Dellarigg
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Post by Dellarigg on Jan 26, 2017 18:31:00 GMT -5
So this has nothing to do with the folks running the site, but considering it happens over there I thought it kinda fits in on this thread. Now, knowing that one of the community standards here is to not talk about others (with the exception of Fatman) I'm going to be very vague, and talk more about my response than the person. But if it's too obvious then feel free to let me know and I'll edit or delete. There's an individual who talks about having an imaginary...shall we say friend. Everytime they start up, it makes me feel really sad and lonely for some reason. I mean I guess if it works for you who am I to judge, but it bums me out. On the other hand occasionally other commenters will make joking comments about it, and I sometimes want to upvote and laugh and other times feel like this person has shared something that for whatever reason makes sense to them and other people are taunting them with it. Which just bums me out again. Am I the only one dealing with this everytime this comes up either sincerely or as a joke? Is it actually just a bit or an old joke that I'm not aware of the origins of? Can we get someone a pet or paperwork on how to adopt? I think it's just a bit. He's certainly aware that it's absurd; enough people have pointed it out to him, and he plays along. |
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Post by Pastafarian on Jan 26, 2017 18:40:29 GMT -5
So this has nothing to do with the folks running the site, but considering it happens over there I thought it kinda fits in on this thread. Now, knowing that one of the community standards here is to not talk about others (with the exception of Fatman) I'm going to be very vague, and talk more about my response than the person. But if it's too obvious then feel free to let me know and I'll edit or delete. There's an individual who talks about having an imaginary...shall we say friend. Everytime they start up, it makes me feel really sad and lonely for some reason. I mean I guess if it works for you who am I to judge, but it bums me out. On the other hand occasionally other commenters will make joking comments about it, and I sometimes want to upvote and laugh and other times feel like this person has shared something that for whatever reason makes sense to them and other people are taunting them with it. Which just bums me out again. Am I the only one dealing with this everytime this comes up either sincerely or as a joke? Is it actually just a bit or an old joke that I'm not aware of the origins of? Can we get someone a pet or paperwork on how to adopt? I think it's just a bit. He's certainly aware that it's absurd; enough people have pointed it out to him, and he plays along. Ok, I sometimes am overly sensitive to people being mocked, especially if there's some hint of dysfunction being mocked along with it. Thanks for putting my mind at ease. Now, if you'll excuse me... *opens up notebook of saved up snarky comments* |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2017 20:08:38 GMT -5
I think it's just a bit. He's certainly aware that it's absurd; enough people have pointed it out to him, and he plays along. Ok, I sometimes am overly sensitive to people being mocked, especially if there's some hint of dysfunction being mocked along with it. Thanks for putting my mind at ease. Now, if you'll excuse me... *opens up notebook of saved up snarky comments* if memory serves, that dude got banned here for being an inveterate butt-hole, and if he elicits sympathy in you to distraction, you could consider blocking him |
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Post by Powerthirteen on Jan 26, 2017 21:35:09 GMT -5
So this has nothing to do with the folks running the site, but considering it happens over there I thought it kinda fits in on this thread. Now, knowing that one of the community standards here is to not talk about others (with the exception of Fatman) I'm going to be very vague, and talk more about my response than the person. But if it's too obvious then feel free to let me know and I'll edit or delete. There's an individual who talks about having an imaginary...shall we say friend. Everytime they start up, it makes me feel really sad and lonely for some reason. I mean I guess if it works for you who am I to judge, but it bums me out. On the other hand occasionally other commenters will make joking comments about it, and I sometimes want to upvote and laugh and other times feel like this person has shared something that for whatever reason makes sense to them and other people are taunting them with it. Which just bums me out again. Am I the only one dealing with this everytime this comes up either sincerely or as a joke? Is it actually just a bit or an old joke that I'm not aware of the origins of? Can we get someone a pet or paperwork on how to adopt? I think it's just a bit. He's certainly aware that it's absurd; enough people have pointed it out to him, and he plays along. I'm not entirely sure I agree, and even if he does, it seems like it's a symptom of a way deeper problem. But folks have tried to help him out a hundred times and he's not interested in not hating himself, so I dunno what there is to do. |
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Post by Meth Lab Shenanigans on Jan 27, 2017 0:44:16 GMT -5
I think it's just a bit. He's certainly aware that it's absurd; enough people have pointed it out to him, and he plays along. I'm not entirely sure I agree, and even if he does, it seems like it's a symptom of a way deeper problem. But folks have tried to help him out a hundred times and he's not interested in not hating himself, so I dunno what there is to do. yeah, I always go back and forth on whether or not he's joking or whether he legitimately has real issues, and I think the answer may be a combination of the two |
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Post by Post-Lupin on Jan 27, 2017 9:31:17 GMT -5
I'm not entirely sure I agree, and even if he does, it seems like it's a symptom of a way deeper problem. But folks have tried to help him out a hundred times and he's not interested in not hating himself, so I dunno what there is to do. yeah, I always go back and forth on whether or not he's joking or whether he legitimately has real issues, and I think the answer may be a combination of the two It can be two things? |
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Dellarigg
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Post by Dellarigg on Jan 27, 2017 9:40:26 GMT -5
I don't doubt that his issues are real, but the imaginary daughter seems far more of a performance than the plethora of others.
