The Water Cooler

12:32 PM

Well, there's a new Marshal in town. 504 flags. over 130 in the last six weeks. folks need to be nice.

@RichardU hehe..nice

ION I just told an OP over on IPS that they need to "grow up rather a lot" - incoming flamestorm in 5..4..3..

@motosubatsu I cannot say too many nice things about IPS

Draken

You should raise a flag about that

12:51 PM

@RichardU he's arguing with me in the comments now

which I think rather proves my original point

Uhm what are you guys talking about?

1:16 PM

@MaskedMan nothing important.. Richard was talking about his marathon flagging session of late and I was referring to my latest foray into IPS

1:26 PM

@motosubatsu I didn't intend to have a marathon session, but we were absolutely overrun by obnoxious comments.

@RichardU indeed.. and your efforts are definitely appreciated!

@motosubatsu the same poster on IPS has been displaying similar maturity in TWP, by the way

@RichardU yes I had noticed his exploits over here.. actually finding out that he's only 18-going-on-8 makes some of the stuff he's posted here make sense

@motosubatsu I hope he learns his lessons early before he has to learn the hard way

@motosubatsu If I posted what I'd LIKE to post, I'd earn a perma-ban for my troubles.

@RichardU to be fair he's far from the worst I've seen at his age - and tbh probably better than most.

1:54 PM

Congrats on the marshal badge, Richard.

@motosubatsu that is a sad commentary, but an accurate one. And right, at least he's working.

@Snow thank you, not one I wanted to earn so quickly.

Yup. I doubt I'll get that one any time soon.

@Snow heck, just check the comments and flag the obnoxious ones and you'll have it in a month. Prior to mid February, I'd only gotten 374 flags, then BOOOM

2:27 PM

@RichardU hehe.. I'm continuing to take a kicking in the comments

@motosubatsu Yeah, careful not to offend anyone.. {rolls eyes}

@motosubatsu I was more interested in the IPS thing that you were talking about. :P I wanted to enjoy the show myself. :(

A: How to get out of being a free taxi for your Mam

@MaskedMan ask and ye shall recieve :)

There's two elements here, the criticism of your driving and the giving of lifts. As far as the criticism goes this is all too common sadly when it comes to parents being driven by their children and assuming the complaints are unfounded then this is absolutely something you can (and should) pus...

lol thanks.

@motosubatsu the sad thing is, having had to grind to learn every last social skill I have, I could contribute quite a bit to that group, but I have no desire to deal with being set upon by the pack mentality.

not that IPS has a pack mentality. no no no no no no. I cannot say too many nice things about IPS

2:35 PM

I shouldn't have asked.

@MaskedMan want to borrow my avatar?

@RichardU Good idea.

How do we flag comments that should really be answers?

Q: Can we add a flag reason "This is an answer in the comments"

I've noticed a sharp uptick in people putting answers in the comments. while this is annoying when they are in the comments of the question, many people are dropping their own answers in the comments of other answers. I have been flagging them and they are being removed, but I think this is hap...

discussion feature-request

2:51 PM

So we flag those as "chatty/obselete" then?

A: Bought stock at higher price than current price

@Snow I guess so. Thanks to some recent "improvements" to the comment flagging system by SE.

Ugh, Fattie is having some fun with a moderator on Scam.SE.

I set 980 instead of 880 and it is fully executed. Suppose I'm on the other side of your transaction. I might own a stock worth around that $900 price, but have a $980 target. In other words, I'm happy to sell it for $980, so I have a standing sell order at $980. If any bids appear at $980, ...

@Snow I usually "Flag for moderator Attention" then type in "Answer in comment"

Ok, good point.

4:01 PM

Oh great..... we're back on the "Everything is a duplicate" kick

@RichardU Joy!

Draken

"Every Q is duplicate, every Q is bad, if a Q is asked, Gnat gets quite irate", sung to the tune of Every Sperm is sacred

4:15 PM

@Draken the latest batch of "dupe" flags are ludicrous. How to ask for more money as a contractor, for example, is FAR different from asking for a raise.

Q: How to Reconcile Two Hostile Leaders Desiring Equal Power?

Does anyone else sense a troll post here, or is my trolldar malfunctioning today?

"John" founded and used to run a nonprofit. He stepped down to pursue other activities and handed the torch to "Ross", a former employee/volunteer. Ross did not do as well a job as John at running and growing the company, and John was bothered by this, since he felt attached to his company and st...

communication management ethics manager

An owner who stepped down but is sticking around anyway. The new torchbearer having no clue as to how to push back. And the best of all, a co-founder who doesn't understand how a power structure works, and who doesn't want any more role in the company, but wants to be an intermediary between the above two. You can't make this up!

I also suspect that a user "abagh0703" is a sock puppet of the OP. He was responding to comments with information that a random stranger would have no way to know. Perhaps he forgot to switch account? When I called him out on it (Obfuscating Stupidity as usual), he deleted the comments.

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