OK, possibly not the most complimentary note I’ve had today, but no doubt the most objectively correct.
I wandered into DigitalPoint’s ODP forum today for the purpose of wishing a few there a happy holiday. First thing I noticed… they’d already been engaged in their daily deathmatch since the early AM. Apparently there are no holidays in the great war to do whatever it is they wanna do by spending every day furiously countering the latest threat to their closely guarded belief that Dmoz either is or isn’t the fleshly incarnation of Lucifer.
Huh? Don’t you guys get days off?
Easter is a significant holiday, which judging from TV has something to do with celebrating the death and resurrection of the easter bunny… possibly loosely based on an ancient Judaic “eating of the Holy peeps” ritual. Then there’s something about colored eggs… I dunno, it’s all sorta confusing. Anyway, it IS a recognized holiday, which oughta be a good excuse for not spending it duking it out with some moronic trolls whose opinions mean nothing in the grand scheme.
I’ve had the addiction to argue ad infinitum in there myself, or at least I did. I’m not an editor at Dmoz now, so doing it would be (IMO) a classic case of Obsessive Compulsive behavior at this point (lol, like it wasn’t before?). The again, several people in there are ex-eds that have more time spent there talking about ODP than they ever spent actually editing AT ODP, and they still post as if there lives depended on it. [Yes, it IS sad… but if you’ll send just $1 a day to my PayPal account we can help these poor unfortunates. So show that you care, and give today, while they still have a chance.]
Hard NOT to post there when you see the utter crap that passes for wisdom in that room, but it’s a classic case of wrestling with a pig, ya just get muddy while the pig has a grand old time.
Granted, at least one of them is an occult guy… he’s probably bound by cultural norm to avoid celebrating holidays including anything as significant as colored eggs that get misplaced and make the entire house smell like rotten sulfur, so he gets a pass. Aside from that, I’m pretty sure the voices talk to him every time the foil slips a bit, so it isn’t like he’s missing out on companionship.
The rest however gotta fess up to their problem and enter the next 12-step course they can find.
ME: “Hi, I’m Rob, and I haven’t posted at DP for 7 days.”
GROUP IN UNISON: “Hi Rob!”
Seriously boys, it’s just a directory. You gotta get out in the sunshine a little, your brains are gonna rot. Why waste your time in that forum?
The guys who are supposed to be moderating it certainly don’t.
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I’m Rob Jones, and I approve this message.
Rob Jones for President 
That, my friend, is an awesome picture.
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ROFL. I finally coax you into visiting and you mention the quality of the *picture*? That’s it bucko… I’m headed to your blog to compliment the fonts!
Actually that is a cool pic. I can’t take credit (dammit), it was in an email sent by a somewhat twisted ex-Dmoz guy that’s currently in Iraq chasing terrorists thru electronic means. I promise I know nothing more than that about him. [I’d mention his name, but I have no idea what spooks allow us to say about ’em and I hear the weather in Gitmo sucks in summer.]
Thanks for coming by, this place was getting so quiet I thought maybe my ISP had shut me down. :-)
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For an alcoholic, one drink is enough to start dry alcoholics on a bender. So seeing two recent posts from you on DP must mean you are back to indulging your addiction. Perhaps you should make a really outlandish post, obviously insulting a mod is not enough, so you outright get banned.
By the way, BOTW looks a bit short on religion, perhaps your explanation of Easter explains that;-)
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Yeah… I seem to have lost my touch. I didn’t just insult a mod, I red-repped him and reported him too. LOL. What’s a fella gotta do to get kicked outta there?
As for those categories short on religion… we may have to track down someone to work on that. Send up a flare if you know someone interested.
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Oh my, you just can’t get a mod’s attention at DP — ever.
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