Bananas and Nuts

Sarkus · 2010-08-26T11:54:14.000Z

There are permanent bans and there are permanent bans. And most of them don’t end up being permanent unless the person who’s been banned decides to make it permanent. See Lizard King.

Bill_Dungsroman · 2010-08-26T11:57:01.000Z

Sarkus:

I don’t think anyone has said they are. But at the same time it was Angie that bumped this thread to report on Matt’s ban so lets not pretend that they are totally different people who don’t communicate in real life.

Sarkus:

There are permanent bans and there are permanent bans. And most of them don’t end up being permanent unless the person who’s been banned decides to make it permanent. See Lizard King.

God dammit Sarkus your love affair with being wrong is tough to watch sometimes.

Tyjenks · 2010-08-26T11:57:23.000Z

Sarkus:

There are permanent bans and there are permanent bans. And most of them don’t end up being permanent unless the person who’s been banned decides to make it permanent. See Lizard King.

Also, ElGuapo. Permanently banned himself and then unpermanented it.

Adam_Altmann · 2010-08-26T12:00:49.000Z

Angie Gallant:

I heard there’s a guy on Craigslist asking for groups of people to come over to his house so they can all drop their laptops in the hot tub at the same time.

An Elemental release party?

ElGuapo · 2010-08-26T12:01:21.000Z

Also, ElGuapo. Permanently banned himself and then unpermanented it.

It takes a special level of retardation to do that, thank you very much.

sinnick · 2010-08-26T12:06:12.000Z

ElGuapo:

[QUOTE=Tyjenks;2352289]Also, ElGuapo. Permanently banned himself and then unpermanented it.

It take special level of retardation to do that, thank you very much.[/QUOTE]

Which shall henceforth be known as unpermantentardation.

Sarkus · 2010-08-26T12:16:02.000Z

Bill Dungsroman:

God dammit Sarkus your love affair with being wrong is tough to watch sometimes.

I guess I’m being “wrong,” in even asking, but you need to clarify. Angie did bump this thread after a month of it being dormant (partly because Tom locked it, but he unlocked it at least a week before she posted). So I’m not wrong with that - you can simply look at the posts. And unless there is some super secret information I’m missing, Matt and Angie do communicate.

And some “permanent” bans have been lifted. So where am I wrong with that statement?

Omniscia · 2010-08-26T12:20:06.000Z

Sarkus:

And some “permanent” bans have been lifted. So where am I wrong with that statement?

Well, Lizard_King probably isn’t the best example of a perma-ban, as he’s been back for a while now.

stusser · 2010-08-26T12:22:36.000Z

Sarkus:

There are permanent bans and there are permanent bans. And most of them don’t end up being permanent unless the person who’s been banned decides to make it permanent. See Lizard King.

Exactly. I bet Derek Smart would be unbanned if he sent Tom a sincere email apologizing. Obviously he would rather die than do that, which is why he can’t post here. It’s self-unselecting.

I always say this, but yet again, you guys take this shit too seriously. It’s just a messageboard. Before you start getting all red in the face and punching out your monitors, just take a step back and count to 10.

Rob_Merritt · 2010-08-26T12:27:55.000Z

James_Gutierrez · 2010-08-26T12:48:30.000Z

Omniscia:

Well, Lizard_King probably isn’t the best example of a perma-ban, as he’s been back for a while now.

That’s why Sarkus used him as an example for exactly the opposite concept, as in “Perma-bans aren’t necessarily permanent, see Lizard King for an example of this”

Cormac · 2010-08-26T12:55:12.000Z

sigh

Jason_McCullough · 2010-08-26T13:08:29.000Z

At this point, would it be easier to create a list of long-time posters who haven’t been banned?

TimElhajj · 2010-08-26T13:15:08.000Z

Jason McCullough:

At this point, would it be easier to create a list of long-time posters who haven’t been banned?

ElGuapo: on or off the list?

MattKeil · 2010-08-26T13:15:37.000Z

mmalloy:

I hate Firefly

Kebooo · 2010-08-26T13:19:38.000Z

Sarkus:

so lets not pretend that they are totally different people

Yes, we should stop pretending that they aren’t really conjoined twins joint typing/posting. All my life I’ve been pretending I’m a totally different person than my sisters, but here I stand corrected, the sham is up. (Yea, I know what you meant, but it sounds funny out of context).

Shadarr · 2010-08-26T13:21:15.000Z

Didn’t LK ask to be banned though? And I don’t mean “he was asking for it,” I mean he literally sent a message asking Tom to ban him.

MatthewF · 2010-08-26T13:32:04.000Z

WarrenM:

Matt is a highly tenacious attack dog that only goes after inconsequential issues. He’ll see one, get his teeth into it and not let go until another one comes around that looks even less meaningful (“What kind of a name is Alan Wake, amirite?!”). He’ll then switch targets and repeat.

BlueJackalope · 2010-08-26T13:36:54.000Z

Rob_Merritt:

I get bored with that one, this is what all the kids are into now.

Matt_Perkins · 2010-08-26T13:53:43.000Z

Maybe, but what do those damn kids know anyway…