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Please be aware: This is a message board for people to ramble on about whatever they want to. Bad language will definitely pop up now and then, and some pretty weird topics will be posted. If you don't like this sort of stuff, turn back now or keep your criticism to yourself.
The board will not be advertised, so there will not be very many posters. Feel free to tell your friends about the board if you think they can follow the rules.
Rules:
1 - You have to register to use this message board.
Just click on the "Register" button up above and follow the instructions. You will have to put down a valid email address (it needs to be a real address), and a user name. The user names must be in good taste or the user will be deleted. If you do NOT register, you will not be able to do much of anything on these boards.
2 - Keep your conversations as clean as you can. Sometimes it's hard to do, but try.
3 - Exercise common sense and be considerate toward fellow community members. Opinions and intelligent civil discourse is the point of this site; by the same token, blatant insults and “flaming” are not tolerated. Disagreeing with an idea of another community member is different from attacking that individual.
4 - No harassment, stalking or other bullying behavior. Repeated offenses will result in a ban.
5 - No pasting copyrighted material on any board.
6 - No links to other sites allowed unless approved by me.
7 - Please make your replies pertinent to the original topic.
8 - No posting of personal information in any way, even if publicly known. All posts contain such information will be edited or deleted and offender punished.
9 - Break up your posts into paragraphs. It makes them easier to read.
10 - Feel free to say what's on your mind, just don't get carried away.
11 - Flagrant racist comments will not be allowed. Generalizations will be permitted.
12 - Only one account per person is permitted. If you are found to have more than one, all accounts will be banned.
13 - All posts must be in English, if you post in a language other than English your post will be removed.
14 - Do not discuss blatant illegal activities.
15 - Post your comment/question to the most appropriate place. Any posts deemed to be in the wrong forum will be moved. Do not cross-post the same question to multiple places, this may result all post being deleted and a warning for repeat offenders.
16 - Choose an appropriate subject title. Do not use all caps. An example of a bad subject would be "HELP ME". Do not use a URL as a thread title.
17 - No all-caps, all-bold, or extreme colored text. It is hard to read. Posts submitted in such a way will be deleted.
18 - Do not propose/link to any site that contains warez/copyrighted materials that can be downloaded illegally.
19 - Make use of the icons, but do not go crazy with them as it just pisses me off.
20 - Signatures: Must not contain any advertisement or sales links. Links are not allowed. Maximum font size cannot be larger than normal. Must be kept to two lines. Any signature that is offensive or insulting to either us, our members, or our staff, are prohibited. Staff may ask you to change and/or remove your signature at any time, for any reason.
21 - Avatars: Maximum displayable avatar size is 65X65, all other images will be resized to fit these requirements.
No animated GIF's. Any avatar that is offensive or insulting to either us, our members, or our staff, is prohibited.
Staff may ask you to change and/or remove your avatar at any time, for any reason.
22 - Ultimate Rule: Common sense will always prevail!
I am the final judge on anything and everything having to do with these boards.
I reserve the right to edit or delete any post for any reason at any time if the notion hits me.
Anyone who repeatedly breaks the rules as set forth will be banned from this board.
Rules and guidelines may change in the future. It is up to you to keep yourself informed.
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Other stuff to be considered.
Are you easily offended?
PLEASE do not ever utter the phrase "I am offended" or "I find that offensive" on this message board.
If you do not like something that is said, dispute it, argue about it, raise hell about it, but don't pussy out and start with the "offended" shit.
If I see something that even I think goes too far, I will edit it. I hope I don't have to do that very often as I think people need a place to blow off steam once in a while. Friends can come on here and disagree at night and hang out together the next day. It's only a message board people. Deal with it.
If you can't deal with what is being said, leave already. It would be nice to have you around, but nobody is making you stay.
Sometimes you may find a word that pops up in place of one that you typed in. Do not try to override this. I just do not like the sound of some words. Since this is my board, I can change them.
Flagrant racist comments will not be allowed by anyone. You can bitch about countries, or people in general, but do not try to use any of my boards as a hate forum for any particular color, creed, or religion, or sexual orientation.
Cursing and other bad language will be allowed to a certain extent. Even I get carried away sometimes. Just don't get filthy with your comments.
Just because you might think strongly about politics, religion, a certain TV show, or whatever, does not make your opinion right. Make your opinion known, but respect the rights of others to disagree.
There will also be some subjects that I will not allow on these boards. When one of them pops up, I will let you know and it will be removed.
This all sounds pretty harsh for a board where people are supposed to be able to Ramble, but I have learned that there has to be rules and guidelines.
If you do not think you can abide by the Rules of The Board, and these general guidelines, go away. I don't need the headache of messing with you.
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