Vent Vault

Discussion in 'Smokers Lounge' started by george roberts, Jun 22, 2006.

  1. george roberts

    george roberts SocialistRepublkOfGrowknd

    I was thinkin that we could use a section to vent our frustrations. It works like this........Say you want to complain about shitty drivers where you live. Or you want to get something off your chest about what ever. Or your sick of dealing with tweakers or you hate someone at your job. Whatever it is, you write your rant in the Vent Vault. That way those of us who don't like to read vents can avoid it. Keeps the bullshit in one place. And it is easy enough to avoid.

    At my main board (Not MJRelated) we were gettin alot of people writing about their shitty jobs and the shitty drivers and the tweakers they encountered in Kanab Utah while on vacation. Lots and lots of threads so the Mods did whatever it is they do and created a section called Vent Vault. Now if you don't want to read about somebodies problems you can avoid it. Personally i swing by about once a week and browse the Vent Vault. There are some briliant ranters on that site and you can certainly get some good lines to use. Not to mention the laughter that can be induced.

    We could also include in the section, if it is desired, the Mods OK to rip people apart. That way it can be avoided by those who want to aviod it.
    Just think where a mod can call out some punk or I can call out some punk and compose a nice piece of literature for all to read. Just think Aggs culd mod it.

    Anyways just an Idea. A way to reduce the rants and ravings about whoever And or whatever to one place that can be avoided or not easily.

    Face it we have alot of Drama on this board and we culd use a place to keep it concentrated.:)
     
  2. ShortySmoker

    ShortySmoker Banned

    It's a good idea....but there will still be people that will go there to rant, then get pissed and start to moan groan and bitch about the replies that they get. There will still be conflict no matter what's done or not done
     
  3. chopstick

    chopstick Chilled out

    True dat...it's a good idea in principal, I've heard it suggested several times over the years.


    As far as I can remember, it's never been actually realized. I think everyone knows that you could never contain all the bitchin and finger pointing on just one forum.


    It's like an infectious desease, before you even know what's going on everyone's comming down with it. Such is life ;)
     
  4. george roberts

    george roberts SocialistRepublkOfGrowknd

    This is where I am supposed to rip the mods butt I won't. It can be realized and it would work. The problem is US. We are the board. Frankly if I never see another thread entitled "whats your favorite stuffed animal" I'll be OK. Shit like that just doesn't belong on a grow site. The reason is it is juvenille(sp) and juveniles are not welcome here. Frankly when a board is populated by 20 somethings your going to have alot of bullshit topics butt when you have a large percentage of your posters under 20 then the bullshit goes up even more. And add in the tender feelings of most pot heads then that factor is even bigger. It would be easy enough to restrict the topics in the smokers lounge to civil topics. Seems we have enough mods(or we did before HS and SFC)


    Another thing to consider is the other site I'm talking about is run by enthusiasts for enthusiasts. The owner cares about US on the site and takes the steps to insure that the mods do their job so he can do his. Of course the site is by invitation only and there are rules that you shuld read because if you don't you'll be nuked. GK is not run by the owner in the sense of day to day operations butt has someone look over it for Him. At least this is my understanding. Maybe the Owner doesn't care enough to even putt in more of his money and effort and if he felt that way I wouldn't blame him. This site is only a shell of its former glory and IMO the lack of Modding is the reason we have mass exodussess from time to time. And it is the reason we get such great topics as discussed above. That shit should be nuked on site IMO.


    The above is my opinion and if you don't like it then............... :D
     
  5. wawona

    wawona The Trichome Connoisseur

    you are gonna rip the mods apart for what george? coming in here every day and putting up with bullshit posts and members that won't be happy no matter what we do? for free. is that what you are gonna rip us for? Or is it because we don't run thing exactly like every other site you visit? tell me why you, george roberts, is gonna rip the mods? i'd love to hear it.


    very good points chop and shorty. this is growkind with it's relationships built over 10 years. people here are not gonna keep their trolling in one place. you all know that. if you don't you should. once 2 people got at each other's throats they would be dragging it all over the forums. If you all cannot handle posting/reading threads in the lounge then I don't know what to tell you.


