Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

[Reynard]

I don't know who needs to hear this*, but your rules lawyering and advantage hunting does not improve the experience.

*actually, I do, but they aren't here, so...

 

[RealAlHazred]

I don't know who needs to hear this*, but your rules lawyering and advantage hunting does not improve the experience.

*actually, I do, but they aren't here, so...

I'm literally sitting right here! Just @ me next time! Geez!

Also, if you must talk about me, keep in mind I do not care to listen; obloquy injures my self-esteem and I am skeptical of praise.

 

[Alzrius]

I'm really getting tired of the whole "when you're on this person's website, it's like you're a guest in their home," shtick.

No, being on their website is not like being in their home just because both are privately owned. Their home doesn't have an open-door policy for anyone to enter and leave as they wish, and they certainly don't plaster their home with ads. If you want to say that there are levels of decorum that should be respected, that's fine, but that's not the most convincing argument.

 

[RealAlHazred]

I'm really getting tired of the whole "when you're on this person's website, it's like you're a guest in their home," shtick.

No, being on their website is not like being in their home just because both are privately owned. Their home doesn't have an open-door policy for anyone to enter and leave as they wish, and they certainly don't plaster their home with ads. If you want to say that there are levels of decorum that should be respected, that's fine, but that's not the most convincing argument.

I think of it more like, you're being invited into the lobby of their apartment building. One of the people walking around is the Super, but it can be hard to tell -- several people are walking around like they own the place! (... like Snarf, say) And the Owner may or may not be there; he does drop in from time to time. There's snack machines and a coffee machine, but those all cost a nominal fee, and there are posters up advertising the owner's friend's car wash place down the block. But he doesn't, actually, have to let you in here, and if you come in and start randomly punching people in the lobby because you don't like their face, you're going to get kicked out.

 

[Staffan]

I'm really getting tired of the whole "when you're on this person's website, it's like you're a guest in their home," shtick.

No, being on their website is not like being in their home just because both are privately owned. Their home doesn't have an open-door policy for anyone to enter and leave as they wish, and they certainly don't plaster their home with ads. If you want to say that there are levels of decorum that should be respected, that's fine, but that's not the most convincing argument.

It's more like being in a place of business (e.g. restaurant or store) they own and run. It's a step removed from the intimacy of being in someone's home, but it's still theirs, and if one misbehaves it's very possible they might toss you out.

 

[Ryujin]

Think of it like a bar, or a social club. You can come in and mill about with the other people there but if you don't abide by the rules, they can eject you. Because it's a private establishment they can even do it for no reason at all, or if they just don't like you.

 

[RealAlHazred]

In other news, my dad is out of the woods. They identified two problems: he had a narrow valve in his heart which was restricting blood flow, and his heart wasn't beating fast enough. They put in a new valve to fix the first thing and a pacemaker for the second, and it's like he's a younger man. He's got more energy, he's more alert, and he's really enjoying his time with my wife and daughter, who've been there now for over a month. Nobody could possibly have known that these two issues could cause so many problems! Nobody!

I'm just griping because I had to stay up here in frigid NJ to work. But, have your aging parents get their tickers checked, people! My dad was basically ignoring his doctor's recommendations for the last decade to see a cardiologist!

 

[payn]

And you may find yourself living in a shotgun stack
And you may find yourself posting in another part of the world
And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large two button mouse
And you may find yourself in an online house, with a online life
And you may ask yourself, "Well, how do I post here?"

Letting the days go by, let the moderators hold me down
Letting the days go by, mods flowing underground
Into the feed again, after the thread is gone
Once in a lifetime, mods flowing underground


And you may ask yourself, "How do I work this site?"
And you may ask yourself, "Where is that large two button mouse?"
And you may tell yourself, "This is not my online house"
And you may tell yourself, "This is not my online life"


Letting the days go by, let the moderators hold me down
Letting the days go by, mods flowing underground
Into the feed again, after the thread is gone
Once in a lifetime, mods flowing underground


Same as it ever was, same as it ever was
Same as it ever was, same as it ever was
Same as it ever was, same as it ever was
Same as it ever was, same as it ever was

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[Dannyalcatraz]

Think of it like a bar, or a social club. You can come in and mill about with the other people there but if you don't abide by the rules, they can eject you. Because it's a private establishment they can even do it for no reason at all, or if they just don't like you.

Michael B. Tager has an anecdote about that…

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

And you may find yourself living in a shotgun stack
And you may find yourself posting in another part of the world
And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large two button mouse
And you may find yourself in an online house, with a online life
And you may ask yourself, "Well, how do I post here?"

Letting the days go by, let the moderators hold me down
Letting the days go by, mods flowing underground
Into the feed again, after the thread is gone
Once in a lifetime, mods flowing underground


And you may ask yourself, "How do I work this site?"
And you may ask yourself, "Where is that large two button mouse?"
And you may tell yourself, "This is not my online house"
And you may tell yourself, "This is not my online life"


Letting the days go by, let the moderators hold me down
Letting the days go by, mods flowing underground
Into the feed again, after the thread is gone
Once in a lifetime, mods flowing underground


Same as it ever was, same as it ever was
Same as it ever was, same as it ever was
Same as it ever was, same as it ever was
Same as it ever was, same as it ever was

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