The thread I started across the road and down in the sub-basement of Politics & Other Big Issues (YACF's non-moderated moderated board with much sound and fury signifying nothing) was locked this morning.
Calling all men miceI think this has gone far enough, and may have cost us a valued member.
Pretty sure he's not referring to me here, though that would be a nice twist.
Never mind the truth: they can't handle a proper discussion. I also reckon they're irked by anyone who can stay calm despite provocation, that quality being in short supply over there.
Here's an exchange right before the lock:
My first thought was that I had
upset Cudzo so much he was out on a ledge somewhere, currently being talked down, which seemed silly except for the timing. At least one other person had announced they were leaving "the group" due to a confrontation with someone else; however, I'd taken that to mean the group that has signed in to see the politics board. It was a head-scratcher, though I wasn't totally surprised, the triggering threshold being quite low at the Y.
In any event, the lock, and the language used, did indeed trigger me: it was like a giant flashing sign saying
YOU'RE WASTING YOUR TIME. PLEASE STOP. Thus did I make up my mind to call it quits for good. Having been there, done that before, how could I know I was serious this time?
I just did. And felt at peace with this decision. It was a fitting end,
and OMG it would please my wife, who has long regarded ex-ACFers as a nasty bunch. Hereby resolved, I left in my heart. If only it had stopped there...
There was minor bit of housekeeping: knowing I'd be writing this up, and wanting to add a link to the 'Calling all men' thread for anyone visiting my little corner of the universe so they can easily find it (
recreated here), I attempted to click into YACF to retrieve the URL. Too late!
Feel good to finally scratch that itch?I found this terribly upsetting.
You can't do that, I raged.
I'm leaving
you. [Snopes: False rage fabricated for effect.] Fine, fine. But it's true I was annoyed at myself for having returned, as I already had the address. It's in my browser history for god's sake.
Why did they ban me? Was it for starting that thread? I don't expect to ever know, but if that's the case, wow. Just wow.
This is my first banning where they've stopped me from even viewing the forum, presumably choosing every available radio button and hiring
an exorcist for good measure:
It's another mystery why they felt the need to be so draconian, but I do have my theories, including that they seriously want to discourage any lurking and fun for yours truly in the aftermath. Message received.
While I don't agree with my wife that they're all thoroughly wretched – there are an unknown number of good apples – YACF is largely unsalvageable.
Click to see. You know you want to.
A partial list of serial offenders:
- Jaded
- Hot Flatus (Multitool, could that be you? The CycleChat politics board regular who delights in calling people, especially women, cunts?)
- Rogerzilla
- Anyone who ironically revels in the Super-Twat thread and/or cheers on Steph's testerical and ludicrous posts in the trans thread [There Can Be Only One].
There are also a host of dullards like Helen Killjoy (see upthread), but they're mostly harmless. Mostly.
They'd make a great audience for
Question Time. (I'm sure some gooduns slip through vetting.)
Not sure there's much in the way of damage control that's necessary (
"Why did the OP's name go black?" "Who cares?"), but DARVO to the rescue if necessary, I expect. Am half curious what stories will be spun.
Don't cry for me Argentina. The real injustice is that
this wasn't awarded POTD.
PS. Now if I could just get my browsers to stop autocompleting y---. I want YouTube, damnit!
Later...
I'm informed that Ian really did quit, tired of tangling with HF. Apparently it looks like I quit too, rather than was pushed. Doesn't really matter to me. Just glad to no longer be contributing to an enterprise with such skewed values.
