A Public Service Announcement
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.
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They are visible beneath the divisional standings, which is as elevated as is allowed.
by Aaron Campeau on May 18, 2009 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions
I didn't realize "as is allowed" meant by SBN at first reading
Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.
Any way to put it right underneath the Narrow/Wide links?
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
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They are visible beneath the divisional standings, which is as elevated as is allowed.
You're.
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on May 18, 2009 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions
You should find a way to integrate the guidelines into the Lexus ads
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
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
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
It takes 5 minutes for the lexus ads to show up before I can start using C-Z to skip thru messages
It reallys sucks. But I want to own one now.
I'm the newest kid on the block, so this is exremely conveinient.
I love this place, and i’m never leaving.
Please use proper spelling around these parts :P
by Graham MacAree on May 18, 2009 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions
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
):<
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
and by all things I meant smileys and not chatspeak which is never OK
Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.
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.
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
Listen to this man, he is wise
(this is a worded way of saying +1)
by seattlebruin on May 18, 2009 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
We should take a picture of them and use them as the logo
by Graham MacAree on May 18, 2009 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
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.
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
It's not that bad if they're navy blue hats with red lettering
by seattlebruin on May 18, 2009 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions
If it's an attractive girl who gives a damn what color her hat is?
Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.
by pdb on May 18, 2009 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Clothes matter.
Pink hats are terrible.
by Aaron Campeau on May 18, 2009 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions
If you're alluding to STDs, I find it appalling.
It’s beneath this site’s standards.
by Susheel Ramasahayam on May 18, 2009 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions
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
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."
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.
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.
But now that all our problems would be solved by a left-handed bat
Don’t you wish you had sexpot Jeremy back in M’s gear?
Which is one of the unpublished reasons he left.
Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.
Maybe I'm in the minority.
But, I just don’t see it.
Then again, my taste in dudes is often questioned..
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~
Last I saw Felix was in no way extinct or in the process of becoming a tar pit
Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.
His pitching prowess makes him hot.
He could look like Jason Vargas and we’d still find him dreamy.
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.
Way to go now everybody knows your true feelings
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on May 18, 2009 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Pffft
There’s no girls on the internet
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on May 18, 2009 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Well I'll be dipped
(and in case it’s being questioned, I was being about as tongue in cheek as I can be with my comment)
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on May 18, 2009 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions
I agree for the most part
but I have never cared about things like hat color when considering how a woman dresses.
Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.
Kind of reminds me of that movie, Anger Management
I am not sure if posting the picture would be appropriate, though.
And any other regulars that I haven't seen pics of them wearing hats.
They are attractive as well.
This turned into a Corco subthread real quick
by seattlebruin on May 18, 2009 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
More about replying to yourself.
Repeatedly.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
What's the record for most replies to self in one thread?
And would we call this phenomenon “Corcoing?”
Let this not be construed as an attempt for anyone to set said record please
Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.
Good call. Should've added that disclaimer.
Come to think of it, it might be what Corco pulled off in the Hitler Mustache/War of 1812/“Getting to 100 one post at a time” thread.
Can't blame him with the way he's usually treated though
Even when he’s acting fairly normal people still twist his words and don’t take him seriously
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on May 18, 2009 4:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I'll pass that along to him if he doesn't see it while reading up on stuff
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on May 18, 2009 4:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Coach is generally awesome and once he develops a thicker skin he'll be even more so
Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.
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 on May 18, 2009 7:37 PM PDT up reply actions
You're getting better, yes.
Don’t stop working on it though.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Bah baseball caps on girls are awesome.
by Decatur on May 18, 2009 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
There is. Click the "actions" button and then click "recommend" to give me a "rec."
We will all sell our souls to get these.
Robert probably has several thousand times as many recs as I do.
But yes, I suppose rec begging is was dead memed a while ago.
I don't think Robert is jealous of anyone's recs
a 150 rec+ and 50,000 recs will do that for you
by seattlebruin on May 18, 2009 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm going to start wearing picture hats.
Really large picture hats that will impede the view of most of the row behind me.
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 Robert Lintott on May 18, 2009 6:39 PM PDT up reply actions
A better way of phrasing this:
I don’t find any girls attractive in hats period.
My first green comment ever is a fuckin' emoticon
This is why I’ve never been able to write a #1 single. I have no idea what the public really wants.
by johnbai on May 18, 2009 6:04 PM PDT up reply actions 3 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.
Yeah
I just get an uneasy feeling whenever da boys of LL start waxing on about what and who they find sexually appealing.
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
Am I being scrutinized for my improper sentance structure?
Or for not liking girls in hats? I’m lost..
Matthew's trying to get you to use "I think" instead of "Girls aren't"
In other words, make opinions, not statements of fact.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Whatever dude,
I stopped doing that before SBN 2.0
...and now I'm here
I wish I knew girls Matthew found attractive.
Bet we could find some shots of them looking lovely in hats.
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"
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.
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.
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?
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.
I would disagree.
I feel it does add weight.
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
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.
Exactly
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on May 18, 2009 4:37 PM PDT up reply actions
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.
Unless the sale of UPC stripes has its own separate code
which would just be confusing.
Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.
PIN number gets me.
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on May 18, 2009 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions
There's a machine for that?
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
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
I remember the number of the library card I had from 3rd grade to 5th grade.
My brain works in mysterious ways.
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
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
I took 'with douchebags'
to mean ‘attached to the Boston Red Sox’
by Graham MacAree on May 18, 2009 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Bleeth
When a chick goes straight up Paris Hilton. I saw quite a few of them Friday and Saturday night down by the Bullpen Market…
~The Official LookoutLanding Poster Who Dreams Of Doing Naughty Naughty Things To Russell Branyan~
"UNINTENTIONAL WALKS DRAWN"
Hahahaha. Brilliant.
by .Taylor on May 18, 2009 2:30 PM PDT reply actions
...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
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.
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.
All game threads are jarring experiences and I've been through plenty of them
by seattlebruin on May 18, 2009 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions
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.
I mean this in the nicest of ways, but please go seek help.
See if Johnbai has an opening in his schedule.
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.
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.
My first LL GDT had that little red furball gif and Benny Hill music synced with 9/11 footage.
I turned out fine.
by R.J. Anderson on May 18, 2009 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions
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
Little known fact - Muppets are just midget furries.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
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?
You expect someone who advertises their love of the Oklahoma City Thunder to make sense?
Fear the NPE
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
The PRC and NPE governments are collaborating?
whaaaaa???
by seattlebruin on May 18, 2009 5:39 PM PDT up reply actions
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.
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"
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

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