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McAnally's (The Community Pub) => The Bar => Topic started by: Shecky on June 23, 2010, 07:30:02 PM
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(I'm putting this here since this location seems to correspond best to the idea of anything-goes conversation that one might also find in the chatroom.)
Folks, remember that the chatroom's rules are the same as the forum's rules: no Touchy Topics (Religion, Politics, for example), no jerkish behavior, etc. Let's behave like the chatroom isn't equal to "school's out, flip all the teachers off during the summer", okay? It might be summer camp, but remember that summer camp can send you home. ;) Someone brings something to our attention or we stumble on it ourselves, we're going to look at it with the sort of unkindess one should expect when caught sneaking around behind our backs saying "F-YOU" to Iago for all the work he put into this place. If you're getting irritated with someone, go somewhere else, read something else, whatever. Because if Chatbox turns into another Touchy Topics, it's going to go live with Touchy Topics.
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You mean TT is alive and well somewhere? :o
*Goes on a quest*
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You mean TT is alive and well somewhere? :o
*Goes on a quest*
Yes. It's sleeping with the fishes.
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Yes. It's sleeping with the fishes.
I heard you can get crabs that way.
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I heard you can get crabs that way.
Well, a lot of people certainly got crabby.
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You mean TT is alive and well somewhere? :o
*Goes on a quest*
We took it to a farm in the country, where it could run and play with the Permabanned posters. It's safe and happy, honest.
BRB, have to help Ashton put away the some shovels.
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Hey, where'd these empty bags of concrete come from...
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Hey, where'd these empty bags of concrete come from...
*Whistles Inocentlly*
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So Touchy Topics no longer exists? Shame.
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So Touchy Topics no longer exists? Shame.
Yeah, some people just couldn't control their sphincterian impulses.
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Ah. Hahaha Sphincterian impulses. I appreciate that one.
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Sounds like they were suffering from Rectal Cranial Inversion or Rectal Optitus. ;D
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Wrong thread indeed. And late. Argh. Shecky - can you delete?
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Backtracking a bit to the point being asked earlier... :)
Re linking to avatars. Have you successfully loaded the image you want to use on Photobucket? (Other image hosting sites are available.)
And have you made sure it is a reasonable size (i.e. no bigger than 150 pixels tall by 120 pixels wide, as a rule of thumb)
If you have achieved those two things, then you just link to that picture in the suitable field in your profile (in the Forum Profile Information setting) using the [ img] tags. e.g. [img ]http://blahblah.blah/blah.jpg[/ img] (without the spaces in the [im g] tags. Your image hosting site will probably provide you with suitable tags for each pic, but I hope this helps.
Um, wrong thread?
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Wrong thread indeed. And late. Argh. Shecky - can you delete?
*patpat* It's okay I thought that was this thread, too. I looked up at my post in it earlier and didn't remember ever writing that.
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Because if Chatbox turns into another Touchy Topics, it's going to go live with Touchy Topics.
What was the Touchy Topics thread? I gather its been canceled. Was it where people could talk about imigration policies, waterboarding, and gay marriage and stuff? No wonder it had to get shut down. I'm impressed the forum gave us a shot at it in the first place. ;)
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Yeah, that pretty much describes Touchy Topics. Social, political, religious debates generally sums it up. There was some fine debate and discussion, but way to much unpleasantness, and the unpleasantness started spreading to the rest of the forums. It's ok to talk about technological issue, say, research in energy sources, but going to "BP SUX and people who use cars are evil!" or "Solar is for tree-hugging Belgians who hate America!" is a big No Go. Gun owners might chat about their new toys and wish lists, but we can't go into gun laws/politics. The tictacs and strategery of the Battle of Rourke's Drift is fine, but editorial about moral/ethical aspects of the colonial/imperial system in 1800's Africa is another example of No Go. If in doubt, ask.
