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wiffle ball bat
Oct 2, 2015

by Shine
the rules dont mention a shift key so do ur thing

wtf is aim speak neway

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naem
May 29, 2011

Remember that time we had more and more rules and it killed the forums that sure was

corpuscollossus
Apr 19, 2007

JiveHonky posted:

no more potty moufth.

Uncle Wemus
Mar 4, 2004

get a new batch of mods, maybe some that don't completely hate gibbis

Fushigi Yuugi fansub
Jan 20, 2007

BUTT STUFF

satanic splash-back posted:

I have a better idea: ban the OP.

quakster
Jul 21, 2007

by FactsAreUseless
tightening the rules is a bit of a double edged sword. since you can only pay attention to a limited number of posters at a time, you end up only actively paying attention to the people who say things you're interested in. these people are also the part of the community that most resembles yourself. if you then push these people out of the community because they don't behave exactly like you want them to, you also destroy your cultural link to the rest of the community

the only purpose banning ultimately serves is to find people who fit your ideals, much like hitler would've done. hosed up

Fushigi Yuugi fansub
Jan 20, 2007

BUTT STUFF
:godwin:

extra stout
Feb 24, 2005

ISILDUR's ERR

Enfield posted:

everyone has to wash their hands before posting bc its flu season

i've washed my hands - of this unfunny post

Enfield
May 30, 2011

by Nyc_Tattoo

extra stout posted:

i've washed my hands - of this unfunny post

why do you wound me so

Tendai
Mar 16, 2007

"When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber."

Grimey Drawer
Make my parrot a moderator he will literally poo poo post but also take a random dislike to people by hitting their avatars on the screen with his beak.

Primo moderator material for General Bulltrout, if you ask me.

Isaac
Aug 3, 2006

Fun Shoe
IAW'S-G'

Isaac
Aug 3, 2006

Fun Shoe
I want to try to be funny but also risk a little confrontation post-wise if im not. Not in the league of fyad but too much self esteem for byob.

quakster
Jul 21, 2007

by FactsAreUseless
seasonal protip for mods: buy a lot of candy

Ork of Fiction
Jul 22, 2013
GBS is and always has been a toilet. Every now and then, you've got to clean the graffiti off the walls. No big deal.

When it starts to overflow with poo poo though, that ain't the toilet's fault. Fix the sewer.

Tenacious J
Nov 20, 2002

Mandatory discussion on a specific topic should be implemented and enforced on a weekly rotation. I.E., all threads need to be about monster trucks one week, then about grapes the next week. I think it would be fun let's do it

ghosTTy
Sep 22, 2008

Tenacious J posted:

Mandatory discussion on a specific topic should be implemented and enforced on a weekly rotation. I.E., all threads need to be about monster trucks one week, then about grapes the next week. I think it would be fun let's do it

by mandatory do you mean everyone is required to post at least once in these threads or else they are probated for a week because I support this idea

toggle
Nov 7, 2005

More stickied threads

Gasbraai
Oct 25, 2010

Lictor my Dictor
All threads should be massive, effortpost megathreads like in the games forum and not taking the thread absolutely seriously should be grounds for a ban

Libelous Slander
May 1, 2009

... you're just creepy ...

Lunixnerd posted:

All threads should be massive, effortpost megathreads like in the games forum and not taking the thread absolutely seriously should be grounds for a ban

Agreed. Casual browsing of the General BullShit forum should be grounds for a ban. If you crack a smile or actually enjoy reading a post or thread, you should definitely reconsider your posting career and/or life.

Funky See Funky Do
Aug 20, 2013
STILL TRYING HARD
Celebrity Porn Star Lookalike Megathread.

Or whatever Lowtax is going. Does this mean I'll have to buy a new avatar to replace the one that a man who paid a woman to hold up a sign so he could post the picture in GBS so he could continue to pretend to be a woman bought me?

InsanityIsCrazy
Jan 25, 2003

by Lowtax

Business Gorillas posted:

- bring back hellthread

re: hellthread: make it so people who post in hellthread are stuck in hellthread and can't post anywhere else on gbs

Howard Johnson is right.

Beef Turret
Jul 9, 2009

by Lowtax
2 words: Shift Key.

Spanish Manlove
Aug 31, 2008

HAILGAYSATAN
Why did you post this here and not in QCS?

Libelous Slander
May 1, 2009

... you're just creepy ...

Spanish Manlove posted:

Why did you post this here and not in QCS?

Interforums communication can be a tricky thing, so the OP may have been trying to garner some input from people who read and post in GBS and don't often find themselves with a question, concern, or suggestion. You may have to wait for a direct response from the OP though, as I am just "spitballing" at this time.

Paladinus
Jan 11, 2014

heyHEYYYY!!!
Lowtax says people who can't post well should close their browsers and go to 4chan/reddit. But how can they do this when their browser is closed? This should be either corrected to 'close all tabs that have addresses containing "somethingawful.com"opened in them' or an additional step (opening your browser again) should be added.

Cool NIN Shirt
Nov 26, 2007

by vyelkin

Fonzarelli posted:

gotta find bigpeeler

the forums have never needed bigpeeler as much as they do now

edit: gently caress i think hes dead

Ross "Big Peeler" Peeler

hawowanlawow
Jul 27, 2009

Beef Turret posted:

2 words: Shift Key.

counterpoint: everyone who posts with proper capitalization and punctuation is an unfunny turbonerd

Horniest Manticore
Nov 23, 2013

Hello, you!
Lipstick Apathy

Nooner posted:

Causal Racism Fridays

Horniest Manticore
Nov 23, 2013

Hello, you!
Lipstick Apathy
i for one will miss the discussion of cucking

cucking

cuck

lonesomedwarf
Mar 22, 2010

this is dumb and stupid and for gay babies

SniperWoreConverse
Mar 20, 2010



Gun Saliva

Business Gorillas posted:

ideas, in order of importance:

- bring back worst poster/best thread awards
- let GBS take bad threads from other subforums

these are the ones I like the best. Someone do the satan pact to pull unsuspecting threads into GBS.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdaM5Mv-TTo

City of Tampa
May 6, 2007

by zen death robot
i think that GBS should become a Tumblr-lite catlady hugbox again, and everybody should leave again so the super-serious D&D people can come back in here and SA can finally die all the way like it wants to.

we need fat women to be moderators. We need nosering people. we need people with Dr. who tattoos and degrees in graphic design and hashtag activists whose parents are rich

what once was can be again, if only we dare to dream

med school head
Apr 17, 2012
enforce dumb excessive rules on a dying forum until it's completely dead

also smoke weed every day

penus penus penus
Nov 9, 2014

by piss__donald
I think that 10% of the time you click on any link you should be sent straight to some subreddit about fart porn

lorn Wayne
Jan 7, 2006

:staredog::meowth::pipe:
all posts should be exactly 69 characters in length, including spaces

lorn Wayne
Jan 7, 2006

:staredog::meowth::pipe:
hey look this one is 69 characters long just like the last one, easy!

Pimpcasso
Mar 13, 2002

VOLS BITCH
the return of big peeler

Libelous Slander
May 1, 2009

... you're just creepy ...

lonesomedwarf posted:

this is dumb and stupid and for gay babies

Don't sign your posts.

Spanish Manlove
Aug 31, 2008

HAILGAYSATAN

gargle chome posted:

enforce dumb excessive rules on a dying forum until it's completely dead

also smoke weed every day

Chome lol

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Tendai
Mar 16, 2007

"When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber."

Grimey Drawer

City of Tampa posted:

we need fat women to be moderators.
NOW IS MY TIME

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