• Visitors can check out the Forum FAQ by clicking this link. You have to register before you can post: click the REGISTER link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. View our Forum Privacy Policy.
  • Want to receive the latest contracting news and advice straight to your inbox? Sign up to the ContractorUK newsletter here. Every sign up will also be entered into a draw to WIN £100 Amazon vouchers!

Is this forum too hard on newcomers?

Collapse
X
  •  
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

    #21
    Originally posted by proggy View Post
    out wit
    Proggy - our twit

    Comment


      #22
      Originally posted by proggy View Post
      General is good for a bit of banter, however there is a clique that hunts in a pack, let's call them the tea-bagger party. Obvious pattern is when you out wit one of them (not that difficult) suddenly the usual suspects spray the thread with Ad hominem attacks and you get a nice Smörgåsbord of neg reps.
      Such a wit. Well, half, anyway.
      Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!

      Comment


        #23
        Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
        Such a wit. Well, half, anyway.
        Generous.
        And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014

        Comment


          #24
          Is it too late to change my vote

          http://forums.contractoruk.com/gener...-articles.html
          Originally posted by Stevie Wonder Boy
          I can't see any way to do it can you please advise?

          I want my account deleted and all of my information removed, I want to invoke my right to be forgotten.

          Comment


            #25
            Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
            Such a wit. Well, half, anyway.
            I thought Mods was supposed to be neutral, or was that neutered?
            Originally posted by Stevie Wonder Boy
            I can't see any way to do it can you please advise?

            I want my account deleted and all of my information removed, I want to invoke my right to be forgotten.

            Comment


              #26
              Originally posted by SimonMac View Post
              I thought Mods was supposed to be neutral, or was that neutered?
              Ferret and Scotspine were.

              We all know what this lot are like.

              Best Forum Advisor 2014
              Work in the public sector? You can read my FAQ here
              Click here to get 15% off your first year's IPSE membership

              Comment


                #27
                Originally posted by SimonMac View Post
                I thought Mods was supposed to be neutral...
                It's purely objective opinion.
                Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!

                Comment


                  #28
                  Originally posted by proggy View Post
                  General is good for a bit of banter, however there is a clique that hunts in a pack, let's call them the tea-bagger party. Obvious pattern is when you out wit one of them (not that difficult) suddenly the usual suspects spray the thread with Ad hominem attacks and you get a nice Smörgåsbord of neg reps.
                  Yes, it's certainly tough love, isn't it?
                  I couldn't give two fornicators! Yes, really!

                  Comment


                    #29
                    Originally posted by proggy View Post
                    General is good for a bit of banter, however there is a clique that hunts in a pack, let's call them the tea-bagger party. Obvious pattern is when you out wit one of them (not that difficult) suddenly the usual suspects spray the thread with Ad hominem attacks and you get a nice Smörgåsbord of neg reps.
                    Surely you can contextualise this via a postmodernist deconstruction of interpersonal relationships in an age of virtual anonymity. Or did they not even teach you how to do that on your media studies course?
                    While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'

                    Comment


                      #30
                      nevermind
                      Last edited by proggy; 24 May 2013, 12:31.

                      Comment

                      Working...
                      X