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Post by Post-Lupin on Jan 30, 2017 17:20:32 GMT -5
Not reviewing Season 2 of Fortitude.
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Post by swagonion on Jan 30, 2017 18:40:06 GMT -5
Not reviewing Season 2 of Fortitude. This has yet to air in the US or obtain a US broadcast partner! (The network that aired it here went out of business after helping fund S2. All of their other programs have found homes, but Fortitude hasn't yet. I suspect it will turn up on Hulu eventually.) |
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Post by Pastafarian on Jan 30, 2017 19:54:53 GMT -5
Not reviewing Season 2 of Fortitude. This has yet to air in the US or obtain a US broadcast partner! (The network that aired it here went out of business after helping fund S2. All of their other programs have found homes, but Fortitude hasn't yet. I suspect it will turn up on Hulu eventually.) Apologies for the topic hijack, but I was wondering something the other day that I thought you might have an answer to. Though it could be a Disqus thing and maybe they don't share their methods with people outside of their organization. Anyway, when an obvious spam poster, i.e. "I made 94,000 dollars last week working for Google! I drive a Land Rover! You have to click this link!" is flagged, what's the process for getting that profile deleted? I notice when I go to flag them, they always have about 150 comments give or take, which I assume are all identical but hard to say since 100% of the time they are private profiles. Assuming they've been flagged at least a few times already I'm surprised they have so many comments. Do they only delete profiles a set time (like once a day) or is it ongoing? Does a certain number of flaggings have to happen before someone reviews it? Is there an actual person or is there any automation involved? Also has anyone ever considered making someone who signs up for a private account undergo a little more scrutiny before they are unleashed on the legit commenters? First world problems and all that, but the spam bots annoy the hell out of me, because I know their goal is to fool someone into giving up money to them, and in principle I don't like such people. |
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Post by Pedantic Editor Type on Jan 30, 2017 20:46:53 GMT -5
Not reviewing Season 2 of Fortitude. This has yet to air in the US or obtain a US broadcast partner! (The network that aired it here went out of business after helping fund S2. All of their other programs have found homes, but Fortitude hasn't yet. I suspect it will turn up on Hulu eventually.) It was on Amazon Prime before, I hope it shows up there, I desperately want to see it but would rather not manage yet another streaming service. (by before I mean season 1.) |
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Post by swagonion on Jan 31, 2017 0:28:33 GMT -5
This has yet to air in the US or obtain a US broadcast partner! (The network that aired it here went out of business after helping fund S2. All of their other programs have found homes, but Fortitude hasn't yet. I suspect it will turn up on Hulu eventually.) Apologies for the topic hijack, but I was wondering something the other day that I thought you might have an answer to. Though it could be a Disqus thing and maybe they don't share their methods with people outside of their organization. Anyway, when an obvious spam poster, i.e. "I made 94,000 dollars last week working for Google! I drive a Land Rover! You have to click this link!" is flagged, what's the process for getting that profile deleted? I notice when I go to flag them, they always have about 150 comments give or take, which I assume are all identical but hard to say since 100% of the time they are private profiles. Assuming they've been flagged at least a few times already I'm surprised they have so many comments. Do they only delete profiles a set time (like once a day) or is it ongoing? Does a certain number of flaggings have to happen before someone reviews it? Is there an actual person or is there any automation involved? Also has anyone ever considered making someone who signs up for a private account undergo a little more scrutiny before they are unleashed on the legit commenters? First world problems and all that, but the spam bots annoy the hell out of me, because I know their goal is to fool someone into giving up money to them, and in principle I don't like such people. The answer to this is: I don't know. I was never too involved with the Disqus end of things. |
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Post by Post-Lupin on Jan 31, 2017 5:44:22 GMT -5
