Was the flame pit a successful idea?

[Sapphire]

@Sapphire: Since I'm not 42 and you're not 13, it's ok for me to call you sweetie, though I usually prefer to call girls "skirt" or "sweet cheeks".

I'll neglect retorting to that on the assumption that it's just a bad joke.

I think that the flame pit is mildly successful for the same reason as BoC, something to be used as a spam/joke forum while the other forums are held on a mildly tighter leash. Don't brick me for saying this, but for some reason the intelligence level is higher than average here (I wonder why) compared to nearly every other forum I've been to, so that's why I really enjoy coming here. If you're not a jerk about it and perhaps have some evidence, you can express your opinion without being overly flamed by idiots who don't know how to type or think 100% of the time. I also like lurking in the General Anime forum, that's where I decide what anime I should watch. And other forums for various reasons. If the flame pit somehow upped the quality of the other forums, then it should definitely stay.

[saman]

i hardly ever go into the flame pit, mostly because i lurk around the forum most of the time without logging in, so i don't see it. i'm a big fan of having a section for just general randomness on any forum, though, so i like the idea of the flame pit. although it might be better just as a general section instead of having it focused on flaming.

[Abdula]

the intelligence level is higher than average here (I wonder why) compared to nearly every other forum

Its not really higher than average its just other forums have so many members that any intelligent discussion is usually drowned out. Besides that this forum doesn't have many members and only a fraction of those are active so most of the people who are just coming here to flame someone or get their kicks will get bored and move on pretty quickly.

[Buffalobiian]

I can't say if the flame pit has had any influence on the forums, but amongst some of the useless threads there are some of the funniest things I've read. Which is something I don't usually feel in the analytical anime forums.

[David75]

I can't say if the flame pit has had any influence on the forums, but amongst some of the useless threads there are some of the funniest things I've read. Which is something I don't usually feel in the analytical anime forums.

It's true that the no abdula club one is a tad funny, I admit I read it for the 50 first messages or so. Only because it wasn't as vehement as other threads. It seemed a bit more civil than other threads in the flame pit I feel put the shame on gotwoot forums.

My opinion again.

[Animeniax]

@Buffalobiian: well that's another positive vote for the flame pit.

@Sapphire: of course it was a joke. I'm one of those guys who is too respectful of women, which results in an almost absolute failure to score with them, at least lately.

I brought up the "skirt" comment because of Xan's analysis of the use of words like "sweetie", "cupcake", and "honey" when talking to girls. Evidently referring to a girl as a "skirt" shows how men judge women based on the trivial fact that they were skirts and men don't, and that we're reducing a woman's identity to the lowest denomination of what she's wearing. And the chauvinistic nature of "sweet cheeks" should be self-explanatory.

[Abdula]

I think you guys are giving the Flame Pit a bad reputation. Its not nearly as bad as any of you make it out to be.

It's true that the no abdula club one is a tad funny

Awe come on all we get is a tad funny.

[XanBcoo]

the chauvinistic nature of "sweet cheeks" should be self-explanatory.

You know, I've never realized the real meaning of that phrase until just now. I had always assumed it was more innocent than that.

[Animeniax]

It may very well refer to the cheeks on a woman's face, but not as far as I know it or meant it in this thread. I'd check into it, but I don't really use it often so skip it.

@Abdula: I went back and read the thread and a tad is probably more than it deserves. I was only mildly offended that David75 stopped reading after 50 posts or so, considering I started posting at 52. He might have been trying to insult me with that comment.

[David75]

It may very well refer to the cheeks on a woman's face, but not as far as I know it or meant it in this thread. I'd check into it, but I don't really use it often so skip it.

@Abdula: I went back and read the thread and a tad is probably more than it deserves. I was only mildly offended that David75 stopped reading after 50 posts or so, considering I started posting at 52. He might have been trying to insult me with that comment.

Trying to catch me into the FP, right?

[Board of Command]

So this means David75 didn't read my 150-word submission? That's a shame.

[Abdula]

Lucky him.

@Ani: What do you mean tad funny, the concept alone was hilarious not to mention the fact that I was involved with it since the very beginning. Its like Frasier, not haha laugh out loud funny but hilarious none the less.

[Board of Command]

Frasier is not funny.