How to behave yourself on the forum.
11-04-03, 01:16 PM
#26
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I don't know if it's just me but it seems like some people on this forum just have too much time on their hands and take things too seriously.
You got to relax it's just a forum, if you think some thread is too stupid then don't bother with it, that's all.
You got to relax it's just a forum, if you think some thread is too stupid then don't bother with it, that's all.
11-04-03, 01:25 PM
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Originally posted by LongDuck
What do you guys expect from someone with 1176 posts?!? So, Sterling - can you give us the BS to Help ratio on that one?
(I don't do 'smileys')
And one more thing; leave my wife outta this!
What do you guys expect from someone with 1176 posts?!? So, Sterling - can you give us the BS to Help ratio on that one?
(I don't do 'smileys')
And one more thing; leave my wife outta this!
I figure I probably have a pretty high help to BS ratio. But it's certainly far from great.
I just looked at your entire post history. You have never posted in the lounge. In fact, while skimming through your old posts I saw that you in fact might just well have had a perfect Help to BS ratio of 276 to zero.
...until you posted here.
-Oh, and
to you, too.
11-04-03, 01:34 PM
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Originally posted by Sterling
How to behave yourself on the forum.
By Sterling
#1. Use the search button, Bitch!:
Try to look for the answer to your question in the vast recesses of the magnificant forum data bank before posting. Wade through the metephorical swamp of **** trying to hunt down your metaphorical alligator, and when you don't find the answer you can at least say that you tried.
You'll be happy you can say that, too, when someone that does not actually answer your question, yet takes the time to tell you about our magnificant search function with an atitude as though you had disappointed him personally by not execercising his brain with a challenging enough question.
Don't pick a fight with him- you've probably wrecked his night already. Poor bastard.
#2. Telling people to "Use the search button, Bitch!":
Make sure you personally greet every newbe that comes to our page by responding to his first question not with an answer he can use, but with the advice that only experience would be able to give...to use the search function.
This will **** him off, but the truth is that them newbes gotta learn!
#3. Ask for opinions if you want facts:
If you need to find out how to install a supercharger, then your best bet is to ask everyones opinion as to why you should not install a supercharger.
#4. Ask for facts if you want opinions:
If, for example, you want to get everyones opinion on turbocharging and supercharging, then you should ask for facts about them. Noone will actually be able to provide any actual facts, but they will instead offer their opinions in place of the facts that they don't know.
(just as good, really.)
#5. Don't over expose your lack of knowledge:
Try not to actually ask a basic question right in the post title. Be as vague as you can so that you'll at least intrigue people enough to open the thread. Then they can type in what an ******* you are for asking such a stupid question.
They'll probably tell you to use the search function and call you a bitch.
#6. Don't over expose your knowledge:
Be sure to choose to respond to posts that have the most views or responces. Leave the questions, particularly from newbes, that have very few views alone. Opening the thread will show yet another view and the noob will think that people are actually interested in helping him with his car that keeps catching fire, and losing interest in the thread about two cats ******* in the alley.
#7. Dealing with those annoying newbes:
If you actually want to answer a noobs question, write the explaination as if it were something only a child would've asked. If the noob thinks that all the questions he asks are intelligent questions, then he might be led to believe that he actually is intelligent and may start to form opinions of his own.
Oh, and be sure to refer to new members as "noobs", "newbes", "fresh fish", whatever- as much as possible. It keeps them humble, and reasserts the fact that you are not a newbe yourself.
#8. Advice for the "Gurus":
If you're one of the lucky few people here that was actually born of the womb already having a full knowledge and understanding of the history and mechanical workings of the Mazda rotary engine, you are asked to flaunt it as much as possible.
However, don't ever answer questions that are beneath you. **** them people. Let em search. You don't want to come off like a know-it-all, afterall, and you certainly have better things to do with your vast knowledge of the rotary rather that answer a bunch of ****-ants little basic questions. On a forum. Every single day.
#9. The signature:
Try to make your signature as long as possible. Tests have shown that newbes are impressed by a really long sig. For the most part, the exception being very odd cyber-fetishes, the effects large sigs have on noobs are purely subconscious.
