27 years ago today

[rodroddyfan]

Well, I did not realize it until now that sadly today marks 27 years since the space shuttle challenger disaster.  Where were you when it happened?  I think I was in the 5th grade and I think I remember being at home watching it, granted I have no idea why I was home since I was in the 5th grade. 

[Kirsten Vaccaro]

I Was 12 Years Old when the challenger blew up it was so sad.

[Ccook]

'Twas my mother's 56th birthday that day and I had planned to call her on a lunch break to say happy birthday. (I was working at Mickey D's at the time). She called me with news the Space Shuttle blew up. Once I got home, I tuned in to the TV and all three networks were covering the tragedy (much to the anger of soap opera fans, who flooded the network with phone calls).

[03F5man]

I was not born then

[zaxby1159]

Why do you people keep posting these useless and sometimes morbid threads?  First it's death of a relative, then it's self-congratulatory birthday threads, and now this.  The games in this forum are bad enough, but can we please keep the useless threads to a minimum?

[GSB92]

Why do you people keep posting these useless and sometimes morbid threads?  First it's death of a relative, then it's self-congratulatory birthday threads, and now this.  The games in this forum are bad enough, but can we please keep the useless threads to a minimum?

Welcome to the Out in Left Field section.

[Wayoshi]

Why do you people keep posting these useless and sometimes morbid threads?  First it's death of a relative, then it's self-congratulatory birthday threads, and now this.  The games in this forum are bad enough, but can we please keep the useless threads to a minimum?

Rare situation here, but a first post from a guy I can 100% agree with.

No other board I've been to has so many OBITs and anniversary threads and all this crap. It really is unnecessary, and it's a certain segment of the userbase doing most of it, too.

[GSB92]

I will bring up what Marc said last month.

Also, I have no intention of removing sections of this site.  If you don't like the games or the off topic stuff...just stay out of those areas

[zaxby1159]

I will bring up what Marc said last month.

If you'll notice, I didn't ask anyone to remove any part of the site, and Wayoshi didn't either.  What I said was that I wished the "certain segment of the userbase" would give it a rest.  A suggestion in the thread at the top of the forum makes too much sense, give games (and obits too while we're at it) their own subforum.  At least now they're getting locked if they're left idle for long enough and as long as enough different people are involved.  No more of that ping-pong between two or three people.

[jwatson2973]

I made that mistake with making that birthday thread myself. I apologize for that, too. I'll never make that mistake again.

I was in 6th grade when it happened.

It'll be better just to delete the pointless threads instead of locking them. Just a thought.

[PatrickRox80]

The obituaries I can live with.

I find myself agreeing less and less with the anniversaries though.

[vadernader]

Why do you people keep posting these useless and sometimes morbid threads?  First it's death of a relative, then it's self-congratulatory birthday threads, and now this.  The games in this forum are bad enough, but can we please keep the useless threads to a minimum?

While you might be right, that seems a bit harsh. Especially the "you people".

The obituaries I can live with.

I find myself agreeing less and less with the anniversaries though.

Exactly. Every single day is the anniversary of some tragic event or someone's death or some other horrible thing. It just seems like these threads seem to "clutter" OILF with sadness over events that happened 27 years ago or __ years ago, etc. Is where we were (if we were around) 27 years ago going to have a different response than what this topic got 2 years ago on the 25th anniversary?

[zaxby1159]

While you might be right, that seems a bit harsh. Especially the "you people".

I know I'm right.  And "you people" seemed nicer than "you morons" or anything along those lines.

Exactly. Every single day is the anniversary of some tragic event or someone's death or some other horrible thing. It just seems like these threads seem to "clutter" OILF with sadness over events that happened 27 years ago or __ years ago, etc. Is where we were (if we were around) 27 years ago going to have a different response than what this topic got 2 years ago on the 25th anniversary?

I couldn't help but notice that other topic is by the same user.  And looking at their post history, the same guy also started an anniversary-of-an-obit topic a while back.  Threads like this one and that one are not necessary.  I'm surprised this one hasn't been locked yet.

[therealcu2010]

I see that Mr. Zaxby has been dealt with, so no need to dwell on this topic any further.

If you have a problem with the content of any part of this section or the site, the appropriate means of dealing with it is via PM to either myself, another moderator, or an administrator. Publicly calling these sorts of things and backseat moderating is not it. Especially when this thread isn't as nonsensical as others that have been locked.

I do find myself agreeing with others that feel that this section has been getting out of hand. There's no need for birthday threads, anniversary threads for tragic events, and the like.

[jwatson2973]

So that I don't make the same mistake, I'm just going to post replies and NOT start topics so that I'll prevent myself from making a possible pointless thread again.