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Post by Vadiation_Ribe on Aug 17, 2023 10:24:37 GMT
I enjoy puns alongside other types of humour, but I agree it is annoying seeing the same puns repeated repeated in the Burger thread.
But far more annoying for me is the constant negativity from some (which leads to plenty of Stoke fans staying away from the forum altogether), and even worse when things resort to name calling and personal attacks towards forum members, commentators, pundits, footballers, and others involved in the game. Everyone is a person and not many people deserve that kind of abuse.
Nowhere's going to be perfect for everyone anyway - wouter we gonna do about it?
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Post by webbyscfc on Aug 17, 2023 10:28:21 GMT
I could ask the same question however slightly tweaked to when did it get so fucking miserable on here?. Do you really have to be miserable to find pages of dullards saying 'something something relish' a bit tedious? No mate, you just need to be over the age of 6 to find it tedious. It’s embarrassing.
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Post by AlbertTatlock on Aug 17, 2023 10:29:10 GMT
Are those moaning all Vegans? If so Wouter about starting their own meatless thread. McPlant it at the top of the page for them to add whatever the burgers want. Gouranga.
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Post by stokiejoe89 on Aug 17, 2023 10:31:59 GMT
I've been waiting to sign up for a while but registration has been closed until today...which made looking at the Burger thread and the transfer thread a nightmare because when viewing a thread as a guest it doesn't let you carry on from the last page you looked at. The Burger thread especially is a shitshow with the amount of crap people have wrote on there thinking they're funny I was not aware that there is/was a waiting list to join and be able to contribute to the Oatcake. Is it still in operation ? Welcome Cheers mate. And yeah registration has been closed for a bit now and it finally opened yesterday (no idea how long admin will keep it open for) but thankfully I can now avoid the shitty repeated puns and carry on reading a thread from where I left off 😁
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Post by chamberlain on Aug 17, 2023 10:33:20 GMT
Are those moaning all Vegans? If so Wouter about starting their own meatless thread. McPlant it at the top of the page for them to add whatever the burgers want. Gouranga. Don't give up your day job
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Post by stokiejoe89 on Aug 17, 2023 10:35:05 GMT
I don’t mind the puns. It’s the threads which deteriorate into slanging matches between posters (usually the same culprits) that annoy me The first few puns were okay..the issue was then people started repeating them and you ended up with the same pun repeated 3 or 4 times on 1 page. And more often than not it was the same people repeating themselves. That's when it became pathetic.
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Post by Staffsoatcake on Aug 17, 2023 10:35:58 GMT
I don’t mind the puns. It’s the threads which deteriorate into slanging matches between posters (usually the same culprits) that annoy me Agree, some posters will start to slag off others because they don't like the same colour, or some other stupid reason.
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Post by danceswithclams on Aug 17, 2023 10:41:57 GMT
The whole message board has turned to absolute shit Maybe we should create a splinter group messageboard aimed at the more discerning, high-brow poster? Oatcake Premium if you will. No daft usernames would be permitted - you'd be required to post under your full name (including honorifics). Similarly, all avatars must be a true representation of yourself (wearing a dinner jacket & tie). Puns, supercilious posts of a juvenile nature, and anything deemed to be off-topic would be outlawed completely. If we move quickly we can get this implemented. Once up and running, I could come on when anyone uses an esoteric phrase and reply with: Saw [ESOTERIC PHRASE] supporting Ludovico Einaudi in the early 90s. Artistic tour de force.
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Post by thepottypotter on Aug 17, 2023 10:45:42 GMT
The whole message board has turned to absolute shit Maybe we should create a splinter group messageboard aimed at the more discerning, high-brow poster? Oatcake Premium if you will. No daft usernames would be permitted - you'd be required to post under your full name (including honorifics). Similarly, all avatars must be a true representation of yourself (wearing a dinner jacket & tie). Puns, supercilious posts of a juvenile nature, and anything deemed to be off-topic would be outlawed completely. If we move quickly we can get this implemented. Once up and running, I could come on when anyone uses an esoteric phrase and reply with: Saw [ESOTERIC PHRASE] supporting Ludovico Einaudi in the early 90s. Artistic tour de force. I disagree. I think that one discussion message board, throwing everything into the mixer gives the tastiest results.
