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Re: The Small Rants Thread XII: The Folly of Life
« Reply #340 on: January 08, 2019, 06:10:20 PM »
 :clap congrats Bruj  :hug

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Re: The Small Rants Thread XII: The Folly of Life
« Reply #341 on: January 17, 2019, 07:14:44 PM »
I don't know where to put this so why not here.

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Re: The Small Rants Thread XII: The Folly of Life
« Reply #342 on: January 21, 2019, 04:56:54 AM »
Update on my vehicle/home trouble. I had to drop $400 for the registration this month, and the check engine light is still on due to a glow plug needing to be replaced. The CHEAPEST estimate I've found for the labor is $350+tax, and that's with me already having the replacement part and no guarantee of that actually being the final price. Any mechanic in this area who will work on an older diesel vehicle wants you to sign a paper that says you are paying for a repair ATTEMPT.

Glow plug replacement is a process notorious for "whoops I fucked it up and now need thousands in repairs" types of problems, so most mechanics won't touch it.

As a reminder for perspective: I live on $900/month in one of the most expensive locations in the country.

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Re: The Small Rants Thread XII: The Folly of Life
« Reply #343 on: January 21, 2019, 05:18:25 PM »
SorO being banned means one of the few campaigns I'd been playing in here has lost a DM. Shame, too, I was having fun with that one.
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Re: The Small Rants Thread XII: The Folly of Life
« Reply #344 on: January 21, 2019, 05:49:12 PM »
wait what,

Soro is banned?
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Re: The Small Rants Thread XII: The Folly of Life
« Reply #346 on: January 21, 2019, 05:59:50 PM »
Nooooooooooooooooooooo he's like one of my favorite people here Soro was really nice and great and helpful and knows shit and I'm so mad at him for this  :banghead

That damned lovable idiot needs to learn to just suck it up and not respond to something sometimes :shakefist


Well, I'm done ranting. I hope I'm not in trouble for ranting about banned peeps in the angry thread -_-'

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Re: The Small Rants Thread XII: The Folly of Life
« Reply #347 on: January 21, 2019, 07:57:02 PM »
wait what,

Soro is banned?

Yes, he has been banned.

what did i miss?

is this a temp ban or perm?

what gives?
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Re: The Small Rants Thread XII: The Folly of Life
« Reply #348 on: January 21, 2019, 09:22:54 PM »
Wait, what? o.O
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Re: The Small Rants Thread XII: The Folly of Life
« Reply #349 on: January 21, 2019, 09:45:05 PM »
From Discord:
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To quote Agita "You can tell SorO that if he doesn't consider literally every interaction with me other than the one time I fished some deleted posts out of google cache in the entire last several years sufficient warning that's part of the reason he's out."

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Re: The Small Rants Thread XII: The Folly of Life
« Reply #350 on: January 22, 2019, 08:09:18 PM »
 :-\ wow...I guess it's perma?

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Re: The Small Rants Thread XII: The Folly of Life
« Reply #351 on: January 23, 2019, 10:48:11 PM »
Can we like, take a vote on this?   :blush
SorO may be a dick, but he's our dick.  And you shouldn't cut your dick off. 
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Re: The Small Rants Thread XII: The Folly of Life
« Reply #352 on: January 23, 2019, 11:04:20 PM »
Can we like, take a vote on this?   :blush
SorO may be a dick, but he's our dick.  And you shouldn't cut your dick off.
And that's kind of one of those lines you never expect to read.

Though in a way, I suppose I can back this up. I mean, I used to be a huge dick in these forums myself. SorO is pretty tactless, but I don't think he's actively malicious.
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Re: The Small Rants Thread XII: The Folly of Life
« Reply #353 on: January 24, 2019, 12:31:47 AM »
Can we like, take a vote on this?   :blush
SorO may be a dick, but he's our dick.  And you shouldn't cut your dick off.
And that's kind of one of those lines you never expect to read.

Though in a way, I suppose I can back this up. I mean, I used to be a huge dick in these forums myself. SorO is pretty tactless, but I don't think he's actively malicious.

Thing is, you greatly improved. Soro didn't. He actually kept getting worst. And consider yourself lucky you didn't end in his direct line of fire, because he did actively start to get extremely malicious.

As the mods pointed out, it wasn't a sudden thing, it was the piling up of years of ignoring multiple warning from the people he directly attacked.

And if his ban is revoked, he'll only become worst. He'll consider that there was absolutely nothing with his behavior after all and only keep escalating it even faster.

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Re: The Small Rants Thread XII: The Folly of Life
« Reply #354 on: January 24, 2019, 12:46:11 AM »
What's done is done, ayup.

And to continue the dick analogy...  There is such a thing as penile cancer and sometimes it does require surgery to remove.  And there can be an associated phantom "limb" sort of thing after that, but better that than the cancer.

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Re: The Small Rants Thread XII: The Folly of Life
« Reply #355 on: January 24, 2019, 03:10:49 AM »
Can we like, take a vote on this?   :blush
SorO may be a dick, but he's our dick.  And you shouldn't cut your dick off.
And that's kind of one of those lines you never expect to read.

Though in a way, I suppose I can back this up. I mean, I used to be a huge dick in these forums myself. SorO is pretty tactless, but I don't think he's actively malicious.

Thing is, you greatly improved. Soro didn't. He actually kept getting worst. And consider yourself lucky you didn't end in his direct line of fire, because he did actively start to get extremely malicious.

As the mods pointed out, it wasn't a sudden thing, it was the piling up of years of ignoring multiple warning from the people he directly attacked.

And if his ban is revoked, he'll only become worst. He'll consider that there was absolutely nothing with his behavior after all and only keep escalating it even faster.

Fair.  Still, it feels somehow wrong. Like we're betraying our principles.
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Re: The Small Rants Thread XII: The Folly of Life
« Reply #356 on: January 24, 2019, 03:27:39 AM »
I know it can be hard to let go of old things but sometimes you need to do just that, let it go.

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Re: The Small Rants Thread XII: The Folly of Life
« Reply #357 on: January 24, 2019, 08:40:18 AM »
Fair.  Still, it feels somehow wrong. Like we're betraying our principles.


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Re: The Small Rants Thread XII: The Folly of Life
« Reply #358 on: January 24, 2019, 08:42:48 AM »
Oh good. I was afraid someone would start singing "Frozen" songs and I'd have to punch someone in the face.

Can we like, take a vote on this?   :blush
SorO may be a dick, but he's our dick.  And you shouldn't cut your dick off.
And that's kind of one of those lines you never expect to read.

Though in a way, I suppose I can back this up. I mean, I used to be a huge dick in these forums myself. SorO is pretty tactless, but I don't think he's actively malicious.

Thing is, you greatly improved. Soro didn't. He actually kept getting worst. And consider yourself lucky you didn't end in his direct line of fire, because he did actively start to get extremely malicious.

As the mods pointed out, it wasn't a sudden thing, it was the piling up of years of ignoring multiple warning from the people he directly attacked.

And if his ban is revoked, he'll only become worst. He'll consider that there was absolutely nothing with his behavior after all and only keep escalating it even faster.

To be fair, I tend to leave a bad initial impression in nearly every group I join. But deep down I'm a good guy.
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Re: The Small Rants Thread XII: The Folly of Life
« Reply #359 on: January 24, 2019, 11:42:19 PM »
I mean, IDK... He was actually pretty supportive of me during my bad times, one of the few that cared enough to send PM's and offer a helping hand. I don't think he's a bad person, not at all. Rash? Combative? Yes, but not a bad person. He's been a part of this community for so long i kinda don't see it being a good thing...

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