Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Polite?

dyret opened this issue on May 05, 2007 · 83 posts


dyret posted Sat, 05 May 2007 at 2:38 AM

Why shout at each other? A lot of threads her seems to turn out a shouting match.

Why not hire the dude with the cat pictures?


drifterlee posted Sat, 05 May 2007 at 2:44 AM

Well, many of us no longer have any family left to shout at because we spend all out time with Poser. So,......


dyret posted Sat, 05 May 2007 at 2:50 AM

Yeah! That makes total sence. I'd laugh at it but it's really only SAD! As a norwegian I often have problems finding the right words. But I dont resolve to shouting at people.With enemies like this who needs friends?


ashley9803 posted Sat, 05 May 2007 at 3:37 AM

I recon most people here are very civil to each other.
I DON'T SEE MUCH SHOUTING.!
Very little flaming and even fewer trolls.
Count your blessings, I recon.


thefixer posted Sat, 05 May 2007 at 3:40 AM

Hmm, I think you're a bit off base with this to be honest!!

I've spent a lot of time in the forums here and for the most part peeps are ok with each other, sure there are sometimes disagreements but IMO it's very rare and even rarer for that disagreement to descend into something worse.

IMO there are a lot of friendly and helpful peeps here!!

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pjz99 posted Sat, 05 May 2007 at 4:38 AM

Well, the main problem is, some people are assholes.

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dyret posted Sat, 05 May 2007 at 4:43 AM

pjz99....

Thank you for all your kind replys.

So... People can be assholes? don't see the point in name calling and such.


pjz99 posted Sat, 05 May 2007 at 4:48 AM

I guess I should have included something along the lines of "ta dump dump."

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dyret posted Sat, 05 May 2007 at 4:49 AM

Hehe. Don't get me quoting songs here!


archdruid posted Sat, 05 May 2007 at 8:41 AM

   ok....... as an old fart, I am, IMHO, entitled to quote old saws and sayings until everybody gives in out of self-defence...... and if you believe that, I have this gold brick........ this one was ancient when I was a kid, and is still true.... "If you have to descend to name-calling, you have already lost the argument"
   I love debating things, it's an exchange of differing opinions and ideas........ Argument... I have no time for it.... it's two closed minds that are in a shouting match.
   Hey, dyret, why not? Some of them have pretty good lines. Lou.

"..... and that was when things got interestiing."


Acadia posted Sat, 05 May 2007 at 10:00 AM

The reason that some people resort to attacking each other is because of a lack of social communication skills to make their point. So they resort to personal attacks and name calling instead. Though pjz99's post above was meant in humour and made me laugh out loud,  LOL

I know there is an ongoing "feud" with a few people, over what I have no idea, all I know is that it occasionally spills over into the odd thread and gives me a headache!

I am a firm believer in debating the written word. As they say "attack the words, not the poster". 

To me every thread is a new day/chapter. Life is far too short to carry grudges around, especially for people on the internet whom you don't know and will probably never ever meet. I mean what is the point? Personally I don't see one. So while I may not like what someone said or their stance on something in one thread, that doesn't mean that I feel the same about them in another. I believe in chances and I also believe that mean spirited people on the net are probably not at all like that in their "real lives" and that the internet brings out the worse in some people because of the perceived "annonymity" factor. I say perceived because it's not so annonymous anymore and with the right tools you can track a person right to their door step.

Some people just need to learn to let things go and move on and to not take things so serious, especially things on the internet.

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FreeBass posted Sat, 05 May 2007 at 10:18 AM

"Well, the main problem is, some people are assholes."

HEY!!!

I resemble that remark, ya blankety blankblank!!!

OK....so I ent in here near as much as I used to was, but if things haven't changed too drastically, I'm tinkin' that a lot of the percieved rude behavior could well be members of various cliques (yes, they do exist) razzin' each others asses.  As far as outright truly rude behavior, generally the Mods keep tings well in hand & nip anythin' truly mean spirited or hostile in the bud.

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jjroland posted Sat, 05 May 2007 at 10:56 AM

NO U!!!


