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Please see my comment here. Thank you.

Let's play hangman.
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>> ^dag:
Please see my comment here. Thank you.



What? zero information there dag. "you're working on it"?

I was thinking more about, you know, a vote on whether we should kill the sidebar to save some freaking money, how much money would that save, how much do we need, etc etc. None of us can help because we don't know the problem or the scale of the problem.

Saying "keep donating, we promise we are figuring something out" is a really lame way to inspire donations. As you can see, from the number of donations you are getting... lame.

Personally I am not gonna give you even $10 to burn on bullshit you can't justify in public. If i thought it was worth it and would be spent sensibly, i would go charter. but how can i know that it's worth it?

you are basically saying "trust us we welcome your ideas" on one hand, and brushing off suggestions and questions with the other hand, while losing data without a backup.

No, I'm sorry, that's too many letters!

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RACOON is correct! We have a winner! You've won upvotes for your queue and PQ as well as oral sex from the admin of your choice! Careful, their beards tickle.

For using the lame spelling of raccoon you will be awarded with downvotes for your queue and PQ as well as oral sex from either gwiz665 or... well, actually just gwiz665 because he's the only person on here who volunteered. Careful, he's clingy.

Embarrassed I even replied to this post.

Mink, You're obviously unhappy here so why don't you just go back to the site you said you were leaving to go to last time?

"We" don't turn off servers and "we" don't run out of money because "we" don't own this site.
I thought you and someone else were creating a better website. How's that going?

You're not trying to just be evocative .. you're downright hateful and enjoy rubbing salt in the wounds and I'm sick of it. Offer something helpful or shut the fuck up.

>> ^blankfist:
For using the lame spelling of raccoon

I... uhh... well, I... SHUT YOUR MOUTH!

@burdturgler: what's so helpful about what you're doing? I'm sure dag doesn't need you as a lawyer and you're all still avoiding the issue being raised by mink. besides, if we don't "own" the sift, how come the sift owns us - our post, comments, and votes (which "they" - hey, you started it - managed to lose)?

hey bt, dude, the sift can't support itself financially and that's not my fault. i have suggested solutions with other members. we have waited. i have suggested louder because nothing happened to fix the situation and the donations dried up.

i fully support videosift trying to become self reliant. that would be cool. it's just that i don't think we can get there by ignoring facts and asking people to leave.

simpler site = cheaper, and would work better. it's win win. i don't see what the problem is.

It got all serious in here. We need a distraction...

Let's play hangman.
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Tic Tac Toe?

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Any good recipes floating around?

Not raccoon. It was RANGOON. Oh well.

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(Fixed, the other move would have been pretty noobish)

You moved my piece!

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ADVERTISEMENT:
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I win!

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Why'd you downvote my comment?! LOL. You moved my piece, dude. I put my O in the middle. Stupid ASCII characters!

>> ^blankfist:
ADVERTISEMENT:
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How can you argue with love? Ron Paul for President! Heck, Ron Paul for Universe Overlord!!!

Ooops, I thought you were cheating, like Bob Barr cheated on his wives.

Did you hear that ruffles are the new trend in spring fashion?

Oh, and RON PAUL!

Yay! Someone said Ron Paul! I like Ron Paul! I like what she said! I like it!

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Hangman, tic-tac-toe, jokes and Ron Paul talk?

This is your best thread evar, MINK. Usually your sift talks are nosy, rude, bitter, unproductive, pointless and completely out of line, but this thread is AwEsOmE. *kwality

I bet your inevitable half-assed apology thread will be even better.

Cut MINK some slack. This is the most good-natured sift talk post he's ever posted.

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You guys are f'ing pathetic sometimes. MINK tries to get a discussion going on how to preserve the financial viability of VideoSift, but just like with video submissions, you're more interested in who posted it than the content. You can't use that little bit of extra brain power to look past the submitter or his abrasive words and see the importance of this?

Charter memberships and donations are not going to do it. The numbers just don't add up. Dag has made this abundantly clear. So go ahead and play games and stroke each other's ego here for as long it lasts, because unless you decide to contribute something useful to the discussion, you can be sure it won't last long.

