Poll
Question:
Should Martinus Be Allowed to Post Again in the Main Languish Forum
Option 1: Sure, why not.
votes: 51
Option 2: No fucking way.
votes: 25
Option 3: Ja:ron
votes: 6
durka durka durka!
No.
Sure, why not. Just as many other assholes here running around, what's one more.
The stereotypical fag histrionics are at record lows and have stagnated around here anyway. Hapsburg never posts anymore, Sheilbh is too mellow, and garbon is too cunty to qualify as a shrillosexual.
Sure.
Who?
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 08, 2014, 07:33:00 PM
Sure, why not. Just as many other assholes here running around, what's one more.
The stereotypical fag histrionics are at record lows and have stagnated around here anyway. Hapsburg never posts anymore, Sheilbh is too mellow, and garbon is too cunty to qualify as a shrillosexual.
+1 You can never have too much homo hysteria.
Meh, no one should be banned forever that was a "real" poster. The weird internet shill accounts or extreme lunatic edge cases I can understand.
I'd be willing to turn the dials to bring him back if people think that's a good idea. In fact, it's probably a good idea. If we were really going to eject him from Languish, we would have banned him entirely, not put him into a weird in-between area. Either ban him or reinstate him, that should be the choice.
Besides, I'm rarely around anymore anyways, so his terrible nonsense wouldn't bother me if he came back.
Reinstate him. But no back room access. He needs languish; languish also needs him :sleep:
A righteous ban, lasting precisely until... boredom sets in. How very Languish. :hug:
I'm cool with it.
Don't really care. I'll go with the majority, either way, but retain my right to say "I told you so!" if the decision proves unwise either way. :cool:
Well, I'm sure he learned his lesson. :hmm: Oh, right. Well, still, he's been punished for enough. We should either free him or kill him, so to speak.
The guy who he slighted doesn't even want him banned anymore (if he ever did in the first place). To keep him banned therefore makes little sense anymore.
Quote from: Caliga on August 08, 2014, 09:09:30 PM
The guy who he slighted doesn't even want him banned anymore (if he ever did in the first place). To keep him banned therefore makes little sense anymore.
I don't think Raz ever wanted Martinus punished. The reason Martinus was punished was because the level of depravity he displayed by sending that IM to Raz truly disgusted us.
Quote from: grumbler on August 08, 2014, 08:28:44 PM
Don't really care. I'll go with the majority, either way, but retain my right to say "I told you so!" if the decision proves unwise either way. :cool:
Spoken like a true libertarian. :cry:
Quote from: DGuller on August 08, 2014, 09:41:58 PM
Quote from: Caliga on August 08, 2014, 09:09:30 PM
The guy who he slighted doesn't even want him banned anymore (if he ever did in the first place). To keep him banned therefore makes little sense anymore.
I don't think Raz ever wanted Martinus punished. The reason Martinus was punished was because the level of depravity he displayed by sending that IM to Raz truly disgusted us.
I did not. I posted his PM to me because I found it amusing and I wanted to embarrass him for being a dick.
We should take this opportunity to impose some conditions. Say, he needs to start 3 gay threads on the first day of his return :contract:
Quote from: Monoriu on August 08, 2014, 09:53:09 PM
We should take this opportunity to impose some conditions. Say, he needs to start 3 gay threads on the first day of his return :contract:
Honestly, that would kinda be gilding the lily. No sense imposing "conditions" that are going to happen anyway.
I voted no, but as I've said before in Super Secret Places, I think the fact that the offended party votes for his reinstatement should carry some extra weight.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on August 09, 2014, 01:34:39 AM
I voted no, but as I've said before in Super Secret Places, I think the fact that the offended party votes for his reinstatement should carry some extra weight.
You know, I really should have access to the backroom. It's not like I would learn your all your secrets. I already have Yi's home address.
I don't really see how those last two sentences are support for the first.
1. Is he asking to be let back in?
2. Why are TBR histrionics the cause of OTR bans?
Quote from: Viking on August 09, 2014, 02:20:58 AM
1. Is he asking to be let back in?
2. Why are TBR histrionics the cause of OTR bans?
1. Yes he is
2. He hasn't been in TBR for some time now, and it has nothing to do with his OTR ban.
Quote from: Neil on August 08, 2014, 07:59:58 PM
I'd be willing to turn the dials to bring him back if people think that's a good idea. In fact, it's probably a good idea. If we were really going to eject him from Languish, we would have banned him entirely, not put him into a weird in-between area. Either ban him or reinstate him, that should be the choice.
Besides, I'm rarely around anymore anyways, so his terrible nonsense wouldn't bother me if he came back.
Neil can you check your inbox as I was encouraging someone new to join, but they need to register a username first. :)
Sure let him back in.
Sure :w00t:
Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder.
It's time he comes back.
of course. wasn't the ban over a single private message? iirc, it contained a threat, but posters have threatened people on the open board before without repercussion.
Sure.
Quote from: LaCroix on August 09, 2014, 02:58:05 PM
of course. wasn't the ban over a single private message? iirc, it contained a threat, but posters have threatened people on the open board before without repercussion.
The threat was just the final straw. The man has some serious issues, and was tempbanned repeatedly before the final fatal plunge.
