Posted by ROCKET SCIENTIST at pcp126744pcs.medfrd01.nj.comcast.net on January 22, 2002 at 12:26:27:
In Reply to: Re: a question.... posted by miss d on January 22, 2002 at 11:15:35:
: : Excuse me, Miss Big Apple, but what does this have to do with View Askew? Unless Kevins Smith et al made a movie about Billie Jean, it's not the kind of topic you should start a thread with.
: : I realize posts deteriorate into rhetoric at times, but there's no reason to start an irrelevant post about such a general subject.
: I just have a question, so as to make things clear in my own mind. According to your logic, *only* posts which relate to VA should be here. Okay, I've got that, but to erase any confusion, why would you then start a post about Vanilla Sky? Because it has Jason Lee in it, and Jason Lee has been a part of VA related movies, etc.? So, just for clarification sake, only VA related posts and/or posts which the originator can relate back to VA in some 6 degrees type of way should be allowed?
: Thanks...
Yes, your rationale is basically correct. Only posts about VA belong in here. For anyone to think otherwise means there is something seriously wrong with their intellectual abilities. And yes, the Vanilla Sky/Jason lee connection is within the latitude of the new laws that I am enforcing.
Think about what the alternative is to what I'm saying. That is, that ANY KIND of posts belongs on this board?
This board gets pathetic at times because people who come here to find out about VA, even triavial things, have to sift through TONS of 11 year olds posting about their favorite bands, the Nickelodeon Channel..and my personal favorite...the poster who started a thread that asked what Everyone's favorite sandwich was...
I mean, give me a break. If you don't have anything to say about VA< don't post.
There's already 1,000 new posts every day, of which 700 are about garbage that has nothing to do with VA.
And don't tell me you didn't notice that a good 75% of the posters are able to include their entire thought in the subject line. One main reason they do this, besides the fact that they have nothing worthwhile to say and probably can't form complete sentences, is that the forum takes too fucking long to download because of all the nonsense posts, so it allows for easy reading if people just say it int he subject line.
So you people ruin this forum with these kinds of posts and then proudly walk around in a loaded diaper.
Get some self-respect and some self-control. if you don't have anything to contribute, or say about VA, then don't post. I don't see what the fuck the problem people have with that simple rule.
ROCKET