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Post by thepottypotter on Aug 17, 2023 10:50:26 GMT
Not being funny guys but the shite that's posted on here,particularly on the 'Burger and Stoke Squad 23-24' threads is now getting tiresome and boring. I don't know how others are feeling but I'm finding incredibly frustrating with having to trawl through loads of crap, which quite frankly isn't funny or informative. Maybe I'm being miserable or have lost my sense of humour but I just don't get it! The Oatcake used to be so much better and it seems to be rapidly going downhill in recent weeks. Admin, please feel free to remove this thread but I think your time would be better spent by removing the pointless posts in the threads that I'm referring to. Rant over but I feel that many others are becoming increasingly pissed off with the nonsense. Sorry guys, but get a grip. Barbara Streisland effect? By telling people not to do something, you have drawn more attention to it
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Post by J-Roar on Aug 17, 2023 10:57:49 GMT
Free speech is alright as long as you agree with it? Interesting view. Free speech my arse It’s grown up people making schoolyard jokes ( loosely ) on a thread about a potential signing Try MSN if that’s your thing not a message board for adults trying to discuss the subject Adults who spend our time talking about a mid sized football club that we're obsessed about. On what planet is any of this shit adult behaviour?
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Post by onepara on Aug 17, 2023 11:05:25 GMT
Some of you may remember that the same sort of thing happened to C.B. radio. It was great & served a valuable purpose, especially in emergencies, & gave a lot of enjoyment to many. But then the schoolkids & weak minded got a hold of it & it died a death. As far as I know, it doesn't exist now. The same thing will happen to this M.B. Most come on here for info. but get puerile comments & someone's idea of a joke. It's losing it's purpose & it's down to the Admin to sort it out. Otherwise, they'll have nothing to 'Admin'.
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Post by chigstoke on Aug 17, 2023 11:06:24 GMT
Free speech my arse It’s grown up people making schoolyard jokes ( loosely ) on a thread about a potential signing Try MSN if that’s your thing not a message board for adults trying to discuss the subject MSN? That's a good shout actually. Will have to fire up my time machine to access it however (which I'll get onto as soon as I've finished reading the transfer news on CeeFax and gone through The Radio Times and written down the VideoPlus+ codes for all the programmes I want to record this week). Could you imagine if nudging from MSN was a feature on this board? There'd be absolute chaos... Get it sorted admin
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Post by spitthedog on Aug 17, 2023 11:13:09 GMT
The whole message board has turned to absolute shit Ive been reading this same comment every week for years and years. It was shit then according to many, many posters. Things were always better before. My only response here would be, if you (or anyone) wants it to be 'better' then try to make a positive contribution to it. That's the only way it can change surely? Otherwise it's always someone else's responsibility. What do you think? I actually think there is less animosity between posters these days compared to previous which is a positive surely.
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Post by werrington on Aug 17, 2023 11:17:28 GMT
The whole message board has turned to absolute shit Ive been reading this same comment every week for years and years. It was shit then according to many, many posters. Things were always better before. My only response here would be, if you (or anyone) wants it to be 'better' then try to make a positive contribution to it. That's the only way it can change surely? Otherwise it's always someone else's responsibility. What do you think? I actually think there is less animosity between posters these days compared to previous which is a positive surely. It’s up to grown adults not to pollute the place mate ….not admin It’s tedious and it’s boring
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Post by bertiestan on Aug 17, 2023 11:18:57 GMT
The whole message board has turned to absolute shit Ive been reading this same comment every week for years and years. It was shit then according to many, many posters. Things were always better before. My only response here would be, if you (or anyone) wants it to be 'better' then try to make a positive contribution to it. That's the only way it can change surely? Otherwise it's always someone else's responsibility. What do you think? I actually think there is less animosity between posters these days compared to previous which is a positive surely. I disagree that it's always been shit...I've been on here a long time but this is the lowest it's been by a long stretch...grown men arguing like kids...shit jokes...bullshit rumours...blokes hiding in bushes...screenshots of private messages..I could go on.