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Lol! I get it. I've seen people mention TT before but I didn't know it was an actual closed down topic...I just thought it was a blanket name for politics and religion discussions. I agree that keeping those topics off the forum is a good idea. I've seen people start to get close to political discussions and all of a sudden everybody starts getting negative and judgemental. There's a reason these subjects are supposed to be taboo...if you don't know someone well then you probably couldn't convince them to agree with you anyway so why make them mad? Love your examples, btw...I know exactly what you're talking about. ;)
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It sounds like TT was given a pair of cement shoes.... :o
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It sounds like TT was given a pair of cement shoes.... :o
Shecky's threat does sound rather sinister doesn't it. :D
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Shecky's threat does sound rather sinister doesn't it. :D
But it's no threat - Iago doesn't have the time to pattycake with people who want to push the envelope of social non-jackassery (which is why he towed Touchy Topics out to sea and scuttled it over the Laurentian Abyss), and he's already stated that abuse of the less-controlled chatroom, if not reined in, will meet an equally watery end of the chatroom.
Folks, the chatroom was intended to give people an immediacy in their friendly banter, not to give the self-appointed rebels a sekrit smoking room. The mods are hearing more and more about people stepping over the line there, and that's not the route to Happyiagoville. We LIKE Happy Iago. So if the level of inappropriate behavior in the chatroom reaches unacceptability, we've got the shaped charges ready to go.
Let's pull it together and get with the program, people. Bad behavior there will not only earn just as much of a vacation as on the regular boards, it will get the room dragged out back of the shed and Old-Yellered.
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Frankly, we'd rather just drop the hammer on a problem then let that problem kill the chatroom for everyone. Think of it as though you're at a friends house, and some drunk gets up on the coffee table and whips it out, preparing to pee on the playtendo box. We'd rather get the problem maker out than end the party.
If you're in the chatroom, don't say anything you wouldn't say without one of us standing behind you slapping a monkeywrench into our hand. We do not want to go all George Orwell and start keeping logs of every post in chat, nor do we want to babysit, we don't want to be bossy bossy boss man. But we have to keep chat friendly, safe, and fun. So if somebody goes to politics or is just acting nasty and trying to pick a fight, please tell us. You can PM any of the mods, if we're online (and not at work) we'll be on it like ugly on an ape.
If chat keeps smelling south of cheese, it'll get lopped off and we don't want that.
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'Zackly. Which is why we'd prefer to get problem individuals fixed up pronto, so it doesn't GET to DEFCON X.
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Don't worry, I totally agree with you guys. This place just wouldn't we the same if everybody got to run their mouths about everything. Only the fun and harmless stuff. I just love your wording...firm but funny. ;)
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Wait I thought the chat room was going to be driven out to vegas, shot in the back of the head, and dumped into the foundation of a new hotel if it got bad.
??? I'm all confused now.
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Wait I thought the chat room was going to be driven out to vegas, shot in the back of the head, and dumped into the foundation of a new hotel if it got bad.
??? I'm all confused now.
No, because it might leak into the groundwater, and then it'd be lawsuit, lawsuit, lawsuit all day and nobody'd be able to get anything done. Our way, it doesn't bother anyone except the sea monsters, and they're coming after us anyway when we fail to stop the zombiepocalypse.
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Well maybe we should just grind it up and slip it into Chinese dog food. Because your solution might preemptively wake up Cthulhu and then we'd be mega screwed.
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Wait I thought the chat room was going to be driven out to vegas, shot in the back of the head, and dumped into the foundation of a new hotel if it got bad.
??? I'm all confused now.
The "Touchy Topics" Section went to sing with Elvis. The chatroom's actually a newer feature, although we've caught the distinct aroma of peanut butter bacon bannana meth sandwiches.
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The "Touchy Topics" Section went to sing with Elvis.
So I guess it's in Kansas now I think.
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The "Touchy Topics" Section went to sing with Elvis. The chatroom's actually a newer feature, although we've caught the distinct aroma of peanut butter bacon bannana meth sandwiches.