    i don't see any need in ripping anyone apart for anything george roberts. I have been here for over 2 years and have never found the need to rip anyone. if i don't like it, i don't respond.


    there are plenty of forums out there for people that simply just wanna "rip people apart" on the internet.


    you say that posts about stuffed animals don't belong on a grow site, but you want an open forum where people can bitch all they want about things like work or computer drivers? how is that any more grow related than stuffed animlas? all we need around here is an open ripping forum. yeah, that makes a lot of sense.


    sorry i sound a bit blunt, but i don't care for the way you have chosen to handle you words at this point in time.


    this is where i am supposed to rip a member apart, but i won't???!?!?!? LMFAO!!!


    i am glad your other internet worlds are perfect george, but this is growkind and it is the way it is.
     
  6. geheim

    geheim Excommunicated

    Join Date: Oct 2004


    Location: wildwildwest


    Posts: 555


    Me and Fast got the gats; we're out to rob a bank.


    We got Steve outside and he's carrying


    a full pack.


    Now everything's cool and everthing's smooth.


    I walked up to the teller, I gave her the letter


    She gave me the loot with puckered up lips


    and a wink that I found cute, and I said,


    "baby, baby, baby"


    (Is this some Kharmic-Chi love thing happening here baby or what.)


    By that time Fast tapped me from behind


    he said it was time to blow, ya know. So out the door we go.


    Back to the ride with Steve inside and alive; off we drive


    I hurt my lower lumbar, you know we'll


    never get far, riding around in a stolen


    police car, so we dropped it off and


    piled in a Caddy; Steve was driving


    because I had to talk to my man about something.


    Running around robbing banks


    all wacked off of Scooby Snacks!


    I don't give a fuck about the hell's


    gate, ain't punkin' the crowd and I'm still


    standing up staight.


    So, we pull these jobs to make a little money;


    no one gets hurt if they don't act funny.


    On the way to the yacht, we almost got caught,


    fast is shooting mailboxes, not knowing


    where the cop is.


    They're at the Dunkin Donuts, adjacent from


    the Froman's whose mailbox had just


    exploded. They gave chase, but our man


    Steve is an ace; we lost those brothers


    with haste. We cast off and along we went


    off Bermuda to an island resort we rent.
     
  7. SFC

    SFC Latae Sententiae Excommunication

    There is still plenty of Moderation here at Gk. It is at th emoderators discretion as to what contstitutes trouble. If they feel it is going somewhere they may leave it, if not delete it. That is the way it has been for some time now, and it has been relatively peaceful, other than a few brush fires. ;)


    The previous generation of mods were way to liberal with what they let fly, When Wa,Jp,and myself stepped up to the plate that all changed,and has basicly stayed that way for more than a year now. If any of you can remember back to when Bradley smith/Prince of pot, Lemon pie,and some of the other nutcases were her causing trouble on a daily basis you would realise things are different now.


    Also there are alot of decisions/discussions amongst the mods that go on behind closed doors. Unfourtunately that changed between two of us recently, but life goes on.
     
  8. Mermaid

    Mermaid ~Sea Of Green~

    George.....I think it sounds pretty cool and maybe worth a try. :) Ripping the mods up will not get you anywhere ....tho I do not think it was meant the way you delivered it. ;) I do not think it is a bad idea at all.....maybe it could work?? Who really knows unless you test it?


    SFC...I agree that for a period of time things were running smooth until the breakdown between the mods....not to mention when JP also stepped down which IMO was a loss. Maybe you all need to bring him back into the mix again. You guys had a good thing going! :) Maybe GK can get back to that, with some healing behind the admin doors...who knows? All I know it is like parents...you have to stick together when your in front of the children yanno? If your gonna disagree, bicker and fight....keep it BEHIND the doors where it belongs. Before all that...yah things were pretty nice around here. The Mod Squad was a good thing.