Apologies for the topic hijack, but I was wondering something the other day that I thought you might have an answer to. Though it could be a Disqus thing and maybe they don't share their methods with people outside of their organization. Anyway, when an obvious spam poster, i.e. "I made 94,000 dollars last week working for Google! I drive a Land Rover! You have to click this link!" is flagged, what's the process for getting that profile deleted? I notice when I go to flag them, they always have about 150 comments give or take, which I assume are all identical but hard to say since 100% of the time they are private profiles. Assuming they've been flagged at least a few times already I'm surprised they have so many comments. Do they only delete profiles a set time (like once a day) or is it ongoing? Does a certain number of flaggings have to happen before someone reviews it? Is there an actual person or is there any automation involved? Also has anyone ever considered making someone who signs up for a private account undergo a little more scrutiny before they are unleashed on the legit commenters? First world problems and all that, but the spam bots annoy the hell out of me, because I know their goal is to fool someone into giving up money to them, and in principle I don't like such people. The answer to this is: I don't know. I was never too involved with the Disqus end of things. Nor I. In conclusion: FUCK DISQUS. |
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Post by Pastafarian on Jan 31, 2017 9:38:46 GMT -5
The answer to this is: I don't know. I was never too involved with the Disqus end of things. Nor I. In conclusion: FUCK DISQUS. I want to punch Disqus. |
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Post by GumTurkeyles on Jan 31, 2017 9:59:50 GMT -5
This has yet to air in the US or obtain a US broadcast partner! (The network that aired it here went out of business after helping fund S2. All of their other programs have found homes, but Fortitude hasn't yet. I suspect it will turn up on Hulu eventually.) Apologies for the topic hijack, but I was wondering something the other day that I thought you might have an answer to. Though it could be a Disqus thing and maybe they don't share their methods with people outside of their organization. Anyway, when an obvious spam poster, i.e. "I made 94,000 dollars last week working for Google! I drive a Land Rover! You have to click this link!" is flagged, what's the process for getting that profile deleted? I notice when I go to flag them, they always have about 150 comments give or take, which I assume are all identical but hard to say since 100% of the time they are private profiles. Assuming they've been flagged at least a few times already I'm surprised they have so many comments. Do they only delete profiles a set time (like once a day) or is it ongoing? Does a certain number of flaggings have to happen before someone reviews it? Is there an actual person or is there any automation involved? Also has anyone ever considered making someone who signs up for a private account undergo a little more scrutiny before they are unleashed on the legit commenters? First world problems and all that, but the spam bots annoy the hell out of me, because I know their goal is to fool someone into giving up money to them, and in principle I don't like such people. Not enough people are buying through amazon using the AV Club's links. The staff has resorted to other means of generating income. |
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Post by Pastafarian on Jan 31, 2017 13:12:54 GMT -5
Apologies for the topic hijack, but I was wondering something the other day that I thought you might have an answer to. Though it could be a Disqus thing and maybe they don't share their methods with people outside of their organization. Anyway, when an obvious spam poster, i.e. "I made 94,000 dollars last week working for Google! I drive a Land Rover! You have to click this link!" is flagged, what's the process for getting that profile deleted? I notice when I go to flag them, they always have about 150 comments give or take, which I assume are all identical but hard to say since 100% of the time they are private profiles. Assuming they've been flagged at least a few times already I'm surprised they have so many comments. Do they only delete profiles a set time (like once a day) or is it ongoing? Does a certain number of flaggings have to happen before someone reviews it? Is there an actual person or is there any automation involved? Also has anyone ever considered making someone who signs up for a private account undergo a little more scrutiny before they are unleashed on the legit commenters? First world problems and all that, but the spam bots annoy the hell out of me, because I know their goal is to fool someone into giving up money to them, and in principle I don't like such people. Not enough people are buying through amazon using the AV Club's links. The staff has resorted to other means of generating income. I've got a freezer full of Hormel Black Label, that didn't help? |
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Post by ganews on Jan 31, 2017 15:04:41 GMT -5
It seems the Newswire link at the top of Newswires has been lost to another layout modification, which is annoying because after I read the main page I just stay on the Newswire page.
On the other hand, the "most read" section on the right is gone, so it looks like I will hardly ever read a Great Job, Internet! entry again.
