[Closed] An end to A&A / Friday Kylie please

Shame this had to end up being about the OP.

It's always about the OP when the OP is TJ.

Isn't anyone else bored of these arguements? I am completely aware of the irony in me adding to this but I'd just like to say that the level of extrodinary patheticness being displayed by a significant proportion of the community is quite frankly, sad.

I notice no-one has responded to my challenge of 'TJ must be gay'...

I think perhaps that's a succinct example of the sort of comment I was talking about. I suspect the poster believed it was self-evidently ludicrous but evidently it isn't. I read it to be a self-depreciating 'playground' insult, the implication being "I'm being childish when saying this." It might as well have read, "TJ smells of poo and wee."

I could be wrong, of course. That's just how it read to me. I may have misinterpreted it (which is kinda the point I'm trying to make).

I wish someone would objectify me, once in a while.....

🙁

Mr Woppit - look at the timing of the post where I accept that I am Millie Tant. Noting after the fact about it.

Fat max - calling folk that wasa part of the deliberately totally OTT nature of the position I adopted. I am sorry if it offended you. It was intended to be so OTT as to be funny. Sort of Millie Tant ish I had a big laugh when you posted that as I thought you had seen that that was exactly my intent - to be Millie Tant.

Genuinely I am sorry that some have been offended by my rantings on here. Its a shame that some of you take yourselves so seriously that you failed to see that I was adopting a totally ridiculous over the top attitude to make the point and to allow some humour into it. I thought that was more obvious than it apparently was.

My actual views are much as Mrs Toast put it and a few others - that the A&A thread is childish and rather sad.

So guys - how about accepting that I used a totally OTT rant to make a point. Don't take yourselves so seriously

So guys - how about accepting that I used a totally OTT rant to make a point. Don't take yourselves so seriously

dear oh dear tj you sad git 😆

thats a new low mate.

Cougar - Member

Can I just pick up on something Elfin' said?

What I do find far disturbing is the comments.

There's a difference, I believe, between comments which are clearly meant to be a joke, and genuine misogyny.

Face to face, this is usually easy to differentiate. You're talking (usually) to people who know you, and there's a lot of non-verbal communication going on.

In text, you lose a lot of that subtext. It's very easy, therefore, to misinterpret comments and take people seriously when to their mind they're being not just humorous but downright absurd.

A very good point and one I forgot here.

to their mind they're being not just humorous but downright absurd.

Is exactly what I was doing here but some folk totally missed

And with tat I am off to the pub.

Have a virtual pint on me chaps!

This can't be real, can it? 😆

I knew that no matter how I played it I would n#be mocked, attacked and slagged off. By totally overplaying it like a pantomime villain at least there was some humnour there for me and for others who could see it - and clearly quite a few folk did see it from their answers and posts.

FWIW, I've no real interest in the pics threads - only because I think they've been done to death now, and it's true that we end up with (a minority of) "FHM" content at some point. That doesn't offend me either, but I don't actually want it on here.

I have NO moral objection to the staged shots of sports people at all; can't say I see exploitation there (they're not desperate and they're prob well paid; if you count those paid milions to wear specific tennis outfits etc, then incredibly so). The "natural" ones, I'm not so sure. I do seem to remember that US polevaulter (Alsion thingy) was quite traumatised by her internet "fame" - and was well under 18 when the pics were taken at some high-schools event.

If I were Mark/Chipps I'd allow the threads but [b]PROMISE[/b] a single warning then a ban to anyone posting inappropriate content (better still, post in their profile that they've been banned, and why). That way Teej can keep himself busy but actually achieve something, and "they" wouldn't even have to police it - he would.

Maybe, everyone else was just being totally OTT for humour too... 😉

[b]TandemJeremy[/b]
Its a shame that some of you take yourselves so seriously...

Hello pot, this is kettle, message over...

that the A&A thread is childish and rather sad.

It's either childish [b]or[/b] it's objectifying women, can't be both - children (by definition) are pre-puberty, and don't think that way.

<Pedant hat off />

no offence taken TJ - i look forward to a Bike Chain ride/pint at some stage, where i will try and persuade you that A&A is a bit of harmless fun, and that Friday Rihanna is well worth a look too.
thanks for the entertainment all, its been a blast.

TSY 😉

Is Friday Rihanna on then?

Do we need to apply for planning permission or something?

no, but TJ can play the role of the angry planning development officer, when we start it without his permission 😉

TJ where have I patronised you?

Elfinsafety - Member

Ooh I'm sooo frightened!

Ye Gods. Sort yourself out mate.

I wasn't meaning I'd do anything, my point was that YOU ARE A LYING HYPOCRITE and if you behaved the way you do online in real life, much like TJ, someone or other (definitely not me, I'd be long gone) would flatten you at some point.

Nice transparent attempt to turn it round to me as ever. I thought you might be OK after you quietly half-fesed up to having been a dick online, clearly not.

I say we go back to Strato's friday motorbike thread. Nothing like a bunch of grown men drooling over some nice chrome and rubber.

TJ increasingly reminds me of the reason why this Harry Enfield sketch was so funny.

I take it you have no aspirations to be a comedian in real life - I think you'd find that having to tell your audience your being funny and ironic means you'd have a fairly short career.

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on the STW homepage.
this sort of thing should be outlawed

I respect TJ more than most on here, simply because in my opinion he commands such respect by behaving in a more honourable and respectful manner himself.