It is only when they attain a certain level of knowledge that they themselves finally gain the self-confidence that makes them aware of their cyber self-image. They then will enlarge their own sigs in an effort to demonstrate that they are no longer a noob.
There are noobs that try right off the bat to demonstrate false self confidence through a gigantic signature, but they don't realize that their efforts are in vain, as their post counter tells all.
Stupid ****** noobs.
The content of your signature should consist of every single car you've ever had, as well your dads cars, along with the history of each one and any aftermarket parts on them. If you feel that you are lacking in volume for the content (anything less than one 600 x 800 pixel screen), and are inclined to lie about all the crazy crap you own, then go ahead and put down the details of more cars. But be forewarned- there are some who may ask you to provide some proof of your vast empire of ****. So be certain that the cars you describe are friends cars that you can take a picture of quickly.
The trailor you live in does'nt count as a vehicle.
#10. The post counter:
Try to post as much nonsense as possible- preferrably in the lounge- for at least the first year you are here so that you won't be stuck at "used anti-freeze" status or something lame like that. Get that count up there, damnit! You don't want people scrutinizing your signature and starting to wonder about you, do you?
Don't be intimidated by those of us that have thousands of posts- chances are the forum will crash and wipe them out anyways. You can be rest assured that the "help"-to-"****" post ratio is not all that high with those folks.
Until I finally get my wish- 2000 posts and you're terminated (yes; the "dead" kind of terminated), everyone that posts a help-to-**** ratio of less than 5 to 1 is an *******.
#11. Ending disagreements in a freindly mannor:
If someone does'nt agree with you about something and publicly says so, he's being an ******* and should be dealt with swifty by calling him one.
Call his mother an *******, too. Be sure to include a smiley in your responce so as to confuse him.
It should end the arguement right then, but if it does not, continue to call other members of his family ******** until he stops. If anyone else tries to intervene by asking you to stop the arguement, call him an *******, too.
#12. Picking a fight:
When picking a fight, try to start it over a topic that can very easily stray from the the original course. It makes for an inviting ****-fest that many find simply irresistable. This strategy can help if you find yourself suddenly in an area of which you know nothing about. Be sure to call as many people ******** as possible, and don't forget to use smilies to confuse people. Use words like "****" and "moron" as much as you can in your responces.
Make sure you address every single responce directed towards you as if it were a personal stab in your own eyeball.
Excercise your right to over inflate your ego like a gigantic peacock and throw unsubstantiated claims and false or skewed facts into the arena when they will help you. When worded correctly, these fallacies can be used to demonstrate others' obviously poor choice of opinions.
Be sure not ever to be the one to "back down", "let it go", "be the better man",- any **** like that. That's for losers, and you'll gain no respect by being a quitter.
The only way to earn their respect is to stand your ground. Be as snappy and cynical in your responces as you can.
Remember- it's the moderators job to keep all the threads in line, not yours.
#13. Learn when enough really is enough:
Enough is enough when you say so. It's never enough when someone else says so. The more others ask you to back down, the more you should press onward. It's what they really want.
Remember- this forum is for fun and entertainment. People don't come here to learn, they come to see a good pissing contest.
#14. Telling others how to behave:
Make lists whenever possible and make them as long as possible, too. They should overwhelm people to boredom. Tell people how they should behave in these lists in certain circumstances. This will be a demonstration to those that read it that you are "the better man".
Really.
But, uhhm- if you really need to gain the respect of a bunch of people that would actually take the time to read that ****; well...you have issues.
To all the new guys, self proclaimed guru know-it-alls that don't bother to help anyone, flamers, people who outright lie about the facts they claim to know, people that live in trailors, and anyone who will ever read this-
I'm just kidding.
I love you guys.
Except Pratch. He's an *******.
How to behave yourself on the forum.
By Sterling
#1. Use the search button, Bitch!:
Try to look for the answer to your question in the vast recesses of the magnificant forum data bank before posting. Wade through the metephorical swamp of **** trying to hunt down your metaphorical alligator, and when you don't find the answer you can at least say that you tried.
You'll be happy you can say that, too, when someone that does not actually answer your question, yet takes the time to tell you about our magnificant search function with an atitude as though you had disappointed him personally by not execercising his brain with a challenging enough question.
