Boogie Monsta

You mean it's not enough that I let you keep these entries open? Or that I let you actually engage in these conversations with me?

No. No, it's not. It's a basic right of civilized society that people be able to bring their grievances to the person in charge. It's not a service, it's a thing that all human beings deserve.

You also have the right to tell those that are being insolent that they are, in fact, being insolent, but you also have a responsibility to the other staff and the members, no matter how rebellious, to do that in a civil way, outside of indirectly comparing those people to children.

I didn't call any of you insolent children (though it was certainly implied that some of you in here were acting like it). But that's like complaining that your parent told you that you were misbehaving. It's not disrespectful to tell you you're acting like spoiled children, because you are.

The difference is that you're not our parent. You're someone who is in charge of making sure the rules of the blog are followed, and nothing more. You're not the end-all of that, either, since B6 and others are above you. It's always disrespectful to compare adults and almost-adults to spoiled children, regardless of the pure dictionary definition of "children" (and iirc, pure dictionary definitions aren't worth much to you). Everyone knows exactly what way you meant it in.

With enough regard that I won't get in trouble, DV, aren't the staff always supposed to provide an atmosphere of respect? Dropping down to the level of calling us insolent children is hardly any type of respect. Regardless of how people treat someone in authority, when the official policy is supposed to be one of respect, shouldn't YOU, the bastion of reason, continue to show that respect? Otherwise, how can you expect anyone to respect you?

Pornography

1: the depiction of erotic behavior (as in pictures or writing) intended to cause sexual excitement

I'm sorry, what?

Don't violate the word filter. Which you did, and you alluded to inappropriate content. Once more and your proto will be docked. -DV

Thank goodness. the making-out-passionately pony banners and girls wearing almost nothing that're plastered around the forum were fine, but thank Celestia there's no more children's cartoon ponies in a barely seductive pose.

That'd be it. When you go to school-school, you can be whoever you want and your parents won't know most of it. Cursing's such a normal thing that by the third week you're pretty much used to it forever, even if you decide not to do it.

Someone just called me an adult ;-;

But see, just with your third sentence you've explained it. "However, I won't go outside my home and openly disobey rules I can't disprove."

There aren't very many people like you. Idk if your parents were just nice and you genuinely like them, or you've been sheltered, or maybe you live in a town where everybody's just like that. I've heard legends of those. But most people aren't. Most people get to an age where they purposefully go against everything their parents say, and without fail that's around 14-16 (which is exactly where you are).

As you get older, usually around second half of Junior year of high school, you start to notice the people who swear all the time everywhere getting less. There'll still be the one or two, and those people will probably grow up to like NASCAR and/or rap music, but they'll be the exception, not the rule. They all start to realize that you can't curse all the time everywhere, because they did and found out when and why it's unacceptable. Telling them not to is like telling a squirrel not to store nuts, or Apple to make customizable computers. It's just never going to happen.

So yeah, I can tell you from my apparently-adult perspective, it won't last very long, but during that time it's best to just

*puts on sunglasses*

Deal with it.

Just something I had to say about your conclusion, the way that most adults know when to and when not to use profanity is because they did the exact same thing as teenagers do now. They used it every other word, and by doing that they realize what places it's acceptable (the locker room, when you're in pain, when you're with people who do it too) and when it's not (just doing regular things in public, talking to younger people, etc.). They know because they tried it and discovered the rules.

Now, your opinion seems to be "People know the rules, so you should follow them." Technically, yes, that's true. The world would be a better place if everyone just followed the rules everyone knows. HOWEVER. Not very many people can learn like that. Personally, I really dislike rules if I don't understand them. Sure, I could do it just because it makes people happy, but I'll learn a lot more from blowing the rules out of the water and discovering why they were there in the first place.

From all the people I've met in my lifetime, almost all of them think the same way. I've told my dad right-out, "I have no doubt that you're right, but I'm going to do the dumb thing anyway because I want to and when it turns out you're right, I'll learn from it and not do it again." And every time, he totally understands because that's exactly what he would've done. Honestly, not many people in life know what the [Don't bypass the word filter. -Shine] is going on, and the only way to learn is to screw up. If you try to limit their screwing up, they'll never learn.

Did you consider that maybe it just looks cool? Not everyone (myself included) cares about all the technical skill and stuff that went into it. That entry's head/face is by far the best-looking one, plus he got the logo spot-on. The belt is very good as well. Simple and faithful to Batman. An arm missing (that would be hidden behind the cape anyway) can't hold back the rest of the awesome Batman-accuracy.

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY

Well, think about it like this. We found a thing among all the buttfacery, apathy, and hostility of the internet that's completely happy and fun and innocent (for the most part), as well as really awesome. It's kind of like when you find something you loved when you were a kid: it's completely untainted by all the stuff that we had to grow up and find that the world wouldn't shut up about. Idk about everyone else, but that's the main reason I love it.

mkay, Valenti. Just using an example, no religious discussion here.

@Caliga:

3 words: Bring Back Bionicle club. You can't judge something based on its fans. Especially when the fans are actually totally normal people, with like 3 psychotic ones that give the rest a bad name. E.g. the Westboro Baptist Church illusion.

Dude. Pork Chop and Shirako were the best things ever back in middle school.. I ate, slept and breathed Acceleracers.

Take this for nostalgia win.

*sobbing uncontrollably*

That moved me beyond words.

I'm in, bro. So very true, places like GD have become far too depressing because people do all the things you mentioned.

;-;

A thousand happy puppies dancing around in my head all died when I saw that.

<33333

"It's been a long time."

I shuddered with sheer ^___^ness

Pants?

DING DING DING

O_O DUDE mine do that too. Like it depends on how far away from them you are what color they are.

CHANGING-EYE-COLOR-BUDDIES

*hi-5*