Can we make a new rule that parody thread = instaban?

[RaynorWolfcastle]

Do these douchebags not realize that they are neither clever, nor funny? Instaban anyone that makes a parody thread please.

Locking them works just fine

 

[jjones]

Yes, I agree. It is lowering the overall quality of the posts in OT.

 

[Schadenfroh]

some of them are funny. the ones that suck get punished by terrible flames and hatred. it balances out, let natural selection run its coarse

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: jjones
Yes, I agree. It is lowering the overall quality of the posts in OT.

Is that your tongue I see in your cheek?

 

[Pliablemoose]

Originally posted by: jjones
Yes, I agree. It is lowering the overall quality of the posts in OT.

He he, that's a good one...

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: RaynorWolfcastle
Do these douchebags not realize that they are neither clever, nor funny? Instaban anyone that makes a parody thread please.

I disagree RaynorWolfcastle, some parody threads are funny; it's when the amount of threads spiral out of control that OT is hurt IMO

 

[RaynorWolfcastle]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

Originally posted by: RaynorWolfcastle
Do these douchebags not realize that they are neither clever, nor funny? Instaban anyone that makes a parody thread please.

I disagree RaynorWolfcastle, some parody threads are funny; it's when the amount of threads spiral out of control that OT is hurt IMO

I'll agree that occasionally somebody comes up with a funny parody thread, unfortunately there are so many bad ones. The only way to send a message is to ban them, at least temporarily.

jjones, my sarcasm-meter is overheating!

 

[DannyBoy]

I haven't been on the forums for 2 months, is it really that bad now?

 

[Ogg]

Originally posted by: RaynorWolfcastle
Do these douchebags not realize that they are neither clever, nor funny? Instaban anyone that makes a parody thread please.

Why dont you just stop reading them you nazi douche............problem solved :thumbsup:

We have bigger problems to deal with, for example, Jrun:shocked:
Ban Jrun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:|

 

[RagingBITCH]

The "blah walks into a bar" jokes were lame as hell but every now and then the parody threads get funny. I think though that the mods could easily just ban a few people so some of those idiots get the message that just spamming OT with parody threads does have consequences.

 

[Turkish]

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
The "blah walks into a bar" jokes were lame as hell but every now and then the parody threads get funny. I think though that the mods could easily just ban a few people so some of those idiots get the message that just spamming OT with parody threads does have consequences.

yeah, the bar joke threads (except Zim's "Post yours here" and the original one) should have given them a vacation.

 

[dighn]

i agree
parody threads are so not funny, and they cause a lot of confusion in the forum. what's real? what's parody? kind of hard to tell sometimes if you don't sit here all day and look at all the threads

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

You can't appreciate the good without the bad, though.

 

[Wingznut]

How long until there's a parody of this thread?

3...

2...

1...

 

[Amused]

In all my posts, I have made one parody thread. But in my case, the original thread SCREAMED for a parody to be made.

The Original:

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=38&threadid=1283837&arctab=arc&

My Parody:

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=38&threadid=1284336&arctab=arc&highlight_key=y

 

[Ogg]

Originally posted by: Wingznut
How long until there's a parody of this thread?

3...

2...

1...

I considered it.......but didnt want to become a martyr!!!!:thumbsup:




:thumbsdown: to all the anti-parody whiney weenies

 

[User1001]

I laughed really hard when I saw the parody of the holding hands threat (and yes I'm too lazy to link them).

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: User1001
I laughed really hard when I saw the parody of the holding hands threat (and yes I'm too lazy to link them).

Threatening people is not allowed here.

 

[DurocShark]

Originally posted by: Amused
In all my posts, I have made one parody thread. But in my case, the original thread SCREAMED for a parody to be made.

The Original:

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=38&threadid=1283837&arctab=arc&

My Parody:

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=38&threadid=1284336&arctab=arc&highlight_key=y

:beer:

I've done exactly one parody myself, and I thought it was pretty good.

Why do people gripe about stuff posted in Off Topic? After all, it's Off Topic, hence no rhyme or reason. And if we banned everybody who wasn't funny, only Brutuskend would still be posting.

 

[User1001]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat

Originally posted by: User1001
I laughed really hard when I saw the parody of the holding hands threat (and yes I'm too lazy to link them).

Threatening people is not allowed here.

opps I meant thread