Selecting a Despot for the Autism Thunderdome

WARNING: AUTISM AHEAD

I've been here since 2014. Not consecutively, but probably about a quarter of this forum's lifespan including the CWCki forums years. But you wouldn't know it. This is on purpose. Even in 2014, the internet was extremely hostile to even milquetoast counter-establishment opinions, and if you use this site for anything but gossiping about internet retards, it could come back to bite you eventually. So I post for a while, take a break for a year or two, then come back under a different name and pepper in a few inconsistent details about my personal life. You could call it excessively paranoid, and you wouldn't be wrong, but it works for me.

Nobody here has any reason to believe me, and I will never offer any proof. But it's true.

That said, the reason I hang out almost exclusively on A&N these days despite rarely posting there prior to this incarnation is because the rest of the forum isn't as fun any more. Even the darker corners of the on-topic boards like Tard Baby General and its predecessors used to be more gallows humor than genuine anger. But now it's all just so angry. As if these people actually matter. As if a disgusting person killing themselves with mukbangs or a microtransaction-addicted retard are something to be actually, for-real upset about. People trooning out their kids, sure, hate them as much as they deserve. But the correct response to a terminally online social media drone is to ignore them, not to talk every day about how angry they make you.

It used to be that if people got mad at the continued existence of Chris or Wings or whoever they'd be told to lol calm down, but now that behavior is the rule rather than the exception. And I'd rather hear some politisperg call Biden "Brandon" a thousand times than listen to someone write a screed about how they fantasize about torturing the Wogglebug to death, because at least the politisperg is trying (and failing) to be funny. It's also understandable to be furiously upset about a news article about a pedophile. It is not understandable to be furiously upset about someone's cockroach fan fiction.

I guess what I'm saying is, you can't "fix" the thunderdome because it's the void that gazes back at the rest of the site, and the only moderation it really needs is making it illegal to ping users with the intention of starting a slapfight. Also, there are probably six or seven users that should be forcibly made to ignore six or seven other users, and vice versa, because it's always the same people telling each other to take their opinions OFF THE INTERNET NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW. Aside from that, everyone acting like there's some way to make the thunderdome more "fun" should clean up their own house first. You'd be amazed at how things improve when you lead by example.
I mean I want the thunderdome to be an open shitshow where shit stirring individuals Trying to autistically downrate or practice gay ops are exposed and shut down and outside of the actual retardation the politisperging is kept to a minimum.
 
I didn't like the idea of restricting stickers at first, but honestly if they derail threads and stir up shit then good riddance.
See I think this is the issue at hand. People are judging on normal posting standards and expecting good posts. The nature of the beast is in part opinionated shit flinging, banter, and sperggery. Now that's not to say let it get too far off track, or let things run wild but there needs to be wider lanes to stay in there.
Also in the spirit of transparency and personal entertainment, I think there should be a thread for this new jannie cabal to post about offenses and actions taken. There's a reason the gallows used to be public. Besides having a new place to go to laugh at idiots on the internet, it would give the rest of the board a place to see where the line is and the consequences of crossing it. The only downside would be people trying to get that "school shooter" fame and intentionally being ass hats just to get attention. Again these are people who are likely to be problems at some point anyway, the sooner they get the jannies attention the sooner we can all ridicule them and move on.
This could be good, a wall of shame.
it's weird to me how people in this thread insist there isn't actually a problem despite the fact that the site owner himself clearly states that a&h is a problem.

maybe the people who claim to not see an issue are part of the fucking problem.
There's a problem but it's for sure two sided. Not a knock to anyone, just something i've noticed.
@Null I have an idea on how to run autistic thunderdome.

I won't let it be an echo chamber but I wont turn it into a hugbox. If you have evidence or support backing up your claims cool. If you're just going to get on a thread and claim everything is a conspiracy by the Jewish government or Alt right manlets disagree with an issue because they are "CHUDS" I will happily ban certain people from the threads from commenting.

If you have nothing intelligent, funny, or relevant to the conversation week long thread bans for people until they can learn how to talk.

