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Dean

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Posted: January 24 2015 at 09:31

pfft!

What?

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Posted: January 24 2015 at 07:29

damnit

... my attempts of putting on a sweet innocent face just doesn't cut it anymore I guess.

Though I once had it.. hell I was still being carded for cigarettes into my 30's. I guess hard living, my wicked ways and bad reputation here have finally caught up to me.

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Posted: January 24 2015 at 07:23

micky did it Embarrassed

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Posted: January 24 2015 at 07:00

*puts on my sweet innocent precious baby face*

hey... I'm innocent man... I just posted a nice cute picture of Gracie! And ignored no warning from Steve once given.. besides someone has to keep you guys on your toes. What fun would be an admin be if you had a nice clean forum...and didn't have Micky to kick around. LOL

Edited by micky - January 24 2015 at 07:03

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Posted: January 24 2015 at 06:58

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Posted: January 24 2015 at 06:51

"some admin"?

One of the nicest guys around, Steve, drops by to note that you're using the f-word a little too vicariously, and then you just continue posting memes with the exact same content Confused

We, as admins, have a responsibility to keep the forum somewhat sober and free of profanity - not because we want to but because we want the site to endure, and it is part of the job description. If that's too softcore for anyone, then I suggest you take it somewhere else where folks are allowed to talk like sailors.

Anyway, if you ever are looking for threads where you can just sit back and relax - not having to talk about anything in particular, I wholeheartedly recommend either the shred or the adult version: the shed.

As this thread now is in JFF, I guess you guys can take it anywhere it needs to go - ie slick moves to court Sonia, meme fun and all sorts of rambling Wink

Edited by Guldbamsen - January 24 2015 at 06:55

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Posted: January 24 2015 at 06:40

Vompatti wrote:

3/5

pfff.. fanboy and I HATE ratings without reviews Angry

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PROG ARCHIVES TOPIC REVIEW: Reviewers should be Judged too!

1.00 | 1 ratings

Over the years Prog Archives has seen seen its share of silly, pointless and often controversial threads. However with this one, one can ask themselves, have we finally seen the worst of the worst. Thus I feel inspired to immortalize it in a review.

The problem.. how to do so in a way befitting the topic! To help with my problem.. I have decided on a novel approach. I talked with some friends about this notion of reviewers being reviewed and got some interesting responses. So... why not let them say it for me. So I proceed with my thoughts on the thread... said so much than me....

'The lackluster idea behind the thread is presented with artless exposition; they've compromised between using ideas that fit the forum zeitgeist and trying to alter the forum zeitgeist to validate the idea of critiquing reviewers, and as a result everything sounds contrived.'

'I find reading threads like this to be just a little more enjoyable than viewing images of endless Middle Eastern atrocities, or reading the gruesome details of the latest killings by some gun-toting psychopath.'

'SPEECHLESS'

'The discussion is extremely competent but for every good idea (and there are some) there is one equally crass and stupid'

'I can honestly think of few threads as tedious to read to as this one... thank god at least for the Big Mick who doubles a forum savior at times there '

'This album for me highlights for me what Prog Archives is about. Score of members who all do their own thing, and though they are all respected in their ways, they fail at coming together to make a solid forum.'

'It sounds like an exaggeration but this thread goes on for 6 pages and I can scarely point to anything of value, other than the hot picture of Grace Slick '

Anyway... that about sums up what I thought of the thread. I couldn't bother with a post by post breakdown since it all ran together and the subject of the thread bored me and I lost interest in trying to follow the actual arguments. I was honestly only roused to attention when some the admin team dropped in to lay down the law and caught the squeeky clean Kati in the wreckage of Grace Slicks appearance.

For the site...1 stars..... Not exactly a high point of good forum topics.

For me personally... 5 stars.. it beats another X verus Y band poll and they give the forum trolls room to play.

Michael (aka micky)

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Posted: January 24 2015 at 05:27

3/5

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Posted: January 24 2015 at 04:48

Kati wrote:

And for those who are easily shocked, 2 days left to go for confession

Thanks for a great time yesterday, Kati my dear. Hope you enjoyed it too Wink

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Posted: January 24 2015 at 04:19

Moved to just for fun.

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Posted: January 24 2015 at 02:38

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Where the ~~f**k~~ tarter sauce has the thread topic gone??? LOL

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Posted: January 23 2015 at 21:43

Reviews that run counter to my musical tastes should be banned forthwith as a scandalous assault on my personal prerogatives. The nerve!

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Posted: January 23 2015 at 21:13

Using profanity in its censored or abbreviated form is not an ban-able offence.

The PA does not permit profane words to be shown unbleeped and the site rules and guidelines stipulate that circumventing the guideline will result in a warning (which if ignored can result in an account suspension), this 'circumventing' includes posting images that display these cuss-words. This "rule" has been a site rule from the beginning at the request of the site owner and has nothing to do with Google's over-zealous and ridiculous threat to withdraw their advertising over some innocuous album cover artwork.

You can say tits, bums, boobies, wtf and offs to your heart's content as long as you are not using them to deliberately offend and insult someone. Even f*ck, sh*t and tw*t can be used as long as it is in moderation and not directed towards another person.

Bleeping out a swear-word is not censorship since everyone can tell what the c*nsored word is. However, what is being proposed in the OP here is a form of censorship by proxy.

What?

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Posted: January 23 2015 at 19:57

Ban me if you wish, I find this all very silly.

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Posted: January 23 2015 at 19:53

Dean wrote:

OFFS. Profanity is not banned by Google and the request that members refrain from using profanity is not censorship.

I do not write/type any profanity, my mom made sure of that as she was eager with putting chilly sauce on my mouth every time I tried when I was younger. I however do not have any issues with WTF and believe this is not insulting when used appropriately. There are more things for me to be concerned about and the use of profanity by others is not one of them.

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Posted: January 23 2015 at 19:46

Metalmarsh89 wrote:

Where the ~~f**k~~ tarter sauce has the thread topic gone???

hayhahahaha Metalmarsh89 hahaha!!!!

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Posted: January 23 2015 at 19:44

Where the ~~f**k~~ tarter sauce has the thread topic gone??? LOL

Edited by Metalmarsh89 - January 23 2015 at 19:45

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Posted: January 23 2015 at 19:32

Ha Ha....

All is well folks... I just wanted to say something before we had like 15 more F-word images, before it got out of hand, because it looked like it was headed in that direction. No rules were broken or anything.

Edited by HolyMoly - January 23 2015 at 19:33

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Posted: January 23 2015 at 19:09