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The state of the D&D covid thread is frankly embarrassing. It's not really salvageable at this point. Half of the thread is Twitter reposts and fighting over Twitter reposts. The rest of the thread is posting about posters. It's basically like reading a Twitter feed but on the forums. This is bad. IMO the entire thread should be deleted and restarted with pound-you-in-the-rear end rules in the OP to at least attempt to improve its quality. This is a really important thread where, like it or not, many people are going for info and discussion about a global pandemic. It needs stricter moderation - and threadbans for some posters who just constantly make bad faith arguments or post about posters.
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Yeah, it just now got bad. Just recently.
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KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD posted:The state of the D&D covid thread is frankly embarrassing. It's not really salvageable at this point. Half of the thread is Twitter reposts and fighting over Twitter reposts. The rest of the thread is posting about posters. It's basically like reading a Twitter feed but on the forums. This is bad. so uh, what exact kind of “rear end pounding” rules are you picturing op?
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Is this the thread where people are taking advice from a game’s simulation or is that the OTHER thread full of doomer morons?
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Cloaked posted:so uh, what exact kind of “rear end pounding” rules are you picturing op? The new covid thread will be for power bottoms only.
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Posting a picture of a dog or cat as some kind of "tax" should be a permaban level offense
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Rad-daddio posted:Yeah, it just now got bad. Idea: Keep the thread open but For everyone's safety. Previa_fun fucked around with this message at 16:49 on Dec 14, 2021 |
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tao of lmao posted:Is this the thread where people are taking advice from a game’s simulation or is that the OTHER thread full of doomer morons? Yes op
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Cloaked posted:so uh, what exact kind of “rear end pounding” rules are you picturing op? I mean if goons want to hook up for hot sweaty bear on bear anal play that's their business but it shouldn't be mandatory for all posters in the thread
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Cloaked posted:so uh, what exact kind of “rear end pounding” rules are you picturing op?
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Close D&D
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ShallNoiseUpon posted:Close D&D  but unironically
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rude, lot of prejudice against doomers itt. I get that most people like getting their information from people who are materially incentivized to convince you of a certain viewpoint, but personally I find the impotent yells of scientists who write these papers who aren’t really being listened to by anyone who can actually change things to be informative as well. but obviously you can’t go grab a twitter rando and trust them, so performing the verboten art of posting a tweet and discussing it is useful sorry even if it’s mixed in with people spewing spite at the other people who choose to (safely) spread covid. the d&d thread has the wikipedia page problem though where a few posters are self appointed authorities and get real excited when they get chances to shoot the messenger via technically correct condescension. rules won’t fix that.
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Dec 14, 2021 17:12
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"spewing spite" is a pretty good way to sum up that thread actually
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Marx Headroom posted:"spewing spite" is a pretty good way to sum up that thread actually They should wear masks so I don't get sprayed with covid spite.
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Dec 14, 2021 17:23
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Love a ramp
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tao of lmao posted:Love a ramp Sucks that the season is so short.
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Dec 14, 2021 17:28
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Make sure to soak them in several changes of cold water before you steam them.
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I think the thread is fine and it should be left alone. The main issue with the thread is that right now the pandemic moves faster than peer reviewed science, and the thread rules demand you adhere to peer reviewed science. This creates an environment where you can't talk about practical short-term issues. Luckily we already have a thread for talking about practical short term issues and that's the cspam thread. I don't think its a problem to let people who want to talk about peer reviewed science do that. Let them have their space. Worst case scenario, maybe move it to science/academic subforum or rename it. I think we should be very skeptical of anyone who says "this thread is full of people I don't want to post with. Please make changes so I can post there". That person just needs to understand that they already have the perfect situation; all the people you don't want to post with are in one easy to avoid place.
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I think the thread is fine, in that it's terrible and worthless, and that's fine because I have no intention of reading or posting in it. It gives the people who do nothing but create thread drama something to do away from threads with actual quality posting. Stricter rules won't change that because the problem is that the rules are applied arbitrarily by dogshit mods anyway. I've already rarely seen D&D threads with modding as heavy handed as that one. Exactly what do you think probating more people will do??
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I agree it shouldn't be closed, but I do think that if you're going to have the caveat that you have to be relying on peer reviewed science and suchlike, rather than dealing with day-to-day issues of survival and extrapolating from readily available data like real world case numbers and whatnot, that yeah, it should be moved to the Science and Academia subforum, because it's clearly then a thread about discussing COVID from a strictly scientific/academic standpoint, rather than debating or discussing it as a political or practical issue.
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Cloaked posted:rude, lot of prejudice against doomers itt. I get that most people like getting their information from people who are materially incentivized to convince you of a certain viewpoint, but personally I find the impotent yells of scientists who write these papers who aren’t really being listened to by anyone who can actually change things to be informative as well.
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oh my god who cares let the d&d covid thread do its thing so I don't have to see it elsewhere
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Just set like 80% of the regulars in that thread to ignore, problem solved
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Dec 14, 2021 17:57
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you should post this suggestion in d&d
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Salt Fish posted:I think the thread is fine and it should be left alone. didnt read
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Dec 14, 2021 18:30
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Whatever happens, please don't create another active shooter situation.
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KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD posted:This is a really important thread premise for qcs complaint falls apart completely when you read this part
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tao of lmao posted:Love a ramp how come we have the technology to put a man on the moon but i cant get delicious ramps at the grocery store
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how about we just get together as a community and solve the covid problem once and for all. we can call it the "pog solution" named after me, the ideas guy
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If people are stupid enough to consider the something awful comedy forums as an information source for a global pandemic then that’s on them.
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pog boyfriend posted:how about we just get together as a community and solve the covid problem once and for all. what covid problem? everything is fine??
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DJExile posted:If people are stupid enough to consider the something awful comedy forums as an information source for a global pandemic then that’s on them. your right. smart people are getting their covid info from facebook and furries on twitter
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Loucks posted:what covid problem? everything is fine?? Incredible ability to remove the joke, just amazing
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I think we should reboot D&D and CSpam as one forums. Maybe called general bull poo poo
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Dec 14, 2021 19:35
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I'm absolutely shocked to hear the DnD covid thread is bad.
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DJExile posted:If people are stupid enough to consider the something awful comedy forums as an information source for a global pandemic then that’s on them. Yeah, I too hate it when people start trying to inform each other when institutions fail to deliver timely or accurate public health guidance. If you live a comfortable enough life that you've never had to rely on advice or other help from strangers (even if, gasp, they are on the internet), kindly gently caress off back to your mcmansion.
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Peachfart posted:Incredible ability to remove the joke, just amazing 
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Cloaked posted:Yeah, I too hate it when people start trying to inform each other when institutions fail to deliver timely or accurate public health guidance. If you live a comfortable enough life that you've never had to rely on advice or other help from strangers (even if, gasp, they are on the internet), kindly gently caress off back to your mcmansion. lol
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got my diet on thanks to goons with spoons, im getting therepy in e/n, the goon doctor is checkin the mole on my back, and I’m styled to the nines thanks to YLLS. i need reliable information (and a heaping helping of lols) about the deadliest pandemic in a hundred years so its simply essential that the COVID thread filled with psychotic politics yellers be “tuned up”
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