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Login/Join to ParticipateNYC
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
Posted:
Now hold on a second... our heated discussion of Sexy firespinners was censored without any reason or notification? There were quite a few people invested in that conversation including me. If any specific thing was said that was over the line I understand censoring that but a total deletion of all ideas and arguments is a horrible idea!
Or did Smallboy delete his own thread? (Can he do that?)
I specifically didn't look at HoP today so I could wait to get home and see what the rest of the world posted so I have NO idea what conversation took place.
Agree with me or disagree with me but don't delete the thread!
Bring back the thread, let us talk it out like we always do and work through our own stuff. There were too many valid points on both sides to delete such an important discussion.
Now hold on a second... our heated discussion of Sexy firespinners was censored without any reason or notification? There were quite a few people invested in that conversation including me. If any specific thing was said that was over the line I understand censoring that but a total deletion of all ideas and arguments is a horrible idea!
Or did Smallboy delete his own thread? (Can he do that?)
I specifically didn't look at HoP today so I could wait to get home and see what the rest of the world posted so I have NO idea what conversation took place.
Agree with me or disagree with me but don't delete the thread!
Bring back the thread, let us talk it out like we always do and work through our own stuff. There were too many valid points on both sides to delete such an important discussion.
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
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enthusiast
385 posts
Location: NorCal
385 posts
Location: NorCal
Posted:
i agree with NYC! bring back the thread....
i agree with NYC! bring back the thread....
"Dancing can reveal all the mystery that music conceals"
~Charles Baudelaire
NYC
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
Posted:
In addition, I think we all aired most of our feelings and killing it before we had a chance to process them and find commonality and compromise is the WORST idea.
Every heated discussion on this board that I've gotten into I've learned from. I'd hoped to learn from that one too.
In addition, I think we all aired most of our feelings and killing it before we had a chance to process them and find commonality and compromise is the WORST idea.
Every heated discussion on this board that I've gotten into I've learned from. I'd hoped to learn from that one too.
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
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Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Posted:
especially as it reportedly got better since I last visited it.
especially as it reportedly got better since I last visited it.
Meh
SILVER Member
Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Posted:
I suspect Small Boy deleted it himself. The mods usually close threads not delete them.
Just an observation.
I suspect Small Boy deleted it himself. The mods usually close threads not delete them.
Just an observation.
Meh
NYC
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
Posted:
Did it? Dang, now I'm really bummed.
C'mon... somebody had to have seen something... dish the dirt! Were people insulting me? Did they use the phrase "elitest, self rightious, egotistical bastard"? Because I assure you, my parents were married when I was born.
I really didn't see it so I'm totally guessing.
"High horse"! That must be it. I'm sure someone told me to "Get off my high horse you ignorant, arrogant capitolist pig"... or swine. Swine sounds better, though "capitalist pig" is better in a fake Russian accent.
I wanna know!
Somebody PM it to me! (Yeah yeah, I'll accept that PM, I promise... )
Did it? Dang, now I'm really bummed.
C'mon... somebody had to have seen something... dish the dirt! Were people insulting me? Did they use the phrase "elitest, self rightious, egotistical bastard"? Because I assure you, my parents were married when I was born.
I really didn't see it so I'm totally guessing.
"High horse"! That must be it. I'm sure someone told me to "Get off my high horse you ignorant, arrogant capitolist pig"... or swine. Swine sounds better, though "capitalist pig" is better in a fake Russian accent.
I wanna know!
Somebody PM it to me! (Yeah yeah, I'll accept that PM, I promise... )
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
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Sporadically Prodigal
2,758 posts
Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia
Sporadically Prodigal
2,758 posts
Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia
Posted:
I didn't delete it - can't speak for the other Mods or Malc though. Last I saw was SmallBoy reiterating that it was just meant for fun and that he'd delete it if anyone had any further problems with it.... o yeah - and someone calling NYC an equine egotists or something
I didn't delete it - can't speak for the other Mods or Malc though. Last I saw was SmallBoy reiterating that it was just meant for fun and that he'd delete it if anyone had any further problems with it.... o yeah - and someone calling NYC an equine egotists or something
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Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Posted:
I'd used the word 'plasticity' in a sentence. I was quite proud of it. And now it's gone.
