The danger of playing old games with new members.Twoflower wrote:True, I was under the assumption everyone knew where you come from and that you do this sort of thing as a joke.DP wrote:Nah, she has a point pluto, playing jokes like I did with someone who knows it's a joke is one thing, with someone who doesn't and isn't used to some of the quirks here it can be off putting to think that such abuses could go unnoticed and unpunished.Twoflower wrote:Its all in fun, DP would never do anything like that maliciously. If he did he wouldn't be staff.DP wrote:Yes it was, I do it all the time, you did read the rank under my name? It isn't a secret, or a surprise, if you really want to get worked up I should probably tell you that I have banned people for making puns. Including other staff.Martok wrote: No, it was a misuse of administrative privileges.
It says something about the staff here if they brush this off as a "joke"
The staff is now defending one of their own for pulling a boneheaded move.
Sorry for seeming flippant Martok.
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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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You're free to believe whatever you want.Martok wrote:I'm suppose to fucking believe that?Twoflower wrote:We don't delete posts.Martok wrote:Sorry that's pure bullshit. I've never been on a forum that permitted staff to alter posts that didn't violate forum rules. THAT'S PURE FUCKING SHIT!!Twoflower wrote:Its all in fun, DP would never do anything like that maliciously. If he did he wouldn't be staff.DP wrote: Yes it was, I do it all the time, you did read the rank under my name? It isn't a secret, or a surprise, if you really want to get worked up I should probably tell you that I have banned people for making puns. Including other staff.
I guess I better get my licks in now cause I'm sure you and DP will delete these posts.
Unbelievable.
Yeah, right.
What fucking ever.
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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You can believe it if you want, or you can choose not to believe it, it won't change anything.Martok wrote: I'm suppose to fucking believe that?
Yeah, right.
What fucking ever.
I'm wild just like a rock, a stone, a tree
And I'm free, just like the wind the breeze that blows
And I flow, just like a brook, a stream, the rain
And I fly, just like a bird up in the sky
And I'll surely die, just like a flower plucked
And dragged away and thrown away
And then one day it turns to clay
It blows away, it finds a ray, it finds its way
And there it lays until the rain and sun
Then I breathe, just like the wind the breeze that blows
And I grow, just like a baby breastfeeding
And it's beautiful, that's life
And I'm free, just like the wind the breeze that blows
And I flow, just like a brook, a stream, the rain
And I fly, just like a bird up in the sky
And I'll surely die, just like a flower plucked
And dragged away and thrown away
And then one day it turns to clay
It blows away, it finds a ray, it finds its way
And there it lays until the rain and sun
Then I breathe, just like the wind the breeze that blows
And I grow, just like a baby breastfeeding
And it's beautiful, that's life
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DP wasn't being malicious, Martok. That said, I wouldn't alter anybody's posts on purpose (did it by accident once). We old-timers know what to expect from DP, but I can see how you would feel threatened. Those of us who know DP trust him. We don't like him, but we trust him. 
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"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
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I can't tell if this is a joke or not 
lordpasternack wrote:Yeah - I fuckin' love oppressin' ma wimmin, like I love chowin' on ma bacon and tuggin' on ma ol' cock…
Pappa wrote:God is a cunt! I wank over pictures of Jesus! I love Darwin so much I'd have sex with his bones!!!!
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Martok wrote:My video was altered. But I just realized he's an administrator so he/she has access to login information.FBM wrote:I don't get it. What makes you think he hacked your account?Martok wrote:So you hacked into my account?
Is that allowed here?
lawl.
He now also has access to your bank account details and took two consecutive loans out on your house.
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After your response to me being that I don't listen to music, I have decided you are just really sarcastic and a lot of people have missed your humor in the last couple pages. Thank you Andy Kaufman, thank you.
lordpasternack wrote:Yeah - I fuckin' love oppressin' ma wimmin, like I love chowin' on ma bacon and tuggin' on ma ol' cock…
Pappa wrote:God is a cunt! I wank over pictures of Jesus! I love Darwin so much I'd have sex with his bones!!!!
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Yeeah drama!
someone PM dev quick.
someone PM dev quick.
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Which was better, the one I posted or the one Martok did?rachelbean wrote:After your response to me being that I don't listen to music, I have decided you are just really sarcastic and a lot of people have missed your humor in the last couple pages. Thank you Andy Kaufman, thank you.
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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Definitely.DP wrote: Which was better, the one I posted or the one Martok did?
"A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there. A theologian is the man who finds it." ~ H. L. Mencken
"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
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Wow. Martok, chillax. Holy shit, dude, it was just a bit of silliness gone awry 
People think "queue" is just "q" followed by 4 silent letters.
But those letters are not silent.
They're just waiting their turn.
But those letters are not silent.
They're just waiting their turn.
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lol
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Yeah, it does. We do it all the time and the members like it.Martok wrote:No, it was a misuse of administrative privileges.
It says something about the staff here if they brush this off as a "joke"
The staff is now defending one of their own for pulling a boneheaded move.
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Martok is actually my new favourite xxxx ♥
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No, it was assumed that Martok would like it, without actually having any basis for this. Not everyone will take to jokes in the same way, as people should well know by now.Pappa wrote:Yeah, it does. We do it all the time and the members like it.Martok wrote:No, it was a misuse of administrative privileges.
It says something about the staff here if they brush this off as a "joke"
The staff is now defending one of their own for pulling a boneheaded move.
This was a discussion about music/musical taste, and such discussions can get very tetchy - something which people should also know. This one had an edge to it even before the invisible edit.
An invisible edit is (even in jest) a potentially very serious matter. It is in no way comparable to a plainly visible "quoted edit" of someone else's post, which is what it was a response to. If I realised that someone had surreptitiously edited one of my posts, I would probably blow a gasket. Martok is right: This is basic trust issue. IMHO, not even all the other "wacky" behaviour and norms here allow that line to be crossed.
There's now a good chance that we have lost another member for good. How many times do I have to say it? For this forum, members are hard to gain, but easy to lose.
I believe that the staff owe Martok an apology. And this discussion should be split off to the in-depth discussion area.
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