General assessment of people on the forum

[ss/rs-matt]

Originally Posted by RallySS

Flame suit on:

I came to this thread after being a part of TBSSOwners, following LS1Tech, and quite a few others. That being said, this forum has great info and quite a few helpful people BUT has an overabundance of:

1. Jealous people who can't seem to grasp the thought of congratulating someone on their new car, even if dad/mom got it for them.
2. Uptight people who don't want anyone looking at their car the wrong way, playing a joke on them, or voicing their opinion (after op asked for it) for absolute fear the end of the world will be brought upon them and their car.
3. Overtly politically correct people who can't take a joke, statement, or basically any other idea that is other than their own with a chuckle and would rather bash the op into the ground or yell "racist" for what they perceived the comment to mean.

That being said, there is also the greater majority who can take it as they dish it, don't get offended much, and do give grats when new members join regardless of situations, and for them I say thank you and I enjoy your humor and friendliness quite a bit, especially the sarcastic, non PC posts. Everyone else needs to put on their "man pants" and GTFO.

Well said sir. I just today had to deal with this. I shortly there after renewed my membership to Modern Camaro....might be time for a change.

[AdamZ]

DAMN IT! I was was 80% sure this was going to turn into a fresh prince deal. :(

[collins motorsport]

You forgot the people who cact like modification is sacrilegious.

[GaBoy25]

Ive been members of several auto forums the longest being duramaxforum.com and I can say without one iota of doubt that this is the most polite and well organized site i've been apart of. I will say as a result of this sometimes I get the impression that the mods are overfully zealous and midly anal. However to maintain a well run forum requires structure...and rules.

Things sometimes appear almost political on here; at point in which I find myself dumbfounded. But then again dumb is in the word.

I enjoy my time and or interactions with members and vendors; ALL of which have been positive so far.

Going to hide now from the hammer of Thor

[mlee]

Originally Posted by Steve Dallas

You know that when you put on your "man-pants", driving an automatic then becomes impossible, right?

Not if you're good at it...

Originally Posted by Steve Dallas

I start stupid threads all the time.

...and I love almost every single one of them...


Welcome to the OP...

[Angrybird 12]

Originally Posted by Mr Twisty

That would be me

Cool is helping a little old lady cross the street.
Uncool is laughing at her trying to cross the street.

Cool is lifting others up when they're down.
Uncool is kicking them when they're down.

Cool is helping your little brother with his homework.
Uncool is laughing at him when he gets a bad grade.

Badass is reserved for Chuck Norris. If you're not Chuck Norris, you're NOT a badass.

Steven Seagall is a "almost badass", if he reads this, and wants to change his status, he'll have to ask Chuck.

I like your racing quotes. I remember them interviewing Kenny Shrader right after he blew his engine. Reporter:"What happened Kenny?", Kenny:"Something important on the motor fell out through a hole in the oilpan."

[ss/rs-matt]

Originally Posted by Camaro/ss/rs

Flame suit on here too....

3. Overtly politically correct people who can't take a joke

.........reminds me of a lot of Americans i have met to date.......so damn serious........relax.......sarcasm is cool...

Noooooo according to one mod sarcasm is "pouting" hahahaha!!

[ss/rs-matt]

Im looking at Modern Camaro right now and there is a long thread called "Camaro5 rejects"...too funny!

[GaBoy25]

Originally Posted by ss/rs-matt

Im looking at Modern Camaro right now and there is a long thread called "Camaro5 rejects"...too funny!

Golden

[DGthe3]

Originally Posted by Camaro/ss/rs

Flame suit on here too....

3. Overtly politically correct people who can't take a joke

.........reminds me of a lot of Americans i have met to date.......so damn serious........relax.......sarcasm is cool...

I use sarcasm & irony fairly often, and the key (as with any form of communication) is to know your audience. Here, the audience is 'internet forum' and not 'my 5 buddies I've known half my life'. Since we've got tens of thousands of folks from any background you can imagine, you kinda have to assume that people will take it serious. Because to them, certain sarcastic comments will come accross as insults or challenges -even if they knew it was meant as a joke.

With friends you've known for a long time, its a different story. You know whats fair game, whats offensive, and what happens when you cross the line. When talking to countless strangers, you simply don't know. In which case, its best to try and play it safe.

Originally Posted by ss/rs-matt

Im looking at Modern Camaro right now and there is a long thread called "Camaro5 rejects"...too funny!

It gets absolutely histerical when you actually know the whole story. And as much as I'd like to share some of those laughs, as a rule we don't "air our dirty laundry" regarding who got banned & why. So the only folks that ever do know that story are the Camaro5 staff & the folks who consider themselves rejects (and feel the urge to complain on another site).

[PonyKiller74]

Much like society, there is always the bad seed in the bunch. No need to be negative towards anyone. Just enjoy your car and other C5's out there.

[ss/rs-matt]

Originally Posted by DGthe3

I use sarcasm & irony fairly often, and the key (as with any form of communication) is to know your audience. Here, the audience is 'internet forum' and not 'my 5 buddies I've known half my life'. Since we've got tens of thousands of folks from any background you can imagine, you kinda have to assume that people will take it serious. Because to them, certain sarcastic comments will come accross as insults or challenges -even if they knew it was meant as a joke.

With friends you've known for a long time, its a different story. You know whats fair game, whats offensive, and what happens when you cross the line. When talking to countless strangers, you simply don't know. In which case, its best to try and play it safe.


It gets absolutely histerical when you actually know the whole story. And as much as I'd like to share some of those laughs, as a rule we don't "air our dirty laundry" regarding who got banned & why. So the only folks that ever do know that story are the Camaro5 staff & the folks who consider themselves rejects (and feel the urge to complain on another site).

That was very well put and is how a mod should respond to such things. I haven't had a problem here until today when a mod decided to delete posts he obvoisly did not agree with but left other posts that were equally as "political" as mine. When I said something about it, he told me I was "pouting" and I should find another forum. I thought that was a little rude but hey maybe he was being "sarcastic" lol.

[Steve Dallas]

I never complain about mods. What's the point?

I've administered BBS's, forums and other stuff over the years...and certain people think freedom of speech trumps a forums rules. The information highway is paved with the corpses of trolls.

[Vengeance Graphix]

Originally Posted by aSSian

just so you know, i read the last paragraph first. just in case it was a fresh prince roll.......

LOL