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ArtPearl posted Sat, 05 May 2007 at 12:45 PM

I've never tried harder to be polite and considerate as I am now, on the forum.  In real life I can see the other person and judge if they realy deserve me being rude or aggressive, and what's more, wheather they can take it or not.  I have this feeling many people around here use poser (and the forum) to get  away from daily problems and nasties, so I dont want to ruin the escape, and I dont want  to offend/hurt  anyone. So if I did, or will - sorry.
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Penguinisto posted Sat, 05 May 2007 at 5:29 PM

Quote - Some people just need to learn to let things go and move on and to not take things so serious, especially things on the internet.

Exactly. :) Debate - I love debate... gives me a perfect chance to see multiple sides of a given object... be it a problem, proposed solution, or what-have-you. Funny thing is, I have been known to cajole on occasion; mostly as tough love, but sometimes to provoke thought, reactions that lead to thought, and otherwise to get people to stop and think w/o being drowned out in mediocrity. Most of the time, it works like a charm. /P


XENOPHONZ posted Sat, 05 May 2007 at 6:13 PM

Flaming and fighting is considered by many to be a great and honorable forum tradition.  It's an ancient rite which dates all of the way back to primal times.  People even used to do it on local BBS's at 9600 baud transfer rates -- if you can believe it !

People can't 'get along' in the forums for the same reason that people can't get along in real life.  It's because they are human.  And humans are what humans are.  And humans do what humans do.  Read some history books.

Humans don't 'get along' too well in traffic situations on the road, either.  So why should the forums be any exception to this general rule?  Frankly, the question is akin to asking why the wind blows, or why the world is round (Note: I did not say "how" the wind blows, as in a technical explanation of atmospheric mechanics: but WHY the wind blows.).

When you come right down to it, we can only answer for the behavior of one (1) person: ourselves.  Not for what others may or may not choose to do in their spare time.  So being a 'nice person' in large measure involves a choice -- a choice to not allow the bad behavior of others to control you internally.  Because doing so gives them far too much power over you.

However: there is absolutely nothing wrong with pointing out bad behavior when it happens.  Even if doing so leads to an argument.  Not all arguments are bad.  We have to acknowledge the possibility that one person is right and that someone else is wrong about something.  Although in many cases: if you really dig into the matter -- you'll discover (surprise! surprise!) that the genesis of the entire argument is simply a matter of pride.  Not a matter of factual debate.

Shake your fist at the wind if you want to.  It'll still blow just as hard as it ever did regardless.

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Dajadues posted Sat, 05 May 2007 at 6:59 PM

Words in cyber space are meaningless. Well, they used to be. ;)

Usually it's the dead horse that gets posted, on here it's cat's & a gross one at that.

Nothing like vulgar humor to get a thread derailed in ten seconds flat.


drifterlee posted Sat, 05 May 2007 at 7:31 PM

I remember having a modem that was slower than 9600, but that was so long ago I forgot.. I also remember having a friend with a BBS who, when you entered your username, asked "Is that really YOU?" Those were the days.......


drifterlee posted Sat, 05 May 2007 at 7:35 PM

Actually, I think, instead of a cat picture, I will share a very old joke with you:

A  man was on a train with his three young children who were fighting, screaming, and running up and down the train aisle wrecking havoc. An older woman turned around and angrily said to the man,"If you don't shut those kids up and make them behave, I'm going to make YOU trouble."

The man sighed and said, "Lady, My wife is dead in the baggage car behind, my oldest daughter is pregnant by a rapist, my other two kids shit their pants, tore up the tickets, and I'm on the wrong train - and YOU are going to make me trouble?"


dasquid posted Sat, 05 May 2007 at 7:53 PM

Oh lawd is dat sum B tard?



pakled posted Sun, 06 May 2007 at 1:15 AM

This is not impolite.
the OT forum was impolite (especially by '04..;)
the C&D forum was impolite

they're both gone because they were impolite. (Along with the Tavern, which was closed because of fear the rowdies would barge in, take the place over, and get drunk and be even more impolite..;)

So this is nothin'. I've seen real impoliteness...and... the horror, the horror..;)

I wish I'd said that.. The Staircase Wit

anahl nathrak uth vas betude doth yel dyenvey..;)


drifterlee posted Sun, 06 May 2007 at 1:19 AM

Pakled, the Tavern sounds like fun! I would love to have a few virtual drinks, get virtually drunk, and make a virtual - or would it be digital - ass of myself dancing on a virtual table with a lampshade from freestuff on my head. Check out Jiff3d's recent render with the drunken Squeak the mice laying around with beer bottles. LOL!


