Title: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: WindupAtheist on February 05, 2011, 12:28:18 PM My friend linked me to this (http://forums.xbox.com/1386/ShowForum.aspx). It's the forum where banned Xbox Live users go to try and appeal their bans, only to have the Microsoft staff own their asses publicly. It's pretty pedestrian sometimes, but other times (http://forums.xbox.com/35724194/ShowPost.aspx)...
Quote from: some dipshit teenager who got banned listen whats is so messed up is that this account here had same info and all i got was code of conduct so i want answer why did one account get a warning and my other account get banned.... this is not right Quote from: xbox admin having fun at work Thank you for pointing out our oversight, the matter has been corrected and a permanent suspension has been issued. We apologize for any confusion. :why_so_serious: Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Paelos on February 05, 2011, 12:33:03 PM Quote from: Mommy trying to get Junior's account unbanned I have called Xbox about this and they told me to place this post. I need to know what my son did to get banned, whether he has been hacked, or wheter this is a mistake. When he got home from school today he had an error message about the billing option on his account and it said he was suspended. But we have a family pack of accounts and he is the only one getting this message. His bio and motto also say code of conduct. Xbox live told me to post this info and reference number to determine whether it is a code of conduct suspension or a mistake. They said you could look up the documentation with the number. The affected gamertag is: UNS33N PROD1GY Quote from: XBoxLive Your son's account was suspended for sending death threats to Xbox Staff and also admitting to scamming Xbox users and hosting modified lobbies. :awesome_for_real: Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Trippy on February 05, 2011, 01:35:54 PM This is all very amusing and all but why the fuck are these not private? Is the Xbox team really that unprofessional?
Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: NiX on February 05, 2011, 02:23:02 PM This is all very amusing and all but why the fuck are these not private? Is the Xbox team really that unprofessional? The volume of people banned and appeals, I'd say this is the best route. Entertaining too. Edit: Spend 5 minutes on the forum, Trippy. You'll see what I mean. Also found this gem: Quote Thank you for your time!!!!!!!!!! My name is CLYDE FRAZE my gamertag is C J McPOT i don't know why i've been suspended!!!!! I was playing cod:black ops zombies with friends of mine like usual!!!! Then message came up saying suspended til 2-8-11!!! I've been on xbox live for a long time and have never that i can recall anyways been warned for anything i have excellent internet speed with insight 20.0 and don't boost or anything i take my gaming very serious!!!! I've been a gamer since 86 and a loyal xbox gamer for 4 years i play every chance i get and spend alot of money to do so!!! So when i see a message from you at xbox saying i've been suspended and email has been sent i have not received any email and just want to know why so i know if i'm being suspended for the right reasons!!! I just want to make sure so that if it is something in my profile or my gamertag or anything that is easily corrected i can correct however if itis for something that is not me then i think i deserve to be playing my games online because i don't cheat or boost or use a modified xbox or anything that would reflect my gamertag and myself!!!!!!!!!!! Like i said i take my gaming very seriousaly!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE REPLY SO I KNOW WHY!!!!!!!!!! CLYDE FRAZE GAMERTAG: C J McPOT PS: I JUST THINK IF ITS SOMETHING RELATED TO MY NAME PROFILE RELATED OR ANYTHING EASILY CORRECTED YOU COULD HAVE JUST MESSAGE ME LIKE YOU DO WHEN I SPEND ALL KINDS OF MONEY ON MS POINTS AND YEARLY SUBSCRIPTIONS AND I WOULD HAVE JUST CORRECTED THE PROBLEM INSTEAD OF GOING TO AN EXTREME AND SUSPENDIND ME WITHOUT A WARNING OR ANYTHING FOR A WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANKS Quote You were suspended because almost every word in your profile was either profanity, a derogatory term, or related to violence Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Trippy on February 05, 2011, 02:45:04 PM The volume of people banned and appeals, I'd say this is the best route. No it's not.Quote Entertaining too. I never said it wasn't.Edit: Spend 5 minutes on the forum, Trippy. You'll see what I mean. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: K9 on February 05, 2011, 03:40:33 PM Quote from: Obama sucks5555 MY OTHER ACCOUNT GOT BANNED FOR EVER JUST BECAUSE I WAS EXPRESSING FREEDOM OF SPEACH THE OTHER ACCOUNT NAME IS GOKER555 AND I WILL DO ANYTHING TO GET THE ACCOUNT UNBANNED Quote from: XBLPET Golf Actually, no. Your account was permanently suspended for the harassment of Xbox LIVE staff. The First Amendment of the Constitution for the United States of America only applies to government censorship, not to private enterprise. Microsoft, as a private entity, has the right to choose what is and is not acceptable on their service. This is outlined quite clearly in the Code of Conduct and Terms of Use. Sending a direct message to anyone wherein you express your severe racism, homophobia and use excessive profanity is grossly unacceptable, and warrants a harassment suspension. The fact that you decided to send it to me, on top of that, shows a distinct lack of judgement and common sense. The suspension will stand as issued. Further contact with Xbox LIVE employees or violations of the Code of Conduct will result in addional action being taken against your accounts, consoles, forum use or person. Cheers. Cheers! Xbox LIVE Policy Enforcement Team Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: IainC on February 05, 2011, 04:04:49 PM I'll just post in the bans and suspension forum to ask about a technical issue and while I'm there I'll explain how I'm breaking the Terms of Service. I wonder what could go wrong?
Quote My friend modded my gamerscore a while back and what happened is that it got reset. When it got reset all my game data had been corrupted. I tried to make a new account so I switched my e-mail address to a new account but, I figured out you cannot transfer licenses to a new account so what I did was switch back the e-mail address and the stuff weren't corrupted anymore. I modded something for my avatar skin color, eyebrow, hair, etc. and after purchasing a pair of shorts on the avatar marketplace and after I left it I didn't have any Bio, Motto, Gamerpic, etc. When I go to play Halo: Reach I can't change any settings and it gives me a message saying that it can't save any information to my memory unit and it may be because I don't have it plugged in properly. I got a reference number after calling someone from XBOX Live, The number is: 1148083163 Please try to fix this problem, Thanks. Quote After reviewing your post, you have blatantly admitted that you have modded your avatar. Your account has already been subject to action taken against it, due to your gamerscore being modded, as is illustrated by the cheater mark on your public profile on xbox.com. You have posted in the Policy Enforcement Team's forum (the team that enforces the rules on Xbox Live), stating in no uncertain terms that you have indulged in systems tampering, which is a violation of the rules subject to a permanent suspension of an account, with no potential for dispute. Looking at your avatar, neither your skin nor hair color are available through the Avatar Editor. I apologize for any inconvenience, but we will not be able to assist you with your Halo: Reach issues. Considering that you have outright admitted to modding your avatar, and your profile confirms this fact, your account is permanently suspended for systems tampering, which is a violation of the Code of Conduct and Terms of Use. The suspension will stand as issued with no possibility for appeal. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: K9 on February 05, 2011, 04:06:34 PM Hah, I just saw that one too
Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: K9 on February 05, 2011, 04:12:25 PM Quote Hello Legal Dept, First off, my motto on coffindweller27, "Dead Girls Are Easy" is my favorite song by The 69 Eyes. Lead Singer is Jyrki69, drummer Jussi69 from Finland. If you note my name It says Jasonn69. Put 2 & 2 together. I know you have your rules and I've seen how you respond to your customers on here and I will be treated with respect as I will do the same. I have toured Iraq 4x, Afghanistan 2x. I'm a medic/ firefighter, this is ridiculous to convict the accused without fair notice (which in the code of conduct you state: you do not have to give prior warning)but how long will you jump to conclusionns and convictions without fairly investigating the reasoning. This is considered under the first amendment as freedom of speech/ expression. Mine is a song, so what. Dont look at my private info. The internet is a global place of interaction where filters are meant to be used by the hosting community. This is overboard and to censor me by suspension over something in which you never inquired, is completely unfair and against the U.S. Constitution in which YOU do not override. I have served my country, fought for it's rights & I still serve to this day. Even though it is a suspension up to 02/02/2011 it needs to be lifted immediately. I would rather sell my Xbox and get a PS3 where the Network Community is free. I cannot access my Netflix account which is wrong since I pay for it seperately. Whats the point of having an Xbox you cannot use? Or fear of punishment and persecution. I suppose it is interpreted differently, but I didn't write the song. I like it and now I have to explain myself. You need to find a better way of communicating with your customers (because we pay, if you run us off you get no check)I do not mod, try to make MS Points or cheat. I am a fair player and I treat everyone with respect. You did not know the meaning of my motto and reasoning and this is my explanation. I will even do the honor of posting the link to it. If this isnt lifted then you are singling me out. Because I have a logical explanation. Vampire (The 69 Eyes are "vampires" in their vids)+ dead girls= coffindweller27. Hopefully this will be seen in reason and understood and I will be treated with the respect that I deserve, as will you. I respecfully and patiently talked to support for 1 hr & 27 mins. Now just do this much, I will remove it, but i cannot until it is restored. Link below is "Dead Girls Are Easy" by "The 69 Eyes" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7t__1uLXyM Start communicating with those of us with a possible logical explanation and not run straight to a conviction. I have never been in trouble and this is bogus. So a little help and let me know what I am spending all my money on for points & Xbox Gold I have seen names like [Mod Edit]. Those are the things that are serious matters. What of those? So if I post im a soldier and I KILL FOR MY COUNTRY will I be suspended because its true or what? Wheres the difference between that and the song name? Thank You, Jasonn69 :uhrr: Quote 1. A complaint was filed, the information was sent to us, we found it valid and issued a suspension. 2. There is always someone doing something worse, this does not make minor violations any less valid. We enforce all aspects of the Code of Conduct. 3. Regardless of its origin, it implies necrophilia and is therefore a violation of the Code of Conduct and Terms of Use. 4. The Terms of Use is a legal contract you agreed to upon signing up for this service and states that in order to use this service, you must by abide by the Code of Conduct. Don't create a gamertag, profile content, Avatar action, Avatar content, or in-game content that other users may be offended by. This includes, without limitation, anything related to or suggestive of: profane words/phrases, topics or content of a sexual nature, hate speech (including but not limited to racial, ethnic, or religious slurs), illegal drugs/controlled substances, or illegal activities. 5. The Constitution in regards to 'Freedom of Speech' states the following: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. 6. We are not Congress, we're a private business and enforcement action upon this account was well within our legal rights given the contract agreed upon and the profile content. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: SnakeCharmer on February 05, 2011, 05:28:29 PM That's awesome. Name and shame the cheating little bitches.
Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Morat20 on February 05, 2011, 05:38:47 PM I live my live in a little walled Xbox garden, populated only by my real life friends and family. If I play a game that involves the great unwashed (like, say, Halo-ish stuff), I do so with the microphone and voice chat muted.
I try not to notice gamertags. And this, right here, is why I try so hard not to let Xbox users actually communicate with me unless I already know them. I also find it amusing that Microsoft issues a 'cheater' tag to people hacking their gamerscore. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Strazos on February 05, 2011, 05:51:33 PM Cannot remember the last time I played a multiplayer game publicly on the 360.
Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Khaldun on February 05, 2011, 06:03:19 PM I did some TF2 and that was about all I could take. Friends only after that.
Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: ghost on February 05, 2011, 06:12:02 PM Wow. Don't alter your avatar or gamertag. Permaban for that.
Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Fabricated on February 05, 2011, 06:13:54 PM hahaha this owns. It's too bad they don't let the people respond after the bans are upheld.
Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: ghost on February 05, 2011, 06:26:59 PM Okay, so I read through a few pages. The childishness certainly makes you have a new appreciation for the crowd in WoW. I had no idea that there was that much cheating on this stuff. My naiveté is showing.
Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Strazos on February 05, 2011, 06:31:25 PM I did some TF2 and that was about all I could take. Friends only after that. Wow, TF2 on a console? :uhrr: Wow. Don't alter your avatar or gamertag. Permaban for that. Seriously...How stupid do you have to be to risk a ban for changing your avatar's skin color? Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: ghost on February 05, 2011, 06:45:49 PM Seriously...How stupid do you have to be to risk a ban for changing your avatar's skin color? I could see this being an ignorance issue, particularly for someone that is used to PC games. But shit, it is spelled out in their rules pretty plainly. Here's another good reply. Quote As you admitted here you were permanently suspended for your modified avatar. However, in addition to that your bio read as follows, "1600 or $5 PayPal For 10th WaW 100% Legit www.youtube .com/(Mod Edit)" not only violating the Code of Conduct for selling services but also cheating. Oh, and that was after your previous 6 profile suspensions. And another: Quote True, your account was recently suspended due to the bio being inappropriate content which would have been a temporary suspension... However... Back in July, 2010, your account was permanently suspended as you are well aware. Temporary suspensions do not override permanent suspensions. So your account's suspension should be lifting around 12/31/9999. You may not inquire about this account again until 1/1/10000. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Chimpy on February 05, 2011, 07:04:21 PM While funny, and somewhat refreshing to see people publicly shamed.
I agree with Trippy that making this information public is not the best thing for Microsoft to be doing. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Morat20 on February 05, 2011, 07:48:34 PM Wow, TF2 on a console? :uhrr: It sucks, and as far as I can tell, never gets updates.I play it when really bored -- I got the Orange Box on sale some Black Friday, mostly for Portal. I still haven't gone through all the Half-Life 2 stuff with it. I do community MP for Halo and occasionally L4D2, if I'm feeling brave. Like I said -- only because I can mute the other people. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Rendakor on February 05, 2011, 08:46:18 PM Great find, this is comedy gold.
Quote from: butthurt b& xboxtard ok so last month i put a 1 year membership on my account to come on today and find out i was banned untill 31/12/9999 so i am here to find out why i believe that there are no recent suspensions on this account therefore it should not have being a 9999 ban also this is the reason i have being gone to ps3 free membership and also they dont abuse there powers of banning people as i have put a 1 year live on this account and now i dont have any 1 month or live left so unless you can transfer it to my new account called TabletopPrune07 or i am staying with ps3 i pay £40 a year which is $60 to play and not even been on 1 month and perm banned enforcement team abuse there powers to much maybe a 2 week ban i would accept. the gamertag i was banned on was iRosssssss x and dont hit me with the usall bs cheating etc as i know i havent so be straight up and just say you abused your powers and reduce the ban to 2 weeks at least. Quote from: XBLPET Lima You claim you haven't cheated, however, certain game's leaderboards beg to differ. Oh, and that's a pretty avatar, how'd you get those colors........ The avatar in question for those who don't feel like logging in:http://live.xbox.com/en-US/MyXbox/Profile?gamertag=iRosssssss%20x Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Strazos on February 05, 2011, 08:54:18 PM Wow...hacking XBL for that?
I mean, it should be allowed anyway, but still. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: UnSub on February 05, 2011, 08:58:01 PM Little allowable hacks lead to bigger hacks. Much easier just to draw the line and say no to everything.
Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Morat20 on February 05, 2011, 09:21:33 PM Little allowable hacks lead to bigger hacks. Much easier just to draw the line and say no to everything. I tend to agree. Plus, hacks tend to cause stability issues -- you're screwing around in ways that it wasn't designed for, which is more wear and tear on CS.Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: tgr on February 06, 2011, 01:32:06 AM Yes, this is definitely the right thing to do, because it killed about the final sliver of desire I had to ever play multiplayer with my aging 360.
Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Riggswolfe on February 06, 2011, 08:09:38 AM Hmmm....I can understand almost everything they've been banning for. But...avatar skin color hacks? Really? That is such a big deal you get permabanned for it? Microsoft ought to open that up and make it into a new marketplace. Let users make stuff for the avatars and sell them.
Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Bzalthek on February 06, 2011, 08:16:40 AM It more like one of the first thing a person does who has a predilection towards hacking the servers. It's an easy thing to point to and say "see? now stfu"
Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: ghost on February 06, 2011, 09:29:32 AM Hmmm....I can understand almost everything they've been banning for. But...avatar skin color hacks? Really? That is such a big deal you get permabanned for it? Microsoft ought to open that up and make it into a new marketplace. Let users make stuff for the avatars and sell them. That would really fix a lot of problems on both sides. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Rendakor on February 06, 2011, 09:33:31 AM Presumably people who hacked their avatars and got away with it might then move onto hacking more serious things.
Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: kildorn on February 06, 2011, 05:04:48 PM The number of "banned for avatar changes" threads are depressing.
Overall, I don't agree with the forum, but it seems squarely aimed at the idea that XBL is such shit because nobody's out there cleaning it up. Basically, the forum is proof that they run around banning people for this shit. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Morat20 on February 06, 2011, 05:13:18 PM I wish there was a way to ban spoiled fuckers who shoot at you because you "took their weapon or vehicle". I got there first, asshole. Don't follow me around smacking me because you want the goddamn sniper rifle. I'm not going to give it to you, and if you kill me, I will boot your stupid ass.