Quote from: grumbler on August 09, 2014, 03:12:14 PMThe threat was just the final straw. The man has some serious issues, and was tempbanned repeatedly before the final fatal plunge.
well, i know he tended to react with hostility, and he insulted posters. even if he was the most volatile poster, i don't recall too many posts that were
grossly out of line. general dislike for him coupled with the threat seemed to be the cause, but if that was the case then it seems a little overreactive given languish's history. maybe he was a lot worse in tbr, though
The man had massive, drunken meltdowns twice a week for years. The fact he lasted as long as he did was that nobody took him very seriously shall we say and he had to really exert himself to be kicked out. Sure, with the passage of time his antics take on a tinge of nostalgia but if he's the same loser as he was he'll just go back to being the ragey bitch that he was in the end. :hmm:
Quote from: LaCroix on August 09, 2014, 03:19:39 PM
well, i know he tended to react with hostility, and he insulted posters. even if he was the most volatile poster, i don't recall too many posts that were grossly out of line. general dislike for him coupled with the threat seemed to be the cause, but if that was the case then it seems a little overreactive given languish's history. maybe he was a lot worse in tbr, though
I'm not sure what point you are trying to make. Are you arguing that all of the temp-bans and the permaban were an over-reaction, or just the temp-bans, or just the perma-ban?
I'm not sure that "I don't recall the behavior that got him banned so many times" constitutes very persuasive evidence for an argument that he was a victim of over-reaction.
Mind, I am not arguing against his reinstatement. I am just wondering what argument you are trying to make, because the apparent argument doesn't seem to make sense.
Quote from: grumbler on August 09, 2014, 04:00:50 PMI am just wondering what argument you are trying to make, because the apparent argument doesn't seem to make sense.
i was just curious as to why he was banned, if there was another reason other than what i saw of his posts + the threat. legbiter provided a persuasive perspective, though.
Quote from: LaCroix on August 09, 2014, 04:10:51 PM
Quote from: grumbler on August 09, 2014, 04:00:50 PMI am just wondering what argument you are trying to make, because the apparent argument doesn't seem to make sense.
i was just curious as to why he was banned, if there was another reason other than what i saw of his posts + the threat. legbiter provided a persuasive perspective, though.
It wasn't a threat, it was encouraging a poster to commit suicide.
Quote from: DGuller on August 09, 2014, 04:16:42 PM
Quote from: LaCroix on August 09, 2014, 04:10:51 PM
Quote from: grumbler on August 09, 2014, 04:00:50 PMI am just wondering what argument you are trying to make, because the apparent argument doesn't seem to make sense.
i was just curious as to why he was banned, if there was another reason other than what i saw of his posts + the threat. legbiter provided a persuasive perspective, though.
It wasn't a threat, it was encouraging a poster to commit suicide.
Hmm. that's rather despicable behavior, what you'd expect from a chicken-shit bully.
ah, i forgot about that. raz never took martinus seriously, though.
a threat v. encouraging someone to commit suicide. i'm not sure if one is worse than the other. :hmm:
Quote from: mongers on August 09, 2014, 04:21:41 PM
Quote from: DGuller on August 09, 2014, 04:16:42 PM
Quote from: LaCroix on August 09, 2014, 04:10:51 PM
Quote from: grumbler on August 09, 2014, 04:00:50 PMI am just wondering what argument you are trying to make, because the apparent argument doesn't seem to make sense.
i was just curious as to why he was banned, if there was another reason other than what i saw of his posts + the threat. legbiter provided a persuasive perspective, though.
It wasn't a threat, it was encouraging a poster to commit suicide.
Hmm. that's rather despicable behavior, what you'd expect from a chicken-shit bully.
He'd still not have gotten banned if it could have been shrugged away as drunkenness and had it not come at the end of a long, long, LONG psychodrama.
Hell, at this stage in the game Languish is nothing if not tolerant of it's members...quirks shall we say. :lol:
Quote from: DGuller on August 09, 2014, 04:16:42 PM
Quote from: LaCroix on August 09, 2014, 04:10:51 PM
Quote from: grumbler on August 09, 2014, 04:00:50 PMI am just wondering what argument you are trying to make, because the apparent argument doesn't seem to make sense.
i was just curious as to why he was banned, if there was another reason other than what i saw of his posts + the threat. legbiter provided a persuasive perspective, though.
It wasn't a threat, it was encouraging a poster to commit suicide.
http://languish.org/forums/index.php/topic,9933.0.html
Quote from: LaCroix on August 09, 2014, 04:10:51 PM
Quote from: grumbler on August 09, 2014, 04:00:50 PMI am just wondering what argument you are trying to make, because the apparent argument doesn't seem to make sense.
i was just curious as to why he was banned, if there was another reason other than what i saw of his posts + the threat. legbiter provided a persuasive perspective, though.
Okay. Looking back at the threads about it, there was more opposition to banning him than I remembered, so I understand your position better, now.
