Insults and "Community"

[BmillsSkier]

Is that a legit free McRib ticket SFB? If we can get Timberridge to run that through the McRib locator and verify, you might just be sitting on a small pot of gold. For the true believers that is.

[splat]

This is the padded room. Are these complaints about not posting stoke related to ski stoke? Riding stoke? Kayaking stoke? If so shouldn't complaints about the lack of the aforementioned stoke be directed to those pertinent sections of the site if they are indeed lacking in the appropriate stoke? Do people have to first post stoke in one of the other sections before they are allowed to post nonsense in the padded room?

IMO stoke here is dog, kitty, baking, annoyances, current events, life events, cooking and other random/misc junk that may be bouncing off the walls of your mind. I've just never understood why people come to the padded room and complain about content. It is what it is.

FIFY.

Yur on a roll.

[skifishbum]

I decided that trying to do some good for the people of my state was more important than a ridiculous off-topic internet forum. Especially after the denizens of that forum showed up and started poking around my campaign's social media presence. So, yeah, I'll own the fact that I had to try to do something to save the places you fish, hunt and ski (you're welcome). And that to do that, as well as to try to improve medical care for our veterans, and begin addressing the failures of our economy that are falling disproportionately on young people, rural communities and minorities, I had to try to clean up my image because the only hope for the things you claim to believe in was to run a nearly perfect campaign, without the help of the self-righteous, stoner, assholes who are too self-absorbed to bother with doing hard jobs like trying to change their state or country. I don't apologize for any of it, because it was the right thing to do, and I'd do it again because almost anything is more important than the fucking Padded Room

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well sloppers
since you fuckin failed miserably in doing any good for mrs. and mr. potatoes heads, couldn't bring home the bacon or any pork products at all despite uhm "cleaning your image" aka pretending to be someone else and didn't get to dc to be part of that community of smug poli asswhipes pedaphiles and high on the hog hypocrites.
youre back here trying to fix a community you think you belong to because you type drival and hit post reply
good news is you don't need to change your image in this community
youre free to be the overweight smug condensending sad stokeless failed poli hack asshat with a peice of paper from a 3rd tier school
- a proud self righteous ,self absorbed, stoner asshole member of said community

and of course that mcrib tickets real cant you see the holographic golden arches bro?

[skiballs]

Yo SFB, still got that guitar?

[babybear]

For some reason I hear all of SFB's words in the elmo voice- makes 'em even better
edit- maybe not elmo- but one of the muppet voices

[Tippster]

13 years ago this board was more like a ski magazine, it was ski pics and ski stories and ski town life... and the harshness was mainly to sort of keep the interlopers out. Then we had such a flood of interlopers (eat a 55 gallon drum of dicks Rob Story) and exodus of the old guard, that the whole character of the thing shifted.
I understand the exodus...this whole thing isn't what it used to be.
Now I'm mainly here because I live and work far from ski culture, and I miss bullshitting with skiers; even if it's not a ski-related topic...
...
It's both. It's complex, situational, subjective, and individual.

Yep. My opinion in a nutshell.

I just realized I've been here 15 years this month. Mostly for the insults.

Back in the day we just had specific aliases, some shared, to generate the insults. Mr. Poundkey and Geronimo were basically the court jesters whose job it was to keep the community grounded. That said there were a lot fewer of us and most of the interaction was in the main forum. The PR exploded after Rob Story opened the floodgates. Keep in mind that things like Tonhands' posts, the Angry Whelk, and other timeless threads happened in Ski & Snowboard.

Post something approaching stoke or STFUP.

HAH. Pot, meet kettle. Oh, and the Yankees still suck.

For some reason I hear all of SFB's words in the elmo voice- makes 'em even better
edit- maybe not elmo- but one of the muppet voices

Floyd. You're thinking of Floyd and you wouldn't be wrong.



Can't wait to hang with the SLC maggots again several times this winter. Was weird not doing so last year.

[riser4]

I'd hang with Floyd, and SFB.

[babybear]

haha yes! so funny

[wyeaster]

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well sloppers
since you fuckin failed miserably in doing any good for mrs. and mr. potatoes heads, couldn't bring home the bacon or any pork products at all despite uhm "cleaning your image" aka pretending to be someone else and didn't get to dc to be part of that community of smug poli asswhipes pedaphiles and high on the hog hypocrites.
youre back here trying to fix a community you think you belong to because you type drival and hit post reply
good news is you don't need to change your image in this community
youre free to be the overweight smug condensending sad stokeless failed poli hack asshat with a peice of paper from a 3rd tier school
- a proud self righteous ,self absorbed, stoner asshole member of said community

and of course that mcrib tickets real cant you see the holographic golden arches bro?

[emoji119]

[AdironRider]

For some reason I hear all of SFB's words in the elmo voice- makes 'em even better
edit- maybe not elmo- but one of the muppet voices

Great stoner debate: Are Sesame Street characters Muppets?

[iceman]

Great stoner debate: Are Sesame Street characters Muppets?

Hm. I didn't realize there was disagreement on that issue. I say of course they are Muppets.

[My Pet Powder Goat]

Nah, Muppets are the Jim Henson creation, but technically still puppets.
Sesame street comprises of both actors in costume and puppets.

...Glad we could clear that up.

[Jong Lafitte]

Nah, Muppets are the Jim Henson creation, but technically still puppets.
Sesame street comprises of both actors in costume and puppets.

...Glad we could clear that up.

Kermit was a muppet.

[plugboots]

Nice, SFB.

[My Pet Powder Goat]

You're a Muppet!