Sing with Elvis? It died on the toilet?! I thought it was given concrete shoes and pushed into the ocean?
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^HA
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So I guess it's in Kansas now I think.
Elvis spends his time between Las Vegas NV and Memphis TN.
I've seen him in both places. Never seen him in Kansas.
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Wait I thought the chat room was going to be driven out to vegas, shot in the back of the head, and dumped into the foundation of a new hotel if it got bad.
??? I'm all confused now.
No. Keep out of Vegas.
Better to head out to ET highway and do it near Area 51. No one there but the space aliens.
Don't want to mess with the hotel casino's fountains.
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... sorry clicked twice and posted twice. :(
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Maybe we could take it out to Atlantic City, instead.
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Jersey, eww!
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Exactly, already contaminated by Jersey Shore...no one will think to look there.
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Ah, brilliant.
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Elvis spends his time between Las Vegas NV and Memphis TN.
I've seen him in both places. Never seen him in Kansas.
Oh, but multiple waitresses have seen him there. ;)
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Jersey, eww!
Hey! I am on my way to Jersey right now ... again.
I like NYC better.
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Okay, folks, we do actually need to stay somewhat on topic in this thread, so that people who need to see The Rules don't have to dig through many pages. Stay on target... stay on target...
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Sigh...fine...
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Okay papa bear.
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Okay, folks, we do actually need to stay somewhat on topic in this thread, so that people who need to see The Rules don't have to dig through many pages. Stay on target... stay on target...
Right-o. Stay on target *snicker.* :D
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No TT people. And that isn't the symbol for Pi, that is T.T.
It doesn't mean:
Tiny Tim
Titillating Taboos
Toxic Turtles
Trailer Trash
It means Touchy Topics.
STAY AWAY from them.
(actually you might want to stay away from all of those)
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Yes lest you get banhammered.
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No TT people. And that isn't the symbol for Pi, that is T.T.
It doesn't mean:
Tiny Tim
Titillating Taboos
Toxic Turtles
Trailer Trash
Topsy Turvy
Tator Tots
TooToos
Toot Toots
It means Touchy Topics.
STAY AWAY from them.
(actually you might want to stay away from all of those)
Thought I'd help.
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Reposting this for the benefit of newcomers who might not be able to see past the fun but ultimately off-topic commentary in the past few pages:
Folks, remember that the chatroom's rules are the same as the forum's rules: no Touchy Topics (Religion, Politics, for example), no jerkish behavior, etc. Let's behave like the chatroom isn't equal to "school's out, flip all the teachers off during the summer", okay? It might be summer camp, but remember that summer camp can send you home. Someone brings something to our attention or we stumble on it ourselves, we're going to look at it with the sort of unkindess one should expect when caught sneaking around behind our backs saying "F-YOU" to Iago for all the work he put into this place. If you're getting irritated with someone, go somewhere else, read something else, whatever. Because if Chatbox turns into another Touchy Topics, it's going to go live with Touchy Topics.
* I am reposting this because, apparently, both newbies and long-term members who should know better by now are getting a bit snippy as well as wandering into Touchy Topics areas. I remind you: no snide, snippy, hurtful, insulting or otherwise socially unacceptable behavior in the chatroom. If you're busting someone's chops, make sure it's clear as day that it's in good humor. If you don't do that, you're GOING to be assumed to be going off the rails and we WILL send the cleanup crew to scrape it all up and flush it.
Summary: dudes, be righteous unto each other. Unrighteousness shall be met with the flaming results of a thousand jalapeno burritos. And in light of the aforementioned directive not to cast aspersions at others, "I didn't mean it that way" is NOT an excuse.
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One more addendum.
Let there also be a reminder that the 'Public' channel within the chat is for general chat. If, for example, the DFRPG comes up in discussion, that's fine and dandy. If the discussion BECOMES about the DFRPG and not general chat, then please take it into the appropriate channel—in this case, the DFRPG channel. There is a reason those channels exist, so let us utilize them. They feel left out when not used.
