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[EntelechyFuff]

Don't worry, I've dispatched our most expert negotiator to advocate reopening the thread with the mods. Now it's only a matter of time...

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[rkofan87]

There were disagreements and all. But we were being somewhat good. There are further developments.

this it got a little bit off track but there wasn't even a reason given why it was locked it was just locked

 

[rkofan87]

When 90% of the thread was TDS, no thanks.

you're right it was turning into an era thread maybe it should stay locked

 

[buttnuggett]

this it got a little bit off track but there wasn't even a reason given why it was locked it was just locked

It did get a bit off the rails. Was nothing major, just needed a jolt to get back on track. Of course, I'm not the boss. lol

 

[adamsapple]

Don't worry, I've dispatched our most expert negotiator to advocate reopening the thread with the mods. Now it's only a matter of time...

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[rkofan87]

So 90% normal people, 10% cultists?

reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

 

[rkofan87]

I agree. I can't remember the last time I've been logging into GAF at least a half dozen times a day to check on a thread. It was a super helpful way to get curated info on a major ongoing world event, often faster (and less biased) than mainstream news sources.

Does GAF even have a way to threadban people? I can't recall ever seeing someone get threadbanned. Maybe that's the issue.

Surely admin can vibecode a threadban tool on Claude in an hour and re-open the thread! Pretty please!!!

they do I got a thread band and a warning for a comment I made about Charlie Kirk that was f out of line

 

[rkofan87]

If only it was locked sooner. So many fun posters banned due to ideological feuds.

this harshly disagreeing on one thread gets a permanent band seems a bit much EviLore

 

[newtypepilot]

what about the front of the thread?

 

[buttnuggett]

If only it was locked sooner. So many fun posters banned due to ideological feuds.

I'd say it was more simping for terrorist.

 

[buttnuggett]

Either way, I'd say they were right in locking it in hindsight of this thread.

 

[rkofan87]

Either way, I'd say they were right in locking it in hindsight of this thread.

same

 

[Ecotic]

If the thread was closed because "war is over, nothing more to discuss", then it should be reopened. Because with no deal and a blockade beginning tomorrow morning, the war is pretty much back on again.

 

[StueyDuck]

If the thread was closed because "war is over, nothing more to discuss", then it should be reopened. Because with no deal and a blockade beginning tomorrow morning, the war is pretty much back on again.

I imagine it was mostly closed because it was becoming a ball ache to moderate.

 

[Dithadder]

Sorry i dropped too many truth bombs.

 

[NT80]

you're right it was turning into an era thread maybe it should stay locked

The irony in you saying that. It should be locked because it wasn't going the way you wanted it? Sounds like Era mentality.

 

[0neAnd0nly]

If only it was locked sooner. So many fun posters banned due to ideological feuds.

Not really ideological fueds, but Evilore isn't keen on terrorist simping and plenty of people, after warnings, kept bringing up unrelated stuff like the "files" and such.

It became a wild wild west of political musings. A lot of slander getting tossed around too, which I feel like a lot of people don't realize can have serious ramifications for the owners / staff of websites. It isn't a problem until it is, and the best way to keep it at bay is to nip it completely.

I respect Evilore and staff and if the decision was made to lock it, I am confident it was a correct decision.

 

[Dithadder]

They should split it into two threads: "Won't SOMEONE think of the children!?!?!?" and "Splosion baters get in here!"

 

[0neAnd0nly]

It got closed when the sentiment turned very anti-trump and even the likes of calisto couldn't keep up trying to defend Trump after every day insane tweets raging.

Case in point to my above post ^.

Just political raging without adding anything valuable to the thread.

 

[Mr Reasonable]

People can usually be civil about their differences here, but clearly that thread was different. It wasn't working.

I think it was civil enough.

Edit: judging from the replies here, I guess I didn't see the most argumentative posts.

 

[Mr Reasonable]

Jeez DT has aged a lot since then.

 

[Vestal]

I agree. I can't remember the last time I've been logging into GAF at least a half dozen times a day to check on a thread. It was a super helpful way to get curated info on a major ongoing world event, often faster (and less biased) than mainstream news sources.

Does GAF even have a way to threadban people? I can't recall ever seeing someone get threadbanned. Maybe that's the issue.

Surely admin can vibecode a threadban tool on Claude in an hour and re-open the thread! Pretty please!!!

That's what GAF used to be to me. It was the public square to get "our take" on what was happening either in Gaming or in the world.

 

[rkofan87]

The irony in you saying that. It should be locked because it wasn't going the way you wanted it? Sounds like Era mentality.

You do have a point there

 

[rkofan87]

Not really ideological fueds, but Evilore isn't keen on terrorist simping and plenty of people, after warnings, kept bringing up unrelated stuff like the "files" and such.

It became a wild wild west of political musings. A lot of slander getting tossed around too, which I feel like a lot of people don't realize can have serious ramifications for the owners / staff of websites. It isn't a problem until it is, and the best way to keep it at bay is to nip it completely.

I respect Evilore and staff and if the decision was made to lock it, I am confident it was a correct decision.

Oh I agree.Terrorist simping is really sad thing to see

 

[rkofan87]

Jeez DT has aged a lot since then.

That's what we Call the presidential curse, happens to every guy who takes presidential office. They get Gray hair and look very old. By the time they're out of office

 

[Vestal]

Jeez DT has aged a lot since then.

I mean that is close to 10 years ago. He turns 80 this year on a diet that is heavy on McDonalds.

 

[daffyduck]

If only it was locked sooner. So many fun posters banned due to ideological feuds.

