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comment by citruscoffee
citruscoffee  ·  3473 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Ambrose Evans-Pritchard: HSBC fears world recession with no lifeboats left

Hey there, I'm not really sure how this site works, I've never had a Facebook or Twitter account, and I don't even own a television, as I think it's bad and I prefer to read books. This site is quite confusing to use at first. Can I still use the site like everyone else or have I already been banned, ostracized, excommunicated? What is the status of my account?

I wrote a post pointing to a new blog which had a space in the address, something that turned it into a broken link. Quite a few people seemed to have been irked by that, and by the joke that I copied there. I chose that entry because it was silly, and not very literate like some of the other stories in the blog.

I can see your post have a lot to do with finance? There is a funny, bizarre story on the blog which involves advanced financial concepts and products.

It is called "Did you know that Germans now offer racism discounts?"

http://theabsurdification.blogspot.ca/2015/05/did-you-know-that-germans-now-offer.html?m=1

There is also another story there that is called "Is it racist to notice that Michael Jordan is black?

http://theabsurdification.blogspot.ca/2015/05/is-it-racist-to-notice-that-michael.html?m=1

Can you read both stories till the end which will only take a few minutes and let me know what you think of them. They are much more reflective of the site's content and quality.

I can't believe how pompous, pretentious, elitist, and puerile some of the anointed moderators of the site are.

That they would make all sorts of judgements because they found a broken link, or employ the disgusting language they used in a tag they appended, language that they presumably employ regularly elsewhere on the site, all of this only serves to highlight their vulgarity, their artifice, their conceit.

If only this site was not there to feed their vanity, what would these people do, what would become of them?





mk  ·  3473 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You must have been referring to this post:

There was a period at the end of the url which was preventing the link from working. I fixed it for you.

At any rate, your post wasn't moderated. Anyone that wants to view it can. If you don't want a particular user to comment on your posts in the future, click on their name, and select 'mute' in the moderation section.

citruscoffee  ·  3473 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Hey that's nice to know, anyways, I do plan to pass by and check out the site. The concept behind it looks interesting.

I just wasn't sure how the site operates, and whether my access to it had already been proscribed. Like I said, I've never owned a Facebook or Twitter account, and I don't exactly know how they work, let alone this website, and I just stopped by at this site because I had read a recommendation of it elsewhere and because it appeared conceptual, interesting, and different.

It's all good to know.

Thanks, and take care.