Quote from: mongers on August 09, 2014, 04:21:41 PM
Quote from: DGuller on August 09, 2014, 04:16:42 PM
Quote from: LaCroix on August 09, 2014, 04:10:51 PM
Quote from: grumbler on August 09, 2014, 04:00:50 PMI am just wondering what argument you are trying to make, because the apparent argument doesn't seem to make sense.
i was just curious as to why he was banned, if there was another reason other than what i saw of his posts + the threat. legbiter provided a persuasive perspective, though.
It wasn't a threat, it was encouraging a poster to commit suicide.
Hmm. that's rather despicable behavior, what you'd expect from a chicken-shit bully.
Lets not be so judgmental. Encouraging people to try new things is generally a good thing to do.
I admit that encouraging people to try suicide usually isn't seen positively. But maybe martinus was trying to be nice, and seeing how that is new to him, the results came out a bit awkwardly.
:lol:
Quote from: LaCroix on August 09, 2014, 02:58:05 PM
of course. wasn't the ban over a single private message? iirc, it contained a threat, but posters have threatened people on the open board before without repercussion.
Now I've wished all sorts of death on posters over the years: told Timmay to die out in traffic, among other methods; told Mono I can't wait untilwe glass him with US nuclear weapons in the Limited Nuclear Exchange of 2028; told derspiess not to fuck it up when he accidentally shoots himself in the head; and pretty much told all of you to disappear collectively in a Malaysian airliner.
But I always drew the line at suicide. That's just in bad taste. :mad:
edit: maybe I told Lettow to kill himself. I dunno, kid's hardheaded.
Hey, Lettow turned out better then any of us expected.
Fuck yeah.
He deserve, like everyone else, to be protected by free speech laws.
If Martinus is not free to hate, then I am not free to love.
I am sorry but freedom is not restricted to ideas or policies we happen to agree with.
Freedom cuts both ways.
Actually I would be in favor of curtailing Siege's freedom tonight till that half can of Miller lite wore off.
Come on, I am spelling almost right.
(Languish's self-correction word processor helps)
Quote from: Siege on August 09, 2014, 11:52:28 PM
Come on, I am spelling almost right.
(Languish's self-correction word processor helps)
I think that is your browser.
I say yes.
CdM used to give me the business back in the day (10 or so years ago) and nothing ever happened to him except high blood pressure. :blush:
Why not?
Quote from: Jaron on August 10, 2014, 04:24:45 AM
CdM used to give me the business back in the day (10 or so years ago) and nothing ever happened to him except high blood pressure. :blush:
He also lost his job. Directly related I'm sure.
Quote from: Razgovory on August 09, 2014, 04:31:13 PMhttp://languish.org/forums/index.php/topic,9933.0.html
Interestingly Neil perfectly captured my thoughts on Marti and Raz:
Quote from: Neil on June 04, 2013, 07:35:36 AM
Typical faggot nonsense. As silly as Raz can be, he's still better in every way than Martinus.
FWIW Marti coming back could thus be argued to be good for Raz, as he'll look better by comparison.
Is Marti willing to make some public/humiliating mea culpa as part of coming back? That's also a key consideration.
Don't worry. Plenty of people here make me look good.
What he did was well beyond the pale. Time doesnt change that. Voted no.
If he does come back, we have to get rid of this thread. The numbers of the poll would swell his head up faster than a shelf of Birkenstocks.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 10, 2014, 08:12:24 PM
If he does come back, we have to get rid of this thread. The numbers of the poll would swell his head up faster than a shelf of Birkenstocks.
There are more votes than languish members. I call shenanigans!
Martinus banned me many times and showed no magnanimity toward me when I was permanently banned.
However, I know the emotional anguish that comes from being uprooted from this online home, and can wish that upon no man. I think that we should pardon him, and hope that display of mercy will cause Martinus to reflect on the blackness of his own soul. :)
His return will contribute greatly toward the languish GDP, and will definitely help pull the per capita figure up.
I'll leave and drag the GDP back down. Just for you.
Quote from: Ed Anger on August 10, 2014, 09:59:03 PM
I'll leave and drag the GDP back down. Just for you.
That would be a disaster for me; I have been charting your bowel movement history on my bedroom wall for years. Could you at least post your shitting updates, or email them to me?
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 09, 2014, 04:54:36 PM
...
But I always drew the line at suicide. That's just in bad taste. :mad:
...
You told me to commit suicide remember? After I recently upbraided you, for your own good, about your excessive sentimentality...
Still I forgive you.
As for Martinus... Well I thought he had cured himself of his addiction for this place. It appears he has not. So why not?
G.
Quote from: Grallon on August 10, 2014, 10:04:48 PM
You told me to commit suicide remember? After I recently upbraided you, for your own good, about your excessive sentimentality...
Still I forgive you.
OK, so maybe I did.
Quote from: alfred russel on August 10, 2014, 10:01:55 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on August 10, 2014, 09:59:03 PM
I'll leave and drag the GDP back down. Just for you.
That would be a disaster for me; I have been charting your bowel movement history on my bedroom wall for years. Could you at least post your shitting updates, or email them to me?
4 today.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 10, 2014, 08:12:24 PM
If he does come back, we have to get rid of this thread. The numbers of the poll would swell his head up faster than a shelf of Birkenstocks.