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Post by Powerthirteen on Jan 31, 2017 15:10:16 GMT -5
It seems the Newswire link at the top of Newswires has been lost to another layout modification, which is annoying because after I read the main page I just stay on the Newswire page. On the other hand, the "most read" section on the right is gone, so it looks like I will hardly ever read a Great Job, Internet! entry again. I've always just bookmarked the "Recent" page. |
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Post by Pedantic Editor Type on Jan 31, 2017 15:28:21 GMT -5
Hey, I can reply from the comment pop-up again!
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Post by ganews on Jan 31, 2017 16:17:04 GMT -5
It seems the Newswire link at the top of Newswires has been lost to another layout modification, which is annoying because after I read the main page I just stay on the Newswire page. On the other hand, the "most read" section on the right is gone, so it looks like I will hardly ever read a Great Job, Internet! entry again. Now they've fixed both issues. There is no way they are paying attention to this little forum, though. |
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Post by Pastafarian on Jan 31, 2017 17:25:58 GMT -5
Hey, I can reply from the comment pop-up again! I could hardly believe it but after 6 months? More? I can now too. Still can't upvote, but hey, the starving man doesn't turn away from stale bread. Sorry I haven't had lunch yet. |
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Post by Meth Lab Shenanigans on Feb 1, 2017 22:31:36 GMT -5
prediction for tomorrow:
1. newswire about Matthew McConnaughey's tone-deaf suggestion that Hollywood try to work with Trump's government for some greater bipartisan goal or some shit, I dunno, anyway it's clearly not something that will ever actually happen
2. the commentariat gets extremely angry about it without considering why they care so much about what Matthew McConnaughey thinks
3. there's at least one comment thread about how they'll never be able to watch him in movies or TV shows again
let me know if that's about right because I'm not going to bother reading it
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Post by William T. Goat, Esq. on Feb 2, 2017 22:13:46 GMT -5
So this has nothing to do with the folks running the site, but considering it happens over there I thought it kinda fits in on this thread. Now, knowing that one of the community standards here is to not talk about others (with the exception of Fatman) I'm going to be very vague, and talk more about my response than the person. But if it's too obvious then feel free to let me know and I'll edit or delete. There's an individual who talks about having an imaginary...shall we say friend. Everytime they start up, it makes me feel really sad and lonely for some reason. I mean I guess if it works for you who am I to judge, but it bums me out. On the other hand occasionally other commenters will make joking comments about it, and I sometimes want to upvote and laugh and other times feel like this person has shared something that for whatever reason makes sense to them and other people are taunting them with it. Which just bums me out again. Am I the only one dealing with this everytime this comes up either sincerely or as a joke? Is it actually just a bit or an old joke that I'm not aware of the origins of? Can we get someone a pet or paperwork on how to adopt? I don't think the regular commentors are taunting with malice, and I imagine the non-regulars are just amused. At least he acknowledges that it's imaginary, so it's not like he's lost the ability to tell the difference between reality and fantasy. I project a fantasy persona in the comments myself, so I won't judge. If it gets him through the day, more power to him. |
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Post by Powerthirteen on Feb 7, 2017 19:09:28 GMT -5
That one dude commenting his ass off in the Kite-Surfing Barack post is really quite something. Somewhere in Montana there are plumes of smoke billowing out of a suburban basement as he blows through keyboard after keyboard desperately linking to the Mises Institute.
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Post by Post-Lupin on Feb 8, 2017 14:58:20 GMT -5
'COMING DISTRATCTIONS'
Boy, I sure hope somebody got fired for that blunder!
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Post by monodrone on Feb 9, 2017 9:12:04 GMT -5
'COMING DISTRATCTIONS' Boy, I sure hope somebody got fired for that blunder!
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Post by Meth Lab Shenanigans on Feb 9, 2017 23:18:43 GMT -5
'COMING DISTRATCTIONS' Boy, I sure hope somebody got fired for that blunder!
COMING DISTRATCTIONS |
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Post by Ron Howard Voice on Feb 10, 2017 14:42:59 GMT -5
AV Club and - even more tragically - Clickhole are now autoplaying Jack in the Box ads in the top right corner and you can't stop them.
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Post by Powerthirteen on Feb 10, 2017 14:56:40 GMT -5
Someone just informed me in the comments that The White Stripes "aren't actually indie, they're garage," which, fuck you, that kind of shit is why rock and roll is dying.
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Post by ayatollahcm on Feb 10, 2017 15:01:09 GMT -5
Someone just informed me in the comments that The White Stripes "aren't actually indie, they're garage," which, fuck you, that kind of shit is why rock and roll is dying. There's an alternate universe where this is a conservative rallying cry for why Hillary lost the election. |
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