13 posts tagged “rants”

The James Bond messageboard(MI6, or as I like to call it, The Place That Can't Be Named  :P) that I used to post on(the operative word(s) being "used to" is so hypocritical and people are rewarded for posting there for a certain amount of time and having a certain amount of posts.

I have now started  calling MI6, the board that I used to post on, "The Place That Can't Be Named".This annoys certain people no end.But that place stands for everything I hate about fandoms.Self-obsessed,and obsessed with stuff that doesn't even matter,like post counts,and how long you've been there.

MI6 has a repuation as being something of a joke among other Bond messageboards-purely for the fact that its posters are so damn stuck on themselves and their status(es)on the boards.Their treatment of new posters(accusing them of being a particularly annoying former poster, Bond Fan)is shameful.

They're exactly the sort of people you would put in the "fan boy"(because the vast majority of people that post there *are* male)category.

Let's not forget the MI6 mods(and they are a story in and of themselves) frequent swipes at other Bond messageboards-as if MI6 is the only game in town.It isn't.Not even close.

The mods would never admit this,but I really do think that the way they act is a reflection on them.And that's sad.I've witnessed the mods doing a non-job on many an occasion.Situations did not get taken care of,because the mods were not on it.They were LAZY and didn't give a DAMN.

That, and the long-time posters who think that gives them their right to throw their weight around and  be know-it-alls.

People are entitled to their opinions. I love to say that opinions are like a certain part of the anatomy.

This is a  foreign concept to some people. I'm not going to censor myself because someone thinks that I should.Oh freaking well.

People are entitled to  their opinions, but there are some things that are unforgivable-like accusing people(without proof-more to be an a$$hole than anything else)of doing unsavoury things.

If someone did that to me-they haven't-it was someone I post on a messageboard with),and I was face to face with them,I would punch their f***ing lights out.

I've had people say some really mean things to me-and I've said some mean things to people-I don't deny that-but a LOT of the people I have said things to,and have said things to me,are now friends.So it is possible to become friends with people after they have said some really s***ty things to you. Like my friend Laf.We were *enemies* for a long time and there were definitely words said between us.But I consider her a TRUE friend now :)

As far as the current situation goes,the person who is being an a$$hole has  people backing him up and making excuses for his behaviour, that the person is question is "just a kid". Mind you,this person has a history of throwing his weight around and generally acting like an a$$hole.Yet he's got lots of people's back.I just don't get it,I really don't.

Allowing people to have power over me anymore.I thought about not posting personal stuff for a while,just Questions Of The Day and that sort of thing.Then I thought: No.What f*@&ing good does that do?Hiding behind locked blog entries?It just isn't me.I DO post stuff that is too personal once in a while,but in the almost 2 years that I've had this blog I can count on my hands how many times I've posted locked entries.

I post about my life on my blog and I will continue to.And if someone pisses me off,I WILL call them out on my blog.So think before you go slagging me off.

All the messageboards(The World Crossing one I post on,and a couple other boards that I post on-not at World Crossing-are GREAT,I have a BLAST at all of them,I've made lots of friends.)MI6,the Bond board that I *used* to post at(the operative word being "used to")is the exception to the rule.I don't post there anymore,and it's for the best.I'll leave it at that.

That James Bond messageboard I post on?I'm not posting there anymore.I've had it with all of the crap that goes on there and nothing gets done.It's freaking toxic.

Which is a shame because I  made a lot of friends there but I just can't believe that people there- my friends there included- make excuses for the crap that goes on,that everyone has an opinion even if it's one that people disagree with.No,it goes WAY past allowing people to have an opinion.It's called being a troll.

I deleted MI6 from my bookmarks.It's official.

Will I go see Quantum Of Solace?Yes. Not posting on MI6 will be good because I won't be exposed to spoilers if they're posted .

Jenny McCarthy was on Larry King's show last night.It was Autism Awareness Day yesterday and she was on there talking about the fact that her son had been cured of his autism by a diet(shades of Lorenzo's Oil).But she went on and on about the fact that her son's autism had been caused by vaccines.I'm sorry,but the link between vaccines and autism has never been proven to my satisfaction.

But what got on my nerves was the way she went on and on about it.She barely even let the other people on the show(doctors who did NOT agree with what she had to say) get a word in edgewise. She was REALLY shrill."Getting on my last nerve" doesn't even begin to cover it.