Fazzel posted Sun, 06 May 2007 at 1:23 AM

Quote - << Dude with a cat picture....:o)
Peeing Cat

I think someone has a cat confused with a dog.  I've had male cats and none of them ever
peed on something in that position. 



Acadia posted Sun, 06 May 2007 at 1:31 AM

Yep, all kitties "squat" :)

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drifterlee posted Sun, 06 May 2007 at 2:17 AM

Okay, Elvis has left the building!

pakled posted Sun, 06 May 2007 at 12:14 PM

yeah..to be honest, near the end, I'd come in once a week and dust off the patrons..;) got real quiet by the end...sigh..;)

I wish I'd said that.. The Staircase Wit

anahl nathrak uth vas betude doth yel dyenvey..;)


jugoth posted Sun, 06 May 2007 at 12:53 PM

yep i get impolite when in yank land when tryng to explain to a serving wench how to make a cupa tea properly, and how to cook the bacon right, as i find it far easier pop in kitchen and show em how the civilized countrie's do it.
That dont include france in the civilized countrie's.


ClawShrimp posted Sun, 06 May 2007 at 9:37 PM

I know this is a gross over-simplification of many of the flame wars that occur here (and anywhere online), but a great deal of arguments are no doubt born out of misunderstanding.

That is the true downside of the written word. Humourous banter becomes aggressive argumentativeness when read in the unintentioned tone.

If we can hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominos will fall like a house of cards...checkmate!


Penguinisto posted Sun, 06 May 2007 at 9:43 PM

Agreed. Also coupled with that is the usual parcel of human failings: ego, compulsiveness, a tendency to think the worst, a refusal to bear criticism... things like that. /P


drifterlee posted Sun, 06 May 2007 at 9:44 PM


Conniekat8 posted Sun, 06 May 2007 at 10:27 PM

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dyret posted Sun, 06 May 2007 at 11:08 PM

OK! I'm actually quite glad that I started this tread. Seems people have a need for expressing themselves in this forum without saying something about an actual forum-subject.

And why not?


XENOPHONZ posted Sun, 06 May 2007 at 11:23 PM

Personally, I like "threads about nothing".  Oftentimes, those types of threads make more sense than the threads which stay rigidly on topic.

Of course, there are forums around which are heavily moderated to the point of being sterile.  shrug  That type of approach serves a useful purpose in purely technical forums.  But around here such an approach would spike a large part of what makes this forum what it is.

I enjoy OT posts.  They help to make things........interesting.

If a forum thread is a type of conversation -- then just like conversations in person: someone might change the subject midway through the discussion.  Someone might even tell a joke.

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dyret posted Sun, 06 May 2007 at 11:32 PM

Jokes are FINE. But sometimes they make things get out of hand. Humor is not something onesided. My opinion on what is funny might be different than anybody else on this whole site. And I have to say that sometimes it seems to me that jokes are beeing used to insult people with different opinions. Humor is such a strong way of expression. In the end it might be seen as it all comes down to ethitcs. Sometimes it might help to think throug if one has had enough empathy with other people and their opinions. Excuse me for beeing serious. That's the way MY mind works. But PLEASE do tell jokes. 

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XENOPHONZ posted Sun, 06 May 2007 at 11:53 PM

Sometimes humor comes in the form of satire.  And satire can be very, very funny.

However, in order for satire to truly have a bite: there must be a grain of truth centered at the core of the joke.

Seriousness is a good thing.  But so is freedom of expression.  And as I've heard others say before: threads don't come with steering wheels.  At least not around here, they don't.  There are places like that.  I don't go there.

In this forum they've got a balance of sorts.  You can't do what they do at the so-called "free" sites.....where you can commit verbal murder on the other members.  But neither do they execute you for expressing perfectly legitimate opinions -- within the bounds of the TOS.

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dyret posted Sun, 06 May 2007 at 11:59 PM

And so it should be. I'm actually allowed to express my opinon on emphaty and politeness. I'm allowed to be serous. Then again... My SATIRE might be so different to yours that you just did not understand it. And vice versa. I have a schizotypal personality dissorder and so words means A LOT to me. I love to play with words. Sometimes i missunderstand words in a big way. That can be funny too. I'm not a big fan of cruelity thoug.