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Aug 17, 2023 11:19:13 GMT
Ive been reading this same comment every week for years and years. It was shit then according to many, many posters. Things were always better before. My only response here would be, if you (or anyone) wants it to be 'better' then try to make a positive contribution to it. That's the only way it can change surely? Otherwise it's always someone else's responsibility. What do you think? I actually think there is less animosity between posters these days compared to previous which is a positive surely. It’s up to grown adults not to pollute the place mate ….not admin It’s tedious and it’s boring And still it continues this morning 🙄beyond belief mate,childish and immature
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Post by stokiejoe89 on Aug 17, 2023 11:19:47 GMT
Some of you may remember that the same sort of thing happened to C.B. radio. It was great & served a valuable purpose, especially in emergencies, & gave a lot of enjoyment to many. But then the schoolkids & weak minded got a hold of it & it died a death. As far as I know, it doesn't exist now. The same thing will happen to this M.B. Most come on here for info. but get puerile comments & someone's idea of a joke. It's losing it's purpose & it's down to the Admin to sort it out. Otherwise, they'll have nothing to 'Admin'. The odd pun etc is fine. Look at the bird ones in the transfer thread, there was a few puns and then the stopped and people moved on..nobody has a problem with that The burger thread has been the same crap for days. And the same puns used over and over again by the same people. It's genuinely like they sit for an hour to think of a pun, get excited and rush to post it..when that pun they got excited to post has already been done 3 times.
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Post by iglugluk on Aug 17, 2023 11:21:40 GMT
The whole message board has turned to absolute shit Ive been reading this same comment every week for years and years. It was shit then according to many, many posters. Things were always better before.My only response here would be, if you (or anyone) wants it to be 'better' then try to make a positive contribution to it. That's the only way it can change surely? Otherwise it's always someone else's responsibility. What do you think? I actually think there is less animosity between posters these days compared to previous which is a positive surely. My father found a buried Roman coin around 50 years ago ( now in a local museum ) and it had a Latin inscription on it which translated to "bring back the good times" . It's a sentiment that travels across the ages.* " although it may possibly be quantifiably true in certain circumstances from a particular perspective I guess
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Post by skemstokie on Aug 17, 2023 11:22:48 GMT
Summer holidays,monkey dust,pissing down have a effect. Whereas grown men losing their shit over some daftness that they've helped to perpetuate is entirely acceptable. What do you mean ?
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Post by stokiejoe89 on Aug 17, 2023 11:29:01 GMT
Whereas grown men losing their shit over some daftness that they've helped to perpetuate is entirely acceptable. What do you mean ? Basically his logic is because people complained about the puns it made people (including him) want to do it more.... based on his logic lets hope he never sees anyone complaining about violence or such things.
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Post by spitthedog on Aug 17, 2023 11:41:23 GMT
Ive been reading this same comment every week for years and years. It was shit then according to many, many posters. Things were always better before. My only response here would be, if you (or anyone) wants it to be 'better' then try to make a positive contribution to it. That's the only way it can change surely? Otherwise it's always someone else's responsibility. What do you think? I actually think there is less animosity between posters these days compared to previous which is a positive surely. It’s up to grown adults not to pollute the place mate ….not admin It’s tedious and it’s boring I get that it is annoying, but I personally think its a bit of an over-reaction here. It's not like it's been going for months, its a few days, I'm sure it will settle down. A lot of stuff could be considered annoying and perhaps we shouldn't expect it be anything else? I could be equally as annoyed by people who claim they are ITK for wasting my time, which is pretty regular on here, but that turns some people on, so it's not my place to tell them to stop it. But perhaps its good that people know that these puns are annoying so fair enough.
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Post by skemstokie on Aug 17, 2023 11:42:42 GMT
Basically his logic is because people complained about the puns it made people (including him) want to do it more.... based on his logic lets hope he never sees anyone complaining about violence or such things. Thanks for that Joe wondered what the **** he meant.
