The universe according to MMM

[Max Rockatansky]

Between all the running I do and other stuff I spend about two hours on average outside everyday. 

[Amaury]

I said I sometimes go back and delete old posts that I felt were overly outrageous or nonsense, since this is the only social media I have, I want my collection of posts to be a golden standard if you know what I mean. Don't want a few irrational ones to taint my exemplary record on this forum.

So that means all your posts should be deleted? Sounds good. And exemplary record? Ha!

[Roadgeekteen]

In fact, here's my personal suggestion for post count tags:

0 = Parking Lot
1-9 = Dirt Road
10-99 = Unpaved Road
100-249=2 Lane undivided Road
250-499= 4 lane county Road
500-999=6 lane county Road
1000-1499= State Route
1500-1999 = US Route
2000-2499 = Cross Country US Route
2500-2999 = Interstate
3000-4999= Cross Country Interstate
5000-9999= Interstate 80
10,000+ = German Autobahn

Where are there 6 lane county roads (serious question)?

[Roadgeekteen]

Here is my suggestion:

-  Remove post counts

I like looking at people's post counts. I like that kind of stuff. I'm strange and a nerd but whatever.

[Molandfreak]

I said I sometimes go back and delete old posts that I felt were overly outrageous or nonsense, since this is the only social media I have, I want my collection of posts to be a golden standard if you know what I mean. Don't want a few irrational ones to taint my exemplary record on this forum.

Maybe think about either having someone proofread before you post or setting a hard limit of one post per day to make them count.

How you've managed to stick around here after ragequitting Facebook because of hostility is honestly impressive. But it probably won't last since you don't even seem to acknowledge good-faith criticism of your posts and put in an effort to improve or expand your world beyond fictional highways. Hint: users here appreciate a nice trip report or question based on real-world events more than mostly recycled content in the fictional forum.

[Roadgeekteen]

I said I sometimes go back and delete old posts that I felt were overly outrageous or nonsense, since this is the only social media I have, I want my collection of posts to be a golden standard if you know what I mean. Don't want a few irrational ones to taint my exemplary record on this forum.

Maybe think about either having someone proofread before you post or setting a hard limit of one post per day to make them count.

How you’ve managed to stick around here after ragequitting Facebook because of hostility is honestly impressive. But it probably won’t last since you don’t even seem to acknowledge good-faith criticism of your posts and put in an effort to improve or expand your world beyond fictional highways. Hint: users here appreciate a nice trip report or question based on real-world events more than mostly recycled content in the fictional forum.

Limit of one post per day? Many users on this forum, including most of the regular posters, post more than once a day on most or all days. I don't like having hard limits- 30 good posts per day is better than 10 crappy posts per day. 

[thspfc]

Between all the running I do and other stuff I spend about two hours on average outside everyday.

That was a joke. If I was being serious I'd be throwing rocks from a glass house. At my per-day pace, I'd be at 10k if I registered in 2012, which is probably later than the registration date of most users who are over 10k.

[Max Rockatansky]

^^^

Ah, but you're hitting on my point.  There is a preconception for 10k plus users, just another reason to throw it the wayside.

I said I sometimes go back and delete old posts that I felt were overly outrageous or nonsense, since this is the only social media I have, I want my collection of posts to be a golden standard if you know what I mean. Don't want a few irrational ones to taint my exemplary record on this forum.

Maybe think about either having someone proofread before you post or setting a hard limit of one post per day to make them count.

How you've managed to stick around here after ragequitting Facebook because of hostility is honestly impressive. But it probably won't last since you don't even seem to acknowledge good-faith criticism of your posts and put in an effort to improve or expand your world beyond fictional highways. Hint: users here appreciate a nice trip report or question based on real-world events more than mostly recycled content in the fictional forum.

MMM isn't here to learn, he's here to tell us how he thinks the world is.  Failing to learn and getting kicked out for odd/extreme views on other sites like YouTube seems on brand to me.

[hotdogPi]

Expulsion is the most serious form of disciplinary action that can be taken against a Member of AARoads Forum. The Forum Guidelines provide that "The Community may determine the Rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a member."

Censure, a less severe form of disciplinary action, is an official sanction of a member. It does not remove a member from the forum.

Should we start an official and binding vote?

[gonealookin]

Where are there 6 lane county roads (serious question)?

I was just on vacation in Naples, Florida and there are a lot of them there, and they are very well signed, although I think more commonly referred to by name ("Immokalee Road", "Pine Ridge Road", etc.).

