does anyone else read all the locked threads?

[New Earth]

or do i just like to see trouble? :shrug:

i don't like to cause it, but lookin at it's fun.

i go through about all the main forums and just look for the locked threads from that day and watch it develop, and see how it closes. maybe i'm just educating myself on how to moderate DU.
:spank:

[_testify_]

1. I do, but I never know what the fuck's going on

It's like a car wreck. I see the blood but not the bang. :shrug:

[Strawman]

47. yep. the forbidden fruit draws me in, but I never know wtf it's about

[ZombieNixon]

2. Sometimes,

I'll see a thread that looked boring a few hours before, but is now locked, so it piques my interest.

Yeah, I like seeing trouble. :evilgrin:

[Jara sang]

3. fuck yes

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

4. Do you search for "locking?"

:evilgrin:

Some locked threads are more interesting than others. And often educational.

[_testify_]

5. Someone should put a book together

"The Secret Life of DU"

[Radio_Lady]

43. Now, there's the germ of an idea, there.

I just wanted to know what was going on with that other web site, you know, starts with Democratic and that other word meaning "soldier" --

Skinner said we couldn't discuss it a few days ago. I still have no reason why. Please do not respond to this. I'll look it up if I want to.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

6. Yeah, sometimes they're funny as all hell.

[asthmaticeog]

10. Except in LBN.

Those are almost always "This topic has been moved..." What a snoozefest.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

13. Yeah and GD ones just tend to be filled with asshattery.

It's the Lounge locked threads that are good.

[asthmaticeog]

17. Oh, no doubt.

Ain't no hijinx like skirting-the-rules Lounge hijinx.

GD flamewar template:

Idiotic OP
>Troll response
>> Boring, doctrinaire, self-defeating DLC/centrist semi-agreement
>>> Deleted Message
>>> Troll dropping a transparent talking point in question form
>>> Progressive rebuke of DLC (soon to be deleted)
>>>> Deleted Message
>> Deleted Message
> "Me too" post
> "Me too" post
>> Same troll as above
>>> Deleted Message
> "Me too" post

etc, etc, etc...

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

19. LOL!

Yeah, I took a brief foray into GD today and found yet another uneducated flamewar on pitbulls. One poster was even advocating that pit bull owners be treated like registered sex offenders. It made me want to stab myself in the eye with a spork it was so stupid.

[asthmaticeog]

22. Oh holy shit, for real? That's preposterous.

GD can be a useful resource some days, and other days it can be a playground for utter cretins.

Which is exactly why I mostly confine my posting to the Lounge; it's meant as a playground for cretins, so I know what I'm getting, and I can let my idiot flag fly. :patriot:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

42. Yeah, I read GD, but I usually like to post in here.

I was also shocked when I read that. I think it's bad enough that people call for the banning of a misunderstood & scapegoated breed, but to actually think that there should be a photo database of all owners & the dog is very proposterous. I've fostered pits (who very all very nice dogs) and I didn't appreciate being compared to a pedophile, rapist, or terrorist organization (according to another poster).

[Radio_Lady]

45. That's the best description I've ever read about the DU! ROFLLM...

So, the Lounge is a playground for cretins?

Idiots are going to flame you, asthmaticeog.

[asthmaticeog]

53. If I get flamed, it's *always* by idiots. By definition.

:evilgrin:

[Radio_Lady]

55. LOL.

[New Earth]

7. ok good

nice to know i'm not the only one :hi:

i think i just like drama and chaos :blush: like i said, not causing it, but watching it erupt. does this make me a bad person?

[_testify_]

8. Yeah, pretty much.

But I'm the same way.

[New Earth]

9. i've learned one thing since i've been doing this

i mean, reading all the locked threads. i can pick out flame bait now :D

[_testify_]

11. Yeah! I can sniff out snark from the next forum over!

:)

[New Earth]

12. i can smell a freep.....ahem.....disruptor

from a mile away as well :o

[_testify_]

14. What's up with your sig line?

[New Earth]

16. what do you mean?

speaking of sig lines, i like yours :)

[_testify_]

18. I mean, what's it referring to?

And thank you. Second compliment on it tonight! :)

[New Earth]

25. do you mean the image?

or the text below it? the image is of one of my other favorite bands, VNV Nation....

the line below it is about election fraud. too many people on DU (and other places) use a deceptive term (usually by accident, or they just disagree with my opinion on the usage) 'voter fraud', which is the word the Republicans like to use to gear the focus away from the machine fraud/election official fraud/voter suppression and instead focus on the few cases where fraud is actually committed by the voters :eyes:
so yeah, election fraud covers it all, voter fraud places the blame on the voters....and that is crap.

you asked......:D

[_testify_]

27. I did mean the image

But I'm glad you expressed your views on election fraud. I used to be in the 'why even vote' crowd, then I got real active in the world around me, and now I'm in the 'there won't even be an election' crowd.

