I've never disliked theRX more than I do today...

[MikeB]

Why can't the Mods put individual posters on post review first, then a ban from that sub forum, then a total ban?

Copy and Paste the part of the rule that was broken (for others to learn from as well), then take appropriate action against that individual poster instead of the forum as a whole.

 

[StevieRay]

youre looking at the numbers of post in that thread which is the same people saying the same thing over and over.... It would push away more new traffic than it would bring...

if i wasn't a mod here I would have just taken a break from the forum. it's unbearable.. and I KNOW i'm not the only one that feel that way either

True on the same thing over and over and the break. I know you are but what am I, I know you are but what am I. Frekn kids on a play ground. It's opinions from unknowns behind a computer. No one is right, no one is wrong. So trying to force it on someone makes the forcer look like an idiot and vise versa. All are racist at some point , toward blacks , whites, gays, retards, etc. DON'T cast rocks in a glass house. Sometimes you have to stop reading because its 10 pages of the same schit said over and over and over. No one wins, no one losses. Just Meaningless rants and opinions People's views are diff the way they were raised, where they were raised, and religion they were raised If we all are over 60 and acting and calling names, well geeez we all need help and prayers If younger than double that.

 

[StevieRay]

[/b]2014 post of the year

agree it's hilarious...

Spewed my coffee. Haha

 

[JustinCruise]

Less is more. State your point without the needless attacks.

Best post in this thread and it went completely ignored.

Over and over again you see people in this forum make their point then throw in a pointless insult for no reason.

Instead of "I think the Heat will not win it all this year" You get "I think the Heat will not win it all this year you fucking idiot" etc etc etc

Its the main reason I hang mostly in baseball forum these days

 

[Shub]

I understand its not for everybody but I have an honest question.

Once you read a few post from a certain thread you don't like and you get the idea of where a thread is heading whats so difficult about not clicking on that thread anymore?
I just don't understand.

I have 300 TV channels and I assure you there are at least 20 channels playing shit right now that would piss me off but what does that have to do with anything.
All I have to do is change the channel.
I honestly don't get this.

.

 

[packer2012]

Im saying therx when SHRINK was here was the best forum of all-time and it always will be.
Shrink understood how forums work.
He was a great business person.
He was a scum and did a lot of people wrong.
Hell he even owed me money.

But he was a smart guy that knew what he was doing when it came to forums.

Is it just me Chop, or back in the day did the forum seem to contain much more meaningful information..... from "meaningful" posters. By that I mean posters whose knowledge would indicate that they were betting more than 10 grocery dollars and not playing video games all day.

And.... I never met Shrink. Talked to him on the phone a couple times. Can't second the owed money part, but the businessman part I fully agree with.

 

[GoBlue34]

While we don't need racism spewing...who wants to come to a forum where everyone agrees on everything or we have to read what everyone's favorite food is?

Heated topics can be great, sometimes they cross the line but why not remove the poster instead of the thread? I've said it before and Defying is a nice enough guy but you try too hard with some of your brutal thread topics.

 

[HacheMan]

I think all is well as long as we don't go overboard with each other with name - calling & such.

Chop is right about Shrink.
He was totally against moving certain threads to the Rubber Room.

Ridiculous topics such as "What brand toilet paper do you use?" would definitely get moved.

But topics which had posters interacting & even disagreeing would remain, and instead of moving threads, simply edit or remove abusive posts, and post a warning in the thread itself.

We all do things differently though, the same way we have different viewpoints on everything else...

 

[Defying]

I agree with even the those that disagree with me... it just crossed a line long time ago. It was not even the group of regulars of Offshore, it was basically the political forum coming up to the offshore... and it was spilling over into many other threads... i'm all for good discussions/debates.. but AK's post (since deleted) pretty much showed the problem. politics just bring out the worst in people. many of the same peoples post I couldnt stand to read anymore, are the same people I enjoy reading other post from... it's the subject content not the poster...

and to GoBlue... It's no secret I've had more than my fair share of bad topics.. comes with constantly generating material.. sometimes i'm truly curious and others its filler... sometimes they turn into 3 pages of convo, other times they backfire, and when they do, they are gone in a day.. think right now 7 of the 50 first page offshore.. 5 of them with multiple pages... i love the forum.. like the small talk with the people here... and like the gambling talk.. I know i am a MUCH better sports bettor because of the forum than I would be without it... there's been a lot of information shared and learned.. these informative post are few and far between with a lot of nonsense inbetween, but in the end a lot of us are here to pass the time, share thoughts, and learn something now and again and I think therx is well balanced in that regards... there's just a fine line between heated debates and becoming peeps... and when i realized how much i was absolutely dreading clicking the offshore forum, something had to change

 

[Defying]

Ridiculous topics such as "What brand toilet paper do you use?"

well that is a ridiculous topic... everyone should use Charmin Ultra.... no discussion there. people that use off brand toilet paper are worse than an internet Mod abusing his powers
w-thumbs!^

 

[HacheMan]

well that is a ridiculous topic... everyone should use Charmin Ultra.... no discussion there. people that use off brand toilet paper are worse than an internet Mod abusing his powers
w-thumbs!^

LoL yeah I've never been one to be picky about toilet paper.

