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How did you find Rationalia.com?

I was a TAF member and jumped ship.
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I saw some reference to it on the Richard Dawkins forum and came for a look.
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I saw some reference to it on another forum and came for a look.
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I was sent a link by a friend.
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I found it via a Google search for something serious.
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Re: How did you find Rationalia.com?

Post by Don't Panic » Wed Jun 10, 2009 11:16 pm

Manofnofaith wrote: Okay, since you seem bloody useless when it comes to really answering my question, maybe I can look up the banned members over there, if anyone would bother to provide them. Did OBC just flip out and want to have more room to himself in the little kiddie pool? :pissed: And since he doesn't seem to be a mod or admin over there, this whole story is starting to sound fishy. :lay:
OBC is the site founder and still has full administrator privileges at TAF, he is the only person on the site who cannot be banned. The staff colouration is entirely optional, any mod or admin can change their name back to black here with a few clicks of a mouse.

As for why it happened, basically he reached breaking point and lost his temper, took some actions that he really shouldn't have and alienated a lot of people who put their trust in him. He's also human and we all do make mistakes, and I can't really say any more about it than that.
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Re: How did you find Rationalia.com?

Post by Don't Panic » Wed Jun 10, 2009 11:19 pm

Gawdzilla wrote:
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Mother Goose wrote:
Manofnofaith wrote:Okay, since you seem bloody useless when it comes to really answering my question, maybe I can look up the banned members over there, if anyone would bother to provide them. Did OBC just flip out and want to have more room to himself in the little kiddie pool? :pissed: And since he doesn't seem to be a mod or admin over there, this whole story is starting to sound fishy. :lay:
The list of people banned at TAF.
Except me, I'm an Admin on both forums. :levi:
And so you're a sell-out, turn-coat, grass quisling. :coffee:
I like having my name in red, going to try for admin on RD.net next. :D
klr wrote: That's right. Stab city Limerick can be a very dangerous place, can't it DP? :whistle:
Meh, no more dangerous than South-central LA or downtown Fallujah. :dono:
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Re: How did you find Rationalia.com?

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Jun 10, 2009 11:21 pm

DP wrote:As for why it happened, basically he reached breaking point and lost his temper, took some actions that he really shouldn't have and alienated a lot of people who put their trust in him. He's also human and we all do make mistakes, and I can't really say any more about it than that.
Nobody, not even OBC, has the full story, IMNSHO. So there's more speculation than fact involved in this matter.
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Re: How did you find Rationalia.com?

Post by Transgirlofnofaith » Wed Jun 10, 2009 11:23 pm

DP wrote:
Manofnofaith wrote: Okay, since you seem bloody useless when it comes to really answering my question, maybe I can look up the banned members over there, if anyone would bother to provide them. Did OBC just flip out and want to have more room to himself in the little kiddie pool? :pissed: And since he doesn't seem to be a mod or admin over there, this whole story is starting to sound fishy. :lay:
OBC is the site founder and still has full administrator privileges at TAF, he is the only person on the site who cannot be banned. The staff colouration is entirely optional, any mod or admin can change their name back to black here with a few clicks of a mouse.

As for why it happened, basically he reached breaking point and lost his temper, took some actions that he really shouldn't have and alienated a lot of people who put their trust in him. He's also human and we all do make mistakes, and I can't really say any more about it than that.
Fair enough. I think that I will be making this the prime site used in operation time-waste. Over at TAF, the post rate is just attrocious. Not as much as at Herd Of Cats, but still...
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Re: How did you find Rationalia.com?

Post by klr » Wed Jun 10, 2009 11:25 pm

DP wrote:
Mother Goose wrote:
The Big Bad Wolf wrote:
Mother Goose wrote:
Manofnofaith wrote:Okay, since you seem bloody useless when it comes to really answering my question, maybe I can look up the banned members over there, if anyone would bother to provide them. Did OBC just flip out and want to have more room to himself in the little kiddie pool? :pissed: And since he doesn't seem to be a mod or admin over there, this whole story is starting to sound fishy. :lay:
The list of people banned at TAF.
Except me, I'm an Admin on both forums. :levi:
And so you're a sell-out, turn-coat, grass quisling. :coffee:
I like having my name in red, going to try for admin on RD.net next. :D
Not possible unless you wish to engage in some seriously underhand tactics, and even then it might get a bit messy. :levi:
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klr wrote: That's right. Stab city Limerick can be a very dangerous place, can't it DP? :whistle:
Meh, no more dangerous than South-central LA or downtown Fallujah. :dono:
That said, I don't hang around there when I pass through on the bus every couple of months. :shifty:
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Re: How did you find Rationalia.com?

Post by Don't Panic » Wed Jun 10, 2009 11:25 pm

Gawdzilla wrote:
The Big Bad Wolf wrote:As for why it happened, basically he reached breaking point and lost his temper, took some actions that he really shouldn't have and alienated a lot of people who put their trust in him. He's also human and we all do make mistakes, and I can't really say any more about it than that.
Nobody, not even OBC, has the full story, IMNSHO. So there's more speculation than fact involved in this matter.
That's why I said I couldn't say anything more, it would be venturing too far into the realm of maybe, possibly and probably.
Gawd wrote:»
And those Zumwalts are already useless, they can be taken out with an ICBM.
The world is a thing of utter inordinate complexity and richness and strangeness that is absolutely awesome. I mean the idea that such complexity can arise not only out of such simplicity, but probably absolutely out of nothing, is the most fabulous extraordinary idea. And once you get some kind of inkling of how that might have happened, it's just wonderful. And . . . the opportunity to spend 70 or 80 years of your life in such a universe is time well spent as far as I am concerned.
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Re: How did you find Rationalia.com?

