The Off-Topic Compilation Thread

Freebase Dali · 01-18-2011, 12:04 AM

While the question has been sorta answered in a round-about way..

What I mean by off-topic is... it's... not on topic. Regardless of where the topic happens to be in the forums.
But the threshold for what's off-topic shall be high. Half-ass litmus tests for this can be devised simply by moving the posts and no-one except the members who posted them will complain about it.
That means you have only bruised an ego or two, but have been justified by everyone else. That wins more. Until people start objecting for no reason, which results in them getting banned for a week, or having a really disgusting mandatory avatar. Pity.

~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ · 01-18-2011, 12:08 AM

Mandatory avatars? That's brilliant!

Freebase Dali · 01-18-2011, 12:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Conan

Mandatory avatars? That's brilliant!

Shaved Brittney dominates the primary stock for that one.
But for an even more sadistic mandatory avatar, a good looking Brittney may suffice. People will so think that person is not joking around.

~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ · 01-31-2011, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Buzzov*en

He sucked like every other leader of a country.

If you can't think of a way to further your point beyond this, I don't think MB is for you. Look how Skali actually backs up what he says with some sort of relevant knowledge of the subject, even if I don't agree with it I can respect his points and him as a poster because he goes beyond "he sucked."

OccultHawk · 01-31-2011, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Conan

If you can't think of a way to further your point beyond this, I don't think MB is for you. Look how Skali actually backs up what he says with some sort of relevant knowledge of the subject, even if I don't agree with it I can respect his points and him as a poster because he goes beyond "he sucked."

He sucked like every other leader of a country.

(sometimes when you have a simple truth to express, it's best to be succinct)

~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ · 01-31-2011, 06:52 PM

If you want to blanket state something about 44 people dating back to 1789 then feel free. It just makes you look all the more ignorant. Guess the mannn just been bringin' you down, huh?

Buzzov*en · 02-01-2011, 05:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Conan

If you can't think of a way to further your point beyond this, I don't think MB is for you. Look how Skali actually backs up what he says with some sort of relevant knowledge of the subject, even if I don't agree with it I can respect his points and him as a poster because he goes beyond "he sucked."

I gave my opinion on JFK. You don't like it? Oh well.

Ska Lagos Jew Sun Ra · 02-01-2011, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Buzzov*en

I gave my opinion on JFK. You don't like it? Oh well.

I don't think it was the fact you gave your opinion. It was the fact your opinion was a "Beavis and Butthead"-ism.

~~RandyMarsh~~ · 02-01-2011, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Conan

If you can't think of a way to further your point beyond this, I don't think MB is for you. Look how Skali actually backs up what he says with some sort of relevant knowledge of the subject, even if I don't agree with it I can respect his points and him as a poster because he goes beyond "he sucked."

To be fair I don't think the way someone posts in a thread debating american politics is a fair reflection on whether or not they're suitable for MB (Music Banter) a forum that is primarily for discussing 'Music' (not the former, current or future presidents of america... unless they happen to also be a rock star) and a forum for 'banter' which usually means light hearted fun as opposed to serious topical debates.

P.S why are you the one who decides who is suitable?

P.S.S JFK pwned, mainly because his parents named him after an airport...... wait, what?

~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ · 02-01-2011, 11:46 AM

1. The lounge may be for off topic posting but that doesn't make trolling OK.
2. I'm only encouraging him to express himself more.
3. If somebody doesn't tell him off for it, he won't learn that posts like that are annoying.

Spare me the "MB IS MUSIC FORUM WHO CARES" line please, we've got a certain quality of posts we like to encourage on this site in all sub-forums (save Games, Jokes, Lists and Polls and a lot of the silly lounge stuff). But it has less to do with any kind of official site policy and much more to do with the fact that I find posts like his annoying.

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Originally Posted by RandyMarsh

and a forum for 'banter' which usually means light hearted fun as opposed to serious topical debates.

Are you kidding me? Clearly, you haven't been posting here for very long.

01-18-2011, 12:04 AM	#51 (permalink)
Freebase Dali Partying on the inside Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 5,584	While the question has been sorta answered in a round-about way.. What I mean by off-topic is... it's... not on topic. Regardless of where the topic happens to be in the forums. But the threshold for what's off-topic shall be high. Half-ass litmus tests for this can be devised simply by moving the posts and no-one except the members who posted them will complain about it. That means you have only bruised an ego or two, but have been justified by everyone else. That wins more. Until people start objecting for no reason, which results in them getting banned for a week, or having a really disgusting mandatory avatar. Pity.

01-18-2011, 12:08 AM	#52 (permalink)
~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,538	Mandatory avatars? That's brilliant!

01-31-2011, 06:52 PM	#56 (permalink)
~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,538	If you want to blanket state something about 44 people dating back to 1789 then feel free. It just makes you look all the more ignorant. Guess the mannn just been bringin' you down, huh?