Some people take shit too seriously. I just wanna make things blow up. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: UnSub on February 06, 2011, 05:29:32 PM Let users make stuff for the avatars and sell them. Or MS should just sell the colours themselves. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: ashrik on February 06, 2011, 07:54:12 PM Let users make stuff for the avatars and sell them. Or MS should just sell the colours themselves. For all the people who say that this is unprofessional, I have to wonder what harm is being done to them or their brand by revealing it. That may be a frame of mind that applies more to smaller games than multi-million person networks. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Pezzle on February 06, 2011, 09:09:19 PM Burn them in liquid hot magma. Hacking and getting caught? Asking why when it is obvious? I do not see a problem with putting these idiots under the spotlight.
Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Bzalthek on February 06, 2011, 10:12:18 PM Considering the type of people who appear on this site only seem to be of the type that gives them a bad name simply by being a customer, I don't see how this is bad for them. Plus, not only is seeing a company actively enforcing their rules a plus sign to people, the sheer awesomeness is attractive to some customers (like me.)
Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Murgos on February 07, 2011, 04:00:02 AM More entertainment than I've had from multiplayer xbox live in years...
Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Ironwood on February 07, 2011, 05:34:19 AM Actually, despite the hilarity, I'm also going to vote 'This is a Dick Move for a professional company'.
Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: ghost on February 07, 2011, 06:58:21 AM If it is based off of the gamertag, shouldn't it be relatively private? Does the gamertag give your real name or any of that kind of personal information? If not, this is not really any less private than any of the innumerable jackass things these people have apparently done while part of the Xbox community.
Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Murgos on February 07, 2011, 07:12:20 AM I'm pretty sure there is a method for handling these things privately and these idiots decided to post on the public forum rather than use private messages.
Frankly, several of the messages state pretty clearly that the initial communication was done privately and it's the doofus thinking he's not getting a fair hearing and so now he's asking for a public explanation. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: tmp on February 07, 2011, 07:43:58 AM Not sure what's funnier -- that the whole avatar thing has such restrictions in the first place, or that they'd rather keep wasting resources on chasing after people who side-step them, than lift the restrictions. Apparently people being able to have purple avatars with green hair would hurt the bottom line more?
Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: NiX on February 07, 2011, 08:03:17 AM Not sure what's funnier -- that the whole avatar thing has such restrictions in the first place, or that they'd rather keep wasting resources on chasing after people who side-step them, than lift the restrictions. Apparently people being able to have purple avatars with green hair would hurt the bottom line more? They don't chase these people down. A majority of their avatar bans come from reports or from their enforcers playing a game with someone bragging about it. Stupid people have no problem ousting themselves. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Zaljerem on February 07, 2011, 10:11:28 AM Stupid people have no problem ousting themselves. Indeed. "When you're breaking the rules, don't advertise." Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Morat20 on February 07, 2011, 10:16:01 AM Not sure what's funnier -- that the whole avatar thing has such restrictions in the first place, or that they'd rather keep wasting resources on chasing after people who side-step them, than lift the restrictions. Apparently people being able to have purple avatars with green hair would hurt the bottom line more? It appears the avatar bans are pretty much morons who call attention to it.I suspect if all you ever did was change your avatar, Microsoft would never notice and might even let you off easy. OTOH, if you had a profile filled with racist garbage, got reported repeatedly for being a dick in Live, Microsoft probably would use your avatar as an excuse to ban you. And as for public/private, these all seem cases of the gamers making it public. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Mrbloodworth on February 07, 2011, 12:22:13 PM Hmmm....I can understand almost everything they've been banning for. But...avatar skin color hacks? Really? That is such a big deal you get permabanned for it? Microsoft ought to open that up and make it into a new marketplace. Let users make stuff for the avatars and sell them. Just that change alone could crash clients and server depending on who what where and where you connect to. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: tmp on February 07, 2011, 12:29:07 PM They don't chase these people down. A majority of their avatar bans come from reports or from their enforcers playing a game with someone bragging about it. Stupid people have no problem ousting themselves. I meant chase down in the sense they still spend time and manpower verifying such reports and acting upon them.Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Bzalthek on February 07, 2011, 02:15:04 PM You mean like, "This guy is questioning his ban, lemme open up his file and check his profile and, oh, hey..."
Millions of man hours wasted just noticing blatantly obvious things! Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: NiX on February 07, 2011, 02:37:29 PM You mean like, "This guy is questioning his ban, lemme open up his file and check his profile and, oh, hey..." Millions of man hours wasted just noticing blatantly obvious things! This. Sounds like the avatar bans come from them having to look at the profile for other reasons. For the most part, they're pretty damn good at keeping things clean. You can't catch everyone and it could be much much worse. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: tmp on February 07, 2011, 05:01:32 PM You mean like, "This guy is questioning his ban, lemme open up his file and check his profile and, oh, hey..." Yes.Millions of man hours wasted just noticing blatantly obvious things! Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: ghost on February 08, 2011, 12:33:07 PM I believe the theory is that if you're willing to hack an avatar then the crackrock can't be too far behind. It's a gateway hack.
Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Azazel on February 08, 2011, 04:11:15 PM I fully endorse and support not only the bannings, but those forums. I don't see any wasted time in telling these fucknuts to STFU and eat a permanent ban based on what I saw in that forum. Especially the ones with purple skin and green hair. :drill:
Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Jeff Kelly on February 09, 2011, 02:57:56 AM I don't know how you could do it differently. Such forums exist because of transparancy for other gamers. It's maybe humiliating for the individual in question but by making it public you make the process and decisions transparent to other people.
The alternative is dealing with exactly the same shit in the same way but privately and additionally handling the fallout in the forums caused by those dickheads when they appeal their ban publicly and gather support from other forum members. Those people don't go down quietly. Just look how other online services handle such things. Not a day goes by whithout somebody loudly complaining about being account banned in WoW for example even though 'he/she did nothing wrong'. This usually ignites the same tired old debate between the people that belittle him ('you must have done something wrong or they wouldn't have banned you'), the people that support him ('the power-tripping GMs send another innocent soul to the digital gulag') and the community managers that then have to make the issue public to answer to the complaints and minimize the damage. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: WindupAtheist on February 09, 2011, 11:34:20 AM I fully endorse and support not only the bannings, but those forums. I don't see any wasted time in telling these fucknuts to STFU and eat a permanent ban based on what I saw in that forum. Especially the ones with purple skin and green hair. :drill: This. I just wish I could see their faces. And hear their moms yelling at them. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Azazel on February 09, 2011, 11:36:41 PM Quote Thanks2MyFriend Well as you can see by the topic i need help bad.My friend changed my achievments and didnt want him to he then continued to explain "dude you wont get banned dont worry i did it. . . . . " wow was that a lie i cant earn my achievments back and cant play with my friends i actually just think that might be the problem because thats what it said in the email My gametag is TThAcks you can email me you know it. Just need help i dont even want all my achievment and Thank You xBoxLive TEAM while i played legit im not a cheater Sorry I have a Stupid friend XBOX, TThAcks not TT hAcks Quote Your gamertag has the word 'hacks' in it. Your previous history includes referencing system tampering as well. You just admitted that your gamerscore has been altered (whether your friend did it or not, you are responsible for who you let have access to your account)... And what we permanently suspended this account for was system tampering due to your modded avatar. This suspension will stand as issued. Yeah. MS is soo heavy-handed and wasting soo much time tracking down and banning these dipshits. :why_so_serious: Now, you see. When I play some CoD or Borderlands or a random racing game on XBL, I won't ever have to run into that fuckwit. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: WayAbvPar on February 10, 2011, 10:00:50 AM I wish I could track all the little cockholsters I have reported for racist bullshit or cheating. God it would be glorious to bathe in a river of their tears.
Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Khaldun on February 10, 2011, 10:57:44 AM This is pretty much true for any system of manners, etiquette, code of conduct, whatever. These things do not come into being because everyone reads their Emily Post and behaves. They take hold because when you are unmannerly, you get grabbed by the scruff of the neck and thrown out of a room you very badly wanted to be in, and everyone sees that happen. Consequences are far more powerful when they're transparently revealed.
Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: ghost on February 10, 2011, 11:43:22 AM Consequences are far more powerful when they're transparently revealed. I would suspect that the overall number of people modding their avatar has gone down substantially with this current system. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Bzalthek on February 10, 2011, 12:14:18 PM I wish I could track all the little cockholsters I have reported for racist bullshit or cheating. God it would be glorious to bathe in a river of their tears. If someone were to make a website that actually cataloged such interactions for the public to witness, it would probably be a hit. Advertise it to parents: Do YOU know what a racist, homophobic cockholster your child is online? Search his ID here! Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Azazel on February 10, 2011, 01:05:36 PM Two things really come to mind - one a question, the other an observation.
