I am getting sick and tired of these disruptions.

[Warren Stupidity]

Discuss.

[NYC_SKP]

1. Are you being disruptive?

Have you looked into the connection between your disruptive tendencies and the ten commandments, which have probably been removed from your local schools and libraries, thanks to Bengazi???

[Rainforestgoddess]

2. Herp derp n/t

[Curmudgeoness]

3. So,

are you taking a break?

[Warren Stupidity]

4. oh hell no. I've barely started to unleash the mocking.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

5. I was told yesterday here on DU that my experience with Christianity wasn't real.

I was told that my experiencing negative sermons about how worthless we are was not the way it is, according to a frequent non-atheist poster in the Religion sub-forum Religion.



However, these people refuse to explain their beliefs. I ask them a simple question about what is in their creed or statement of belief and they refuse to answer. Very strange. Or they admit they stand up and recite creeds they don't believe in.

[LostOne4Ever]

6. I can only speak for myself

But so long as they are civil and abide by the SoP I am fine. I will respect their safe haven by doing the same. No matter how objectionable I find something going on in other safe havens I will respect them when the respect is returned in kind.

[onager]

7. Me too. We need drones.*

*"Drones" as in remote-controlled flying things. Not a reference to any droning, verbally diarrhetic denizens of any DU group. Especially not a reference to such individuals as "Cut & Paste Aquinas" in one specific group. For further disclaimers, call my lawyer, she can always use more business.

[Rainforestgoddess]

8. Pretty sure drones

Is hydrophobic. Careful what you say.

[onager]

10. Yes ma'am, I'll be careful...

[Agschmid]

9. Had to dismiss myself from jury on this one... No idea what's happening,

[onager]

11. That post got alerted on?

Thanks for the heads-up. Took about 10 minutes. The spies are really goofing off tonight.

[deucemagnet]

12. Results:

On Wed Aug 13, 2014, 09:16 PM an alert was sent on the following post:

Me too. We need drones.*
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1230&pid=26108

REASON FOR ALERT

This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate.

ALERTER'S COMMENTS

Drones? Are you kidding me! Drones for people they disagree with is disgusting.

You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Wed Aug 13, 2014, 09:40 PM, and the Jury voted 1-6 to LEAVE IT.

Juror #1 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: What is this thread about? Having failed to determine that, I vote to LEAVE IT and recommend putting this thread in the Lounge where most nonsense is entertaining.
Juror #2 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #3 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #4 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: I do not know what this means.
Juror #5 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: The Alerter misses the point. I believe this use of drone is a homonym.
Juror #6 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #7 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: No explanation given

Thank you very much for participating in our Jury system, and we hope you will be able to participate again in the future.

[onager]

13. Thanks!

I'll work on being more obscure. Shouldn't be too hard.

[Curmudgeoness]

26. From now on,

add a disclaimer to all posts....."this is satire" or "this is posted in a safe haven" or

Just to be sure people know that they aren't supposed to understand you.

[mr blur]

16. "Good jury decision!" as they say in some groups. (nt)

[Warren Stupidity]

24. It is obvious there is no alert trolling at all.

[Warren Stupidity]

17. You know, when one gets to jury a post and

one has "no idea what's happening", instead of avoiding the issue, just vote leave. People get their jollies off of alert trolling, and they do so by alerting the shit out of everything posted by their targets. Walking away from an incomprehensible alert is helping that effort.

[Agschmid]

18. I disagree.

It's been pointed out repeatedly in ATA that alert trolling isn't a problem. Also if I don't even understand a post or the intention of a post how can I make an informed decision.

There are always other DUers who can serve and who might have a clue as to what is going on.

My default vote is leave, but if I can't make an informed decision I don't.

[Warren Stupidity]

19. "It's been pointed out repeatedly in ATA that alert trolling isn't a problem"

Quite frankly that is just not believable. But if they were to open up the alert records in the interests of transparency, I could be persuaded otherwise.

If you can't tell if a post is a personal insult etc. it isn't. Your default vote is actually "I'll let some other person decide".

[mr blur]

20. Oh well, if it says that in ATA then of course it must be true.

For people who have a reason for not recognizing it then of course it wouldn't be a problem.
Just like the fact that the jury system is just the bestest thing ever.

[NeoGreen]

21. I like gruel...

almost as much as pie...

[AlbertCat]

22. alert trolling isn't a problem.

Just remember the rules!

Remember that the term "poopy-head" is DEEPLY insulting to the point of anguish and obviously TOTALLY serious.... especially when conflated with "Banana Cream" or any "Pie".

[Curmudgeoness]

27. ...........

Alert trolling isn't a problem.

I love your sense of humor.

[AtheistCrusader]

14. I like that the posters that confronted me in that thread were the only source of

disruption, at the point at least one host commented on it.

Apparently my presence bothers some people.


I've tried different deodorant but nothing seems to work.

[mr blur]

23. You need a more effective product - try this

[defacto7]

15. Hell, are they at it again?

I guess I'll just have to convert to Christianity so I can pray to God to stop them from doing that nonsense. That'll teach them.

[onager]

25. This place is starting to affect me IRL...

So I'm sitting here catching up on DU while watching the Charlie Chaplin movie "The Great Dictator."

The two things melded in my alleged mind, and I suddenly found myself thinking: "Damn, if DU had existed in 1940, I bet Adolf Hitler would have alerted on Charlie Chaplin's vicious personal attack!"

[uriel1972]

28. An alert in the thread on disruptions... how... appropriate. nt

[onager]

29. I thought that was funny too.

Especially since my reference to "drones" wasn't an offer to aerially attack anybody.

Unarmed drones also exist, and they are used for...SPYING! Which is really what I was alluding to in the Bad Post. That we need our own spy drones, since somebody ALWAYS seems to be poking their noses in here to see what we're up to.

I'm surprised nobody alerted on me for mentioning spies a few days ago, and posting the logo of SMERSH ("Death to Spies.&quot Some oversensitive type could have surely alerted on that as a "death threat."