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How do you think we can improve After Hours?
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+1 I think they should be banned - they almost always ruin a the chance of the thread contuniuing decent discussion.If you ban puns you'll have to ban all humourous posts, if that's the direction you want to take After Hours.
-1 from me.
Well, banning them altogether seems a bit harsh. Like I said, sometimes they're funny and one or two times in a thread is okay. But when it's just a case of people quoting each other, and making puns for two pages...well, frankly it's boring and more or less ruins the thread, imo.Vihaan Early Trampoline wrote: »Personally, I like puns and think they should stay. Some of them are quite good and pretty darn funny. Saying that, Acacia point. Perhaps they are a little saturated and overdone. I certainly can't see a solution, a vote would be too pollarising and could lead to discontent. A warning at the start of threads perhaps?
Yeah, I see your point, as I said when they're over done it's a little annoying. One or two is grand.dr.bollocko wrote: »Warning! No Puns allowed!
Bit OTT isn't it?
Yeah, that's a bit strong.No, I think pun's are great - but only on funny threads. I don't appreciate them when someone posts a more serious topic - hoping for intelligent discussion. If the pun is appropriate and genuinely funny, then cool - but it just seems to me like no AH thread is immune from them at all.
Let the funny threads be funny! But keep the more serious threads on track.
I agree, but sometimes the puns aren't all that funny even on funny threads. Like I said, they're just over done.Sharpshooter wrote: »Tbh if there was a rule or say a basic understanding at the start of a thread,that the OP did not want puns as it was a serious topic they wanted to discuss I would refrain.
Say for instance the yellow triangle or :mad: alongside the Thread Title to let posters know the OP wants a serious discussion.
I don't know if it would work but at least posters would be able to see what the OP wants.:pac:
Not a bad idea, Sharpy.
dr.bollocko wrote: »Sometimes we get serious threads here on AH that maybe belong in better forums but the level of quality contribution is such that I am loathe to remove them. I'm frequently surprised by the ability of AHers to actually be mature from time to time.
/sheds tear.
We have in the past editted threads to only allow serious responses or changed the thread title to ask for only serious responses or asked on a particular thread to refrain from jokes.
I was trying to think of ways to facilitate those posters who have an AH style topic but don't want it turning jokey. However I then realised that many lunatics want serious answers and deserve less. It's a tough nut to crack.
Well, it's not even about serious threads turning jokey, it's just annoying when all the jokes are puns.You could look at it like that. Or you could look at it as refining the humour in this forum. I know a lot of the time I could do without seeing the utterly brainless and lazy puns, ever so often there's an amusing one. One out of every 50 is a crap ratio.
If someone keeps making sh*tty puns, their mates (should) make it be known that these sh*tty puns are irritating. It's natural but seeing as we can't just reply with "STFU & GTFO" there needs to be a way for some of us who don't love the facepalmers to voice our distaste. Or maybe not, I'm not sure if I care this much...
Agreed.RoundyMooney wrote: »We're in danger of going down the road of free speech by committee, if some of the recent suggestions were to be entertained.
How do you legislate for less puns on an internet forum?
How do you put a rule in place to outlaw righteous indignation (in both a positive and negative sense) in relation to an emotive issue? Let people vent ffs, it's the only place on boards that they can.
I'm sh1t sick of people looking to the mods here to reduce the cowbell level on boards, or make the AH forum more to their liking. Newsflash guys, that's not why they're here, and I only wish that the rest of the boards empire mods did as good and as hands off a job as they do here on AH.
I mean, I'd love to ask the lads here to cull the posts of a certain individual who drives me up the wall with their illiterate inanity, but I don't have the right to do that. Nor do they have the right to act upon such a request.
Keep AH free<ish>
Let the masses dictate the flow by guiding the thread, don't expect the mods to do it. Something like the lads at the corner table in the boozer telling Loud Larry to STFU, rather than moaning to the door staff.RoundyMooney wrote: »Note: I'm not advocating back seat modding above. I'm sure most of you know what I mean.
Eh, I'm not trying to do away with free speech or anything of the sort. Just voicing my opinion that the over-reliance of puns gets grating sometimes. I'm not looking for the mods to go banning people for using puns because I personally don't like them- I'm just using this thread to say how I think AH can be improved...which is the whole point of the thread.
It kinda seems like you are advocating back-seat modding though- if I were to go on to a thread where people have been making puns for three pages and say "These puns are so annoying- stop posting them!", rather than complain about it on this thread,- that would kind of be back-seat modding, would it not?
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It kinda seems like you are advocating back-seat modding though- if I were to go on to a thread where people have been making puns for three pages and say "These puns are so annoying- stop posting them!", rather than complain about it on this thread,- that would kind of be back-seat modding, would it not?
It can be done without back seat modding.Butcher killed when frozen cow cadaver falls on him
"That's an a-moo-sing story"
"Cud have been worse"
"I bet it was fresian in there"
"It must have fallen from some height. I guess you cud say the steaks were high."
"Can anyone think of an udder pun?"
"These puns are headwrecking. Why does this happen in nearly every thread?"<-Not back seat modding.
"Can we stop with the puns and get back on topic please?"<-Back seat modding.0 -
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