Yeah, I know I right? :lol:
Quote from: Razgovory on August 10, 2014, 10:36:45 PM
Yeah, I know I right? :lol:
Now if there is one who should evacuate this place, nay this world - it is you. How dare you, you brainless mental defective, stand in judgement of your betters!? Martinus is worth a thousand of you. At least he contributes to society whereas you're but an amusement, a plaything for the likes of grumbler & co. You are nothing but an internet carnival dwarf!
G.
Well that escalated quickly
So now if we swap Grallon for Martinus, the universe remains in balance.
Quote from: HVC on August 10, 2014, 11:25:55 PM
Well that escalated quickly
I just can't get a break with loopy narcissist gays.
Voted no. I mostly lurk these days, but I can't say I've ever seen a thread and thought "Jeez, I wonder what Martinus thinks about that".
The main issue I have with Martinus is that he's not very bright, and thus, boring.
Quote from: Grallon on August 10, 2014, 11:20:00 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on August 10, 2014, 10:36:45 PM
Yeah, I know I right? :lol:
Now if there is one who should evacuate this place, nay this world - it is you. How dare you, you brainless mental defective, stand in judgement of your betters!? Martinus is worth a thousand of you. At least he contributes to society whereas you're but an amusement, a plaything for the likes of grumbler & co. You are nothing but an internet carnival dwarf!
G.
Well, at least he's not a pedophile.
Besides Internet carnival dwarf is an important position.
I guess Marty's back, cause he sent me very nice PM. :)
Quote from: Razgovory on August 10, 2014, 11:54:56 PM
Quote from: HVC on August 10, 2014, 11:25:55 PM
Well that escalated quickly
I just can't get a break with loopy narcissist gays.
You just lucky that way. :cheers:
You know the funny thing? The thing that we were arguing about that made him mad, he was ultimately right. There were protests over some park in Turkey, and a lot of people wanted to see Erdogan brought down. I didn't, he hadn't become a despot yet, and I didn't think replacing him with a dictatorship (which would have been the likely result in Turkey), was a good thing. Here we are a year later and Erdogan has doubled down and gone all Putin. So they are verging on dictatorship now if not already there now anyway. I saw Erdogan as a right winger in the vein of Geroge W. Bush rather then Putin.
Quote from: Razgovory on August 11, 2014, 05:56:05 AM
You know the funny thing? The thing that we were arguing about that made him mad, he was ultimately right. There were protests over some park in Turkey, and a lot of people wanted to see Erdogan brought down. I didn't, he hadn't become a despot yet, and I didn't think replacing him with a dictatorship (which would have been the likely result in Turkey), was a good thing. Here we are a year later and Erdogan has doubled down and gone all Putin. So they are verging on dictatorship now if not already there now anyway. I saw Erdogan as a right winger in the vein of Geroge W. Bush rather then Putin.
Heh. Everyone who knows the least bit of east euro/Asian politics saw that coming from a mile. You and a bunch of other idealists didn't. :P
My primary reasoning behind bringing Marti back is this forum is only a shell of its once vibrant self, I don't see a good reason to keep someone who wants to post away. Especially since they have been punished with a lengthy ban.
I want to hear what Marty has to say about the Ukrainian business personally.
Quote from: Valmy on August 11, 2014, 10:13:23 AM
I want to hear what Marty has to say about the Ukrainian business personally.
Putin has anti-gay laws. And Martinus is Polish. And living in Poland. I have a pretty good idea about his views on the issue. :)
He'll just want to decorate with expensive albeit minimalist furnishings.
Yeah sure. Would he even want to come back though?
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on August 11, 2014, 10:28:31 AM
Yeah sure. Would he even want to come back though?
Because we are so very charming.
He's got to be able to yell at somebody. Why do you think I still post here?
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 11, 2014, 12:28:09 PM
He's got to be able to yell at somebody. Why do you think I still post here?
To cheer on the Orioles with me?
No.
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on August 11, 2014, 10:28:31 AM
Yeah sure. Would he even want to come back though?
Because he misses us. :hug:
No. Way.
Doesn't it require unanimity of the Back-Room to reverse policy change? I veto his return, anyway.
Quote from: viper37 on August 11, 2014, 01:30:28 PM
No. Way.
Doesn't it require unanimity of the Back-Room to reverse policy change? I veto his return, anyway.
The main languish forum is not the backroom
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 11, 2014, 12:28:09 PM
He's got to be able to yell at somebody. Why do you think I still post here?
Ed's irregular reporting of the condition of his stool?
Mart has never made any problems for me. He likes me. :)
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on August 11, 2014, 01:57:03 PM
Everyone cheers for the Wolverines, one game a year.
And you don't think that that has led to... problems?
It didn't until recently. Damn Michigan State :(
I see no harm in it, at the rate things are going, Warsaw will be overrun soon by rampaging hordes of homophobic Russian conscripts, so he will only have a few weeks of posting.
Quote from: The Minsky Moment on August 11, 2014, 05:16:57 PM
I see no harm in it, at the rate things are going, Warsaw will be overrun soon by rampaging hordes of homophobic Russian conscripts, so he will only have a few weeks of posting business as usual.
FYPFY
Quote from: Monoriu on August 10, 2014, 09:54:18 PM
His return will contribute greatly toward the languish GDP, and will definitely help pull the per capita figure up.