Don't pick a fight with him- you've probably wrecked his night already. Poor bastard.
#2. Telling people to "Use the search button, Bitch!":
Make sure you personally greet every newbe that comes to our page by responding to his first question not with an answer he can use, but with the advice that only experience would be able to give...to use the search function.
This will **** him off, but the truth is that them newbes gotta learn!
#3. Ask for opinions if you want facts:
If you need to find out how to install a supercharger, then your best bet is to ask everyones opinion as to why you should not install a supercharger.
#4. Ask for facts if you want opinions:
If, for example, you want to get everyones opinion on turbocharging and supercharging, then you should ask for facts about them. Noone will actually be able to provide any actual facts, but they will instead offer their opinions in place of the facts that they don't know.
(just as good, really.)
#5. Don't over expose your lack of knowledge:
Try not to actually ask a basic question right in the post title. Be as vague as you can so that you'll at least intrigue people enough to open the thread. Then they can type in what an ******* you are for asking such a stupid question.
They'll probably tell you to use the search function and call you a bitch.
#6. Don't over expose your knowledge:
Be sure to choose to respond to posts that have the most views or responces. Leave the questions, particularly from newbes, that have very few views alone. Opening the thread will show yet another view and the noob will think that people are actually interested in helping him with his car that keeps catching fire, and losing interest in the thread about two cats ******* in the alley.
#7. Dealing with those annoying newbes:
If you actually want to answer a noobs question, write the explaination as if it were something only a child would've asked. If the noob thinks that all the questions he asks are intelligent questions, then he might be led to believe that he actually is intelligent and may start to form opinions of his own.
Oh, and be sure to refer to new members as "noobs", "newbes", "fresh fish", whatever- as much as possible. It keeps them humble, and reasserts the fact that you are not a newbe yourself.
#8. Advice for the "Gurus":
If you're one of the lucky few people here that was actually born of the womb already having a full knowledge and understanding of the history and mechanical workings of the Mazda rotary engine, you are asked to flaunt it as much as possible.
However, don't ever answer questions that are beneath you. **** them people. Let em search. You don't want to come off like a know-it-all, afterall, and you certainly have better things to do with your vast knowledge of the rotary rather that answer a bunch of ****-ants little basic questions. On a forum. Every single day.
#9. The signature:
Try to make your signature as long as possible. Tests have shown that newbes are impressed by a really long sig. For the most part, the exception being very odd cyber-fetishes, the effects large sigs have on noobs are purely subconscious.
It is only when they attain a certain level of knowledge that they themselves finally gain the self-confidence that makes them aware of their cyber self-image. They then will enlarge their own sigs in an effort to demonstrate that they are no longer a noob.
There are noobs that try right off the bat to demonstrate false self confidence through a gigantic signature, but they don't realize that their efforts are in vain, as their post counter tells all.
Stupid ****** noobs.
The content of your signature should consist of every single car you've ever had, as well your dads cars, along with the history of each one and any aftermarket parts on them. If you feel that you are lacking in volume for the content (anything less than one 600 x 800 pixel screen), and are inclined to lie about all the crazy crap you own, then go ahead and put down the details of more cars. But be forewarned- there are some who may ask you to provide some proof of your vast empire of ****. So be certain that the cars you describe are friends cars that you can take a picture of quickly.
The trailor you live in does'nt count as a vehicle.
#10. The post counter:
Try to post as much nonsense as possible- preferrably in the lounge- for at least the first year you are here so that you won't be stuck at "used anti-freeze" status or something lame like that. Get that count up there, damnit! You don't want people scrutinizing your signature and starting to wonder about you, do you?
Don't be intimidated by those of us that have thousands of posts- chances are the forum will crash and wipe them out anyways. You can be rest assured that the "help"-to-"****" post ratio is not all that high with those folks.
Until I finally get my wish- 2000 posts and you're terminated (yes; the "dead" kind of terminated), everyone that posts a help-to-**** ratio of less than 5 to 1 is an *******.
#11. Ending disagreements in a freindly mannor:
If someone does'nt agree with you about something and publicly says so, he's being an ******* and should be dealt with swifty by calling him one.
