It's a sticky subject...
Not as long as folks adhere to the rules.
It's nice to see you two bonding...
Sorry.
It's a sticky subject...
Not as long as folks adhere to the rules.
most social web sites changed quite a bit in 2016 or so..
After being on this forum for over 10 years I have seen some significant changes in the attitudes of the people that are on here. It seems that if you disagree with someone and state your opinion or by chance you don’t go with majority of people who are in favor of something most everyone gets their panties in a twist and then it turns into a big confrontation, which it should have never been escalated to that point to begin with. I just remember coming on here and the people were always very much into the hobby and it was a cool place to hang out and catch up on some great topics and build threads. I don’t see that anymore. If I come on here and participate in a thread and disagree with someone it turns into something it never should have. Instead of being place to express your opinion and enjoy the company of others.
I do want to thank all the moderators and admins who do an exceptional job keeping the site running smooth and monitoring the threads etc. Thanks again your hard work and dedication certainly is appreciated. I’ll continue to be a paying member and support this site, because I believe it can be a great place again.
Hot melt glue. You can build your rocket really fast that way.There's a glue I'm supposed to be using? Which one?
Yep, between David Bowie's death and the Rio Olympics, people were never really the same
Here on the left coast in NorCal we’re approaching the tail end of our rocket launch season.This happens every winter. We're all cranky and deprived of good weather and big launch events. Once we all start flying again, things will settle down until next winter.
Grooooooooooooooooaaaann!!!!!!!!!!!
That one caused me physical pain.It's not fatal! Epoxy can be cured!
Hot melt glue. You can build your rocket really fast that way.
Even without the major political events it is not hard to look at the rise of meme culture, hypercynicism, tech giants profiting from misinformation and conclude that was when the internet was replaced by a giant bag of dicks. give or take a year or two.
I agree with that sentiment in general, and I would be most happy if the big social media sites would collectively die in a fire (especially Facebook). But it's alsoEven without the major political events it is not hard to look at the rise of meme culture, hypercynicism, tech giants profiting from misinformation and conclude that was when the internet was replaced by a giant bag of dicks. give or take a year or two.
It's nice to see you two bonding...
Sorry.
Even without the major political events it is not hard to look at the rise of meme culture, hypercynicism, tech giants profiting from misinformation and conclude that was when the internet was replaced by a giant bag of dicks. give or take a year or two.
since they joined on May 8, 2012....wait.over 10 years
There's a glue I'm supposed to be using? Which one?
Ah we're just getting old....remember good old days? Everything was mo better!
Like rubber shock cords, slits in the tube to anchor them, friction fit...…..remember good old days? Everything was mo better!
Back on subject, I don't recall anyone getting banned since I joined, as opposed to the apparent banning of a few members who migrated to YORF way back when. So does that mean it's less contentious or more lenient? IDK.
I've seen that when someone acts like an a** they get slapped down by the community forthright. As it should be.
Actually I changed my handle 3x but yeah been here since 2008<g> When has the internet ever been anything else?
I remember when AOL opened its Internet Gateway. Before that, about 30% of the content on every usenet forum was an argument about netiquette that started out as an argument about something else. The other 70% of the content was users fretting that they didn't want the thread to degenerate into a flame war -- punctuated by reminiscences about how much better the SNR was back in the ARPAnet days. After the AOL newbies showed up, 90% of the content was explaining jargon and telling users NOT TO TYPE IN ALL CAPS -- then it all turned back into noise about how noisy usenet had become. If anything has changed, its that everybody is now an annoying noob who didn't have to learn any VMS or UNIX commands to get into the party (and the word "netiquette" now sounds quaint).
But I will accept @afterburner's assessment that there has been a change in tone on this forum in the
since they joined on May 8, 2012....wait.
insert >smiley< to indicate good-natured ribbing
For the record, ThirstyBarbarian and I were both banned for giving each other “the business” and we’re members of the same rocket clubs and fly together all the time.Back on subject, I don't recall anyone getting banned since I joined, as opposed to the apparent banning of a few members who migrated to YORF way back when. So does that mean it's less contentious or more lenient? IDK.
I've seen that when someone acts like an a** they get slapped down by the community forthright. As it should be.
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