Is It Me Or Are Most Staff Members Abusive!!

[dkb2003]

Why is that if the text of your message isnt right or you DONT USE THE RIGHT CAPS they like to comment on it...or you leave a thread that they DONT LIKE...they have to be rude,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,like the comas,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,ok then....back to what i was saying...if it wasnt for us they wouldnt even be here ...but yet most of the senior members are rude and have no patience for new members...this baffles me...i guess i will move on to another forum....gl rude boys.....

[RJay]

Don't let it bug you, we're just as rude and short tempered on the E- Gunparts forum.

[skeeter1]

Quite frankly, I've found the editors and moderators (and most members) here to be quite polite and helpful. I don't know who burned you, but maybe you should take a look in the mirror.

[BillCA]

And here I thought it was because some of us actually paid attention in English class. :D

[Double Naught Spy]

It's you.

[blume357]

Think about it.

[model 25]

Or do like I have done and go someplace else. There is alot of freedom elsewhere. Freedom of thought and exspression is important to me and it bothers me when the sites use NAZI tactics when they don't like what is being said whether true or not. If the Nazi had a delete button they wouldn't of had to burn books.

Yep I come back just for a bit to see if the site has changed any but as the thread shows I need to leave again. Now make sure you delete this thought before someone reads it.

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[joab]

Alot of the members and mods here are older guys. From a generation that called a spade a spade without all the flowery PC crap that is so in vogue today instead.

Some of the people I have the most respect for on this forum are the ones that have been "rude" to me

[Wildalaska]

I like to be abused.

WildachapteroutofkraftebbingAlaska

[Rich Lucibella]

u no what reely gets my pantees in a wad

when basking robens gives u a certifacut for a free ice creme coan and u go in and thay aks u not to cut into the frunt of the line and when its finly your tern thay wont let u have a choclit sundee then when u take the dam cheep coan and the ice creme part falls on the floor thay get all bent becuz you pik it up and put it bak on the coan part and start slurping up the driping ice creem and likking your fingers and then becuz your trying to not to loose any of it u tilt your hed bak and try stufing it in your moouth and the ice creem gets up your noze so u try to cleen that out at the cownter and befor u no it thay aks you to leeve freeking nazis that reely puts me in a bad mude dam fashests all i want is to be able to walk into basking robens and get in frunt of the line and get a free sundee and eet it at the cownter with my hands like i was tawt rich

[oldbillthundercheif]

Ha!

Moderators, please add a post like the one above to show everyone you are not humorless geeks.

Sure, sometimes people are rude on this forum. That's the beauty of the whole thing... You can say what's on your mind.

[UniversalFrost]

Alot of the members and mods here are older guys. From a generation that called a spade a spade without all the flowery PC crap that is so in vogue today instead.


Heck I am a younger guy (27) and if your a friggin idiot I will let you know in plain english to bugger off.

As far as the mods' being abusive they are not. I have on occasion stepped out of line or joined the bandwagon on a flame session (.22 for elephants post by a guy new to guns) and they have been quick to put me and theothers in our place and give us a scolding like our parents did (or should have done).

Too bad that you had what you felt was an unfair expereice with the moderators. Life is not always fair and if you think everyone is against you maybe you should rethink the way you act/think/are .

Hope you have a better time in another forum if this one is too abusive for you. Happy trails and happy hunting.

[TheBluesMan]

Hey oldbillthundercheif! How long have you been a member here? - Not counting tomorrow! HA! :D Just kidding. Maybe. http://www.thehighroad.org/images/smilies/uhoh2.gif


dkb2003Mangling of the English language whether thru ignorance, age, sloth or intent diminishes and embarrasses each of us. Posts which are indecipherable due to inability to translate thoughts into coherent written statements will be deleted without explanation. Recidivists will be removed.
How is it rude to request that guests comport themselves in a dignified manner?

You wanna spit on the floor of my living room and drop an F-Bomb in front of my kids, expect to be removed - without apologies, without hard feelings and without mercy.

-Dave

[SOSARMS]

that was an extremely lucid response......you been eating brain pills ?????:D

[CrustyFN]

Rich,
Thanks for sharing that with us but I don't think I will ever be able to eat at bashing robens again.:D :D :D
Rusty

[jhgreasemonkey]

Rich you wear pantees??? Dude! Those are for ladies!
See he's got a sense of humor! You stinkin Poop faces!
Dont take it bad my friend. Keep in mind you cant see the facial expressions of the people who are talking to you. So it might sound worse than intended. Now if only I would go by this. You stinkin Poop faces! :D

[tyme]

Panty raid!

[Heist]

Rich = JeffK?!

[Rich Lucibella]

OK-
That's enough. I only wear panties rarely....always on my head. But, even then, only when I'm known by my pen name, Bunny.

