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Pursuant to our awareness that the membership agreement/community guidelines do not always appear as prominently as we would like when new users from outside SBN join Lookout Landing, I have added them permanently to the sidebar. They are visible beneath the divisional standings, which is as elevated as is allowed. We are going to (continue to) be strict in enforcing these rules. Ignorance of them is no longer a viable excuse.

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Is it possible to move them up even higher?

Like below the disclaimer on game threads? Even if not, it’s good to finally have these visible.

Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.

by pdb on May 18, 2009 1:16 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

.
They are visible beneath the divisional standings, which is as elevated as is allowed.

by acblue on May 18, 2009 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

God those are dumb.

If your in wide mode you can’t see them at all.

NEEDS MORE FREEDOM!

by Scruffy Lefty on May 18, 2009 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm in wide mode on a standard 4:3 type monitor

I can barely see the edges of them, which makes them that much more annoying

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on May 18, 2009 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I thought smilies were ok within context

Don’t abuse them, but they can have their place. At least that’s what I’ve been led to believe

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on May 18, 2009 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

):<

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on May 18, 2009 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

all things in moderation

Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.

by pdb on May 18, 2009 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

And all rules are subject to change

When a joke gets old, or something becomes annoying, it will be labeled a “dead meme” and you’ll be ridiculed for continuing to use it.

by johnbai on May 18, 2009 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

On a more serious note, though

I do wonder if there is a way to put them on the right sidebar. I say this because the guidelines don’t appear to be showing up inside of a thread. This could be helpful because some people may get directly into threads via RSS or Yahoo links

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on May 18, 2009 1:43 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Or you could rename the site Don't Be A Douchebag Around Here

that’d be good for traffic.

Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.

by pdb on May 18, 2009 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Or you could rename the site hotchickswithdouchebags.com

and post pictures of hot chicks with douchey looking guys

by seattlebruin on May 18, 2009 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Clothes matter.

Pink hats are terrible.

by acblue on May 18, 2009 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You can thank

Alyssa Milano for that one.

by melenious on May 18, 2009 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

He meant whooping cough from all the shared charity functions.

The fact that you would insult Alyssa Milano, Fine Upstanding Citizen, in that way is disgraceful.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on May 18, 2009 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well, actually, no.

Cutesy t-shirts, yes, but the pink hats have been attributed by some to … the M’s.

Sigh. from the PI back in 2004:

“After joining the Mariners in 2000, director of merchandise Julie McGillivray wanted to offer a baseball hat in pink, which she thought would sell well among women. The manufacturers she approached, however, initially couldn’t produce that shade. “They were shocked,” said McGillivray, who used to be a buyer for Bon-Macy’s.

A pink hat debuted in 2001, followed by a tank top with pink straps and a T-shirt with the Mariners name in pink. Now such non-traditional colors are common; some items are even sold in competing team colors."

by msb on May 18, 2009 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Gag.

From my observation, the girls I meet and know who are donning baby pink M’s gear are usually the ones who cried the day Jeremy Reed went away.

by melenious on May 18, 2009 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I have never, ever, head of anyone lamenting the loss of Jeremy Reed.

Besides, the trade that sent Reed to the Mets helped us get Franklin Gutierrez, People’s Sexiest Man of the Century.

by Decatur on May 18, 2009 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Maybe I'm in the minority.

But, I just don’t see it.

Then again, my taste in dudes is often questioned..

by melenious on May 18, 2009 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

HERESY!

WIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTCCCHHHH!!!!!!!

by Decatur on May 18, 2009 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Jeremy Reed

Always looks kinda greasy to me. I can’t decide if that’s hot or not…

~The Official LookoutLanding Poster Who Dreams Of Doing Naughty Naughty Things To Russell Branyan~

by section331 on May 18, 2009 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Gotcha.

I totally respect man-crushes.

by melenious on May 18, 2009 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Felix is the bomb.

But pitching prowess aside, meh.

Let the stoning begin…

by melenious on May 18, 2009 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

His pitching prowess makes him hot.

He could look like Jason Vargas and we’d still find him dreamy.

by abender20 on May 18, 2009 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I agree.

If only I could yell out, ’You’re SO SEXY!‘, after say a Felix K or a Gutz hit without having parents frown upon me. That’d be the life.

by melenious on May 18, 2009 5:05 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well, with Lookout Landing,

it looks like you’ve found the proper kind of outlet for your emotions.

by Decatur on May 18, 2009 5:24 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Thank goodness.

I can now rest in peace.

by melenious on May 18, 2009 6:21 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

And NOLA.