Call his mother an *******, too. Be sure to include a smiley in your responce so as to confuse him.
It should end the arguement right then, but if it does not, continue to call other members of his family ******** until he stops. If anyone else tries to intervene by asking you to stop the arguement, call him an *******, too.
#12. Picking a fight:
When picking a fight, try to start it over a topic that can very easily stray from the the original course. It makes for an inviting ****-fest that many find simply irresistable. This strategy can help if you find yourself suddenly in an area of which you know nothing about. Be sure to call as many people ******** as possible, and don't forget to use smilies to confuse people. Use words like "****" and "moron" as much as you can in your responces.
Make sure you address every single responce directed towards you as if it were a personal stab in your own eyeball.
Excercise your right to over inflate your ego like a gigantic peacock and throw unsubstantiated claims and false or skewed facts into the arena when they will help you. When worded correctly, these fallacies can be used to demonstrate others' obviously poor choice of opinions.
Be sure not ever to be the one to "back down", "let it go", "be the better man",- any **** like that. That's for losers, and you'll gain no respect by being a quitter.
The only way to earn their respect is to stand your ground. Be as snappy and cynical in your responces as you can.
Remember- it's the moderators job to keep all the threads in line, not yours.
#13. Learn when enough really is enough:
Enough is enough when you say so. It's never enough when someone else says so. The more others ask you to back down, the more you should press onward. It's what they really want.
Remember- this forum is for fun and entertainment. People don't come here to learn, they come to see a good pissing contest.
#14. Telling others how to behave:
Make lists whenever possible and make them as long as possible, too. They should overwhelm people to boredom. Tell people how they should behave in these lists in certain circumstances. This will be a demonstration to those that read it that you are "the better man".
Really.
But, uhhm- if you really need to gain the respect of a bunch of people that would actually take the time to read that ****; well...you have issues.
To all the new guys, self proclaimed guru know-it-alls that don't bother to help anyone, flamers, people who outright lie about the facts they claim to know, people that live in trailors, and anyone who will ever read this-
I'm just kidding.
I love you guys.
Except Pratch. He's an *******.
11-04-03, 04:17 PM
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Originally posted by rcurrier44
"How many forum members does it take to change a lightbulb? ...
...27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light bulbs...
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"How many forum members does it take to change a lightbulb? ...
...27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light bulbs...
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Don't forget that you can increase your post count by correcting your own spelling mistakes!
In any case, excelent job, Sterling.
11-04-03, 08:58 PM
#35
Originally posted by Sterling
How to behave yourself on the forum.
By Sterling
#1. Use the search button, Bitch!:
Try to look for the answer to your question in the vast recesses of the magnificant forum data bank before posting. Wade through the metephorical swamp of **** trying to hunt down your metaphorical alligator, and when you don't find the answer you can at least say that you tried.
You'll be happy you can say that, too, when someone that does not actually answer your question, yet takes the time to tell you about our magnificant search function with an atitude as though you had disappointed him personally by not execercising his brain with a challenging enough question.
Don't pick a fight with him- you've probably wrecked his night already. Poor bastard.
#2. Telling people to "Use the search button, Bitch!":
Make sure you personally greet every newbe that comes to our page by responding to his first question not with an answer he can use, but with the advice that only experience would be able to give...to use the search function.
This will **** him off, but the truth is that them newbes gotta learn!
#3. Ask for opinions if you want facts:
If you need to find out how to install a supercharger, then your best bet is to ask everyones opinion as to why you should not install a supercharger.
#4. Ask for facts if you want opinions:
If, for example, you want to get everyones opinion on turbocharging and supercharging, then you should ask for facts about them. Noone will actually be able to provide any actual facts, but they will instead offer their opinions in place of the facts that they don't know.
(just as good, really.)
#5. Don't over expose your lack of knowledge:
Try not to actually ask a basic question right in the post title. Be as vague as you can so that you'll at least intrigue people enough to open the thread. Then they can type in what an ******* you are for asking such a stupid question.
They'll probably tell you to use the search function and call you a bitch.