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Post by wakefieldstokie on Aug 17, 2023 11:45:59 GMT
Not being funny guys but the shite that's posted on here,particularly on the 'Burger and Stoke Squad 23-24' threads is now getting tiresome and boring. I don't know how others are feeling but I'm finding incredibly frustrating with having to trawl through loads of crap, which quite frankly isn't funny or informative. Maybe I'm being miserable or have lost my sense of humour but I just don't get it! The Oatcake used to be so much better and it seems to be rapidly going downhill in recent weeks. Admin, please feel free to remove this thread but I think your time would be better spent by removing the pointless posts in the threads that I'm referring to. Rant over but I feel that many others are becoming increasingly pissed off with the nonsense. Sorry guys, but get a grip. Posts like this make it worse for me. Stay happy people
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Post by thepottypotter on Aug 17, 2023 11:48:14 GMT
Some of you may remember that the same sort of thing happened to C.B. radio. It was great & served a valuable purpose, especially in emergencies, & gave a lot of enjoyment to many. But then the schoolkids & weak minded got a hold of it & it died a death. As far as I know, it doesn't exist now. The same thing will happen to this M.B. Most come on here for info. but get puerile comments & someone's idea of a joke. It's losing it's purpose & it's down to the Admin to sort it out. Otherwise, they'll have nothing to 'Admin'. The odd pun etc is fine. Look at the bird ones in the transfer thread, there was a few puns and then the stopped and people moved on..nobody has a problem with that The burger thread has been the same crap for days. And the same puns used over and over again by the same people. It's genuinely like they sit for an hour to think of a pun, get excited and rush to post it..when that pun they got excited to post has already been done 3 times. I am powered by my imagination and Chat GPT. If people keep conversing on these topics, then I have thousands more unique burger puns ready in the van. I am just meating the audience's demands.
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Post by coldtuesdaynight on Aug 17, 2023 11:48:23 GMT
I think it’s mostly the concept of an Internet message board being outdated as a format. You look on social media or Reddit as examples and the comments people like rise to the top. Here though you have to go go backwards through every single post in chronological order to feel like you are up to date with a transfer story. Which on some threads is painful, as you say.
The message board format was designed when people would have a conversation and build on each others ideas in a thoughtful way.
Like here for example. I’m replying to OP, because that’s what I’ve been trained to do by the sites mentioned before. But because it’s a message board, it will get lost in the ether rather than being upvoted to prominence or downvoted to death.
Imagine if there were a few ITKs who people respected and would get voted to the top, they could update their posts every time they got more news etc. It’d work so much better imo
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Post by northstaffycher on Aug 17, 2023 11:50:06 GMT
Burger off!
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Post by y_oh_y_delilah on Aug 17, 2023 11:53:01 GMT
I could ask the same question however slightly tweaked to when did it get so fucking miserable on here?. That's slightly harsh. One of the posters complaining has a Mrs Brown's Boys thing as his picture, so is obviously up for a laugh. Quite! I can be ridiculously funny at times! 😜
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Post by tommycarlsberg on Aug 17, 2023 11:55:28 GMT
Are those moaning all Vegans? If so Wouter about starting their own meatless thread. McPlant it at the top of the page for them to add whatever the burgers want. Gouranga. Or we could start threads bullying female supporters?
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Post by spitthedog on Aug 17, 2023 11:56:10 GMT
I think it’s mostly the concept of an Internet message board being outdated as a format. You look on social media or Reddit as examples and the comments people like rise to the top. Here though you have to go go backwards through every single post in chronological order to feel like you are up to date with a transfer story. Which on some threads is painful, as you say. The message board format was designed when people would have a conversation and build on each others ideas in a thoughtful way. Like here for example. I’m replying to OP, because that’s what I’ve been trained to do by the sites mentioned before. But because it’s a message board, it will get lost in the ether rather than being upvoted to prominence or downvoted to death. Imagine if there were a few ITKs who people respected and would get voted to the top, they could update their posts every time they got more news etc. It’d work so much better imo thats interesting, do you know if it takes much work for a message board to have this facility?
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