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Do they truly exist if there's no one in them?
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Schrodinger's Chat?
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Is a room a room if nobody is in it? ;)
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I chat therefore I am?
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Is a room a room if nobody is in it? ;)
No but the door is indeed a jar
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One more addendum.
Let there also be a reminder that the 'Public' channel within the chat is for general chat. If, for example, the DFRPG comes up in discussion, that's fine and dandy. If the discussion BECOMES about the DFRPG and not general chat, then please take it into the appropriate channel—in this case, the DFRPG channel. There is a reason those channels exist, so let us utilize them. They feel left out when not used.
Should probably edit this into a main post somewhere :P
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If a tree falls in the forest, which came first the chicken or the egg?
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...there's gonna be some mighty unhappy bears???
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Maybe they are bad news bears and expect it.
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Maybe they are bad news bears and expect it.
So they just grin and bare it.
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Yup. No use in making the fur fly for no good reason.
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But they have the right to bear arms.
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Such a wonderful claws in the constitution.
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I agree but some ppl see it as a claws for alarm.
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Do they get grizzly?
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Of course some are polar opposites.
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Maybe a little honey would sweeten them up.
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That could seal the deal
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by going clubbing?
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Yea but that might make some ppl blubber.
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only if you whale on them
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That would make one heck of a tail.
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It might blow holes in the plan, though.
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As long as no one gets krilled...
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O.O
OH GOD, OH GOD, MAKE IT STOP!
o.0
O.o
Come back Pun Dumpster, all is forgiven!
:P
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Revs up the pun dumpster, sets it on automatic and sends it in.
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**Tessers**
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It'd too late the thread has now became a beast that cannot be fed! The puns are eating us alive!!
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That happens alot.
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We took it to a farm in the country, where it could run and play with the Permabanned posters. It's safe and happy, honest.
BRB, have to help Ashton put away the some shovels.
*sobs* but but but... NOOOO!!!!
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Questions: Where IS the chatroom? Because I still haven't found it. Ever. In all my days of searching. Not that I need another time-eater. But, still.
The last two pages of this have made my day complete. My kids think I've obviously gone insane because I'm cackling my head off.
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I'm assuming the last two pages have answered your question and included unexpected dividends? ;)
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I'm assuming the last two pages have answered your question and included unexpected dividends? ;)
:) yes.
Someday, I'll learn to read an entire thread before commenting on it. Heh.
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Garrat locks several people into the punywagon and sends them off to the punitentery.
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why
what did they ever do to you?
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OI! No thread necromancy! It's, like, one of the Laws!
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If it's sticky, they will post.
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looks flately at cen, "They made my ears bleed"
"Seriously, once there they are given velcro straight jackets and are shoved into a room with a trampoline floor and padded walls they can stick too. After bouncing around and sticking to the walls in new ways they usually work most of the pun out of their system. They often do this between one post and the next so it's not so much a PUNishment as a solution. We simply have to put up with the ocasional joke about "sticking" or "hanging" around."
[no worries, I just pulled the whole thing out of my a$$ so no one has to worry about it]
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*shakes head at Garrat* rely can't we just let them be some of there puns are amusing sortof
and its kinda too late to get upset about it now.
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Upset? I'm just having fun ;D
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if you say so ;D
no one has dumped the pun dumster on me i wonder why?
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Never was a fan of the dumpster myself. I like my version better. Perhaps we can come up with a funner system.
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thats a good idea
how about a pun jail or somthing? okay maybe you should vome up with a funnyer system. ;D
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Did you like my punitentery model? I mean that would be kinda cool wouldn't it?
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Put a big boxing glove on the end of a spring and call it a punjab (ducks)
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Garrat raises an eyebrow at mdod acting like a duck.
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Some things have to be said and with Ducky back these things pop into my head (that is my excuse anyway).
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lol *takes a duck costume out of her bag* md should you put this on *smiles sweetly*
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It isn't close to hunting season is it?
