James

There are people like that for sure. I just think they're the minority. Or it starts off that way and they end up enjoying it for other reasons.
Weed is my main point against that argument to be honest, again because the image of those that smoke weed often is so uncool. Who wants to be a Kevin Smith type? Ew. Doesn't stop me though.

The Batlord

Drugs are a great thing to try if only for the experience of an altered state of consciousness. Regular use can often be more about "being cool" for the casual druggie or self-medication for the troubled, but in moderation they can give you an interesting perspective on your "normal" state of mind that you would otherwise never experience. Even weed is good for a bit of self-evaluation. They're not necessarily useful for profound, mind-expanding self-improvement as some would claim, but even just as a bit of fun, drugs are still worth dabbling in.

And you can't say you've never wanted to get high without ever actually having been high. If you don't know what being high is then you're only speaking from ignorance.

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James

This. This is why I think most people do drugs. It's just hard to admit to yourself.

Cuthbert

Yeah plenty of people smoke it and don't think they're a superhero for it. 2nd bit is what I meant yeah, when people start they probably do think that, I know I did.

I had to Google that name. Don't know anyone like that. I mean people more like Ali G. Can see both sides tbh.

FRED HALE SR.

I do it to annoy my parents.

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John Wilkes Booth

i do them for religious reasons

Urban Hat€monger ?

I don't talk about it for 3 reasons.
1. I find it boring
2. I am boring
3. I find people who's favourite topic of conversation is themselves to be boring.

Also I think people confuse having a moan with having a superior attitude, people bitch about things and people all the time, I'm no different.

I don't know if people make a bigger deal of it because I'm a moderator. I've never hidden behind my mod status. I was exactly the same when I wasn't one and I've only permabanned something like 2 regular members in the 6 or 7 years I've been doing it and even then they were people who were only here a month or two, so it's not like I use this place as a power trip.

If I say there's loads of **** in the lounge it's just a personal opinion, I'm not warning anyone or telling people to sort it out or threatening to ban anyone.
I've said many many times I'm only interested in moderating the actual music parts of the board.

And of course I'm an attention whore, isn't anybody who posts something online?

I'm not seeking validation but i'll take it if given, same goes for notoriety.

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FRED HALE SR.

Dude you are awesome. I haven't disagreed with one thing you've said since day one. And your reputation as being someone who is tight assed is undeserving and a crock of ****.

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The Batlord

I wasn't talking about you as a mod. I think you can be trigger happy with closing threads, but as far as your treatment of actual members goes you're nothing but fair. Given how prickly you can be, I'm often actually surprised that you almost never get involved as a mod in the interpersonal squabbles between members--not that I think you should, as I appreciate that you don't try to control the general atmosphere of the forum. And I certainly never noticed a change in attitude when you became a mod. I was just referencing your tendency to complain about people attention whoring when it's just part of forum life.

You're certainly no Sansa, but you do adopt a superior attitude about yourself in relation to a lot of posters. It would be weird of you to "join in the spamming fun" as it's not your nature, but it's just another form of the attention whoring that you (and we all) likewise engage in. So long as people are also talking about music, then it should be all good. I've certainly been known to slack on the music discussion, while spamming drivel, but I like to think I have my moments of relevance.

All that said, your basic personality as a poster would be missed if you really "toned yourself down" or even left the forum. People might say you have a cult of personality (and you do), but unlike some, you've never taken advantage of your status to mobilize an army of sycophants to dominate the forum. You're too much of an individualist to indulge in that form of ego stroking, which would be far more damaging than just a bit of cane-shaking.

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Trollheart

Don't quite understand the reference in the bolded bit, but you know, I love my scoring systems! Wait till you see Star Trek Month! It's nice though that in between the criticisms (which I always value, if seldom follow) there's a compliment hidden about my ideas. I could go on about why I use these scoring systems (you're referring to Scrooge and now American Dad v Family Guy, yes?) but in the end I just like to be able to say that I took all possibilities into account and didn't just plump for the thing/person/show/whatever that I liked best. As proven in "Paranoid" v "Black Sabbath", where I was surprised to find my favourite did not win. Science triumphs over personal opinion!

Also, DHSS is the UK but I would not work for the Irish Civil Service: you need to have honours in the Irish language and I never got that. Also, they're a bunch of lazy ****ers. One thing you can hopefully not say about me is that I'm lazy.

Thanks for the mention. You do these so seldom that when you do, they mean much more than those of others who do them regularly and say the same things every time. A lot of thought appears to be put into your posts, as ever, which is perhaps an example a lot of us could follow.

I'm going to guess that stands for "Thread or Troll value", and not, for instance, "Transgender Vagina"?
Who are you and what have you done with our Batlord? Seriously, I don't bitch about looking after my sis because, 99% of the time, it doesn't bother me. I made a conscious decision to give up work and look after her. That's my decision. Nobody forced me into it and I've accepted all the consequences that come with it.

Anyway, since 2010 things have become a little easier for me and I now have a whole lot more time to write and take part in this forum than I would have were I still working. In addition to this, I was a boring bastard before she got sick, so I haven't really lost anything. There is therefore no real need for me to bitch, as most of the time there is nothing to really bitch about.

But thanks for the thought, seriously.

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