It was. Then later reopened.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

That thread became little more than a desperate wishing thread for Trump to have some incurable dementia so he would go away

It was closed because people couldn't actually talk about the subject instead of how much they hated Trump

No lessons will be learned

 

[bitbydeath]

That thread became little more than a desperate wishing thread for Trump to have some incurable dementia so he would go away

It was closed because people couldn't actually talk about the subject instead of how much they hated Trump

No lessons will be learned

I see that everywhere.
SMDH.

 

[Dirk Benedict]

It was a good thread for aggregate information on the event. Not a big fan of the political shit slinging, but I saw the escalation in trivial bullshit politics gradually snowball.

I was actually impressed by the decorum of a good deal of posters in that thread and it proves we can still talk about these things in the future. Let time permit.

 

[Red Crayon Aristocrat]

What happened to redneckerz, did he say something he shouldn't have in that thread?

Was sad to see he got a perma.

 

[buttnuggett]

That thread became little more than a desperate wishing thread for Trump to have some incurable dementia so he would go away

It was closed because people couldn't actually talk about the subject instead of how much they hated Trump

No lessons will be learned

While the TDS was strong, the TGS(glazing syndrome) was also strong. The terrorist simping was the strongest. Although I'm sure that had a lot to do with TDS.

 

[Shifty1897]

Politics are complicated. If they were simple, people would have figured it out a long time ago.

Are politics even a solvable problem? Or is it just the most impossible Would You Rather question ever conceived?

I have a lot to think about, don't mind me. Also I'm a swing voter.

 

[adamsapple]

What happened to redneckerz, did he say something he shouldn't have in that thread?

Was sad to see he got a perma.

His ban wasn't a result of the Iran thread, it was a different one.

 

[Gp1]

I've heard that the topic is currently under naval blockade.

Nothing goes in or out of it.

 

[AJUMP23]

I am out for the weekend and you all get the best thread locked.

 

[computergeek]

I lurked on that thread some and it didn't seem like it was getting too out of hand to me. It just seems to me like they locked it for no reason at all.

They took almost one year to approve when I joined, but lock a thread at the drop of a hat.

 

[f~N_CH_1:3:3:3_SushiBoat]

That's what we Call the presidential curse, happens to every guy who takes presidential office. They get Gray hair and look very old. By the time they're out of office

This. One term is like a decade of stress. I remember obama late in his second term; came in young and spry then exited looking absolutely wrecked.

 

[Red Crayon Aristocrat]

His ban wasn't a result of the Iran thread, it was a different one.

Is it ok if I ask what it was?

 

[buttnuggett]

I am out for the weekend and you all get the best thread locked.

All your fault for being away for the weekend. I hope you're happy. It's all your fault.

 

[TDiddyLive]

We used to have a whole politics sub-forum. I liked it - but it was a fucking mess.

I was a big fan of the former politics sub-forum. I disagree about it being a mess, though. It ended up being a huge aggregator of topics that I wasn't seeing on my regular online browsing. But it feels like it got killed off because around that time congress was talking about prosecuting social media pages/companies for political posts that turned into real life criminal activities. I don't blame killing it off due to that.

 

[buttnuggett]

I was a big fan of the former politics sub-forum. I disagree about it being a mess, though. It ended up being a huge aggregator of topics that I wasn't seeing on my regular online browsing. But it feels like it got killed off because around that time congress was talking about prosecuting social media pages/companies for political posts that turned into real life criminal activities. I don't blame killing it off due to that.

It was all the Jan 6th shit. Say what you want about it, but they had to shut it down. A gaming board such as this couldn't keep it up.

 

[adamsapple]

Is it ok if I ask what it was?

Post in thread 'Spanish girl, 25, to be euthanized…'

Mar 28, 2026

Since when have we gone from "suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem" to "oh, you're depressed? Sign this form to die. Consent is the only thing that matters."

This is not progress.

We haven't. That's a simplification of a very complex playground with far more nuance neither you or i are qualified enough for to make any call on.

Metacommentary isn't that progress either.

• Redneckerz

 

[AJUMP23]

All your fault for being away for the weekend. I hope you're happy. It's all your fault.

I feel responsible.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

I lurked on that thread some and it didn't seem like it was getting too out of hand to me. It just seems to me like they locked it for no reason at all.

They took almost one year to approve when I joined, but lock a thread at the drop of a hat.

This forum has a strict "No Politics" rule and sometimes they will allow a thread like the Iran thread to talk about current events. But once it stopped being about Iran and became about how much certain people hated Trump, that was when it got locked

 

[buttnuggett]

I feel responsible.

And you should. Just think, if you didn't go away, the Iranians would be free, and we all would be singing YMCA. Hope you enjoyed your vacation.

 

[AJUMP23]

And you should. Just think, if you didn't go away, the Iranians would be free, and we all would be singing YMCA. Hope you enjoyed your vacation.

I was at my kids soccer tournament

 

[buttnuggett]

This forum has a strict "No Politics" rule and sometimes they will allow a thread like the Iran thread to talk about current events. But once it stopped being about Iran and became about how much certain people hated Trump, that was when it got locked

The TDS part got peeps to simp for terrorism. TGS is also a thing, but not really too much on this forum. Well that and MAGA and NATO got into a slap fight. I'm also responsible for that. lol

 

[jshackles]

Thread got closed like the straight

 

[buttnuggett]

I was at my kids soccer tournament

I'm assuming Brayleigh won? Posting limit sucks. Just kidding of course.