Unlimited Dok Howl Supervillian Thread

[Doktor Howl]

The great thing about us fighting is that no matter how it goes, The Machine™ wins.

[Adios]

The great thing about us fighting is that no matter how it goes, The Machine™ wins.

I wasn't fighting, I was stating an opinion.

[Faust]

And I wasn't fighting, I just wasn't going to let a remark as stupid as comparing what happened here to mystic wicks go by without address.

[Telarus]

Well, Dok, why do you insist on disagreeing with infallible people and kissing terrorists?

Because I'm a bad guy.  We do that shit.

Ask me why.  Go ahead.

Why?

FOR SCIENCE!
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I have a strong urge to made a 3d model of this shot (Dok, goggles, cleaver) so I can add the large laser pointing at the earth in the background (and tesla style arc-lighting all the fuck over the place). I'm doing a head study in class now (on of the other students) so I should have all the knowledge necessary in a month or two.


STAY TUNED TO THIS SUPER-VILLAIN CHANNEL

[Doktor Howl]

Woot.     

[Brotep]

While not the most diplomatically phrased, there is a point to this thread.

Before I grew a pair and stopped taking personal attacks quite so seriously, I really didn't know what to do with PD. It seemed like a place concerned with the same sorts of issues and ideas I was concerned with, but I just couldn't get any acknowledgment--unless I said something careless, at which point someone invariably showed up to pounce on my poor judgment.

Maybe it's because there have been so many crackpot preacher-types wandering through here, but there's some serious emotional scar tissue on our body politic. Plus, while many boards have their hazings, here they tend to be more extreme. We might tell ourselves we're just joking around, but how is a stranger to these boards to know?

Add to that the fact that we're not so well-adjusted ourselves. Those who are super-conciliatory and those who can take a ton of abuse are the ones who end up staying.

We all know the warning signs of an obnoxious n00b...pinealism, accusing others of not being "really real" Discordians, etc. Tolerance here is only a hair's-breadth away from conflict. We can see it with the most senior members of the board as well--intense arguing that still breaks out periodically. It's not that argumentation is bad, but...Agree or disagree, we should at least listen to each other.

Trolling ourselves is not going to raise the level of discourse here unless everyone involved knows how to handle it.

[Doktor Howl]

While not the most diplomatically phrased, there is a point to this thread.

Before I grew a pair and stopped taking personal attacks quite so seriously, I really didn't know what to do with PD. It seemed like a place concerned with the same sorts of issues and ideas I was concerned with, but I just couldn't get any acknowledgment--unless I said something careless, at which point someone invariably showed up to pounce on my poor judgment.

Maybe it's because there have been so many crackpot preacher-types wandering through here, but there's some serious emotional scar tissue on our body politic. Plus, while many boards have their hazings, here they tend to be more extreme. We might tell ourselves we're just joking around, but how is a stranger to these boards to know?

Add to that the fact that we're not so well-adjusted ourselves. Those who are super-conciliatory and those who can take a ton of abuse are the ones who end up staying.

We all know the warning signs of an obnoxious n00b...pinealism, accusing others of not being "really real" Discordians, etc. Tolerance here is only a hair's-breadth away from conflict. We can see it with the most senior members of the board as well--intense arguing that still breaks out periodically. It's not that argumentation is bad, but...Agree or disagree, we should at least listen to each other.

Trolling ourselves is not going to raise the level of discourse here unless everyone involved knows how to handle it.

Your appeal for rationality has been duly noted.

Now back to why Roger is the reason this board is sick.

[Telarus]

Uuuum... I'll take "Orbital Mind LAZORZ" for 800 Alex.

[Doktor Howl]

Uuuum... I'll take "Orbital Mind LAZORZ" for 800 Alex.

I honestly don't know what it is.  Every AKK clone that comes through here fixates on me, and every time there's a problem with the board, I seem to be the one to blame...First Cramulus puts me on permanent ignore for reasons he's never explained, now Trip has decided I'm the one responsible for everything that's gone wrong over the last six months. 

When people you respect suddenly shit all over you, you sort of feel stunned for a little while, then you try to figure out what you might have done to anger people.  When it turns out that you can't figure it out, and the people in question won't say what it is, you kind of have to write them off. 

It is unrewarding to hold in high esteem people who hold you in contempt, know what I mean?

[Cramulus]

First Cramulus puts me on permanent ignore for reasons he's never explained

what? I did not get this memo

[Doktor Howl]

First Cramulus puts me on permanent ignore for reasons he's never explained

what? I did not get this memo

Perhaps I am mistaken.  It seems that way, though.  Has for about a year.

[Cramulus]

I don't know what to say man, except that I'm not ignoring you? 

mea culpa if it's coming off that way

[Doktor Howl]

I don't know what to say man, except that I'm not ignoring you? 

mea culpa if it's coming off that way

Maybe it's just my inherent paranoia.  Check PMs in a minute or two.

[Adios]

I'm going to ignore you, you trouble making bastich!

[Brotep]

While not the most diplomatically phrased, there is a point to this thread.

Before I grew a pair and stopped taking personal attacks quite so seriously, I really didn't know what to do with PD. It seemed like a place concerned with the same sorts of issues and ideas I was concerned with, but I just couldn't get any acknowledgment--unless I said something careless, at which point someone invariably showed up to pounce on my poor judgment.

Maybe it's because there have been so many crackpot preacher-types wandering through here, but there's some serious emotional scar tissue on our body politic. Plus, while many boards have their hazings, here they tend to be more extreme. We might tell ourselves we're just joking around, but how is a stranger to these boards to know?

Add to that the fact that we're not so well-adjusted ourselves. Those who are super-conciliatory and those who can take a ton of abuse are the ones who end up staying.

We all know the warning signs of an obnoxious n00b...pinealism, accusing others of not being "really real" Discordians, etc. Tolerance here is only a hair's-breadth away from conflict. We can see it with the most senior members of the board as well--intense arguing that still breaks out periodically. It's not that argumentation is bad, but...Agree or disagree, we should at least listen to each other.

Trolling ourselves is not going to raise the level of discourse here unless everyone involved knows how to handle it.

Your appeal for rationality has been duly noted.

Now back to why Roger is the reason this board is sick.

  Very well.

[no srsly]
You're a funny guy, Rog, and it makes being a member of this site a lot of fun. However, part of that humor involves a brushing aside of rationality, and using it to browbeat anyone who crosses you. This only encourages n00bs to behave self-righteously, leading to spectacular conflicts with violent endings. What if we just ignored the ones who said stupid shit and encouraged the ones with good material to contribute?
[/no srsly]