I think it's bants, but I am concerned it might cross the line, hence my post, which was a nudge to keep it cool. Humour is very subjective.
HAYSIE & TheEdge both produce a lot of interesting stuff, including excellent quizzes which get great interaction, and I have no problem with either. In fact I'd love to have a dozen more of them, just as I'd love to see you engage more here. Because, as you note, It's my role to promote more engagement here. And we are all very different, thank goodness.
I do have my eye on the thread though, as I am keen not to let it get out of hand.
Keeping the balance on the Forum is not easy, trust me, it really is a job to know where to draw the line sometimes.
If it gets out of hand, we will do the necessary.
I understood this was your likely intent, but IMO it's already well over the line. I'm glad to hear you're keeping an eye on it.
My summary of the other two's contributions is perhaps unfair, but neither is presenting themselves well in this instance.
It is interesting that in your first post that you seemed to be setting yourself up as some sort of authority on what is and is not acceptable on this forum. Yet 30 minutes later you suggest that your own opinion was unfair. This of course is only the opinion of one of the other two, but I do find that rather strange. I have had my say, over and out. I suppose the thread title was quite apt.
So the Suspense mounts is it unfolding on face book ......?
Is OP "Special Needs" or have " Learning Difficulties" or having a Laugh ...... Mm!
I remember Doughnut got barred after admitting too mental health problems.!
Doughnut just jacked in he didn't get barred/banned
Not what I heard at the time.
Maybe i'm wrong , i remember him getting loads of grief , i got into an argument sticking up for him he was very mild mannered if i remember , still , i can't see him getting banned due to his issues
Found this @goldon weather he came back i can't remember spornybol Member Posts: 8,212 June 2011 edited June 2011 in Poker Chat DONUT64 SELF EXCLUDED A WHILE BACK AND NOW HE WANTS TO COME BACK, HE KNOWS HE CAN`T TILL THE EXCLUSION HAS BEEN COMPLETED BUT HE`S LIKE TOO KNOW HOW LONG HE HAS LEFT BEFORE HE CAN PLAY AGAIN
Thanks for peoples concerns, to start with my girlfriend is a very private person so she would never feel comfortable with me posting pictures of her online. I would not seek to violate my girlfriends privacy to proof I have a girlfriend, contrary to some peoples comments I am not 13 . further all a picture would prove is that some girl exists. Unless I actually got her to hold up a piece of paper saying doubleme's girlfriend it would prove nothing besides even at that point one could argue I might have paid the girl in question.
I am not always the best at telling the difference between banter and insults to be honest, I would hope people are beyond abuse, I certainly do not remember a time I have actually had the intent of abuse on any of my posts.
Yes occasionally some of my posts are trolls but rarely its normally just sillies and occasionally though more often then trolls, are serious posts.
To be clear posts on nuclear war etc are not trolls I was at one point very worried about nuclear war but have calmed down on that front now. Basically its unlikely to happen I dont know how one could put exact numbers on it but I would guess its single digit probability which is very scary numbers for such an event but still what can you do? I mean currently I do not have the resources to build a nuclear bunker, If I did then we have the issue of the fact that the Russians claim they can hit us in 5, 15 or 30 minutes depending which scare mongering story you read. Which kind of makes a nuclear bunker almost redundant as the likelihood is I would not be able to get inside it in time, I mean if a nuclear alert hit my phone I likely would not notice this until an hour or two later as I do not look at my phone every five minutes, so unless I actually get the resources build a nuclear bunker and live in it I likely wont be safe in a nuclear war. I guess there is no point in worrying about an unlikely event you can do nothing about.
As for Haysie well he seems to go after me all the time in the forums these days as I said previously in another thread I just don't have the time to engage him properly at the moment. Haysie has retired as I understand it so likely has a lot of time on his hands. I have to balance the demands of studying for a degree working, looking after my girlfriend and I have two exams in less then a month. The thing with Haysie is every reply you make to him will get multiple replies back. It will never end, it will go on for hours. and waste days worth of time, I literally means days in the 24 hour sense. If I was retired and no commitments for my time I could have a bash but in that reality I would likely end up going blind due to playing computer games all day.
and finally regarding my IQ I have had it professionally tested not online stuff, but an official one. My IQ came out as 144 but said I was in the top 3% which really annoyed me because top 2% gets you into Mensa. Of course on mainstream IQ scale (there are different IQ scales) top 2% would be 130 so my IQ on the common IQ scale would be 129. IQ is not a water tight measure of intelligence there appear to be two main schools of thought regarding IQ. 1. IQ is absolute and completely water tight, 2. IQ Tests are meaningless the truth lies somewhere between these two extremes their is significant evidence that IQ tests do correlate with achievements in relevant fields but the correlation is not 100%.
You've become quite a celebrity here. I know you are thick-skinned - you told us so - but don't confuse bants with bullying, its all just bants. Judging by the reaction, I make it you are 2 sets up & serving for the third.
I'm going to disagree with this. This thread is crossing a line and I can't help finding it quite ugly and disappointing.
