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Signalling his eminent departure, ADVANCE sent PMs to many of his detractors, informing them in no uncertain terms what he thought of their opinions. Apparently, if you tolerate homosexuality, you ARE a homosexual in ADVANCE's mind. I'll gladly wear that part of the label he pinned on me. And all Americans are rednecks, so I've got that going for me as well. I would like to formally apologize to the Bastard community out there. My temporary new usertitle is in no way to be construed as ridiculing this important sector of society.

That happened to a friend of mine, except he was chopping chilis for his party, then stepped into the shower for a quick rinse and started washing his favorite parts before he washed his hands.

HutchBronze was spambanned as a sockpuppet of ADVANCE. It's not worth what this does to your credibility.

Greatest I Am has been banned for abusive behavior, after assuring us he wouldn't do that anymore if we let him post in the Religion section again. Sincere he was not.

You look like you haven't aged a day, Ed! Thanks for a great idea!

With regard to thread hijacking, I think the desire to spread new-found knowledge is a natural product of the scientific method. In a discussion forum such as this, however, it's essential that we focus on the topic of the thread starter, and not try to introduce knowledge that will cause a significant shift in the discussion. The best thing to do is start your own thread. Link back to the original and start with something like, "While following the discussion in the Relativity & My Aunt Hazel thread, it occurred to me that my new hypothesis might be applicable here." It gives context, doesn't hijack someone else's discussion and keeps both threads clear of unnecessary cross-talk and confusion,

danston has been banned as a sockpuppet account for nyouremyperfect10, which is still an active account. We'll treat this as a memory lapse.

! Moderator Note A note to everyone, let's tone down the usage of words designed to get a rise out of each other. No more trolling/flaming to emphasize your points, you don't need it.

C'mon guys, why not share here? Is it my breath? We're smaller than Facebook but with your help we definitely have a higher combined IQ.

PureGenius has been suspended for a week for soapboxing (ignoring discussion rules and just repeating a stance without support). We appreciate his civility in the face of numerous detractors, and would encourage him, on his return, to begin actually listening to all the expert resources that have shown willingness to help him.

Windevoid has been banned for consistently ignoring efforts by the membership to cure his complaints about basic science with knowledge and understanding. We wish him luck (elsewhere!) with this methodology.

I was waiting for someone to suggest this. I never could have afforded to rent alone while going to school and working part time. I rented with two friends, and we handled the bills just fine. Get a Costco membership and split everything evenly. The tiny home thing is cool, but it will still be more expensive than three roommates sharing costs. And something about living alone in a place like that doesn't sound like much of an improvement socially from living with your parents. It's good to be with people your own age who have similar problems.

Yay, dave! Thanks very much!

Bob goes out and buys a parrot. The first day, he teaches the bird to say, "Who is it?" whenever the apartment doorbell rings. He's so pleased, he tells the bird he's going to go back to the pet store and get the bird a nice treat. While Bob is gone, the bird hears the doorbell ring and says, "Who is it?" A voice from the other side of the door says, "It's the plumber. The landlord said your faucets were leaking and I'm here to fix them." The bird repeats, "Who is it?" "IT'S THE PLUMBER! I'm here to fix the leaks!" the man insists. "Who is it?" The man begins screaming. "IT'S THE PLUMBER! YOU CALLED TO HAVE YOUR LEAKY FAUCETS FIXED AND I'M HERE! PLEASE LET ME IN!" Predictably, the bird asks, "Who is it?" The plumber loses his cool and starts jumping up and down. "FOR CHRIST'S SAKE, I'VE TOLD YOU THREE GODDAMN TIMES, IT'S THE PLUMBER!!!" Suddenly, the man grabs his chest and keels over right there in the hall. When Bob gets back, he sees the dead stranger in front of his apartment door. He drops his bags and kneels down, exclaiming, "Oh my God, who is it?" From inside the apartment, he hears the bird say, "IT'S THE PLUMBER!"

jelowry87, are you talking about 195° Fahrenheit or Celsius?

rigney has been banned for abusive behavior and inappropriate language, on top of his history of failure to back up his arguments. We wish him well wherever he goes.

Here's our Genetics section.

People who are happy with a product aren't as likely to praise it publicly as those who are unhappy with it will complain about it. For every person who complains publicly there are tens of thousands of people who experience no problems, generally. Please understand that comments about why you're questioning established products IN NO WAY mean we're questioning why you want to learn to read labeled ingredients. You're being smart about that part. The questions are because you seem to be putting a lot of significance on a few vocal complaints and ignoring the fact that these products are still being purchased by a large enough customer base to keep these companies profitable. Market economics suggests these products are not dangerous to a very large amount of those who use them.

The FDA only requires testing if you're making a medical claim or trying to use an ingredient that hasn't already been tested as safe. This is a cunning piece of marketing mendacity, because soaps using known ingredients don't have to go through the approval process, yet they make it sound like the manufacturers are deliberately putting harmful ingredients into their products and the FDA is ignoring it. In reality, if a manufacturer made any money from a product that hurt people, they'd lose it and more in the lawsuits that would follow. Longer shelf life or cheaper ingredients won't help you if no one will buy your product because it's harmful.

Drownings, floods, burst pipes....

"Harmful" needs to be defined. And some people are more sensitive to certain ingredients than others. I know they used to use Dimethicone to fill silicone breast implants but the industry switched to saline for safety reasons. Dimethicone is an approved ingredient in many products used on skin. I wouldn't think a skin care company would last long using ingredients that were dangerous to a significant portion of their customers. Are you experiencing any adverse effects from this skin care product?

PainwithoutLove has been banned for vulgar and abusive posting. May have caught the crazy from STeve555.

Often it just takes time to figure out that the way we're saying something isn't coming across the way we really mean it. You don't have to change yourself to get good reputation, sometimes you just have to realize how badly you're sounding to everyone else. It happens, and like me I'll bet you took a hard look at what you said and it made you realize mistakes in either content, tone or accuracy. It takes a mature mind to take the bad on board with the good and move on.

Do you mean because they like being good repped or because they like that they can see if someone's posts have been bad repped a lot by other members?

That's the part that's beyond our software. We can't force people to post an explanation when they give any kind of rep point. We could go with a Facebook type of "Like" system, but I think that's already been sneered at by many members already. We've had this discussion many times, and it always falls into a couple of camps. One side wants a level playing field where longevity doesn't matter, the other side resents having something they've worked hard to build threatened.