C3PX said:
We enjoy a degree of freedom on here that other forums don't and yet it never really gets bogged down with trollish behaviour because of the levity and good sense of the people that use it.
When I read that bit about not getting bogged down by trolling, I actually laughed out loud without meaning to. I decided not to say anything about it because I was sure it would result in me being accused of having dead insects in my anus, or of being too serious, or spawn some whiny new joke thread (like New Politics). Then Comp piped up and said exactly what I thought, so I decided out of fairness I should chime in my agreement.
I didn't call you (Fink) a troll. And while you did cease to post pictures in the politics thread when asked, other members decided to turn it into a fight. On a forum that has a real balance of seriousness and levity, that sort of bullshit immature behavior wouldn't happen.
For the record, I like the levity too. I don't want strict rules either. Bingo's picture in response to my post on the last page was one of the most humorous things I have seen in a while, I loved it. But you cannot deny the fact that just about every thread is the same these days, hence Comp's SOS comment. I don't see much of a balance between levity and seriousness. To me it feels very out of balance. I think you guys are considering the fan edits and preservation sections to be the serious side, and the off-topic to be the side with the "levity". Off-Topic itself is very nearly entirely "levity". Which is fine, as has already been admitted by me, that is obviously what the majority wants.
The off-topic section has always been this way, I don't understand why you've suddenly gotten all been out of shape about the state of this place over the past month or so. Let's face it, the off topic section has always been, for lack of a better word, retarded. Would you rather it go back to being completely dead like it was post-mass-member-exodus-to-Dayv's-and-Warb's-forums for several months before TV's Frink showed up? If anything he's the one responsible for pumping some damn life into this place again.