I know it does, and that's exactly why I don't go anywhere near it as a normal poster........ever.
P&N has its own specific set of rules/tolerances. I'm fine with compartmentalizing.
I know it does, and that's exactly why I don't go anywhere near it as a normal poster........ever.
"as a normal poster".... A ha! So you're posting under an alt.
I used to get along well with Kyle in the early days, though can’t recall my user name.Correction: Hardforum was NEVER a friendly forum ... at least not their imperious leader!!!
Yeah, I hate arguing logic with these people. Typical brain dead conservatives. That isn't to say there aren't those on the other side but I think the problem is mainly on the right.The H is also extremely conservative. The majority seem to have Democrats and are total Trumpets.
Edit: "have" should have been "hate"....
Yeah, I hate arguing logic with these people. Typical brain dead conservatives. That isn't to say there aren't those on the other side but I think the problem is mainly on the right.
They act as 50% of the US are SJWs and everything is a left wing conspiracy. They are obsessed with "owning liberals." What they call liberals don't even exist in great numbers.
I am non partisan, critical of every politician and think with my head. But if I say anything that questions their dear leader. Well, obviously I am a dirty liberal.
I've come to realize this recently. The one question you can ask someone to assess their intelligence is, "what are your political beliefs?"
Believe me. I've voted for both parties. I didn't vote in the last election because I thought both the presidential candidates were terrible.Your post basically says "I am partisan, but I am non partisan".
I posted this to see if was worth anything... Meaning is it a good PC. He sent it to me stating that I was selling it and I wasn't allowed to post anything forsale.
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Thanks for the update. I've spent all these years wondering how you felt about it.Was a member for 8 years and then boom banned overnight without cause. I came to AT forums back in 2006 but mostly just lurked, happy to be here full time now
PS: I suspect the cause was my political views, I am an ex-R turned fervent Dem now. I like how AT has a section I can voice my views on without being muzzled, kudos.
Harsh ...Thanks for the update. I've spent all these years wondering how you felt about it.
Allow me to introduce you to oldsmoboat...Harsh ...
Lol no worries. I think my first post here was back when I was a teenage college student and my car had been broken into/gotten a ticket coz of it the same day: got some good tough advice that day. Looking back 15 years later, it was so insignificant in the grand scheme of things....
Anyone remember that old article Anand posted where he got called Osama at a party...was pretty moving. Good old days when most of these sites had a pulse and now we get youtube teens just pushing corporate marketing BS so they can get some free HW.
20+ years on the forums, and till this day I still haven't seen one person say "Yeah, I earned that ban". It's always "they didn't like me", or "they didn't like my views".I didn't have any problems on Hardforum, but I didn't post there often. I exchanged a few emails with Kyle in the early days about testing methods, seemed like a nice guy - but apparently if you pissed him off that was it.
20+ years on the forums, and till this day I still haven't seen one person say "Yeah, I earned that ban". It's always "they didn't like me", or "they didn't like my views".
It's kind of like Morgan Freeman said in 'The Shawshank Redemption', "You're going to fit right in. Everyone in here is innocent".
I wasn't referring to you specifically. It was directed more at the user who bumped this old thread.I dared to make a slightly negative comment about the Vegas-strip of blinking and flashing banner-ads on the main site which at that point were difficult to avoid ... I was summarily banned along with a bunch of other folks in the same thread without so much as a warning!
Never claimed to be innocent!
I wasn't referring to you specifically. It was directed more at the user who bumped this old thread.
And when you commented, I just thought "You know, you just never see anyone post here "Yeah, I earned that ban".
I never really ever went the Hardforums because they had that black page, white text thing, and it made my pupils burn whenever I went back to a normal page after viewing their site. Kyle could have been a huge jerk, I just never saw anything he did.
I wonder how he's doing now-a-days.His name is Kyle Bennett and yes, he is a thunderous douchebag.
I do still sell my used PC hardware there.