There, I've said it and I'm glad!
Rich

[Ammo Junky]

Panty raid!

+1 :D :D :D

[sm]

TFL raised the bar for all Internet Forums; TFL continues to raise the bar.

If one does not wish to assist in keeping the bar raised, or continue to raise the bar then 1) leave, 2) stick around and learn.

As shared above , we have Rules of Conduct , we also have Etiquette. Proper Etiquette is to PM Staff with questions. If a particular Staff member needs to be addressed, do so via PM.

Many of us know from experience, by visiting with Rich or any Staff here on TFL, about anything, these folks actually do listen and pay attention.

This medium is difficult enough, even with smile faces, to communicate.

---That said---


Rich...Rich...Rich, what are we going to do with you? :D

I know - Paging LawDog....page for Mr. Dawg...

Mr. Dawg,

I have an idea for a sequel to http://thelawdogfiles.blogspot.com/2006/07/whodathunkit.html#links

"Luci's tactical Panty raid".

Regards,

Steve



I want it documented here and now, if the sales of panties increase for tactical reasons, it started here on TFL and Dawg promoted it. Oh, I want a cut of the sales too.
:)

[spacemanspiff]

pheewwww!!

I thought I'd take my secrets of the Tactical Black Panties to the grave with me!
Hey, who let Arts Grammaw in here? Why does she have a bar of soap? Uh oh...



GET AWAY!!!

[TexasSIGMan]

dkb2003, you think that's rude?

Man just the other day some guy posted a topic and would you believe the whole thing was in capital letters? On top of that the guy didn't use complete sentences, and the whole mess was strung together with ....... between his thoughts. It made my head hurt trying to decipher what he was talking about.

At least THAT guy isn't complaining. Oh, wait.


Nevermind

[Doubletaptap]

Haw!! Haw!!! Haww!!!! Rich!!!!! You ought ta get a emmy fer that one!!!!!!!
Panties on the head huh? Hmmmmmmmmmmm..............:D

Hey if they don't like it here, they probably didn't have nothing worth contributing anyhoo!!!!!
I'd much rather be here learning, than on some forum where everybody is cussing and spending most of the time trying to come up with a new insult for some poor unsuspecting person who asked a simple question.
Frig em'.
So to answer DKB2003,...It's you.
George

[Mike Irwin]

It's you.

[Bud Helms]

TexasSIGMan ... :D

[Kestrel]

u no what reely gets my pantees in a wad

when basking robens gives u a certifacut for a free ice creme coan and u go in and thay aks u not to cut into the frunt of the line and when its finly your tern thay wont let u have a choclit sundee then when u take the dam cheep coan and the ice creme part falls on the floor thay get all bent becuz you pik it up and put it bak on the coan part and start slurping up the driping ice creem and likking your fingers and then becuz your trying to not to loose any of it u tilt your hed bak and try stufing it in your moouth and the ice creem gets up your noze so u try to cleen that out at the cownter and befor u no it thay aks you to leeve freeking nazis that reely puts me in a bad mude dam fashests all i want is to be able to walk into basking robens and get in frunt of the line and get a free sundee and eet it at the cownter with my hands like i was tawt rich

Hahaha! Priceless!

[Redneckrepairs]

Is It Me Or Are Most Staff Members Abusive!!

IMHO must be you .

[Anthony Terry]

im fairly new also, and always say what i think about anything. so far i have never and never will flame anyone for anything said as this is their opinion. and so far i have never been flamed or picked on in any way. this forum is put together well and the mods seem to run the show well and seem to be very knowledgeable in thier specific categories.
just give opinions without insult, keep to yourself, and ignore any flaming towards you, your main reason to come here should be to learn, then to make a few buds. then drink a few buds!!:D
remember, its just a forum, nobody hates you. just be sensible.

[sm]

Rich "done good" as we say in the South.

However, Rich is a male.

TFL raised the bar as we know and part of this "raising" involves, no matter race, gender, creed religion and so forth as stated in Rules of Conduct and Misson Statements.

Tamara.

:D

Rich's post #10 was great...Perhaps I am the only one...

Tamara could probably give Rich a run for his money. :)

Hey, just curious see , looking forward to reading Tamara's offering I admit, and [excuse...err...reason] and would serve as an example as well as to how high the bar is here at TFL. :)


Granted Tamara will probably not do so <crosses fingers she will> but it is worth a shot, so work with me folks on getting it posted.

3...2...1... "ding" <email from Rich>
Steve you are still crazy, my kind of crazy , still crazy though

Yeah well, maybe so, if it drives the Gun Grabbers Insane seeing how we Responsible Gun Owners have a sense of humor and not all knuckle- draggers - so be it.