Ypo are mistaken. Martinus only contributes to our debt,
However I support his returen brecause off freedom and shit.
Every body derserve a second chance.
Even Martinus.
Quote from: Siege on August 11, 2014, 09:30:38 PM
Quote from: Monoriu on August 10, 2014, 09:54:18 PM
His return will contribute greatly toward the languish GDP, and will definitely help pull the per capita figure up.
Ypo are mistaken. Martinus only contributes to our debt,
However I support his returen brecause off freedom and shit.
Every body derserve a second chance.
Even Martinus.
Hmm, Martinus is a rich lawyer who works for some kind of huge international firm, right? My impression is that he is easily one of the five richest posters on this board. I remember some sort of contest between BB and him about their pay, and I think Martinus won handily.
I think it was a contest with Alcibiades over net worth.
Alci subsists on the government's dime while investing pretty much his entire salary, while Marti is paid in Polish money, so I can see why it might have seemed competitive. He must be paid a lot of Polish money.
Quote from: Grinning_Colossus on August 11, 2014, 10:43:28 PM
Alci subsists on the government's dime while investing pretty much his entire salary, while Marti is paid in Polish money, so I can see why it might have seemed competitive. He must be paid a lot of Polish money.
But Martinus works for a big international law firm, right? He was briefly transferred to London or something, if I remember correctly. The point being, that he must be paid in a sum that is competitive internationally. Even if it is in Polish money, it must be a ton of Polish money that is still extremely attractive when converted to other currencies :mmm:
Silly Mono, the only people who talk about how much they are making aren't making that much.
Quote from: Monoriu on August 11, 2014, 10:50:00 PM
Quote from: Grinning_Colossus on August 11, 2014, 10:43:28 PM
Alci subsists on the government's dime while investing pretty much his entire salary, while Marti is paid in Polish money, so I can see why it might have seemed competitive. He must be paid a lot of Polish money.
But Martinus works for a big international law firm, right? He was briefly transferred to London or something, if I remember correctly. The point being, that he must be paid in a sum that is competitive internationally. Even if it is in Polish money, it must be a ton of Polish money that is still extremely attractive when converted to other currencies :mmm:
You should let him wash your feet.
Quote from: katmai on August 11, 2014, 11:00:23 PM
Silly Mono, the only people who talk about how much they are making aren't making that much.
And/or extremely vulgar.
Quote from: Razgovory on August 09, 2014, 02:06:40 AM
You know, I really should have access to the backroom.
No one asks for the backroom, the backroom asks for you.
Quote from: Grallon on August 10, 2014, 10:04:48 PM
Well I thought he had cured himself of his addiction for this place. It appears he has not. So why not?
You don't feed one's addiction, that's just bad taste.
Quote from: Monoriu on August 11, 2014, 09:48:08 PM
I remember some sort of contest between BB and him about their pay, and I think Martinus won handily.
BB is a civil servant, of course Marty wons. Most of us working full time probably make more than BB.
Quote from: Monoriu on August 11, 2014, 09:48:08 PM
Hmm, Martinus is a rich lawyer who works for some kind of huge international firm, right? My impression is that he is easily one of the five richest posters on this board. I remember some sort of contest between BB and him about their pay, and I think Martinus won handily.
Speaking of which, isn't it funny how the richest posters here also come off as some of the less bright ones? :hmm:
Quote from: DGuller on August 12, 2014, 01:11:06 AM
Quote from: Monoriu on August 11, 2014, 09:48:08 PM
Hmm, Martinus is a rich lawyer who works for some kind of huge international firm, right? My impression is that he is easily one of the five richest posters on this board. I remember some sort of contest between BB and him about their pay, and I think Martinus won handily.
Speaking of which, isn't it funny how the richest posters here also come off as some of the less bright ones? :hmm:
Crazy Canuck and Malthus seem pretty bright to me :huh:
Quote from: Monoriu on August 12, 2014, 01:23:49 AM
Quote from: DGuller on August 12, 2014, 01:11:06 AM
Quote from: Monoriu on August 11, 2014, 09:48:08 PM
Hmm, Martinus is a rich lawyer who works for some kind of huge international firm, right? My impression is that he is easily one of the five richest posters on this board. I remember some sort of contest between BB and him about their pay, and I think Martinus won handily.
Speaking of which, isn't it funny how the richest posters here also come off as some of the less bright ones? :hmm:
Crazy Canuck and Malthus seem pretty bright to me :huh:
And Minsky.
Minsky's bright enough not to have given us any real details on how rich he is. People just assume that he's rich because he knows about expensive wines. :hmm:
Minsky is one of the few you I don't have any idea on a real identity. All I know is he's a Jew who works in at a lawfirm in Manhattan near Grand Central. Maybe he works at Davis Polk. If that was true, he'd be quite wealthy indeed.
Quote from: DGuller on August 12, 2014, 01:11:06 AM
Quote from: Monoriu on August 11, 2014, 09:48:08 PM
Hmm, Martinus is a rich lawyer who works for some kind of huge international firm, right? My impression is that he is easily one of the five richest posters on this board. I remember some sort of contest between BB and him about their pay, and I think Martinus won handily.
