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Spuggy, you have spent over a decade on here being a wum.

Welcome marra I hope you enjoy your stay. Would you like a drink?

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Spuggy, you have spent over a decade on here being a wum. Nowt against you personally but when it bites you on the arse for it you can hardly play the victim. I find a lot of your posts entertaining and good fun. The ones that wum are shit, mate. The ones where you are having fun, at no one's expense, are a pleasure to read.
It’s just a different sense of humour. Some will get it and some won’t. I don’t hurt anyone. Thread isn’t about me so let’s stay on topic.
 
Do you honestly believe that anyone on the wee Phillie thread was being serious? If so then you’re in need of some help because frankly I’d worry if someone called you and asked you to transfer everything into a ‘safe’ bank account.

The second post is a really lame attempt at making me look bad. Again there’s a huge difference between having a joke and making someone feel bad about themselves.

Look the fact is you don’t get my sense of humour nor do you understand it. Plenty do. I’m not here to spoil someone’s day but you are. Mine. Follow me around trying to get my attention if you wish but it’s making you look childish
Like I said, the difference between you and other wind ups is they contribute other stuff to the board. And can take as much as they give, Don’t take it personally. Playing the victim and and denying it makes you look foolish.
I’ve said it before on here, this place has posters who are sensitive and passionate about stuff and a real skill and asset to have in life is understanding this and knowing when not to say something sarcastic or outrageous.
No one is following you about mate
You asked a question in the thread I replied then we conversed.
 
Like I said, the difference between you and other wind ups is they contribute other stuff to the board. And can take as much as they give, Don’t take it personally. Playing the victim and and denying it makes you look foolish.
I’ve said it before on here, this place has posters who are sensitive and passionate about stuff and a real skill and asset to have in life is understanding this and knowing when not to say something sarcastic or outrageous.
No one is following you about mate
You asked a question in the thread I replied then we conversed.
Let it go marra he causes enough problems without us chipping in.
 
Like I said, the difference between you and other wind ups is they contribute other stuff to the board. And can take as much as they give, Don’t take it personally. Playing the victim and and denying it makes you look foolish.
I’ve said it before on here, this place has posters who are sensitive and passionate about stuff and a real skill and asset to have in life is understanding this and knowing when not to say something sarcastic or outrageous.
No one is following you about mate
You asked a question in the thread I replied then we conversed.
And as I’ve said I start lots of threads where people contribute and end up being very popular. You’re obviously stating your point of view which is fine but remember you aren’t speaking for the board. This thread isn’t about me it’s about people’s behaviour. You’re turning it about me. Focus on something else or stay on topic. Obviously my sense of humour is beyond your comprehension so maybe step away if it’s not your thing. Learn to tolerate people who are different.
 
And as I’ve said I start lots of threads where people contribute and end up being very popular. You’re obviously stating your point of view which is fine but remember you aren’t speaking for the board. This thread isn’t about me it’s about people’s behaviour. You’re turning it about me. Focus on something else or stay on topic. Obviously my sense of humour is beyond your comprehension so maybe step away if it’s not your thing. Learn to tolerate people who are different.
By the looks of it you are trying to raise attention to yourself and you have to admit that is pretty stupid considering your warning/banning situation %
 
And as I’ve said I start lots of threads where people contribute and end up being very popular. You’re obviously stating your point of view which is fine but remember you aren’t speaking for the board. This thread isn’t about me it’s about people’s behaviour. You’re turning it about me. Focus on something else or stay on topic. Obviously my sense of humour is beyond your comprehension so maybe step away if it’s not your thing. Learn to tolerate people who are different.
I am staying on topic. You are asking what I think is wrong with the board!! I think its posters who cause shit for no reason. One of them being you, sorry if this offends you, but you offend plenty without apologies so maybe I shouldn’t. It’s like me asking who is the worst poster and someone saying me....id have got to take it on the chin.
 
And as I’ve said I start lots of threads where people contribute and end up being very popular. You’re obviously stating your point of view which is fine but remember you aren’t speaking for the board. This thread isn’t about me it’s about people’s behaviour. You’re turning it about me. Focus on something else or stay on topic. 1. Obviously my sense of humour is beyond your comprehension so maybe step away if it’s not your thing. 2. Learn to tolerate people who are different.

1. Throw in a cheap insult to provoke a response.
2. Play the victim

1+2 = Spuggy on a wum
 
Some people are throwing cheap insults around to provoke a response this is not acceptable please make sure all insults thrown around are expensive in future thanks.
 
