 | | Re: IRON MECHA - The Qwelder Mech - FOR SALE —Soren Roberts
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| | | (URL) Soren (19 years ago, 29-Mar-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX) !
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| | | | | Just great. —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | | (...) What an incredibly crass blast of bad taste, even more so than anywhere else in this thread. I'm really disappointed to see that posted here under your name, Soren. If this is emblematic of where LUGNET is heading, I want no part of it. LFB (...) (19 years ago, 30-Mar-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade) !!
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| | | | | | | Re: Just great. —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | (...) Often in the past we have lamented the sort of "fringe group" stigma attached to LEGO as an adult hobby. An air of "geekiness" or "nerdiness" seemed to linger, no matter how many dazzling sculptures or mosaics or train layouts are displayed. (...) (19 years ago, 30-Mar-06, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade) !
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| | | | | | | | Halcyon days? (was Re: Just great.) —Timothy Gould
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| | | | | | | (...) I see this sort of comment with fair regularity and it makes me sad. Not because I wish for these supposed "good days" but because it means people have already reached the stage where they are forgetting/rewriting the past. I've been around (...) (19 years ago, 31-Mar-06, to lugnet.people, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Halcyon days? (was Re: Just great.) —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | | | (...) Well, all right. I don't really care about flame-wars because they're self-evidently juvenile and they tend to involve the same flamers over and over again. I myself have lamented what I will refer to as Rhinoceros Dominance (search for (...) (19 years ago, 31-Mar-06, to lugnet.people, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Halcyon days? (was Re: Just great.) —Timothy Gould
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Hi Dave, You make a good point about the signal:noise ratio 1. With that I agree. I'm not sure that the dramas were so much in hidden forums as there was enough masking but either way I agree with your point. I would be worried if I saw (...) (19 years ago, 31-Mar-06, to lugnet.people, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: Halcyon days? (was Re: Just great.) —Ross Crawford
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Well I think (URL) this> comes pretty close, but I suppose that's subjective. ROSCO (19 years ago, 31-Mar-06, to lugnet.people, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Halcyon days? (was Re: Just great.) —Joel Midgley
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| | | | | | | | (...) Why is it always implied that newer members are largely to blame for LUGNET's decline? It seems to me that more often than not, newer members are even more uncomfortable here than you vetrans. LUGNET more than any other LEGO fan site, seems to (...) (19 years ago, 31-Mar-06, to lugnet.people, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Halcyon days? (was Re: Just great.) —Thomas Garrison
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| | | | | | | | (...) I see no such implication in anything Dave wrote here. (...) Huh? Not that I have anything against elitism, but LUGNET doesn't seem to even have any mechanisms for an elite, aside from background stuff (whether or not a set is put in the (...) (19 years ago, 1-Apr-06, to lugnet.people)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Just great. —Soren Roberts
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| | | | | | | (...) I wasn't really aware this stereotype existed until now. For the record, I'm independent, reasonably polite, and perfectly capable of healthy social interaction - I just don't see Eric as a fit person to waste it on. And yes, I have done (...) (19 years ago, 31-Mar-06, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Just great. —Selçuk Göre
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| | | | | | (...) It seems so. I just came back (again) after a year of being on leave, Just clicked on top of the highlight list, BAAAAMM! Guys, what did you do to this place? what really is changed?.. And Eric, I remeber you from the old days of Lugnet, as (...) (19 years ago, 1-Apr-06, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | | | | Re: Awww (was: IRON MECHA...) —Paul Sinasohn
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| | | | In lugnet.build.mecha, Soren Roberts wrote (snip) (...) I have to agree with L.F. Braun. Crass, rude, and NOT kid-friendly. Please consider not posting items that would be offensive to children. Would your sister/mom/grandmother/aunt (...) (19 years ago, 30-Mar-06, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: Awww (was: IRON MECHA...) —Maggie Cambron
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| | | | | (...) No Paul, you are not speaking only for yourself. It's a safe bet that you are speaking for virtually all women. I'd say much of the righteous indignation in this thread is misplaced. And I also agree with LFB, Lugnet sure ain't what it used to (...) (19 years ago, 30-Mar-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX) !
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| | | | | | Re: Awww (was: IRON MECHA...) —Soren Roberts
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| | | | (...) If children young enough to be harmed by that image actually read lugnet in meaningful numbers I will eat a hat. With your choice of garnishes. (...) Well, I haven't got a sister, I'm not married, the girlfriend list would be mostly on the (...) (19 years ago, 31-Mar-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: Awww (was: IRON MECHA...) —Paul Sinasohn
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| | | | | (...) I'll admit that I haven't read the entire thread, so I haven't seen those threats. When I get a chance, I'll find them and respond appropriately. Paul Sinasohn speaking for myself (19 years ago, 31-Mar-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: Awww (was: IRON MECHA...) —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | (...) Soren, one is a meaningful number where that is concerned. But the bad-taste quotient in general was really my particular lament--not having children or being an actual small child, I'll leave that outrage to those who may. (...) I think (...) (19 years ago, 6-Apr-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: Awww (was: IRON MECHA...) —Dave Schuler
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| | | | In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Lindsay Frederick Braun wrote: ***snip (...) ***snip (...) ***snip (...) ***snip (...) Not to make sport of all this, Lindsay, but I can't help noticing a vaguely eccliesiastical flair to this post. Are you undergoing a (...) (19 years ago, 6-Apr-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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