RIP Augie’s personal politics thread, we hardly knew ye.
Either Mat's giving him a whole Politics forum now or April Fools, and I have no idea which is more likely.
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Originally Posted by augie_
i don't want my thread bothering any of the other fine moderators or posters.
but i would like to keep it going. this thread is a hot tamale. 12k views in the first week? mama mia! my political views are clearly in high demand.
i don't remember the mod playground, but that sounds like my kind of place (especially if only mods are allowed to post and it's also public).
but, a more brilliant idea...
how about a sponsored forum?
preferably, a sub-forum under Politics. (the same way Game of Thrones and OOTV are under OOT). "Augie's Banned Political Opinions"
please PM me the monthly and yearly price. i would also respectfully like to ask for the employee discount. i would love to support 2+2, my favorite internet forum, with some of my hard earned money!
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Originally Posted by Mat Sklansky
the thread would have never been created if augie had far left views: see his 1st post
and you're wrong in general. i was convinced by others that a politics thread in our las vegas lifestyle forum was inappropriate. now augie has his own goddamned forum which undoubtedly will be my future headache and will be closed.
Mod playground is a forum Mat gives to a mod who wants to explore a topic of particular interest to them. For example, previously there was a Food and Drink playground and and diebitter's Advice and Avatars playground. Participation is not limited to mods and all are welcome.
These stunts you're pulling are cute and all, but if you keep ****ing with what Mat's trying to do, all it's going to do is piss off TPTB and maybe get ALL politics discussion on the site shut down. Personally I'm at the point where I'd like to see that happen, so please, carry on.
These stunts you're pulling are cute and all, but if you keep ****ing with what Mat's trying to do, all it's going to do is piss off TPTB and maybe get ALL politics discussion on the site shut down. Personally I'm at the point where I'd like to see that happen, so please, carry on.
tptb are already permanent-angerbears, lol at blaming tom.
Nah my read on Mat is a decent guy put in impossible situations from below and (mostly) above. Who has (quite understandably) checked out. I think any drunkenness is a completely natural reaction.