Is it simply the fact I am forced into using a laptop and have horrible coordination or is the Mako harder to control than a rabid, angry bull.
A lieutenant.
All of you please stop compensating for things. Spoiler Your post counts.
Something by Victor Hugo or Jules Verne.
I turn my back away for one second and this thread receives three pages, thank you everyone! Firefly it is.
Gosh darn it Eden of the East.
This is probably a horrible idea.
SJ is actually a terminator.
Would it be too late for an admin to rename his account "Butterfly Effect"?
But it is true. Libre played this thread on a PS Vita and won.
Except when you fight Yukari.
Chev stop posting pictures of my face at 1:45 AM please.
Au revoir to you, miss. You are a strong lass, I wish you the best.
Compromise can be met on behalf of the staff with some conditions. A few conditions it would be hopeful you would find reasonable though. I believe Wolfie or Misty will post them in a second, so please wait for a moment if you may.
Ah, indeed. To be honest even I was quite interested in the discussion and appreciated how maturely things went along, though even the line of PG-13 is a slippery one, since using such a dead-set rating can give complications as to the content, like in the 500 Days of Summer example you stated earlier. At times things can be tricky to judge. Apologies if you saw it as a lack of faith there, I can understand why.
This is understandable and I do acknowledge (and admire) the efforts that I have seen made at constructive criticism. In these cases, we ask that when and after such overreactions happen, responses that we all may know the members in question may consider antagonistic are preferably not made? At this point, after the member's reaction, it would be known what sort of comments and humour specifically would have the ability to antagonize the member. Instead of becoming defensive in regards to them freaking out (which is not always the case I am saying by the way) and turning the thread into an unsavoury argument from time to time (which is decreasing slightly, a good thing), it would be better to, perhaps, reply more positively or not to reply? You have accidentally hurt a person. It would be better to simply try making things up with that person than becoming defensive if you can. That way the person will understand not only the fact that you actually were kidding, but also the quality of the humour you all have so they may look out for it in the future, and this mature attitude would show that you are willing to respect their emotions and feelings as a person, which in turn shows you all as the mature people you all actually are regardless of the jokes that may colour their perceptions, as we have seen from this very thread. People must be reasonable in such a case.
Just wish to clarify! Apologies if it seemed like a lock threat. It was more a quiet reminder to keep things in a careful direction if I recall correctly. Also, there are wishes of thanks for the thread staying relatively civil.
Okay, I understand this. But even in this we have seen varying qualities in the ways that people joke - amongst yourselves specifically as well, if you would like an example. Many times your humour is perfectly acceptable but there are also times where things can get a bit overboard, again. The fact that all of you can still conduct jokes you feel comfortable with that also do not seem to be too extremely degrading or offensive, in your own discretion, is certainly proof that even in the humour you yourselves are comfortable with you can still be both funny and not outright insulting at the same time, no? If you feel you may not be able to differentiate for certain which parts of your humour may be too insulting or degrading then certainly you can look at the numerous examples of rule-defying behaviour (which will be there soon after everyone gets a good night's rest hopefully) to serve as at least a general guideline. There will always be exceptional cases, yes, but the general guidelines for not straying too far into the insult pool can thus be something you yourselves may understand through this. Also I apologize if someone replied to me and I missed their reply, it would be quite nice if they may inform me of this if they wish?
Really? My apologies, I could have sworn I unlocked it? Let me go repair that.
If I recall correctly this is actually done in a few instances, yes. But even then, there are a few things. Say there is a scenario where, from a basic perspective, unattached to actual intent or joking, member A is insulting member B. There are a few ways one can go by this. In one way, it is very clear that member A is insulting member B through context and everything, thus a judgement is made and they are reprimanded for it (hopefully by say, a verbal warming or some such). That is all good. In a second way, it is understood that member A is insulting member B out of jest and is known for this type of behaviour. In this instance a judgement is made in such a way that focuses more on trying to help curb member A's behaviour, to an extent. Right. In a third situation, we personally ask member A their story of why they insulted member B and they could give a number of answers. Let us use the examples of member A actually disliking the person and being bad-spirited or member A just joking around again. In both cases I would assume the judgement would be made in member B's favour (with the disliking-member-B option being much easier to judge, and the joking option simply telling one to tone down on their behaviour). The complications with the second result arise with whether or not the joking is a sincere statement or just an excuse to insult an unfavourable member. And when action is taken in such a manner, member A may become defensive and use such an argument. I am not saying this is always the case, but with the case of things like blatant insults, it can and has happened from time to time. I am all fine with focusing more on the other side of the story but the judgement passed may not always be favourable to the perpetrator in the incident, which would cause complaint. I would also like to point out that the seriousness does not really change on the internet. Certainly, you can be less serious than an offline encounter, but that is definitely not a justification for acting rude. Simply because the medium of communication has changed does not mean insults may still sting. Insults are insults whether they are screamed into your face or delivered to you by phone from halfway across the world, and they can still offend people because people cannot always control their emotions in regards to the situations which can trigger offense.