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here the hunting seson has been and gone don't worry you are safe ;D
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Puts on duck costume, making sure has Kevlar vest underneath.
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lol *gets out SABPC and blasts md* hay your own fult
*looks inersently around her* he fell for it his own fult ;D
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Picks up back and attaches it back to his face. "I thuppose you think thathsssss funny". "Fortunately I keep my feathers numbered for just such occasions". (still in Daffy Duck voice).
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yep it was fun for me at least *smiles inersently*
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cenwolf! be nice to the man. He did after all put on that rediculus outfit for you.
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i am being nice relativly
cme on i can be way meaner if i try ;D
but fine *puts the SABPC away* okay no more being mean to md i wil just have to course problems for my charictors in stead.
;D
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You could have had your pack tackle him and lick him soggy rather than use a weapon on the poor goose...er duck.
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hay its not necerserily a wepon i never sead witch seting i had it on ;D
for all you know i fired a water ballonw at him
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True, is that like that multi tool in Arthur and the invisables?
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not seen that
no i just made it up on the spot one day when in weird a will ago as i was new and needed somthing to clean up a mess
we were talking about me and my vi cam up because of spelling problems i don't remember the perticulars but it just is an exsepted thing i have round here nowerdays
;D
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Have just had all the buckshot removed from my ass with a pair of tweezers. Posted Ms Duck's spare costume back to her. There may be future repercussions with her walking around with a breeze in the nether regions. Drain two aspirins and shove a bag of frozen peas up my ass to reduce the swelling.
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any repocutions i will take
i gave you free rain as to chouce what seting it was on you could have been inventive and said it was on the hover mode or somthing md ::)
(sorry we deraled the thread) ;D
oh well this is fun
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any repocutions i will take
i gave you free rain as to chouce what seting it was on you could have been inventive and said it was on the hover mode or somthing md ::)
(sorry we deraled the thread) ;D
oh well this is fun
Do you think is would be as funny in hover mode?
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more so yes *nodes* and les dangures *looks at the SABPC* i have not used that mode before sorry mod
*changes it to water baloon mode, and aims it at Ga* hay ;D
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Have just had all the buckshot removed from my ass with a pair of tweezers. Posted Ms Duck's spare costume back to her. There may be future repercussions with her walking around with a breeze in the nether regions. Drain two aspirins and shove a bag of frozen peas up my ass to reduce the swelling.
Was that your medical assessment doctor?
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Do not forget Cen, One must remember what they have learned before the can act upon it.
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yeh but if we are going to derail this thread we may as well have some fun Ga *still holding the loded SABPC* oh dam dina would be upset if i used this
*lowers her wepon and puts it away*
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Was that your medical assessment doctor?
Missed out the sentence "this is when your find out who your friends are".
Must have been Doc Chaos.
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Missed out the sentence "this is when your find out who your friends are".
Or at least those who are willing to get their hands dirty.
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Would you rather continue this in the saloon?
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Ga why where do you think it is going?
Mod do you want or need any help? i am sorry i should be more cearful i don' know what happend
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The saloon is the mode of the hellfire where both parties agree to engage in physicle combat or other competition. It would allow you to launch as many water baloons at me as you wish without upseting Dina, and whats more... {garrat vanishes from infront of cen and she hears a voice whisper in her ear] I wouldn't be able to pull any mysticle tricks on you
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hum but i put my wepon away *as i vail my self and disapear* but if you want a fight i wont stop you
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Darnit.
If you take this to the bar I can't go.
*Pouts.*
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A gust of wind lifts cen into the air ang sets her down on a rafter and a dense mist fills the air. a breeeze is fitfully changing direct ions and Cens ears ring with echoeing whispers. "Choose you battless", says one voice "know your aponent says another"
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*voice in shades ear* i am still here just not where he can tuch me if he dose it will pass though me ;D
*blasting the voces with a sycic attack* i don't want to fight you Ga witch is why i am staying where i am
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No response. After all, voices don't have psychi's
Nor can a veil hide you from the wind, it knows you even as it blows through you
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*shfts in to her wolf form and un vails her self, walking out of the thread* (a disinbodyed voice) humf i was getting them out of my head not attacing them and now i shall joine the pack and hid in the shove *walks off head healed high*
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LOL, they were never "in" your head, just your ears. Your neck feels a little funny though, there is a small bone stave with a symbol on it like an inverted peace sign without the circle hanging around it by a feather lite peice of sinew.
