how is this different than any other thread on bluelight?
on-topic is a myth
Good question. I wrote and essay in response to these two posts.
I think I get the idea. But then, who wants to play in the dedicated corner for the retarded kids? Being next to ..well
other threads, provides the sometimes only legitimacy these things have.
Apparently I'm wrong.
Perhaps this is a pilot project for
P&S too? A thread that soaks up all the extradimensional New Age stuff, genocidal gods and the eschatological Youtube-guru advisory council? Wondering what's left then. Hmm, I guess I haven't really thought this through, sorry ..take it with a grain of salt.
This isn't where the users who wear a helmet go unless they want to. If you want to talk about New Agey stuff I'd be down for it. I need to amend that post a bit as my thoughts have changed.
Simply put: Most forum Social threads allow for off-topic discussion, but they still operate under a set of common rules that are more like community standards. This thread is meant to be a lot more open. If a couple of users want to air out their beef in a less than savory way and both parties are okay with mud slinging, great. Say we have someone who makes 30 posts in a row in forums across Bluelight that distract, bring it here. If there's something that you think would be too controversial for CEPS or The Lounge but you have to get it out there, I welcome it here.
For example... Several of us in Sports & Gaming are in a fantasy football league here.
@Mr. Krinkle thinks we're rivals for a reason that is not totally clear to me. I think he just wants to have that in the league. In this thread, if he calls me a cheater and says that an offered trade was like me trying to sell someone oregano. My response would be much less measured than my initial response which was to call him an asshole and explain myself. Maybe I'd tell him that if the player fell for it, it was their fault and tough shit. At the time, I didn't know that this was the player's first fantasy league. It's long been resolved.
I feel like there are lot of threads and discussions that are a bit too PC sometimes. We have to be careful about what we say. You just said this thread was for retards. That's a pretty fucking retarded word to use.
This isn't just for the crazy or hostile shit either. It is a Social thread that I moderate and have asked all levels of staff to keep their hands out of it. Which has been agreed to by every level of staff barring a serious issue. Unless someone reports a genuine BLUA violation, then it's fair game. As a senior moderator I see stuff pop up all over Bluelight that doesn't really deserve to get closed but they do because they start to wander off into the woods. If ANY forum mod wants to move the posts with no home into this thread so it can still happen. I'm all for it.
Having place where I can say that I drank a retarded amount of blue Gatorade today and not worry about how I say it and not take the responses personally, is a good thing. If you're curious, I just finished my third gallon in 18 hours. Trying to figure out why I chose to do that now... If someone wants to come and let me know how bad that was for me I'll listen and probably argue that I needed the electrolytes.
If you have something that isn't really thread worthy but you want to talk about it. Toss it in here. This Parlor is for you to do with as you please. You don't have to be high and it doesn't have to be about drugs or drug culture. If you want to educate us about birds in your back yard. That sounds interesting to me maybe
@birdup will tell what's up with the birds.
Does that help? Does it sound like a good concept to you? Or is it totally fucking stupid?
Also, I really want to jack my reaction score up. So toss in some likes and hearts.