#6. Don't over expose your knowledge:
Be sure to choose to respond to posts that have the most views or responces. Leave the questions, particularly from newbes, that have very few views alone. Opening the thread will show yet another view and the noob will think that people are actually interested in helping him with his car that keeps catching fire, and losing interest in the thread about two cats ******* in the alley.
#7. Dealing with those annoying newbes:
If you actually want to answer a noobs question, write the explaination as if it were something only a child would've asked. If the noob thinks that all the questions he asks are intelligent questions, then he might be led to believe that he actually is intelligent and may start to form opinions of his own.
Oh, and be sure to refer to new members as "noobs", "newbes", "fresh fish", whatever- as much as possible. It keeps them humble, and reasserts the fact that you are not a newbe yourself.
#8. Advice for the "Gurus":
If you're one of the lucky few people here that was actually born of the womb already having a full knowledge and understanding of the history and mechanical workings of the Mazda rotary engine, you are asked to flaunt it as much as possible.
However, don't ever answer questions that are beneath you. **** them people. Let em search. You don't want to come off like a know-it-all, afterall, and you certainly have better things to do with your vast knowledge of the rotary rather that answer a bunch of ****-ants little basic questions. On a forum. Every single day.
#9. The signature:
Try to make your signature as long as possible. Tests have shown that newbes are impressed by a really long sig. For the most part, the exception being very odd cyber-fetishes, the effects large sigs have on noobs are purely subconscious.
It is only when they attain a certain level of knowledge that they themselves finally gain the self-confidence that makes them aware of their cyber self-image. They then will enlarge their own sigs in an effort to demonstrate that they are no longer a noob.
There are noobs that try right off the bat to demonstrate false self confidence through a gigantic signature, but they don't realize that their efforts are in vain, as their post counter tells all.
Stupid ****** noobs.
The content of your signature should consist of every single car you've ever had, as well your dads cars, along with the history of each one and any aftermarket parts on them. If you feel that you are lacking in volume for the content (anything less than one 600 x 800 pixel screen), and are inclined to lie about all the crazy crap you own, then go ahead and put down the details of more cars. But be forewarned- there are some who may ask you to provide some proof of your vast empire of ****. So be certain that the cars you describe are friends cars that you can take a picture of quickly.
The trailor you live in does'nt count as a vehicle.
#10. The post counter:
Try to post as much nonsense as possible- preferrably in the lounge- for at least the first year you are here so that you won't be stuck at "used anti-freeze" status or something lame like that. Get that count up there, damnit! You don't want people scrutinizing your signature and starting to wonder about you, do you?
Don't be intimidated by those of us that have thousands of posts- chances are the forum will crash and wipe them out anyways. You can be rest assured that the "help"-to-"****" post ratio is not all that high with those folks.
Until I finally get my wish- 2000 posts and you're terminated (yes; the "dead" kind of terminated), everyone that posts a help-to-**** ratio of less than 5 to 1 is an *******.
#11. Ending disagreements in a freindly mannor:
If someone does'nt agree with you about something and publicly says so, he's being an ******* and should be dealt with swifty by calling him one.
Call his mother an *******, too. Be sure to include a smiley in your responce so as to confuse him.
It should end the arguement right then, but if it does not, continue to call other members of his family ******** until he stops. If anyone else tries to intervene by asking you to stop the arguement, call him an *******, too.
#12. Picking a fight:
When picking a fight, try to start it over a topic that can very easily stray from the the original course. It makes for an inviting ****-fest that many find simply irresistable. This strategy can help if you find yourself suddenly in an area of which you know nothing about. Be sure to call as many people ******** as possible, and don't forget to use smilies to confuse people. Use words like "****" and "moron" as much as you can in your responces.
Make sure you address every single responce directed towards you as if it were a personal stab in your own eyeball.
Excercise your right to over inflate your ego like a gigantic peacock and throw unsubstantiated claims and false or skewed facts into the arena when they will help you. When worded correctly, these fallacies can be used to demonstrate others' obviously poor choice of opinions.
Be sure not ever to be the one to "back down", "let it go", "be the better man",- any **** like that. That's for losers, and you'll gain no respect by being a quitter.
The only way to earn their respect is to stand your ground. Be as snappy and cynical in your responces as you can.