Don't forget the "Fruit of the Loom" men's briefs slingshot report Tamara. :D

[38splfan]

The firearms community is under constant scrutiny. The grabbers just wait for someone to make a dumb-redneck unprofessional remark that they can use as ammo to prove we are all lunatics and guns should be banned for "safety".
Every effort we make to be professional helps the image of the shooting community as a whole, and that is why rule #4 is so retentively enforced.

but if u got to be a noob then buy sum of rich's tactical-lace headgear and watch theez uther doods and c wut posts are suppozed to look like.

Seriously, everyone is welcome here, just be mature.(and have panty-hair;) )

[OuTcAsT]

It's,,,,,,,,,,.........you!!!!!!!

[orionengnr]

pretty much...unanimous.

If you want tenth grade mentality, fifth grade spelling, and stream-of-(sub)conciousness, there are plenty of forums that cater to these desires.

This is one of the few that do not. Not coincidentally, it is also one of the few that I visit regularly.

I'm guessing that I am not alone.

[Don Gwinn]

I'm abusive, but only in person.

[RioShooter]

It's you.

[atlctyslkr]

Borderline Sarcrassstic

[The Terminator]

There is always some FNG here getting his feelings hurt after a few posts. I have personally barked at two of them recently, in the revolver forum, and the mods didn't say a thing. Sounds to me like they are pretty laid back as moderators.

I have known some of these people on these forums for over 10 years, some of us go all the way back to the Compuserve Firearms Forum. A good place no longer in existance.

If I visit a forum, and think that the mods are too heavy, I just vote with my feet. I don't cry about it to everyone, and yes, I have been kicked out of some places by mods over difference of opinion. Best -

[Harley Quinn]

I cannot go to football games anymore. Why you ask?
Because when in their huddle I feel like they are talking about me.

HQ;)

[CyberSEAL]

I don't think the staffers here are abusive. However, I have a good amount of experience running large and successful forums, and I think the moderators here need to adopt some policies, and then stick to them.

I used to visit this site everyday, now I come about once a month. I don't like seeing so many threads unneccessarily locked. Today is the first time I've been here in a month, and I'm seeing more locked threads than ever. Some of the forum areas seem to contain as many locked threads as they do open ones.

I've heard a lot of people complain about this, and I've had people PM me with links to other sites that aren't moderated in such a heavy-handed fashion.

I saw a closed thread about training with a HRT of some sort I wanted to reply to, god only knows why it was closed. I think some of the staffers might be operating under the misperception that these threads should be closed when the discussion dies down. Trust me, you're only thwarting your forum growth rates by doing this.

[Edward429451]

You have to look at it from the mods/owners POV. They're kind of sticking their asses out there to even have the board. If anything goes was the rule, it'd go downhill and some anti group would prolly try n sue him. IIRC, they've already tried once, and the boards still here!

Big man, that Rich fellow. Keeps it open for me N you for the principle I suppose. That's very respectable and he seems to have an ok group of mods. Can't blame em for trying to keep a handle on things. If they're wrong once in a while... so what? His board, respect his judgement.

This board is too valuable of a resource to let it get shut down for bad representation by us members.

Perspective.

[rhgunguy]

Just don't make them take their belts off.:D Their pants could fall down and you would get an eye-full of wadded panties.:eek:

[Bud Helms]

Where do you think diamonds come from? From right here on TFL, from wadded mod britches! :D

[Mike Irwin]

"Where do you think diamonds come from? From right here on TFL, from wadded mod britches!"

If that's the case, Mal is picking up the tab when we go shotgunning on the 19th.

[pickpocket]

Maybe the problem is that a fair amount of individuals (both here and in the real world) only claim to respect those people who "tell it like it is" only until they are the focus of the "telling"...

In other words: We can dish it out but have a hard time taking it.

If getting reprimanded or called out tends to make one feel uncomfortable...maybe one should lock ones-self in a fallout shelter so that one does not have to rely on any of one's non-existent social adaptation skills.

[bobhwry]

I'm sadistic and like abuse!!

[jhgreasemonkey]

I like a moose also. I only had it once though. It was grilled with a lovely............oh wait.

[maas]

all i have to say is the mods have never hammered on me, but then again i try not to give them an excuse.
English was never a strong subject for me, and spelling was worse. thats why i use the spell check:cool: it seems like if you try your best on punctuality you wont get flamed.

as far as the senior member vs the standard and junior member battle goes. i NEVER read the posters names unless it sparks some sort of interest good or bad. most of the time its there quote that lets me know who they are.
In my mind's eye, Mike Irwin sits...in a dark room, chain-smoking unfiltered camels and drinking a neat bourbon...while muttering about the eTards and chortling at some particularly inventive bit of vitriol. -- Justin, APS

Its still hard to pass buy that one and try not to laugh:D