I mean, we have users who have named themselves such things as "moron" so what... You want to ban them from posting in Soapbox lest they offend themselves??

Get over this stupid shit, its not kindergarten. We're not special snowflakes. Some of you guys are truly retarded.

6/25/2010 10:17:46 PM

I yield. Please enjoy your Soap Box experience, hate and piss and all.

Duke, feel free to close the thread when you see this next. I'm not going to post in it any further.

6/25/2010 10:22:36 PM

ha

so the "liberal" envisions a better soap box and is asking people to be more conscious of their actions, but the "conservative" thinks TSB is doomed to a squalor of insults and sniping, and just wants to accept this status quo... very telling...

6/25/2010 10:26:39 PM

I have no problem with the idea on paper, but like I said... Your attempted implementation of it seems hugely skewed towards just shutting up conservatives.

(as is par for the course when dealing with liberals... they are very "tolerant" of everything except... you guessed it, conservative ideas)

Quote :

"so the "liberal" envisions a better soap box"

Yes, one without all those pesky conservatives forcing some level of reality back into the discussions.

[Edited on June 25, 2010 at 10:28 PM. Reason : ]

6/25/2010 10:26:56 PM

how exactly does asking people not be douches skew against conservatives?

That's the most asinine thing i've read all week.

[Edited on June 25, 2010 at 10:29 PM. Reason : ]

6/25/2010 10:29:20 PM

because his definition of douche is voicing conservative opinions...

Quote :

"It'd be nice if we could de-politicize just a bit. "

In response to a conservative opinion.

6/25/2010 10:34:49 PM

Quote :

"because his definition of douche is voicing conservative opinions... "

no

it's not

6/25/2010 10:36:04 PM

in the spirit of this thread (which I actually agree with) I will start ending every post in TSB with a

6/26/2010 4:11:51 PM

i will begin every post with a

6/26/2010 5:30:17 PM

^^ i think eyedrb already has that covered

6/26/2010 9:01:51 PM

Kum bay ya, my Lord, kum bay ya;
Kum bay ya, the Lord, kum bay ya;
Kum bay ya, my Lord, kum bay ya,
O Lord, kum bay ya.

6/26/2010 9:15:57 PM

The proposal in this thread is just as relevant now as it was 2 months ago. Some folks that use this particular forum do so with the express intent not to discuss the particulars of subjects, but to (a) merely act illogically partisan, (b) make things personal, (c) a combination of the first two. The quality of discourse here makes this forum no better than Chit Chat, except that fewer people participate. There's plenty of potential for things to improve, but some seemingly want Soap Box to be one of the worst reasons to visit TWW.

This will be my last post in Soap Box. I've been driven away by the lack of civility. Bye, y'all.

8/5/2010 7:20:28 PM

Quote :

"no hugs, no learning"

8/5/2010 7:28:21 PM

Quote :

"Some crybaby gets butthurt"

8/5/2010 7:49:25 PM

and the gay SB population just decreased 50%

8/5/2010 8:15:01 PM

Hmm, TSB might be good for something afterall. Now to figure out a way to harness this in order to get this tard to stop posting over in Tech Talk.

8/5/2010 11:39:42 PM

8/6/2010 2:13:21 AM

I wanted to make a joke involving my surprise that a gay guy could get so easily butthurt but honestly I think that's beneath all of us.

If you're going to act like a huge pussy I'm going to make fun of you.

8/6/2010 3:02:38 PM

^ no, Optimum is beneath all of us.

haha. get it? beneath all of us. he's beneath... cause he's a bottom. ahah.....




oh, never mind.

8/6/2010 7:44:14 PM

you know...it's only a few more keystrokes to type out the soapbox...

laziness

8/6/2010 10:47:55 PM

You know... It's only a little more more effort to hit the shift key to capitalize the first letter of the first word of a sentence...

Laziness

8/7/2010 11:15:37 AM

You know... it's even less effort to not hit the shift key to capitalize the first letter of the first word after an ellipses as dictated by correct grammar...

Laziness

8/7/2010 11:51:18 AM

You know... it only takes a little more effort to add one extra period mark when you want to put an ellipses at the end of a sentence, as dictated by correct grammar....

Laziness

http://www.iolani.honolulu.hi.us/Keables/KeablesGuide/PartFour/BracketsEllipsesHyphensCaps.htm

Quote :

"When an ellipsis comes at the end of a sentence, use four periods, with no space before the first one (or three periods followed by a question mark or exclamation point)."

[Edited on August 7, 2010 at 12:14 PM. Reason : I do believe you forgot a comma between "ellipses" and "as."]

8/7/2010 12:12:29 PM

You know... I want cha (want cha), I know you want me, You know I want cha (want cha), one-two-three-four, Uno-do'-tres-cuatro

Laziness

8/7/2010 12:18:41 PM

You know... it only takes a little more effort to add a few extra words and thus avoid ending your post with a sentence fragment, as dictated by correct grammar....

That is laziness.

8/7/2010 6:55:14 PM

Hey, I want in!

You know. . .it only takes a little more effort to add one extra period mark ellipsis point and spaces between the points when you want to put an ellipses at the end of a sentence, as dictated by correct grammar. . . .

That is laziness.

[Edited on August 7, 2010 at 7:11 PM. Reason : ]

8/7/2010 7:09:34 PM