Has anyone else noticed how most of the "parents" that have posted on that site tend to type in the same illiterate drivel style that the idiot teens do? 4 out of 5 of them have something equally stupid as their gamertags/forum profiles. I have known a guy, pretty intelligent, same age as me, reads books from time to time and such even who you'd think was functionally illiterate from the way they type. Both on forums and in MMOGs. So while some of them may be real.. well... The other thing - and I know it's obviously inflated online where it's somewhat anonymous and you can't punch these little shitbags in the throat, but is racism or racist language really that prevalent with 16-25 years olds in the US? During the short periods that I bothered to play online and wear a headset at the same time, I got called "A British" once, and a faggot probably 7000 times, but also "nigger" a really surprising number of times as well. Usually from a voice that hasn't had it's balls drop yet, but sometimes from a brodude who may or not also be a stoner. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Ingmar on February 10, 2011, 01:10:09 PM It is common, probably less out of outright racism in most cases than it is out of the extremely transgressive value those words have. Shock value basically, coupled with a lack of understanding of the subconscious racism that it ends up perpetuating. I'll stop there lest I take us to Politics.
Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: ghost on February 10, 2011, 01:39:11 PM Two things really come to mind - one a question, the other an observation. Has anyone else noticed how most of the "parents" that have posted on that site tend to type in the same illiterate drivel style that the idiot teens do? 4 out of 5 of them have something equally stupid as their gamertags/forum profiles. I have known a guy, pretty intelligent, same age as me, reads books from time to time and such even who you'd think was functionally illiterate from the way they type. Both on forums and in MMOGs. So while some of them may be real.. well... The other thing - and I know it's obviously inflated online where it's somewhat anonymous and you can't punch these little shitbags in the throat, but is racism or racist language really that prevalent with 16-25 years olds in the US? During the short periods that I bothered to play online and wear a headset at the same time, I got called "A British" once, and a faggot probably 7000 times, but also "nigger" a really surprising number of times as well. Usually from a voice that hasn't had it's balls drop yet, but sometimes from a brodude who may or not also be a stoner. By topic: Parents- how many of these posts do you think were really the parent? Or how many were actually a "friend" checking to see how their buddy's account got banned? People lie about shit like that all the time. Racism- yes. It's there. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Azazel on February 11, 2011, 05:09:50 AM Parents - not bloody many. That was my point. The amusement factor of their tiny minds thinking "I'll pretend to be my mom(my) and outaged that I got banned and they will give me my account back."
racism - Yeah, "shocking" words and all that. I guess it's unusual to me since our racists tend to use different terms, and people with African ethnicity are relatively rare here. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: ghost on February 11, 2011, 05:53:19 AM There are a few requests in there that are probably from the actual parents, as the language is reasonable. I felt a little sorry for those folks, because their kid was out hacking and shitting up the xbox world and they generally had no clue. Of course if they ever paid attention to their kids that might not happen, but whatever.
Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: 5150 on February 11, 2011, 07:35:23 AM It's unfortunate that the 'gems' in the reply seem to be few and far between. What never stops surprising me is how people seem to think that telling M$ that they will defect to the PS3 and/or much must money they have sunk into their XBox/how much money M$ are going to lose will make the slightest bit of difference to their appeal.
Bad spelling etc aside I was also surprised how many people claim to not be modders when they blatantly are (bit of self denial going on perhaps?) My one criticism of it is that (as was illustrated with someone who did not have English as their first language) it could be confusing for some people why they refer to a ban as a permanent suspension (strictly speaking it's neither if XBox live and the account owner survive until the year 10000!) Why not just call it a ban, remove the 9999 date and avoid any misunderstanding? Has anyone found one that wasn't an open and shut case? (I think I saw one that suggested the user open an abuse ticket if they genuinely thought the account had been hacked but thats about it) /edit http://forums.xbox.com/35676742/ShowPost.aspx That one had me wondering if they bothered to translate or just went with their gut :-) Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: NiX on February 11, 2011, 07:55:33 AM racism - Yeah, "shocking" words and all that. I guess it's unusual to me since our racists tend to use different terms, and people with African ethnicity are relatively rare here. The problem now is that nigger has become a lyric rather than "the N word", so most kids don't really perceive what it actually means to call someone that. They think it's what cool black people and rappers say to each other, where as the older generations know exactly how it came about and why it's never a good idea to say it. Just like fag and retard. People would like to think they're insulting gays and people with disabilities, but to them it's just the same as calling someone an asshole. Or in Haem's case, a festering crotch pheasant. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: KallDrexx on February 11, 2011, 08:21:47 AM racism - Yeah, "shocking" words and all that. I guess it's unusual to me since our racists tend to use different terms, and people with African ethnicity are relatively rare here. The problem now is that nigger has become a lyric rather than "the N word", so most kids don't really perceive what it actually means to call someone that. They think it's what cool black people and rappers say to each other, where as the older generations know exactly how it came about and why it's never a good idea to say it. Just like fag and retard. People would like to think they're insulting gays and people with disabilities, but to them it's just the same as calling someone an asshole. Or in Haem's case, a festering crotch pheasant. I actually have a gay friend who also uses the word Fag freely a lot in a derogatory form. Kinda makes me go wtf Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Sky on February 11, 2011, 08:35:10 AM Quit being a faggot and suck that dick (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IFloXOuLgA)
Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: ezrast on February 11, 2011, 10:09:12 AM The problem now is that nigger has become a lyric rather than "the N word", so most kids don't really perceive what it actually means to call someone that. They think it's what cool black people and rappers say to each other, where as the older generations know exactly how it came about and why it's never a good idea to say it. I don't interact with kids much, but I really doubt this. Like Ingmar says, they may be saying it for shock value more than to actually be racist, but I think most people, even kids, know damn well what it means. They just don't care.Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: NiX on February 11, 2011, 10:52:03 AM I don't interact with kids much, but I really doubt this. Like Ingmar says, they may be saying it for shock value more than to actually be racist, but I think most people, even kids, know damn well what it means. They just don't care. I don't agree considering there isn't any shock value left to that word these days. Kids know it boils down to "Black person" in some definitions, but couldn't begin to tell you why that makes it offensive. They have the definition, just no context to it, which makes it hard to feel bad when someone says it's racist. Obviously they don't care though. That's a quality of the new generation. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Rendakor on February 11, 2011, 11:18:39 AM It's also become a part of internet culture to be a racist, homophobic asshole; it perpetuates itself basically because what kids hear other kids say, they repeat.
Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Morat20 on February 11, 2011, 11:29:47 AM It also depends on the age of the kids.
My son's finishing up 8th grade, he turns 15 late this year. My wife could tell you all the brain development shit behind this, but what I've learned through painful experience: Kids, once they hit about 12, turn into crazy people. They're like bipolar. You never know if it's the 30 year old adult or the 3-year old tantrum that's going to show up, but you can rest assured they'll either be treating anyone older as they're too dumb to live, or at least need someone older or wise (the kid in question) to explain things OR....you'll get someone who throws tantrums like one of those damn pageant toddlers. My wife says once they hit 15 or so, they sort of level out into just sorta dumb-asses. But what's important to grasp here is that as late as 19 or 20 -- parts of kids brains just aren't hooked up right. So any given mouthbreathing asshole on Xbox live is almost certainly some idiot 13 to 17 year old who had the equivilant of massive brain damage to the judgement centers of their brain and, if male, so much testosterone boiling through their system that they try to get into dominance fights with furniture. Which is why I play with the voice chat muted, and have stopped allowing my son to, in any way, argue about ANYTHING. Because he went from a rational kid with a high IQ to a argumentative moron who tries to bring the fucking US Constitution into a discussion on doing his damn homework. In fairness to other Xbox live users, I don't let him play unsupervised. Although even HE isn't dumb enough to drop f-bombs or act racist, he does have absolutely no idea of 'appropriote humor' and is thus fond of quoting comics or movies lines at a very bad time. It might be funny when the guy on stage or on the TV says it, but writing it in your freaking english essay for school is just plain lunacy. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: ghost on February 11, 2011, 11:32:10 AM It's also become a part of internet culture to be a racist, homophobic asshole; it perpetuates itself basically because what kids hear other kids say, they repeat. It's not just limited to kids. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Morat20 on February 11, 2011, 11:54:17 AM It's not just limited to kids. Kids are the worst, for the simple reason that they don't know any better. Most won't say that sort of thing around authority figures -- they know it's "Bad" but don't have any real depth of understanding. So they say it when no one knows it's them.It's part of the whole taboo thing, but mostly because no one has caught them yet and metaphorically beaten the snot out of them until they learned to keep their dumb mouths shut on some subjects. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: ghost on February 11, 2011, 12:00:57 PM I deal with kids every single day, all day. My observation of the interaction between parents and their children is that the apple doesn't often fall too far from the tree. Kids may say and do things that their parents wouldn't say or do in public, but you can be damned sure that the parents are thinking those things or saying them at home.
Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Sky on February 11, 2011, 12:11:20 PM he does have absolutely no idea of 'appropriote humor' and is thus fond of quoting comics or movies lines at a very bad time. It might be funny when the guy on stage or on the TV says it, but writing it in your freaking english essay for school is just plain lunacy. I quoted Samuel Coleridge in my last monthly report, does that count?Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Morat20 on February 11, 2011, 12:30:32 PM he does have absolutely no idea of 'appropriote humor' and is thus fond of quoting comics or movies lines at a very bad time. It might be funny when the guy on stage or on the TV says it, but writing it in your freaking english essay for school is just plain lunacy. I quoted Samuel Coleridge in my last monthly report, does that count?We hadn't "shut up" because of whatever-the-fuck he'd done right prior, and gotten his ass in serious trouble. Yeah, I noticed that little addendum to his project and hauled him right out of bed to fix it. His 'inappropriate quoting' is more like, I dunno, saying a line from a movie that has a context he doesn't fully grasp in front of his grandmother. Frankly as far as school is concerned, he only ever seems to get in trouble for not shutting up (not what he says -- I've yet to hear a complaint about that. Just talking while the teacher is, that sort of thing) and because, for some strange reason, he feels he has to blow off one class every six weeks. So it's a string of A's and high B's, then a 71. And the 71 always changes. Science to Social Studies to Geomatry....it's like he's only got so much focus, and is taking one class too many. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Sky on February 11, 2011, 01:19:58 PM Sounds just like me. Buy him a guitar :)
Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: HaemishM on February 11, 2011, 01:25:08 PM Kids, once they hit about 12, turn into crazy people. They're like bipolar. You never know if it's the 30 year old adult or the 3-year old tantrum that's going to show up, but you can rest assured they'll either be treating anyone older as they're too dumb to live, or at least need someone older or wise (the kid in question) to explain things OR....you'll get someone who throws tantrums like one of those damn pageant toddlers. My wife says once they hit 15 or so, they sort of level out into just sorta dumb-asses. But what's important to grasp here is that as late as 19 or 20 -- parts of kids brains just aren't hooked up right. My dad always used to say that kids brain stems detach when they reach the age of 13 and they don't really grow back until at least age 21. So you're saying it's actually backed up by science? :why_so_serious: Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Morat20 on February 11, 2011, 02:58:50 PM My dad always used to say that kids brain stems detach when they reach the age of 13 and they don't really grow back until at least age 21. So you're saying it's actually backed up by science? :why_so_serious: According to my wife, yeah. Your brain develops over time, wiring things up and sometimes sorta side-tracking things for a bit, and you've got hormone levels and structures that aren't fully formed, that sort of thing.Parenting and environment are huge factors, but at the end of the day some, they're not fully grown. I mean, they're still pretty adaptable little suckers, but yeah -- they don't think like adults, cause their brains aren't all hooked up. It's exasperating as hell. :) Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Sophismata on February 11, 2011, 03:17:51 PM Sorry, posted to the wrong thread.
Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: ghost on February 11, 2011, 04:32:59 PM Kids, once they hit about 12, turn into crazy people. They're like bipolar. You never know if it's the 30 year old adult or the 3-year old tantrum that's going to show up, but you can rest assured they'll either be treating anyone older as they're too dumb to live, or at least need someone older or wise (the kid in question) to explain things OR....you'll get someone who throws tantrums like one of those damn pageant toddlers. My wife says once they hit 15 or so, they sort of level out into just sorta dumb-asses. But what's important to grasp here is that as late as 19 or 20 -- parts of kids brains just aren't hooked up right. My dad always used to say that kids brain stems detach when they reach the age of 13 and they don't really grow back until at least age 21. So you're saying it's actually backed up by science? :why_so_serious: I think it doesn't so much regrow as change locations for boys. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: WindupAtheist on February 11, 2011, 09:06:22 PM Kids say "nigger" because it's the only word left that anyone besides their elderly grandmother actually refers to as "the (first letter)-word".
Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Sir T on February 11, 2011, 09:25:30 PM Sounds just like me. Buy him a guitar :) This actually isn't a bad idea. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Trouble on February 12, 2011, 01:49:39 AM I was basically a good kid as a teenager. But I do remember saying and doing a lot of stupid shit, and I also recall that a large portion was simply a reaction to being told or forced to do shit I didn't want to do. Whenever I was doing shit I was ok with, I was super fine and a normal human being.
Problem with that is most teenagers can't be trusted to just do whatever they want to do. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Teleku on February 12, 2011, 02:25:32 AM Kids say "nigger" because it's the only word left that anyone besides their elderly grandmother actually refers to as "the (first letter)-word". I find that the N word as well as the C word (Cunt for those of you not paying attention) are the last frontier in swearing in America. When I was a child, shit was at least as bad as the word fuck is now. Saying the word fuck anywhere near an adult up until the age of 12 would have gotten me beat within an inch of my life. That held true for all the other kids in school, not just my parents. Now I hear the words Hell, Damn, and even Shit very commonly on cable TV. If we were watching a show and that stuff happened when I was a child in the late 80's or early 90's(and they didn't read posts by Ironwood or other British posters), the TV would be instantly turned and the program banned. My parents were pretty much atheist as well..Nigger and Cunt (along with some other choice racial slurs in a particular context) are about the only thing left that can actually generate emotion by swearing. Which is why they take advantage of them (but unless they they are actually smart/nerdy/emo enough to watch British comedy, no the word Cunt). Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Azazel on February 12, 2011, 02:59:45 AM The problem now is that nigger has become a lyric rather than "the N word", so most kids don't really perceive what it actually means to call someone that. They think it's what cool black people and rappers say to each other, where as the older generations know exactly how it came about and why it's never a good idea to say it. Just like fag and retard. People would like to think they're insulting gays and people with disabilities, but to them it's just the same as calling someone an asshole. Or in Haem's case, a festering crotch pheasant. Well, fag and retard mean pretty much the same thing over here (arsehole, etc), but the racist terms are pretty much specifically used as racist insults rather than general purpose ones. Sounds just like me. Buy him a guitar :) Dude. We've been over this. Guitars are for Old People. As for kids. Yeah they do dumb shit and their brains are still developing, but still, making that into an excuse for the dipshits on Live doesn't cut it. I work with them all day as well. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Morat20 on February 12, 2011, 03:54:17 PM But I do remember saying and doing a lot of stupid shit, and I also recall that a large portion was simply a reaction to being told or forced to do shit I didn't want to do. Whenever I was doing shit I was ok with, I was super fine and a normal human being. As the proud owner/jailor of a teenager, I can assure you that you were -- in no way -- out of ordinary. They call it 'teenage rebellion' for a reason, and sadly that goes with all the good judgement of a suicidal lemming.Problem with that is most teenagers can't be trusted to just do whatever they want to do. Anyways, this is all just teenage poor judgement, testoterone-fueled social jockeying mixed with anonymity. At least for the teenagers, ridiculous behavior, foul language, and racism are basically dick-measuring competitions. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Sjofn on February 12, 2011, 05:01:41 PM Kids say "nigger" because it's the only word left that anyone besides their elderly grandmother actually refers to as "the (first letter)-word". I find that the N word as well as the C word (Cunt for those of you not paying attention) are the last frontier in swearing in America. When I was a child, shit was at least as bad as the word fuck is now. Saying the word fuck anywhere near an adult up until the age of 12 would have gotten me beat within an inch of my life. That held true for all the other kids in school, not just my parents. Now I hear the words Hell, Damn, and even Shit very commonly on cable TV. If we were watching a show and that stuff happened when I was a child in the late 80's or early 90's(and they didn't read posts by Ironwood or other British posters), the TV would be instantly turned and the program banned. My parents were pretty much atheist as well..Nigger and Cunt (along with some other choice racial slurs in a particular context) are about the only thing left that can actually generate emotion by swearing. Which is why they take advantage of them (but unless they they are actually smart/nerdy/emo enough to watch British comedy, no the word Cunt). My mom has a terrible, terrible mouth. She is the daughter of a Scottish merchant marine, and you can tell. Nearly every cuss word I know, I learned at her knee. And yet. She cannot stand a lot of swearing in movies or TV shows or whatever. She will flee the room, grumbling about how they swear "too goddamn much." My father finds this hilarious. I can only assume her delicate sensibility comes from her other parent, her excruciatingly proper Canadian mother who, when she was REALLY riled, might've said "damn." I don't really recall specifically getting in trouble for swearing, personally, but I knew it Was Not Done. In front of grown ups, anyway. :why_so_serious: I don't think my mouth got really bad until high school anyway. You want your kids to start swearing A LOT? Make them get a part time job. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: ghost on February 12, 2011, 05:57:43 PM Kids say "nigger" because it's the only word left that anyone besides their elderly grandmother actually refers to as "the (first letter)-word". This reminds me of when I was seven and brought an African-American friend over to my grandmother's house after school to play. She said, "Oh, you're that little colored boy he's talked so much about." That pretty much put an end to that friendship. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Bann on February 13, 2011, 09:40:04 AM I deal with kids every single day, all day. My observation of the interaction between parents and their children is that the apple doesn't often fall too far from the tree. Kids may say and do things that their parents wouldn't say or do in public, but you can be damned sure that the parents are thinking those things or saying them at home. I second this. I work in a k-8 school, and called a parent about the stunningly disrespectful attitude their child displayed towards one of our new teachers in the beginning of the year and had the parent reply with "When are all y'all gonna stop calling me about shit ***** does at school? He's your problem when he's there. -click-." That phone call was one of the saddest lightbulb moments I can remember. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Strazos on February 13, 2011, 09:44:30 AM Hah, that kid will grow up to be a waste of life. :oh_i_see:
It should be illegal to be that dumb. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Shrike on February 13, 2011, 10:54:38 AM You want your kids to start swearing A LOT? Make them get a part time job. Quoted for truth. I was actually pretty well behaved through high school and even college. My language took a terminal turn for the worse when I got a summer job at a GM plant. UAW for the win! After that it was all over but for the swearing... Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: K9 on February 13, 2011, 11:25:37 AM It was working in a pub kitchen that did it for me :grin:
Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Strazos on February 13, 2011, 11:52:44 AM Grew up with a construction worker in the house.
Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: pxib on February 13, 2011, 02:26:34 PM Whenever the topic of those-fucking-teenagers comes up I like to post a link to this essay (http://www.paulgraham.com/nerds.html) and I'm actually not sure I've ever done it here:
Quote Adults can't avoid seeing that teenage kids are tormented. So why don't they do something about it? Because they blame it on puberty. The reason kids are so unhappy, adults tell themselves, is that monstrous new chemicals, hormones, are now coursing through their bloodstream and messing up everything. There's nothing wrong with the system; it's just inevitable that kids will be miserable at that age. This idea is so pervasive that even the kids believe it, which probably doesn't help. Someone who thinks his feet naturally hurt is not going to stop to consider the possibility that he is wearing the wrong size shoes. I'm suspicious of this theory that thirteen-year-old kids are intrinsically messed up. If it's physiological, it should be universal. Are Mongol nomads all nihilists at thirteen? I've read a lot of history, and I have not seen a single reference to this supposedly universal fact before the twentieth century. Teenage apprentices in the Renaissance seem to have been cheerful and eager. They got in fights and played tricks on one another of course (Michelangelo had his nose broken by a bully), but they weren't crazy. As far as I can tell, the concept of the hormone-crazed teenager is coeval with suburbia. I don't think this is a coincidence. Kind of long and rambly, but worth the read. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Murgos on February 13, 2011, 05:05:42 PM Hey LOOK! Someone on the internet has an opinion with nothing but the breeze coming out of their ass to back them up.
Good job there. I'm convinced. Or, it could be vetted and proven hormones that cause them to grow 2 feet in 3 years and kick start their sex organs and the massive changes going on in their not fully formed brains Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Sjofn on February 13, 2011, 06:30:19 PM On what planet do parents do nothing about their miserable teenaged kids? I thought it was more in style to whine parents do too much for their miserable teenaged kids.
Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Rendakor on February 13, 2011, 06:50:12 PM That would be Planet USA, where children are raised by TV and Xbox.
Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Bzalthek on February 13, 2011, 07:45:07 PM Parents do everything they can to shut the little crotch muppets up and leave them alone. The best bang for your buck is sending them to
Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Sjofn on February 13, 2011, 09:09:35 PM That would be Planet USA, where children are raised by TV and Xbox. No, Planet USA has the dread Helicopter Parents (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicopter_parent). I forgot, no matter what a parent does, they're doing it wrong, and it's everyone else's business to tell you what a fuck up you've made your kid. And people wonder why I don't want any! Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Ratman_tf on February 13, 2011, 09:18:07 PM I forgot, no matter what a parent does, they're doing it wrong, and it's everyone else's business to tell you what a fuck up you've made your kid. And people wonder why I don't want any! My aunt, bless her soul, has tons to say about raising kids and how everyone else fucked up, meanwhile she never had any of her own. :awesome_for_real: Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Slyfeind on February 13, 2011, 09:52:27 PM Hey LOOK! Someone on the internet has an opinion with nothing but the breeze coming out of their ass to back them up. Good job there. I'm convinced. Or, it could be vetted and proven hormones that cause them to grow 2 feet in 3 years and kick start their sex organs and the massive changes going on in their not fully formed brains I like the part where he compared today's kids to kids in the MIDDLE FUCKING AGES. What a fucking retarded cunt. :awesome_for_real: Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Daeven on February 13, 2011, 10:36:55 PM Hey LOOK! Someone on the internet has an opinion with nothing but the breeze coming out of their ass to back them up. Good job there. I'm convinced. Or, it could be vetted and proven hormones that cause them to grow 2 feet in 3 years and kick start their sex organs and the massive changes going on in their not fully formed brains I like the part where he compared today's kids to kids in the MIDDLE FUCKING AGES. What a fucking retarded cunt. :awesome_for_real: Well, see obviously we don't beat our kids enough and let a third of them die to cholera, typhus and smallpox. Stupid suburbs. -Insert lots of babbling about neurophysiology and how adolescent brains rewire here- Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Megrim on February 13, 2011, 11:01:24 PM Hey LOOK! Someone on the internet has an opinion with nothing but the breeze coming out of their ass to back them up. Good job there. I'm convinced. Or, it could be vetted and proven hormones that cause them to grow 2 feet in 3 years and kick start their sex organs and the massive changes going on in their not fully formed brains Good to see well warranted criticism backed up by factual and to-the-point discussion of the flaws in the arguments presented. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: UnSub on February 14, 2011, 05:58:59 AM Hey LOOK! Someone on the internet has an opinion with nothing but the breeze coming out of their ass to back them up. Good job there. I'm convinced. Or, it could be vetted and proven hormones that cause them to grow 2 feet in 3 years and kick start their sex organs and the massive changes going on in their not fully formed brains Good to see well warranted criticism backed up by factual and to-the-point discussion of the flaws in the arguments presented. Nature versus nurture arguments can get very, very ugly. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: HaemishM on February 14, 2011, 08:49:43 AM Actually, there's a very simple answer to why teenagers are such raging, mouth-breathing crocthpheasants with amphetamine attention spans and personalities that put the capital C in complete fucking cuntmuffin.
Because they can. Teenagers are perceived to be little adults - they are old enough to not be considered "just kids" so are given a little bit of responsibility but they are too young to be given anything they can reasonably kill someone else with unless there is some form of supervision. Their world has been heretofore a set of very constrictive routines they have no control over and suddenly they see some of those restraints being loosened. Their bodies, though awkward were at least not complete fucking strangers before puberty. Now it's like they are driving a broken down hair covered spazz machine. They are testing the limits of their new existence. And God help us all. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Sky on February 14, 2011, 09:46:05 AM Youth is wasted on the young.
Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Bzalthek on February 14, 2011, 02:20:25 PM I never liked that saying. If the "old" suddenly gained all that youth they'd spend all of it making sure the world never changes. The only thing that makes this planet livable is knowing all those cockholsters will eventually fucking die and I won't have to hear what "back in my day" was like anymore. Then I can take their place and rage at the little shits who desperately want me to die, and get off my lawn! Shoulda been culled in the birthin shed!
Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Furiously on February 14, 2011, 03:11:41 PM I dunno... I think it would be awesome to have spent my 20's and 30's exploring the world and spending my future earnings doing fun stuff, then paying it all back by working until I was dead.
Instead of working until I'm 65 and only then having the free time only to no longer be physically able to climb a mountain. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Mrbloodworth on February 15, 2011, 07:26:09 AM They say them because in this day and age they won't get slapped in the mouth. Like they should be.
