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mYBB always was a safe haven for conspiracy theories and never had a problem with it. Just enter any Anc thread and you'll see plenty of that. And to top it off, there's even a mod running around with his conspiracies in some of these threads every now and then.

So you can get off your soapbox and address all of 'em...or none at all.
 
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saturnz said:
there was always disagreement in the philosophical section, but then a self proclaimed expert on everything arrived 9 months ago, and then things escalated

but that could just be a coincidence
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What.

Didn’t realise his only been here for such a short time. Kind of like that mate that you invite over and the next thing you know his into your beer fridge and proclaiming to sleep over in the spare room without invitation for either.
 
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s0lar said:
What.

Didn’t realise his only been here for such a short time. Kind of like that mate that you invite over and the next thing you know his into your beer fridge and proclaiming to sleep over in the spare room without invitation for either.
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Exactly what was said in this thread. The topic becomes the person and the comments become about the person instead of the topic. Guilty as charged.
 
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saturnz said:
there was always disagreement in the philosophical section, but then a self proclaimed expert on everything arrived 9 months ago, and then things escalated

but that could just be a coincidence
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All this so called expert demands is evidence and proof. You have never provided any - Ever.
 
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Cosmik Debris said:
There we go with the deflection again.
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I am only expected to produce evidence for claims I make. If I don't make a claim, I can't be expected to provide evidence for it.

But yes, you ask random questions, and then expect me to answer them, unfortunately, thats not how it works.

but keep framing things in the pixalated bias that suits you

once again, you make a claim, but you can't provide the evidence
 
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Cosmik Debris said:
Exactly what was said in this thread. The topic becomes the person and the comments become about the person instead of the topic. Guilty as charged.
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What can be said your MyBB famous. A mooching celeb if you will.
 
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Grant said:
Have the lunatics finally taken over the asylum.?
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Hey, that used to be my line..!
Grant said:
The most common themes are somehow related to a new work order.
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Oh god yes please for this new work order, I'm tired of sitting at home all day without company, time for a new way of working, or even going back to the previous work order will do..
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Has the forum become a safe space for the unhinged.?
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My daughter said recently with a look of distain when I told her to look up something on mybroadband "Dad seriously, that place has become like a toxic dump"

Personally I blame MyChamp, but seriously, 3 things, call them pet theories of mine.

1. All the other news outlets closed their comments & you know that News24 crowd had to go somewhere.

2. You're not always (actually very seldom nowadays) debating with someone with the same/similar background/culture/outlook on life and/or intelligence, and soon you're debating someone who with full conviction confesses to believing that they are searching for the formula to joystick lightning towards their enemies.

3. Previously the crazy was far away, like unless you actually wanted to mingle with a drug kingpin you, well, just didn't. Because if you wanted you'd really have to go out of your way, maybe begin smoking crack on small scale from a local dealer, then more, meeting bigger & bigger dealers until you eventually become a runner for one of them and get trapped in a vicious cycle of using & owing more & more then having to sell more just to cover your shortfall until you eventually haul such large volumes that you get introduced to distributers up the ranks until you get so big that you meet the actual kingpin and you have to explain yourself with big thugs at your side and a gun to your head.. you get the idea.

Nowadays you just have to go on the internet.

Now I'm not saying everyone's a druglord, but you don't have to go look for crazy anymore, the internet brings crazy into your living room. It's the algorithms you see..

Experienced it again last night as I was heading off to bed.. thought to myself wait I hadn't yet done my bit against this nonutnov nonsense, opened my fav site & 5 minutes in I was klapping it to guys in mock furry suits doing unspeakable things to bound up and I mean bound up bunnies & somewhere in the back of my mind a very very small voice said what wait, how the hell did I end up here again, but you know: that train, like corruption, waits for no gravy..
Grant said:
Flat earthers have now been relagated to the back seats.
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Which reminds me, still wanted to ask.. since we have a lunar eclipse this week, how does such eclipses fit into the flatearthaverse?

Maybe unscheduled projection bulb replacement time?
 
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Grant said:
So what happened here?

The place is like Conspiracy Central.
I read some threads and is seems like I have inadvertently stumbled into happy hour at Valkenberg hospital.

Has the forum become a safe space for the unhinged.?

I've been around these parts for the better part of 15yrs and I've never known the place like it is now - almost daily more lunacy appears.
For a psychologist or psychiatrist it must be like stumbling upon a funfair - where all rides are free.

Often sources quoted on thread creation are utterly obscure, one can click the link to the source, ignore the quoted content and click on the home page of that source to quickly get an idea of the batschittery that lies ahead.

The most common themes are somehow related to a new work order.
"Big Pharma" is another favorite.
Flat earthers have now been relagated to the back seats.

Have the lunatics finally taken over the asylum.?
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The thing is mybb use to be different in the old days in that, you would get banned, for just looking at a mod, however they relaxed a lot, the rules are still in place, but just less likely to enforce them now days. Which has its pros and cons, however it entirely depends on how you use that freedom.

Some people are grown up enough to appreciate the freedom and can be quite entertaining with like minded grown ups here, then you have the people who just don't know how to deal with the freedoms being afforded and just want to see the world burn.However the less strict environment has had a positive effect in mybb membership growth growing exponentially year on year.

So on the one hand you just try and manage the fallout the kids create, or on the other completely shut it down at the mere warning sign that some thing is coming, to be honest I much rather prefer mybb not be a nanny state. I am on a nanny state forum from the UK and a slight argument there you will be serving a term under the ban hammer.

I quite like the idea of users sorting it out among them self, and if you don't get to a agreeable conclusion there is always the ignore button, works wonders and a great stress relieve. But I will admit there is things the mybb and the mods can do better on, especially with regards to obvious trolls, and specifically people out to bait others into an argument.

I like the mybb approach, just a couple of aholes that need to grow the f up.
 
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wizardofid said:
But I will admit there is things the mybb and the mods can do better on, especially with regards to obvious trolls, and specifically people out to bait others into an argument.
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I got multiple warnings for "trolling" threads in religion & pd

The tinfoil-hat **** people are spewing currently to bait put my off-topic comments then to shame with 0 repercussions so I've stopped giving a **** i'll go nosefirst into violating them back
 
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