Poll: The forums? The forums have changed.

Calibanbutcher

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The escapist?

The escapist has changed. It's no longer about videogames, reviews, or fun. It's an endless series of proxy battles fought by mercenaries and idealists.

The flame-wars - and their consumption of fun - have become a well-oiled machine.

These forums have changed.

Forum members carry social theories, use logical fallacies.

Self-Righteousness inside their bodies and minds enhances and regulates their abilities.

Genetic control. Information control. Emotion control. Social control.

Everything is monitored and kept under control.

This forum has changed. The age of fun has become the age of control...

All in the name of averting injustice from groups of oppressed individuals. And he who controls the forum...controls history.

The foum has changed. When the battlefield is under total control...Flamewars become routine



"My people... Sons and Daughters of the escapsit. This much I vow: The history of these days will be written in FUN.

By tickling the armies of our enemy, by seizing the weapons they thought to turn against us, we were laughing for our very existence.

But if there are those who would deny us laughter; refuse us our rightful place in the forum, then we will unleash such terrible humour that generations yet unborn will cry out in laughter!

The enemy may shatter our threads, but they cannot break our spirit.
Even now they advance on our forums, to seize by force what they cannot claim by right.

They cannot imagine what awaits them. WE WILL TURN THE FLAMES AWAY FROM OUR FORUMS!

Though they sweep over our lands like the sands of winter, never again will we bow before them; never again endure their incessant arguing; never again endure their constant droning.

We will laugh without warning and without mercy, laughing as one hand, one heart, one soul.

We will derail their arguments and crash their debates, drenching our ancestors' keyboards with their tears. And as our last laugh tears at their lungs; as we rise again from the ruins of our threads... they will know: THE FORUMS BELONG TO THOSE SEEKING FUN AND LEVITY.


So join me, my brothers and sister, join me in bringin the fun back to these forums.
Let us share in a thread dedicated to fun, let us re-take these forums for we have lost something precious to the age of the fire and I say it is time we reclaim the forum section that is rightfully ours.

I demand we ban the everlasting flames of the "-ism" threads to the flamewars where they belong.

I implore you my fellow scapists, to retake these forums for it's intended purpose. Let the off-topic-forum rise again, to stand as a beacon of fun, laughter and civility.

NOW LET US HAVE A THREAD OF FUN AND LAUGHTER.
BRING GIFS.
BRING SILLY HATS.
BRING MUSIC.
I WANT YOUR SILLY PUNS, YOUR GROANWORTHY JOKES AND YOUR FAMILARITY.
LET US REJOICE ONCE AGAIN

 

Imp_Emissary

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Party!


Why not just make an ~ism part of the forums? Then send all the ~ism threads there. That way everyone knows what they are getting into, and they know where to get their ~ism fix.

If we can't do that, then I guess putting them all with R&P will work.
 

Calibanbutcher

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Imp Emissary said:
Party!


Why not just make an ~ism part of the forums? Then send all the ~ism threads there. That way everyone knows what they are getting into, and they know where to get their ~ism fix.

If we can't do that, then I guess putting them all with R&P will work.
Yeah, I feel that the R&P section is very much appropriate. Let's call it "Religion & Politics & Gender", which we can abbreviate to the kick-ass RPG.


 

Imp_Emissary

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Calibanbutcher said:
Imp Emissary said:
Party!


Why not just make an ~ism part of the forums? Then send all the ~ism threads there. That way everyone knows what they are getting into, and they know where to get their ~ism fix.

If we can't do that, then I guess putting them all with R&P will work.
Yeah, I feel that the R&P section is very much appropriate. Let's call it "Religion & Politics & Gender", which we can abbreviate to the kick-ass RPG.


From R&P, to R,P&G. HA! That could work too I guess.

 

The White Hunter

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If you ask me we just need to start enforcing the fun policies again. Complete with buttered corn and big daddies for punishment.
 

Calibanbutcher

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Imp Emissary said:
Calibanbutcher said:
Imp Emissary said:
Party!


Why not just make an ~ism part of the forums? Then send all the ~ism threads there. That way everyone knows what they are getting into, and they know where to get their ~ism fix.

If we can't do that, then I guess putting them all with R&P will work.
Yeah, I feel that the R&P section is very much appropriate. Let's call it "Religion & Politics & Gender", which we can abbreviate to the kick-ass RPG.


From R&P, to R,P&G. HA! That could work too I guess.

Of course it would work, the one who came up with it is a genius afterall.

 

Specter Von Baren

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Glory to ridiculousness! My friends, I can only turn to one man in this dire hour to free us from our drudgery by feeding us magnificent ridiculousness!

Forumites! I give you... the works of JohnSu!!!

 

Hero of Lime

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Yes, I agree those subjects should be moved to religion and politics forum. HOWEVER! The fun is not gone from the Escapist community and forums, you just have to seek it out! You can just avoid those crazy places when they do come up like I do.
 

Lionsfan

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I'll say the same thing I said when Matthew98 suggested this way back when. If the "ism" threads bother you so much, just don't click on them.

Pushing them to R&P is essentially sweeping it under the rug
 

The Artificially Prolonged

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SkarKrow said:
If you ask me we just need to start enforcing the fun policies again. Complete with buttered corn and big daddies for punishment.
Perhaps a rigorous interview process is needed to ensure that only fun people are allowed to post.

 

Fiz_The_Toaster

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Is...is it safe to come out of the bunker?

I've been down there for so long I thought all was lost, and fun and whimsy were a thing of the past.

In that little celebration I think sharing one of my favorite videos ever is in order. :D

 

The White Hunter

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The Artificially Prolonged said:
SkarKrow said:
If you ask me we just need to start enforcing the fun policies again. Complete with buttered corn and big daddies for punishment.
Perhaps a rigorous interview process is needed to ensure that only fun people are allowed to post.

I agree, perhaps there should be a rigorous interview. Perhaps involving clowns.
 

The White Hunter

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Fiz_The_Toaster said:
Is...is it safe to come out of the bunker?

I've been down there for so long I thought all was lost, and fun and whimsy were a thing of the past.

In that little celebration I think sharing one of my favorite videos ever is in order. :D

It's funny that you mention fun and also whimsy, it sounds like you may find a home over there, with we The Injustice League :D.

Over there we have lots of fun, and also whimsy!
 

Euryalus

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What?s The Difference Between A Bad Golfer And A Bad Skydiver? A Bad Golfer Goes, Whack, Dang! A Bad Skydiver Goes Dang! Whack.

Where Do You Find A Dog With No Legs? Right Where You Left Him.

Two fish are in a tank. One fish turns to the other and says, ?Do you know how to drive this thing??

Arbitrator: A cook that leaves Arby?s to work at McDonald?s.

How does moses make his tea? Hebrews it.

If you have diabetes after reading these I've done my job!

It would do some people wonders to choose what threads they view more selectively though. The fun threads are there *cough* mine *cough*
 

Hazy992

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Autoplay?! Damn you, you monsters! *shakes fist*

No party is complete without cheesy 80's power ballads

 

Harley Q

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but...but... I don't know how to be fun

But I have beer and cheetohs and an unnatural obsession with cartoon bunnies.

and I know how to start fires BAHAHAHA