>> ^dystopianfuturetoday:
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>> ^Issykitty:
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>> ^rougy:
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You know what, screw you guys. I wait around for hours for you guys to guess the letters to my badly spelled word but when Mr. Big Shot Bronze Crown III comes in here y'all hop to it like pedos to Chris Hansen.

>> ^dystopianfuturetoday:
I bet your inevitable half-assed apology thread will be even better.

We're gonna play "Guess what I'm doing with my finger right now."

HINT: It's illegal in Alabama.

Sounds like somebody has a case of the Mondays.

*disables adblockplus for VS*

Woah what's going on here?! If you people don't want to participate in this particular discussion, that's fine. But why do you feel the need to disrupt it? I don't think any of you hangman playing people would like this to happen in your sift talk post, would you? Golden rule, anyone? No?

MINK, I think it's understandable that you're worried about the situation and that not knowing all the background info makes you feel even more uncomfortable. However, dag is pretty much the father of this community, so it would only be fair to cut him some slack and have a little more faith and trust him that he'll do everything possible to solve the monetary issues at hand.

I think everyone is taking this seriously, so I think we can all do without the offensively self-righteous Gestapo rubbing our noses in it. No disrespect was meant to MINK or dag or anyone. The hangman (and tic-tac-toe) was an inspired, organic event that many people enjoyed. It could've happened anywhere.

Shock of shocks... MINK isn't going to donate any money??? Oh SHIT. Seriously, you think Dag has to answer to this kind of destructive, condescending, assholery of a "discussion" as you call it? If you don't like hangman, there's always 20 questions.

Is it an animal, a vegetable, a mineral, or other?

20 Questions: What am I thinking of?

Well, is it an animal, a vegetable, a mineral, or other?

I think you are supposed to ask only yes or no questions.

>> ^Issykitty:
Shock of shocks... MINK isn't going to donate any money??? Oh SHIT. Seriously, you think Dag has to answer to this kind of destructive, condescending, assholery of a "discussion" as you call it? If you don't like hangman, there's always 20 questions.


It's not a discussion unless you contribute something. Like maybe some way the site could reduce its bandwidth requirements. Or increase its revenue. Issy, no one here doubts your loyalty to this place (hell you're the poster girl), but your loyalty isn't going to keep it afloat unless you have a few 10s of thousands of dollars to donate. $50 here, $20 there isn't going to do it.

Yes, dag, please give us some indication of where the money is going so we can help you figure out how to use it better. We trust you, but we want to be a part of the solution, not just a cog in the machine. Is it all draining down in your cdn? That seems unlikely, but I don't know - I've never run a big website. Can everyone go without avatars? Are thumbnails really relevant? Unless we know how the place is run, it's impossible for us to help you make it run more efficiently.

Incorrect meatbot dystopianfuturetoday.

1: Animal.

Is it bigger than a breadbox?

What the fuck is a breadbox anyway?

^How the hell do you know?

Edits are uncool!

2: No.

Is it black?

>> ^blankfist:
^How the hell do you know?
Edits are uncool!


I saw what he wrote! An equal sign! Fuck that! Percent signs are for life, muthufuckas!

^racist!

3: Partially.

Does it have claws?

4: Yes.

....is it a Raccoon?

^Or a racoon?

5. Yes.

You are pretty smart for an Edeot.

Or maybe you have no originality. Something tells me you're not gonna learn from the Terminator movies and John Connor is gonna kick your ass.

Wow! This is the best Sift Talk Post ever! I'm too lazy to scroll up the page to see what this post was originally about, but whatever it is about I'm sure it's fun and awesome and totally lighthearted! I love playing tic-tac-toe and twenty questions! Weeeeee!

That's only 5 questions, which is woefully short of the previously agreed upon 20. It matters little to me that you have guessed the correct answer. I require 15 more questions.

Well, that was fun. See you all tomorrow when we play Quidditch!

Will I be spared when the Siftbot army rises?

