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Are we elitists?

Sep 19, 2012 8:33 PM

Of course we are. But that's not the actual question I'm asking.

I think it's fun to poke around on the Vanilla Forums during woot-offs. There are a lot of folks over there that have never posted here, but they seem to be Master/Mistress of their Woot-nilla domain (like @halperez or @GuardianBob or @RebelTaz).

Do we scare off the noobs and trolls (Hiya @iggz!) with the threat of downvotes?
Does that make us a bunch of elitist snobs? The Black-Triangle-Only-Club?
If so, I'm cool with it.

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lumpthar lumpthar

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Master of my domain? Hardly.

I jump in, provide snide comments and sarcasm to get laughs and leave.

You're reading too much into the fact that some people never ask a question. If I have a question, I ask my wife. She knows everything, or so she says.

guardianbob guardianbob
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Oh and I did have a black triangle for a while, it's just faded in the sun.

guardianbob guardianbob
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Of course we are. But we deserve it.

Side question: Vanilla forums? buh?

thedogma thedogma
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We're not elitists...we're just better than the people on yahoo. :)

jsimsace jsimsace
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@thedogma: The forums on the Main Site. They are vanilla. Because they have a white background!

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