XENOPHONZ posted Mon, 07 May 2007 at 12:02 AM

Quote - I'm not a big fan of cruelity thoug.

 

That I agree with.

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dyret posted Mon, 07 May 2007 at 12:03 AM

good. GOOD! hehe....


XENOPHONZ posted Mon, 07 May 2007 at 12:11 AM

On the other hand: it's easy to be reasonable when you are among reasonable people.  But when someone comes in and starts throwing their weight around -- then they shouldn't be surprised when someone else starts throwing it around, too...........😉

Even when humor is used as a device to do so.

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XENOPHONZ posted Mon, 07 May 2007 at 12:14 AM

Signing off for the night.  Enjoyed the free discussion.

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dyret posted Mon, 07 May 2007 at 12:14 AM

Sometimes people might feel that noe family members should not express themselves


dyret posted Mon, 07 May 2007 at 12:14 AM

hehe. okidoki


archdruid posted Mon, 07 May 2007 at 12:40 PM

  Best example?..... try reading a technical manual, cover-to-cover..... or, would you rather read a really funny story? I like it here, mostly because of the "laid-back" atmosphere... I'd MUCH rather be here, than a tech briefing, any day of the week. Lou.
  BTW "Laid-back", for those who haven't heard the expression yet, means "very relaxed and non-formal"

"..... and that was when things got interestiing."


AnAardvark posted Mon, 07 May 2007 at 2:23 PM

Quote - yep i get impolite when in yank land when tryng to explain to a serving wench how to make a cupa tea properly, and how to cook the bacon right, as i find it far easier pop in kitchen and show em how the civilized countrie's do it.
That dont include france in the civilized countrie's.

 

So how do you cook the bacon right? Not that we even agree on bacon. (I think you chaps call it "streaky bacon", and usually neither cure nor smoke it.

For my part, we cook it in an oven on a raised wire rack in a half-sheet cookie pan. The grease runs off and collects in the pan, where it can be poured into a Jam jar and saved for later use.


dphoadley posted Mon, 07 May 2007 at 2:28 PM

Bacon isn't Kosher!  Try roasted lamb instead.
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FrankT posted Mon, 07 May 2007 at 2:35 PM

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drifterlee posted Mon, 07 May 2007 at 8:03 PM

I'm not Jewish, but I have always hated ham and pork. especially my grandmother's nasty pork roasts they made me eat as a child. I am sure they were good if you liked pork - she was a good cook - but all I remember was nasty bubbling fat in that pot, GROSS.


drifterlee posted Mon, 07 May 2007 at 8:04 PM

Could you really cook and EAT me?????? I am so cute!!!!

Morgano posted Mon, 07 May 2007 at 8:50 PM

*I know this is a gross over-simplification of many of the flame wars that occur here (and anywhere online), but a great deal of arguments are no doubt born out of misunderstanding.

That is the true downside of the written word. Humourous banter becomes aggressive argumentativeness when read in the unintentioned tone.

*Those are very good points, but there is another side of the coin:  people whose posts are phrased in terms that are, by any understanding, excessively abrasive, but who litter the same posts with smilies.   They seem to think that they can give any amount of offence, but deflect all blame by inserting a few insincere smilies.

Sorry, Drifterlee, but that pig looks yummy, if a bit on the unfattened side.   A Hindu friend of mine, totally vegetarian, confessed that she loved the smell of frying bacon.   It's quite common around here for butchers' shops to have curious images on display that involve grinning pigs.   I've always found those a bit peculiar;  I like eating pig-based products, but I don't really imagine that the pigs are quite so taken with the idea.   I think that that sort of thing is even more common in France than here.   I don't remember seeing smug-looking sheep or cattle used in the same way (apart from on that frightful "La vache qui rit" so-called cheese that gets inflicted on you at 35000 feet, halfway across the Atlantic).    Pigs are certainly far more intelligent than cattle or sheep.  Perhaps, that makes a grinning pig more plausible than a smiling Friesian, although a philosophical pig would make at least as much sense.


drifterlee posted Mon, 07 May 2007 at 9:20 PM

I know people outside the US like to eat horsemeat. But I've always had and ridden horses and consider them friends, so the thoughts of eating a horse makes me feel ill, although if I was starving to death I might feel differently.


drifterlee posted Mon, 07 May 2007 at 9:22 PM

That is the true downside of the written word. Humourous banter becomes aggressive argumentativeness when read in the unintentioned tone
.