Doubleme says some odd stuff -- perhaps he is trolling, perhaps he is just a bit odd -- but it seems to be to all be well-meaning and in good humour. I find it incredibly mean-spirited and rude for @HAYSIE and @TheEdge949 to dunk on him at length in this manner.
Asking him to post photos of his girlfriend, when you're an old man yourself, is incredibly inappropriate and gross. Many other comments here can be reasonably construed as "banter" but essentially calling him thick is frankly disgraceful and not appropriate behaviour on an internet forum that already struggles to attract meaningful conversation.
And these are comments are coming from people whose primary contributions to the forum are to aggressively troll and insult people or spam news articles nobody gives a fuck about. Neither of you are providing much value to this forum in my opinion. At least Doubleme's contributions to the forum, at minimum, provide some comic relief and occasionally prompt legitimate conversations and engagement. Few would would miss you for a single moment if you stopped posting, @HAYSIE.
I know you are invested in increasing the engagement here, Tikay. Perhaps consider whether letting people interact with others like this is helping acheive that goal. If I were in Doubleme's shoes, I would find this incredibly off-putting and bordering on cruel.
I was going, but changed my mind. I am not standing for it. You have come along pretending to be some sort of forum expert, and proceeded to do exactly what you accused the two of us of doing. But yours was so much worse. @TheEdge949 and I were taking the pi55, nothing more. You were nasty, and personal. A couple of people pointed to the childish nature of this thread, it wasnt just @TheEdge949. This wouldnt be anywhere near the first of his threads, that has been described in this way. And nobody in their right mind would question why this is. MY view is that anyone that cant take people accusing them of not being the sharpest tool in the box, or having their IQ questioned, shouldnt be on any forum. Anyone reading the majority of his threads is entitled to question his IQ, or at least take the pi55. I have looked back on all the posts on this thread, and we were taking the pi55, and not being nasty, unlike you.
The other day @Doubleme posted a story that he made about a guy who was sat on a plane watching child po rn, the woman who was sat next to him complained, and the flight attendant said its ok, he can do what he wants. He regularly makes up stories, and posts them.
I dont understand all of your criticism. Is it ok for one person to take the pi55, but not 2 or 3? Is there a limit to the number of times you can post a pi55 take on a particular thread?
Can you please enlighten me as to the value that you add to the forum?
To say that he says some odd stuff is surely a huge understatement/?
Could you also explain why asking someone to post a photo of his girlfriend to prove her existence is inappropriate and gross?
I think it's bants, but I am concerned it might cross the line, hence my post, which was a nudge to keep it cool. Humour is very subjective.
HAYSIE & TheEdge both produce a lot of interesting stuff, including excellent quizzes which get great interaction, and I have no problem with either. In fact I'd love to have a dozen more of them, just as I'd love to see you engage more here. Because, as you note, It's my role to promote more engagement here. And we are all very different, thank goodness.
I do have my eye on the thread though, as I am keen not to let it get out of hand.
Keeping the balance on the Forum is not easy, trust me, it really is a job to know where to draw the line sometimes.
If it gets out of hand, we will do the necessary.
I dont think that you should have condoned that post.
I think it's bants, but I am concerned it might cross the line, hence my post, which was a nudge to keep it cool. Humour is very subjective.
HAYSIE & TheEdge both produce a lot of interesting stuff, including excellent quizzes which get great interaction, and I have no problem with either. In fact I'd love to have a dozen more of them, just as I'd love to see you engage more here. Because, as you note, It's my role to promote more engagement here. And we are all very different, thank goodness.
I do have my eye on the thread though, as I am keen not to let it get out of hand.
Keeping the balance on the Forum is not easy, trust me, it really is a job to know where to draw the line sometimes.
If it gets out of hand, we will do the necessary.
I understood this was your likely intent, but IMO it's already well over the line. I'm glad to hear you're keeping an eye on it.
My summary of the other two's contributions is perhaps unfair, but neither is presenting themselves well in this instance.
I think it's bants, but I am concerned it might cross the line, hence my post, which was a nudge to keep it cool. Humour is very subjective.
HAYSIE & TheEdge both produce a lot of interesting stuff, including excellent quizzes which get great interaction, and I have no problem with either. In fact I'd love to have a dozen more of them, just as I'd love to see you engage more here. Because, as you note, It's my role to promote more engagement here. And we are all very different, thank goodness.
I do have my eye on the thread though, as I am keen not to let it get out of hand.
Keeping the balance on the Forum is not easy, trust me, it really is a job to know where to draw the line sometimes.
If it gets out of hand, we will do the necessary.
I understood this was your likely intent, but IMO it's already well over the line. I'm glad to hear you're keeping an eye on it.
My summary of the other two's contributions is perhaps unfair, but neither is presenting themselves well in this instance.
I think it's bants, but I am concerned it might cross the line, hence my post, which was a nudge to keep it cool. Humour is very subjective.
HAYSIE & TheEdge both produce a lot of interesting stuff, including excellent quizzes which get great interaction, and I have no problem with either. In fact I'd love to have a dozen more of them, just as I'd love to see you engage more here. Because, as you note, It's my role to promote more engagement here. And we are all very different, thank goodness.
I do have my eye on the thread though, as I am keen not to let it get out of hand.
