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I once came within inches of running over a Tory MP.
By the time I realised who it was I'd already come to a stop.
Damn my lightening reflexes.
At least I got to give him a stream of abuse.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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For God's sake try harder, next time!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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My only car accident happened a little more than 6 months ago, keeping the safety distance AND respecting the limit - barely. I crashed behind a distracted girl that thought at the last moment that she had to brake in order to wait to invade the other lane to enter the gas station. I had a spli second distraction checking the speed AND the rear view mirror as the womand behind me already almost crashed into me twice in two subsequent roundabouts so I was a little edgy... when I saw the aforemetioned girl with her car fully stopped in the middle of the road.
I braked with all I had but still came crashing behind her, luckily I had little remaining speed and I still managed to take 5.000€ of damagers to my car. Now I drive 10 km/h UNDER the limit and those who want to overtake are very free to do it as they please.
Just the other day I was almost involved in what could have been a nightmarish accident - the guy behind me was in a stupid hurry overtaking anyone and travelling basically in the middle of the road, half car in one lane and half in the opposite... while approaching a 90° curve... when from that curve another Darwin Award candidate came from the opposite direction at 90 mph with a very coarse trajectory that placed him at the extreme border of its lane. And then guy behind me was at most at 50 cm from my behind so if those two crashed frontally I could have been involved without having done anything.
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I take the flying spaghetty monster very seriously.
it ain’t broke, it doesn’t have enough features yet.
modified 20-Oct-19 21:02pm.
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I agree and I have seen the same issue you are discussing in a wide range of forums.
The underlying reason for this is that the Internet provides primarily anonymous communications on forums as no one has to sign with their real names. This and other technologies have led to a sociological breakdown of traditional courtesies over the years (among other things) as well as traditional barriers that many people adhered to, even the rascals who make disrespectful and hurtful comments to others. As a result, a basic self-censorship was imposed.
This is not the case anymore as many people now feel that they can say anything they want and get away with it. In addition, many forums are no longer being moderated for proper postings and the people who would abuse such a privilege know it...
Steve Naidamast
Sr. Software Engineer
Black Falcon Software, Inc.
blackfalconsoftware@outlook.com
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And what are the rules for those that slip through for the rest of us?
For example, in our company, we have a HUGE rule. When it comes toe email communications,
if a message can be interpreted in multiple ways, EVERYONE MUST interpret it in the MOST POSITIVE
way!
The reason is simple... We cannot correct what was written or sent. we may not know the ultimate intent of the email, and we MANY TIMES have misinterpreted something and got bent out of shape over it.
So, AFAIAC, I would suggest we have a rule that says if someone posts something you don't like, that you do not respond to it, and that you are welcome to notify a moderator to deal with it.
They will slip through. I accidentally asked a question about an article I wrote. I was not trying to create a Click Bait conversation, I was curious. And I was TOLD not to do this, and I wont do it again.
You get used to talking to people in this forum as friends. And sometimes, one conversation you might have with your other friends makes it into the forum.
It is the death knell of the forums if that is all we get, and we don't moderate.
But PLEASE do not suggest we ban words like Infidel, etc. The answer to free speech you don't like is more speech. Or a moderator email with a reminder of the appropriate place, and a delete.
In general, it happens, just like emails that sound worse than they were intended to be. It is how we RESPOND to them that determines the type of community that we are!
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What I can never understand is why people use "children" as the reason to avoid talk of sex, as though pre-pubescent children would really care either way.
Personally, I think using kids to justify avoiding taboo subjects is just a proxy of adults' personal embarrassment.
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The title of the OP was abstract. While I don't lurk here enough to be able to suggest why "those specific people" don't follow the rules, in general rules create a context that allows those possessing a resource to devote themselves to its enjoyment, rather than to its defense. In general "street smart" people are experts at knowing how far the rules can be ignored before the system curbs their behavior. In the interim, they can have a lot of fun (and amass a fair amount of wealth) indulging their egos at our expense.
So: thanks for your vigilance!
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I always thought it was strange when someone says to "respect" the rules. You can "ignore" the rules, "break" the rules, and "follow" the rules. But respecting them seems a bit like worshiping them which is against the rules.
Barbossa: First, your return to shore was not part of our negotiations nor our agreement so I must do nothing. And secondly, you must be a pirate for the pirate's code to apply and you're not. And thirdly, the code is more what you'd call "guidelines" than actual rules. Welcome aboard the Black Pearl, Miss Turner.
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Greetings from the state of Kerala. We have a home grown religion of our own based on a cartoon mouse.
BBC World Service - BBC Trending, Lord Dinkan: The Cartoon Mouse God[^]
If there are any Pastafarians here, I wish to humbly inform them that they are bunch of misguided morons. Dinkan is the only true God. Amen.
P.S. I used to be a Pastafarian once, but I have seen the light now.
Und wenn du lange in einen abgrund blickst, blickt der Abgrund auch in dich hinein - Friedrich Nietzsche
modified 17-Apr-16 2:35am.
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There is one god, Dinknan
Spaghetti monster is his profit
Dinknanu Akbar
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I demand extra "laughing breaks" from work under law for religion tolerance.
I must laugh to be celebration Dinknan's create world via Big Laugh
Also Merkl must prosecute any who disbelieve it
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About 40 years ago, a girl I adored, a few friends and I got stoned and invented a religion with her German Shepherd as our central deity. It made sense at the time. In fact, it still makes more sense than any of the officially recognised major religions. I should go through my files and see if I can find a copy of the Book of King, Our Shepherd. 
Will Rogers never met me.
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Revering a German Shepherd makes sense to me, but, I don't see why the damfool pastafarians revere pirates. they are probably Johnny Depp fans.
Und wenn du lange in einen abgrund blickst, blickt der Abgrund auch in dich hinein - Friedrich Nietzsche
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Sahir Shah wrote: I don't see why ... pastafarians revere pirates
Because they have the Arrrrnswer!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Yeah the 70s were a great decade  I even remember some of those years.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Roger Wright wrote: the Book of King, Our Shepherd
That must be a great read.
I mean, there are only so many ways to spell "woof".
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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This thread's the biggest laugh I've had all week!
Mind you, I set my calendar to start the week on Sunday, and I haven't been up long.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Mark_Wallace wrote: This thread's the biggest laugh I've had all week!
Mind you, I set my calendar to start the week on Sunday, and I haven't been up long.
Hmmm... A joke nazi who doesn't approve of bad jokes ... 
Und wenn du lange in einen abgrund blickst, blickt der Abgrund auch in dich hinein - Friedrich Nietzsche
modified 17-Apr-16 7:05am.
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Sahir Shah wrote: A joke nazi
WTF?
Are you replying to the wrong posting, or being unexpectedly surreal?
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Your guess is as good as mine 
Und wenn du lange in einen abgrund blickst, blickt der Abgrund auch in dich hinein - Friedrich Nietzsche
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Waiter!
I'll have what he's drinking!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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