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IMPORTANT // Please look after your loved ones, yourself and be kind to others. If you are feeling that the world is too hard to handle there is always help - I implore you not to hesitate in contacting one of these wonderful organisations Lifeline and Beyond Blue ... and I'm sure reaching out to our PRE community we will find a way to help. T.
It's Sad Really ...
- Thread starter GhostofJimmyJess
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Guy's its simple,
If you see someones name next to a reply and you find them repetitive, annoying, boring, one dimensional, abusive or misguided, Feel free to not read it and pass on to the next reply. Also Rosy is doing a pretty good job at keeping the more abusive posters in line.
If your thread get's Hijacked, Start a new one or get stuck in and give as good as you get. I've had quite a few threads hijacked but that's the nature of the beast.
CLOSING REMARK
Remember no matter who we are, we will always slow down and check out a car prang even though we abuse others for doing the same thing
Jerry, Jerry, Jerry, Jerry, Jerry! ;D
If you see someones name next to a reply and you find them repetitive, annoying, boring, one dimensional, abusive or misguided, Feel free to not read it and pass on to the next reply. Also Rosy is doing a pretty good job at keeping the more abusive posters in line.
If your thread get's Hijacked, Start a new one or get stuck in and give as good as you get. I've had quite a few threads hijacked but that's the nature of the beast.
CLOSING REMARK
Remember no matter who we are, we will always slow down and check out a car prang even though we abuse others for doing the same thing
Jerry, Jerry, Jerry, Jerry, Jerry! ;D
tiga said:
I did do that, I tried to start reading but each time on nearly every thread I'd get all these sack frawley comments in the middle so I'd have to sift through the crap to get to the posts that actually had some relevance to the original topic. And people have tried to get the thread back on track but each time it's been ignored and the frawley debate has gone on.
JohnF said:
There wouldn't be much left to read would there?
I dont think there is anything wrong with critisim of the club, the players, the coach etc. But to repeat the same mindless crap over and over and over?? It crosses the line over to bordom.
I have been reading this msg board for a while, but haven't been posting very long (a week maybe) i thought this was a nice friendly enviroment (which i'm sure it is) but ive already had what i felt was a personal attack on me and if people are getting to the point where they are just personaly attacking people then thats just rude.
I'm sure all this negitivity is coming of 4 losses, so hopefully if we get a win under our belt things will be nicer and positive around here.
Carn the tiges!!
gOtigers, as confucius once said "choose your threads wisely and you will see the calmness of the oceans in heaven" ;D
Ahhhh who am I kidding! I'm talking total crap! Lets face it we're in Hell and even the coffee's cold ;D
Ahhhh who am I kidding! I'm talking total crap! Lets face it we're in Hell and even the coffee's cold ;D
tiga said:
:rollin
Nothing worse then cold coffee :-X
Nothing worse then not being able to sleep at 11.45 at night with no one to talk to either. :-\
It wasn't my intention to post again on this thread, but so many folks have shown the courtesy to respond to my initial post that I feel I need to clarify a few things.
Firstly, at no point did I criticise the negativity of posters as such ... only the "sameness" of the negativity. My point about suspicion of multiple pseudonyms for a single poster was really just an illustration of how similar many of the posts have become.
Secondly, I believe every Richmond player warrants continual critical appraisal, from Campbo to the rookies to the coaching group to the admin ... nobody's immune, but surely saturation point can be reached in shooting off at the lip for some individuals. I just felt some posters have exceeded this saturation point for way too long for it to be interesting anymore.
Thirdly, I certainly didn't mention anything about personal abuse. There is very little, if any, serious personal abuse on this board. And when it does pop up, well, folks can simply ignore it, or respond appropriately, or whatever they like. There seems to be a bit of an unwritten law amongst us here on that sort of thing anyway. I'm pretty much of the opinion that you can call me whatever you like ... Hell, I'm a Tiger supporter - I'm used to copping petty abuse!!
Finally, I can't remember who posted it (It was on the first page), but they questioned whether I was happy with the Tiger's progress etc .. To that I'll answer of course not. Every weekend I expend way way too much emotional energy on the result of the Tigers games, and until I experience another Tiger premiership, I will never be truly satisfied with the performance of one of my great loves in life ... the Richmond Footy Club.
Firstly, at no point did I criticise the negativity of posters as such ... only the "sameness" of the negativity. My point about suspicion of multiple pseudonyms for a single poster was really just an illustration of how similar many of the posts have become.
Secondly, I believe every Richmond player warrants continual critical appraisal, from Campbo to the rookies to the coaching group to the admin ... nobody's immune, but surely saturation point can be reached in shooting off at the lip for some individuals. I just felt some posters have exceeded this saturation point for way too long for it to be interesting anymore.
Thirdly, I certainly didn't mention anything about personal abuse. There is very little, if any, serious personal abuse on this board. And when it does pop up, well, folks can simply ignore it, or respond appropriately, or whatever they like. There seems to be a bit of an unwritten law amongst us here on that sort of thing anyway. I'm pretty much of the opinion that you can call me whatever you like ... Hell, I'm a Tiger supporter - I'm used to copping petty abuse!!
Finally, I can't remember who posted it (It was on the first page), but they questioned whether I was happy with the Tiger's progress etc .. To that I'll answer of course not. Every weekend I expend way way too much emotional energy on the result of the Tigers games, and until I experience another Tiger premiership, I will never be truly satisfied with the performance of one of my great loves in life ... the Richmond Footy Club.
Boycotting is only successful if....
1. this person's entertainment or information value to PRE well and truly exceeds the value of the people he is speaking against.
and
2 If we give a Fat Frog's Fanny
IMO we have a very good mix of members on this board and we enthusiastically debate our varying views albeit sometimes a little repetitive.
For someone to have the belief that they are influential enough to attempt to change peoples views by Boycotting are kidding themselves! Good riddance as far as I'm concerned! We don't need you! Join a comune or start a cult or something!
It would become a pretty boring place not having the Laff's, Diggler's and Harry's of this world running around and stirring the pot!
As Duckman once said "I should be feeling what exactly??" ;D
1. this person's entertainment or information value to PRE well and truly exceeds the value of the people he is speaking against.
and
2 If we give a Fat Frog's Fanny
IMO we have a very good mix of members on this board and we enthusiastically debate our varying views albeit sometimes a little repetitive.
For someone to have the belief that they are influential enough to attempt to change peoples views by Boycotting are kidding themselves! Good riddance as far as I'm concerned! We don't need you! Join a comune or start a cult or something!
It would become a pretty boring place not having the Laff's, Diggler's and Harry's of this world running around and stirring the pot!
As Duckman once said "I should be feeling what exactly??" ;D
