It is just so hard not to see myself in here, blankie.

For the record, I was appalled that dag took after chic for calling me a *****. I mean, good lord, there is so much worse stuff on the sift.

I immediately wrote dag privately and told him that I was taking care of it, that chic was mad at me for a reason, and that I would stop engaging with him entirely, that I would take care to keep our feud out of the comment stream.

By then it was too late -- dag had laid down some specific rules and chic ignored them, and he got himself banned.

I have never understood the whole banning thing here. But then, this is the first time I have gotten involved in an online community, so maybe that is naive of me. What would this place be like without the threat of banning?

I like your idea of due process. I also think that the "target" should be consulted before a banning happens. I don't like Chic (one of the reasons he doesn't like me, understandably). I have been savagely attacked by him verbally on my profile page. I think his duping mania is bad for the sift. And I still wouldn't ban him. IT'S JUST WORDS. IT'S JUST VIDEOS.

He has fun here. I wouldn't want to take it away from him. And I wasn't responsible for him being banned.


>> ^blankfist:

Maybe we should ease up on some of those bans? I mean, I'm not against banning people, but I do think there needs to be a process. Like a due process? Or at least a bit of consistency. There IS a hobbling feature. That's a good one to do before just banning a motherfucker outright. You know, just in case you want to hear their side before making a ruling.
Also, favoritism seems to play a big role in how this site operates, and now I'm curious if that isn't the case for some of the recent bans.
Or forget what I wrote and just deputize a bunch of hall monitors. I'm sure I can list at least a couple people on here that would jump at the opportunity to run around policing civility. I love this site, but your egalitarian model jumped the shark a long time ago.

Maybe we should ease up on some of those bans? I mean, I'm not against banning people, but I do think there needs to be a process. Like a due process? Or at least a bit of consistency. There IS a hobbling feature. That's a good one to do before just banning a motherfucker outright. You know, just in case you want to hear their side before making a ruling.

Also, favoritism seems to play a big role in how this site operates, and now I'm curious if that isn't the case for some of the recent bans.

Or forget what I wrote and just deputize a bunch of hall monitors. I'm sure I can list at least a couple people on here that would jump at the opportunity to run around policing civility. I love this site, but your egalitarian model jumped the shark a long time ago.

TED jumped the shark years ago. This talk is crap if you understand the underlying science.

Christianity has officially Jumped the Shark, what with Ted McGinley being the patron saint of Shark-Jumping... http://www.tvguide.com/keywords/jts-ted-mcginley

>> ^kymbos:

Yogi, you jumped the shark some time ago.


I wish I could hate you to DEATH!

Yogi, you jumped the shark some time ago.

Jump the shark...

So have they left that child sex obsession of last series behind? I felt it kind of jumped the shark a while ago.

I have to wonder if the season 4 ending was TOO much of a plot twist for the future of the series to handle.

We had this wonderfully crafted sense of normalcy around Dex's "family life" that was the vehicle that allowed us to empathize with him. Now that's completely gone and the core of stability that made him manageable has been ripped totally away. Where does Dex go now beyond complete psychopath?

Will be interesting to see if they can avoid jumping the shark with this.

Does this mean that videosift has jumped the shark into the pool with the likes of America's Funniest Home Videos?

The song was originally written Merle Travis: http://videosift.com/video/Merle-Travis-Sixteen-Tons

Tennessee Ernie Ford popularized the song; guess it's good to have a standard version of the song on here.

One more version, way after he jumped the shark: http://videosift.com/video/Tennessee-Ernie-Ford-16-Tons-Go-Go-Version

Mad Max = Awesome
Road Warrior = Awesome
Beyond Thunderdome = Jumped the Shark

Only four years? It felt like a decade.


Did Dag jump the shark? [grin]

Rudy Giuliani jumped the shark so early that CERN scientists detected the first ever "chronoton" particles...

Jumping the shark takes on a whole new meaning.