Post by Pappa » Wed Jun 10, 2009 11:25 pm

Gawdzilla wrote:
The Big Bad Wolf wrote:As for why it happened, basically he reached breaking point and lost his temper, took some actions that he really shouldn't have and alienated a lot of people who put their trust in him. He's also human and we all do make mistakes, and I can't really say any more about it than that.
Nobody, not even OBC, has the full story, IMNSHO. So there's more speculation than fact involved in this matter.
It wasn't just a one-off 'breaking point' incident either though, there were other times before when things were similar (though far less extreme).
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Re: How did you find Rationalia.com?

Post by charlou » Thu Jun 11, 2009 12:43 am

I was banned for a short time, then unbanned and reinstated as a moderator at TAF but I asked to be removed from staff there as I had/have enough to do here at rationalia and in RL. I've been back to TAF a few times to say hello and have always been welcomed, and I have no hard feelings about what happened with obc - he is a nice guy who made some mistakes.
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Re: How did you find Rationalia.com?

Post by Existentialist1844 » Thu Jun 11, 2009 12:46 am

Charlou wrote:I was banned for a short time, then unbanned and reinstated as a moderator at TAF but I asked to be removed from staff there as I had/have enough to do here at rationalia and in RL. I've been back to TAF a few times to say hello and have always been welcomed, and I have no hard feelings about what happened with obc - he is a nice guy who made some mistakes.
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Post by Kristie » Thu Jun 11, 2009 2:07 am

Existentialist1844 wrote:
Mama Bear wrote:I was banned for a short time, then unbanned and reinstated as a moderator at TAF but I asked to be removed from staff there as I had/have enough to do here at rationalia and in RL. I've been back to TAF a few times to say hello and have always been welcomed, and I have no hard feelings about what happened with obc - he is a nice guy who made some mistakes.
He has tarnished your honor. I will restore it back!! :lay:
You're so cute sometimes! :mrgreen:
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Re: How did you find Rationalia.com?

Post by charlou » Thu Jun 11, 2009 2:10 am

Existentialist1844 wrote:
Mama Bear wrote:I was banned for a short time, then unbanned and reinstated as a moderator at TAF but I asked to be removed from staff there as I had/have enough to do here at rationalia and in RL. I've been back to TAF a few times to say hello and have always been welcomed, and I have no hard feelings about what happened with obc - he is a nice guy who made some mistakes.
He has tarnished your honor. I will restore it back!! :lay:
No-one can tarnish or restore ones 'honour' but oneself. ;)
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Re: How did you find Rationalia.com?

Post by Existentialist1844 » Thu Jun 11, 2009 2:11 am

Charlou wrote:
Existentialist1844 wrote:
Mama Bear wrote:I was banned for a short time, then unbanned and reinstated as a moderator at TAF but I asked to be removed from staff there as I had/have enough to do here at rationalia and in RL. I've been back to TAF a few times to say hello and have always been welcomed, and I have no hard feelings about what happened with obc - he is a nice guy who made some mistakes.
He has tarnished your honor. I will restore it back!! :lay:
No-one can tarnish or restore ones 'honour' but oneself. ;)
Then you obviously dont know the true Exi. I am a knight in shining armor for all the ladies. My middle name is "Justice" and my motivation is love.
"Anyone can give up, it's the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that's true strength."

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Post by Existentialist1844 » Thu Jun 11, 2009 2:12 am

FIO wrote:
Existentialist1844 wrote:
Mama Bear wrote:I was banned for a short time, then unbanned and reinstated as a moderator at TAF but I asked to be removed from staff there as I had/have enough to do here at rationalia and in RL. I've been back to TAF a few times to say hello and have always been welcomed, and I have no hard feelings about what happened with obc - he is a nice guy who made some mistakes.
He has tarnished your honor. I will restore it back!! :lay:
You're so cute sometimes! :mrgreen:
This is very true. :levi: :hehe:
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Post by Transgirlofnofaith » Thu Jun 11, 2009 3:31 am

Existentialist1844 wrote:
Little red riding hood wrote:
Existentialist1844 wrote:
Mama Bear wrote:I was banned for a short time, then unbanned and reinstated as a moderator at TAF but I asked to be removed from staff there as I had/have enough to do here at rationalia and in RL. I've been back to TAF a few times to say hello and have always been welcomed, and I have no hard feelings about what happened with obc - he is a nice guy who made some mistakes.
He has tarnished your honor. I will restore it back!! :lay:
You're so cute sometimes! :mrgreen:
This is very true. :levi: :hehe:
You need to go masturbate somewhere. Just not outside my window. :shifty:
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Post by Pappa » Thu Jun 11, 2009 10:02 am

Manofnofaith wrote:
Existentialist1844 wrote:
Little red riding hood wrote:
Existentialist1844 wrote:
Mama Bear wrote:I was banned for a short time, then unbanned and reinstated as a moderator at TAF but I asked to be removed from staff there as I had/have enough to do here at rationalia and in RL. I've been back to TAF a few times to say hello and have always been welcomed, and I have no hard feelings about what happened with obc - he is a nice guy who made some mistakes.
He has tarnished your honor. I will restore it back!! :lay:
You're so cute sometimes! :mrgreen:
This is very true. :levi: :hehe:
You need to go masturbate somewhere. Just not outside my window. :shifty:
Knowing Exi, he was probably masturbating while he was typing, while watching some huge tits porn in a separate window.
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