Warchief Annabella wrote:
OH! That rate up made him Sage. I'm all powerful!
Edited, Mar 26th 2009 2:18pm by Annabella
I got him back to Scholar again. Eternal victory!
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OH! That rate up made him Sage. I'm all powerful!
Edited, Mar 26th 2009 2:18pm by Annabella
I got him back to Scholar again. Eternal victory!
In all the time I have been here on the Asylum-- almost from its' inception as the original OoT --I have never used what someone here has written as sig material. Today that will change. Kudos, Annabelle.
/bows graciously
Kinder words have never been written.
Totem
/bows graciously
Kinder words have never been written.
Totem
On a different matter, I welcome my lowered karma status. It illustrates the blinkered and close minded thinking which pervades the Left's mindset. Disagree with someone? Crucify them. Someone not liberal enough for you? Karma camp them.
Heh, so much for the vaunted open mindedness of the political Left.
When I reach permanent sub-default status I will gladly remove myself from this board having proven a badly concealed fact about liberalism and its' close kissing cousin, facism.
Have at it ******** I challenge each of you ankle biters to try.
Totem
Heh, so much for the vaunted open mindedness of the political Left.
When I reach permanent sub-default status I will gladly remove myself from this board having proven a badly concealed fact about liberalism and its' close kissing cousin, facism.
Have at it ******** I challenge each of you ankle biters to try.
Totem
Jophiel wrote:
Warchief Annabella wrote:
Even though Totem is the personification of whiskey soaked evil, I wish he was still sage. 
I think karma camping him for his political stuff is @#%^ed up, personally. We need to karma camp people for being @#%^tards.
OH! That rate up made him Sage. I'm all powerful!
I think karma camping him for his political stuff is @#%^ed up, personally. We need to karma camp people for being @#%^tards. OH! That rate up made him Sage. I'm all powerful!
Alma wrote:
I lost my post
Totem wrote:
When I reach permanent sub-default status I will gladly remove myself from this board having proven a badly concealed fact about liberalism and its' close kissing cousin, facism.
So we're stuck with you for another 25 years? Super...
Totem wrote:
On a different matter, I welcome my lowered karma status. It illustrates the blinkered and close minded thinking which pervades the Left's mindset. Disagree with someone? Crucify them. Someone not liberal enough for you? Karma camp them.
You realise that you can't karma camp someone in politics.
Totem wrote:
On a different matter, I welcome my lowered karma status. It illustrates the blinkered and close minded thinking which pervades the Left's mindset. Disagree with someone? Crucify them. Someone not liberal enough for you? Karma camp them.
Heh, so much for the vaunted open mindedness of the political Left.
When I reach permanent sub-default status I will gladly remove myself from this board having proven a badly concealed fact about liberalism and its' close kissing cousin, facism.
Have at it ******** I challenge each of you ankle biters to try.
Totem
Heh, so much for the vaunted open mindedness of the political Left.
When I reach permanent sub-default status I will gladly remove myself from this board having proven a badly concealed fact about liberalism and its' close kissing cousin, facism.
Have at it ******** I challenge each of you ankle biters to try.
Totem
I don't rate you very often, but do ya think people might be reacting the the youtube-comment level of quality of so many of your posts, rather than just the politics? Or maybe the consistent mocking of blacks and gays, despite what jest it might be in?
Totem wrote:
On a different matter, I welcome my lowered karma status. It illustrates the blinkered and close minded thinking which pervades the Left's mindset. Disagree with someone? Crucify them. Someone not liberal enough for you? Karma camp them.
Heh, so much for the vaunted open mindedness of the political Left.
When I reach permanent sub-default status I will gladly remove myself from this board having proven a badly concealed fact about liberalism and its' close kissing cousin, facism.
Have at it ******** I challenge each of you ankle biters to try.
Totem
Heh, so much for the vaunted open mindedness of the political Left.
When I reach permanent sub-default status I will gladly remove myself from this board having proven a badly concealed fact about liberalism and its' close kissing cousin, facism.
Have at it ******** I challenge each of you ankle biters to try.
Totem
Politics aside, I just wanted to see if you really were right on the cusp of changing colors. Apparently, you are.
You'll be greener than a leprechaun's poo again before the evening's out, so you needn't fret.
publiusvarus wrote:
we all know liberals are well adjusted american citizens who only want what's best for society. While conservatives are evil money grubbing scum who only want to sh*t on the little man and rob the world of its resources.
