Dusty Chalk

Only if you're a lawyer.

I disagree. Wikipedia says, "...It may be used to evoke strong feelings or to create a strong impression...", which sounds an awful lot like "inflame" to me. I thought you meant that it wasn't subtle. Let's just agree that hyperbole is a lot closer to inflammation than subtlety, 'kay? (And yes, the next time someone uses hyperbole, I fully intend to use the line, "stop it, you're giving me an inflammation".)

Jeez, keep up, it was just hyperbole.

No, there was a question in there, I.E. which is it? My point was that hyperbole can be inflammatory.

Okay, I think I finally got grawk's point -- I completely misunderstood. He was saying Aaron was not being subtle, I.E. using hyperbole. So in a sense, by my saying that what he was saying was inflammatory, I was agreeing with him. But with you, I'm still lost -- you're saying he was using hyperbole, but that it was not inflammatory -- so which is it? I think you accidentally followed my lead a little bit -- Dan was saying that it's perfectly acceptable to be inflammatory when subtlety doesn't work -- which in this case, was not being used at all (yes?). I don't think I ever blamed anyone else for my ignorance, I just didn't understand what was going on. I take full responsibility for my mistake. Oh, and Mike, you want to take a whack at me? Fuck off and die.

And again, spin-doctoring to your own agenda (in this case, defending Aaron).

You used the word "acceptable", implying I was saying otherwise -- I was trying to explain how I was not calling his post "unacceptable", but rather just contradicting him and/or calling him names. -10 reading comprehension points for you, -5 writing comprehensibly points for me.

Saying it is not inflammatory does not make it not inflammatory, it just makes you (a) wrong, ( a liar, © all of the above/a lawyer. And I question anyone who talks about raping kids as being (a) subtle, ( not an ass, © not inflammatory. I stand by my statements.

...and (you're probably too young to know this) was a reference to "Mork & Mindy" -- an early TV show starring Robin Williams.

I never said he shouldn't post. I just called him an ass on this. I think you're giving him more credit than he deserves by believing subtlety from his post. The mention of "rape" is hardly subtle -- it was deliberately inflammatory, and hence the "shouldn't be a mod" comment.

I don't agree with your formatting choices, but...whatevs... Artist: Tonio K. Album: Life in the Foodchain Song: "HATRED" Lyric: "I wish I were as mellow, as, for instance, Jackson Brown but 'fountain of sorrow' my ass motherfucker I hope you wind up in the ground"

Oh, that makes it so much better. Not if you whine about it when you get shit back.

Nixon Scout Leather all-black.

Dr. Snuggles I understand, but...Mr. Shasbotski? Is that a reference to something, or is it just ...arbitrary?

Sorry, I meant, "That right there is why you should never be a father." No, seriously dude, you were just being a prick, stirring shit up, fucking with us -- not making a valid point -- so expect same. Quit being so fucking thin-skinned -- if you can't take the heat, don't involve yourself in these discussions. It's time for... For the record, I don't show my disdain for you every time you post, only when you're being a prick. I don't care how many people on this site like you, I will call you out on it every single fucking time.

I fixed it. Feel free to put it back.

See, and that right there is why you shouldn't be a mod.

I love you guys! Pfff.

You may want to try shopnbc again, there, Billy, I just checked the link again, and it's saying "available".

Awesome.

Thanks for informing us of this -- looking forward to your impressions.

If you registered with hotmail, yahoo, or gmail, I can tell you that they don't allow free email addresses -- you need verizon.net or something -- taking up grawk's offer will solve your problem, most likely. Oh, and if you're logged in, search for the thread that has a post with "Tetris" by me ("Dusty Chalk" as the user). EDIT: Here, this one.

I nominate pretzel.

But...but...but...this is HeadCase. Baseness is not a criteria for closing threads. Crossing the line -- bestiality, child porn, snuff, etc. -- is. Too much asshatism == banletion, though. And the reason I didn't re-open it is because I didn't want to get into a close/open/close/open contest. I'll honor your decision, especially since at least grawk seems to agree with it, even if I don't entirely.

I concur with the advice that says, start by just getting the setup right and the table level -- that alone will make a huge difference.