News:

The AARoads Wiki is live! Come check it out!

Main Menu

Illinois isn't flat

Started by Crash_It, July 30, 2021, 09:43:37 PM

Previous topic - Next topic

kphoger

They actually say, "When formatting is used, it should be done for a reason, not simply to make your posts stand out."  In this case, perhaps "done as a joke" counts as "a reason".
Keep right except to pass.  Yes.  You.
Visit scenic Orleans County, NY!
Male pronouns, please.

Quote from: Philip K. DickIf you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.


Roadgeekteen

Ethanman was banned for using purple text, so I would stay far away from it.
God-emperor of Alanland, king of all the goats and goat-like creatures

Current Interstate map I am making:

https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?hl=en&mid=1PEDVyNb1skhnkPkgXi8JMaaudM2zI-Y&ll=29.05778059819179%2C-82.48856825&z=5

hotdogPi

#52
I've used purple text in one thread: in this post and one of the posts earlier in the thread.
Clinched, minus I-93 (I'm missing a few miles and my file is incorrect)

Traveled, plus US 13, 44, and 50, and several state routes

I will be in Burlington VT for the eclipse.

Roadgeekteen

Quote from: 1 on August 04, 2021, 01:47:53 PM
I've used purple text in one thread: in this post and one of the posts earlier in the thread.
That's a different senario.
God-emperor of Alanland, king of all the goats and goat-like creatures

Current Interstate map I am making:

https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?hl=en&mid=1PEDVyNb1skhnkPkgXi8JMaaudM2zI-Y&ll=29.05778059819179%2C-82.48856825&z=5

US71

Quote from: 1 on August 04, 2021, 01:20:31 PM
I thought purple text from non-mods was strictly prohibited unless color itself was the topic of discussion.

It isn't set in stone, just as a prerogative.  It's a "courtesy" to not post in purple unless you're a mad. Just don't post in white. ;)
Like Alice I Try To Believe Three Impossible Things Before Breakfast

kphoger

Quote from: US71 on August 04, 2021, 03:07:25 PM
;)

Until I quoted you just now, I thought the winky-face meant you made your typo on purpose.  Now I see that's not what you were winking at.
Keep right except to pass.  Yes.  You.
Visit scenic Orleans County, NY!
Male pronouns, please.

Quote from: Philip K. DickIf you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.

US71

Quote from: kphoger on August 04, 2021, 03:15:17 PM
Quote from: US71 on August 04, 2021, 03:07:25 PM
;)

Until I quoted you just now, I thought the winky-face meant you made your typo on purpose.  Now I see that's not what you were winking at.

qui moi ?
Like Alice I Try To Believe Three Impossible Things Before Breakfast

kphoger

Quote from: US71 on August 04, 2021, 03:07:25 PM
It's a "courtesy" to not post in purple unless you're a mad.

Generally, if you see purple text, it's because you got in trouble–i.e., daddy got mad at you.
Keep right except to pass.  Yes.  You.
Visit scenic Orleans County, NY!
Male pronouns, please.

Quote from: Philip K. DickIf you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.

renegade

Quote from: kphoger on August 04, 2021, 01:29:34 PM
Quote from: 1 on August 04, 2021, 01:20:31 PM
I thought purple text from non-mods was strictly prohibited unless color itself was the topic of discussion.

Not that I'm aware of.  The forum guidelines don't include the word 'purple' anywhere in them, so far as I know.
I've been "corrected"  for doing that previously.  I'm not sure what the big deal was with that, but I've made sure not to do it again ... I just don't want to piss off the people in charge, so modifying the text for me is a no-no.
Don’t ask me how I know.  Just understand that I do.

thspfc

#59
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on August 04, 2021, 01:15:06 PM
Quote from: thspfc on August 03, 2021, 12:37:02 PM
Changed the thread title, as misinformation is not allowed on the forum.
You are a mod here?
That was a joke. Should have been obvious I think.

[Removed misleading purple formatting. -S.]

Max Rockatansky

#60
Quote from: thspfc on August 05, 2021, 09:11:08 AM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on August 04, 2021, 01:15:06 PM
Quote from: thspfc on August 03, 2021, 12:37:02 PM
Changed the thread title, as misinformation is not allowed on the forum.
You are a mod here?
That was a joke. Should have been obvious I think.

It doesn't help the person who replied to you also tends to be incredibly literal.

[Removed misleading purple formatting. -S.]

thspfc

If non-mods can't use purple text then that option should be taken away from the "post reply"  screen, or explicitly stated in the rules . . .

ET21

Quote from: kphoger on August 02, 2021, 03:22:17 PM
Why would I think Illinois was flat?  I used to live in the southern part of the state.

Oh, wait, I forgot.  People in Chicago think the rest of the state doesn't exist, so they assume we must think that too.

https://goo.gl/maps/5a3fyMGAxXFRTR2b8
https://goo.gl/maps/UP9BZHqCmoXoiV42A
https://goo.gl/maps/W4nYR9jAu7ZzhhKS7
https://goo.gl/maps/j8gtKcz2hqVLJfWMA
https://goo.gl/maps/dS18P2TCdb1pdE6k6
https://goo.gl/maps/G7PULpCNtiGeCEGR8

Not all of us think that way
The local weatherman, trust me I can be 99.9% right!
"Show where you're going, without forgetting where you're from"

Clinched:
IL: I-88, I-180, I-190, I-290, I-294, I-355, IL-390
IN: I-80, I-94
SD: I-190
WI: I-90, I-94
MI: I-94, I-196
MN: I-90

hotdogPi

Quote from: thspfc on August 05, 2021, 09:13:35 AM
If non-mods can't use purple text then that option should be taken away from the "post reply"  screen, or explicitly stated in the rules . . .

