[Closed] Shall we have a 'lets all agree with TJ' day?

I don't read the Daily Mirror, sorry

DezB - Member

Bullying? It's impossible to get bullied on a forum. You just click the red X in the corner!

Well since you suggest that the only solution is to get out, then you have proved that it is indeed perfectly possible to "get bullied on a forum".

This [i]might[/i] have started out with the intention of being a light-hearted thread, but idiots making comments like [i]"I personally can't stand TJ as he appears on this forum"[/i] soon guarantee that the thread takes a nasty turn for the worst.

He'll be sat in a corner rocking, while shouting at himself

This is the way I see a lot of the regulars on here, because they suffer so severely from this:

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...that I assume they have some sort of personality order outside the web also. Or at least are socially maladjusted, bearing in mind the forum rule you shouldn't type anything here you'd say face to face.

Of course I might be wrong and you're all balanced.

This might have started out with the intention of being a light-hearted thread

I'd suggest that binners didn't think for one second how the thread might turn. He wasn't thinking at all.

[i] then you have proved that it is indeed perfectly possible to "get bullied on a forum".[/i]

How'd I manage that then?

Sorry Junkyard, your post was rendered incomprehensible.

Of course I might be wrong and you're all balanced.

No you're the balanced one. Now **** off to moneysavingexpert.com where you belong 😛

ernie_lynch - Member
comments like "I personally can't stand TJ as he appears on this forum" soon guarantee that the thread takes a nasty turn for the worst.

Such comments are inevitable, IMO, given how TJ posts.

Why would you want to bully a 13 year old? How old are you 😕

Hey DezB, am I forgiven for being a b****** or shall I start trying to annoy you on here too??

What tyres for..... Oops !, wrong thread.

I personally can't stand TJ as he appears on this forum. 😐

Ernie, I have no doubt it was never intended to be light hearted, just a poke at TJ, like a banana in a tail pipe, but as Binners ran away, the yellow peril hit him on the back of the head as soon as TJ turned on the ignition. Thus it has most definitely left its mark!

That of a plonker.

Answer me this: would a forum exist without opinions?

I don't know.

[i]Hey DezB, am I forgiven for being a b****** or shall I start trying to annoy you on here too??[/i]

Of course you're forgiven. Join in the bullying if you want though. I've signed up with a counsellor on Myspace

How'd I manage that then?

Are you pretending to be daft ?

Would you say to a schoolchild "it's impossible to be bullied at school, you just need to go home and the bullying will stop" ?

CharlieMungus....my point exactly

Sorry Junkyard, your post was rendered incomprehensible

Not the best analogy ernie - no one [i]has[/i] to be on here.

This is great! How many arguments can we have within a single thread anyway?
😆

Should this be the grumpiest thread ever? Group therapy?

This thread is no good without pictures.

Who's winning ?

It's a perfectly good analogy. DezB says it is "[b]impossible[/b]" to get bullied on here because you can get out.

Obviously that's complete bollox.

Are you pretending to be daft ?

Would you say to a schoolchild "it's impossible to be bullied at school, you just need to go home and the bullying will stop" ?

What?? There are [i]children[/i] on here?

What?? There are [s]children[/s] adults on here?

I wonder if any of you are aware of how you appear to others in these multi page slagathons. Right, left, socialist, conservative or whatever, the constant bickering makes you all look very pathetic.

Sometimes I open a thread as the title intrests me and I have a personal view that I'd like to express (not this one, the euro one), and then I see the vitirol and name calling taking place and it immediatley quells any thoughts I had of a reasoned and interesting debate.

What ammuses me more, is that by the 2nd page of the argument you are all arguing about who is the most offensive. As an outsider of said argument, could I clear this up for you?

The answer is all of you. You do yourselves, singletrack and the mountain biking community no favours with these threads.

no one has to be on here

Will nobody think of the mods?

You do yourselves, singletrack and the mountain biking community no favours with these threads.

Blame the mods........they should have closed this thread a long time ago.

[i]makes you all look very pathetic[/i]

I thought we established that on page 1

Good point Southern Yeti, either tears of joy, as half of the old guard slug it out without any idea how it started...

Or the temptation to brew a cuppa, settle down on the old sofa and unplug the forum whilst mutteing...well it seemed like a good idea at the time....

Why is everyone so het up about a reclining chair?

[url= http://www.audio-video-furniture.com/Common/Product/Product.aspx?ID=139572&Src=CJ&SrcID=1788393&cjpub=3245527&src=CJ ]Tandem Jeremy[/url]

OK it's a bit Little Englander/Chavvy but it's not [b]that[/b] offensive...

I hope my discussion about "cyber bullying" wasn't included in the bickering accusation.
I am serious about this - when that XC Racer bloke was on here (also Kaesae, to a certain extent) then I saw a lot of attemps at "cyber bullying" from forum members. I did think it was pathetic, but I really don't see that an adult can suffer in any way from so-called "bullying" on a "forum".
If they can, then, in the true spirit of STW, I'll admit I'm wrong and shut up.

