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[*] posted on 5-1-2016 at 15:00
Writing on the Wall


Given the recent changes i feel that SM has started to inch it's way towards a more totalitarian environment.

Having a bit of wool on my back i recognise the Early Signs, and can think back to where i saw them before, and what will happen next.

Pretty soon it will become an environment in which i will not feel comfortable, and so must leave now in order to remember the good times had here, and not participate in the bad times to come.

Thank you to Polverone for starting the site, and huge thanks to all of you who have contributed to my learning of Chemistry, especially to blogfast25, deltaH, Darkstar, gdflp, Praixchys and many many others whose posts have been enlightening.

AJKOER deserves special mention for posting so many fascinating references to such a plethora of interesting processes, all of which i've read and enjoyed.

Thanks to all members and moderators who have contributed to a sterling forum.

No doubt i'll still browse the site, but no more posting.

I wish you all the very best for the future.

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[*] posted on 5-1-2016 at 15:11


I enjoyed your sense of humor and way of putting things in perspective. I (being naive) hope are wrong about the future of the forum, and we will be able to enjoy it as a immensely useful resource of knowledge for a long time to come. Thanks and all the best

[Edited on 5-1-2016 by phlogiston]




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[*] posted on 5-1-2016 at 15:24


Well aga. I think you are mistaken. And I hope you change your mind.

Actually, I think your unique brand if wit is really helpful for putting some sense of perspective in otherwise inflammatory situations.

Stick around.




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[*] posted on 5-1-2016 at 15:29


Quote: Originally posted by aga  
Given the recent changes i feel that SM has started to inch it's way towards a more totalitarian environment.



There's a totalitarian environment coming up in the sciency sections of this forum?

Who knew?

Methinks you're seriously overreacting. You should also have a look at just about any other science forum: most have a 'No Politics!' policy, are they all totalitarians too?

[Edited on 5-1-2016 by blogfast25]




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[*] posted on 5-1-2016 at 16:05


aga: Whatever, don't let the door hit you on your way out. Blowing a gasket over politics on a science-forum suggests that the real problem lies elsewhere. I don't know what that would be, and I honestly don't care. I'm here for the science. Fuck politics, and good riddance to anyone who chooses to leave because of it. Personally I see no downsides to a complete ban on the subject.

If you want a more democratic forum you're free to start your own. I've actually been part of such an effort, a forum owned by a union started with the sole purpose of running the forum. As long as there is enough money, members and volunteers to run it it will go on. All rules are set by the board which in turn is chosen by it's members.

It works, but it took a lot of work to get it running.




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[*] posted on 5-1-2016 at 16:27


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Totalitarianism is a political system where the state recognizes no limits to its authority and strives to regulate every aspect of public and private life wherever feasible.[1] Totalitarian regimes stay in political power through an all-encompassing propaganda campaign, which is disseminated through the state-controlled mass media, a single party that is often marked by political repression, personality cultism, control over the economy, regulation and restriction of speech, mass surveillance, and widespread use of terror.


Totalitarianism.

Methinks aga might not be using le mot juste.

Another thing that probably isn't welcome here: pornography. Those darn totalitarians! :P




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[*] posted on 5-1-2016 at 17:43


*sigh*



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[*] posted on 5-1-2016 at 18:03


Sorry to hear that, aga.
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[*] posted on 6-1-2016 at 02:40


He didnt say he was going, most likely read the board for a while and see what happens. Does people alot of good sometimes to take a break from posting, the trick is knowing when its time.





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[*] posted on 6-1-2016 at 08:32


Ah fuck it.

Who am i kidding ?




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[*] posted on 6-1-2016 at 10:18


man you sobered up quick! welcome back, glad you got the wool out from between ears and stuck it on your back again ;)

[Edited on 6-1-2016 by Little_Ghost_again]




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[*] posted on 6-1-2016 at 11:01


There's such a thing as a mini-break but this is more a micro-break! :)



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[*] posted on 6-1-2016 at 11:14


Quote: Originally posted by blogfast25  
There's such a thing as a mini-break but this is more a micro-break! :)

almost nano range?




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[*] posted on 6-1-2016 at 15:22


Quote: Originally posted by Little_Ghost_again  
Quote: Originally posted by blogfast25  
There's such a thing as a mini-break but this is more a micro-break! :)

almost nano range?


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[*] posted on 6-1-2016 at 15:36


Quote: Originally posted by aga  
Ah fuck it.

Who am i kidding ?


Damn whingin pommie, had me skeered. (<<<my tongue is FIRMLY in my cheek)

*edit*

hmmm, maybe he IS on to something..................

[Edited on 1-7-2016 by arkoma]




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[*] posted on 6-1-2016 at 17:32


Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin
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[*] posted on 6-1-2016 at 18:18


These last two posts must class as some of the most bizarre in SM's history. :D



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[*] posted on 7-1-2016 at 09:08


SM is Hotel California.

"You can check out any time you like,
but you can never leave."

It's a drug. It is.




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[*] posted on 9-1-2016 at 23:09


We see you all spend a lot of time writing notes to each other on the bathroom stall and always cruising for wider participation.



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[*] posted on 10-1-2016 at 08:09


Quote: Originally posted by franklyn  
We see you all spend a lot of time writing notes to each other on the bathroom stall and always cruising for wider participation.


Al-right... Police Chief Wiggum!

http://www.oocities.org/hollywood/set/3030/Wigum.jpg




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[*] posted on 10-1-2016 at 10:41


I do not get any doughnuts. My blood sugar has gone very low...

So I do not have the energy needed to prune posts apparently referring to gay cruising & bathroom stall hookups. Or to just detritus and lock this whole thread.

I will leave dealing with it to whoever wrote the damn thing, probably after having a drink (or 3).

franklyn, the links in your signature do not work.

(Edit)

OK, franklyn, I have seen that list. I remember various versions of it posted repeatedly, far and wide some years back. Considering the near instantaneous viral dispersion across all political spectrums, a properly paranoid netizen might believe that list itself to be a disinformation tool- High budget special interest/government/corporate users have openly solicited for more sophisticated applications and labor saving automation in this line of work, I'd expect they got what they paid for by now.

The whole matter of several long term forum members being inflammatory, intractable, abusive and diverting a crap ton of member energy away from useful research and thereby bogging down the EM forum community, pretty much eliminating anything new, useful or cutting edge(yo, see much new on the DDNP & friends or the tetrazol threads during that shouting match?!) for months on end certainly did fit the model, but I do not choose to believe in organized black ops where garden variety monkey brain behavior is sufficient cause.

I will now work harder on my evil laugh- After I get my powdered sugar doughnut. And a shot of Jack Daniels.

[Edited on 10-1-2016 by Bert]




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[*] posted on 10-1-2016 at 11:27


Detritus and doughnuts.



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[*] posted on 10-1-2016 at 11:33


I will have you know, my doughnuts were fried in PIG LARD. Bwahahahahaha!!!



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[*] posted on 10-1-2016 at 11:42


OK. Doughnuts first, fried in pig lard, dipped in sugar, excess saliva and all that ..

then stick this in Detritus please.




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[*] posted on 10-1-2016 at 11:51


Oh, I guess. Since you were OP, I'll do it.

But you will owe me another doughnut. WITH SPRINKLES.




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