It can't be taken away; you can always specify a hex code even if there's no purple on the drop-down menu.
Clinched, minus I-93 (I'm missing a few miles and my file is incorrect)

Traveled, plus US 13, 44, and 50, and several state routes

I will be in Burlington VT for the eclipse.

1995hoo

#64
Quote from: thspfc on August 05, 2021, 09:11:08 AM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on August 04, 2021, 01:15:06 PM
Quote from: thspfc on August 03, 2021, 12:37:02 PM
Changed the thread title, as misinformation is not allowed on the forum.
You are a mod here?
That was a joke. Should have been obvious I think.

[Removed misleading purple formatting. -S.]

Plus the clause "misinformation is not allowed on the forum" is plainly incorrect, as kernals12 and HighwayStar, as well as one other poster I won't name who posts videos, constantly post misinformation yet escape any form of sanction.  :hmm:




Edited to add:

BTW, here was a post where a moderator admonished ethanman62187 for using purple text. At the time, he had not yet started "threatening" to ban people, but some time after this he used purple text multiple times to tell people they would be banned for various things. I think that was when the moderators banned him.

Quote from: ethanman62187 on November 03, 2011, 04:01:07 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on October 31, 2011, 05:19:59 PM
I just discovered this.

(In case it's not clear, that sentence is a link.)
I do not know what you are talking about. Thus this is for something that I made up at that website.

[Removed purple text, which is generally used to signify moderator action. -S.]
"You know, you never have a guaranteed spot until you have a spot guaranteed."
—Olaf Kolzig, as quoted in the Washington Times on March 28, 2003,
commenting on the Capitals clinching a playoff spot.

"That sounded stupid, didn't it?"
—Kolzig, to the same reporter a few seconds later.

thspfc


thspfc

On a serious note though, it should be obvious that I was joking because if the mods instantly removed or censored everything that they deemed misinformation, the forum would crumble to pieces because there would be no actual discussion.

hbelkins

Quote from: thspfc on August 05, 2021, 09:26:26 AM
On a serious note though, it should be obvious that I was joking because if the mods instantly removed or censored everything that they deemed misinformation, the forum would crumble to pieces because there would be no actual discussion.

It doesn't help that the term "misinformation" has come to mean, in popular usage, "anything with which certain people don't agree."


Government would be tolerable if not for politicians and bureaucrats.

kphoger

Quote from: ET21 on August 05, 2021, 09:15:35 AM

Quote from: kphoger on August 02, 2021, 03:22:17 PM
Why would I think Illinois was flat?  I used to live in the southern part of the state.

Oh, wait, I forgot.  People in Chicago think the rest of the state doesn't exist, so they assume we must think that too.

https://goo.gl/maps/5a3fyMGAxXFRTR2b8
https://goo.gl/maps/UP9BZHqCmoXoiV42A
https://goo.gl/maps/W4nYR9jAu7ZzhhKS7
https://goo.gl/maps/j8gtKcz2hqVLJfWMA
https://goo.gl/maps/dS18P2TCdb1pdE6k6
https://goo.gl/maps/G7PULpCNtiGeCEGR8

Not all of us think that way

Ha!  Well, no.  I didn't think that way either, back when I lived there.  Sometimes language is used in a non-literal way...

Quote from: thspfc on August 05, 2021, 09:23:28 AM
So am I on ban watch?  :-D

No.  You are on Bay Watch, though.

Quote from: hbelkins on August 05, 2021, 10:12:16 AM

Quote from: thspfc on August 05, 2021, 09:26:26 AM
On a serious note though, it should be obvious that I was joking because if the mods instantly removed or censored everything that they deemed misinformation, the forum would crumble to pieces because there would be no actual discussion.

It doesn't help that the term "misinformation" has come to mean, in popular usage, "anything with which certain people don't agree."

This post has been fact-checked by...
Keep right except to pass.  Yes.  You.
Visit scenic Orleans County, NY!
Male pronouns, please.

Quote from: Philip K. DickIf you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.

JoePCool14

Use of purple text by non-mods is highly discouraged.

:) Needs more... :sombrero: Not quite... :bigass: Perfect.
JDOT: We make the world a better place to drive.
Travel Mapping | 60+ Clinches | 260+ Traveled | 8000+ Miles Logged

Stephane Dumas

I guess that served once for some tropes. https://allthetropes.org/wiki/The_Mountains_of_Illinois

The area of Chesnut Mountain desserve to be more well known but on the other hand, it will be overcrowded with tourists. Talk about being stuck between a rock and an hard place.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BSf2hTiuK4

There's also a video about Charles Mound, the highest point in Illinois.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIAuzRxwtIc


US71

Quote from: JoePCool14 on August 06, 2021, 06:13:27 PM
Use of purple text by non-mods is highly discouraged.

We need to ban orange, too. ;)
Like Alice I Try To Believe Three Impossible Things Before Breakfast

Max Rockatansky

Quote from: US71 on August 07, 2021, 05:39:31 PM
Quote from: JoePCool14 on August 06, 2021, 06:13:27 PM
Use of purple text by non-mods is highly discouraged.

We need to ban orange, too. ;)

On what basis?

TheHighwayMan3561

self-certified as the dumbest person on this board for 5 years running

Max Rockatansky




Opinions expressed here on belong solely to the poster and do not represent or reflect the opinions or beliefs of AARoads, its creators and/or associates.