I'm checking out VNV Nation right now...

[New Earth]

28. don't go by their myspace page.

you are unlikely to be turned onto them by their newest songs, find the older ones. start with songs from Empires, Praise the Fallen, Futureperfect, etc.
the new ones are good, but if you weren't there for the evolution of the music you might not like them as much....

[_testify_]

33. Okay I'm listening to 'Cold' which is offered on their website

Reminds me of KMFDM a little, and the porn star dubbing is pretty cool. I take it this is NOT indicative of all their songs?

[New Earth]

34. oh god.....

not at all.....turn that song off...it is not indicative at all. they're songs are pretty deep and meaningful, somewhat similar to Tool's, but not exactly.....i mean "Make Your Future Perfect" sounds like a nice motto, huh? (or 'this is your world, these are your people - you can live for yourself today, or help build tomorrow for everyone....')

please, go find some other songs by them....lol

[_testify_]

35. LOL ok I will

Do you like Adam Jones' artwork in the Tool videos? If you do (which you do :)) check out this:

www.chetzar.com

[New Earth]

41. yeah i like it

i dont' go crazy over it or anything though, i'm more into the music and lyrics.

[Blue-Jay]

15. What I *really* miss is the ATA forum.

I wish I had thought to mirror that forum before it disappeared. Comedy Gold!

[asthmaticeog]

24. OP: "How do I start a thread?"

:rofl:

There was one of those like every WEEK. Ahhh, the good old days.

[Blue-Jay]

29. Hmmm. Lemme take a look in my cache. BRB.

EDIT: I FOUND IT!!!

[asthmaticeog]

32. That's the good stuff.

And bonus, the old icons.

[reyd reid reed]

20. I do...

At least the ones in the lounge. They're the ones that are the most fun.

[Ariana Celeste]

21. Always.

If I see one, anyways. They are often pretty fucking hilarious. :thumbsup:

[Anarcho-Socialist]

23. Deleted message

Sometimes. My favourites are the rowdy Lounge threads. The GD ones are more of a car-wreck persuasion.

[New Earth]

26. i always like how the mods

come in with some kind of joke at the end, when locking a thread in the Lounge :D

[graywarrior]

30. I do. It's so hot when Skinner locks a thread.

[TheFriendlyAnarchist]

36. I've never seen a thread locked by Skinner himself

:(

[graywarrior]

37. He locked one just yesterday.

I got so turned on. He let it go for about 30 posts. HOT!

[greatauntoftriplets]

31. Oh yes, especially locked Lounge threads.

Often they are quite amusing.

:bounce:

[rug]

38. You're a voyeur at heart.

[RevCheesehead]

39. Most definitely.

Reading locked threads can be quite educational, as well as an insight into people's true characters.

[billyskank]

40. I figure in the Lounge most of them are sex threads

:rofl:

[Jamastiene]

51. We think of hot in a different way here in the Lounge.

GD sees the flames of a fiery hell when they think hot. Here in the Lounge, we think of hot as a reason to pah-tay, as if we need a reason to begin with.

[Jamastiene]

44. I personally wish they would move all locked threads to a forum

made specifically for locked threads, just so I could read them and try to guess what was said in the deleted posts. I find it rather entertaining. There are times when I see the posts that get deleted before they get deleted and the ensuing war that the posts start. Any time I am bored and not really feeling all that great, those are entertaining and uplifting. Most DU'ers are really smart and manage to take on any trolls who try to mess with DU. That's uplifting to see, even after the fact.

[graywarrior]

46. I love that idea.

[Jamastiene]

48. I would go there almost as quickly as the Lounge for fun.

We should at least have a "best of" forum somewhere on here.

[graywarrior]

49. Maybe Skinner will lock this one.

[Jamastiene]

50. That'd be so sexy.

I've heard that's something to behold. :evilgrin:

[graywarrior]

52. I'd have to excuse myself.

[Name removed]

54. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[RagingInMiami]

56. Message to Mods

It was just a joke. I have no such code.