I agree with what was said above about it really echoing the way society is now.

When i joined (on my initial login) we were in a different political landscape, the feeling was of apathy but not of the downright vitriol and bile we have now, the problem is that we as a society have deemed our own opinions as the superior ones, stubbornly refusing to hear any argument that contests our own, we want the feeling of being correct, irrespective of what we ignore, listen to or who we abuse to get that 'victory', we are so entrenched in our own arrogance and argument, so that no amount of logical debate, persuasion, facts or common sense will break down the self imposed, insular barriers we put up through our own arguments and opinions.

Rational debate, discourse and like minded discussion have gone by the wayside to be replaced by a pointless slanging match between parties where nobody cares about the point being discussed, the issues at the center of them or the people affected, rather they care about being the party that is seen as being on the right side of the argument, they just want to be able to say 'i told you so' and win the pissing contest.


As a rule i try to be as balanced as i can in an argument, i've always had this really annoying knack of being able to take a step back and be able to assess a situation impartially, however if im discussing something with others i will rarely argue something i know nothing about, i keep to the limits of my own knowledge and experience, what i've found is i get strangers, particularly online who have no idea of my job role, what i do on a daily basis and have done for nigh on 8 years and my background, basing say an argument what i do everyday on snippets from the mainstream press, spouting figures and projections to me to win an argument i never wanted to be involved with in the first place.

Everybody wants to be an expert, the problem is they extend themselves into arguments on subjects they have little idea on, using sketchy facts to win the day, i think the term 'the emptiest vessels make the most noise' is apt, espousing 'expertise' gleaned from newspapers, online articles and word of mouth from a friend of a friend who knew for definite, over actual facts and the opinions of those who have experience in that area.

Newspapers and TV Shows push agendas and campaigns to stop online abuse, take ITV for example, currently on a campaign to stop bullying and abuse on the internet but employ Piers Morgan who undermines their entire argument by letting him mock an Autistic 16 years old on Live TV, we as a society are only as good as the influences around us, when you have those with social media accounts with millions of followers encouraging mocking and directing abuse to people online, those followers will deem it acceptable to do themselves.

It's particularly prevalent online, as it's mostly faceless , my dad won't use social media much though he has accounts for them to keep in touch with family abroad, his argument was that it

He's right really, the anonymity allows people to feel they can do what they like unopposed without repercussions, i'm not going to go down a rabbit hole of what i think on the internet as a whole but it will always reflect what is going on around it, the rise of the more radical political opinion, the inability to differentiate between facts and bollocks and the general shit nature of society in general will fuel online abuse, dogpiling and insular single minded argument as acceptable, the more this happens, the more the voices of reason will struggle to be heard, it's a mob mentality in a nutshell, to shout people down using social media influence and in the case of those capable allow our followers to do it for us.
Good post and some interesting points and observations. Us pre-internet folk are fighting against the tide I'm afraid. The world is always changing and we must learn to adapt or be left in the wake of 'so called' progress. Algorithms and their suggestions on preferences don't help in giving alternative views, counter arguments and narratives. They mainly reinforce the views and camps people place themselves in, without outside influences. At least on here and some social media, theire can be a wealth of counter narrative and differing views. Insular thinking people on here can get shot down in flames and that is a good thing. This place does provide good entertainment from the radgies but it is still good at keeping them in check when they go too radged.
I still have faith in SMB, it's the best social media platform on the internet for me personally.:)
 
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must learn to adapt
Correct.

It doesn't mean users cant take the piss anymore but they have to be informed of what not to post.

 
I joined in 2006.

When I joined things were different.

Let’s get things straight here this is a brilliant board this

1 This board used to be self policing. If one of us was a tit we could call out a tit. If you do that now you’re banned.

2 I think we need to have a look at ourselves and sort it out otherwise boards like this will shut.

Anyone fancy an amnesty.
I fancy banning permanently posters who are banned and return time and time again with no intention other than to wind people up all the time.
 
I fancy banning permanently posters who are banned and return time and time again with no intention other than to wind people up all the time.
Leave me out of this it has nothing to do with me.
 
As predicted it ended up with people being insulting and it has came full circle. People get hung up on posters and the thread ends up off topic with a load of posters having a go at the person who started the thread. They’re the ones that ruin the board.
Reporting people ruins the board
 
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