I mean Articles and Happenings has a purpose from time to time there is actually news worthy stuff being actively memory holed. If you're really tired of the spastic 1488/SJW types coming in make it hard for them to use the word (nigger, Kike,and etc...) if you can't slut creatively then don't slur at all.

Broadly not bad ideas, but you need someone who holds both sides in equal contempt/sympathy to their views to do it.
 
See I think this is the issue at hand. People are judging on normal posting standards and expecting good posts. The nature of the beast is in part opinionated shit flinging, banter, and sperggery. Now that's not to say let it get too far off track, or let things run wild but there needs to be wider lanes to stay in there.

This could be good, a wall of shame.

There's a problem but it's for sure two sided. Not a knock to anyone, just something i've noticed.


Broadly not bad ideas, but you need someone who holds both sides in equal contempt/sympathy to their views to do it.
I know I'm biased and love to talk trash but in spite of this I would rather have an objective set of rules to enforce the autistic thunderdome with. Because yeah the website has a problem with spergy autists but having a simple set of rules that can be enforced rather easily from the admin down to the user would work.

maybe have me and HHH dual mod or make sure the mod team is 50/50 split with moderation so they're can be appeals and containment threads as well.
 
I know I'm biased and love to talk trash but in spite of this I would rather have an objective set of rules to enforce the autistic thunderdome with. Because yeah the website has a problem with spergy autists but having a simple set of rules that can be enforced rather easily from the admin down to the user would work.

maybe have me and HHH dual mod or make sure the mod team is 50/50 split with moderation so they're can be appeals and containment threads as well.
Sounds reasonable and frankly i agree. I love to talk shit as much as the next poster, more so maybe, but objective rules and at least a decent view point split would work. frankly the spergruillea warfare tactics from either side are lame and make it less fun to post.
 
it's weird to me how people in this thread insist there isn't actually a problem despite the fact that the site owner himself clearly states that a&h is a problem.

maybe the people who claim to not see an issue are part of the fucking problem.
I mean users constantly complain A&H is a hug box yet it isn't a big surprise many of these let's ban A&H types already have quite a few hugbox thread's. Need I remind you of the TES/Covid conspiracy threads, the various e-celeb lowcow threads that have devolved into I want him to groom me and I want to kill cancer daddy jim. The idea that Articles and Happenings is the only problem part of the site is stupid.

Sounds reasonable and frankly i agree. I love to talk shit as much as the next poster, more so maybe, but objective rules and at least a decent view point split would work. frankly the spergruillea warfare tactics from either side are lame and make it less fun to post.
That's the big issue I want to bring back stickers like think provoking, and awards. The problem I have is the way it's set up now you get the feeling that some left wing old fags are trying to play gay spergops with the alt right and vice versa. I don't have a permanent fix per say but a better set of simple rules that can keep Spergs quiet and those with information or something useful to say talking.
 
I mean users constantly complain A&H is a hug box yet it isn't a big surprise many of these let's ban A&H types already have quite a few hugbox thread's. Need I remind you of the TES/Covid conspiracy threads, the various e-celeb lowcow threads that have devolved into I want him to groom me and I want to kill cancer daddy jim. The idea that Articles and Happenings is the only problem part of the site is stupid.
hugbox threads = the few threads not consumed by the malignant cancer that are the retards from /pol/. sorry that people that aren't alt-right want maybe one or two threads where they aren't immediately dogpiled for having relatively normal opinions. i literally do not give a shit about whatever other threads you're on about.
 
hugbox threads = the few threads not consumed by the malignant cancer that are the retards from /pol/. sorry that people that aren't alt-right want maybe one or two threads where they aren't immediately dogpiled for having relatively normal opinions. i literally do not give a shit about whatever other threads you're on about.
You know interthread / board ops do happen just to get screen shots to rile each other up right? I've got no problem saying some shit breaks one way or the other and some shit is largely apolitical (a lot of the proper cow threads). A&H is going to be spergier than most yeah, but frankly the moral indignation is pretty hollow when there's games over which bigger poster from either side will say what in their script just to tow the line. It fosters a combative nature and open hostility and makes the site less fun.
 