Before you all get carried away, TJ is perfectly capable of looking after himself.

Bullying is a somewhat inappropriate term for someone who is perfectly capable of giving up the hectoring & haranguing with the best of them.

School is compulsory. STW is not. If you are bullied on STW it is entirely with your consent.

Wow. TJ has a comfy chair named after him.

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What does Binners have named after him?

[i]I think you'll find that it's another [b]TJ Win[/b]. [/i]

in the true spirit of STW, I'll admit I'm wrong and shut up.

You do yourselves, singletrack and the mountain biking community no favours with these threads

DezB, I suppose it rather depends upon the individual. Possibly, someone who is fragile could take offence to being apparently attacked, or perceive it to be an attack due to their state of mind, when the perpetrator was just trying to be funny on a forum.

If somebody felt the need to bully anyone, in any environment...because they're different or whatever...this is not the place, nor is any other any better.

Could a forum be used/abused in this way? Probably, as always..

It depends

[url= http://www.oldhob.com/binners/ ]binners website[/url]

[i]The Binners: a bunch of fully grown adults, once avowed to making sure that at least part of their leisure time was spent in a manner slightly less boring than the rest. Your typical Binner male will achieve this by taking advantage of the UK's vast number of beautiful and mysterious sites that testify to Britain’s diverse history[/i]

There's an awful lot of twoddle talked on here (this thread is the prime example surely?). And I'm as guilty as anyone. But the trick is to realise is is precisely that - just a lot of twoddle.

The way some people react, you'd think their words had been carried down a mountain by a bloke in a dress with a beard, while choirs of angels sang in accompaniment

I don't really think there's bullying as such on here. Apart from Hora of course. And he bloody well deserves it. Though I have had someone off here pull a genuinely nasty stunt on me. That had a very real impact in the 'real' world. But then again, I only had myself to blame

Hope your all enjoying my website. Thanks for that Junkyard 🙂

I wonder if any of you are aware of how you appear to others in these multi page slagathons. Right, left, socialist, conservative or whatever, the constant bickering makes you all look very pathetic.

Sometimes I open a thread as the title intrests me and I have a personal view that I'd like to express (not this one, the euro one), and then I see the vitirol and name calling taking place and it immediatley quells any thoughts I had of a reasoned and interesting debate.

What ammuses me more, is that by the 2nd page of the argument you are all arguing about who is the most offensive. As an outsider of said argument, could I clear this up for you?

The answer is all of you. You do yourselves, singletrack and the mountain biking community no favours with these threads.

If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. Too many cooks are spoiling the broth anyway.

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ha ha ha HA!

The way some people react, you'd think their words had been carried down a mountain by a bloke in a dress with a beard, while choirs of angels sang in accompaniment

So now, you want to start on the Christians again? You should have got it out of your system on the other thread. Honestly, anything for the sake of an argument!

Yes, yes, yes

blah

but who did put the stones in a circle in Avebury....and why?

If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. Too many cooks are spoiling the broth anyway.

No, I actually think Tree-Magnet has a very good point tbh. People can be put off by all the childish bickering and 'banter'. That some of us might think it's ok, doesn't mean it is.

I'm one of the main culprits. I admit it. I'm looking at ways to be more pleasant and universally acceptable. I think we all should.

TJ can bang on a bit, for sure, and there's times when he himself knows he should just back off, but then there's many times when he's making an intelligent, reasoned, well-thought out point of view, and people come along and just start throwing petty insults around, and attempt to belittle him, whilst not actually contributing anything worthwhile. Then they say TJ's the one with the problem....

Will someone go and wake TJ up, this is getting a bit boring.

people come along and just start throwing petty insults around, and attempt to belittle him, whilst not actually contributing anything worthwhile.

[i] I'm looking at ways to be more pleasant and universally acceptable.[/i]

by trying to get a rise (or even a reply) out of Mr Woppit?

I'm looking at ways to be more pleasant and universally acceptable.

LOL !!!!! 😀

Thanks for that Elfinman............I'm now going around with a big grin on my face.

[b][i]"ways to be more pleasant and universally acceptable"[/i][/b] LOL !

😀

I have to be honest, I laughed so much, that I had to wipe a little tear from the corner of my eye !

And on that note, I think I'll log off and get on with something useful....

Were you sitting on the toilet?

I usually [s]agree[/s] with TJ but when I dont I can see why his style really annoys/grates other people. It is not a court and he does often miss the big picture to focus in on one single point ad naseum.

Apart from the agreeing bit +1000

Generally speaking TJ talks more sense than his detractors and refrains from personal abuse.

I disagree with some of his opinions, but at least he has thought them out and they are not mere prejudices.

