Open Site Blathering (formerly Advice from iridium ITT)

[Tom Servo]

What do you call a bunch of white people sitting on a bench?

The NBA

[Mogadishu Jones]

What's the best part of the jetsons?

There are no boys in it, the future will be great!

[Thrillho]

what do you call a boy with 3 phds?

boy.

[Mogadishu Jones]

Wy is sex always on boys minds?

The pubic hair on their head.

[Second Harkius]

What's cooler than being cool?

Ice cooooooooooooooooooooooooolddddddddddddddddd

[NoHomers]

What's cooler than being cool?

Ice cooooooooooooooooooooooooolddddddddddddddddd

Bitch, stay off that blow.

[Mogadishu Jones]

What do you call a bunch of white people sitting on a bench?

The NBAUtah Jazz

Fixed xp

[Sir Sapphire the 3rd]

What's cooler than being cool?

Ice cooooooooooooooooooooooooolddddddddddddddddd

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[Pendulum]

Everything's alright.

[Slammu]

Here's what I am forced to conclude.

Even none of you can be so bone-crushingly stupid as to actually believe that I was secretly racist, but then accidentally revealed it in a PM to Scumbag in this fashion. Given that, the immediate follow-up conclusion is that you're a bunch of assholes.

But I guess that really isn't much of a surprise at this point.

In answer to someone's additional stupidity in the mChat, no, this wasn't a test. It was a failure on my part to communicate. And Scumbag, being the solid guy that he is, decided not to politely point out that Mogadishu Jones might take offense at the words that I chose. Instead, he chose to send them to someone he knew had an issue with me. So, that's especially classy of you, Scumbag. Particularly since I can't possibly think that you would be so dumb as to believe that I am secretly racist, but chose that way to express myself because, "lol...I just
couldn't help it."

So, congrats assholes. You successfully trolled me.

[Talore]

Someday you might learn to not take bait

[Manasjap]

But the taste is so good in your mouth

[Col. Khaddafi]

Here's what I am forced to conclude.

Even none of you can be so bone-crushingly stupid as to actually believe that I was secretly racist, but then accidentally revealed it in a PM to Scumbag in this fashion. Given that, the immediate follow-up conclusion is that you're a bunch of assholes.

But I guess that really isn't much of a surprise at this point.

In answer to someone's additional stupidity in the mChat, no, this wasn't a test. It was a failure on my part to communicate. And Scumbag, being the solid guy that he is, decided not to politely point out that Mogadishu Jones might take offense at the words that I chose. Instead, he chose to send them to someone he knew had an issue with me. So, that's especially classy of you, Scumbag.
Particularly since I can't possibly think that you would be so dumb as to believe that I am secretly racist, but chose that way to express myself because, "lol...I just couldn't help it."

So, congrats assholes. You successfully trolled me.

Here Harkius chooses to bring back an issue that had already been settled behind closed doors and on the site chat since yesterday.
Here Harkius chooses to bring back the issue in the most active drama thread of the site, instead of taking it by PM, IM, email or something less visible.
Here Harkius showcases his sincerity and commitment to #nomoreforumdramaz by avoiding forcibly throwing gasoline in a dying fire.

Well played boy.

[Col. Khaddafi]

FTR, I disagreed with kpaca expressing his dislike for your persona so vehemently, and I considered you had some leg to stand. We discussed the issue for a while and I think that even kpaca was convinced of the arguments we put forward in that despite our personal likes/dislikes one should always strive to attack ideas and not persons, and that what took place with you was the later, and that would be avoided in the future. So the issue had been settled already, and I don't think you will be attacked like you were in the future.

Your PM was nonetheless in very poor taste, even if stripped of its racist connotations, because it assumed that kpaca was somehow someone I kept on a leash, like if people around here are nothing but my minions instead of my equals (As they are).

I am also assuming that calling him boy was possibly an honest mistake, because the avatars that kpaca has sported all over the years, as well as the
poetry he regularly wrote have made a very effective job at concealing his ethnic heritage. Who knows, you might be African American yourself and this is just a huge misunderstanding.

In any case I've told you before, stop using our PM system, because as for every internet forum it is not 100% secure, and because I will repost the PM's you send me in the threads where we discuss the issues at hand.

[Slammu]

It wasn't settled though, was it? And it wasn't settled because you chose to be a fucking asshole, Colonel. You chose to take a situation that could have been quietly killed and laughed at and to fucking blow it up by sending my PM, which was innocently intentioned and hoped only to calm the issues between myself and kpaca, and to fucking send it to him, which you couldn't think would do anything but make it worse.

So, yeah, I'm the problem. Certainly not you. And, before you try to say that I am scapegoating you as Internet Satan (as delightful as that moniker is), you brought this chaos to your own site. Because lulz.

Congratulations on being an asshole.

[Slammu]

Here's what I am forced to conclude.

Even none of you can be so bone-crushingly stupid as to actually believe that I was secretly racist, but then accidentally revealed it in a PM to Scumbag in this fashion. Given that, the immediate follow-up conclusion is that you're a bunch of assholes.