You know interthread / board ops do happen just to get screen shots to rile each other up right? I've got no problem saying some shit breaks one way or the other and some shit is largely apolitical (a lot of the proper cow threads). A&H is going to be spergier than most yeah, but frankly the moral indignation is pretty hollow when there's games over which bigger poster from either side will say what in their script just to tow the line. It fosters a combative nature and open hostility and makes the site less fun.
i always found taking screensots and posting them to the "opposing side's" threads to be kinda dumb. low-hanging fruit. of course it's fair play once it's in the supporters forum because lol poorfags.

point being, i'm a 2013 user, i'm automatically correct, and you, a 2021 user, are automatically wrong.
 
maybe have me and HHH dual mod or make sure the mod team is 50/50 split with moderation so they're can be appeals and containment threads as well.
This is autistic and I think HHH said he'd only do it if Null allowed him to fuck with people or something which kinda goes against the whole point. It's weird how HHH is somehow only a valid candidate because he knows how to push buttons which frankly isn't that hard.
I think 5 mods is a big ask especially as Null laments not knowing a lot of the posters but any fewer and you need some no-lifes to keep up with everything which is its own problem.

One good mod to start would do wonders but as is it'd be their little kingdom due to the lack of codified rules which would result in a bajillion @ nool posts and PMs.
 
i always found taking screensots and posting them to the "opposing side's" threads to be kinda dumb. low-hanging fruit. of course it's fair play once it's in the supporters forum because lol poorfags.

point being, i'm a 2013 user, i'm automatically correct, and you, a 2021 user, are automatically wrong.
Yeah, you guys are a real tight nit community in there, lots of powerleveling at least to an extent. All rumors though I'm sure.

Anyway, you'd think being around since 2013 would mean you'd be better at banter but clearly pulling rank on people who give a shit about that makes you lazy and dulled the edge. Luckily I don't care about that, and you are a low hurdle to get over. Get that fundy boomer thinking out of my face old man, we got progressive new ideas now.




If you're that rattled by getting to this point, chill, you are proving me right.
 
Yeah, you guys are a real tight nit community in there, lots of powerleveling at least to an extent. All rumors though I'm sure.

Anyway, you'd think being around since 2013 would mean you'd be better at banter but clearly pulling rank on people who give a shit about that makes you lazy and dulled the edge. Luckily I don't care about that, and you are a low hurdle to get over. Get that fundy boomer thinking out of my face old man, we got progressive new ideas now.




If you're that rattled by getting to this point, chill, you are proving me right.
I was paid a lot of money to inform you that they were posting bantz with that last line and your response is irrational.
 
Yeah, you guys are a real tight nit community in there, lots of powerleveling at least to an extent. All rumors though I'm sure.

Anyway, you'd think being around since 2013 would mean you'd be better at banter but clearly pulling rank on people who give a shit about that makes you lazy and dulled the edge. Luckily I don't care about that, and you are a low hurdle to get over. Get that fundy boomer thinking out of my face old man, we got progressive new ideas now.
don't feel left out. it's not that big a deal.

also i was kidding. you idiot. i do think that a user's join date matters in that we know how things were before things got kinda shitty, but that's mostly it. also because it's a good way to make people upset. case in point, your response. but it's okay, i still love you. :tomgirl:

I was paid a lot of money to inform you that they were posting bantz with that last line and your response is irrational.
YOU RUINED OUR SECRET
 
don't feel left out. it's not that big a deal.

also i was kidding. you idiot. i do think that a user's join date matters in that we know how things were before things got kinda shitty, but that's mostly it. also because it's a good way to make people upset. case in point, your response. but it's okay, i still love you. :tomgirl:
You run into it a lot here, and i don't feel left out. I'd actually rather make people get along than be at each others throats. And it's cool we homies man. All gotta work to integrate the inmates together. I'm not upset tho, but I appreciate your concern. But you did seem heated about the issue and i clearly took it too lightly.
I was paid a lot of money to inform you that they were posting bantz with that last line and your response is irrational.
yeah, probably. but telling. you guys do it a lot, but when returned on it's overreacting. Me and lechampion can have a laugh too
 
