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Why do we stay on REWD?

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Thursday, May 15, 2014 12:25 PM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...


Ah-HAH! I had a notation "Dave ________ (Pizmo?)"...there was another, a "Rick ________" that I never figured out, either. Thank you Piz/G, I really appreciated that--you gave more than any other single person, and there are now whole swaths of marsh grasses in Lake Pontchartrain growing lush and beautiful, providing the nursery for endangered plants and species, helping the Gulf repair itself and helping to provide protection against another Katrina ( http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2002/of02-206/env-overview/habitat.html).

One lunch break, they took us on a short airboat tour of the area they had re-planted the year before. It was absolutely astonishing how much it had grown, something I will never forget. Pissed I left my camera at camp that day. I still get regular newsletters from Big Branch (the National Wildlife Refuge we worked out of). Aww, now I'm getting all teary...

And of course, as I said at the time, the woman who led the group (and did as much work as any three of the rest of us!) turned out to be a Browncoat, so we spent a lot of time together. We truly are everywhere...!

As an unrelated aside to this threadjack, I'm watching "Bones" from the beginning via Netflix and giggled when one of the characters cracked wise to another "Your robot reminds me of you. You tell it to turn, it stops, you tell it to stop, it turns. You ask it to take out the garbage, it watches reruns of Firefly." I'm sure I'm not the first who was started and laughed at that.

ETA: Oops, I found it:



(youtube.com/watch?v=Tsq64XTH_N0 with the inevitable " http://www"; in front-- why do my Youtube clips never come out anymore, dammit?)


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Thursday, May 15, 2014 7:28 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!


Quote:

Originally posted by chrisisall:

Hence the endless and boring Benghazi stuff, and the focus on personal attacks. Honestly, the whole issue of climate change seems to me to be the most interesting 'bad' thing we discuss here these days.



It's only boring to those low information voters, or those who buy into this admin's line of go-se, perpetuated greatly by a silent media. ( or worse, that Amb. Stevens wasn't murdered - http://newsbusters.org/blogs/jeffrey-meyer/2014/05/15/eleanor-clift-tr
iples-down-claim-amb-stevens-was-not-murdered
)

I guess al-Qaeda didn't kill nearly 3000 civilians on 9/11 either, huh E ?

IRS targeting , VA hospital scandal, wiretapping of journalists... this WH has a Watergate level story come out almost like clockwork, only the MSM refuses to pay attention. Can't be bad mouthing our messiah , now could we ? Wouldn't be proper.

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Thursday, May 15, 2014 7:28 PM

OONJERAH



Bones




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Thursday, May 15, 2014 7:32 PM

OONJERAH


Quote:

Originally posted by BYTEMITE:
And to Oonj, I owe you an apology. You were the last person I went off on and it was really uncalled for.



Well, this is unexpected.
Byte, I accept your apology. Thank you.



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Thursday, May 15, 2014 8:17 PM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...


Thanx Oonj...huh...seems the URL that I copy comes out " httpS";, yours worked with just " http";. I'll have to try that in future...


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Thursday, May 15, 2014 8:45 PM

MAGONSDAUGHTER


Quote:

Originally posted by G:
Quote:

Originally posted by Magonsdaughter:
Quote:

Originally posted by G:

I liked the image of the Chinese protestor - it was fitting and funny.





You thought this was funny??????????



Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The picture, not the event, you doofus! Overstatement is like black humor, extreme situation used to illustrate a simple point >>> as in you using that picture <<<. The original point was about protestors disrupting Anthony's daily commute. Not exactly Tiananmen Square is it?



Oh okay. I didn't intend any humour, and still that photo poignant and distressing.

Not it wasn't Tiannanmen Square we were discussing, but intended to demononstrate the validity of protest as a means of bringing change. Whether it be change from tyranny (I know Americans love that word) or things that are just unfair and need changing.

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Thursday, May 15, 2014 11:34 PM

BYTEMITE


Quote:

The other sites I've been on, some I still am, my experience has been similar to Nickerson's:


Then apparently I am an inherently destructive influence on any moderated board I go to. Or, indeed, any unmoderated board as well.

Oh wait.

But seriously, every moderated board I've ever been to I've watched collapse because of power struggles between the mods. 15 years of internet, 10 boards I was involved in more than a month. Same result. Some of them even started out unmoderated, became moderated, and then predictably everything went to hell.

