Poetic Justice posted:

My qualifications are these:
-I've seen every rerun of Seinfield
-I was interested in psychology in high school and for about a year after (im 53)
-Im handsome and also play guitar
- Got into therapy
- Started taking antidepressants
- Came out as transgender
- Added another partner to my poly relationship
- Began paying rent at my parents' house using income from my cam sessions
- Preparing to take my driving test (I'm 53)

CharlestonJew posted:

Why aren't you an admin yet

SHISHKABOB posted:

I think that a mod should ban blatant rule breakers, and moderate

code:

to make (something) less harsh, strong, or severe or to become less harsh, strong, or severe (merriam webster)

strained interposter relations. It's like what police should do. Police shouldn't be a HAMMER or SWORD, they should be a part of the community and not preside as some distant, aloof being.

Clearly the issue arises when we say "blatant rule breakers". As we all know, no discussion lacks complexity in perspectives, that's kind of a given.

I think that the IK system should be brought (back) to gbs. Rotating the position of referee is a way to keep everyone from feeling disenfranchised. Fyad's method of choosing an IK is a good one, but it relies on a "homogeneous" conception of "what should be". It's kind of like how any democracy gets started. A bunch of people have the same ideas, and feel comfortable sharing power and security with others in that group.

The alternative is authoritarian rule. I find lowtax to be a generally wise and fair leader, with the well-being of his people always his goal, similarly with gnarlyhotep, to an extent. The problem is that lowtax and others cannot be everywhere, and he has numerous other responsibilities than moderating cat fights between nerds on the internet. A dictatorship lies within the heart of its dictator, and having a lovely dictator is bad. Read the word "dictator" not as coming from the political buzzword that "dictatorship" has become, but rather coming from "dictate".

code:

to say or state (something) with authority or power (Merriam Webster)

The dictator dictates from the heart. The condition of the dictatorship relies on that. I believe that, because of lowtax's disinterest in becoming and taking advantage of a "celebrity" status, or "beloved leader", or whatever rear end in a top hat totalitarian leaders have had people brainwashed into calling them, it means that he is the right choice for power. "The people who seek power are those who deserve it least".

I trust both models of authoritarianism and democracy to decay into lovely corrupt shells of what they were designed as, but as long as we keep trying to fight that decayed power structure, we have a chance to get back to the beginning, where we can try again. Because what is life but persistence incarnate?

Digital Fingers posted:

I've been here since that fateful Halloween of time begone; I have fought the DGSW on the arch of the topaz bridge and swam laps in molten diamond pits.
I've traveled through tunnels of prismatic crystal and dueled underground with arcane energies given form.

Who slew the phantasmal extradimensional armies of invaders on open plain with nothing more then a power word?
Who plucked the ruby eye from the necro levitation? And who drank the draught of knowledge and power?

Once i'm installed in power I will meld myself directly into the lay lines that ruin through this forum and use that energy to conjure a void globe around the forums and transport us all into a higher plane of existence. Who's better suited to modding GBS then I, I ask you?

SHISHKABOB posted:

They're called ley lines dumbass.

SHISHKABOB posted:

They're called ley lines dumbass.

SHISHKABOB posted:

They're called ley lines dumbass.

SHISHKABOB posted:

They're called ley lines dumbass.

Digital Fingers posted:

*In thick boston accent* "There called leylines yeah' dumbass" *everyone starts whooping*
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*A big dumb dork pushes a pair of taped up dork glasses up his nose* Actually, upon father investigation I think you'll find that the lines in question are called "LEY" lines and not "LAY" lines *Starts snorting uncontrollably with laughter until he passes out**
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*Little faggy elf man appears from the edge of his forest kingdom* "Harken bold humans but please do not butcher my ancient and noble langague" *Merges back into forest while fist pumping over his sick burn/correction*

pick one then think about what you did and feel bad.

Broenheim posted:

stfu

Chinatown posted:

its still gone

give me mod now

Lord Binky posted:

Moridin920 posted:

destroy all mods, you have nothing to lose but your probates

anarchy in the rowdy trout

Commie NedFlanders posted:

Freedom depends on limits and structure.

There's a reason real sports are more fun than calvinball

Cthulu Carl posted:

I'm an incredibly dysfunctional manchild who can barely function on a day-to-day basis when it comes to basic poo poo like dressing, feeding, and bathing myself.

I promise to rule with an iron fist. When I'm not fisting myself with it.

Windows 98 posted:

Sounds like you haven't been playing Calvin Ball properly

Commie NedFlanders posted:

I don't really want to be mod but even less than that do I want GBS full of unfunny garbage also I read the Bible

CaptainSarcastic posted:

I think GBS should have several in-house mods, and a greater number of them than in other forums. I think Gnarly has provided a good example of the approach to use, and having another three or so people following the same kind of attitude would be helpful. The number and frequency of posts in GBS seems like it would make it a pretty tedious chore if you didn't have enough people dealing with it, and having something like a coalition of mods that communicate with each other seems like it would make it more manageable and provide more uniform enforcement of rules and such.

Broenheim posted:

i dont think dgsw would be a good mod but i like him as a poster

ScrotoTurboSperg posted:

if you become mod i will verbally tongue your banhole every day

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Kuato posted:

Makes Windows 98 mod and permaban him. Tia

Conversely make me mod and I'll suggest one particular permaban; I won't say who though. It'll benefit GBS in any case.