YOUR LEADER IS A CLOWN

[Whitney Edwards]

1 minute ago, Jirh said:

To be fair, his message was good.

To sum it up:

There's some validity to the message. People who don't have a strong sense of persona/purpose end up attaching themselves to any kind of internet ideology out there that appeals to their inner insecurities. It's like junk food. It makes them feel better in the short term but long term it does them more harm than good as it gives them an artificial sense of identity to attach on to. Thus eroding their own sense of self in the process. Cultivating a stronger sense of self is actually a very painstaking process, it's like chiseling a diamond and takes arduous amount of work and hours. The problem is that most people don't want to do that since junk food is easily available but in the end they remain stuck their artificial ideologies rather than deal with reality and they keep inflating their own egoes to the point it leads to the fragmentation of the self and confirmation bias and a limited experience of existence with zero positive outcome or impact. (no got used) 

[Salvijus]

My heart is with you @NoSelfSelf

[Sugarcoat]

53 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

Initially I just removed his Mod status. But then he became verbally abusive so I had to ban him. He was posting abusive things to other members.

Ok I understand. It’s a bit sad because in general his contribution was pretty solid and he had an unique view, but I guess we all have our flaws

[NewKidOnTheBlock]

@Buck Edwards But everything you are is taken from an external enviroment. You are just constructing these pieces of information a little bit differently than other people and choose to ignore some/focus on some in a unique ways. That's why everything he was preaching about was ultimately pointless and hypocritical, because he's also, just like everyone else, reacting to the external enviroment and taking information from it as he saw fit.All of what he was saying was thus empty, ppintless, void of any substance or meaning.

[Leo Gura]

2 hours ago, Clarence said:

I also experienced disrespect and aggressive talk from him while I wasn't provoking him at all, and I couldn't make sense of why he was a mod. It was affecting my view of the community's standards, since I couldn't understand why such behavior, especially from a moderator, was allowed and not called out.

I regret not acting sooner. Sorry.

Edited January 27, 2025 by Leo Gura

[Leo Gura]

9 minutes ago, Michael569 said:

@Leo Gura from the current 22 member mod team (+ yourself) , there are at least 6 who come around rarely and a few  not at all anymore. We could definitely do with some backup to also account for personal downtimes, annual leaves, holidays, sickness, mental health downtime etc.

Some suggestions (if they were interested ) @LastThursday @Consept @mmKay @CARDOZZO  @Davino @trenton @RendHeaven @soos_mite_ah, soz for volunteering you folks pls ignore this if you dont care. 

In addition, you could consider more mods in APAC for full coverage. Maybe 1-2 people in Central/Asia  /India/ Phillipines etc. + 1-2 in Japan / Australia/NZ. Maybe run a quick tender see whose interested?

Yes, we will add some new mods soon.

[Whitney Edwards]

3 minutes ago, NewKidOnTheBlock said:

@Buck Edwards But everything you are is taken from an external enviroment. You are just constructing these pieces of information a little bit differently than other people and choose to ignore some/focus on some in a unique ways. That's why everything he was preaching about was ultimately pointless and hypocritical, because he's also, just like everyone else, reacting to the external enviroment and taking information from it as he saw fit.All of what he was saying was thus empty, ppintless, void of any substance or meaning.

There's a slight difference though. The pieces of information that you take to confirm your own beliefs and biases that always existed versus pieces of information that you take to build your principles and character, to be your best version that maintains your integrity long term and expands your understanding of multiple perspectives that you begin to integrate and this makes your own integrity and character stronger long term because you chose pieces that align with your core values and these don't serve your short term agenda but a long term purpose and character for a lifetime regardless of social consequences, but your inner purpose is fulfilled. Internal VS external. HIGHER or Lower (no gpt used) 

[AION]

17 minutes ago, Sugarcoat said:

Ok I understand. It’s a bit sad because in general his contribution was pretty solid and he had an unique view, but I guess we all have our flaws

You are literally commenting this in his suicide thread insulting everybody but you...

