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jstan
climber
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What camp fires have you been around?
Jus askin.
( Love that passive aggressive phrase.)
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Sport climber
moving thru
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I love it too. Sums up stuff right well. :)
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crankster
Trad climber
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I'd vote to ditch the "What is Mind" and "Science v Religion" threads, too. Those sciencetards and bibletards really get nasty at least 31.4% of the time. Not much climbing content there. Just picking scabs off of Darwin's butt cheeks.
Delete everyone who posted more than 2 times in those threads and you'd really be on to something. That whole genre of posts is useless in my opinion. Nobody will ever change their scientific or religious opinions based on a shouting match over the internet. Doing so is a waste of perfectly good electrons.
I suggested the same thing many times. Put a tab on the top for these sciencetards to bitch and moan all day with their science and mind talk. These folks couldn't think themselves out of a paper bag. But they know all the answers to every science problem and religious problem.
Now, just calm down and look at the mountains. They aren't in your mind. They are real. Go climb one. Better than looking at a tank.
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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Call the tab "Off The Wall"
I'll admit it. I would visit that tab.
Me, too, Dave. The fact that jgill likes it, too, adds even more weight to the idea. This thread, in its own way, shows the value of OT threads, and particularly meta-threads like this one. I find it quite an interesting study to see how many people posting here are, like me, rather prolific posters on political threads, and yet those same posters seem to be calling for the elimination of those same threads.
In my 47 years of climbing, I've found climbers almost as interesting as climbs. Almost.
John
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bhilden
Trad climber
Mountain View, CA/Boulder, CO
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This site doesn't seem so much like a campfire anymore; more like the lodge scarfateria. Just keep pushing it till the man gets on your ass.
Good one Rik!
BTW, I rapped off that single, crappy 1/4" bolt you and Rab placed at the top of the 5th pitch of A Mother's Lament. That was almost a life changing experience!
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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The forum is sometimes the place where real jewels are placed, and we hope to preserve those jewels for the long-term, but just so you know, it is not a big business by a wide margin.
RJ, do you realize how many jewels you lost when you enacted this new "delete everything the person's ever posted after they've been banned code?? "
To my understanding this code is still in place. The historical 300 post idea is a good one, but i don't think it goes far enough to protect all the Jewels. The loss of Coz's posts is particularly troublesome for the historical record.
You are endeavouring to make Supertopo more than a forum. I applaud you for that. Please continue down that road.
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kaholatingtong
Trad climber
Nevada City
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this thread made me laugh a lot this morning. thanks fellas.
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Ontario, Canada, eh?
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RJ - I have been asking for YEARS that you divide the forum:
Climbing stuff
Non-climbing stuff
How hard would that be? I will volunteer to help. I hate seeing a great climbing forum cluttered with all the crap that this place seems to attract.
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rbord
Boulder climber
atlanta
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For me, the value of a thread on this forum is that it allows us to see how our community feels and thinks about things as a measure of our community. To see our viewpoint on race relations or climate change as valuable in itself because of the awesome informational resource they provide to others .. well we have to believe something. Nuke it don't nuke it, either way it's all about us all the time.
Seeing this result, I'm betting Fergu and his son were black :-)
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Leggs
Sport climber
Made in California
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^^^
Ohhh, God... that's funny.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Those threads are just a reflection of a divided populous. No different than the divide in the different climbing camps.
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paul roehl
Boulder climber
california
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I enjoy some of the off topic threads as much as the trs and on topic ones.
I've really enjoyed the religion vs. science thread, a great place to test your ideas... don't think people are on that thread just to change the minds of other folks. I think many are exploring some of the really fascinating ideas presented there. Some very bright people on that thread.
There are always going to be rude folks... really doesn't bother me. The super topo is the venue of significant egos after all. Want to encourage civility? Have people use their real names. Anonymity breeds a certain crude license in people.
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jgill
Boulder climber
Colorado
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Except that this is a climbing site
A climbers' site? More than one dimension.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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"Except that this is a climbing site. Save those debates for the CNN/FoxNews/MSNBC comment sections."
A climbing site where 70 percent of the posts are non-climbing related.
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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All the segregated and moderated forums I've ever seen are as about as interesting as watching paint dry.
Keep it a virtual campfire.
(even if every once in a while a fist fight breaks out or someone gets too drunk and falls in.)
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goatboy smellz
climber
लघिमा
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Only noobs and dimwits would want to talk about climbing all the time.
I would rather read about more important issues that effect
the bigger world from climbers that are experts in their fields.
We are lucky we have Chiloe here for the climate talk,
BASE104 to teach us the inside scoop on fracking,
Hartouni for physics and Locker on buttplugs.
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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I tend to agree with TGT on this one, but would sure like to see a better way to maintain a better balance of OT threads against the primary purpose of ST.
Ohhhh ggaaaawwwddd....I just agreed with TGT. I think I just had an aneurysm.
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jstan
climber
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After he had climbed for eight hours I once saw a guy start arguing ratings. His brain locked up and the ambulance did not get there in time. Wasn't pretty.
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
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It woiuld be nice to be able to search, for example for a phrase like "half dome cables" and have the resulting set consist of just the (first or last) entry in the thread that contained the phrase. Still want to be able to search and get all the details as happens now.
The greatest hits tab would be just that, a list of great threads (note I did not say threats - with the first or most recent post). Figuring out how to get in the hall of fame would be Chris's job, which he could designate.
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johnboy
Trad climber
Can't get here from there
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No need to explain anything Chris.
Make it the way you want it.
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