BS: Suggestion: thread limitation system.

Subject: BS: Suggestion: thread limitation system.
From: Little Hawk
Date: 03 Apr 06 - 08:12 PM

Now here is what I think is a really cool idea for controlling the proliferation of acrimonious threads that go on and on and on and on and on.....

Instead of starting a thread at Post #1 and proceeding sequentially forward to an unknown number of posts, why not limit various types of threads ahead of time to a specific maximum number of posts...and count down to ZERO!

For instance:

Music thread - Starts at post 35, counts down to Zero, then ends automatically.

Obit thread - Starts at post 50, counts down to Zero, then ends automatically.

Joke thread - Starts at post 43, counts down to Zero, then ends automatically.

Political thread - Starts at post 200, counts down...etc...

Scatological thread - Starts at post 10, counts down...etc..

Thread complaining about the forum - Starts at post 15, counts down...ect..

Mother of all BS threads - immediately starts counting backwards from present score toward Zero, counting in tens instead of ones, and ends at Zero. That would kill it in about 3 months, I figure, and good f*cking riddance!

Shatner threads - start around 900, count down toward Zero.

You see? Elegant and simple, controls unwanted thread spread, and encourages people to say what they have to say fast and get it over with! Prevents endless disputes between people who won't quit.

Let's do it.

Subject: RE: BS: Suggestion: thread limitation system.
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 03 Apr 06 - 08:15 PM

Only if threads that you start, start at 0 and stay there

Subject: RE: BS: Suggestion: thread limitation system.
From: Little Hawk
Date: 03 Apr 06 - 08:15 PM

There's that squeak again...

Subject: RE: BS: Suggestion: thread limitation system.
From: catspaw49
Date: 03 Apr 06 - 08:23 PM

How about if Sham posts anything the thread autocloses?

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Suggestion: thread limitation system.
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 03 Apr 06 - 08:30 PM

This Thread is Clothed.

Subject: RE: BS: Suggestion: thread limitation system.
From: Bobert
Date: 03 Apr 06 - 08:39 PM

No way!!!

Only 10 fir scatological threads???

What kinda sh*t you pushin' here, LH???

Subject: RE: BS: Suggestion: thread limitation system.
From: Beer
Date: 03 Apr 06 - 08:42 PM

Now isn't that a nice idea............

Subject: RE: BS: Suggestion: thread limitation system.
From: Bert
Date: 03 Apr 06 - 09:12 PM

I've come to the conclusion that threads that go on and on, do so because the people posting to those threads are enjoying themselves, despite what they might actually be saying.

So let the trolls and their 'catches' have their fun, just don't join in if you don't want to. Or jump in with both feet if that is your desire.

Subject: RE: BS: Suggestion: thread limitation system.
From: Rapparee
Date: 03 Apr 06 - 09:21 PM

It ain't the thread size, it's the weave.

Subject: RE: BS: Suggestion: thread limitation system.
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 03 Apr 06 - 09:23 PM

That's easy for you to say, Bert. It's not you who has to pull a double shift down in the bandwidth mine replacing all that precious bandwidth those long threads use up. Just think of the poor children of those bandwidth miners who never get to see their moms and dads just so Martin Gibson can insult people.

Subject: RE: BS: Suggestion: thread limitation system.
From: Little Hawk
Date: 03 Apr 06 - 09:25 PM

That is very sensible of you, Bert. Despite the fact that people go on and on about how upset they are about something, the fact is, they keep coming back to it. That indicates, as you say, that they are at some level enjoying themselves even if they won't admit it.

A lot of people enjoy being upset. It strengthens their sense of who they are and who they are not.

This is why it's such a popular tactic in politics to be "mad as hell" about something in order to attract attention and get votes. People enjoy blowing off steam, and they're attracted to a candidate who helps make them feel good about being mad and blows off steam on their behalf.

Subject: RE: BS: Suggestion: thread limitation system.
From: GUEST,cheesed-off[but perversely amused]bystander
Date: 03 Apr 06 - 09:40 PM

I see old people !

