Jophiel wrote:
I rated the OP down. Why? None of your business, really -- they're my ratings to apply however I please. But, since you're obviously obsessed enough to throw a fit about it, I'll humor you: Because I thought a thread composed of a link to some chick with a note essentially saying "Huh huh.. this girl is hot" was dumb.
You gotta admit that girl is hot and kinda... unusual. Usually Mother Nature keeps a delicate balance between pretty, dumb, ugly and genius, meaning a girl with her looks would have to be about as dumb as a glass of water. And I don't see why you think the thread is "dumb". I mean, I've seen lots of "Look at me, I'm cool" threads here that got rated up, even though they were so obvious it was almost a joke in itself. For once it's not a political thread, or a joke about something that happened between two posters at an Asylum party last year.
I know I'm not welcome here and most of you see me as a worthless troll who belong at the bottom of Michigan Lake, or at least at sub-default, but at least hear me out before you start bashing. A lot of you see the Asylum as your private little room where you can pet each other and have fun, and I don't mean that in a disrespectful way at all. It's good to have a place like that and I understand why you don't like it when you're overrun by new posters. But the board description doesn't mention anything about this forum being private, having special regulations or anything. I know better and I found out the hard way, but to a new poster reading the board's description, this place would appear to be an Out Of Topic forum without any rules or regulations. A sort of "naughty" Out Of Topic forum.
Now, I'm not telling you to treat all newcomers as your best friends, but at least try to let them know what the deal is without going for the rate-button instantly. I mean, some of them come here to participate in a discussion and you bomb them beyond recognition because they misunderstood your internal joke and you didn't like that.
Until the admins decide to make another Asylum for all the posters who aren't regulars from Back Then, please realize that a lot of new posters are signing up at the site due to the merge with OGaming and that not all of them are familiar with how things happen on this board. In other words, instead of just rating them down, or calling them vulgar names, explain to them why they are in the wrong place and where they should go.
Meh, who am I kidding. You just skipped all that and went straight for the rate-button, didn't you? *******.