Speaking of which, isn't it funny how the richest posters here also come off as some of the less bright ones? :hmm:
Anybody with any experience of the world would say no. No that is not funny. :p
Quote from: Monoriu on August 12, 2014, 01:23:49 AM
Quote from: DGuller on August 12, 2014, 01:11:06 AM
Quote from: Monoriu on August 11, 2014, 09:48:08 PM
Hmm, Martinus is a rich lawyer who works for some kind of huge international firm, right? My impression is that he is easily one of the five richest posters on this board. I remember some sort of contest between BB and him about their pay, and I think Martinus won handily.
Speaking of which, isn't it funny how the richest posters here also come off as some of the less bright ones? :hmm:
Crazy Canuck and Malthus seem pretty bright to me :huh:
:face:
Quote from: viper37 on August 11, 2014, 11:09:47 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on August 09, 2014, 02:06:40 AM
You know, I really should have access to the backroom.
No one asks for the backroom, the backroom asks for you.
I used to be in TBR but am not any more. I have no idea why, though not particualrly bothered.
Seems weird having a thread about Marty that wasn't started by him.
Quote from: Gups on August 12, 2014, 11:45:28 AM
I used to be in TBR but am not any more. I have no idea why, though not particualrly bothered.
Because we moved boards in 2009 and forgot to add you back I assume. Either that or you were caught up in one of PDH's hundred or so purges.
Quote from: Monoriu on August 11, 2014, 09:48:08 PM
Quote from: Siege on August 11, 2014, 09:30:38 PM
Quote from: Monoriu on August 10, 2014, 09:54:18 PM
His return will contribute greatly toward the languish GDP, and will definitely help pull the per capita figure up.
Ypo are mistaken. Martinus only contributes to our debt,
However I support his returen brecause off freedom and shit.
Every body derserve a second chance.
Even Martinus.
Hmm, Martinus is a rich lawyer who works for some kind of huge international firm, right? My impression is that he is easily one of the five richest posters on this board. I remember some sort of contest between BB and him about their pay, and I think Martinus won handily.
I'm pretty sure I wouldn't bother getting into a comparison between Marti and my own pay. I have enough of an idea what Magic Circle lawyers are paid. -_-
Though I can't complain - I do okay (and probably better than Viper thinks I do).
Viper does better than viper thinks he does.
What BB lacks in billable hours he makes up for with the Machiavellian satisfaction of putting the rabble in gaol. :cool:
So are you guys going to actually add him back, or just chatter about it indefinitely? :rolleyes:
Quote from: Gups on August 12, 2014, 11:45:28 AM
Seems weird having a thread about Marty that wasn't started by him.
Well thread was I presume inspired by a recent Marti thread in the ether, asking to be let back.
Quote from: merithyn on August 12, 2014, 12:59:52 PM
So are you guys going to actually add him back, or just chatter about it indefinitely? :rolleyes:
Yeah it seems like mob has clearly voted for his return.
Whatever, just please delete this thread if you add him back.
Quote from: merithyn on August 12, 2014, 12:59:52 PM
So are you guys going to actually add him back, or just chatter about it indefinitely? :rolleyes:
SO since I never commented on this before...
I am all in favour of Marti rehabilitating himself and coming back. I have however seen little to no evidence that he has rehabilitated himself. His sole comment was:
Quote from: MartinusI kinda miss Languish and you guys. Apologies to whomever I fucked over to get banned. Love. It won't happen again - I'm mellowed out now.
Quote from: merithyn on August 12, 2014, 12:59:52 PM
So are you guys going to actually add him back, or just chatter about it indefinitely? :rolleyes:
Well it would be consistent with his spirit to dramatically and hysterically talking about it indefinitely.
Quote from: Barrister on August 12, 2014, 01:08:16 PM
Quote from: merithyn on August 12, 2014, 12:59:52 PM
So are you guys going to actually add him back, or just chatter about it indefinitely? :rolleyes:
SO since I never commented on this before...
I am all in favour of Marti rehabilitating himself and coming back. I have however seen little to no evidence that he has rehabilitated himself. His sole comment was:
Quote from: MartinusI kinda miss Languish and you guys. Apologies to whomever I fucked over to get banned. Love. It won't happen again - I'm mellowed out now.
Well maybe he has mellowed in the intervening period.
Quote from: derspiess on August 12, 2014, 01:06:19 PM
Whatever, just please delete this thread if you add him back.
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To late. He can read it as a guest. And he already has. :lol:
I've kissed his ass in this thread. :smarty:
Quote from: garbon on August 12, 2014, 01:13:56 PM
Quote from: Barrister on August 12, 2014, 01:08:16 PM
Quote from: merithyn on August 12, 2014, 12:59:52 PM
So are you guys going to actually add him back, or just chatter about it indefinitely? :rolleyes:
SO since I never commented on this before...
I am all in favour of Marti rehabilitating himself and coming back. I have however seen little to no evidence that he has rehabilitated himself. His sole comment was:
Quote from: MartinusI kinda miss Languish and you guys. Apologies to whomever I fucked over to get banned. Love. It won't happen again - I'm mellowed out now.
Well maybe he has mellowed in the intervening period.
