Sense of humour failure

[Tez3]

Well, blow me, I post something amusing to make people smile even a laugh a bit and a mod deletes it with a snippy bad tempered note. My, I've hit a nerve somewhere haven't I.
So read this quick, this will go too with another snippy note and perhaps ooh a reprimand and a ban.

Ps so it was porn then..............

 

[Monkey Turned Wolf]

The fortnight skin thing? That's a really popular game that has "skins" or different character designs. The two names the person gave at the end was probably his actual name and his in game name, not porn

 

[Dirty Dog]

What sort of fool takes spam sent in private, turns it into public spam, and then gets upset when the spam is deleted?

 

[drop bear]

Tez so long as your joke didn't tank as badly as this guy. You are doing alright.

 

[Headhunter]

What sort of fool takes spam sent in private, turns it into public spam, and then gets upset when the spam is deleted?

Yeah good point lol

 

[Steve]

What sort of fool takes spam sent in private, turns it into public spam, and then gets upset when the spam is deleted?

Is it really cool for moderators to call people fools? Come on, man.

 

[Tez3]

What sort of fool takes spam sent in private, turns it into public spam, and then gets upset when the spam is deleted?

Sweetie, I wasn't upset! I was totally bemused because I didn't understand one word of the PM, not one word hence my posting to see if anyone could enlightened me! If someone is offering me 'skins' what does that mean, ( it just seemed saucy, I thought I could be lucky and have a nubile young man offering me something interesting!) and what season is starting! Now it may make sense to the young and/or Americans but meant absolutely nothing to me, I actually thought if I posted it people would have fun making fun of me being old and unable to actually understand what it said!!!!

So it was deleted, ( you may think it wasn't funny but you also allow overtly political posts, rants about starving oneself which really isn't funny etc etc but my joke gets deleted?) ok you don't get my sense of humour so ignore BUT I still don't know what skins are, am I in luck or is it slang for something very boring!!!

It's this.......

 

[Buka]

Tez so long as your joke didn't tank as badly as this guy. You are doing alright.

Yeah, top that awkward. That was so f'd.

 

[pdg]

BUT I still don't know what skins are, am I in luck or is it slang for something very boring!!!

Most common usage I can think of for "skins" is as a slang term for cigarette papers.

But, I don't know the context of the joke in question...




Edit: pm the joke to me if you want - I'm British and hard to offend

 

[Headhunter]

Sweetie, I wasn't upset! I was totally bemused because I didn't understand one word of the PM, not one word hence my posting to see if anyone could enlightened me! If someone is offering me 'skins' what does that mean, ( it just seemed saucy, I thought I could be lucky and have a nubile young man offering me something interesting!) and what season is starting! Now it may make sense to the young and/or Americans but meant absolutely nothing to me, I actually thought if I posted it people would have fun making fun of me being old and unable to actually understand what it said!!!!

So it was deleted, ( you may think it wasn't funny but you also allow overtly political posts, rants about starving oneself which really isn't funny etc etc but my joke gets deleted?) ok you don't get my sense of humour so ignore BUT I still don't know what skins are, am I in luck or is it slang for something very boring!!!

It's this.......

I think the whole point is it was deleted because it was spam pm with probably a virus link and you then posted that whole message into a thread so everyone could click on that spam link.

Also it's about a video game nothing more probably some nerd with no life trying to scam people

 

[Tez3]

Most common usage I can think of for "skins" is as a slang term for cigarette papers.

But, I don't know the context of the joke in question...




Edit: pm the joke to me if you want - I'm British and hard to offend

That's what my son said.

I think the whole point is it was deleted because it was spam pm with probably a virus link and you then posted that whole message into a thread so everyone could click on that spam link.

Then why not explain that's what it was with a warning to me not to click onto the link, that would have been the decent thing to do, not send me a snarky message and delete the whole thread.The link could have been taken out and a post put underneath explaining what it said and what it was. Then I would have been enlightened and not totally puzzled by the strange message ( how was I supposed to know it was spam anyway if I didn't know what it said? American is a strange language ), disappointed to know I'd don't have a toy boy messenger but still puzzled as to what the 'season' is or what it has to do with video games. There's a season for video games?

In the 12 years I've been here I've never had a spam message.

