Quote from: camazotz;1089212The great thing about therpgsite is that at least the rhetoric and propaganda is genuine, and I know I can write something here without having to think hard about whether the thought police would approve or not. I am an old school Gen-X liberal, left long in the dust by today's rabid progressivism, such that I have bumped in to an occasional modern lefty who thinks that I'm somehow right-leaning which is infuriating. The erosion of free speech is damned concerning. Anyway...to the OP, welcome, and join the club....I decided (over the Bill Webb and a couple other issues) a few months ago that it was just better to give up on rpg.net entirely. I was so tired of having to try and figure out what was acceptable speech and what the intended tenor of a conversation was, and then I realized I was getting sucked in to the "game" and doing so only promoted this notion of Proper Groupthink that I hated so much. Real liberals (and any free thinker) should question their position if part of their platform requires silencing and punishing all opposition.

That's pretty much me as well.  I left that site a while ago and found this one.  I don't post here often, but rpg.net is a toxic dumpster fire.  I've seen people banned or shut out of threads for essentially nothing or very mild posts.  I thought to myself "holy shit", and it was basically for badwrongthink, and left there totally disgusted.

The good part about the radical left is that in the end it always swallows itself, dog-eat-dog-style. The problem is the people it takes down with it.

I read/skimmed through that thread on TBP... and it was so ridiculously funny/scary/sad. This is a temporary triumph of humanity over nature that we've allowed such weakness to flourish against the dictates of reality.


Round 1 - Humanity.

But you know... Nature is the greatest counter-puncher of all time.

I was reminded of an exchange I had on RPGnet a few years ago the other day. I was complaining about the way my wife (at the time heavily pregnant) had been prevented from getting on a crowded bus by the driver for some reason or other. One of the gobby trans-twats thought this was a good opportunity to derail the entire conversation to wax lyrical about how as a trans person, they were so much more "vulnerable" than a pregnant woman, who's plight didn't matter. They couldn't understand that a very pregnant women is physically impaired and being made to walk several miles is of greater significance than if they were made to do so.

Quote from: Kiero;1089759I was reminded of an exchange I had on RPGnet a few years ago the other day. I was complaining about the way my wife (at the time heavily pregnant) had been prevented from getting on a crowded bus by the driver for some reason or other. One of the gobby trans-twats thought this was a good opportunity to derail the entire conversation to wax lyrical about how as a trans person, they were so much more "vulnerable" than a pregnant woman, who's plight didn't matter. They couldn't understand that a very pregnant women is physically impaired and being made to walk several miles is of greater significance than if they were made to do so.

"But who cares about your problems? This is a great opportunity to make it about me."
- Trans-Twat

Because you know there is no problem worse than whatever hurts their feelings and no discussion can be had without acknowledging this subjective fact. No problem has ever existed that can come close to their issues. None!

There are people being beheaded and tossed off buildings, sold into slavery in public abroad - in 2019. But hey! We need to piss in the wrong bathroom, and worry about our inclusion in American entertainment.

Quote from: Kiero;1089759I was reminded of an exchange I had on RPGnet a few years ago the other day. I was complaining about the way my wife (at the time heavily pregnant) had been prevented from getting on a crowded bus by the driver for some reason or other. One of the gobby trans-twats thought this was a good opportunity to derail the entire conversation to wax lyrical about how as a trans person, they were so much more "vulnerable" than a pregnant woman, who's plight didn't matter. They couldn't understand that a very pregnant women is physically impaired and being made to walk several miles is of greater significance than if they were made to do so.

Ugh, the LGBT community needs to kick out the trannies the way things are going, or at least the sick transtrender fakers so often seen at RPGnet

They've hijacked the community and are going after anyone who doesn't bend to their will, as well as bisexuals of both genders.

As a bi guy who does not bend to their crybully nonsense, I am naturally pissed. This only makes me more pissed that these tranny fakers obviously think their feelings are more important than the physical pain of a pregnant woman.

Transgenderism is a way for unexceptional people to feel special about themselves. There is a reason why it impacts disproportionately white, men, from middle to upper middle class backgrounds and has been strongly correlated to the use of Tumblr.

It's a mental disease and should be treated as such.

Quote from: Lurtch;1089776Transgenderism is a way for unexceptional people to feel special about themselves. There is a reason why it impacts disproportionately white, men, from middle to upper middle class backgrounds and has been strongly correlated to the use of Tumblr.

It's a mental disease and should be treated as such.

You are correct.

There are actual transgender people, and they all also have a medical disorder called Gender Dysphoria Disorder, and I have more sympathy towards them than I do towards the RPGnet/Tumblr trannies.

Quote from: CarlD.;1088574Modding a forum is "Emotionally exhausting"? Are you fucking kidding me...

You've obviously never been a moderator or admin then. Yes. It can be emotionally and physically exhausting.

But obviously Wyzard has never actually had a real emotionally exhausting time because they and their flunkies just ban people left and right without even a thought. The emotionally exhausting part comes with you actually take your damn job seriously and treat people like human beings rather than your chattel to be killed on a whim because it amuses you.

In 20 years of being just a sub admin on a RPing site I had to deal with sorting out all manner of complaints and just fuck all jackass behavior. The worst is trying to sort out disputes and figure out who did what to who or even if what player A thinks Player B did was really as bad as they think/claim. And dealing with no less than two stalkers. Not to mention an ongoing covert war with a hate group that kept sending in spies to infiltraite and cause distension amongst the players. THAT is fucking exhausting on all levels.

At some point they seem to have lost sight of the responsibilities and what it means to be an admin on a forum.

I really do wonder how they're going to handle the change in California law which will require them to allow people to delete their records with RPG.net. Move their HQ and officers (of the underlying company) out of California?

Quote from: Omega;1089782You've obviously never been a moderator or admin then.

Yes, actually I have and it was hardly close to "emotionally exhausting", tiresome dealing with some assholes some times but far from exhausting.

Quote from: Omega;1089782You've obviously never been a moderator or admin then.

You'd be incorrect in that assumption.

QuoteYes. It can be emotionally and physically exhausting.

Perhaps we have different definitions of the term or you had some remarkably bad experience(s) but I haven't run in it nor has anyone I've known that served in such a capacity found the job that taxing. It does seem that if one did then the option to quit the entirely voluntary and usually, IME, unpaid job would be viable instead of acting like raging dickhead of a corrupt security guard.

Quote from: Tanin Wulf;1089783I really do wonder how they're going to handle the change in California law which will require them to allow people to delete their records with RPG.net. Move their HQ and officers (of the underlying company) out of California?

https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/account-deletion.845158/post-22563184

"You seem terribly concerned about a site you don't seem to care much about, since you're leaving again; one does really wonder why."


Hilarious how quickly a boot licker rushed to criticize for someone daring to ask a question of their masters.

Quote from: Pat;1089788https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/account-deletion.845158/post-22563184

Their "we don't have to remove old account from our member count because free speech" claim is iffy... showing an inflated membership, likely for purposes of inflating banner ad rates, probably skews closer to "intent to defraud" than "free speech."

If they had anything worth the legal fees it would take to sue over it, it'd almost be worth it.