Keeping the balance on the Forum is not easy, trust me, it really is a job to know where to draw the line sometimes.
If it gets out of hand, we will do the necessary.
I understood this was your likely intent, but IMO it's already well over the line. I'm glad to hear you're keeping an eye on it.
My summary of the other two's contributions is perhaps unfair, but neither is presenting themselves well in this instance.
Is that meant to be a rather pathetic apology?
Under no circumstances should you construe this as an apology, certainly not to you.
All relevant parties have now exercised their right to reply, so I think it' time to close the thread & move on. There's nothing to be gained by going back & forth over the same ground.
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Yet 30 minutes later you suggest that your own opinion was unfair.
This of course is only the opinion of one of the other two, but I do find that rather strange.
I have had my say, over and out.
I suppose the thread title was quite apt.
Is OP "Special Needs" or have " Learning Difficulties" or having a Laugh ...... Mm!
I remember Doughnut got barred after admitting too mental health problems.!
spornybol Member Posts: 8,212
June 2011 edited June 2011 in Poker Chat
DONUT64 SELF EXCLUDED A WHILE BACK AND NOW HE WANTS TO COME BACK, HE KNOWS HE CAN`T TILL THE EXCLUSION HAS BEEN COMPLETED BUT HE`S LIKE TOO KNOW HOW LONG HE HAS LEFT BEFORE HE CAN PLAY AGAIN
MANY THANKS
I am not always the best at telling the difference between banter and insults to be honest, I would hope people are beyond abuse, I certainly do not remember a time I have actually had the intent of abuse on any of my posts.
Yes occasionally some of my posts are trolls but rarely its normally just sillies and occasionally though more often then trolls, are serious posts.
To be clear posts on nuclear war etc are not trolls I was at one point very worried about nuclear war but have calmed down on that front now. Basically its unlikely to happen I dont know how one could put exact numbers on it but I would guess its single digit probability which is very scary numbers for such an event but still what can you do? I mean currently I do not have the resources to build a nuclear bunker, If I did then we have the issue of the fact that the Russians claim they can hit us in 5, 15 or 30 minutes depending which scare mongering story you read. Which kind of makes a nuclear bunker almost redundant as the likelihood is I would not be able to get inside it in time, I mean if a nuclear alert hit my phone I likely would not notice this until an hour or two later as I do not look at my phone every five minutes, so unless I actually get the resources build a nuclear bunker and live in it I likely wont be safe in a nuclear war. I guess there is no point in worrying about an unlikely event you can do nothing about.
As for Haysie well he seems to go after me all the time in the forums these days as I said previously in another thread I just don't have the time to engage him properly at the moment. Haysie has retired as I understand it so likely has a lot of time on his hands. I have to balance the demands of studying for a degree working, looking after my girlfriend and I have two exams in less then a month. The thing with Haysie is every reply you make to him will get multiple replies back. It will never end, it will go on for hours. and waste days worth of time, I literally means days in the 24 hour sense. If I was retired and no commitments for my time I could have a bash but in that reality I would likely end up going blind due to playing computer games all day.
and finally regarding my IQ I have had it professionally tested not online stuff, but an official one. My IQ came out as 144 but said I was in the top 3% which really annoyed me because top 2% gets you into Mensa. Of course on mainstream IQ scale (there are different IQ scales) top 2% would be 130 so my IQ on the common IQ scale would be 129. IQ is not a water tight measure of intelligence there appear to be two main schools of thought regarding IQ.
1. IQ is absolute and completely water tight, 2. IQ Tests are meaningless
the truth lies somewhere between these two extremes their is significant evidence that IQ tests do correlate with achievements in relevant fields but the correlation is not 100%.
I am not standing for it.
You have come along pretending to be some sort of forum expert, and proceeded to do exactly what you accused the two of us of doing.
But yours was so much worse.
@TheEdge949 and I were taking the pi55, nothing more.
You were nasty, and personal.
A couple of people pointed to the childish nature of this thread, it wasnt just @TheEdge949.
This wouldnt be anywhere near the first of his threads, that has been described in this way.
And nobody in their right mind would question why this is.
MY view is that anyone that cant take people accusing them of not being the sharpest tool in the box, or having their IQ questioned, shouldnt be on any forum.
Anyone reading the majority of his threads is entitled to question his IQ, or at least take the pi55.
I have looked back on all the posts on this thread, and we were taking the pi55, and not being nasty, unlike you.
The other day @Doubleme posted a story that he made about a guy who was sat on a plane watching child po rn, the woman who was sat next to him complained, and the flight attendant said its ok, he can do what he wants.
He regularly makes up stories, and posts them.
I dont understand all of your criticism.
Is it ok for one person to take the pi55, but not 2 or 3?
Is there a limit to the number of times you can post a pi55 take on a particular thread?
Can you please enlighten me as to the value that you add to the forum?
To say that he says some odd stuff is surely a huge understatement/?
Could you also explain why asking someone to post a photo of his girlfriend to prove her existence is inappropriate and gross?
All relevant parties have now exercised their right to reply, so I think it' time to close the thread & move on. There's nothing to be gained by going back & forth over the same ground.