 

3 hours ago, NoSelfSelf said:

@Sugarcoat is the only person that i respect on here all others just go fuck yourself

Have some respect for the members of this forum

Edited January 27, 2025 by AION

[NewKidOnTheBlock]

4 minutes ago, Buck Edwards said:

There's a slight difference though. The pieces of information that you take to confirm your own beliefs and biases that always existed versus pieces of information that you take to build your principles and character, to be your best version that maintains your integrity long term and expands your understanding of multiple perspectives that you begin to integrate and this makes your own integrity and character stronger long term because you chose pieces that align with your core values and these don't serve your short term agenda but a long term purpose and character for a lifetime regardless of social consequences, but your inner purpose is fulfilled. Internal VS external. HIGHER or Lower (no gpt used) 

Okay, but the point, nevertheless, remains - you are taking information from the external enviroment and reacting to it. Whether they're getting interpreted by our ego filters correctly or incorrectly is irrelevant in this matter.

But he thought you could just set your ego in a way that serves you and the external enviroment (women) would just lick your boots, well no, that's not how it works. You take unfiltered fucking information from the external enviroment and THEN you make judgements based on them

[LastThursday]

@Michael569 thanks man, I appreciate your vote of confidence. As much as I would like to see my name in green, being a Mod is not for me, others would do a better job. And, I have my Sigma Male status to maintain and curate. 

[The Crocodile]

23 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

Yes, we will add some new mods soon.

I'm gonna take a wild guess and say I'm not making the cut.

3 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

I have had cordial private conversations with NoSelfSelf since January 1st, giving him feedback about what I saw as some problematic posting behavior.

After several back and forths, he was not interested in taking constructive feedback to elevate his conduct as a Mod. We discussed him not being a Mod any more. He was open to that and not offended. I was careful not to make any rash moves, so I waited, hoping that maybe he would take the feedback to heart and that his posting quality would improve. That did not happen and the situation had escalated today in his conversations with other Mods, not wanting to hear any feedback from them either and getting disrespectful with them. So it became clear that it was time to demote him from being a Mod. Then he created this thread after sending me a slew of profanity-laced private messages.

That is the situation. At this point he is no longer a Mod but also no longer able to post on this forum because he is clearly upset and letting him post is no just sensible now. We have higher standards for Mod behavior, but he doesn't even meet the standards for regular members now.

Unfortunately demoting someone from Mod is not always easy because people can take it personally.

Actually, my conversations with him go much further back than Jan 1st, me trying to nudge him to post in a more mature manner. But he was not open to changing his posting style, deeming it as "weakness" to cave to people's sensitivities. His position was that if he took my feedback he would weakening himself to wokeness or political correctness. I explained to him that the opposite is the case, that this was an opportunity to develop more empathy and better communication skills, but he disagreed on principle.

It pains me to ban people from here. Especially a Mod. But sometimes there's no other choice.

What was his name and badge number?

Edited January 27, 2025 by The Crocodile

[RendHeaven]

6 minutes ago, LastThursday said:

And, I have my Sigma Male status to maintain and curate. 

You won my vote.

Give this man some power.

[gambler]

6 minutes ago, The Crocodile said:

What was his name and badge number?

You’re so silly. Off to the police cam videos we go.

[Twentyfirst]

I never understood when a guy makes fun of another guy for being bald. My military mentor would snap at me if I ever judged another mans appearance. Must be nice to save all that money from shampoo, conditioner, and brushes 

In the spiritual world. We call this having a fall from grace. Happens to the best of us. Totally redeemable. Going rouge on the other hand is the next level and I am not sure if I have ever seen anyone come back from that

[Sugarcoat]

2 hours ago, AION said:

You are literally commenting this in his suicide thread insulting everybody but you...

Where did you get suicide from?

Nvm I’m guessing you meant that his mod life is over 

Edited January 27, 2025 by Sugarcoat

[LastThursday]

@Michael569 if you slip me more compliments (and some cash) my thoughts might change. 

Jokes aside, some of the other guys you mentioned would make great Mods. My vote goes to any of them, make it so!

[Just Bob]

Leo is God

[something_else]

This thread gave me a good laugh, but it is a shame how badly he's taken this. I hope he's alright. I remember NoSelf being a pretty decent poster in the past but honestly I've been wondering how he was still a mod for a while now. Almost every post he made was confrontational, or made zero sense, or both.

It's also interesting to see a bit more about how modding works on the forum too you bald fuck @Leo Gura 

Edited January 27, 2025 by something_else

[Leo Gura]

2 minutes ago, Just Bob said:

Leo is God

Please don't.

[AION]

From my own friendships I learned that you shouldn’t allow a Judas (a person with this archetype) to hang around in your inner circle too much. No need to wait until you receive a knife in your back. 

Edited January 27, 2025 by AION