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On a different matter, I welcome my lowered karma status. It illustrates the blinkered and close minded thinking which pervades the Left's mindset. Disagree with someone? Crucify them. Someone not liberal enough for you? Karma camp them.
Or, the asylum which enabled your tomfoolery (for whatever reason, better or worse) has just changed over the years and has no place for ye olde black snake.
Kind of sad really.
Oh man! I just rated Varus to unrated twice!
My karma e-peen is really hard right now.
I wonder how long it will take before every post he makes is unrated. The thought of him having conversations all by himself is pretty funny.
My karma e-peen is really hard right now.
I wonder how long it will take before every post he makes is unrated. The thought of him having conversations all by himself is pretty funny.
CBD wrote:
Oh man! I just rated Varus to unrated twice!
My karma e-peen is really hard right now.
I wonder how long it will take before every post he makes is unrated. The thought of him having conversations all by himself is pretty funny.
My karma e-peen is really hard right now.
I wonder how long it will take before every post he makes is unrated. The thought of him having conversations all by himself is pretty funny.
You have no idea of what you speak.
publiusvarus wrote:
we all know liberals are well adjusted american citizens who only want what's best for society. While conservatives are evil money grubbing scum who only want to sh*t on the little man and rob the world of its resources.
Totem wrote:
On a different matter, I welcome my lowered karma status. It illustrates the blinkered and close minded thinking which pervades the Left's mindset. Disagree with someone? Crucify them. Someone not liberal enough for you? Karma camp them.
Heh, so much for the vaunted open mindedness of the political Left.
When I reach permanent sub-default status I will gladly remove myself from this board having proven a badly concealed fact about liberalism and its' close kissing cousin, facism.
Have at it ******** I challenge each of you ankle biters to try.
Totem
Heh, so much for the vaunted open mindedness of the political Left.
When I reach permanent sub-default status I will gladly remove myself from this board having proven a badly concealed fact about liberalism and its' close kissing cousin, facism.
Have at it ******** I challenge each of you ankle biters to try.
Totem
A few celebratory circle jerks will get you back to where you were, if you're strategic enough.
Ditto some really helpful posts on the games forums, or some extra entertaining stuff in the OOT/Asylum.
That's one thing to say about Gbaji. He publicly just quietly took his perma-karma status loss, and hung in here keeping true to his own opinions. He didn't throw a tantrum, and he didn't leave. I really admired that.
Warchief Annabella wrote:
Even though Totem is the personification of whiskey soaked evil, I wish he was still sage. I think karma camping him for his political stuff is @#%^ed up, personally. We need to karma camp people for being @#%^tards.
OH! That rate up made him Sage. I'm all powerful!
Edited, Mar 26th 2009 2:18pm by Annabella
I think karma camping him for his political stuff is @#%^ed up, personally. We need to karma camp people for being @#%^tards. OH! That rate up made him Sage. I'm all powerful!
Edited, Mar 26th 2009 2:18pm by Annabella
Yeah, I try hard not downrate anyone just for espousing a political policy I really disagree with.
However I think it's fair (and even intended) to downrate someone if they slide into an area where they are hatemongering or being amazingly prejudicial.
Personally I tend to be careful with my red arrows, and more liberal in my use of green arrows.
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That's one thing to say about Gbaji. He publicly just quietly took his perma-karma status loss, and hung in here keeping true to his own opinions.
Neither of them used to get rated down though; gbaji would only be rated occasionally and totem almost never: now every thread he starts is decent or default. Their views haven't changed.
I always take totem half-seriously anyway just because he seems to have fun with the personality.
I think there is a reason why we don't have a lot of conservative posters, and this in particular is simply a symptom of a larger issue.
Gbaji posts too much to bother rating him down.
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Aripyanfar wrote:
That's one thing to say about Gbaji. He publicly just quietly took his perma-karma status loss, and hung in here keeping true to his own opinions. He didn't throw a tantrum, and he didn't leave. I really admired that.
Gbaji's post count is gigantic enough that he's really in no permanent danger from a few sub-defaulted threads. It would take some really organised and dedicated karma camping to get him to a permanent default status, and even then he wouldn't really deserve it.
Pensive wrote:
I think there is a reason why we don't have a lot of conservative posters, and this in particular is simply a symptom of a larger issue.
The "larger issue" is that large chunks of the recreational section of the Internet are populated predominantly by liberals. It's probably because most gamers are liberals, in the same way most of them are atheists or, you know, white upper-middle-class young adults.