Back to lurking.

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Thursday, May 15, 2014 11:40 PM

CHRISISALL


Quote:

Originally posted by Magonsdaughter:
tyranny (I know Americans love that word)

Yeah, we surely do. But we have some trouble applyin' it to our OWN actions in the World...

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Friday, May 16, 2014 12:26 AM

MAGONSDAUGHTER


Well I raise it because its not a word that is used much over this neck of the woods, but I have found it a common theme in American discourse.

I for one enjoy much of the television and film that you have brought to the world, so you can't be all bad.


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Friday, May 16, 2014 1:57 PM

FREMDFIRMA


Quote:

Originally posted by BYTEMITE:
But seriously, every moderated board I've ever been to I've watched collapse because of power struggles between the mods. 15 years of internet, 10 boards I was involved in more than a month. Same result. Some of them even started out unmoderated, became moderated, and then predictably everything went to hell.


Same here, and I been doin this since the days of dial-up ASCII BBS's.
You start modding, the GIFT kicks in, all hell breaks loose, you wind up with a revolution and no matter which "side" wins, your board dies.

Most epic example of this was TheHighRoad - which kicked *me* off cause I dared take moral issue with the notion of mass extermination of muslims, mind you...
Which made it that much more ironic that when that secret backroom, sell-em-down-the-river deal(1) got blown out of the water, it was by someone of that belief, although his own reasons had nothing to do with that and he was every bit the crook folks painted him as, therefore leaving ZERO moral "High Ground" for *ANY* of em, which made it actually entertaining since absent that factor it was all just throw popcorn and root for carnage itself.

-Frem
(1) Note: it was the only time I've ever known Oleg to lie, and that fact of itself was pretty damn apalling.

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Saturday, May 17, 2014 7:13 PM

OONJERAH



I stay, 'cause I know sooner or later, a really important story will come up.

Like when the Kitty saved her little Boy from the vicious dog. Amazing!
And now, they want her to throw a baseball?

Actually, I already jacked that in on the Alec Baldwin thread.



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Saturday, May 17, 2014 7:27 PM

MAGONSDAUGHTER


G, I didn't accuse you of anything. I just dont find that photo funny or cartoonish in any context and I didn't and dont understand your point. But if I have misrepresented what you are trying to say I apologise.




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Sunday, May 18, 2014 7:39 AM

MAGONSDAUGHTER


Hmmmmm. I seemed to have totally misunderstood all your posts. I feel quite dim.

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Tuesday, May 20, 2014 2:00 PM

6IXSTRINGJACK


Quote:

Originally posted by G:
Quote:

Originally posted by Magonsdaughter:
G, I didn't accuse you of anything. I just dont find that photo funny or cartoonish in any context and I didn't and dont understand your point. But if I have misrepresented what you are trying to say I apologise.



Heh - when I said "low" I meant low on the list, like don't worry about it, and certainly no apology needed. I new it was a misunderstanding. When I say cartoonish I mean, physically extreme, like in the cartoons. Think Popeye picking up a train and throwing it at a dragon. The site of that lone person, looking pretty frail but unafraid. Facing down 1 tank would have been extreme enough, but 4 tanks?




Don't feel dim MD....

No reason to stop the conversation either.....

I think we're far from uncovering the truth to why any of us come back...



Well... I'm pretty sure I know why I do, but I'm totally twisted.

I wanna get to why any of you still come back here....

WTF man?

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Tuesday, May 20, 2014 2:00 PM

6IXSTRINGJACK


Quote:

Originally posted by G:
Quote:

Originally posted by Magonsdaughter:
G, I didn't accuse you of anything. I just dont find that photo funny or cartoonish in any context and I didn't and dont understand your point. But if I have misrepresented what you are trying to say I apologise.



Heh - when I said "low" I meant low on the list, like don't worry about it, and certainly no apology needed. I new it was a misunderstanding. When I say cartoonish I mean, physically extreme, like in the cartoons. Think Popeye picking up a train and throwing it at a dragon. The site of that lone person, looking pretty frail but unafraid. Facing down 1 tank would have been extreme enough, but 4 tanks?




Don't feel dim MD....

No reason to stop the conversation either.....

I think we're far from uncovering the truth to why any of us come back...



Well... I'm pretty sure I know why I do, but I'm totally twisted.

I wanna get to why any of you still come back here....

WTF man?