But I guess that really isn't much of a surprise at this point.

In answer to someone's additional stupidity in the mChat, no, this wasn't a test. It was a failure on my part to communicate. And Scumbag, being the solid guy that he is, decided not to politely point out that Mogadishu
Jones might take offense at the words that I chose. Instead, he chose to send them to someone he knew had an issue with me. So, that's especially classy of you, Scumbag. Particularly since I can't possibly think that you would be so dumb as to believe that I am secretly racist, but chose that way to express myself because, "lol...I just couldn't help it."

So, congrats assholes. You successfully trolled me.

Here Harkius chooses to bring back an issue that had already been settled behind closed doors and on the site chat since yesterday.
Here Harkius chooses to bring back the issue in the most active drama thread of the site, instead of taking it by PM, IM, email or something less visible.
Here Harkius showcases his sincerity and commitment to #nomoreforumdramaz by avoiding forcibly throwing gasoline in a dying fire.

Well played boy.

Harkius: You should have used PMs.

[Slammu]

FTR, I disagreed with kpaca expressing his dislike for your persona so vehemently, and I considered you had some leg to stand. We discussed the issue for a while and I think that even kpaca was convinced of the arguments we put forward in that despite our personal likes/dislikes one should always strive to attack ideas and not persons, and that what took place with you was the later, and that would be avoided in the future. So the issue had been settled already, and I don't think you will be attacked like you were in the future.

Your PM was nonetheless in very poor taste, even if stripped of its racist connotations, because it assumed that kpaca was somehow someone I kept on a leash, like if people around here are nothing but my minions instead of my
equals (As they are).

I am also assuming that calling him boy was possibly an honest mistake, because the avatars that kpaca has sported all over the years, as well as the poetry he regularly wrote have made a very effective job at concealing his ethnic heritage. Who knows, you might be African American yourself and this is just a huge misunderstanding.

In any case I've told you before, stop using our PM system, because as for every internet forum it is not 100% secure, and because I will repost the PM's you send me in the threads where we discuss the issues at hand.

Harkius: Don't use PMs.

[Slammu]

LOL. Wat?

[Slammu]

I am also assuming that calling him boy was possibly an honest mistake, because the avatars that kpaca has sported all over the years, as well as the poetry he regularly wrote have made a very effective job at concealing his ethnic heritage. Who knows, you might be African American yourself and this is just a huge misunderstanding.

Forum Protip: You should assume someone's race can be guessed at by using their avatar (which you generally don't even look at) and the fact that they write poetry (that you don't generally read).

In doing so, you can't possibly make a racist conclusion. /irony

[Kaitscralt]

He didn't show kpaca the PM, he showed all of us the PM.

[Kaitscralt]

including kpaca

[Col. Khaddafi]

LOL. Wat?

Use the PM system if you are sincerely committed into participating in the site without stirring shit at every corner

or

Don't use the PM if you are trying to test us by publicly announcing that you are sending a PM to Pendulum in the chat, then sending me a PM complaining to me that my boy Jones has been reading your PM's*.

What is it that you don't understand?

*Indeed, as with every online medium, private communications may be decoded, given enough clearance.

[Col. Khaddafi]

Let me guess Harkius, we failed the test again no?

[Col. Khaddafi]

At this rate, we are all going to be forum dropouts.

[Kaitscralt]

I actually think it was Pendulum who announced a PM to Harkius, but regardless, the point stands that discretion is in order if the "no forum drama" shtick is supposed to work.

[Kaitscralt]

Because everyone knows a PM from the Swingin CI Dick can only mean trouble.

[Slammu]

Let me guess Harkius, we failed the test again no?

Nope. Not a test. If you look up in this thread, you'll see exactly what this was:

A PM to the site's administrator, asking him to get one of his pals to calm the fuck down. I point out here that you ARE an Admin here, because, racist connotations dropped out, you are theoretically at least, a person who has some influence on the site due to being an Admin.

As far as my unfortunate choice of the term "boy", that had nothing to do with race. Now that kpaca has helpfully reminded me of the text of the PM, I used the words that I did because he was acting like a petulant child, editing my posts into vomiting smiley faces, etc.

So, epic fail on my part, and assholery
on yours. Let's call it a draw, shall we?

[Slammu]

LOL. Wat?

Use the PM system if you are sincerely committed into participating in the site without stirring shit at every corner

or

Don't use the PM if you are trying to test us by publicly announcing that you are sending a PM to Pendulum in the chat, then sending me a PM complaining to me that my boy Jones has been reading your PM's*.

What is it that you don't understand?

*Indeed, as with every online medium, private communications may be decoded, given enough clearance.

Uh...since my PM's aren't
going to be private anyway, why bother using the system? And if I am going to use them and they aren't private anyway, why bother not announcing it?

Which part is it that seems obvious?

[Col. Khaddafi]

I actually think it was Pendulum who announced a PM to Harkius, but regardless, the point stands that discretion is in order if the "no forum drama" shtick is supposed to work.

