Dammit! I HATE when they lock or disappear a thread while I'm responding!

[flvegan]

DU 2.0 nees to have a mod lockout that states, "I'm sorry, but you cannot lock/disappear this thread at the moment. flvegan is about to be witty or crass, so please be patient."

Series.

Heh, j/k mods.

[AlCzervik]

1. yes that's a let down especially when it's something funny.

[Rabrrrrrr]

2. Agreed. I also miss coming back later to read the tons of abuse heaped on the one who started it.

Especially the thread you're talking about.

[Midlodemocrat]

3. Just pointing out. Not being abusive.

[omega minimo]

19. of course not

:spray: :eyes: wouldn't want anyone to get the right idea, now would you?

[flvegan]

5. You just described how I start each morning.

Check LBN, then go trolling for locked threads to read the carnage.

[Midlodemocrat]

8. Yeah

but a lot of time all that's left are the dead bodies. No actual cause.

[AlCzervik]

7. yes, it's unfair. I wish we had sort by locks as well.

[Midlodemocrat]

4. Don't you mean witty AND crass?

[flvegan]

6. Maybe "...witty/crass..." fits better.

[madinmaryland]

9. Yeah. That thread over in GD looked really interesting.

:shrug:

I really wanted to post something in it and also see what the flame-fest was about. The OP actually seemed pretty innocent.

[TZ]

10. Ha ha!

I got in before it went POOF...The mods must like me better..:P

[petronius]

11. It would be a nice rule that posts that are in progress at the time of the locking

are grandfathered in. I lost some Grade A snarky rippage to a disappeared thread today (even though I was typing as fast as I could to beat the lock)... :(

[flvegan]

12. This is exactly what I'm talking about.

[Career Prole]

13. This one's still live...

Garrison Keillor is Ignorant

:D

[sniffa]

14. I hear ya

I hate when I'm responding to someone who insulted me and that happens.

[Fleshdancer]

15. I KNOW!!!!!

It's amazing how much time and effort I put into a post only to discover that it was locked before I was able to add my snarky wisdom. x(

[DS1]

16. A transaction-based system would do that

:D

[arcadian]

17. You mean, like posters are awarded points

and with those points you can "buy" avatars and mod lock lock-outs?

[DS1]

18. no, more of a database thing

but 'undeletable RAMPAGE mode" for 5 minutes each time you reach another 10,000 posts might make things interesting

[Evoman]

20. Some of my best stuff is in disappeared threads and my worst is in locked threads.

This is what happens: I write something clever, inspiring, or damn right ass kicking, and the thread disappears. I say something stupid, I usually get some responses telling me I'm stupid. Then when I go to clarify, since I was misunderstood, the thread gets locked. Then I'm stuck looking stupid until the thread crawls slowly of the main page, with everyone staring at my shame.

Sometimes it hard being awesome when nobody is around to see it.

[omega minimo]

21. just wait

for more people to evolve....

"Sometimes it hard being awesome when nobody is around to see it."