She’s the one who Christened Gutz with the name “Sex in Midair.”

by Decatur on May 18, 2009 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Kind of reminds me of that movie, Anger Management

I am not sure if posting the picture would be appropriate, though.

by Fin on May 18, 2009 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

More about replying to yourself.

Repeatedly.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on May 18, 2009 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

What's the record for most replies to self in one thread?

And would we call this phenomenon “Corcoing?”

by Decatur on May 18, 2009 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I wish Coach would hang out here more often.

He hasn’t been around much since I joined.

by Decatur on May 18, 2009 4:39 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

This might be interpreted as me being needy, but I'm genuinely curious.

Do you all see a noticeable improvement in my and Coach’s posting? I’ve certainly been trying to be more conscious of when to not hit “post.”

by Taylor H on May 18, 2009 7:37 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You're getting better, yes.

Don’t stop working on it though.

by Matthew on May 18, 2009 7:43 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I have noticed an improvement

you’re much better when you have something to contribute though – posts that say just “YES” or the equivalent don’t add much. But yeah, keep working on it and you’ll do fine.

Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.

by pdb on May 18, 2009 8:08 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Really?

That’s not going to stop me from wearing mine.

From a female perspective, I love it when dudes sport caps, with the exception of NY caps.

by melenious on May 18, 2009 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I know my view on the subject is the minority.

I just never liked a girl wearing a ball cap. Unless its while watching a football/baseball game. I don’t mind the wearing of ball caps for the purpose of team-spirit.

by d0nkey on May 18, 2009 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I second this whole-heartedly.

Baseball caps always remind me of really trashy women for some reason. Other types of hats are alright though.Team-spirit is always acceptable.

by Zwakamatsu on May 18, 2009 4:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Trashy, huh.

I better toss all my caps.

by msb on May 18, 2009 6:02 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm going to start wearing picture hats.

Really large picture hats that will impede the view of most of the row behind me.

by msb on May 19, 2009 8:38 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Girls in hats are awesome

As are girls in jerseys. Really, just girls with a good knowledge of baseball. That’s flat-out sexy.

by rlintott on May 18, 2009 6:39 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

A better way of phrasing this:

I don’t find any girls attractive in hats period.

by Matthew on May 18, 2009 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I am trying to reduce the amount of declaratory statements made because they increase the amount of clutter

when people respond to question said declaratory statements. Plus, it’s just better form.

by Matthew on May 18, 2009 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah

I just get an uneasy feeling whenever da boys of LL start waxing on about what and who they find sexually appealing.

by johnbai on May 18, 2009 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I miss Librocrat.

Note – I don’t miss that.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on May 18, 2009 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Whatever dude,

I stopped doing that before SBN 2.0

...and now I'm here

by Librocrat on May 18, 2009 6:12 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I wish I knew girls Matthew found attractive.

Bet we could find some shots of them looking lovely in hats.

by msb on May 18, 2009 6:03 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The truth is

Matthew is a robot with no reproductive organs.

Paris Hilton, Burberry plaid, reality TV, mullets, Zima, Dubya, and the Sonics being sold to Oklahoma City. - Yahoo Answer results for "7 Signs of the Apocalypse"

by bluemax on May 18, 2009 6:11 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You are the second person to take my comment this way, so I will clarify because I do not want people to think incorrectly of me.

I was not offering my opinion on the subject of women wearing hats. I was simply saying the d0nkey should have phrased it as an opinion rather than as a statement of fact.

by Matthew on May 18, 2009 7:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oooh linguistic pet peeve time!

The use of the word “period” for emphasis is redundant, because of that little dot at the end of the sentence. That one’s always bugged me, even more so than “ATM Machine”.

Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.

by pdb on May 18, 2009 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

But a standard period conveys no sense of definitiveness or finality.

I think “period” is a perfectly acceptable, as long it isn’t overused. What’s your objection, aside from pet peevedness?

by Decatur on May 18, 2009 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Redundancy.

A standard period is a perfectly emphatic way to end a sentence.
A standard period is a perfectly emphatic way to end a sentence. Period.

There’s no added heft to that second sentence. Saying “period” at the end doesn’t really add any emphasis that using the punctuation mark alone doesn’t already apply.

Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.

by pdb on May 18, 2009 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I would disagree.

I feel it does add weight.

by Matthew on May 18, 2009 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Although that weight is better used when speaking it

Doesn’t carry the same emphasis when typed out

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on May 18, 2009 4:27 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think that it started as a spoken thing, where you can't see the period at the end of someone's sentence.

