Lets Paint The Kettle Black,Do You Have A Bitch On Whats Going On Around The Site Or Any Thing Negative To Report

damn i cant take a vacation for a bit without all hell breaking loose around here! I dont even know all of whats going on, but i can imagine it's the same crap we've seen before so i'll give my standard explination. here's the deal folks, sad but true, we cant make everyone happy all of the time so we wont bother trying. for years and years i've seen people whine and bitch about this thread or that thread being closed, well tough titty! the safety valve has never been "immune" to anything. the same rules apply there, we just tend to look the other way when it comes to retarded rambling on with the threads. the old timers will know we've been thru all this pointless crap many times, nothing will change, we'll still run the site the way WE see fit, and thats that. unfortunately, the majority does not rule here, so no matter how many people seem to love a particular thread, we'll kill it when we think we need to. within an hour someone will make a new one, then everyone will migrate to it, and all is happy in the land of aD. no amount of bitching, whining, nagging, pastering, begging, etc, etc is going to change it. however, a large contribution to the mods paypal accounts might have some effect, but i wouldn't hold my breath.
dont get me wrong, i hate to see people leave, but they do it of their own free will, and we need to respect that. i've had countless friends (yes, i have friends believe it or not) vanish from aD over retarded messes like this one, and i'm sure i'll see more ride off into the sunset before it's all over. get over it, live and let live, we'll sweep up the corpses and spray the smelly stuff, sooner or later you'll forget all about it.

 

Well that would be me..the snitch is I. Started as a ribbing to herbsman, but after reentering the safety valve a day or two later and having to scroll through pages and pages of "news" in a "where are the old timers thread" I got fed up.


Now this is aimed entirely at ireland and I apoligize if it seemed underhanded in anyway, but PM's would have got us no where...I assume you've whined and moaned via PM's to ddp and the rest of the mod team and admins here to get your way as usual. So where would a PM from me or any one else here at AD done any good.

I completely agree with ddp...you have several threads, each of which very popular, here in the safety valve. Pick the right one to post your news. The answer is not to keep changing the thread title to cover your ass, that is just childish...making up the rules as you go. Everyone knows what the safety valve is and what it is for.

When I hit that "offensive post" button I had no intention of running you (ireland) or ddp or anyone else away from the site, but just wanted the mods to do what should have been done along time ago. I don't want anyone to leave (well not anyone)...I've laughed at your jokes and pictures with everyone else here and enjoy them and your presence, but the loads of other BS that you post is insane.

As for being off topic, I'm not innocent. I've taken threads way off topic before...even on purpose on occasion, just to see how far I could take it off topic before something was said. I guess toe'n the line is just a part of human nature.

I think that is what he was trying to change...get some organization.

I couldn't have said it better myself...let me choose what I want to read. When I open the "say good morning thread" I want to see someone saying good morning, not a story about how over priced rice is in China.

The randomness of the posts would lessen the chance for everyone to get what they want....if you (ireland) have news post it in the news thread, if you have Vista news post it in the Vista thread. Make up your mind already, how many threads do you need? I'm not saying don't post the stuff, but post it where it belongs...I don't want to deny anyones right to read the news, but I don't want to read it in every thread that ireland posts in.

More childish threats...

There was no great conspiracy.

See we don't want you (ireland) to go away.

Irelands post from above...

As I said earlier, what good do PM's do if the person in question is just going public with the private? And ireland and I have had disagreements in the past...I know how he operates.

That is a great idea...might add a little more work for the mods though and by the looks of it AD is going to be a little short in the next few days/weeks/months whatever.

That is alot of scrolling...

The odd beam of light...(no offense intended)

There are a few who don't mind scrolling through all the articles, but I'm here several times a day like many and get tired of scrolling when it isn't necessary.

I give up....I'm not leaving, they will have to carry me out the door.

I don't want ireland to leave, just do the right thing. I don't want ddp, creaky, gerry or anyone else to leave over this BS.

The only reason I posted was to let everyone know who the bastard was.

I know I probably won't be making any friends with this post and I'm not worried about that...just who are going to be my new enemies?

 

I wasn't trying to be slick and sly by reporting, I just knew how the other avenues would have turned out. Keeping it between me and the mods was the best route, but since a coward was called out I thought I should stand up and take credit for what has happened.

 

I'm glad you are sticking around gerry and I hope that ireland does too. ddp and creaky need to stick around as well. It is all of these diversities that makes afterdawn the great site that it is...just need to air things out everynow and then.

 

my reply edited out as can't say any more than i've said, in my previous replies.

edit- Loco, i was never going anywhere, 'twas just my dry sense of humour leaking out

 

Let's hope the same goes for the rest of the deserters.

 

every one of you bastards have been here too god damn long to let something so stupid cause all of this "i'm leaving, i'm not leaving" bullshit!!
seriously, this is crap is more annoying than anything that anyone is bitching about. just for the record, i think the entire safety valve section could take a swirlie down the bowl of non existance! this is a tech forum, we come to learn things, not play chit chat with every other bastard that either 1. has a problem and needs to fix it. or 2. basically has no sort of real life outside of the normal day in and day out, so they hang out here. less jibber jabber, more learny learny.

 

maybe you should invest in some solar panels...the saving might pay for your Comcast bill. LOL