)
my garden is dirty? i dont follow. is this some soviet code for "please stop using the word shitcock so many times"?
i wouldnt exactly call what i impart 'wisdom' either...
Good people go to bed earlier.
All I can say is that if your faith is shaken by if someone says fuck (or other profanity of choice) or not, it must be some pretty weak faith.
On that note: Cock!
"Quote me as saying I was mis-quoted." -Groucho Marx
Perhaps he should try underscoreslashdot.org ( "_/." ).
Oh, say does that Star-Spangled Banner entwine / The myrtle of Venus with Bacchus's vine?
"Am I the only person that had the sudden urge to register hockeydot.org and have it redirect to Slashdot?"
Registered. I'll have it redirecting to this story shortly.
-Chris
-- This sig is only a test. If this were a real sig it would say something witty. --
It's as if all of Digg reached out and touched slashdot in this post. It makes me hurt
I'm sure the guy was equally pissed that digg.com is not about shovels and holes.
And The Onion. Don't even get him started on The Onion.
Operator, give me the number for 911!
All overblown hyperbole is actually factually correct. Every single sweeping statement is entirely wrong, however.
I actually enjoyed that email, 'cause I can understand where the kid was coming from. Until you've got positive karma, you might as well be posting directly to /dev/null most of the time. I posted for months before I got a karma bonus, and then, all the sudden, I'm getting posts modded up on a regular basis.
I didn't find it quite as frustrating as this kid did, but that email really shows how I'm sure thousands of "outsiders" feel about slashdot. Slashdot's tendency to weed out all but the most dedicated keeps the signal-to-noise ratio extremely high, but it probably drives away many, many potential posters.
Seriously? You can't tell the difference between someone saying "Fucking thing sucks! We'll do it live!", and "HOLY FUCK THERE'S A HOLE IN MY ABDOMEN AND MY FUCKING SPLEEN IS ABOUT TO FALL OUT!"?
I seriously doubt that rappers really have trouble getting medical attention whenever they need it. Really, how do you imagine that scene working out in your world? "Oh, I'm sorry Mr. DMX. When you said 'Bitch, I got shot in the knee - I need a fucking ambulance', I thought you were just experimenting with some new lyrics"?
Clearly, he knows what he is talking about. I mean, he said so THREE TIMES. Come on, would ANYONE repeat themselves THREE times if they weren't right?
... Three times! What an argument! I can't believe that you would even TRY to contest his absolute knowledge, he is clearly correct. clearly!
Really
No doubt about it.
Three times sure.
really.
I was just gonna leave the thread as it was because I thought it was funnier to let you have the last bewildered, headscratching word.
But since you're intent on dragging it on and on (I commend you for having the courage for a karma suicide of this magnitude), here is a point-by-point explanation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamebait
I would characterize calling the admins retards as consistent with the above definition.
You said "Nearly every downmodding that occurs on Slashdot is 100% invalid."
But your flamebait was correctly modded as such.
100% valid.
Now post an angry reply to this so you can lose 3 more points.
DRM: Terminator crops for your mind!
This is a great series. Please continue Disagree Mail.
COME ON MODS, FIGHT ME YOU FAGGOTS
What? Trying to pick a fight? Moi? Clearly you have no idea what picking a fight means, YOU DAMN FAGGOTS
DRM: Terminator crops for your mind!
I've yet to see an argument that would prove you right.
Maybe you get modded "Flamebait" and "Troll" because they're closer to "Douchebag" than any of the other choices
All the internet should follow your shining example. The passion and fire within your breast that you hold for this website should be admired. Finally someone has stepped up to criticize the horrible travesty here.
Thank you for taking the time to read these idle posting that you hate so much and draft a comment letting everyone know how much you hate these posts you've read.
Your stirring rhetoric has compelled me to take action and block ads. We'll show the enemy we are not to be trifled with!
I never notcied this before but he's right. There's not nearly enough hockey on this site.
I was befuddled as well. Trying to find out what the connection was, I googled "hockey slash". Oops. ... page after page of hockey player slash fiction.
I stole this sig from someone cleverer than me.
(alt. account to avoid undoing moderation :-)
hahaha. What did you expect to happen?
You posted 10 blatenty flamebaitish messages all stating the exact same thing.
The first one got modded down because it was flamebait, and you posted the exact same thing 10 more times. The moderation given to your flamebait posts calling admins and moderators and retards was completely appropriate.
By the way, I gave you your first "flamebait" mod for your initial post calling admins retards. Calling someone a retard is flamebait, plain and simple.
When you posted to complain with your illogical explenation that your blatant flamebait was in fact not flamebait, and that you are one of the few people that knows what flamebait is, I modded that post overrated.
When you posted yet another blatant flamebait post, I modded that one flamebait as well. Then I ran out of modpoints.
Look, there are some inappropriate moderations around here from time to time. I have been a victim of them myself, but that does not make the system fundamentally broken. It's just an environmental factor that you just kind of have to deal with.
I sometimes post things knowing that I will get modded down. I've called moderators retards and been modded down for it.
The trick is to limit your losses by limiting the amount of posts you make that you can reasonably expect to get modded down. Blatant flamebait will get modded down, and your posts are blatant flamebait, redundant, offtopic, and if not for the fact that you may actually be this mentally unstable, trolls.
I don't want to undo my moderation because I (and everyone else) know it was entirely appropriate, but I will sign this message and tell you the main reason I modded you down instead of just moving on and chalking your post up to just another idiot in the shitheap.
I thought there was a good chance you would fly off the handle. I never imagined you would take it this far, but I must admit that I am very glad it happened.
Yes, I am an asshole, and a troll, but your posts were blatant flamebait and were modded appropriately.
bit trollent
bit trollent
Almost every single downmodding that occurs on Slashdot is completely unjustified
Preach it brother! Why, just the other day I was posting interesting goatse links and hilarious nigger jokes, and I kept getting modded down by fascist moderators.
Also, in hockey, don't they basically just slash at a dot on the field?