Remember- it's the moderators job to keep all the threads in line, not yours.
#13. Learn when enough really is enough:
Enough is enough when you say so. It's never enough when someone else says so. The more others ask you to back down, the more you should press onward. It's what they really want.
Remember- this forum is for fun and entertainment. People don't come here to learn, they come to see a good pissing contest.
#14. Telling others how to behave:
Make lists whenever possible and make them as long as possible, too. They should overwhelm people to boredom. Tell people how they should behave in these lists in certain circumstances. This will be a demonstration to those that read it that you are "the better man".
Really.
But, uhhm- if you really need to gain the respect of a bunch of people that would actually take the time to read that ****; well...you have issues.
To all the new guys, self proclaimed guru know-it-alls that don't bother to help anyone, flamers, people who outright lie about the facts they claim to know, people that live in trailors, and anyone who will ever read this-
I'm just kidding.
I love you guys.
Except Pratch. He's an *******.
How to behave yourself on the forum.
By Sterling
#1. Use the search button, Bitch!:
Try to look for the answer to your question in the vast recesses of the magnificant forum data bank before posting. Wade through the metephorical swamp of **** trying to hunt down your metaphorical alligator, and when you don't find the answer you can at least say that you tried.
You'll be happy you can say that, too, when someone that does not actually answer your question, yet takes the time to tell you about our magnificant search function with an atitude as though you had disappointed him personally by not execercising his brain with a challenging enough question.
Don't pick a fight with him- you've probably wrecked his night already. Poor bastard.
#2. Telling people to "Use the search button, Bitch!":
Make sure you personally greet every newbe that comes to our page by responding to his first question not with an answer he can use, but with the advice that only experience would be able to give...to use the search function.
This will **** him off, but the truth is that them newbes gotta learn!
#3. Ask for opinions if you want facts:
If you need to find out how to install a supercharger, then your best bet is to ask everyones opinion as to why you should not install a supercharger.
#4. Ask for facts if you want opinions:
If, for example, you want to get everyones opinion on turbocharging and supercharging, then you should ask for facts about them. Noone will actually be able to provide any actual facts, but they will instead offer their opinions in place of the facts that they don't know.
(just as good, really.)
#5. Don't over expose your lack of knowledge:
Try not to actually ask a basic question right in the post title. Be as vague as you can so that you'll at least intrigue people enough to open the thread. Then they can type in what an ******* you are for asking such a stupid question.
They'll probably tell you to use the search function and call you a bitch.
#6. Don't over expose your knowledge:
Be sure to choose to respond to posts that have the most views or responces. Leave the questions, particularly from newbes, that have very few views alone. Opening the thread will show yet another view and the noob will think that people are actually interested in helping him with his car that keeps catching fire, and losing interest in the thread about two cats ******* in the alley.
#7. Dealing with those annoying newbes:
If you actually want to answer a noobs question, write the explaination as if it were something only a child would've asked. If the noob thinks that all the questions he asks are intelligent questions, then he might be led to believe that he actually is intelligent and may start to form opinions of his own.
Oh, and be sure to refer to new members as "noobs", "newbes", "fresh fish", whatever- as much as possible. It keeps them humble, and reasserts the fact that you are not a newbe yourself.
#8. Advice for the "Gurus":
If you're one of the lucky few people here that was actually born of the womb already having a full knowledge and understanding of the history and mechanical workings of the Mazda rotary engine, you are asked to flaunt it as much as possible.
However, don't ever answer questions that are beneath you. **** them people. Let em search. You don't want to come off like a know-it-all, afterall, and you certainly have better things to do with your vast knowledge of the rotary rather that answer a bunch of ****-ants little basic questions. On a forum. Every single day.
#9. The signature:
Try to make your signature as long as possible. Tests have shown that newbes are impressed by a really long sig. For the most part, the exception being very odd cyber-fetishes, the effects large sigs have on noobs are purely subconscious.
It is only when they attain a certain level of knowledge that they themselves finally gain the self-confidence that makes them aware of their cyber self-image. They then will enlarge their own sigs in an effort to demonstrate that they are no longer a noob.