It was actually Harkius telling Pendulum, "hey sent you a PM right now" and then a few lines down Pendulum replying "yup, just got it, reading as we speak" or something.

It was a fascinating account on how internet medium communications work, and a total relief for me because I never had received confirmation that our PM system did actually worked, but there it was, realtime confirmation that things were going smoothly. I was proud of this site.

[Slammu]

I actually think it was Pendulum who announced a PM to Harkius, but regardless, the point stands that discretion is in order if the "no forum drama" shtick is supposed to work.

It was actually Harkius telling Pendulum, "hey sent you a PM right now" and then a few lines down Pendulum replying "yup, just got it, reading as we speak" or something.

It was a fascinating account on how internet medium communications work, and a total relief for me because I never had received confirmation that our PM system did actually worked, but there it
was, realtime confirmation that things were going smoothly. I was proud of this site.

That's actually funny. And it's funny because it wasn't actually a PM on this site. Hence the note that I sent him a PM. (Well, it's also funny because it's funny. But it's funnier because it's funny on several levels.)

[Kaitscralt]

I will not be made a fool of, indeed I will find an instance where Harkius was told by Pendulum the same thing.

[Col. Khaddafi]

LOL. Wat?

Use the PM system if you are sincerely committed into participating in the site without stirring shit at every corner

or

Don't use the PM if you are trying to test us by publicly announcing that you are sending a PM to Pendulum in the chat, then sending me a PM complaining to me that my boy Jones has been reading your PM's*.

What is it that you don't understand?

*
Indeed, as with every online medium, private communications may be decoded, given enough clearance.

Uh...since my PM's aren't going to be private anyway, why bother using the system? And if I am going to use them and they aren't private anyway, why bother not announcing it?

Which part is it that seems obvious?

lolwut? I can't quote a PM I receive in a relevant discussion?

what I am telling you is that you are acting all paranoid about PM privacy, the correct course of action is not to use the PM system instead of announcing to the whole site you are sending PM's to other people "as we speak"

Well unless you would be trolling and trying to stirr up drama, but you would never do such a thing now would you?

[Slammu]

I will not be made a fool of, indeed I will find an instance where Harkius was told by Pendulum the same thing.

You shouldn't invest the time. We both announced that we PM'd each other. Neither PM was on MtG Community.

[Col. Khaddafi]

Harkius sure knows how to spice up an otherwise uneventful morning

[Slammu]

LOL. Wat?

Use the PM system if you are sincerely committed into participating in the site without stirring shit at every corner

or

Don't use the PM if you are trying to test us by publicly announcing that you are sending a
PM to Pendulum in the chat, then sending me a PM complaining to me that my boy Jones has been reading your PM's*.

What is it that you don't understand?

*Indeed, as with every online medium, private communications may be decoded, given enough clearance.

Uh...since my PM's aren't going to be private anyway, why bother using the system? And if I am going to use them and they aren't private anyway, why bother not announcing it?

Which part is it that seems obvious?

lolwut? I can't quote a PM I receive in a relevant discussion?

what I am telling you is that you are acting all paranoid about PM privacy, the correct course of action is not to use the PM system instead of announcing to the whole site you are sending PM's to other people "as we speak"

Well unless you would be trolling and trying to stirr up drama, but you would never do such a thing now would you?

Third option: I sent Pendulum a
PM elsewhere, and wanted him to know about it. A person with just a trifle of thinking will realize, "Hrm. PM not here. Maybe it's somewhere else."

[Kaitscralt]

LOL. Wat?

Use the PM system if you are sincerely committed into participating in the site without stirring shit at every corner

or

Don't use the PM if you are trying to test us by publicly announcing that you are sending a PM
to Pendulum in the chat, then sending me a PM complaining to me that my boy Jones has been reading your PM's*.

What is it that you don't understand?

*Indeed, as with every online medium, private communications may be decoded, given enough clearance.

Uh...since my PM's aren't going to be private anyway, why bother using the system? And if I am going to use them and they aren't private anyway, why bother not announcing it?

Which part is it that seems obvious?

lolwut? I can't quote a PM I receive in a relevant discussion?

what I am telling you is that you are acting all paranoid about PM privacy, the correct course of action is not to use the PM system instead of announcing to the whole site you are sending PM's to other people "as we speak"

Well unless you would be trolling and trying to stirr up drama, but you would never do such a thing now would you?

Thank you.

[Col. Khaddafi]

I think I'm going to make a new chatbox for people to announce other people that they are trying to reach them in another online medium as they speak on an online medium. There seems to be an untapped market for this communication feature.

[Kaitscralt]

But no forum drama please.

[Kaitscralt]

The mtg forum illuminati is on the move, trolling the trolls, moving the chess pieces, all house dimir all over again, hide yo cowards hide yo wife

[Kaitscralt]

Harkius sure knows how to spice up an otherwise uneventful morning

Certainly made this bus ride interesting