 

[Tez3]

What sort of fool takes spam sent in private, turns it into public spam, and then gets upset when the spam is deleted?

Perhaps the sort of fool who didn't know it was spam and no one had the courtesy to inform her? Perhaps she didn't get upset (other than taken aback at the rudeness of the message) but actually didn't understand what the damn message said. perhaps she thought the message was humorous and wanted to share the humour of not being able to understand what she thought was a proper message? I didn't report it as spam btw, I reported it because I suspected, wrongly ( but you didn't take the time to explain) that it might have been rude.

Skins means nothing to me, I've looked it up since and it means as someone has said cigarette papers for roll ups. Fortnight in the UK is the usual term for two weeks.

Don't assume everyone is as savvy as you are when it comes to the internet or that everyone understands the words to mean the same as you think, they don't. Yeah, 'I'm stupid' for not realising it was spam but how much worse to castigate someone for not knowing something and then not telling them. I may be a old fool but at least I would have been polite, explained the real nature of the message and warned the receiver not to click on the link to see what it is. A little courtesy and understanding goes a long way.

 

[Ryan_]

Perhaps the sort of fool who didn't know it was spam and no one had the courtesy to inform her? Perhaps she didn't get upset (other than taken aback at the rudeness of the message) but actually didn't understand what the damn message said. perhaps she thought the message was humorous and wanted to share the humour of not being able to understand what she thought was a proper message? I didn't report it as spam btw, I reported it because I suspected, wrongly ( but you didn't take the time to explain) that it might have been rude.

Skins means nothing to me, I've looked it up since and it means as someone has said cigarette papers for roll ups. Fortnight in the UK is the usual term for two weeks.

Don't assume everyone is as savvy as you are when it comes to the internet or that everyone understands the words to mean the same as you think, they don't. Yeah, 'I'm stupid' for not realising it was spam but how much worse to castigate someone for not knowing something and then not telling them. I may be a old fool but at least I would have been polite, explained the real nature of the message and warned the receiver not to click on the link to see what it is. A little courtesy and understanding goes a long way.

I've got to agree that the best way would be to delete thread with link and send a polite message explaining it. It's quite understandable not to know something which is aimed at a completely different target audience. Although I don't think the MT moderators have any bad intentions... I mean look at the fasting threads, same person each time but is still allowed on forum.

Summary:
I think it could have been dealt with better but there's no negative intentions.

 

[CB Jones]

Most common usage I can think of for "skins" is as a slang term for cigarette papers.

But, I don't know the context of the joke in question...




Edit: pm the joke to me if you want - I'm British and hard to offend

Google Minecraft skins

 

[Tez3]

Google Minecraft skins

Sorry, still doesn't help as I also don't know what minecraft is .

I'm a 64 year old Jewish woman living in the wilds of the Yorkshire Dales ie 20th century...just. We have slow internet, just past dial up. I can Google if I have the time to spend waiting for it to load or the patience.

 

[Ryan_]

Sorry, still doesn't help as I also don't know what minecraft is .

I'm a 64 year old Jewish woman living in the wilds of the Yorkshire Dales ie 20th century...just. We have slow internet, just past dial up. I can Google if I have the time to spend waiting for it to load or the patience.

Just to be clear:
A skin in a game is a customisation for something. Just makes an item have a different look.

Fortnite is a very popular game right now and a lot of people are using it to scam others, such as promising to give them a skin in fortnite, in return for something such as a payment.

 

[CB Jones]

It’s a online game with its on world that allows players to create their own person to explore and build things, go on adventures and even do Combat in the Minecraft world. They “mine” stuff to build with.

It’s pretty popular right now.

Disclaimer: I never have played it..that just roughly my understanding of it

 

[Ryan_]

It’s a online game with its on world that allows players to create their own person to explore and build things, go on adventures and even do Combat in the Minecraft world. They “mine” stuff to build with.

It’s pretty popular right now.

Disclaimer: I never have played it..that just roughly my understanding of it

You managed to make this sound similar to fortnite as well

 

[CB Jones]

Not a big fan of sims games.

People get too involved in them.

Get out and enjoy real life

 

[CB Jones]

You managed to make this sound similar to fortnite as well

They alll are just differ variations of the same thing