There are noobs that try right off the bat to demonstrate false self confidence through a gigantic signature, but they don't realize that their efforts are in vain, as their post counter tells all.
Stupid ****** noobs.
The content of your signature should consist of every single car you've ever had, as well your dads cars, along with the history of each one and any aftermarket parts on them. If you feel that you are lacking in volume for the content (anything less than one 600 x 800 pixel screen), and are inclined to lie about all the crazy crap you own, then go ahead and put down the details of more cars. But be forewarned- there are some who may ask you to provide some proof of your vast empire of ****. So be certain that the cars you describe are friends cars that you can take a picture of quickly.
The trailor you live in does'nt count as a vehicle.
#10. The post counter:
Try to post as much nonsense as possible- preferrably in the lounge- for at least the first year you are here so that you won't be stuck at "used anti-freeze" status or something lame like that. Get that count up there, damnit! You don't want people scrutinizing your signature and starting to wonder about you, do you?
Don't be intimidated by those of us that have thousands of posts- chances are the forum will crash and wipe them out anyways. You can be rest assured that the "help"-to-"****" post ratio is not all that high with those folks.
Until I finally get my wish- 2000 posts and you're terminated (yes; the "dead" kind of terminated), everyone that posts a help-to-**** ratio of less than 5 to 1 is an *******.
#11. Ending disagreements in a freindly mannor:
If someone does'nt agree with you about something and publicly says so, he's being an ******* and should be dealt with swifty by calling him one.
Call his mother an *******, too. Be sure to include a smiley in your responce so as to confuse him.
It should end the arguement right then, but if it does not, continue to call other members of his family ******** until he stops. If anyone else tries to intervene by asking you to stop the arguement, call him an *******, too.
#12. Picking a fight:
When picking a fight, try to start it over a topic that can very easily stray from the the original course. It makes for an inviting ****-fest that many find simply irresistable. This strategy can help if you find yourself suddenly in an area of which you know nothing about. Be sure to call as many people ******** as possible, and don't forget to use smilies to confuse people. Use words like "****" and "moron" as much as you can in your responces.
Make sure you address every single responce directed towards you as if it were a personal stab in your own eyeball.
Excercise your right to over inflate your ego like a gigantic peacock and throw unsubstantiated claims and false or skewed facts into the arena when they will help you. When worded correctly, these fallacies can be used to demonstrate others' obviously poor choice of opinions.
Be sure not ever to be the one to "back down", "let it go", "be the better man",- any **** like that. That's for losers, and you'll gain no respect by being a quitter.
The only way to earn their respect is to stand your ground. Be as snappy and cynical in your responces as you can.
Remember- it's the moderators job to keep all the threads in line, not yours.
#13. Learn when enough really is enough:
Enough is enough when you say so. It's never enough when someone else says so. The more others ask you to back down, the more you should press onward. It's what they really want.
Remember- this forum is for fun and entertainment. People don't come here to learn, they come to see a good pissing contest.
#14. Telling others how to behave:
Make lists whenever possible and make them as long as possible, too. They should overwhelm people to boredom. Tell people how they should behave in these lists in certain circumstances. This will be a demonstration to those that read it that you are "the better man".
Really.
But, uhhm- if you really need to gain the respect of a bunch of people that would actually take the time to read that ****; well...you have issues.
To all the new guys, self proclaimed guru know-it-alls that don't bother to help anyone, flamers, people who outright lie about the facts they claim to know, people that live in trailors, and anyone who will ever read this-
I'm just kidding.
I love you guys.
Except Pratch. He's an *******.
Originally posted by Felix Wankel
#15 Quoting:
Make sure to quote the longest post in the thread in its entirety in order to add a one line reply that is totally irrelevant.
#15 Quoting:
Make sure to quote the longest post in the thread in its entirety in order to add a one line reply that is totally irrelevant.
11-05-03, 01:20 AM
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Sterling ur a good guy.
I like pokemon.
I live in a trailer.
I am not fat.
Sometimes i eat a lot of cheese at once.
I cook at a fast food joint.
And i am currently in the midst of a divorce-- i SWEAR i didn't know she was 7.
Zachstylez
I like pokemon.
