I Miss Boem...

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The_Impeacher wrote:

I miss steaks and gravy. Damned gout.

Jesus, that first time you get Dad's Funny Disease and discover it's not funny at all.

Baby spinach and cherry tomatoes set it off for me which happen to be main ingredients of my favourite salad ever: roast lamb and pumpkin salad with pinenuts and danish feta. Slathered in tangy yoghurt dressing. Sigh.

...there's an interesting thought. By current moderation standards here, it's better to be polite but wildly off topic than heated but on topic IF said topic is already leaning towards encouraging contentious intercourse.

Meanwhile "don't derail" is a pretty common rule elsewhere.

I wonder if Boem gets gout.

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Foreverhappychan wrote:

...there's an interesting thought. By current moderation standards here, it's better to be polite but wildly off topic than heated but on topic IF said topic is already leaning towards encouraging contentious intercourse.

I can't be on topic when my entire post or a series of posts magically disappear in its entirety. How would you continue the discussion when it doesnt exist? Too hot to handle I suppose.

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Foreverhappychan wrote:

I wonder if Boem gets gout.

Ha, add that to the list of things I never thought I'd read here in OT.

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DarthSki44 wrote:

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Foreverhappychan wrote:

I wonder if Boem gets gout.

Ha, add that to the list of things I never thought I'd read here in OT.

I had King of the Hill playing in the background during a gaming session earlier today, and the episode where Bobby gets gout was on. Funny coincidence.

If Bobby Hill can get gout, Boem can. That's just indisputable logic.

All this negative talk about gout has me concerned the moderators might lock the thread.

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Turtledove wrote:

All this negative talk about gout has me concerned the moderators might lock the thread.

You mean Boem. He ate the steak I served. Don Corleone's steak isn't exactly healthy. Collateral Damage is unfortunate but probably has occurred. When the message is blocked, consequently it fall on someone else. Thus the mentally toll on their well being. But I don't see how he could evaluate its content without reading it.

That warning message probably isn't for Secert Agent 009, that is specifically for me.

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The_Impeacher wrote:

Peace,

Impeacher

You missed the hyphens. He always had hyphens, for some reason.

Peace,

-Exile009-

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Exile009 wrote:

You missed the hyphens. He always had hyphens, for some reason.

Peace,

-Exile009-

You are now behaving in a way that arouses suspicion. Are you really Secert Agent 009 or someone else?

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Exile009 wrote:

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GusTheCrocodile wrote:

I consider the general implication of “hey, if you want to use this free website we made to talk about our free game, go ahead, we just ask you to follow these few simple rules if you’re going to be here” to be pretty polite.

Yeah it's 'polite' in the same way Don Corleone was polite lol. The only reason it's treated differently is cos the stakes are lower. But fundamentally it's still the same form of 'politeness'. Ironically the other guy, who I've already said I suspect is trying to bait me, said it more honestly -

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a mix message consisting of a request, a warning and a threat.

Amen.

More honestly meaning more in agreement with your ideas. Different to you isn't dishonest.

I don't consider polite to mean spineless and having no say in one's affairs.

I don't consider a mafia boss's veiled threats polite. There's nothing polite about the implication that he might kill your family if you say the wrong thing or whatever. You say the only reason it's polite is that the stakes are lower, and that it's otherwise fundamentally the same, but I think the stakes are fundamentally different, not just different by degree. GGG has created something and is setting boundaries on its use. They aren't reaching beyond that into things that aren't theirs and inflicting harm. I see those as substantially different categories of request.

can't say i miss him ending his comments with peace boem every time glad he's gone