(Sorry, just sticking with the thread)



Correct, Kermit was a Jim Henson creation, also a puppet

[skifishbum]

i aint sure the bird or his snufalpugus bros are muppets or stoners
the guitar went to the lds at the bird and soli
but i got buzzed and skied and it sat in the ride
one of these days i'm gonna forget about all that macho shit and

[KQ]

What is a Muppet?

The term Muppet was invented by Jim Henson at the beginning of his career to describe his puppet act. It is sometimes claimed, and refuted, that Henson created the term as a combination of the words marionette and puppet. Henson used the Muppet name to define the characters in his productions, and to distinguish his act from those of other puppeteers.

Following the development of various projects over the years, and ownership changes for some characters, the term has seen a shift in the way it has been used by official parties, and its perception in popular culture.


A young Jim Henson with some of the Sam and Friends cast

Early history
The word Muppet appeared in print as early as the spring of 1955 in an advertisement for Afternoon with Inga. Henson's appearances on variety shows such as The Ed Sullivan Show were billed as "The Muppets" and, as on Saturday Night Live, "Jim Henson's Muppets."

In a 1983 interview, Henson commented on when he first coined the term: ""I think we did the term Muppets before we got the show Sam and Friends - a few months after I started working."

When The Jim Henson Company sold the Muppets to The Walt Disney Company in 2004, Jane Henson sent a letter to The Walt Disney Company, stating that the copyright on the early Muppet characters went to Jane Henson as well as Jim Henson, though Jim Henson was the sole author and creator of the early characters.

Sesame Street
During the development of Sesame Street, when it was decided that the show would add a fantasy element, Jim Henson's Muppets were singled out as the only puppet act that would be worth approaching. After Henson became involved, a cast of new Muppet characters were created for the show. They have become known as The Sesame Street Muppets or The Muppets of Sesame Street.

Sesame Workshop retains the Muppets name in its credits and products for Sesame Street, continuing to call its characters "Jim Henson's Sesame Street Muppets" and the puppeteers "Muppet Performers" or "Muppeteers." However Sesame Workshop does note that "Muppets™ is a trademark of The Muppets Studio." From 1990-1991, the credits for Sesame Street and related productions referred to its Muppets as "Sesame Street Puppet Characters."

The Muppet Show
When The Muppet Show became an international hit, the word Muppet became more closely associated with characters from that show. Productions and merchandise started to become branded from The Muppet Show’s cast of characters.

Although, the phrase, "Muppet Performers" appeared during The Muppet Show closing credits, early episodes of the first season referred to its Muppets as "The Muppet Puppeteers" or "The Muppet People."

Television specials and theatrical films created throughout the 1980s strengthened this branding, as the group of characters established in The Muppet Movie and The Muppet Show continued to receive significant focus. This family of characters continued on into the MuppeTelevision portions of The Jim Henson Hour and Muppets Tonight.

“Muppets tm \`mu-pets\ 1 : a trademark of The Jim Henson Company for a fanciful troupe of famous puppet characters created and performed exclusively by, and/or for goods and services coming exclusively from, the characters at The Jim Henson Company [var – Muppet; The Muppets]; 2 : none
—definition applied to merchandising in the late 1990s/early 2000s, prior to Disney's purchase”
The franchise was further solidified as being separate from other "Jim Henson's Muppets" projects when The Walt Disney Company purchased the Muppets characters from The Jim Henson Company in 2004. Disney went one step further to separate their property, by designating this group and their endeavors as The Muppets Studio.

More History Here

[digitaldeath]

You keep rehashing old grudges if you want. I'm just interested in the phenomena going on here, and answering the question: why do members of an online forum tolerate behavior that would cause most of us to never invite people to another get together? What are they (we) getting from this that allows them (us) to lower their (our) standards of conduct?

Gets my pussy wet like a lake

[KQ]

You keep rehashing old grudges if you want. I'm just interested in the phenomena going on here, and answering the question: why do members of an online forum tolerate behavior that would cause most of us to never invite people to another get together? What are they (we) getting from this that allows them (us) to lower their (our) standards of conduct?

Because we're adults and can take the good and ignore the bad?

Because we don't want to throw the baby out with the bathwater?

Because we don't want to be everyone's mother and choose to make decisions for ourselves as to what we read, comment on and who we want to meet IRL?

Because continuing to post positive things amid the crass and socially unacceptable sets a tone and steers the conversation?

Because of the 1st Amendment?

[El Chupacabra]

bunny and me may not see everything the same and I’m sure as I’m pissed at him he is equally pissed at me, so we got that going for us, he has managed to never totally lose his shit. i know i’ve poked him and thrown some birds his way but after some initial pleasantries and taking inventory of his gear, i’d load a chair with him.

But would you (could you) offload a chair with him?

[Bobby Stainless]

Hm. I didn't realize there was disagreement on that issue. I say of course they are Muppets.

[Tippster]

I would love for SFB or Bobby to get Benny so high on a lift that he rides the bullwheel.

That said I remember when DD only threw bombs in here yet he still showed up and skied with us for several days in Snowbird. BobMc's first words upon being introduced to him were "DUDE, YOU'RE AN ASSHOLE!" followed by a laugh and a run...

IME even the biggest douchebag posters here are pretty damn OK in the meatworld.

[Bromontana]

he has managed to never totally lose his shit.

Kind of a high bar, maan.

[Meadow Skipper]

But would you (could you) offload a chair with him?

I’d definitely sit in the outside seat.

[wyeaster]

earbuds optional