I live in a trailer.
I am not fat.
Sometimes i eat a lot of cheese at once.
I cook at a fast food joint.
And i am currently in the midst of a divorce-- i SWEAR i didn't know she was 7.
Zachstylez
11-05-03, 07:06 AM
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Originally posted by Manntis
Red 5, standing by...
Red 5, standing by...
I say again; Begin deployment...
11-05-03, 04:41 PM
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Originally posted by hondah8er
My god is the carb rebuilding business that slow? Who in the hell as that much time to type all of that?
My god is the carb rebuilding business that slow? Who in the hell as that much time to type all of that?
Sterling, nice write-up. Very informative.
You fukcing ashsole go brun in hlel and your mOM to.
http://www.somethingawful.com
11-05-03, 06:09 PM
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Originally posted by boosted12a
...i guess my bs/help ratio just went to **** ...
...i guess my bs/help ratio just went to **** ...
Man, your **** to help ratio's been in the ******* ever since you came back from the desert!
11-07-03, 10:39 AM
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Originally posted by timmya2
sterling just wondering how u find the time i write such big threads.. its so cool..
btw r u a moderator ?
if not
u definately should be
sterling just wondering how u find the time i write such big threads.. its so cool..
btw r u a moderator ?
if not
u definately should be
As far as having too much time on my hands-
...I do.
-I'm a stay at home dad. I take care of my 6 month old daughter while my wife works her *** off as a chef.
My jewelry studio is right in my home, so I can get a good 6-8 hours in over the course of the whole day - though I often only get 6 in.
And regarding the carb rebuilding business being "that slow", well yeah- it is. I have about four "...gonna mail it next week.."s - from two weeks ago!
It's the hard part of starting a business online. Because conversing online is so effortless, I get alot of "gonna-do"s. I know their deal- hard working and it's hard to hold onto a couple hundred bucks. I understand- I certainly have my bad months.
Meanwhile, I make much more money working in gold than I do on carbs. Kinda hard to justify putting a whole lot of effort chasing down business that yeilds me 1/6th of what I normally make for my time. But I do it because I really love it, and it's one of very few things I'm good at doing regarding the Rx-7.
I'm not shy about the prospect of the pride I will have when some of you guys are finally sporting one of Carl or my carbs on your daily driver or race car.
I have very few big-buck customers that will actually walk around NY or LA and refer to their giant gold bracelet as a "Dennis Williams piece".
Jewelers are a dime a dozen, but carb builders...
I also make holloware in sterling, as I originally apprenticed for 7 years as a silversmith (hence the username). Money is in gold, though, so I learned goldworking techniques under a well known designer. The smithing comes in handy for repairing antiques...My "master" (mentor) also does repairs which I help with or am sometimes subcontracted to do by him- repairs on vessels from museums. Being trusted with a $30,000 sterling vessel beautifully crafted in the 1720s with the crappiest tools imaginable is a rush! (...and sometimes very scary!) But that's where the only money to be made as a silversmith lies anymore. Everything you see made these days is done by machine. And museums pay out very well and very fast.
I also make custom knives, but so far I've sold less than two dozen. They are pricey, ranging from 600-1300 bucks. I make about $20 an hour if I'm REALLY lucky making knives. No two have been the same, and five were commisioned designs, the others were my own design.
My site is going to double as my jewelry design business site as well as the carb modding site.
I'll also eventually be offering Rx-7 tid-bits in gold or silver (of course).
So there you have it. I don't have too much time on my hands; I just sit here at the computer while feeding my baby! I'm sure it suprises a few of you to learn that I actually do have quite a bit of patience.
11-07-03, 11:03 AM
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sterling -
I'm thinkin a doin, not gonna-do yet.
Seriously, I'd hate to see you as a moderator because I think it'd take the edge off your posts.
Looking back, I think it would have been cool to be able to stay at home with my kids when they were small. I think you're lucky to have the opportunity.
I'm thinkin a doin, not gonna-do yet.
Seriously, I'd hate to see you as a moderator because I think it'd take the edge off your posts.
Looking back, I think it would have been cool to be able to stay at home with my kids when they were small. I think you're lucky to have the opportunity.