 

[festeringZit]

well that is a ridiculous topic... everyone should use Charmin Ultra.... no discussion there. people that use off brand toilet paper are worse than an internet Mod abusing his powers
w-thumbs!^

The *real* question is, do you hang your TP the correct way?

http://www.therxforum.com/showthread.php?t=744514


Essential Life Lesson #1: Over is Right, Under is Wrong

As part of our ongoing effort here at Current Configuration to make your life not only better, but also 10% more crunchy, we’re offering you this first installment of what will be an ongoing series of Essential Life Lessons. Kicking off this series will be a critical but even-handed examination of a common misunderstanding that occurs in a realm of many misunderstandings: the bathroom.


Put simply, there is a right way to hang the toilet paper, and a wrong way. Read on to determine the status of your own roll.
Toilet paper has a natural curve, a way of being that lends itself to certain orientations on the toilet paper spool.* If handled with skill and knowledge, it can provide an abundance of both sanitationand comfort, quilted together in each square of pillowy ply. If handled with clumsy ignorance, or worse, carelessness, it will beset the user with pain, filth, and frustration. Don’t let it end this way, with you curled on the tile floor of the stall, weeping in frustration, covered in wasted papier de toilette. To convince you, we’ve created some diagrams, harnessing the power of SCIENCE, to demonstrate the natural benefits of the over hanging method. First, we examine the optimal viewing benefits of the over hanging method.
Below are examples of the helpful and fruitful over-hung method on the left and the annoying and detrimental under-hung method on the right.

Notice the dramatic difference in the amount of visible toilet paper. Ironically, it is the over-hung toilet paper that has both the most visible free sheetage and the least amount of sheetage free from the roll to do it. Now, this may not seem like a big deal on its own, but in these extra sheets lies your undoing. Observe.

We here at Current Configuration, for the purposes of ease and expediency, do the one-handed tear (okay, really, it’s just me, but bear with me, er, us). The one-handed tear is a quick maneuver that takes advantage of the perforated squares, allowing your bundle of toilet paper to be liberated with one quick swipe of the arm. This is the foundation of bathroom ease, the cottony bedrock on which enjoyment rests in the restrooms of many nations.

The one-handed tear relies on a quick and forceful motion directed either away from or towards the tear-er. The forces applied in this motion are great and, like the atom, are not to be trifled with. The natural curve of the over-hung method allows the roll to stand fast after a one-handed tear, but the under-hung method creates a calamitous tendency in the roll. This tendency can only lead to this:

Wasted paper, frustration, the destruction of our forests. While we realize that it is possible to execute a one-handed tear on an under-hung roll, this is a game of sanitary Russian roulette. You are bound to lose eventually, and there is no re-rolling an unwound toilet paper roll. The results will only cause you grief. Don’t let this happen to you. Restroom attendants, janitors, maids, facilities crews, and responsible toiletowners take note: Don’t use the under-hung method for your toilet paper rolls. It leads to the destruction of our precious resources and the pillars of civilization as we know it!

 

[HacheMan]

And guys just so you all know and to show the respect of being completely honest with everyone, we as mods don't always see things the same way either.

But out of respect for one another, we merely agree to disagree.

Many of you know I'm much more lenient than other mods.

That's why I get emails all of the time from posters who have been put on review or banned, wanting it overturned, lol.

But I explain to them that I'm not going to overstep another mod on something they've already handled.

I believe it's best to have different types of mods just as we are all different types of posters...:toast:

 

[Vlad the Impaler]

I really don't see the point of more than a mod or 2 assuming they are running contests and working with books. What is the point really? People can read or ignore at their own peril. I do that now.

 

[Vlad the Impaler]

And guys just so you all know and to show the respect of being completely honest with everyone, we as mods don't always see things the same way either.

But out of respect for one another, we merely agree to disagree.

Many of you know I'm much more lenient than other mods.

That's why I get emails all of the time from posters who have been put on review or banned, wanting it overturned, lol.

But I explain to them that I'm not going to overstep another mod on something they've already handled.

I believe it's best to have different types of mods just as we are all different types of posters...:toast:

Why ban anyone?

 

[scottcarter]

Hache Man, you should have been banned dozens of times for some of your posted picks.

 

[packer2012]

Hey.... anyone else get the feeling that Zit might end up starting a tout service with these "Life Lessons".

Powerful information! Luckily I have always been on the right track on the TP example.... but I have worried about it almost daily.

Thanks Man.

 

[HacheMan]

Hache Man, you should have been banned dozens of times for some of your posted picks.

LoL me Scott?

I rarely post picks.

I used to post NBA picks for years and those who know saw them profit 5 out of 6 years. All documented here & eog.

Not sure if you're goofing or serious & confusing with someone else Scott

 

[Defying]

Hache Man, you should have been banned dozens of times for some of your posted picks.

the other Mods are too sharp to share picks.. they know they will move the lines if they share Shush()*

I don't worry about it, I give to the people...

 

[HacheMan]

I really don't see the point of more than a mod or 2 assuming they are running contests and working with books. What is the point really? People can read or ignore at their own peril. I do that now.

Why ban anyone?

Most don't realize that work is always to be done in the administration panel where we gave to deal with new members signing up, spamming, posters on review needing posts approved or deleted, etc..

Not to mention dealing with other things you mentioned such as dealing with sponsors, contests, techs, emails, all the while trying to post.
I know most laugh & scoff but there truly is more behind the scenes than realized.

As for banning posters, again, that's difference in opinion.

Since BAS and became head mods & started running the show here, I think most will agree Therx is much more tolerant than in the past...