Subject: RE: BS: Suggestion: thread limitation system.
From: GUEST,cheesed-off[but perversely amused]bystander
Date: 03 Apr 06 - 10:02 PM

..and since when do vibrant life lovin' new young people
find enough spare time to be such bitter and sour old [retirement] timey feudin' ....s !!!!!!!!????

for ****s sake you old ****s..

when will you all grow up and stop polluting this beautifu green world
with your old shite brown decaying impending death tainted nastyness !!!??





.. and I'm being at least 100% serious here !

Subject: RE: BS: Suggestion: thread limitation system.
From: Jeri
Date: 03 Apr 06 - 10:17 PM

They could be preachy, holier-than-thou, know-it-all young people. Or more likely, an old, preachy, holier-than-thou, know-it-all person with delusions of youth.

Plus, I think you've exceeded the number of contradictions permitted in a handle. You can't be cheesed off AND amused, and you can't be a bystander AND post.

Infinity + 1% serious here.

Subject: RE: BS: Suggestion: thread limitation system.
From: GUEST,cheesed-off[but perversely amused]bystander
Date: 03 Apr 06 - 10:25 PM

bollocks !


I've been rumbled !!!!!



..and I can't spell properly


when my 'happy days' tablets run out
and I feel the need to shout out loud at myself in the bathroom mirror!!!!!

Subject: RE: BS: Suggestion: thread limitation system.
From: Jeri
Date: 03 Apr 06 - 10:36 PM

What's 'rumbled'?

I'm sorry if I did any damage. I'm the most humble person I've ever known, but it's hard when you're me. Ah well, we've all got our crosses to bear...

Subject: RE: BS: Suggestion: thread limitation system.
From: Rapparee
Date: 03 Apr 06 - 10:36 PM

Who you callin' "old"? You wanna come out here and make somethin' of it? Huh? I can out-sing, out-ride, out-rope, out-smart, out-shoot, out-fence, out-play, out-fight, out-read, and out-love any two-bit, wet-behind-the-ears, green, newly-hatched young fart-in-the-wind!

Tomorrow. High noon. Center and Main Streets. Come heeled, but make yer will first.

Besides, I ain't retired.

Subject: RE: BS: Suggestion: thread limitation system.
From: Janie
Date: 03 Apr 06 - 10:38 PM

LH-

Do you mean to say you would want to limit the frequency with which I can cast my pompous pearls of wisdom before certain swine in these here parts?

Surely, Sir, you jest!

And those long threads are a great place to practice transactional analysis--games in action! (I particularly ejoy observing "Let's You and Him Fight!")

Besides, where else can we go when we don't feel like having a real life? Huh? What if I'm not ready for Real after 200 posts? What would you have me do? Go back to nothing but gardening sites? Read good books for chrissake! What are you thinking of, Young Man?

I mean! Really!!!! Humph! And so on....

hogs and kisses,

Janie

Subject: RE: BS: Suggestion: thread limitation system.
From: Jeri
Date: 03 Apr 06 - 10:42 PM

You want him to wear heels? I keep learning new things about people...

Subject: RE: BS: Suggestion: thread limitation system.
From: katlaughing
Date: 03 Apr 06 - 10:48 PM

Way back when...we HAD to start thread number 2, 3,4, etc. of any popular subject, after about 100 posts, as they just got too big for the MUdcat servers to load quickly and easily. THEN, Max tuned things up a bit and we thought we'd died and gone to heaven having threads which could go on and on without making a bunch of links and new threads number consecutively etc.

There should be NO limit on the music threads. Some of those have lead to incredible discussions/education/etc. As to the others, someone will cry censorship or bitch about not getting to have their say, etc. and then, next thing ya know, they'll go off and start a buncha little threads bitching and pissing and moaning like whiney-titty-babies and we'll be back right where we started!

Semi-Anarchy Rules...sorta!!

Subject: RE: BS: Suggestion: thread limitation system.
From: Bill D
Date: 03 Apr 06 - 10:49 PM

Sure, Little Hawk...let's try it...and if it works, you can take the idea to G.W. here in Wash DC and explain to him how to limit wars and invasions, and speeches and....well, you get the idea.

If time in Iraq were limited to 365 days, we'd save...oh...150 billion or so, and you could petition for Canada to get a couple billion for your advice!


see...you ain't the only one with clever ideas!