Maybe it's just hiding.
I'd used the word 'plasticity' in a sentence. I was quite proud of it. And now it's gone.
Maybe it's just hiding.
Meh
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Location: the arms of the Ganja Goddess
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Location: the arms of the Ganja Goddess
Posted:
NYC i would probably call you megalomaniac if anything.
NYC i would probably call you megalomaniac if anything.
You. Its whats for dinner!
As time passes, you realise all the mistakes you amde and the ones you wish you never did make.
The wave crashing on the beach
NYC
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
Posted:
Plasticity... plasticity... that's a fun word to say. Plasssssssticity. Wow, I'm never using the word plastic again. I will speak only of objects of great plasticity.
I'm not so sure about megalomaniac... I don't have a good enough laugh for that. I think you need a good hearty cackle for that one...
What about an obstinant, arrogant egotist?... I like the way the vowels flow in that one.
Oh crap, we're getting off topic again... uh...
BRING BACK THE POST OR I WILL USE MORE S.A.T. WORDS! (Scolastic Aptitude Test used for entrance to US colleges.)
Plasticity... plasticity... that's a fun word to say. Plasssssssticity. Wow, I'm never using the word plastic again. I will speak only of objects of great plasticity.
I'm not so sure about megalomaniac... I don't have a good enough laugh for that. I think you need a good hearty cackle for that one...
What about an obstinant, arrogant egotist?... I like the way the vowels flow in that one.
Oh crap, we're getting off topic again... uh...
BRING BACK THE POST OR I WILL USE MORE S.A.T. WORDS! (Scolastic Aptitude Test used for entrance to US colleges.)
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
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Intrepid Penguin
5,635 posts
Location: Australia
Intrepid Penguin
5,635 posts
Location: Australia
Posted:
but i like big words, they are salubrious! i would postulate that it is kind of nice to stretch your vernacular every now and then... Dont you agree?
but i like big words, they are salubrious! i would postulate that it is kind of nice to stretch your vernacular every now and then... Dont you agree?
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Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Posted:
Have you seen the dictionary episode of Blackadder The Third?
Basically they borrow Samuel Johnson's dictionary (as in the first ever one) and accidentally use it as a fire lighter.
Then they need to rewrite it.
My favourite definition being Baldrick's:
"C - big, blue wobbly thing that fish live in."
Have you seen the dictionary episode of Blackadder The Third?
Basically they borrow Samuel Johnson's dictionary (as in the first ever one) and accidentally use it as a fire lighter.
Then they need to rewrite it.
My favourite definition being Baldrick's:
"C - big, blue wobbly thing that fish live in."
Meh
Laguna dude
1,438 posts
Location: Laguna, California, US
1,438 posts
Location: Laguna, California, US
Posted:
not only does it sometimes scintillate, and corruscate, inebriate,
it can absolutely mesmerize your pheromonal canvas, tantalizing you to ineluctible, incomparable, inf*kohgod*dontstop*arieeeee
orgasm!
not only does it sometimes scintillate, and corruscate, inebriate,
it can absolutely mesmerize your pheromonal canvas, tantalizing you to ineluctible, incomparable, inf*kohgod*dontstop*arieeeee
orgasm!
molten cheers,
~ FireMike
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Laguna, California, US
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Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Posted:
I reckon it was Small Boy.
Although Pele was here earlier . . .
*looks suspiciously in the direction of Batavia*
I reckon it was Small Boy.
Although Pele was here earlier . . .
