Unfortunate Recent Infestation of "Those Guys"

[SHIVAN]

They gave you a pencil??

It's a broken one, with a VERY big eraser on the end; but yeah Grant gave me a pencil when I started.

[VA_Dinger]

Note that each post has a "report post" button.

We can help out the Mods & Staff by using that button to point out posts that are harmful to the forum.

Outstanding suggestion.

That way everybody can help make M4C a better forum.

[BushmasterFanBoy]

I'm gonna ask a quick question. Who exactly are "those guys"?

[Robb Jensen]

I'm gonna ask a quick question. Who exactly are "those guys"?

'Those guys' are the 'dee-dee-dees' as Carlos Mencia would say.

[C4IGrant]

I'm gonna ask a quick question. Who exactly are "those guys"?

People with "BushmasterFanBoy" in their screen name. Know anyone like that???




Yes I am kidding.


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[rob_s]

We've had a problem with this on FSN as well. Somebody from a Tampa ricer car forum turned all his teeny-bopper buddies on to the forum and they came flooding in. It's to the point that if I see "Tampa" in the person's profile I don't even much bother responding to them.

[rob_s]

Maybe what we need is a Jeff Foxworthy "you might be one of 'those guys' if..."

1) You might be one of "those guys" if you have a list of firearms owned in your sigline.

2) You might be one of "those guys" if you have a link to your personal blog in your sigline.


etc.

[C4IGrant]

Or you "might be one of those guys" if you list all the names you were banned under in your sig line.


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[rob_s]

Or you "might be one of those guys" if you list all the names you were banned under in your sig line.


C4

Hey, I've been one of "those guys" for years!

[rhino]

I don't know if I am one of "those guys" or not. Probably some here would categorize me that way and some not so much.

If I may interject an opinion, I'm not 100% comfortable with the deliberate stratification happening here. I don't want to antagonize anyone, but the term "elitist" is what first came to my mind. I know some of my own perceptions are coloring assessment, but I feel the urge to be candid about this issue.

While I see the desire to have a set of forums where the less constructive contributions are minimized is certainly valid, some of the commentary directed toward those people and/or their messages is just as bad (in my opinion) as the objectionable comments made by those who are the objects of the criticism (and often pillory). It reminds me of people who actively hate and discriminate against people whom they label racists.

This set of forums is clearly private property and the owner(s) may operate it as he/she sees fit. Rules are what they are and I do my best to adhere to them, but I hope I can express my thoughts without undue reprisal.