Well he posted that just a couple days ago. :lol:
Marti PM'd me and said he already apologized specifically to Raz via PM.
Good enough for me. Let him back in.
Quote from: Barrister on August 12, 2014, 01:38:07 PM
Quote from: garbon on August 12, 2014, 01:13:56 PM
Quote from: Barrister on August 12, 2014, 01:08:16 PM
Quote from: merithyn on August 12, 2014, 12:59:52 PM
So are you guys going to actually add him back, or just chatter about it indefinitely? :rolleyes:
SO since I never commented on this before...
I am all in favour of Marti rehabilitating himself and coming back. I have however seen little to no evidence that he has rehabilitated himself. His sole comment was:
Quote from: MartinusI kinda miss Languish and you guys. Apologies to whomever I fucked over to get banned. Love. It won't happen again - I'm mellowed out now.
Well maybe he has mellowed in the intervening period.
Well he posted that just a couple days ago. :lol:
And that's a pretty mellow post for him. :contract:
Let the Pole be free!! :swiss:
Quote from: The Brain on August 12, 2014, 01:21:13 PM
I've kissed his ass in this thread. :smarty:
I've praised his economic success and defended his financial prowness :showoff:
So now that the people have spoken, can we get over this and allow some of us to ignore him when he 'returns'
Quote from: Barrister on August 12, 2014, 11:52:35 AM
Though I can't complain - I do okay (and probably better than Viper thinks I do).
Well, I should have added a smiley, I wasn't serious. It's just that government jobs don't usually recruit people for the high paychek.
Anyway, I don't care what people make, it's of no interests to me.
Quote from: mongers on August 12, 2014, 04:22:41 PM
So now that the people have spoken, can we get over this and allow some of us to ignore him when he 'returns'
No shit. Quit talking about it already and do it.
Neil has become too snotty to hang with us anymore and Katmai is not following through...much like his promises to visit me in Texas.
Dude's busy shooting moose porn. Cut him some slack. :(
It's an important part of conservation.
Quote from: 11B4V on August 12, 2014, 04:32:03 PM
Quote from: mongers on August 12, 2014, 04:22:41 PM
So now that the people have spoken, can we get over this and allow some of us to ignore him when he 'returns'
No shit. Quit talking about it already and do it.
Don't look at me. The mod powers on this board are about as effective as a London cop's continuum of force. Tell the Albertan douchebag to do something about it. No, the other one.
Quote from: Valmy on August 12, 2014, 05:32:19 PM
Neil has become too snotty to hang with us anymore and Katmai is not following through...much like his promises to visit me in Texas.
Like seedy said, we as mods can't do shit but bug Moldy von stinkerbutt and Neil.
Quote from: katmai on August 12, 2014, 08:57:13 PM
Quote from: Valmy on August 12, 2014, 05:32:19 PM
Neil has become too snotty to hang with us anymore and Katmai is not following through...much like his promises to visit me in Texas.
Like seedy said, we as mods can't do shit but bug Moldy von stinkerbutt and Neil.
Yeah, this needs to be supported out pronto, might I suggest 'we' make Marti an Admin on his return. :cool:
I don't understand the sudden urgency. It has waited this long, it can wait a while longer.
Quote from: mongers on August 12, 2014, 09:02:08 PM
Yeah, this needs to be supported out pronto, might I suggest 'we' make Marti an Admin on his return. :cool:
I vote no fucking way. :lol:
Quote from: grumbler on August 12, 2014, 09:17:40 PM
I don't understand the sudden urgency. It has waited this long, it can wait a while longer.
Time to rip the band aid off and hope the wound has healed.
If we're rehabilitating Mart and letting him back in from Siberia should we not at least force him to recant a previously firmly-held belief? Say, his gayfulness or antipathy towards Catholicism. Something that'll be costly to signal and shows his strong intent to rejoin the tribe. :hmm:
What would Beria do?
Didn't he sort of rejoin the whole Catholic club when they got a 'cool' pope?
Quote from: Legbiter on August 13, 2014, 08:16:38 AM
What would Beria do?
Have him confess his crime, denounce his comrades and then shoot him.
We should push to get him a fellowship at the University of Wyoming. YEAH I WENT THERE
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 13, 2014, 09:14:01 AM
We should push to get him a fellowship at the University of Wyoming. YEAH I WENT THERE
I will get started on my new play: The Martinus Project.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 13, 2014, 09:14:01 AM
We should push to get him a fellowship at the University of Wyoming. YEAH I WENT THERE
at least its law school looks amazing! :)
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 13, 2014, 09:14:01 AM
We should push to get him a fellowship at the University of Wyoming. YEAH I WENT THERE
It took me a bit to make the connection. I was like...so he'll hang out with PDH?
Well played for out-gaying me. :thumbsup:
Quote from: Liep on August 13, 2014, 08:32:50 AM
Didn't he sort of rejoin the whole Catholic club when they got a 'cool' pope?
He made some vaguely conciliatory statements, but I'm sure his anti-church rage came back.
Or... maybe he's accepted a position at the Vatican, who knows.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/17/pope-francis-kisses-feet-women-muslim-maudy-thursday
Quote from: derspiess on August 13, 2014, 10:19:02 AM
Quote from: Liep on August 13, 2014, 08:32:50 AM
Didn't he sort of rejoin the whole Catholic club when they got a 'cool' pope?
