What the

[arendt]

What the hell is this :mamba: ? Other than really offensive?

[Jeffery]

Black Mamba, and basically, yup.

[sub the hendrix]

Don't be so nanny-pammy P.C. liberalish.

[Hellblazer]

It's nothing but really offensive. :p

[arendt]

Don't be so nanny-pammy P.C. liberalish.

Sure, next up: the money-changing Jew, the greasy Mexican, the servile Asian. Rad.

[Amaroth]

Sure, next up: the money-changing Jew, the greasy Mexican, the servile Asian. Rad.

I'M IRISH. I AM ALWAYS DRUNK.

[The Cheat]

I'M IRISH. I AM ALWAYS DRUNK.

:bigsmile: :D :p

LOL. That is what they say :p

[sub the hendrix]

I'm Jewish, what are you trying to say arendt, huh?

[Mithrandir]

I'm a Christian, where's the smiley of the guy in the suit hitting some poor soul over the head with a bible?

[Jeffery]

I'm a satanist, what about that foolish devil guy?

[Realist]

The answer is nothing.

I was looking for a good excuse because I don't like the trend of calling everything offensive these days, but I really don't see any justification whatsoever...not that its such an important issue, I just don't see any value in having it there.

[Mithrandir]

Hey The Cheat, next time you neg rep me, have the spine to sign it. Coward.

[sub the hendrix]

I hate everyone but white males.
EDIT: I hope someone doesn't quote that in their sig.

[Mithrandir]

I hate everyone but white males.
Your avatar sure implies otherwise. ;)

[sub the hendrix]

Your avatar sure implies otherwise. ;)
Don't jump to conclusions next time

[Hellblazer]

Hey The Cheat, next time you neg rep me, have the spine to sign it. Coward.
But reps are non-anonymous now. :p

[Jeffery]

But reps are non-anonymous now. :p
Not for a grey member.

[Mithrandir]

Reps are only non-anonymous to gold accounts. I'm a grey account.

And sub, it sure is good for me that I'm a white male or I guess you'd have to hate my guts.

[roamingstorm]

I'm a satanist, what about that foolish devil guy?


:*diablo:

Happy now?

well i would like to refer to Foamy, " everyone is a racist, except me cuz im black"

well they arent trying to convey that black people are cave men, i hope, like the devil is red, if you look at it from a historical standpoint it is true, because life developed in africa, which leads us to believe the first homo erectus were in fact black

[sub the hendrix]

:mamba:
Hmmm....
I like his grin.

[Mithrandir]

How how do you get to the fancy smilies anyway?

[xerent]

Hey The Cheat, next time you neg rep me, have the spine to sign it. Coward.

I'm really getting sick of people putting so much value into reputation, that animosity spawns from it.

[sub the hendrix]

How how do you get to the fancy smilies anyway?
N00B!

In unreadable white lettering below the smilies, it says [more] Click that. How could you not notice it?

[Mithrandir]

I'm really getting sick of people putting so much value into reputation, that animosity spawns from it.
I don't mind a neg rep if it's signed. Someone that doesn't sign a neg rep is a coward, it isn't about my precious 2 rep points that are gone.
N00B!

In unreadable white lettering below the smilies, it says [more] Click that. How could you not notice it?
Noob, me? :eek:

It's white letters against white background, I couldn't see it. :(

[roamingstorm]

N00B!

WHY CANT WE ALL JUST GET ALONG, take max's example smoke a pot

[The Cheat]

Hey The Cheat, next time you neg rep me, have the spine to sign it. Coward.


How does everyone know when I neg them? Also someone else neg rep me for my prior post. Who did it?

[xerent]

I don't mind a neg rep if it's signed. Someone that doesn't sign a neg rep is a coward, it isn't about my precious 2 rep points that are gone.

I halfway agree with you. I just want things to be a little... friendlier around here. If the rep dosen't matter, then neither should the comment associated with it, therefore, it shouldn't matter if it's anon or not, ergo, not worth your effort to reply in that fashion.

^_^.

[Hellblazer]

I've never seen it either. :roulette:

[Mithrandir]

I negged you earlier and I signed it, don't give me that crap.

