I've been scrolling past posts and threads that I felt were either stupid or didn't interest me for well over a year. I've also reported users who I felt were breaking the rules, some of which were warned/banned by the staff. These are features designed to be used by the community to make your individual experience browsing the forums better, if you feel it is necessary - it is optional afterall. Sorry if that hurts anyone's ego.
what's your favorite book?
"The Galactic Pothealer" by Philip K Dick.what's your favorite book?
Literally me
what's your favorite book?
How do, Mista?Good afternoon motherfuckers <3
My man. Been doing great what about you?How do, Mista?
Im in Michigan. Work from home and only wear my mask when going to Kroger or some other public establishment. Have not sat down at a restaurant or anything since this started. Lots of doordash and carry out. I'm just getting tired of it all.
what's your favorite book?
Glad to hear! I'm same old, same old. At work at the moment, so beavering away. Can't say there's much excitement at the moment.My man. Been doing great what about you?
What have you been playing lately?Glad to hear! I'm same old, same old. At work at the moment, so beavering away. Can't say there's much excitement at the moment.
I appreciate that. But there is a stigma attached to using the features that I feel is undeserved here. Putting console warriors and their threads on ignore helps me avoid confronting their behavior and more quickly find interesting, insightful threads.I didn't mean to sound all high and mighty or critical of anyone that uses the ignore function but reading my comments now I can see how they could come across that way. So I apologize if it seemed I was critical of yours or anyone's choice of using the ignore function it's there to be used, and I totally understand why people would want to take advantage of it. It's just my personal preference not to use it.
"The Galactic Pothealer" by Philip K Dick.
I just love everything about it.
All that philosophic stuff in it, which describes what I feel so well.
That eternal struggle for a life to find a meaning.
That metaphor with the spider ("the little fisher in the night") sitting in its net for months, waiting for a fly to come by, slowly dying, that Glimmung (basically God) tells to the protagonist at the space port.
Plus all that funny and whimsical stuff in it.
I read it once every few years and used to give it to my girlfriends over the years to read it and have a conversation about it.
Tell us how you liked it when you found time reading it...I'm gonna keep an eye out for this one
Thank you
I bought this book for 50 cents on a flea market.Stiflers Mom
The cover of the new edition on Amazon is uglier than sin. I'll be keeping an eye out at my favorite used book haunts. I'm sure itll turn up. I like my books nice and pulpy.
The cover of the new edition on Amazon is uglier than sin. I'll be keeping an eye out at my favorite used book haunts. I'm sure itll turn up. I like my books nice and pulpy.
Hungry City Chronicles by Philip Reeve.what's your favorite book?
I'm all over the place at the minute. Got Star Renegades as it is on PC Gamepass. However, i've been splitting my time between Hades (which is utterly phenomenal and I highly recommend it to any fans of rogue-likes), Warzone, Mario 3D All-Stars and Desperados 3.What have you been playing lately?
Hades, Star Renegades and Genshin Impact for nowI'm all over the place at the minute. Got Star Renegades as it is on PC Gamepass. However, i've been splitting my time between Hades (which is utterly phenomenal and I highly recommend it to any fans of rogue-likes), Warzone, Mario 3D All-Stars and Desperados 3.
I have just got Death Stranding for my PC as well, so looking forward to seeing what all the fuss was over that.
What about you mate? Anything grabbing you?
Why would you not use the ignore feature for people/topics you don't want to a conversation with or discussion about?
I've got my eye on Mafia, but want to get my 3080 first. Keep missing the boat on that card, so looks like I'll be waiting until November to get one.Hades, Star Renegades and Genshin Impact for now
Just finished Avengers and Mafia 1 remake
If it is a person you don't like, ignore the user. If it is a topic you rather not see, ignore the topic.Thats a good point, but about the 'ignore topic/thread' is not a good feature IMO. Even ignoring a thread, he continue to show on many parts of the forum no matter what.
Imagine you ignoring a thread, but the thread not ignoring you.If it is a person you don't like, ignore the user. If it is a topic you rather not see, ignore the topic.
What am I missing?
Why would you not use the ignore feature for people/topics you don't want to a conversation with or discussion about? How many people and places in real life do you ignore? I bet a bunch.
Someone who lives down the street from you and you don't like them, you don't talk to them. They get on your nerves, so you eliminate the issue.
Why would you not use the ignore feature for people/topics you don't want to a conversation with or discussion about? How many people and places in real life do you ignore? I bet a bunch.
Someone who lives down the street from you and you don't like them, you don't talk to them. They get on your nerves, so you eliminate the issue.
If it is a person you don't like, ignore the user. If it is a topic you rather not see, ignore the topic.
What am I missing?
Why would you not use the ignore feature for people/topics you don't want to a conversation with or discussion about? How many people and places in real life do you ignore? I bet a bunch.
Someone who lives down the street from you and you don't like them, you don't talk to them. They get on your nerves, so you eliminate the issue.
I think the sooner people start enjoying different opinions instead of acting like they are being physically assaulted by them, the easier it is to stop using the ignore button altogether.I don’t really have an opinion in the matter, other than encouraging people not to ignore views that they simply disagree with, but I think it has a lot to do with the infamous third party Twitter block lists, and people signing up for a list of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of people, to auto-block, so they didn’t have to hear, again, opposing opinions.
I think Gaf has a counterculture to that, of, ‘Suck it up, deal with it, and step out of your hugbox’.
Thing is, I also support ignore for getting rid of the worst posters as well. I don’t do it personally, relying on an mental auto-ignore like Catlady has, but still. There’s some people that offer nothing, absolutely nothing of value to anyone, and the feature is invaluable for that.
Check this out maybe you get luckyI've got my eye on Mafia, but want to get my 3080 first. Keep missing the boat on that card, so looks like I'll be waiting until November to get one.
Thanks for the recommendation for Star Renegades too. Would've missed that if not for your praise.
(Sorry about the length of time between replies earlier! Work was busy but I'm free to shitpost the night away)
The ignore feature is useful if there's a thread or user that offends you in general or otherwise to prevent sending a million reports to mods. Mods aren't always going to disagree with a poster because I do and the same goes for threads. I haven't touched ignore since my first week here. The few I have on ignore aren't creating useful content but aren't really violating any big regs on GAF either. I never see their posts or their threads, so...It works. The closest I got to using the ignore feature for recently was GamerNYC back in August but GAF banned him and funniest part is...I never once reported him. He simply did himself in. I stopped using ignore after May mainly due to the fact that anything offensive written on GAF will never be personal. I just click away from that used or avoid their threads. Can't say I dislike anyone here.