Beat your children. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Typhon on February 15, 2011, 07:37:47 AM I dunno... I think it would be awesome to have spent my 20's and 30's exploring the world and spending my future earnings doing fun stuff, then paying it all back by working until I was dead. Instead of working until I'm 65 and only then having the free time only to no longer be physically able to climb a mountain. If I knew that I had to work until I was dead and that all my fun was behind me I would do increasingly more dangerous (and fun!) activities until my number came up. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Paelos on February 15, 2011, 07:38:11 AM They say them because in this day and age they won't get slapped in the mouth. Like they should be. Beat your children. I agree. For some reason my generation started the trend of not spanking and giving out trophies for showing up. It wasn't immensely popular, but it's caught on like wildfire. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Sky on February 15, 2011, 09:04:37 AM I never liked that saying. If the "old" suddenly gained all that youth they'd spend all of it making sure the world never changes. This is mostly not true. We'd be too busy fucking.I dunno... I think it would be awesome to have spent my 20's and 30's exploring the world and spending my future earnings doing fun stuff, then paying it all back by working until I was dead. That's why I spent my 20s being a vagabond and a gypsy. Sure, I got a late start on a career, but since I'll probably never be able to retire anyway, it's not a huge setback. In fact, I might be back to square one soon anyway. And when I look back over my 20s (vagabond) and 30s (career), the 20s are the part I'll remember fondly. It's tough to sustain that lifestyle without getting really road-worn, though.Instead of working until I'm 65 and only then having the free time only to no longer be physically able to climb a mountain. For some reason my generation started the trend of not spanking and giving out trophies for showing up. It wasn't immensely popular, but it's caught on like wildfire. Mostly this. People are shocked when I tell them I was paddled in school. Which meant dropping your pants and having a grown man hit your bare ass as hard as he could with a wooden paddle (think cricket bat). Sounds kind of odd, but it was really fucking effective. Unless ten of your buddies were also there and you just kept laughing through it. Maybe a bit brutal, but you earned the right to be a troublemaker back then.Then we got to high school and the hippies had taken over and instead of being beaten bloody, you'd just go sit in a room for a few hours (which in my case was backed on by the music room, so I'd just grab a guitar and play). Not punishment. Probably about the same time jail became about rehabilitation instead of punishment, too. And when we stopped treating the insane in institutions and put them on the street. It's working great! Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Merusk on February 15, 2011, 09:55:55 AM They say them because in this day and age they won't get slapped in the mouth. Like they should be. Beat your children. I agree. For some reason my generation started the trend of not spanking and giving out trophies for showing up. It wasn't immensely popular, but it's caught on like wildfire. Actually it was parents in the 80s that started it, typically Late-life Boomers. Gen X just picked up the torch and carried it. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: HaemishM on February 15, 2011, 11:40:53 AM I don't remember having to drop my pants for paddlings in school. :grin:
Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: ghost on February 15, 2011, 12:06:39 PM I don't remember having to drop my pants for paddlings in school. :grin: That's in Catholic school. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Sky on February 15, 2011, 12:17:26 PM Yeah, that was my dad, actually. School was pants-on paddlings. :oh_i_see:
Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: ghost on February 15, 2011, 12:52:08 PM I'm not sure that makes it better. :ye_gods:
:why_so_serious: Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Paelos on February 15, 2011, 02:33:35 PM They say them because in this day and age they won't get slapped in the mouth. Like they should be. I agree. For some reason my generation started the trend of not spanking and giving out trophies for showing up. It wasn't immensely popular, but it's caught on like wildfire.Beat your children. My parents never really bought into the beatings because I was playing so many sports I was already covered head to toe in cuts and bruises. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: ajax34i on February 15, 2011, 03:41:21 PM Belts are really painful too (what I got when I was a kid), as are really thin wood sticks.
People are shocked nowadays, but the thing is, I didn't get the belt daily. Only for MAJOR offenses. Like, maybe a couple times a year. Most of the time my parents would just threaten to belt me, and that was damn effective, and thus sufficient. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Strazos on February 15, 2011, 03:58:51 PM Same. Mom punched me in the arm once for backtalking in front of our exchange student. I think I was more shocked than actually hurt.
Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Sjofn on February 15, 2011, 04:03:19 PM I got accused of being raised by "hippies" because neither of my parents were big on the spanking. One good shot to the butt if you were doing something bad that needed to be stopped RIGHT NOW, AND NEVER TO BE DONE AGAIN, and that was about it. I can remember them doing it like ... twice. It was threatened ALL THE TIME, but never really done. Of course, my siblings and I beat the shit out of each other for fun (mostly in the legs and arms, mind you), so my mother gave up trying to get us to stop completely and instead taught us you Do Not Hit While Angry ... it worked, oddly enough, but gave them even less of a standing to swat us. :P
The thought of my father, of all people, being a hippie cracks me right the fuck up. On some subjects, he is pretty much a wingnut. He just never saw the point in smacking his kids. Psychological warfare, on the other hand, that was totally fair game, such as offering me a quarter to follow through on my threat to run away when I was six. :heart: Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: NiX on February 15, 2011, 04:18:20 PM Belts are really painful too (what I got when I was a kid), as are really thin wood sticks. People are shocked nowadays, but the thing is, I didn't get the belt daily. Only for MAJOR offenses. Like, maybe a couple times a year. Most of the time my parents would just threaten to belt me, and that was damn effective, and thus sufficient. This is the way it was for me. I FEARED the belt. No one could understand why I feared my 4'11" mother so much, but she instilled the fear of God in me and I did everything in my power to do no wrong. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Ingmar on February 15, 2011, 04:27:57 PM The problem with these discussions is that every kid is going to respond in their own way. You can't really say "well everything would just be better if we beat the kids more" because some % of kids will respond worse to that sort of discipline than to whatever other options there are.
Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: rk47 on February 15, 2011, 05:42:53 PM *wondered if he entered the wrong thread by mistake*
:grin: Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Sheepherder on February 15, 2011, 07:10:09 PM Probably about the same time jail became about rehabilitation instead of punishment, too. And when we stopped treating the insane in institutions and put them on the street. It's working great! I can't tell if you're deliberately being stupid or if you actually believe that the US is capable of running rehab programs for it's prison population. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Der Helm on February 15, 2011, 07:49:25 PM I thought he was being ironic/sarcastic. Bring back green !
Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Ironwood on February 16, 2011, 04:04:45 AM Growing up in Kilmarnock meant that my parents didn't believe in the smack. Well, maybe just a couple of grams to get me to sleep at night.
Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Mrbloodworth on February 16, 2011, 05:56:22 AM The problem with these discussions is that every kid is going to respond in their own way. You can't really say "well everything would just be better if we beat the kids more" because some % of kids will respond worse to that sort of discipline than to whatever other options there are. No, if they say things like we are discussing, slap them in the mouth. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: ghost on February 16, 2011, 07:10:12 AM The debate of spanking versus not is just a small portion of the overall issue. The negative reactions to spanking children has, for a lot of parents, swung so far that many parents don't punish their kids at all. And some parents barely do any parenting. When a kid pushes my kid down, I shouldn't be the one that has to explain to their child that it isn't the right thing to do. Spanking is a dangerous way to punish because it can lead to full on abuse in the wrong hands, but I don't believe that it should be absolutely ruled out. I can think of almost nothing I would personally spank my kids for, but if they say "nigger", for any reason, they will be getting a spanking, I can guarantee you that.
Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Sky on February 16, 2011, 07:38:21 AM Probably about the same time jail became about rehabilitation instead of punishment, too. And when we stopped treating the insane in institutions and put them on the street. It's working great! I can't tell if you're deliberately being stupid or if you actually believe that the US is capable of running rehab programs for it's prison population. The last really good punishment I took from my dad was from rough-housing in the playground, tripped this girl who, as it turns out, was his boss's daughter. Bloodied her knee, I wasn't able to sit for days. I ended up moving in with my mom and she lived in a rougher town so I learned how to fight and steal and swear :p Guess I should've stuck with the spankings. Ah, well. Makes me crazy when kids blame their upbringing for their problems. I had things plenty rough, but it makes you a better person if you learn from it and move on with life. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Morat20 on February 16, 2011, 08:52:07 AM No, if they say things like we are discussing, slap them in the mouth. That will make some of them do it more often. Because if they stop, you've won and teenagers are stubborn, hormone-driven beasts who lack any sort of experience and -- in some ways -- necessary brain functions to deal with some of their basic instincts. Like, say, beating the environment into submission and proving they're the boss. Some of them will say such shit just to get slapped, because getting slapped is proof they've riled their parents up and forced them to lose their temper. Now, if the slap hurts enough -- they'll find other ways to do it, but "hurts enough" will vary and in a lot of cases be past punishment and into abuse. Which they also can work out. Let's face it -- either you, as a parent, are or are not capable of smacking your kid hard enough to cause injury. If you are capable, you're abusing them. If you're not, the kid will probably take the relatively minor pain in return for a social success, because that's what his hormones are screaming for. I could smack my kid until the sun went out, and he'd view it as a win right now. I could ground him and he'd view it as a win. On the other hand, confiscate his cell phone and he gets all insanely pissed off and then crumples, because I've removed access to his friends and gf, and that's something he's willing to lose to retain. Every kid is different. There is no 'universal solution'. But anything you do has to start with realizing what makes your kid tick, and why he's all of a sudden turned into an asshole. Now if your kid is 8 and an asshole, that's more your problem as a parent. If he's a teenager and an asshole, well, teenager MEANS asshole in like four languages. :) Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: bhodi on February 16, 2011, 10:11:59 AM Unlocking this. I think one of us fat-fingered the lock button, sorry.
Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Sheepherder on February 16, 2011, 11:03:04 AM Talk to the people who think jail makes criminals into fine, upstanding citizens. The US prison system doesn't do what you think it does. Crisis averted. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: HaemishM on February 16, 2011, 11:06:02 AM My dad had the belt. My mom would use THE SWITCH. And you had to go pick out your own switch. If you don't know what a switch is, you didn't get beat right. :drill:
Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Mrbloodworth on February 16, 2011, 11:08:29 AM Unlocking this. I think one of us fat-fingered the lock button, sorry. I thought it was closed to protect the children. :why_so_serious: Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Sky on February 16, 2011, 11:42:18 AM The US prison system doesn't do what you think it does. Crisis averted. Ok, I'll bite. What do I think it does?Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: NiX on February 16, 2011, 12:18:25 PM Unlocking this. I think one of us fat-fingered the lock button, sorry. That explains a lot. I usually just accidentally click Modify instead of Quote. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Sheepherder on February 16, 2011, 02:14:05 PM Derail here. (http://forums.f13.net/index.php?topic=20469.0)
Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: SurfD on February 16, 2011, 02:25:04 PM My dad had the belt. My mom would use THE SWITCH. And you had to go pick out your own switch. If you don't know what a switch is, you didn't get beat right. :drill: I grew up in a farming community. My mother started off with wooden spoons (the thickass industrial kind). When we were about 7 or so, she graduated to a Cattle Prod (the 8 or so D size battery kind).Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: ghost on February 16, 2011, 02:32:40 PM When we were about 7 or so, she graduated to a Cattle Prod (the 8 or so D size battery kind). This sounds super creepy, for a variety of reasons. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: K9 on February 16, 2011, 02:35:30 PM Unlocking this. I think one of us fat-fingered the lock button, sorry. I just assumed the thread locked itself out of despair. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Paelos on February 16, 2011, 08:39:41 PM Come on, we'd never have MMO threads again if they could do that.
Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: SurfD on February 16, 2011, 11:02:29 PM When we were about 7 or so, she graduated to a Cattle Prod (the 8 or so D size battery kind). This sounds super creepy, for a variety of reasons. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Rishathra on February 17, 2011, 06:01:59 AM When we were about 7 or so, she graduated to a Cattle Prod (the 8 or so D size battery kind). This sounds super creepy, for a variety of reasons. You haven't made it sound ANY less creepy. In fact, I think you exponentially increased the creepiness. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: UnSub on February 17, 2011, 10:03:47 PM When we were about 7 or so, she graduated to a Cattle Prod (the 8 or so D size battery kind). This sounds super creepy, for a variety of reasons. Yes, really. "My mom hurt herself beating us and went hi-tech instead," isn't exactly non-creepy. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: SurfD on February 18, 2011, 03:38:06 AM Meh. Guess you would have to be me or my brother then. Just seems to be a sort of normal part of my childhood to me.
Like I said, I grew up in a rural farming community with a twin brother. We had about 20 acres of forrest, field and scrub to play in. Most of our leisure time after school was spent romping around places that by most now "modern" standards would likely be considered death-traps for young kids. I mean, god forbid you let a kid climb a tree, or play in a freshly plowed field. They might actually scrape a knee or elbow. We were the kind of kids who (at a certain age) would dare eachother to piss on the neighbouring farmer's electric fence for kicks. We were pretty durable little buggers, and probably knew every tree worth climbing and puddle worth falling into by time we were 5 or 6. When we stepped too far out of line, mom would usually spank us with the spoon (or dad would use a belt, yay for sexism). I imagine the cattle prod came into use simply because A: it worked, and B: we were becomming a bit too big to turn over the knee for a spanking. I mean, the spoon or belt (or hand or shoe or switch or whatever) is only effective untill the kid understands that a parent will only take it so far (otherwise they risk actually damaging their hellraizing spawn). The cattle prod however, had the dual effect of being a good strong jolt (hey, it has a nice kick to it) without any danger of harm to the recipient. My brother and i got the hint pretty quickly. Hell, mom probably spanked us more often with the spoon then she ever used the cattle prod. From what I recall of that age of my life, I remmeber it more as a deterrent (as in, it is there, and i know what it does, and i dont want none of that) then I ever remember it actually being used. In reality, I guess it was more mother graduating from "physical dicipline" to "psychological warefare", then simply going high tech. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Merusk on February 18, 2011, 05:03:22 AM And that, ladies and gentlemen is a textbook example of why abuse is cyclical. The kids grow up to just think it's normal, and in the end would turn intoa frothing, gibbering mass to defend their parent's insane actions.
Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: NiX on February 18, 2011, 06:16:32 AM I should chart this thread to show the complete and utter decline from entertainment to den worthy.
Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Paelos on February 18, 2011, 06:47:07 AM I should chart this thread to show the complete and utter decline from entertainment to den worthy. Done. (http://i51.tinypic.com/72dtvb.jpg) Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Mrbloodworth on February 18, 2011, 06:53:39 AM hahahahahahaha
Slap your children. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: UnSub on February 18, 2011, 08:20:53 AM ... it will give them something to work out through abusing strangers on Xbox Live?
Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Morat20 on February 18, 2011, 08:40:22 AM ... it will give them something to work out through abusing strangers on Xbox Live? They're practicing for when there are girls present. Girls love guys being racist.Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Bzalthek on February 18, 2011, 08:52:36 AM I have no idea what I was watching, but there was some experiment where they got a special ops guy out target practicing. He did a dry run and then he did a run with 3 guys on a couch at the top of the hill mocking him via x-box live interactions to his headset. He actually shot better (by imagining, I suppose, them on the targets.)
Not like anything scientific, but amusing. When the host asked if he wanted to meet the guys, they started panicking (No no no! He's got a GUN!) Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Mrbloodworth on February 18, 2011, 09:25:49 AM ... it will give them something to work out through abusing strangers on Xbox Live? George Carlin -Child Worship (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6wOt2iXdc4) Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Morat20 on February 18, 2011, 09:45:29 AM I have no idea what I was watching, but there was some experiment where they got a special ops guy out target practicing. He did a dry run and then he did a run with 3 guys on a couch at the top of the hill mocking him via x-box live interactions to his headset. He actually shot better (by imagining, I suppose, them on the targets.) I find I'm more prone to team-killing whenever there's a moron on chat. Of course, I'm also prone to team killing whenever there's a moron whacking me because I got "his" gun. Run faster, asshole, if you want the sniper rifle. Not like anything scientific, but amusing. When the host asked if he wanted to meet the guys, they started panicking (No no no! He's got a GUN!) Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: tgr on February 19, 2011, 12:35:13 AM ... it will give them something to work out through abusing strangers on Xbox Live? George Carlin -Child Worship (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6wOt2iXdc4) Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: WindupAtheist on February 19, 2011, 11:10:44 AM I give you a forum full of dipshits getting banned, and you pack of elderly goats turn it into a "kids these days" rant thread and ruin it. I hate you guys.
Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Bzalthek on February 19, 2011, 12:58:32 PM Learn to show respect to your seniors, punk!
Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: NiX on February 19, 2011, 12:59:47 PM I have no idea what I was watching, but there was some experiment where they got a special ops guy out target practicing. He did a dry run and then he did a run with 3 guys on a couch at the top of the hill mocking him via x-box live interactions to his headset. He actually shot better (by imagining, I suppose, them on the targets.) Not like anything scientific, but amusing. When the host asked if he wanted to meet the guys, they started panicking (No no no! He's got a GUN!) Rooster Teeth's Immersion series. Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: tgr on February 20, 2011, 05:56:41 AM I give you a forum full of dipshits getting banned, and you pack of elderly goats turn it into a "kids these days" rant thread and ruin it. I hate you guys. Don't make me squeak my elderly joints over there in and whap you with my walking stick!Title: Re: Sweet, sweet tears. Post by: Bzalthek on February 20, 2011, 08:54:17 AM I give you a forum full of dipshits getting banned, and you pack of elderly goats turn it into a "kids these days" rant thread and ruin it. I hate you guys. Don't make me squeak my elderly joints over there in and whap you with my walking stick!There will be wailing and a gnash of teeth! (And if you haven't got teeth then teeth will be provided, oh yes indeed!) |