TheBoost said:
Harmy said:
Xhonzi and TheBoost, I'm on your side on this issue. I think kids can't always make smart decisions for themselves and when I have kids, they're definitely gonna see the OT first and then they can watch the PT, when they're old enough to arrange it for themselves, I'm not gonna show it to them. And I would totally remove the lightsabre from the Yoda figure.
I dont even think its about "smart choices." In the myriad world of diversions my kid might watch, why intentionally expose him to what I think is crap?
When he's old enough to say "Pop, I heard some skuttlebutt that there are these other Star Wars movies" he's old enough to see them. He's also old enough to see "Darkman 3" if he can find a copy. It's not my job to show him any crap.
ps. Twobyfour
If any of your posts are addressed at me, please know that I've had you on ignore for a couple days. Perhaps I'll unignore someday if, with coaching by Frink and others, you learn how people talk at the grown-up table.
Well since you've got me on ignore and aren't reading this, I'm afraid the irony of having just been told that NO ONE HERE IS TALKING ABOUT *INTENTIONALLY* EXPOSING YOUR KIDS TO THE PT OR ANY OTHER RANDOM MOVIE and yet repeating the same dense strawman in your next post because you hadn't read the rebuttal, is lost on you - as it just so happens, obviously not on anyone else reading this :D
Yea, guess what, having a user on ignore and yet continuing posting on the topic, especially with while taking jabs at and referencing the ignored user, can actually make you look like an idiot! What did you know... :DDDD
Just for the record, I couldn't care less if you or anyone else puts me on ignore, but as soon as you start openly BRAGGING about ignoring a specific user, TOWARDS THIS USER, you instantly defeat the entire purpose behind /ignoring someone, and make a laughing stock out of yourself.
I mean, why /ignore a user if you're still going to react to his posts?? Just with the disadvantage of not knowing what you're reacting to? I mean, it just gives off the impression that you still care about the user and still want to "win", but somehow think you can accomplish it without any effort of going through their actual posts, just by insulting said user's supposed ego by telling them in the face that you don't care about his posts (why obviously to everyone, you still do). Really? You think that works?
You see, you can always put someone on ignore if you don't feel like reading their posts, and you can always revert and peek inside if you're still curious for some reason - it's just something you do for yourself and no one's gonna care. But everyone knows damn well that you're always just a click away from peeking at said user's post, or unignoring them for that matter, so any sort of childish, naive "haha I've ignored you so I have no idea what you just said, I'm afraid you just wasted your breath, hahaha!!" won't be taken seriously in the least, and will only serve to make yourself look like a complete dunce.
Especially since this ain't private messaging here and everyone else can see what you can't :D
PS: I don't see why I should listen to anything TVFrink has to tell me about "behaving like an adult" after that last post of his. Posting wide-eyed crazy accusations of trolling and sock-puppeting, and immediately treating those as factual and valid excuses to dismiss everything a user has to say, simply isn't the way to go, and the guy has lost any authority he might've still had on "proper civil forum conduct" with that last one, as far as I'm concerned.
The fact you obviously don't care about that, take any such authority away from you, as well. Here a few more guidelines for avoiding douchebaggery on an internet forum:
-if you've aborted a debate with somebody, avoid acting smug and arrogant towards said user, especially while making references to the aborted debate
-if you want to abort a debate, simply abort the debate and don't attempt to do it in a snarky and insulting manner like quoting the post just to comment it with a "tldr" or a similarly dismissive remark
-if you put users on /ignore, remember to really completely *ignore* said users in your posts, and avoid boasting about the /ignore in public
-don't voice suspicions of trolling of sock-puppeting except in the mild form of expressing your suspicion as a possible, and reasonably backed-up option; ideally, back it up with reasoning and arguments ifpossible
You and Frink have a lot to learn about sensible forum posting, I'm afraid. Take a step back and get some perspective, then you can talk about "behaving like adults".