Bitches.

[Jimmy&Guinney]

I'm familiar with the theme and I'm also familiar with snobbery.

Don't confuse insecurity on your part with snobbery on any one else's part. No one ever said they were a better person than any one else because of their tastes. But it's not unreasonable on any one's part to go to the the Modern Drunkard internet board and expect posts pertaining to modern drunkardness, and not have to wade through attention whoring, mindless blather, blogging, and other nefariousnous. And when Barca's posts, which are not only on topic, but define the topic, are being complained about, somewhere along the way that insanity should be pointed out.

[Jimmy&Guinney]

I also object to synonoumonizing "low class" with "blue collar." And "artsy fartsy" with "billionares." You're kind of all over the place there.

[bluefox]

but what does all this fussin' and a fightin' have to do with me getting drunk?

Agreed. Let's talk about the spiked coffee I am drinking right now.

[Blackneto]

wieners

[Savage]

wieners

>snicker<

Now see, there I go, being lowbrow again. Don't tell Barca. :lol: Seriously, I do not understand why this board has to be all one way or all another way. It's a big damn drunken world, and there is a place for intellectualism and low humour. Sometimes we get lucky, and find a place that has room for both. I hope that the MDM forum can be one of those places.

[Sgt. HSA]

wieners

>snicker<

Now see, there I go, being lowbrow again. Don't tell Barca. :lol: Seriously, I do not understand why this board has to be all one way or all another way. It's a big damn drunken world, and there is a place for intellectualism and low humour. Sometimes we get lucky, and find a place that has room for both. I hope that the MDM forum can be one of those places.

Well said, good lady.

[Drunkard-X]

wieners

>snicker<

Now see, there I go, being lowbrow again. Don't tell Barca. :lol: Seriously, I do not understand why this board has to be all one way or all another way. It's a big damn drunken world, and there is a place for intellectualism and low humour. Sometimes we get lucky, and find a place that has room for both. I hope that the MDM forum can be one of those places.

Concur. I look at it as inevitable. Change will occur, and will drag you kicking and screaming with it in some cases and I think this is one of those. Well, at least if you want to stick around. It is what it is. In any case, it is a shame that the old school Drunkards seem to post less and less. I miss the jovial friendly banter that used to be on these boards.

[Henry Chinaski]

I'm with smokinglobby.

You're bitches. Pussies. Pathetic fucking whiners banning any abrasive elements.

Ban me. Fuck you.

I'll find some real drunks who can handle a little drunken criticism.

No rules. No regulations. No pants.

Fuck off, toxi. You're full of shit. You act like this board used to be better because we used to let complete assholes come on here and call everyone pussies and scumbags? That's bullshit. Those fuckers were always kicked.

So I'm picturing you at your local. Some lightweight punk comes off the street and starts calling you and your friends a bunch of pussies. Over and over. And you just sit there smiling and clapping, right? Because the guy is a fucking genius! He's the real deal! He's no imbecile drunk on Coors Blight, he's Bobby Fucking Burns!

He my local we throw his ass into the street. Because he's an idiot with no class and nothing to give.

It's amazing who we make heroes these days. I blame Jerry Springer. All hail the idiots. They're louder than we are, so they must be smarter.

[dipsomaniac]

I just stopped in to check on my post about the MacKenzie clan on my way out of the pub.

Please fill me in on the details.

Who was banned?

Why the fuck are people taking pot shots at each other?

I go away for a while and suddenly there is all of this fighting and to top it off Spammer's Mom is pregnant!

[Savage]

I go away for a while and suddenly there is all of this fighting and to top it off Spammer's Mom is pregnant!

I didn't do it!

[dipsomaniac]

I go away for a while and suddenly there is all of this fighting and to top it off Spammer's Mom is pregnant!

I didn't do it!

A likely response.

Sav, what the fuck is going on around here? Do I have to post hourly about the spice girls until we sort this out?

[Henry Chinaski]

Barca,

No offense here, but you come off as the artsy fartsy type.

I don't like artsy fartsy types. Can I see eye to eye with them? Sure I can, when it comes to the asthetics of the town I live in, which has a direct reflection on my real estate values, etc.

Otherwise, I don't like artsy fartsy types. I tend to feel more comfortable in a low class, blue collar, beer swilling, let your farts out, Profanities R US, type of bar.

Mind you, I've been in the high brow, what type of vintage are you drinking, your house didn't cost more than mine, what car do you drive, how many Servants do you have, type of "Bar".

Fuck them. They DON'T know how to have fun!

I've been around billionaires, and they are about as interesting as petrified rat scat!

Does that mean all rich people are sticks in the mud? Of course not. It just means that people with rich people attitudes are boring as hell.

You seem to have that "attitude".

....and your point is?

I think its time for me to bow out. I tried to hang in there and make things better, but when the new posters come on this board and attack the ORIGINAL, and most likely classiest member of this board- I've had enough. If this board is bound and determined to become mindless frat boy BS- then so be it- but without me.

This has nothing to do with the new moderators, I love them all. And yes, Barca can hold his own and much more, but thats not the point. Has anyone noticed that he barely posts here anymore? I wonder why. Nor is this a whiny post about the "way things used to be". Its about the way things ought to be. I'm sick of people coming on to this board without even bothering to research its past, its members, or its etiquette.

For the record- I still love MDM- and plan to keep subscribing- unlike the majority of new members on this board who likely have never read the magazine.

Later.

That sucks. Sorry to see you leave, Bender. You brought intelligence and class to this board, in the face of the crassness that seems to be the new celebrated ideal.

For the record, you're leaving for the wrong reasons. Toxi and his minions were never in majority or the right. He's full of shit. At it's peak, this board's success had nothing to with new people having the right to call the regulars cunts. That's like saying the Roman Empire was at it's high water mark when the barbarians were loping down the peninsula. He's not crying for the resurrection of hallowed old traditions. He's just trying to stir up new shit. Why? Because he's Toxi. That's what he does.

[Barca]

like screensaver, i like barca, but if they don't like one another, that's fine by me.

I hate to continue this banality, but I would just like to clarify that I've never said nor thought anything bad about screensaver. Personally, when i've noticed his posts I've always liked them. I responded to Screensaver, as I respond to other people on personal issues, by PM and we disagree slightly on what is appropriate content for the board, but not, I think, as much as he or others may believe.

[dipsomaniac]

Because he's Toxi. That's what he does.

Hank, was this guy at the convention?

[Henry Chinaski]

Because he's Toxi. That's what he does.

Hank, was this guy at the convention?

Of course. Cool cat in person. He's likely to attack me because I said that. That sort of guy.