God knows there’s enough crap going on in this world without adding to it so I am all for more humour.
As for Barry not down voting anyone, I’d rather he did and cut out the repetative, simplistic, ritualistic whinging.
Nice points Goatie but Kat has left the building.
She simply holds some pieces of paper these days
Couldn’t disagree with your points more, @areloa-grandee
What you’re saying, essentially, is that text-based communication, which strips us of so much of the information we normally rely on, such as tone of voice, body language, etc, is somehow equivalent. It isn’t, and anyone with a lick of human experience will realise that.
While there have been a couple of exceptions, the people that moan most about other posters are those that have never made a drinks meetup. That’s the prerogative of the individual, but its not really in keeping with the genesis of this site.
Nor is it realistic to say that you are just as clued up based on your interpretation of what people have posted. I appreciate that some people don’t live very near the ground, but when we’ve had @dubai_phil and @smiler (Australia) turn up for drinks, and we’ve been running close to three years, you’re never going to sell the idea that just communicating on here gives you all the information you need.
And if you refuse to meet up for drinks, don’t worry, pap can still find out who you are by stalking you to the ends of the earth like he did with SWDP 
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Unfortunately, you have missed my point entirely. The point being that IF all you have to go is what is written, it can be pretty damning as there is none of that context, and even if you HAVE met someone and know they are genuinely nice and decent and good guys, why does that excuse them from posting like a twat? We are all probably mosty OK folks, but its does not stop you or me posting like a twat at times and and that would not change whether I knew you or not. The point being precisely beacause there are none of the other behavioural nuanced signalson on dsiplay in written online communication, you should be even more aware of how you come across - no different from work email, when you can still enflame folks you know very well by a poor choice of words…
As to the bit in bold, I never hinted you could, in fact the complete opposite - it seems to methat you are suggesting that if you get pissed off with what Barry writes, its your own fault because you have never made the effort to go have a drink with him and if you did you woudl be happy lettinghim write his stuff because he is not really like that? My point being that evenif he was my best mate, if he wrote the stuff on here that he does I woudl still say hes being a twat…
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Oh, you mean that lad that went to school with many of us for four years? Some of us even longer?
The person who stalked his former classmates, without ever letting them know who he was?
The bloke who disappeared into thin air the moment we worked out who he was, and would therefore be associated with all the nasty shit he said?
This is what I meant by button pushing meta. And you’re fucking useless at it.
How’s about closing this thread Pap?
I think we’re done.
Me, I’m off for a beer…see y’all later.
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I do see where you are coming from Cobs. I will admit I have previous on calling out the person as opposed to the post or posting style, easily done. Hence the point earlier that I have no doubts bazza is a decent bloke, loving family and all, but IMHO, that does not excuse some things that are posted or style etc.
What’s worse than “fucking useless” that must be me.
I tried some on @fatso the other day and it was totally ignored.
In fact my button pushing meta has got my 2 pts per post (on average), way worse than @themightyostrich
And, yes, I am trying to get some levity in this thread…
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Okaaaay. I suppose you’re right, it is totally cool for the owner of a website to track down someone who uses an alias (I assume because they want to remain anonymous) and then suggest they might out them on their website. That sounds totally cool to me.
Do I really have to go out for a drink with you lot just to confirm my suspicision that you are all a bunch of fucking helmets?
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Oi, leave me out of it will you…I thought we were getting on great guns too 
Well, if you did you might be pleasantly surprised.*
* You wouldn’t be.
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Yes.
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No it just confirms it.
Hmm. It would seem I’ve two choices.
Continue to trust in the counsel of my long established school friends, all of whom thought the SWDP’s posts were fucking weird and stalkery.
Or a random, newly self-declared expert on the subject I’ve never met.
Would you mind awfully if I stuck with the people that I trust, know and respect?
Almost the whole forum liked your post. That hurts 
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Button pushing meta* at it’s finest 
*I don’t really know what button pushing meta is
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You’re not alone.*
* You may not find that comforting.
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