Top 25 talk

[PeterEscobar]

All I want for Christmas is -100 karma...

(still thinking dinging someone just because you disagree with them is silly, but whatever. I only ding people if they have taken a personal swipe at me, since obviously Pat isn't going to do anything about it).

I don't think people ding you because they disagree with you, I think people ding you because how you behave and berate people... But that has been discussed ad nauseam over previous pages and was just responded to with "physician, heal thyself" so on that note... Happy Festivus

[ElRetornodelEspencio]

I don't know why you would believe that though because I've gotten dinged after posts that wouldn't by any definition be described like you're saying.

So we're left with intolerance as the logical explanation.

[Mr. Ypsi]

I don't know why you would believe that though because I've gotten dinged after posts that wouldn't by any definition be described like you're saying.

So we're left with intolerance as the logical explanation.

Yes, yours.  Merry Christmas - here's #100 (unless someone beat me to it).

No one likes the guy who comes off as believing he is the smartest one in the room.

(I've been around for MANY years.  Trust me - you ain't the smartest one in the room.)

[ElRetornodelEspencio]

I don't know why you would believe that though because I've gotten dinged after posts that wouldn't by any definition be described like you're saying.

So we're left with intolerance as the logical explanation.

Yes, yours.  Merry Christmas - here's #100 (unless someone beat me to it).

No one likes the guy who comes off as believing he is the smartest one in the room.

(I've been around for MANY years.  Trust me - you ain't the smartest one in the room.)

Around where, though?

The last time someone thought I had an overblown opinion of my intelligence, they commissioned a test that ended up proving them wrong.

Funny, I haven't said whether I am or am not the smartest one in the room. To me it's not even really relevant. But it obviously matters to you. The reason for that is your issue, not mine.

[Pat Coleman]

I don't know why you would believe that though because I've gotten dinged after posts that wouldn't by any definition be described like you're saying.

That's kind of a fallacy, though -- just because it's the most recent post doesn't mean it's the one that gets you dinged. Not everyone reads every message immediately after it's posted.

[Mr. Ypsi]

I don't know why you would believe that though because I've gotten dinged after posts that wouldn't by any definition be described like you're saying.

That's kind of a fallacy, though -- just because it's the most recent post doesn't mean it's the one that gets you dinged. Not everyone reads every message immediately after it's posted.

Not only might a ding (or applaud, for that matter) not be the most recent post, it might not even be for anything on this particular thread.  That is the fundamental flaw of the smite/applaud system in current use: there is no way to know WHAT has caused the action.  I suppose it can be seen as a basic 'vote' on a poster's overall demeanor, but that is about all.  For specific violations (or perceived violations) of proper protocol, one better just confront the (perceived) abuser, because applaud/smite just ain't gonna do the trick.

[mailsy]

I'm curious Pat what was the shortest time someone got to -100 k. 

I looks like it would take Darryl over 5 centuries to get there. 

[Ralph Turner]

I'm curious Pat what was the shortest time someone got to -100 k. 

I looks like it would take Darryl over 5 centuries to get there. 

I am still perplexed and somewhat angered by the smite that someone gave Darryl.

(Surely it was an error!)

[smedindy]

Is the Karma even necessary?? Now it reminds me of Uber or the Community Episode about it.

[(509)Rat]

The last time someone thought I had an overblown opinion of my intelligence, they commissioned a test that ended up proving them wrong.

Oh and I smited Darryl after he got the infamous 2nd smite for making fun of Spence...I'm terribly impressionable. You know when you tell your kid "if Billy jumped off a bridge...?" Yeah I would follow Billy right off that bridge.

Back to top 25 talk. How funny will it be when Marietta drops below Whitworth in the next poll?

[Mr. Ypsi]

The last time someone thought I had an overblown opinion of my intelligence, they commissioned a test that ended up proving them wrong.

Oh and I smited Darryl after he got the infamous 2nd smite for making fun of Spence...I'm terribly impressionable. You know when you tell your kid "if Billy jumped off a bridge...?" Yeah I would follow Billy right off that bridge.

Back to top 25 talk. How funny will it be when Marietta drops below Whitworth in the next poll?

Obviously, they will.  As well as 12-20 other teams.

I'm eagerly awaiting photos of Spense's oversized brain exploding.

[smedindy]

[AndOne]

I don't know why you would believe that though because I've gotten dinged after posts that wouldn't by any definition be described like you're saying.

That's kind of a fallacy, though -- just because it's the most recent post doesn't mean it's the one that gets you dinged. Not everyone reads every message immediately after it's posted.

Since when do you even have to make a post to get dinged?? You may not have posted anything at all for a week, and they'll still do it anyway. Some people will just come on and ding you out of nothing but hatred or just because doing so, even for no real reason, makes them feel powerful and/or good. 

Is the Karma even necessary?? Now it reminds me of Uber or the Community Episode about it.

Shocking that anyone would even dare to pose the question!
But, if for no other reason than the above, it would seem like the answer very well might be no. 

[augie77]

Does anybody else have the sneaking suspicion that our President-Elect*** is a closet Marietta fan?  Recent posts sound very much like tweets we've come to see.  Everything he's associated with is "the greatest", no acknowledgement of weakness, and if you disagree you're a loser.  There are many other similarities....

Could it be??

Make Marietta Great Again!   

***Not a political statement; rather an observation regarding temperament.

[ElRetornodelEspencio]

The last time someone thought I had an overblown opinion of my intelligence, they commissioned a test that ended up proving them wrong.

Oh and I smited Darryl after he got the infamous 2nd smite for making fun of Spence...I'm terribly impressionable. You know when you tell your kid "if Billy jumped off a bridge...?" Yeah I would follow Billy right off that bridge.

Back to top 25 talk. How funny will it be when Marietta drops below Whitworth in the next poll?

Obviously, they will.  As well as 12-20 other teams.

I'm eagerly awaiting photos of Spense's oversized brain exploding.

You'll be disappointed. The poll is just a collection of knee-jerk reactions that mean nothing.

Really nothing would shock me as far as the next poll goes, especially if the voters are as vindictive toward MC as the posters here. Not sure what they've done to make people so jealous, like someone said it's not like it's been a traditionally great program like baseball. Try to lay it at my doorstep if you want, but it was here before me and is the reason I started posting -- the disrespect their accomplishments got in the poll and lack of discussion of it.