It’s like when I’ve seen people type “quote-unquote” when they can just use quotation marks.

by Zwakamatsu on May 18, 2009 4:34 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Exactly

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on May 18, 2009 4:37 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I've never seen that.

And I hope I don’t because you will not find the body of anyone who types that to me.

by Decatur on May 18, 2009 4:37 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

PIN number gets me.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on May 18, 2009 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

There's a machine for that?

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on May 18, 2009 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on May 18, 2009 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

Just start saying PI number

and then make the number 3142

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on May 18, 2009 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions   2 recs

Me too, except I was a dork and just figured it out on my own

These days I’m good for about 10-15 or so

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on May 18, 2009 4:37 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I still remember my employee number from Best Buy

Though I worked there 7 years ago. I also remember every address I have lived at (6 now), starting with my first home that we left when I was 7

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on May 18, 2009 4:45 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hear VIN number daily in my line of work

And it was the same while selling cars. That kind of redundancy drives me nuts

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on May 18, 2009 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I wouldn't say period

but often a hat makes a girl less attractive

by Poochie on May 18, 2009 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

...and now you may read the LORE OF THE PANTER!!!

"Even the stupidest of men, by some instinct of nature, is convinced on his own that with more observations his risk of failure is diminished."
-Jacques Bernoulli Ars conjectandi 1713

by Bearskin Rugburn on May 18, 2009 2:30 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Has there been any consideration made in replacing this?
“By reading a game thread of your own volition you agree to accept all liability for any and all damage done to your delicate sensibilities.”

Or at least swapping it with the current location of the Membership agreement? Seems like this would be a more important thing to emphasize than warning people about the nature of game threads. If it’s possible, of course.

by ThundaPC on May 18, 2009 2:47 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I still think the game thread warning has merit though

having a game thread be one’s first exposure to LL would be a rather jarring experience, I would think.

Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.

by pdb on May 18, 2009 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

But if that were the first thing you ever saw at LL it might not be the welcome-to-LL moment that the mods would like

so at least with the warning up there people know what they’re getting into.

Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.

by pdb on May 18, 2009 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I can't help you if you insist on remaining in denial

At least take stock of the cost of your addiction. Have you lost friends? Are you less productive? Has it threatened your job, your family or your health? When you’re ready to admit the sad answers to these questions… then you’ll be ready to take the first step of the rest of your life.

by johnbai on May 18, 2009 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

LSB?

Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.

by pdb on May 18, 2009 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

???


Click for full size.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on May 18, 2009 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

As any addict will tell you

there is no “cure”. You will always be an addict. You have to manage each day one at a time. You cannot control the past or the future… you only have today… and today you must choose whether to use or not to use.

If you are asking what strategies can help you manage your addiction, that is another question entirely.

by johnbai on May 18, 2009 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ahhh, those were the good times.

Now all you have is softcore and/or furrie gifs.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on May 18, 2009 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yea, but what about swapping them?

Is it more problematic that people are shell shocked when they go into a game thread or when people are freely using chatspeak, no capitalizing words, no subject line, etc. in any thread?

by ThundaPC on May 18, 2009 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Bah.

Favor the Bold

by IcebreakerX on May 18, 2009 4:24 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Holy shit. There are other Thunder fans here?

I was afraid of coming out. I can’t quit Durant.

by sammy on May 18, 2009 5:24 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no

Sonics fans automatically became hijack city fans if the user didn’t manually change their SBN profile. This was not a very smart admission, I’m afraid

by seattlebruin on May 18, 2009 5:35 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh. Shit. Well, then.

I guess it’s out now. Sorry, but I can’t not root for that team. I tried not looking up their box scores everyday, I really did.

I obviously loathe Clay Bennett. I wouldn’t be caught dead in a Thunder jersey and would never fork over money to the franchise. Even the games I do watch are streamed online for free. But I never had any problems with the team from Sam Presti on down. They’re just trying to win basketball games.

by sammy on May 18, 2009 5:55 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Did they?

I could’ve sworn it just took my NBA fandom away, which is exactly what happened when the Sonics died.

Paris Hilton, Burberry plaid, reality TV, mullets, Zima, Dubya, and the Sonics being sold to Oklahoma City. - Yahoo Answer results for "7 Signs of the Apocalypse"

by bluemax on May 18, 2009 6:08 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

As a non-basketball fan,

I couldn’t really start the OKC bombing jokes.

But as a fan of OKC bombing jokes, I’m sorry they never took off here.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on May 18, 2009 6:11 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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