*looks suspiciously in the direction of Batavia*
Meh
Laguna dude
1,438 posts
Location: Laguna, California, US
1,438 posts
Location: Laguna, California, US
Posted:
hopscotch with posts! my last for Flynt, this one for C@ntus,
no, i haven't seen Blackadder yet, will see it later, dude. thanks for posting up about a dictionary & its history, i love that! i didn't know Samuel Johnson's was the first. the first in English? as opposed to say shorter language-teaching books Romans & Mesopatamians & Chinese & Egyptians must've had?
hopscotch with posts! my last for Flynt, this one for C@ntus,
no, i haven't seen Blackadder yet, will see it later, dude. thanks for posting up about a dictionary & its history, i love that! i didn't know Samuel Johnson's was the first. the first in English? as opposed to say shorter language-teaching books Romans & Mesopatamians & Chinese & Egyptians must've had?
molten cheers,
~ FireMike
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Laguna, California, US
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Intrepid Penguin
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Location: Australia
Intrepid Penguin
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Location: Australia
Posted:
FireMike, a linguistic orgasm?
i appreciate the way you cogitate!
FireMike, a linguistic orgasm?
i appreciate the way you cogitate!
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SILVER Member
Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Posted:
Oh I don't know. I'm just going by what the tv told me.
TV never lies. my friend Bryony said so and she's at university. So she knows stuff.
Bears sing songs and hang round with panthers.
It's all true.
Oh I don't know. I'm just going by what the tv told me.
TV never lies. my friend Bryony said so and she's at university. So she knows stuff.
Bears sing songs and hang round with panthers.
It's all true.
Meh
Laguna dude
1,438 posts
Location: Laguna, California, US
1,438 posts
Location: Laguna, California, US
Posted:
here, Flynt, just lick the tip of my tongue
here, Flynt, just lick the tip of my tongue
molten cheers,
~ FireMike
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Laguna, California, US
NYC
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
Posted:
I'd put money that it wasn't Pele... I'm bankin' on Smallboy himself... Bummer. He probably doesn't have any way of getting it back.
I'd put money that it wasn't Pele... I'm bankin' on Smallboy himself... Bummer. He probably doesn't have any way of getting it back.
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
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BRONZE Member
member
577 posts
Location: Berlin, Germany
member
577 posts
Location: Berlin, Germany
Posted:
NYC I called you a vitameatavegamin once but it had nothing to do with that thread. And I do believe Small Boy deleted it.
Another time I called you a sycophant.
NYC I called you a vitameatavegamin once but it had nothing to do with that thread. And I do believe Small Boy deleted it.
Another time I called you a sycophant.
Beauty is the conscious sum of all our perversions.-Salvador DaliHope without action is hopeless.
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HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted:
quote:Kids, get a room!
Originally posted by Flynt:
FireMike, a linguistic orgasm?
i appreciate the way you cogitate!
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
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the henna lady
6,193 posts
Location: WNY, USA
the henna lady
6,193 posts
Location: WNY, USA
Posted:
Wasn't me.
Wasn't on here all weekend cuz I was out with me friends having a great time not getting any sleep!
Once it's deleted, it is long gone. However, since you are here, why not continue with the discussion...not rehash the heated parts (so I've heard) but actually pick up where you left off?
If you start, others will follow.
Wasn't me.
Wasn't on here all weekend cuz I was out with me friends having a great time not getting any sleep!
Once it's deleted, it is long gone. However, since you are here, why not continue with the discussion...not rehash the heated parts (so I've heard) but actually pick up where you left off?
If you start, others will follow.
Pele
Higher, higher burning fire...making music like a choir
"Oooh look! A pub!" -exclaimed after recovering from a stupid fall
"And for the decadence of art, nothing beats a roaring fire." -TMK
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Intrepid Penguin
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Location: Australia
Intrepid Penguin
5,635 posts
Location: Australia
Posted:
HEY! i wasnt asking for one! i was just sayin i liked how he thought! sheesh!
HEY! i wasnt asking for one! i was just sayin i liked how he thought! sheesh!
