BOO to deletion of STINK PRANK THREADS
 

I know there have been several that have found humor and hilarity in my STINK PRANK threads, based on many of the comments.

Unfortunately they have been deleted somehow, even though several other non-rocketry threads remain in 'free for all'.
I am not aware of any rules these have violated as they have mostly contained little if any 'foul/supposed foul' language, nor do they contain politics.

Oh well...
I guess I won't be able to entertain any longer with "upper dekker" or "golf bag turd-drop" stories MANY found to be UBER-FUNNY.

If I have VIOLATED a RULE I'm not aware of, I apologize to Scott, but once again I'm not aware of a rule that discussion of fecal/stink humor/pranks that is being violated.

Not having read the threads you talk about, I can only guess that some or all of them are covered by the general rules, particularly the ones in red.

kj


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To the best of my knowledge, my prank threads did not violate anything in "red" or any of the rules.

Kevin would be correct. I got sick of seeing posts like that, FreeForAll or not.

GH, don't make the mistake of assuming that the deleted threads were highly popular and entertaining simply because all of the feedback you got was positive (if, in fact, that was the case). I suspect the posts were offensive to the 'silent majority'. I have found value in many of your posts in the past, especially those in which you exported some of your considerable knowledge in paints, chemicals and adhesion. But I chose not to read your 'stinkum' posts as I considered them childish and, after a while, just plain tedious.

Joe

Somebody say 'Amen'!

S.

I'm amazed at how much of the noise here seems to go unchecked. The occasional OT thread is one thing, but checking in to find an almost full slate of non-rocketry related chatter is pretty irritating. I realize that there's a long-standing tradition with threads straying off topic, but I seriously think that some around here need to take a long look at what kind of stuff they're posting. If your off-topic posting is over 25% of your total post output, you're the noise. It's a rocketry forum, not your soapbox or news channel. It's truly laughable to read the criticism of TRF's games threads, then read some of the drool in the FFA section. If there's a marked difference, I don't see it.

SOME obviously just don't get the entire FRIGGIN' CONCEPT of "Free For All" !
If ya don't like the subject line, don't FRACKIN' open it just to whine and complain.

MOVE ALONG, these are NOT the droids we are looking for.

What...what did I do?

Turn that BOO into a mighty hurrah for me! Down with "stinkum" threads!

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