Subject: RE: BS: Suggestion: thread limitation system.
From: Joybell
Date: 03 Apr 06 - 10:56 PM

I'll have nobody to play with!! By the time I've carefully thought out what I want to say the limit will run out! Quick! Quick! before I miss the post. Cheers, Joy

Subject: RE: BS: Suggestion: thread limitation system.
From: GUEST,cheesed-off[but perversely amused]bystander
Date: 03 Apr 06 - 10:57 PM

bugger !

now I see young people..


and I fear they dont like the looks of me.!!??



when will these tablets kick in and put me out of my misery for a few hours !!?????




Nurse.. I like honey and a teaspoon of malt whiskey on my porridge..


My wife used to flirt with yank GIs for extra food rations.....



That Boy George looks funny..


I think I just went in my trousers..


am I dead yet ????

grnnnnghh....

Subject: RE: BS: Suggestion: thread limitation system.
From: Little Hawk
Date: 03 Apr 06 - 11:03 PM

Hey, "cheesed off", I can't wait till you reincarnate and find yourself in a helpless little infantile body, having unpalatable substances shoved in your face by grinning giants who imitate your frustrated non-lingual babbling and think it's almost unbearably "cute".

(maybe death isn't as bad as you think)

Subject: RE: BS: Suggestion: thread limitation system.
From: GUEST,cheesed-off[but perversely amused]
Date: 03 Apr 06 - 11:26 PM

hi LH, you're one of the folks here I admire and respect.

strange space the gap between whats under our feet and over our head
and between life and death
and what we hope people hear we say but what they think they understand..!!??


I'd guess you are also a child of the 50's


mines a fine expesive malt if I'm buying..

or a shot of good rye if its anyone elses round !


aaaahhhhhhh !!!!! damn I'm dribbling on nursie's breast again

Subject: RE: BS: Suggestion: thread limitation system.
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 03 Apr 06 - 11:38 PM

I hear an echo in here

Subject: RE: BS: Suggestion: thread limitation system.
From: Bert
Date: 04 Apr 06 - 12:08 AM

...we'd save...oh...150 billion or so... Is that dollars or Iraquis Bill?

While we're suggesting limits, how about limiting the length of a message to say 20 lines, unless it's a song.

Subject: RE: BS: Suggestion: thread limitation system.
From: Rapparee
Date: 04 Apr 06 - 02:07 PM

Of COURSE I want him to wear heels! Geez, what sort of guy do you think I am? Without heels he'd walk funny and maybe even sink his shoes into the ground.

I wanted him here to slap leather! His choice -- cow, goatskin, lamb -- I don't care. I can outslap the best of 'em. But's it's now five minutes past high noon and he ain't here, so I'm gonna post him on the Big Board up at the Legion Hovel as a lousy no-show.

Subject: RE: BS: Suggestion: thread limitation system.
From: Little Hawk
Date: 04 Apr 06 - 02:45 PM

Yeah, cheesed, I was born in '48. Being a baby can be very frustrating. Being a depressed teenager can be downright awful. Being an old person with regrets can be sad.

This embodied life is full of pitfalls for the unwary.

What I wonder is, when we go back into spirit do we have an option not to return here at all? If so, it would be well worth considering. But would the possibilities of the drama here prove too attractive to resist from that perspective? Well, one wonders... ;-) I'll just have to wait and see.

Subject: RE: BS: Suggestion: thread limitation system.
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 04 Apr 06 - 02:49 PM

"There should be NO limit on the music threads"

Abso-fkn-lootly!!

Subject: RE: BS: Suggestion: thread limitation system.
From: Wesley S
Date: 04 Apr 06 - 04:17 PM

I think I'll start a thread called "Suggestion: bread limitation system"

Too many people are buying up all the bread dammit!!

Subject: RE: BS: Suggestion: thread limitation system.
From: jeffp
Date: 04 Apr 06 - 04:41 PM

You got a big storm coming, Wesley? That's what usually causes it around here. One forecast of a chance of snow and everybody descends on the grocery stores and buys up all the bread, milk and toilet paper. Amazing.

Oh yes, and they drive 15 miles an hour on the interstate also.