 Also, some misunderstandings occur because we do not all speak English or German or whatever. Sometimes I have offended someone and could not figure out why they were offended.


nruddock posted Tue, 08 May 2007 at 1:01 PM

Quote - Could you really cook and EAT me?????? I am so cute!!!!

Not for for another month, then it's Wham Bam, Thank you ham (with barbecue sauce of course).


ratscloset posted Tue, 08 May 2007 at 1:31 PM

It is funny that this has come up. I collect old books and I was reading through an old turn of the century (early 1900's) book on ettiquette. The section on communicating applied to present day due to the changes in the way we communicate. In the 1900's, we communicated by writing mostly and we received our news by reading. Delivering of information went from the written word, to sound (radio) to images (Movietone News then the Television) to the internet where we have a mixture, but mostly reading. 

Communication changed from writing (letters) to verbal (phone) back to writing (e-mail)... those rules for writing from the 1900's apply today as well as it did then. The problem is, letter writing is a skill that takes practice and many of us fall into the bad habit of writing the way we talk. Sometimes, that does not come across as intended and that leads to all sorts of issues. 

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Tiari posted Tue, 08 May 2007 at 2:04 PM

See, there's a simple explanation to this, besides PJZ's (in my opinion) apt description of a few wanderers that like to stir the pot.  All is civil and peaceful in the rendo posting world, as long as you do not:

Claim V4 looks like crap

Post 45 Images of a poser female with unrealistically huge basketball boobs (and name it something grandeos like, "She walks with wind in her hair holding the earth in her palm and all is well".)

Claim poser isn't art. (or claim its easy, instant or the "cheaters way" to do art).

Claim you are a professional expert extrordinaire in poser when your on your fifth all time render and tell everyone else they are doing it wrong.

Start asking how to get comission work when you just bought your first copy of poser five minutes ago and havent downloaded it yet.

get on the thumbnail TOS issue.

avoid those, and it will be all smooth for you :)


dasquid posted Tue, 08 May 2007 at 3:31 PM

Sorry but theres nothing like frying a pound of bacon and using the still hot grease to fry about a half dozen sliced potatos and onions.(best thing to fry eggs in too :P )

I had lamb in Turkey when I was there  in 02 and it was good but  it can't beat a good bacon sandwich.

Now on  the animals when alive? Then the lamb beats the pig without any problems pigs are just filthy stupid animals (yeah I know people say pigs are smarter than dogs but you cant prove it by me)



XENOPHONZ posted Tue, 08 May 2007 at 3:43 PM

As a teenager, I knew a guy who picked up a piglet from a small group of them in his grandmother's backyard.  The piglet started to squeal.  Next thing that he knew, a 500 lb. (or so) momma sow came charging around the corner of the house -- and she took out after him.  Now 500 lbs. of angry momma pig isn't very funny (at least not at the time -- it is later on when the story gets told).  So he dropped the pig and ran.  Fortunately for him, it was just a short distance to the screen door and into his grandmother's kitchen.  He made it inside just before the sow had him for lunch.  She stood outside of the door, oinking and screaming for some time thereafter.  I don't think that he ever picked up a loose piglet again.

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drifterlee posted Tue, 08 May 2007 at 5:17 PM

That's interesting, because I always thought pigs were vegetarians, but evidently they eat meat, too. We had two hunters go missing years ago in Michigan, and only last year the police caught the guys who murdered them and fed their bodies to hogs, yecchhh!


Khai posted Tue, 08 May 2007 at 5:23 PM

Attached Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Pickton

> Quote - That's interesting, because I always thought pigs were vegetarians, but evidently they eat meat, too. We had two hunters go missing years ago in Michigan, and only last year the police caught the guys who murdered them and fed their bodies to hogs, yecchhh!

just 2?

looks like this guy did 49.....