hugbox threads = the few threads not consumed by the malignant cancer that are the retards from /pol/. sorry that people that aren't alt-right want maybe one or two threads where they aren't immediately dogpiled for having relatively normal opinions. i literally do not give a shit about whatever other threads you're on about.
I mean you also have to understand the public opinion changes too. Online it used to be big back in 2009 to say gun owners have little penises, and Dems are less gay and Republicans will kill us all.
I mean just by a taking a look at the site and what it mocks it laughs at retards online. Just because Ralph might have a rare based take doesn't mean I won't laugh at his retardation.

It's sad that it has become a bit of an echo chamber but what are you supposed to expect when we have banned anything remotely controversial and not left wing/conservative Inc approved off the
normal mainline internet.
Yeah, you guys are a real tight nit community in there, lots of powerleveling at least to an extent. All rumors though I'm sure.

Anyway, you'd think being around since 2013 would mean you'd be better at banter but clearly pulling rank on people who give a shit about that makes you lazy and dulled the edge. Luckily I don't care about that, and you are a low hurdle to get over. Get that fundy boomer thinking out of my face old man, we got progressive new ideas now.




If you're that rattled by getting to this point, chill, you are proving me right.
I get where some of the 2013/2014 people are coming from but I also see the stupidity in letting them run unchecked. Times certainly change if you asked what people felt about on issues even a decade ago it's wildly different from now. Most of the A&H crowd assuming they're millennials probably ten/fifteen years ago would be very much left of center. Their posting history would be Fuck George Bush and maybe early take the piss out of Obama.

You run into it a lot here, and i don't feel left out. I'd actually rather make people get along than be at each others throats. And it's cool we homies man. All gotta work to integrate the inmates together. I'm not upset tho, but I appreciate your concern. But you did seem heated about the issue and i clearly took it too lightly.

yeah, probably. but telling. you guys do it a lot, but when returned on it's overreacting. Me and lechampion can have a laugh too
Honestly you're better off at hearing both sides of the story. But you will very much see the spergatory go off on one side or the other and it kills threads.
 
You run into it a lot here, and i don't feel left out. I'd actually rather make people get along than be at each others throats. And it's cool we homies man. All gotta work to integrate the inmates together. I'm not upset tho, but I appreciate your concern. But you did seem heated about the issue and i clearly took it too lightly.

yeah, probably. but telling.
this is the thunderdome. there will be nothing but fighting and spergery. and if made mod, i will continue to uphold a&h's illustrious reputation for being the greatest subforum on the site.
 
this is the thunderdome. there will be nothing but fighting and spergery. and if made mod, i will continue to uphold a&h's illustrious reputation for being the greatest subforum on the site.
Either it's a total shitshow where everything is allowed and no rules forms a hierarchy based on cringe/based statements or we have Kaisers law become absolute.
 
Either it's a total shitshow where everything is allowed and no rules forms a hierarchy based on cringe/based statements or we have Kaisers law become absolute.
i think we should change how it's run randomly. that'll keep everyone on their toes. you never know when fun-loving lurker will become authoritarian master janny lurker SO DO NOT EVER POST ANYTHING I MIGHT EVEN SLIGHTLY DISAGREE WITH
 
this is the thunderdome. there will be nothing but fighting and spergery. and if made mod, i will continue to uphold a&h's illustrious reputation for being the greatest subforum on the site.
I'm not feeling it, took the bait too quick. But If made tyrant of the pit I'll at least work to mitigate the negatives and to integrate the users while of course Letting our oldfag brothers still come in and kick the hornets nest so long as the rules the team come up with are followed. it's a thunderdome of course, and we all have to have our fun.
Either it's a total shitshow where everything is allowed and no rules forms a hierarchy based on cringe/based statements or we have Kaisers law become absolute.
I'm a just tyrant. Cringe will be punished, funny encouraged. I've said tagging HHH into threads he's not in just to be speds is fucking lame, and the cross thread bitch stirring up shit i made sure to publicly bash in a few bigger tire fires.
 
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