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Laguna dude
1,438 posts
Location: Laguna, California, US
1,438 posts
Location: Laguna, California, US
Posted:
and i was just offering to let her get the feel for what was at the tip of my words
-- hey, a room can be nice, too, sure he means to let us get. . . comfy
and i was just offering to let her get the feel for what was at the tip of my words
-- hey, a room can be nice, too, sure he means to let us get. . . comfy
molten cheers,
~ FireMike
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Laguna, California, US
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2,905 posts
Location: San Diego California
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Location: San Diego California
Posted:
Because somebody who yes had a valid point, pushed to far, something someone thought as fun, it got deleated.
NYC yes you had a valid point. Your spat with C@ntus (now I am not taking his side) did not belong there at all!
You do know that some people were having fun. It was ruined, typical democracy. One person is having fun and one person isnt. The second complains and stops the firsts fun. Typical.
Because somebody who yes had a valid point, pushed to far, something someone thought as fun, it got deleated.
NYC yes you had a valid point. Your spat with C@ntus (now I am not taking his side) did not belong there at all!
You do know that some people were having fun. It was ruined, typical democracy. One person is having fun and one person isnt. The second complains and stops the firsts fun. Typical.
Some Jarhead last night: "this dumb a$$ thinks hes fireproof"
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Intrepid Penguin
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Location: Australia
Intrepid Penguin
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Location: Australia
Posted:
yes but a room implies a ceiling... and walls.... and furnishings of all sorts....
i dunno. i mean, cmon, a few more rooms and you'd have a house! then where would we be!
yes but a room implies a ceiling... and walls.... and furnishings of all sorts....
i dunno. i mean, cmon, a few more rooms and you'd have a house! then where would we be!
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Laguna dude
1,438 posts
Location: Laguna, California, US
1,438 posts
Location: Laguna, California, US
Posted:
why, we'd be HERE
why, we'd be HERE
molten cheers,
~ FireMike
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Laguna, California, US
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Location: South Wales
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Location: South Wales
Posted:
This is the truth and i fucking hope smallboy doesnt mind me saying this:
he deleted it as it was gettig Way to out of hand...everyone was insutling each other
which was a shame as that post i wrote was my sincere and honest once-in-a-blue-moon post...and i meant every word of it...it was a shame as i really wanted to see what people saind in reply
This is the truth and i fucking hope smallboy doesnt mind me saying this:
he deleted it as it was gettig Way to out of hand...everyone was insutling each other
which was a shame as that post i wrote was my sincere and honest once-in-a-blue-moon post...and i meant every word of it...it was a shame as i really wanted to see what people saind in reply
NYC
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
Posted:
My biggest concern is now NOT knowing everything that was said.
Since the thread was deleted before I could read it I can only assume that more insults were thrown at me and others. It seemed like getting everything out in the open was helping. Brushing it under the rug will only serve to make any issues resurface.
I have no idea why some people are upset. I have no idea who is angry with, upset with, disagrees with me. I have no idea what the arguement on the table is. Neither does anyone else.
How can we expect to change HoP for the better if we don't talk about what happened?
Everyone's been speaking in vague terms and we're all bitching about different things.
By deleteing the thread we've deleted any chance of looking over each others' comments and views. It seemed to be a convenient way for Smallboy to cover his tracks and it certainly killed any chance us finding a common ground or working through any of our issues.
Excuse my strong words but it truely seemed cowardly and selfish. Obviously others had vested interest in the thread.
My biggest concern is now NOT knowing everything that was said.
Since the thread was deleted before I could read it I can only assume that more insults were thrown at me and others. It seemed like getting everything out in the open was helping. Brushing it under the rug will only serve to make any issues resurface.
I have no idea why some people are upset. I have no idea who is angry with, upset with, disagrees with me. I have no idea what the arguement on the table is. Neither does anyone else.
How can we expect to change HoP for the better if we don't talk about what happened?