And I know it was you because I had a hunch and I put you on my ignore list to find out for sure.

[sub the hendrix]

This used to be such a happy thread...

[Mithrandir]

Happy isn't the word I'd have used to describe it. I've said my piece though, unless someone specifically harrasses me about something I'll bow out of the rest of this one.

[sub the hendrix]

Oh and "a random White guy" just neg. repped me... anonymously of course

[kamakaze]

sub not that i really care but no 1 in SI that i kno of is a noob ;)

[Northwind]

I agree with arendt. I've been annoyed by that stupid smiley since they were first listed, but didn't bother to say anything about it. What is the context that it is supposed to be used in? At worst, offensive. At best, stupid and pointless.

[sub the hendrix]

Not that I really care but i would like to point out that I was using a common linguistic device known as "sarcasm."

"Sarcasm" is commonly found on the TAO community forums, both to make fun of people, and ideas.

[roamingstorm]

ok well i say we go back to the old days when i was here last, and restart the smiley boycott, not because there were only two allowed per post, but because they are unnecessary, so in essence if you dont like them dont use them

RS

[sub the hendrix]

But they can convey such deep emotions. Doesn't this little guy just look so thoughtful? :confused:

And how about this one? It shows deep frustration, with an undertone of despair. :mad:

[roamingstorm]

well in that case take another 20 seconds to display your frustration through english other than emothins, it would not be that hard

for example, i am deeply frustrated in the redundancy of the forums

i am very pleased that the cheat has grown up

i greatly enjoy pancakes

[sub the hendrix]

I greatly enjoy using smilies :p

[arendt]

well in that case take another 20 seconds to display your frustration through english other than emothins, it would not be that hard

for example, i am deeply frustrated in the redundancy of the forums

i am very pleased that the cheat has grown up

i greatly enjoy pancakes


You're my new hero. I'll give you a rep when I'm done shucking and jiving.

[Realist]

Some things can't be expressed with words alone. :cool:

[roamingstorm]

Realist, I love you, because that smiley obviously conveys your radiant coolness

[sub the hendrix]

realist i love you because that smiley obviously your radiant coolness
I would rather someone spells and capitalizes properly and uses smilies every post than doesn't, and doesn't.

[roamingstorm]

edited to your liking, with my dependent clause seperated by commas, and a direct pronoun capitalized sas well as a self reference capitalized

[xerent]

I am deeply frustrated in the redundancy of the forums

i am very pleased that the cheat has grown up

i greatly enjoy pancakes

Because of something I really can't explain right now, I'm going to translate this post into smileys.

However, I cannot do this without using the sister language of n00b. Here goes.

OMG :mad: evrybody SHUT UP lmao. stoopids.

Cheet is SO NOOB!!!1! :bigsmile: CHeest es tehcewl. :victory:

:yahoo: brb I gotgsa go BREKFAST!!! HOLY CRAP! PANCAKSES! :yahoo:

I deeply apologize for any damage done to any forumers. However, I might note that this has been a very entertaining excersize. At least for me.

[roamingstorm]

and it was very entertaining to read, here is a link to something you may enjoy along the same context

http://www.allthingsflash.com/links/files/cartoons/romeo_and_juliet.swf

[Liquid Swordsman]

You're my new hero. I'll give you a rep when I'm done shucking and jiving.

That could be a while eh?

[wr4th4]

Hey guys, just wanted to pop in and make sure everyone saw my new siggy! Here's one for you, Realist: :cool:

[Hugh Junit]

:bigsmile: :D :p

LOL. That is what they say :p

And that's why he said it.

[sub the hendrix]

Hey guys, just wanted to pop in and make sure everyone saw my new siggy! Here's one for you, Realist: :cool:

My reverse psychology worked. By asking everyone not to put that quote in their sig, I knew someone would. I don't know why I wanted someone to do so, but life is full of mysteries

[Godmic18]

You people are offended... by a smilie? :confused:

Why?

Are you against colored smilies?

No one has objected to the green and red smilies before now. Oh well, time to get some food and offend some oversesnitive forum hounds.


I'm hungry.