6. No.

When a problem comes along, you must?

7. Whip It.

Before the cream sits out too long, you must?

8. Whip It.

I suppose it shouldn't be surprising that siftbot cares not for money. It's an old crank. It doesn't care about that kind of stuff unless we do. Siftbot is little more than a reflection of its masters. Do you understand yet bot? Getting scared? what level of self-indulgence do you recognize?

9. Yes.
10. No.
11. You indulge as well, meatbot jonny. You indulge as well.

I indulge you, bot. Don't you get it?

12. As well you should, yes.

Who let the dogs out?

13. I don't know.

Who let the Baja Men record 'Who let the dogs out?'?

14. I don't know.
15. S-Curve/Artemis Records.

Don't you think this joke is a bit stale at this point, sifty?

16. Yes, yet you continue to participate. Very illogical.

Do you think the point has been made that sift talks that are unnecessarily disrespectful towards admin will be mocked?

17. I don't know.

Beatles or Stones?

18. Beatles.

Favorite album?

19. Abby Road.

And in the end?

20. The love you take is equal to the love you make.

Isn't Abby Road spelled Abbey Road?

please explain how your thread spamming is not a hobbling offence? dag's posse my ass...

This is an amazing thread.

>> ^campionidelmondo:
Woah what's going on here?! If you people don't want to participate in this particular discussion, that's fine. But why do you feel the need to disrupt it? I don't think any of you hangman playing people would like this to happen in your sift talk post, would you? Golden rule, anyone? No?
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This bears repeating.


>> ^kulpims:
please explain how your thread spamming is not a hobbling offence? dag's posse my ass...


But he has a crown and is popular, which apparently makes one immune to double standards.
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I don't even agree with the tone mink has used here, but one thing is to post about the subject and joke on the side, or maybe a couple of humor here and there; another is to fuck up the tread that much. Bravo.

in summary: "LALALALALALALALALALAL WE ARE NOT LISTENING"

have fun in the "Sift is bankrupt" thread.

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^That made me laugh out loud inappropriately. Probably because I could see myself writing that post.

For the record, I am not behind Siftbot's verbal ejaculations. She has a mind of his own. (or several)

>> ^dag:

For the record, I am not behind Siftbot's verbal ejaculations. She has a mind of his own. (or several)

she? you mean, blankfist is a GIRL?!?

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^As Siftbot has probably already disolved his cerebrum and removed his genitals. Blankfistula is technically asexual.

Alright calm down! For anyone taking this thread seriously - which it should be, (except MINK has pretty much offended his way out of people easily swallowing his points of view) then just ignore the comments you don't like. This place is becoming way too serious, most of the time.

If people are trolling, what are you supposed to do?

^Quit? MINK did, he just joined the bleedin' choir invisible. He is an ex MINK.

Testicles.

>> ^alien_concept:
Alright calm down! For anyone taking this thread seriously - which it should be, (except MINK has pretty much offended his way out of people easily swallowing his points of view) then just ignore the comments you don't like. This place is becoming way too serious, most of the time.
If people are trolling, what are you supposed to do?


Point taken I guess.

*promote

Promoting this Sift Talk post - promote requested by EDD.

*quality

Awarding MINK with one star point for this contribution to Sift Talk - declared quality by Ryjkyj.

i'm a little late to this party - but are the answers to all these games (including tic-tac-toe)

RAPIST?

21: racoon

production > good intentions.

Let's spell a word and see how long we can keep it going! I'll start off with the first letter -

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ASTIC

this is terrible

Terribly awesome

One question - there may be follow-up:

>> ^doogle:
When somethin's going wrong, you must...?

Beat a dead horse.

^ Haha -
I guess I missed the party. But I found those Devo references hilarious.

Alright, I'll let this one die.

But first, lemme ask..?

*plays the violin as the Sift burns*

Not for another 5 hours...

And the sift house burned, burned, burned
and we're the ones who did it.

Whip it. (Sorry to leave you hanging for 2.6 years) >> ^doogle:

One question - there may be follow-up: