(10-26-2015, 06:43 AM)RolloTheGreat Wrote: Exactly.
Poppin needs us as much as we need him, more actually. He's trying to build a tech forum and 90% of the posts on it are Poppin's rambling "thoughts on life" posts.
Apoppin Wrote:In the modern world, people are often found looking at computer screens. No one takes the time anymore to study the metaphysical nature of the common vole, or speak to the aliens all around them.
When one sees the order in battery displays at the Dollar General, or how where there is one dandelion you will generally find more, can there be any doubt that this is all a simulation?!??!
The aliens are said to be into probing, it is the wise Earthling who welcomes their proddings.
One day we will learn unknown knowledge from these magnificent beings, but until then we must refrain from eating beans so as not to offend them with our innate ability to produce methane.
Yeah, we're the aliens around him, as he alienated us!! :
So he needs to be speaking to us around him, here at ALIENbabeltech!!
What's interesting is that motorcycle clubs/gangs usually do not excommunicate members unless the vote is unanimous (or at least very close to unanimous). ABT forum wasn't even Poppin's to begin, with, but rather Dave's, but Poppin never asked us for our vote or even our opinion on banning guys.
If he could have treated us with more respect as friends, he would have found more support among us. A sense of balance would have played itself out, as supporting members would buffer the actions of one or two members who got angry for a moment. If the President truly wanted a member out of the clan, the only way would be for the president to do it secretly - usually by conspired murder, either alone or with another member who teams up with the president and can keep it secret without getting caught. But then, if the rest of the clan finds out, the clan would probably excommunicate the president.
It would've been much more fair and respectful to the rest of the forum participants if it any banning decisions of a long-standing member required a 90% vote (or at least 70-30).
I wish I thought of this long time ago and proposed this to Dave before everything turned into crap. Poppin would've realized that we would've been more supportive towards everybody especially himself if he let us have some say before he did any perma-banning. Of course, as Poppin acted like he was the sole authority, many of us didn't feel much of a need to support the group as a whole for his sake, like a growing family that needed some respect for the brothers of those who were under the target. I did try to pacify things at times, but I didn't even much of a sway in anything - sometimes I didn't want to bother, since I didn't feel like I was empowered at the slightest degree. Sickbeast might have persuaded Poppin to bring Gstanford back, and that's about the only sway I've ever seen.
Anyway, Dave likely still has the old ABT data backed up, and could probably still restore them, as I assume?
Poppin, please just take down BTR forum, link to ABT forum instead, and then Dave would probably let you post your reviews on ABT as well, with the benefit of you getting your old reviews back online. This is great opportunity for growth, with twin sites, and there would be enough members to keep a forum from being like a lonely nursing home with 1 or 2 friends - with the sprout always tall with its roots in fertile damp soil, not putting its head down and withering time and time again.
That's just me looking for a constructive solution here. Otherwise, what's the motivation for Dave to restore 7 years of ABT reviews, if Poppin ditched all of us, calling us no-life losers? Well, Poppin could just go and talk with his own aliens (in addition to Gstanford and Sickbeast) - at least we're here on Earth, using the same language.
Constructive.... constructive growth! Poppin, let's just look forward and be positive. We were a great group of friends sharing discussions on most subjects, and would like to just have a good time with discussing and debating stuff. If we have mutual respect, and anything goes sour among any of us, it would still uphold the club like a family with a strong bond, keeping things cool and keeping shit from hitting the fan 99% of the time. We all feel a sense of duty, and if one guy jumps at you, we'd hold him back, while holding you back as well, if you wanted to fight with him as well. That's what friends are for - if you're the sole executioner, then we'd probably enjoy watching others have a go at you instead. Plus with a greater sense of duty and loyalty, perhaps more of us would feel compelled to contribute not just to the forum but to the main site as well?
Oh well! I'm actually hoping for everything to be restored back to the good old times where we were all enjoying forum banjo together as a big group.
/monologue