XENOPHONZ posted Tue, 08 May 2007 at 5:45 PM

Quote - That's interesting, because I always thought pigs were vegetarians, but evidently they eat meat, too. We had two hunters go missing years ago in Michigan, and only last year the police caught the guys who murdered them and fed their bodies to hogs, yecchhh!

 

I don't know if the pig would literally have eaten him -- although she might have.  I've heard that pigs will eat just about anything.  But no -- what the sow objected to were her offspring's squeals of distress at being picked up & handled.  Her actions from there were to protect her piglet from what she interpreted as an attack.  She might not have eaten him.  But she very well might have killed him.

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drifterlee posted Tue, 08 May 2007 at 5:47 PM

In MICHIGAN. That other guy lives somewhere else. Evidentily the hunters looked at these guys' girlfriends and got in a fight and killed.

SUGGESTION: I am going to suggest that RR have a totally off topic forum for us to chat in. I hate "Chat rooms" but I enjoy talking to other people about non-art stuff.


drifterlee posted Tue, 08 May 2007 at 5:50 PM

Now that I read that wikepeida story "human flesh might have been ground up with pork..." I can't imagine ever eating pork!


XENOPHONZ posted Tue, 08 May 2007 at 6:16 PM

I've read elsewhere that human flesh actually tastes like pork -- and not like chicken.

The similarity between pig flesh & human flesh is a part of the reason why pig's heart valves can be used to surgically replace human heart valves.  And it's also one of the arguments occasionally used as to why humans shouldn't eat pig meat.  The flesh of pigs is thought (by some -- this isn't my opinion, it's just something that I've heard propounded by others) -- to be so similar to the flesh of humans as to cause a danger of various nasty things happening from the eating of pig meat by humans.  Sort of like the way that mad cow disease is spread by feeding renderings from cows to other cows mixed into their feed.

I eat bacon, because I like it.  And I eat sausage for the same reason.  But I don't like pork, ham, or pickled pig's feet. 😉  Although I know some people who love pickled pig's feet.  I don't understand why they do -- it's just one of those mysteries of the universe, I suppose.

It's interesting to note that human heart valves aren't replaced with the heart valves of apes -- but rather with the heart valves of pigs.

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drifterlee posted Tue, 08 May 2007 at 7:32 PM

I have nothing against pigs. If they stayed little and cute they make geat pets I guess. Pigs indoors can get bathes and they say they are not by nature dirty at all.


Jumpstartme2 posted Wed, 09 May 2007 at 1:07 AM

As a former hunter of feral hogs {wild} I can assure you that they will kill you if they are big enough  and def will eat you.

When I used to hunt, we were ever watchful of a 400 lb monster boar hog that roamed on his own..I was instructed, that if I couldn't shoot him, that I better find a tree to climb and fast.

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12rounds posted Wed, 09 May 2007 at 3:56 AM

"Why not hire the dude with the cat pictures?" Well then ... then there will be the 2 fellas who 1) get annoyed with 'em cats and post a roadkill image 2) get annoyed with 'em cats and start shouting the images are too big and unnecessary and OT and masking the actual topic posts ...


dyret posted Wed, 09 May 2007 at 4:10 AM

I'm truly happy. People CAN get along AND make jokes without insulting each other. That's nice!


drifterlee posted Wed, 09 May 2007 at 12:35 PM

Yes, we need an OT thread or forum to discuss things like pigs, whatever, but as my grandmother would say, "If you want to keep your friends, never discuss religion or politics, "LOL!


Conniekat8 posted Wed, 09 May 2007 at 12:43 PM

I seem to remember hearing somewhere that pigs are omnivores. Eat just about anything.
And to tie it to the felinistic (is that a word? seems to fit ;) ) trends in here, my darling kitty Tigger has gotten very lazy and pudgy in the last couple of years. Now I when I baby talk to her I say: "Tiglet, mommy's little Pot Belly Piglet"

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dphoadley posted Wed, 09 May 2007 at 1:08 PM

Quote - Yes, we need an OT thread or forum to discuss things like pigs, whatever, but as my grandmother would say, "If you want to keep your friends, never discuss religion or politics, "LOL!