He made some vaguely conciliatory statements, but I'm sure his anti-church rage came back.
Or... maybe he's accepted a position at the Vatican, who knows.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/17/pope-francis-kisses-feet-women-muslim-maudy-thursday
Man, I may need to reconsider religion if kissing women's feet is a pious thing to do now.
You have to become Pope first. That is a pretty big commitment to religion :P
Quote from: Valmy on August 13, 2014, 11:13:49 AM
You have to become Pope first. That is a pretty big commitment to religion :P
Didn't used to be.
Quote from: Valmy on August 13, 2014, 09:16:55 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 13, 2014, 09:14:01 AM
We should push to get him a fellowship at the University of Wyoming. YEAH I WENT THERE
I will get started on my new play: The Martinus Project.
:D
Can I change my vote?
Welcome back Martinus!
Eh, what about Guller?
His life is moving to the rhythm of the beet.
Tanas, why do you hate beats? They are delicious. :mmm:
Plus the effect on your Ed Anger movements never ceases to make my inner child giggle. :)
Marty is back! Proof that relentless stalking works.
Welcome back Marty :hug:
Quote from: derspiess on August 13, 2014, 12:39:19 PM
Quote from: Valmy on August 13, 2014, 11:13:49 AM
You have to become Pope first. That is a pretty big commitment to religion :P
Didn't used to be.
Belated: :lol:
Hey Mart, I'm glad you are back. :)
Quote from: Razgovory on August 12, 2014, 02:33:04 AM
Minsky is one of the few you I don't have any idea on a real identity. All I know is he's a Jew who works in at a lawfirm in Manhattan near Grand Central. Maybe he works at Davis Polk. If that was true, he'd be quite wealthy indeed.
And he hates Israel, jewish minorities, free market economy, and the tea party.
So, 62 in favor for Martys return?
No bad for a general election.
Quote from: Siege on August 19, 2014, 10:55:19 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on August 12, 2014, 02:33:04 AM
Minsky is one of the few you I don't have any idea on a real identity. All I know is he's a Jew who works in at a lawfirm in Manhattan near Grand Central. Maybe he works at Davis Polk. If that was true, he'd be quite wealthy indeed.
And he hates Israel, jewish minorities, free market economy, and the tea party.
Isn't it a bit early to be drinking?
Quote from: Siege on August 19, 2014, 10:58:20 AM
So, 62 in favor for Martys return?
No bad for a general election.
He's cannier than Saddam when it comes to rigging elections. :ph34r:
Quote from: Siege on August 19, 2014, 10:55:19 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on August 12, 2014, 02:33:04 AM
Minsky is one of the few you I don't have any idea on a real identity. All I know is he's a Jew who works in at a lawfirm in Manhattan near Grand Central. Maybe he works at Davis Polk. If that was true, he'd be quite wealthy indeed.
And he hates Israel, jewish minorities, free market economy, and the tea party.
I'd hazard only one* of those is right.
* I don't think it's the Jew stuff. :P
Quote from: Siege on August 19, 2014, 10:58:20 AM
So, 62 in favor for Martys return?
No bad for a general election.
It's more than that. Jaron was going to transfer his votes to me. :ph34r:
Quote from: Martinus on August 19, 2014, 11:43:49 AM
Quote from: Siege on August 19, 2014, 10:58:20 AM
So, 62 in favor for Martys return?
No bad for a general election.
It's more than that. Jaron was going to transfer his votes to me. :ph34r:
So he led you to believe. He burned me once on a promise like that. :(
Quote from: Siege on August 19, 2014, 10:55:19 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on August 12, 2014, 02:33:04 AM
Minsky is one of the few you I don't have any idea on a real identity. All I know is he's a Jew who works in at a lawfirm in Manhattan near Grand Central. Maybe he works at Davis Polk. If that was true, he'd be quite wealthy indeed.
And he hates Israel, jewish minorities, free market economy, and the tea party.
You got me totally wrong. I think it's cool that you're a Karaite.
Not my fault you're so defensive about it.
Fucking Karaites cost me so much money in CK2.
Unleash Saadia Gaon on them.
This thread, not as over as the ice bucket one should be.
Quote from: mongers on August 23, 2014, 03:40:19 PM
This thread, not as over as the ice bucket one should be.
Thanks to this thread, I remember how rich Martinus really is :secret:
Gotta say it is funny to see that, after my break, some posters did not change at all.
Tim still mass-posts news with pithy comments that are meant to sound deep but fail.
Dontsaybanana still makes every post about himself.
grumbler still has an enviable understanding of meaning of individual words while almost entirelu failing to understand the meaning of sentences and overall context.
:D
Do me! Do me! :w00t:
Me, me, me!
Brain - still Swedish
Guller - still Russian
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on August 26, 2014, 12:51:37 PM
Brain - still Swedish
Guller - still Russian
Restage the Battle of Poltava!
Only, with Mr. Hands leading the Swedish Cavalry. :P
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on August 26, 2014, 12:51:37 PM
Brain - still Swedish
Guller - still Russian
Where's he rushin'?
Probably BK.