[Molandfreak]

I said I sometimes go back and delete old posts that I felt were overly outrageous or nonsense, since this is the only social media I have, I want my collection of posts to be a golden standard if you know what I mean. Don't want a few irrational ones to taint my exemplary record on this forum.

Maybe think about either having someone proofread before you post or setting a hard limit of one post per day to make them count.

How you've managed to stick around here after ragequitting Facebook because of hostility is honestly impressive. But it probably won't last since you don't even seem to acknowledge good-faith criticism of your posts and put in an effort to improve or expand your world beyond fictional highways. Hint: users here appreciate a nice trip report or question based on real-world events more than mostly recycled content in the fictional forum.

Limit of one post per day? Many users on this forum, including most of the regular posters, post more than once a day on most or all days. I don't like having hard limits- 30 good posts per day is better than 10 crappy posts per day.

That was a suggestion based on how I think MMM could improve as a poster. They have the drive to do some good things here, but lack restraint. It wouldn't be enforced by anyone other than MMM either.

But honestly, maybe a hard limit of one post in the fictional forum per day would do us some good. And cut back on all the needless hostility from folks who can't be bothered to read a little bit of context from the posts there before posting "your idea is stupid and you're a disgrace to humanity for thinking it."

[Roadgeekteen]

Between all the running I do and other stuff I spend about two hours on average outside everyday.

That was a joke. If I was being serious I'd be throwing rocks from a glass house. At my per-day pace, I'd be at 10k if I registered in 2012, which is probably later than the registration date of most users who are over 10k.

Lets find that out for sure just for fun.

Users with over 10000 posts who joined 2012 or later

Max R: 2016
Jakeroot: 2013
Roadgeekteen (myself): 2017
1: 2013
Webny99: 2017 (the user with over 10000 posts who joined the forum the most recent)
So out of the 21 users with over 10000 posts, just under a quarter of them joined in 2012 or later.

^^^

Ah, but you're hitting on my point.  There is a preconception for 10k plus users, just another reason to throw it the wayside.

I said I sometimes go back and delete old posts that I felt were overly outrageous or nonsense, since this is the only social media I have, I want my collection of posts to be a golden standard if you know what I mean. Don't want a few irrational ones to taint my exemplary record on this forum.

Maybe think about either having someone proofread before you post or setting a hard limit of one post per day to make them count.

How you've managed to stick around here after ragequitting Facebook because of hostility is honestly impressive. But it probably won't last since you don't even seem to acknowledge good-faith criticism of your posts and put in an effort to improve or expand your world beyond fictional highways. Hint: users here appreciate a nice trip report or question based on real-world events more than mostly recycled content in the fictional forum.

MMM isn't here to learn, he's here to tell us how he thinks the world is.  Failing to learn and getting kicked out for odd/extreme views on other sites like YouTube seems on brand to me.

Max, if you don't want to see post counts, just don't pay any attention to them. They don't come up when we are talking about most things. This topic is just so absurd that tons of random things keep coming up.

[Roadgeekteen]

I said I sometimes go back and delete old posts that I felt were overly outrageous or nonsense, since this is the only social media I have, I want my collection of posts to be a golden standard if you know what I mean. Don't want a few irrational ones to taint my exemplary record on this forum.

Maybe think about either having someone proofread before you post or setting a hard limit of one post per day to make them count.

How you've managed to stick around here after ragequitting Facebook because of hostility is honestly impressive. But it probably won't last since you don't even seem to acknowledge good-faith criticism of your posts and put in an effort to improve or expand your world beyond fictional highways. Hint: users here appreciate a nice trip report or question based on real-world events more than mostly recycled content in the fictional forum.

Limit of one post per day? Many users on this forum, including most of the regular posters, post more than once a day on most or all days. I don't like having hard limits- 30 good posts per day is better than 10 crappy posts per day.

That was a suggestion based on how I think MMM could improve as a poster. They have the drive to do some good things here, but lack restraint. It wouldn't be enforced by anyone other than MMM either.

But honestly, maybe a hard limit of one post in the fictional forum per day would do us some good. And cut back on all the needless hostility from folks who can't be bothered to read a little bit of context from the posts there before posting "your idea is stupid and you're a disgrace to humanity for thinking it."

One post per user per day on the ficitonal forum would make it a nightmare to actually discuss serious fictional highway content.

