I would say that we've made an effort to make them on-topic if dropped outside of community. It's a point of pride, really. You see plenty of silly pictures and drawings of other sorts (i.e. Majid line-drawings and its spawn), so when you see a bit of a unifying theme and some unfamiliar jargon, that is what really pisses you off? Read on and don't pull a Jakedatc over it because I think the kind of butt-hurt, irreconcilable arguments I see in that vein are much more of a blight to this site amongst its users and the climbing community at large. I also like how your post arises from a thread in beginners that was a blatant troll. So, things got ridiculous in a ridiculously conceived thread, and then you start generalizing a few instances to the entire site. Brilliant.

For the most part, it's harmless but irritating, yes. It's like throwing snowballs at strangers. I don't want or expect the mods to do anything about it, I just want have it known that (outside of community) I think it sucks.

Depending on the thread you're having your fun in, sometimes it's just obnoxious, and sometimes it's totally inappropriate. To return to the snowball analogy, if you throw it at me, it's just obnoxious. If you throw it at a pregnant lady on a slippery sidewalk, you deserve a thrashing. So sure, in a fake LEB thread, big deal - the thread belongs in community anyway. But in an accident thread, or a gear failure thread, STFU already, mkay?

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It's the internet....who cares? If you take something to heart on here (assuming it's not totally inappropriate threats, racism, etc.)....well, I guess you shouldn't

I'd like to see an accident report with a meatbombz in it.

thing about meatbomz and ptftw is that if you're throwing the bomz down it's all fun and games.

but, if you're trying to read a thread or keep a thread on topic and someone drops a bomz or ptftw, it's no so fun.

and then some folks don't like to be in a meatbomz.........eh art!!!

By this rationale you'd have to ban happiegrrl from almost every forum. I'm still not seeing how these are so prevalent as people are making out.

thing about meatbomz and ptftw is that if you're throwing the bomz down it's all fun and games.

but, if you're trying to read a thread or keep a thread on topic and someone drops a bomz or ptftw, it's no so fun.

and then some folks don't like to be in a meatbomz.........eh art!!!

no, that's not the point. It's like kids in the playground, it's only fun when you're the one doing the teasing.

I've gotten used to the bomz and page turns.....they're annoying, but whatever, as long as they're in community or in a thread that's done the downward turn. However, they would not be welcome in an accident thread. It's called tact

To play devils advocate, I've never dropped a bomb in my life and I think they're just the opposite. Entertaining and such.

I can certainly understand the oppositve viewpoint, but I don't find them distracting. Some are quite creative.

They could even be called art!

Look, this is not a witch hunt. I'm not interested in hunting down meatbomz and every combination of PTFTMFW. I have not, and I will not search for them in the forums.

But here's another in the I&A forum. I happen to remember running across it as I was engaged in the thread.

http://www.rockclimbing.com/..._reply;so=ASC;mh=25;

There was no point to the post aside from repeating the previous post with a PTFTW inserted.

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But as you know, we Nazi Mods can't be everywhere all day long. If you or another user (the thread starter by example) feel the need that we move a post to the bin, feel free to PM 2 or 3 of us (as we can't be...).

PTFTFW or simple PTFTW are extremely ANNOYING.

Well Sty is not a regular BET poster nor is that thread about any specific injury or accident, it's about controlling safety in an outdoor enviroment and quite honestly could have been posted in general.
So that's two out of how many threads on this site?
And really only the one AB posted to is relevant to your argument imho.

the PTFTW phenomenon got its start from a thread that was basically about simply trying to be as long as possible. It served its purpose well there, and was a fun game.

But some folks, unclear on the concept, decided it was such a fun game, they would PTFTW on every thread. These knuckleheads see no difference between a thread about nothing, and a thread about a serious accident or cam failure. So far as they're concerned, all threads are/should be about nothing aside from their own amusement.

Does every thread on every forum here have to be turned into community? I mean WTF?

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