If parents think that their kids are having to get too many shots there is  a way that they can do it where the kids get the shots gradually.That would be a better option,IMO(even though I don't have any kids of my own).But refusing to get the kids vaccinated at all?That is dangerous.And you would be surprised how many parents don't want to vaccinate their kids at all. The problem is, these non-vaccinated kids get sick,and then cause outbreaks of diseases like measles and whooping cough(it happened here in San Diego very recently).

The attitude of the refusing to vaccinate at all parents seems to be that they would rather have a kid that might potentially be disabled for life from something that is completely preventable, than immunize their kids and run the risk of them getting autism.There's so much more I could say about this(and maybe I will do a post about autism,and having Autism Spectrum Disorder(I have Asperger's Syndrome) one of these times)

I'm in one of my rare bad moods.I dunno, things are just annoying me today.I am having a minor health problem(the ladies will know what I'm talking about)so had to go to the lab.Well, the lab is near the hospital.But kind of not.In fact it's out of the way.And I had to go by my doctor's to pick up the slip for the lab.That's not so bad.But the lab is on the other side of the hospital from my where my doctor is..I mean it's not far,but it's just a bit of an obstacle course to get over there.And I'm not feeling 100% and it's a little warm today..I'm more than a little aggrieved(I love that word :P)

The upside was that I went to the hospital cafeteria for lunch(they have good food there!)

 I got a warning on the  James Bond board I post on. My offense? this: sh!t.An edited(or so I thought) version of a word that we're not supposed to use.

I get a message from one of the mods that I apparently bypassed a filter they have on the MB for such things.Really?When I posted it,it looked exacty like I posted above.But wait.It gets better.Someone else used the same word today.I messaged them privately to ask if they got a warning *and* I sent a private message to the same moderator who gave me the warning telling him about it(not that I wanted to rat that person out,but the response I get from the mod about it will say a lot about them.)And it will prove what I have known(and have said) for a while:That the moderators at said board are uneven when it comes to taking care of issues(that's putting it mildly).

I'm no angel either-I had what I can only call a meltdown because a certain person who posts on the board(who is basically there to cause trouble)got the best of me.I am all for people having opinions, but this person's sole purpose is just to be obnoxious.And I let them get the better of me.But it's so frustrating to me sometimes I get to the point like where I was last night and I tell them off.

Part of the problem is that the entire board would be well served by this person taking a break. either for a little while or for good,preferably.Like I said, everyone is entitled to their opinion.But all this person does is cause problems.If the mods want to  be respected then they need to treat  *everyone* equally, and quit making excuses for the troublemakers' behaviour.The really sad thing is that whenever this person REALLY causes problems, afterwards there are always people that think we need to be easier on them.Which lasts until shit gets stirred up again.Does the word "enabling" not mean anything to those people?

By talking about it in my blog,I'm hoping that they will be embarassed into getting their shit together.I'm not paricularly hopeful but it's worth a try.

If you are offended by swear words,quit reading now.Because I am about to use a lot of them.

Those assholes at God Hates Fags are going to picket Heath Ledger's funeral.One really hopes that his funeral is in Australia,because I seriously doubt these douchebags could come up with enough money between all of them to go over there and picket the funeral.

To me it is just so f**king wrong what these people(and I use the term loosely) are going to picket someone's funeral just because he played a gay man in a movie.Are they going to picket the funeral of the other guy in the movie(Jake Gyllenhall,I believe?)when he dies,because he also played a gay man in the same movie?There's a lot of the same over at the IMDB boards as well(but the asswipe to  decent person ratio is that there are more asswipes there than there are decent people(and that is saying a LOT)

If Heath Ledger's funeral is in New York or Los Angeles(where the God Hates Fags people can get to easily)I hope some anti-GHF people show up.It would be only right :P

The fact that they are picketing the funeral of someone who isn't even gay-just played it in a movie-is bullshit.Someone needs to step up and tell these people how full of shit they are.I mean, they call themselves a "Baptist" church and Baptists don't want anything to do with them.Says it all right there,if you ask me .Heh.

Not only that, but they have already been sued once(by the parents of a woman whose funeral they picketed.They lost the case, and I don't think they have a lot of money-per my comment about them(hopefully)not being able to picket  if  Heath's funeral is out of the country.

I'll still shop there,but I can't believe you're stooping so low as to sell that cold blooded murderer's book[/soapbox]

..That being said,I'll probably read it when it comes out and I'm near a B&N store.I want to see what that sub human piece of s*** has to say.I'm sorry if that offends anyone,but it's the truth.