I am surprised that this spam fest....I mean cogratuatory thread for Jaeger115 has made it this far. So, I for one, would like to add my spa....I mean congrats.
They say, "the tree of liberty must be watered with the blood of tyrants and patriots." I suppose it never occurred to them that they are the tyrants, not the patriots. Those weapons are not being used to fight some kind of tyranny; they are bringing them to an event where people are getting together to talk. -Mike Wong
But as far as board culture in general, I do think that young male overaggression is a contributing factor to the general atmosphere of hostility. It's not SOS and the Mess throwing hand grenades all over the forum- Red
Why are contragulatory threads tolerated even though they are technically spamming?
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Dunno, but its made to further boost the thread makers post count and people who congratulate him which is never a bad thing
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