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Tuesday, May 20, 2014 8:57 PM

MAL4PREZ


Quote:

Originally posted by G:
Quote:

Originally posted by Magonsdaughter:
Hmmmmm. I seemed to have totally misunderstood all your posts. I feel quite dim.



You're not dim and the concepts and words are not that difficult, so what could it be? I think like others, you just don't want to understand, or what I've typed doesn't fit your expectations. Or it's personal.



I find this often to be the case.

I am not immune to bias. I try to be open to re-examining my own actions to check for this kind of thing in myself. But sometimes the people on the other end just don't make themselves worth the effort.

I maintain my previous stance: the reason I come back to RWED is because here I can be honest with posters of differing views in a way not allowed in real life. I think this is true of many RWED posters. Further, I think some posters go to great lengths to create... oh, I mean, to *enjoy* this opportunity.




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What trolls reveal about themselves when they troll:
http://fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?bid=18&tid=57532
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Saturday, May 24, 2014 2:30 PM

JEWELSTAITEFAN


Quote:

Originally posted by MAL4PREZ:
Quote:

Originally posted by G:
Quote:

Originally posted by Magonsdaughter:
Hmmmmm. I seemed to have totally misunderstood all your posts. I feel quite dim.



You're not dim and the concepts and words are not that difficult, so what could it be? I think like others, you just don't want to understand, or what I've typed doesn't fit your expectations. Or it's personal.



I find this often to be the case.

I am not immune to bias. I try to be open to re-examining my own actions to check for this kind of thing in myself. But sometimes the people on the other end just don't make themselves worth the effort.

I maintain my previous stance: the reason I come back to RWED is because here I can be honest with posters of differing views in a way not allowed in real life. I think this is true of many RWED posters. Further, I think some posters go to great lengths to create... oh, I mean, to *enjoy* this opportunity.




*-------------------------------------------------*
What trolls reveal about themselves when they troll:
http://fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?bid=18&tid=57532
*-------------------------------------------------*




This as well I agree with.

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Saturday, May 24, 2014 5:22 PM

OONJERAH



The narrow "array" of social opportunities in my area, my unwillingness
to seek & create new ones ... in spite of the emphasis on politics, REWD
is easier, more interesting.

Hmmmm ... and there are some fairly entertaining characters in here.



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Lighten up, Oonj.

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Monday, December 20, 2021 5:20 AM

JEWELSTAITEFAN


Quote:

Originally posted by Niki2:
You know, Chris, the other side of that question is "Why are so many good people no longer on RWED?", and what it says about the few who remain.

As it happens, I've been on a few other forums for many years--in one case, fifteen plus, in another over ten. They have moderators, and a good portion of the people who were on them when I first got there still ARE, having never been driven off by the kind of shit that goes on here.

Me, I miss

Agentrouka
Byte
Anthony
CantTakeTheSky
HKCavalier
Kwicko
OldEnglandry
Peacekeeper
PhoenixRose
Shinygoodguy

And so many others whose names I've forgotten by now...some of which still pop in now and again, but not much, from what I see. But then, I'm not on much either, so...

I'm also sad to see how you've changed. I thank Haken for keeping FFF alive, but I think there are two sides to your point.







Quote:

Originally posted by BYTEMITE:
Quote:

They have moderators, and a good portion of the people who were on them when I first got there still ARE, having never been driven off by the kind of shit that goes on here.
You really think it's worse here? I thought you left the main firefly board because there were a bunch of conservative mods abusing their power and they sent their followers a-trolling on mental health sites you were moderating.

This is an interesting theory that I have not considered before.

I have oft wondered why there were so many Libtards here, but I usually shrugged it off as just the ignorance and poor education of youth, who are drawn to Sci-Fi TV. But it did always seem a higher concentration of uneducated and inexperienced (aka Libtards) for those who could think somewhat logically (such as Sci-Fi fans).


So the above indicates there was another board about Firefly (I knew there were several others), and there were moderators there who the most extremist libtards broke rules enough to alienate and get banned or something. So that may be why such an unbalanced disproportionate amount of libtards migrated here.

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Thursday, October 13, 2022 7:33 AM

JAYNEZTOWN


The internet got smaller since 911, there will be maybe 4chan, firefly and maybe a much of other sites like bitchute and minds or i dunno ... the 'dark web'....where you won't be banned and blacklisted for posting a meme.

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