[Max Rockatansky]

You're just as guilty in terms of making post counts a problem.  One of the first issues that I can even recall with post counts originated with you. 

[Roadgeekteen]

You’re just as guilty in terms of making post counts a problem.  One of the first issues that I can even recall with post counts originated with you.

Now I'll go back and tell you all the stupid things you probably would have done if forums existed in the mid 1990s when you were 13. That was so long ago, and I don't do that stuff anymore. Also, can I get a quick reminder of all the problematic stuff I did with post counts? That was so long ago that I forget and I don't really feel like shifting through my garbage from 2017.

[hotdogPi]

if forums existed in the mid 1990s

You do know Usenet was a thing, right?

[MultiMillionMiler]

I never posted extreme views on YouTube, but after I was blocked and I created a fake account to get around that, I made sure to fully let loose then. I even taunted videos from the "Youtube" channel by posting extreme comments there and bragging about how they couldn't ban me and that I have 50+ Gmail accounts..etc, haven't had an issue accessing YouTube since. Youtube, Facebook, and Twitter all support child abuse and have some of the scumiest people on earth. They all deserved to be sued, shutdown, and have the neighborhoods where the CEOs lived paved over with new interstate highways that are missing from the grid. In fact, on one youtube video supporting climate change protests blocking traffic, I posted a link to a short video I uploaded on a fake account channel, of me revving my car engine for a while, while stationary.

6 lane local roads do exist in Long Island for example.

[Roadgeekteen]

if forums existed in the mid 1990s

You do know Usenet was a thing, right?

Ah, I just remembered that. But they were not as widely avaible and easy for middle schoolers to access back then- I believe that you had to have some level of computer knowledge.

[MultiMillionMiler]

You're just as guilty in terms of making post counts a problem.  One of the first issues that I can even recall with post counts originated with you.

Why are you so obsessed with my post count, and why are other users so interested in how many pages this thread had or whether a post is on page 76 or 77?

[Amaury]

I'm pretty sure you started it because you kept boasting/bragging about your post count.

[hotdogPi]

@MultiMillionMiler @Scott5114 @everyone I rolled a 7 for initiative.

Getting MMM's HP to 0 might be the only way to end this thread without a lock (a lock would be counterproductive).

[Max Rockatansky]

You're just as guilty in terms of making post counts a problem.  One of the first issues that I can even recall with post counts originated with you.

Now I'll go back and tell you all the stupid things you probably would have done if forums existed in the mid 1990s when you were 13. That was so long ago, and I don't do that stuff anymore. Also, can I get a quick reminder of all the problematic stuff I did with post counts? That was so long ago that I forget and I don't really feel like shifting through my garbage from 2017.

If you don't like being critiqued on your past then you probably ought not try to give me needless advice. 

BTW, bulletin boards did exist on Prodigy Online well back even 1990.  You know what they didn't have?...post counts.

[Roadgeekteen]

You're just as guilty in terms of making post counts a problem.  One of the first issues that I can even recall with post counts originated with you.

Why are you so obsessed with my post count, and why are other users so interested in how many pages this thread had or whether a post is on page 76 or 77?

If your post count kept going up like a normal user nobody would care. Your post count keeps going up and down wildly and you keep deleting tons of posts, which is not normal.

[MultiMillionMiler]

You're just as guilty in terms of making post counts a problem.  One of the first issues that I can even recall with post counts originated with you.

Why are you so obsessed with my post count, and why are other users so interested in how many pages this thread had or whether a post is on page 76 or 77?

If your post count kept going up like a normal user nobody would care. Your post count keeps going up and down wildly and you keep deleting tons of posts, which is not normal.

Citation needed.

[jeffandnicole]

In fact, here's my personal suggestion for post count tags:

0 = Parking Lot
1-9 = Dirt Road
10-99 = Unpaved Road
100-249=2 Lane undivided Road
250-499= 4 lane county Road
500-999=6 lane county Road
1000-1499= State Route
1500-1999 = US Route
2000-2499 = Cross Country US Route
2500-2999 = Interstate
3000-4999= Cross Country Interstate
5000-9999= Interstate 80
10,000+ = German Autobahn

Where are there 6 lane county roads (serious question)?

While they're short stretches, CR 534 in Deptford NJ is 5 lanes, and CR 563 (Tilton Rd) on Northfield, NJ is 7 lanes:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/fpAB77SGHT4DoeF28