Reputation Reminders

[onewhitetree]

I wonder if some kindly young corpse would be so helpful as to link me to a thread that explains what this reputation business is all about? Turns out, after being absent for over five years, my triumphant return is marred by an anonymous negative rating for a poll I once posted about Oliphaunt preferences (friendly or bloodthirsty? what's yours?).

Clearly the valid and pithy authorship of such a gem is not appreciated by the youth of today. Here's hoping my aged neural net can grasp the basics of this system. Like, where's the button? What does it look like? Why is life so unfair?

[Inziladun]

Originally Posted by onewhitetree

I wonder if some kindly young corpse would be so helpful as to link me to a thread that explains what this reputation business is all about? Turns out, after being absent for over five years, my triumphant return is marred by an anonymous negative rating for a poll I once posted about Oliphaunt preferences (friendly or bloodthirsty? what's yours?).

Clearly the valid and pithy authorship of such a gem is not appreciated by the youth of today. Here's hoping my aged neural net can grasp the basics of this system. Like, where's the button? What does it look like? Why is life so unfair?

This ought to help.
The anonymous reps are annoying, but half the time I myself forget to sign when I rep, so I can't be too critical.

And Oliphaunts were rather like elephants: faily harmless when left alone, but trainable to become aggresive and violent.

[Andsigil]

Originally Posted by Inziladun

And Oliphaunts were rather like elephants: faily harmless when left alone, but trainable to become aggresive and violent.

Actually, real elephants are very territorial and quite aggressive without training.

One example of this behavior comes to mind. In 1937, elephants were devastating the farmers of Mozambique. They were protected then and had seriously grown in numbers to the point where in some areas they had actually started to take over the farmlands. People were starving to death in the countryside because elephants were rampaging through their crops and eating them before they could be harvested. When the native Mozambiquans tried to shoo them away with sticks or thrown rocks, they got trampled and/or gored. Hundreds of people died this way alone, while thousands of others were starving.

It got so bad that the Mozambique government opened elephant hunting on an unlimited basis for a few years.

How's that for thread drift: forum reputation --> elephant behavior.

[onewhitetree]

Originally Posted by Andsigil

How's that for thread drift: forum reputation --> elephant behavior.

I've still got it!

Thanks for the link, Inziladun.

[Morsul the Dark]

How about signing a Neg Rep so I can address your "concern" about my "appropriateness." or get a sense of humor, Thank You

[Pitchwife]

Just for curiosity's sake, who is 'Gaius Iulius Caesar'? (I heavily suspect Form, but you never know...)
Anyway, thanks!

[Galadriel55]

For some reason half the time when I click the reputation button to give reputation nothing happens. Does anyone know why this could be happening?