Everyone's been speaking in vague terms and we're all bitching about different things.
By deleteing the thread we've deleted any chance of looking over each others' comments and views. It seemed to be a convenient way for Smallboy to cover his tracks and it certainly killed any chance us finding a common ground or working through any of our issues.
Excuse my strong words but it truely seemed cowardly and selfish. Obviously others had vested interest in the thread.
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
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addict
642 posts
Location: UK, London
642 posts
Location: UK, London
Posted:
I spoke to smallboy that day and he told me he is deleting it as he felt that it was getting too heated and it felt like it could 'cause a rift in our community. The closing of the thread was a gesture of apology me thinks, and what intended to be harmless fun was percieved by some as offensive. Smallboy I would guess was trying to keep some of the bad vibes out of HOP.
I do agree that it would be good to vent some things that are on our minds, however to a newbie who has just entered HOP may have been frightened off by such replies. Imagine you were a newbie and you saw that kind of reaction to posts, would you be so keen to post yourself or join in such a community.
I know this is on another thread but think before you type and try to remember your audience. This is a PUBLIC forum and if we want to create a nice environment for everyone to join we may have to bite our tongues occasionally.
Please read the "what is the point?" thread. That is a good place to vent some things but for all those who do, try to keep your arguments well thought out because in such an environment it is too easy to put too much emotion into a post.
To the point as I am going off topic. This should not be a topic about censorship but one of respect to others. I am not asking people to censor there views but try to keep their emotions in check occasionally as it is easy to regret what you say in anger and although we have the power to edit our posts someone may have already read it before you make your changes. This is not just in reference to the thread we are talking about but often in political debate which occasionally gets personal, and also in social threads where one-up manship is starting to take hold.
A piece of advice for everyone in HOP world and in real life. If you feel yourself getting emotional (angry or otherwise) take a deep breath count to three and decide if what you were about to say is actually what you mean. I personally catch myself many times when I am about to say something in the heat of the moment and I take a brief second to stop and think and gather my thoughts.
HOP is getting steamy someone open a window!!!
I spoke to smallboy that day and he told me he is deleting it as he felt that it was getting too heated and it felt like it could 'cause a rift in our community. The closing of the thread was a gesture of apology me thinks, and what intended to be harmless fun was percieved by some as offensive. Smallboy I would guess was trying to keep some of the bad vibes out of HOP.
I do agree that it would be good to vent some things that are on our minds, however to a newbie who has just entered HOP may have been frightened off by such replies. Imagine you were a newbie and you saw that kind of reaction to posts, would you be so keen to post yourself or join in such a community.
I know this is on another thread but think before you type and try to remember your audience. This is a PUBLIC forum and if we want to create a nice environment for everyone to join we may have to bite our tongues occasionally.
Please read the "what is the point?" thread. That is a good place to vent some things but for all those who do, try to keep your arguments well thought out because in such an environment it is too easy to put too much emotion into a post.
To the point as I am going off topic. This should not be a topic about censorship but one of respect to others. I am not asking people to censor there views but try to keep their emotions in check occasionally as it is easy to regret what you say in anger and although we have the power to edit our posts someone may have already read it before you make your changes. This is not just in reference to the thread we are talking about but often in political debate which occasionally gets personal, and also in social threads where one-up manship is starting to take hold.
A piece of advice for everyone in HOP world and in real life. If you feel yourself getting emotional (angry or otherwise) take a deep breath count to three and decide if what you were about to say is actually what you mean. I personally catch myself many times when I am about to say something in the heat of the moment and I take a brief second to stop and think and gather my thoughts.
HOP is getting steamy someone open a window!!!
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NYC
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
Posted:
No, no... Clearly the title of this thread was a mistake by me as I thought it might have been censored by HoP... It wasn't but the discussion here is valid.
No, no... Clearly the title of this thread was a mistake by me as I thought it might have been censored by HoP... It wasn't but the discussion here is valid.
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
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