Clearly Elfin you've been reading the wrong threads. May I suggest you look at the websites thread and count how many time TJ claims people who work in the media/marketing/design industry lead worthless, good for nothing lives.

Or even just go back over this thread and read some of the abuse he gives out.

I've been for a quick ride, have I missed anything? 😆

No TJ, it shouldn't be stopped. For a tolerant liberal, this has to be the most intolerant request I've ever seen. Where would you like it to stop? There are people on here I don't particularly like. Ban 'em! There are threads I disagree with. Ban 'em!
You don't like it, don't open it. Simple. For someone who tries to demonstrate a certain amount of intelñligence and maturity, you've failed badly. Failing to convince people of your argument, no problem, just call them stupid.
The only reason I'm supporting the A&A thread is people want to disrupt it. If you had let it die quietly, as it was doing, it wouldn't be twisting your knickers so much now.
Get a grip and grow up, you're behaving like a spoilt child.

stumpy01 - Member

I wish someone would objectify me, once in a while.....

+1. And if I could, someone other than the other half, too.

I had two young ladies discussing my bottom only the other night. 😳

I can't say I was particularly displeased....

Sure they weren't calling you an arse? 😆

Clearly Elfin you've been reading the wrong threads.

Nope. I've bin reading the same ones everyone else has. TJ has my respect. And that's all that matters, as far as I'm concerned.

No TSY they were actually saying how nice it was, if you really must know.

My bottom was once favourably discussed by a group of women in a bar in New York. I was an object of public scrutiny. Can't say the ordeal has had a lasting damaging effect on me, though.

I can't be arsed reading all of this.

Did someone mention censoring the internet, or just the bit that TJ lives in?

*makes mental note to ride behind elfin at next supersexyswinleygathering*

😀

Can't be bothered reading this, but I object to censoring of this forum unless hugely offending.
The restrictions on language and topics would make this a place not worth visiting or contributing to.

The main thing I find offensive on this forum is TJ's blinkered view on life. I know he's scotch, but does he need to be so dour?

😀

I object to TJ trying to ram his opinion down everyone's throat again. 😐

I can't be arsed reading all of this.

Did someone mention censoring the internet, or just the bit that TJ lives in?

Don't bother to read it...I'll summarise it for you.

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Is a sexy picture in itself sexist?

anyway...

The Kylie Clause/A&A stays.

inappropriate images and comments will be dealt with severely.
Have a good weekend folks 🙂

Thing is though right, wether you agree with TJ or not, he does at least have the balls to voice his opinions and stick by them, and offer justification for them

But he hasn't addressed any of the questions I asked him on Page 2 of the A&A thread.

If it was pornography and lechery we were after we would be looking elsewhere wouldn't we?

The Kylie Clause/A&A stays.

I don't even open the threads but I think free speech and common sense just won out over puritanical pious prats. I can go home happy. 😆

TandemJeremy - Member
And you wonder why women don't come on the forum much

I read as far as this post and didn't need to read any further.

As a woman, pictures of scantily clad women aren't what puts me off posting on the forum. Rather it's when threads degenerate into endless "Only my opinion is right" ping pong matches - the recent(to paraphrase) "what website for £600" comes to mind.

I'm not bothered by pictures of women in their knickers. I'm old and wise enough to have sussed that men don't think the same way as I do so when I read a suggestive comment I may not like it, but I recognise that's how some men are and I stop reading.

As for any "Think of the children" sentiments I'm afraid the genie's been out of the bottle for far too long for that argument to be a reason to ban A&A.

Not as articulate response as I would wish, but it's been a long day and I'm now going to leer at George Clooney to wind down.

Lets all do the WNBR this year and post pictures of ourselves.

Would that be OK? 😀

I read as far as this post and didn't need to read any further.

As a woman, pictures of scantily clad women aren't what puts me off posting on the forum. Rather it's when threads degenerate into endless "Only my opinion is right" ping pong matches - the recent(to paraphrase) "what website for £600" comes to mind.

I'm not bothered by pictures of women in their knickers. I'm old and wise enough to have sussed that men don't think the same way as I do so when I read a suggestive comment I may not like it, but I recognise that's how some men are and I stop reading.

As for any "Think of the children" sentiments I'm afraid the genie's been out of the bottle for far too long for that argument to be a reason to ban A&A.

Not as articulate response as I would wish, but it's been a long day and I'm now going to leer at George Clooney to wind down.

That's lovely darling, well done.

wether you agree with TJ or not, he does at least have the balls to voice his opinions and stick by them, and offer justification for them

True, but it is only an internet forum; so it's not really that hard to do and it's not like there is a personal risk to doing so. It more strikes me that he just might not have that much on in the real world.

Hehee! I wonder what TJ will have to say about The Sponsors post?

[i]wether you agree with TJ or not, he does at least have the balls to voice his opinions and stick by them[/i]

No, he just likes to argue and try to bait people. I always imagine TJ jumping up and down in front of his pc shouting if people don't agree with him while demanding facts and figures.

Is a sexy picture in itself sexist?

Not nececelery. Sexism is the attitude or implication that one sex is superior to another, in the same way that racism is the implication that one race is superior to another.

What has been proven, is that this thread is superior to the actual A+A one. Proving that TJ is win again.

Got any crisps, TJ?

Can someone tell me which the pictures it is in that thread they consider to be sexy?

I think nobody is really interested in looking at A&A pictures. People just want to post them to troll TJ.