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were, *shifts in to human form* where? Garrat what are you talking about *looks worid, then spots it* oh thats just declearing what clain i come from its no bigy all my kind have them, aparently ;D
*glears at Ga, :P*
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Really? you come from the tautonic clan of protection? Amazing
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you know about my clain?7i was brout up out side the clain and am trying to find out about them
what els do you know?
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The symbol I described is one of the runes of the futhark, a mystical alphabet used by the toutonic people, an ancient tribe living in the area of germany. This symbol is used on protection amuletes to help protect freinds and family. When the full set of runes were etched on staves [elongated peices of wood or bone with the rune on one end] they could be cast to tell a persons fortune.
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so why is it that this one only apears when i shift in to my wolf form?
what dose it have to do with my dad or why i can shift ?
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Some one wants to protect you [here and I thought my chr put it on you when you re solidified...oh well]
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(maybe you should not mess with children whos active amaginations are alound free rain on sundays)
why dose some one want to protect me and who? *looks confused at Garrat* its not like i am important or anything
after all i am a stupid little half ling
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So are the norse valkyries, incidently, the runes were said to be Odens gift to his people so SHS might have some answers
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thank i'll ask him about it next time i see him.
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sorry we derailed the thread um i don't remeber what was being descused before we did but sorry
don't hurt me i am shore Garrat is as much at fult as i am ;D
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Apparently I am full of fail, but could someone point me in the general direction of this chatroom?
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Apparently I am full of fail, but could someone point me in the general direction of this chatroom?
It is like the original Merlin between life and death right now.
It doesn't exist at the moment that's why you can't find it.
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Well, I feel infinitely better about that, then. Still, kind of sad it's not around. Oh well.
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:'(
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We should bring it back
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I 2nd that motion, I miss being able to say something by just hitting the enter key. And just chilling in the chatroom all day.
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I wasn't around for it. Would have been kinda sweet
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It was awesome! It was a little glitchy, but we loved her so. :'( Still miss her
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Chat room..... ;D
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At the moment I think it's in limbo because of band width and
assorted other interwebz problems.
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Why not use a website applet to connect to a protected IRC channel? Just thinking out loud.
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IRC channel.
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Wouldn't even be difficult. Using a web applet like KiwiIRC (https://kiwiirc.com/embedding) and a key-protected IRC channel, the chat could be up and running in 10 minutes.
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Wouldn't even be difficult. Using a web applet like KiwiIRC (https://kiwiirc.com/embedding) and a key-protected IRC channel, the chat could be up and running in 10 minutes.
from what rumours I have haired it was not the difficulty of it
but the monitoring of it and the people braking rules in it...
(there has never been a chat so long as I have been round here...)
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Which also would not be much of a problem, since IRC allows for elaborate rulesets of operators and moderators in channels.
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Wouldn't even be difficult. Using a web applet like KiwiIRC (https://kiwiirc.com/embedding) and a key-protected IRC channel, the chat could be up and running in 10 minutes.
It still wouldn't supersede the fact that Fred's got too much on his plate right now even to oversee the technical side of that as well, and the mods are stretched thin as it is.
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Hi, just curious... I have a question about the character relation between Thomas and Ebenezer and don't want to post in the wrong forum, could anyone suggest where I should start? Thanks in advance :)
Azurlandra
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Dresden files spoilers
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Hi new here 8)
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There's a Discord channel: https://www.reddit.com/r/dresdenfiles/comments/6r6jjh/official_rdresdenfiles_discord_is_open/