    WA & Snick~ great job.....hang in there till you get some backup gentlemen. :)


    Peace~JG
     
  9. SFC

    SFC Latae Sententiae Excommunication

    You are absolutely right JG. I agree 100% :D
     
  10. skunky

    skunky labor smoke'n lumberjack

    all i know is you really don't want me, wa, SFC, AGG and a few others on here just ranting about shit that pisses us off it might kill your buzz! Cause trust me we will all probably agree there are a lot of stupid people in this world, and don't even get me started on the drivers in my area its pitiful, we even have minimum speed limits! Like where i'm from, Dallas, its balls to the wall weaving traffic and shit while doing ATLEAST 80MPH, here speed limits 60 instead of 65 but has a minimum speed of 40 on the freaking highway! So you will have old people posted up in the right lanes doing like 40-45 and everyone else does like 50-55 every noone and then there will be someone doing atleast the speed limit, it's horriable i hate it and i bet i scare the piss out of people when i come flying past them doing 50 and i'm just doing like 70-75, shit the other day i beat i really flipped a few peoples wigs a buddy of mine drove up on his ZX7R ninja and i took it for a ride down the loop passing cars doing about 80 just cruising then got out in the open and cranked it stood it up for a second eased it back down took it up to 165 on the speedo before i let off you know all the cars behind me where like crazy bastard!
     
  11. snickelfritz

    snickelfritz Weed College Hall Monitor

    Scary... We think alike.


    LoL... It is funny, George Roberts. I had made almost the same exact suggestion last night in the admin section, to see what the other mods thought of the idea...


    Then, I go to check out the forums & what do I see... but this thread. ;)


    I think it would be nice to have a place to just vent out our daily frusrations & shit, or even have a "friendly" place to troll each other (in good fun) without detracting from the rest of the site. As long as the members understand that the rest of the site would be dedicated to growing the green, and freely giving growing advice to those who need it without any flaming or other bullshit.


    I doubt it will ever happen though.
     
  12. snickelfritz

    snickelfritz Weed College Hall Monitor

    Thanks JG!


    Wa & I ain't alone darlin'... We do have some help in here.



    Don't forget about Indigo & Mr. Douglas... They are part of the working class in here too.
    ;)
     
  13. george roberts

    george roberts SocialistRepublkOfGrowknd

    Wawona, I appreciate your frankness. If you want to rip me go ahead. :D


    You want to know what I'd rip the Mods for? Ok I'll tell you. Instead of being pro active the mods hang out in the bushes and wait until the problem is way bigger then it needs to be. Why not step in and mod earlier? I understand that people bitch when you lock a thread or nuke one, butt your the mod so fuck em. you do what is best for the whole Group. which includes keeping topics on topic, nuking shitty threads, and banning members when it is needed, Ect....... What I think needs to be understood by members is that the site is Privatly run thus freedom of speech is up to who runs the site.


    Ripping people can and is warranted on occasions. Despite your claims of not ripping people you certainly ripped me a new one...... :D


    Look Wawona I'm trying to help here. Suggestions for a better site. And that's all they are, suggestions and opinon.


    If you think that threads about stuffed animals are Ok more power to you. I happen to disagree. And coincedentaly(sp) I can't do anything about it except talk. You on the other hand........... :)


    So wawona what say you?
     
  14. wawona

    wawona The Trichome Connoisseur

    what do i say? i say, maybe you can have my spot in the mod squad 'cause i am done with it. maybe you can do a better job because i am tired.
     
  15. chopstick

    chopstick Chilled out

    Is it me or does it seem like recently everyone is having a melt down?


    Wawona being a Mod is not an easy thing, Mods have always had my utmost respect! A few years back someone suggested I do a shift, I wasn't interested for many reasons, not least the fact you're constantly in the line of fire everywhere you turn, but just the time required to do a decent job of it. I for one could never do the job justice, hence my respect for those who can. :cool:


    I hate to see Mods pack it in in the heat of the moment or when it gets a bit much. Being kicked off the post is another thing entirely. I like to see good Mods hold their ground and hopefully with the help of other members, resolve whatever the fuckin problem is. I think the site would go to hell if instead of fixing what's potentially wrong everyone packed it in and left it up to the next admistration to deal with.


    Anywayz that's just my take on it, in no way am I sickin it to you, I obviously have no idea what's propted you in the first place ;)
     
  16. CanadianDAN

    CanadianDAN Summer Greenthumb

    LOL i used to listen to that one alot when i was younger. Good tune. The video is classic too...LOL
     

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