For some, such as Jews and Moslems, discussing pigs IS a religious abomination.
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Khai posted Wed, 09 May 2007 at 3:23 PM

ppppeeeeeeeepppp

Foul! mention of religion. free throw against dphoadley.

play on!


drifterlee posted Wed, 09 May 2007 at 5:31 PM

Yes, Dave, i thought EATING pigs and non-Kosher foods was the abomination, not poor little live piggies. Actually, right now my horse is an abomination. The bad boy stepped sideways (he knows I can't get on him fast because he's tall and I'm short) and I twisted my right knee, they think I tore ligaments, am in a brace, on crutches and pain pills. The pain pills aren't half bad, LOL!


byAnton posted Wed, 09 May 2007 at 7:58 PM

regarding humor:
Humor in forums can be cool or uncool. Some people have very dark humor, almost cruel. Some people are funny though just the way they phrase things.

Flames usually result from people trying to force someone to accept their attempt at humor, or humor as veiled excuse to troll. ("you are a %^$# ... just kidding. lighten up")

Regarding pigs:
I think I read somewhere even a cute pink barnyard pig will quickly revert to a dark, coarse, wild pig within weeks of being released into the wild.

There was also a great story about Hogzilla, a massive MASSIVE pig that was eating the growth hormone on the banks of a fish farm.

Pigs are highly adaptive multiple quickly and I thinkt here was aslo a story that wild pigs might eventually become as big a problem as killer bees.

Back to humor:
Anyone remember a post from years ago where a woman wanted to make a cat texture so she sandwiched her cat inside the scanner and posted the pic of the scan? One of the funniest things I ever saw. The cat did not look happy. :)

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Jumpstartme2 posted Wed, 09 May 2007 at 9:30 PM

Quote - Pigs are highly adaptive multiple quickly and I thinkt here was aslo a story that wild pigs might eventually become as big a problem as killer bees.

Yup, and actually in Texas, we are over run with feral hogs..there is a no bag limit/open season on them, and has been for some time...the game wardens dont even require a certain caliber rifle to take them down with

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byAnton posted Wed, 09 May 2007 at 9:41 PM

my typing up there was pretty bad. Glad you speak Typo. :)

This will always be my favorite pig.

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Conniekat8 posted Wed, 09 May 2007 at 9:59 PM

> Quote - > Anyone remember a post from years ago where a woman wanted to make a cat texture so she sandwiched her cat inside the scanner and posted the pic of the scan? One of the funniest things I ever saw. The cat did not look happy. :)

 

I don't remember that one, but there used to be a website where people would get their cats to sit or lay on the scanner and scan it. it was cat-scan.com. Looks like it no longer exists, but it was very funny while it lasted!  I found an image very similar to the ones that could be found there!  ...errrmmmmm... here I go with kitty pictures again LOL

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Jumpstartme2 posted Thu, 10 May 2007 at 12:18 AM

Quote - Glad you speak Typo. :)

Heh, heh..I speak, read and type typoese :laugh:

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KarenJ posted Thu, 10 May 2007 at 12:33 AM

I know a song about cats...
My little boy made this up and sings it to my pudgiest cat.

"You're a fatty-catty in disguise
You have eaten all the pies
And those pies went to your thighs"

(repeat in singsong voice until boredom threshold is reached, or cat runs away)


"you are terrifying
and strange and beautiful
something not everyone knows how to love." - Warsan Shire


Jumpstartme2 posted Thu, 10 May 2007 at 12:45 AM

:lol: Cute!

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Acadia posted Thu, 10 May 2007 at 12:49 AM

Attached Link: http://www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/showthread.php?message_id=2592163

> Quote - > > Back to humor: > Anyone remember a post from years ago where a woman wanted to make a cat texture so she sandwiched her cat inside the scanner and posted the pic of the scan? One of the funniest things I ever saw. The cat did not look happy. :)

Hmm, I think I do recall that. I was livid because the cat could have been blinded by the scan light.
EDIT:  Yep. I did. Here is the thread.

"It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never
able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to say." - Ghandi



12rounds posted Thu, 10 May 2007 at 1:20 AM

Attached Link: http://www.funpic.hu/funblog/allatok/allatok.html

Here are some weird "animal" pictures ... I hope some of our fine merchants would make a couple of these to Poser animals ... :D

Jumpstartme2 posted Thu, 10 May 2007 at 2:06 AM

OMG How funny!

I like the hippo/crab, and the shark/cat :lol:

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