Generally speaking TJ talks more sense than his detractors and refrains from personal abuse.

I disagree with some of his opinions, but at least he has thought them out and they are not mere prejudices.

+1

Well thank you very much. I feel honoured and proud. A 100+ thread about me that I hardly had to contribute to. 😳

As usual there are 2 camps - the "its only the internet it doesn't matter" and the " don't post what you wouldn't say to their face" Its the conflict between the two schools of thought that gives rise to a lot of the agrro IMO.

I feel strongly that its important to attempt to remain civilised and that even tho it is the internet it does matter. I do find it amusing how many people feel they need to attack me - and as on the euro thread often for things I had not said. Its like they need a bogeyman to fight with and they have chose me. I suppose I should be flattered.

My lesson - that honestly I am trying to learn is as waderider says
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As usual there are 2 camps - the "its only the internet it doesn't matter" and the " don't post what you wouldn't say to their face" Its the conflict between the two schools of thought that gives rise to a lot of the agrro IMO.

What if you met them face to face in the Internet?

TJ only has to mention Scotland to create a frenzy of vitriol.

Could this actually be racism?

woahhhhh there!

now i like TJ, but are you suggesting he's from Scotland?

if so i may have to rethink my opinions on the fellow 😆

As a confirmed TJ whipper I think you lot should realise something, he is to be admired. If I was given the amount of grief on a forum that he gets I would change my name and leave the country. Whilst he may be pedantic, annoying and never prepared to admit when he is wrong, which he often is, he can at least man up to it. EDIT - Look at his response above, a lesser man would be blubbing.

His antics will attract a lot of abuse, and I think he knows and probably accepts that.

And it's true that he generally does not resort to abuse or pettiness, this is normally apparent to me when I am busy calling him all kinds of stuff. So I for one like this thread, partly because it's a TJ win, partly because every now and then he needs bigging up and he often needs to be abuses.

The most important point is we need him here.

[b]Uncle TJ +1
[/b]

(Another way of looking at this is that TJ, like many of the rest of us, is just an attention seeker, a troll, I love this aspect, if we were all mediocre and agreed with each other how dull life would be.)

maybe this is what's needed... 🙂
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he he ha ha ha

A bit too true phil. the scary thing is I often do preview, review or even delete 🙂

Toys - is there a compliment in there somewhere?

Ooh! I've remembered my Mac has a 'Speak Text' funktion!

And it's got female voices! Winner!

(Sits and listens to the sound of a woman's voice, a rare thing indeed in his miserable lonely little life...)

(Gets fed up of the constant nagging tone, turns Speak Text funktion off)

DezB - Member
I'm looking at ways to be more pleasant and universally acceptable.

by trying to get a rise (or even a reply) out of Mr Woppit?

You can all agree with me, whilst TJ's on his sleep rota if you like...

You'd need to say something intelligent first... 😉

X

Gee, you're so funny.

you're so funny.

What you trying to say...........that you saying something "intelligent" is out of the question ?

Gee, you're so funny.

Actually, I can agree with that! 😀

if we were all mediocre and agreed with each other how dull life would be

Life would be one big sexyparty!!

Toys - is there a compliment in there somewhere?

I forgot to mention TJ's major problem, he cannot seem to be able to read other people's posts, I think he skim reads for the OUTRAGE phrases and doesnt bother to actually read all the word so he never get's your meaning.

[b]YES IT WAS A COMPLIMENT, CONTEXUALISED AND JUSTIFIED WITH SOME BANTER AND AN ATTEMPT AT HUMOUR[/b]

Clear enough?

mmmm can you make the text flash too?

Toys - of course I read it and understood. Just in my subtle way letting you know I saw the compliment.

a sexy party you say??!?!

*throws on "slam dunk da funk" by 5ive and strips ready for my party people*

where my wolfpack at?

I agree with everybody, but that's because I have no moral fibre or any convictions to speak of so I'm easily swayed by a natty turn of phrase or a nice picture.

I like TJ because he appreciated my potatoes joke 😀

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Late to the piece but having just found this thread my first thought on the OP's post was, 'heehee that's a bit of a giggle'.

It is almost depressing to read how seriously some people take themselves and this forum. It's only a bit of fun/info/bikey chat/good natured debate mixed together.......isn't it?

I think I will continue to have the same attitude as Mr Poddy who wrote

sometimes. I see loads of stuff i don't agree with, or dislike, and just don't even bother replying

Woody no sense of humour failure from me. I just continue to extract the urine from binners as I had been doing on and off all day.

Plonker

Of course TJ, how silly of me, you're right again.

Woody -1
TJ +1

Woody get with the program mate.

Edit Ahh you've conformed well done.

So once again someone knows my motives better than I do? It amused me to watch them all agree with the silly insults chucked at binners.

too subtle for you?

Pillock

Wassock

Glaikit dunderheid

pick whichever applies