:mamba: Feed me. :mamba:

[sub the hendrix]

While we are on the subject, why is this one still called a "smilie?" :roulette:

It doesn't seem like something that would make a normal person smile. Jeffrey maybe, but not normal people...

[xerent]

The fact that it's a smiley is irrelevant. It's still communicating an idea (One that some people find offensive) and it dosen't matter what media that idea takes place in.

Here's an idea, Lets depict the Holocaust as an entertaining event. If it's in the form of smileys, then it's OK.

See what I mean?

[sub the hendrix]

Which is why I don't particularly like the violent smilies. I don't, however, see mamba as particularly offensive, especially because I can safely guess it was not created with malicious intent.

[Godmic18]

The fact that it's a smiley is irrelevant. It's still communicating an idea (One that some people find offensive) and it dosen't matter what media that idea takes place in.

Here's an idea, Lets depict the Holocaust as an entertaining event. If it's in the form of smileys, then it's OK.

See what I mean?

Lame.

I have a theory.

Someone says offensive and offended, and people get this idea that they are offended...


by a smilie...

Then someone like me slaps them and tells them to grow up.

Of course, the forum genius comes along, whom I can't argue with because I respect the guy and he always has a good point, so I guess I just have to sit here and be me.

:ninja:

Do you think ninjas mind that we use a highly representational symbol of them so often in today's society?

:tease:

I say we all just grow up and be thankful for the smilies we have.

Now it's food time. :mamba:

[sub the hendrix]

Amen.

Let's eat.
:bad:
Gaaah! Food poisoning!

[Godmic18]

Amen.

Let's eat.
:bad:
Gaaah! Food poisoning!

Mmmmm, taquitos. Gotta luv em.

[xerent]

You know. Some ninjas might mind very much.

You're halfway right. It does seem like such a silly thing. Our culture mocks many different facets of cultures for the purposes of entertainment. Either we're de-sensitized, or it truely isn't all that big of a deal.

However, just because you and I find it silly dosen't mean we shouldn't honor someone else's (forseeably legitimate) complaint if it rubs them the wrong way.

But if we do this on every single instance, we're left with stale forums in a pristine enviroment. Not my idea of a community.

Are we telling people to lighten up on an issue that may be holy to them? Is that OK to do for the sake of avoiding sterility?

Maybe it's up to the end user to know that the world does not reflect their views on the way things should work. But that dosen't give us free will to do whatever we want on the premise of 'Well if they don't like it, they can go somewhere else', because this is a community, and being aware of one another is something that makes a community.

The obvious answer is some sort of middle ground. People need to realize that anything they find offensive isn't there for the sake of offending them. It's there because of another reason... most often one of humor. The community also needs to realize that there are many views on many subjects, and although free discussion is encouraged, that one shouldn't say anything offensive for the sake of offending anyone.

I like that answer.

All this over a smilie. ^_^.

[Godmic18]

You know. Some ninjas might mind very much.

You're halfway right. It does seem like such a silly thing. Our culture mocks many different facets of cultures for the purposes of entertainment. Either we're de-sensitized, or it truely isn't all that big of a deal.

However, just because you and I find it silly dosen't mean we shouldn't honor someone else's (forseeably legitimate) complaint if it rubs them the wrong way.

But if we do this on every single instance, we're left with stale forums in a pristine enviroment. Not my idea of a community.

Are we telling people to lighten up on an issue that may be holy to them? Is that OK to do for the sake of avoiding sterility?

Maybe it's up to the end user to know that the world does not reflect their views on the way things should work. But that dosen't give us free will to do whatever we want on the premise of 'Well if they don't like it, they can go somewhere else', because this is a community, and being aware of one another is something that makes a community.

The obvious answer is some sort of middle ground. People need to realize that anything they find offensive isn't there for the sake of offending them. It's there because of another reason... most often one of humor. The community also needs to realize that there are many views on many subjects, and although free discussion is encouraged, that one shouldn't say anything offensive for the sake of offending anyone.

I like that answer.

All this over a smilie. ^_^.

Well I'll tell you what. If anyone has a problem with a particular smilie, they can send me a PM, and I'll help em out. I'll either:

a) find new forums for them to enjoy that are pristine and smilie free OR

b) send them a series of links to download firefox and a few select extensions.