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from Carlsbad, Ca
how is that abusive if he is just stating what he does? We are in the country of freedom of speech. he can say whatever he did. i don't see how this quote is offensive.
from Carlsbad, Ca
sry. i read your post wrong. I don't think you need to go crying over a post on the internet. and it's a game. There are no threats in there what so ever. sorry dude, this is not offensive, in my opinion.
Sorry, but lodging a complaint is a tedious process. It's not hard, but if you futz up a step you'll have to start over. I made a video so you can see how it's done.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0
Good luck!
from Lewisville, Texas
And the posts you made to me before were not rude and offensive too??? Come on man, so you got a little taste of you own medicine, you were being absolutely rude everyone else, including me, so just deal with it. I have a right to say what ever I want to as long as I am not crude or threating. I am not an idiot, I have an IQ over 140, so if you want to go to bat with me go for it, but your inning will be over soon and I will have a no-hitter.
I will admit, I have a short temper, and can be very blunt sometimes. I do not believe this is a bad thing, I say what is on my mind, and do not care what anyone thinks of me. I really think this guy is just mad at me because he got owned, go back to HSX if you can take the heat. You can dish it out, but cannot take it.
To all else, this is the link th the thread if you have not checked it out yet. You are welcome to read all my posts if you like, I am not ashamed of anything except where I called a guy a cheater without evidence. I am sorry for that, I later figured out that it was probably a glitch on the site and that this is common. But read his posts, and a couple of other guys in there, and you will see what I mean. He asked for it, he is not perfect either.
http://www.popsci.com/content/wild-stock-swings
Unless I am mistaken, you, sir-reptitious, and you, Growler30, are very much b&. Use more care in the future about what you post and how you post it.
M_novotny your rick roll was the most abusive thing I have ever seen in these forums, even surpassing Brian B's comments about the admins, I mean really.
from Lewisville, Texas
m_novotny
03/06/09 at 1:55 am
"Unless I am mistaken, you, sir-reptitious, and you, Growler30, are very much b&. Use more care in the future about what you post and how you post it."
Really, what is that suppose to mean??? What is b&??? I think I am insulted, but I am not really sure??? LOL:) All I can say is; Same to you m_novotny, or your are too??? Like I said, I do not know whether I'm offended or to say thank you and have a nice day.
I too can have fun with letters and symbols:
Unless I am mistaken, you, m_novotny are very much a A$H&,
or;
Unless I am mistaken, you, m_novotny are very much a D%,
or;
Unless I am mistaken, you, m_novotny are very much a B^#,
or:
Unless I am mistaken, you, m_novotny are very much a C@!,
or;
Unless I am mistaken, you, m_novotny are very much a F*T$...
I could go on and on with endless combinations of letters and symbols, but I really do not know what they mean, just trying to speak your language so I will be accepted by you guys....
Wait,
I really don't care if you accept me or not, I am who I am, and say what I think or feel. The problem with this world now is that there are way to many people afraid to speak there mind and let people walk all over them. People get taken advantage of all the time, and I think it is absolutely despicable!!!! If more people would worry more about themselves and quit trying to fit in or worry about what everybody though of them the world would have less of this and be a much better place to live IMO...
m_novotny- I in know way was trying to insult you, just having a little fun with what you said, so please do not take it the wrong way. If you do, then I am sorry you care so much what other people say about you, but I really did not mean anything foul by it.
Try saying it out loud. % is "and" with a b in front of it it sounds like "banned"
It use to be that someone that posted a link with the part that designated hyper text transfer protocol in front of it, followed by the colon and two slashes, would be automatically banned as a spammer. Looks like they fixed it.
Eh, that % was supposed to be a &.
I haven't personaly attacked anyone the way Growler30 is throwing personal attacks at me.
I have not batted anyone into a fight, the way he is batting me.
In the above example, He asked me an innocent question, and i responded politely.
I did not realise he only asked so he could brag about himself and belittle me.
I think the admins would agree with me that that crosses the line.
from Lewisville, Texas
sir-reptitious;
And when I asked you a simple question you accused me of being jealous and envious??? Can you honestly say this was not intended to upset me??? No one calls someone jealous or envious without the intent of making someone mad. I was not either, but I was just pointing out the obvious. You act like you are better than me, you called someone else "POMPOUS" in the very same thread, and that is not intended on offending anyone either. I was offended by what you said, but like a man, I defend myself and responded in kind.
It feels like to me here you still think it is OK to talk this way to others, but when I do it back it is not OK??? Look I am sorry you are so easily offended, get used to it if you plan to talk on forums in the internet cause it happens a lot. You also need to quit being hypocritical.
Realize this, I am not going to respond to you on any thread anymore, therefore ignoring you, and I would like for you to do the same. I will not read this thread, or anymore you start or any of you comments anywhere else as of now.
If you want to try and get me banned then go ahead, but I promise you that you will suffer the same fate. I have gone through a lot of your posts here an there and saved copies of all the "offensive things" you said to others, as well as others said to others, and will be sure to personally pass this on in my defense if needed. None of these people have been banned either.
The choice is yours, but I would not waste the time of the administrators complaining about something as trivial as this when they have some much to do and are short staffed. I do not like you , and I am sure it is mutual, so lets just drop it here like grown ups and quit acting like children. If you do not want to then that is your prerogative, but I am done with ever talking to you again.
I really do not think anything will be done, look at what was said in this thread by an administrator.
http://www.popsci.com/content/you-mnovoty
Just ask m_novotny about this set of chating, not just this thread, but way worse than anything we said here. (Some of my defense if needed)
And m_novotny;
You say and I quote "I'm with you. This is the internet... if one can't take the heat, then one shouldn't be in the kitchen." here and I am curious what position you are taking here??? I really do not see after what you said how you think I will or should be banned??? If you want to respond, m_novotny, you will have to start another thread. That is if you just want to explain your stance here as related to the other thread cause I will never read this thread again like I said.
I don't care if you'll never read this thread again. You ask me a question in this thread, I'm not starting a new thread to answer you.
Now, if you opened your eyes and actually read what I posted, you'll see why I thought both of you would have been banned.
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On 03/06/09 at 6:25 pm I posted:
Try saying it out loud. & is "and" with a b in front of it it sounds like "banned"
It use to be that someone that posted a link with the part that designated hyper text transfer protocol in front of it, followed by the colon and two slashes, would be automatically banned as a spammer. Looks like they fixed it.
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To be honest I don't give a damn about this tiff between you and the other guy. Although you did look pretty moronic when you couldn't figure out what b&, a common forum shorthand for banned, meant.
Tell me Growler, are /b/ and /wg/ special places for you? I think I have some of your wallpapers.
Growler & sir Rep, both of you need to grow up and get over it. Neither of you posted anything even remotely bad enough to warrant any type of admin action. As far as being insultive you are both amateurs compared to some of the comments that have been made in these forums to which no one went crying to admins asking for the other party to be banned.
Personally, I think you are all :-P
so there!