Because there's a liberal majority, conservatives have to be dedicated (gbaji) or facetious (totem) in order to survive in opposition to the majority opinion. It's just how majorities work. It's really, really, hard to argue with six people at once, especially when lots of them are quite emotionally charged on the issue. I personally salute gbaji and Totem for their dedication in this regard. I mock their outdated and frequently homophobic opinions, but inside I'm glad they're around.
zepoodle wrote:
Aripyanfar wrote:
That's one thing to say about Gbaji. He publicly just quietly took his perma-karma status loss, and hung in here keeping true to his own opinions. He didn't throw a tantrum, and he didn't leave. I really admired that.
Gbaji's post count is gigantic enough that he's really in no permanent danger from a few sub-defaulted threads. It would take some really organised and dedicated karma camping to get him to a permanent default status, and even then he wouldn't really deserve it.
Pensive wrote:
I think there is a reason why we don't have a lot of conservative posters, and this in particular is simply a symptom of a larger issue.
The "larger issue" is that large chunks of the recreational section of the Internet are populated predominantly by liberals. It's probably because most gamers are liberals, in the same way most of them are atheists or, you know, white upper-middle-class young adults.
Because there's a liberal majority, conservatives have to be dedicated (gbaji) or facetious (totem) in order to survive in opposition to the majority opinion. It's just how majorities work. It's really, really, hard to argue with six people at once, especially when lots of them are quite emotionally charged on the issue. I personally salute gbaji and Totem for their dedication in this regard. I mock their outdated and frequently homophobic opinions, but inside I'm glad they're around.
For example, with teachers 85% of them are liberal. People are being raised by liberals, their viewpoints are being biased by liberals.
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For example, with teachers 85% of them are liberal. People are being raised by liberals, their viewpoints are being biased by liberals.
Well that's a nice way to completely invalidate the observation.
manicshock wrote:
For example, with teachers 85% of them are liberal. People are being raised by liberals, their viewpoints are being biased by liberals.
1. Your number is inflated. A 2005 Study by the Washington Post and 2007-2008 study by the Chronicle of Higher Education put the number more at around 72%. If you can cite a more respected source with 85%, then go ahead and I will retract this assertion.
2. "Teachers" is misleading; the number you intended concerns college and university professors.
3. The number of liberal professors increases as you look at the most elite schools, but decreases as you look at public colleges and universities. If people want to attend a private university full of liberal professors then that is their choice, and it is right of the private institution to select who they employ, just like explicitly Christian private colleges. At public colleges and universities the percentage of liberals is much lower, around 60%.
4. Most professors are capable of being mature adults and keeping their political views out of the classroom. Simply being liberal or conservative doesn't mean the instructor passes on those views to students.
Edited, Mar 30th 2009 11:24pm by Allegory
manicshock wrote:
For example, with teachers 85% of them are liberal. People are being raised by liberals, their viewpoints are being biased by liberals.
I can read that statistic one of two ways.
1. Liberals are trying to brainwash our children by giving them a good education.
2. Liberals are smarter than everyone else.
I wonder which...
Edited, Mar 31st 2009 12:28am by zepoodle
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Most professors are capable of being mature adults and keeping their political views out of the classroom. Simply being liberal or conservative doesn't mean the instructor passes on those views to students.
You really think so? Maybe it only works with politics.
The real question is: why don't Republicans want to teach?
Answer: Republicans simply do not care about America's children or helping the community.
Answer: Republicans simply do not care about America's children or helping the community.
zepoodle wrote:
1. Liberals are trying to brainwash our children by giving them a good education.
2. Liberals are smarter than everyone else.
2. Liberals are smarter than everyone else.
The more fair answer is that colleges hire what's available. The majority of individuals with greater than a Bachelors degree are liberal leaning, and to teach college and university courses generally one must possess a high level degree in the field. If 60% of the available work force is black is it really surprising that 60% of the employees are black?
Edited, Mar 30th 2009 11:34pm by Allegory
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If 60% of the available work force is black is it really surprising that 60% of the employees are black?
Bad example, Allegory. You're talking to Republicans here.
zepoodle wrote:
Aripyanfar wrote:
That's one thing to say about Gbaji. He publicly just quietly took his perma-karma status loss, and hung in here keeping true to his own opinions. He didn't throw a tantrum, and he didn't leave. I really admired that.
Gbaji's post count is gigantic enough that he's really in no permanent danger from a few sub-defaulted threads. It would take some really organised and dedicated karma camping to get him to a permanent default status, and even then he wouldn't really deserve it.
It's not quite clear to me if you realise or not that Gbaji was a Sage for a long long time. Then he lost Sage for permanent Scholar sometime during the last year.
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