While I'm sure no malice is intended, I would like to respectfully request that the self-appointed thread killers call a hault to all the cheese banter. I know the intention is to "break the tension" in threads where tempers are flaring but the intention is not accomplishing its purpose. In fact, it's causing more problems than it's solving.

Since I have been on this forum, I have received a total of 6 private messages. Today, I received 15! The tone of all the PMs were related to the "thread killing group and the reason they were sent in a PM is because people are afraid to go up against this group in "public" for fear of starting another war.

If I am totally off base and the majority of posters enjoy the cheese thread killing, please disregard this message. I hope I have not offended anyone as that was not my intention. I just think it's best to bring things out into the open so problems can be shared, discussed, and solved before they become wars or before people decide to leave.

Thank you for listening and (hopefully) understanding.

thanks for lettin it go.

Noone wants to listen. Noone really cares.

Everyone just wants to prove themselves right.

Everyone wants the last word. This thread isn't

about the good of the board. Its about being right.

Being better. Being the bigger person. Face it.

We all suck.

thanks for lettin it go.

:censored: :funnypost: :mad:

Noone wants to listen. Noone really cares.

Everyone just wants to prove themselves right.

Everyone wants the last word. This thread isn't

about the good of the board. Its about being right.

Being better. Being the bigger person. Face it.

We all suck.

WHOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.. since when do I suck??? LOL

WHOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.. since when do I suck??? LOL

*snort laugh snicker*

clakclakclakclakclak I just love that!!

*laughs* I've been looking for a picture of those old clacker balls. They were two hard resin balls, each suspended on string which hung from a ring that you put your finger thru, then you just lifted up on the ring and got them clacking.. then when you were brave enough (or stupid enough) you got them going so hard they clacked together above your hand and then down below your hand. Anyone remember these?

So, for those who didnt see this on the other thread. This joke started when a certain someone and I were laughing about what our boobs look like when we lean over the sink (nekkid) to brush our teeth. My friend then said that she pulled hers apart and let them go and they just kept "clacking" together! LOL

I remember those Clackers. I used to have some and I can't tell you how many bruises I had from trying to do them over my hands. OUCH!!

I have pendulum boobies. Take my bra off and they hang to my knees. LOL!!!!

I remember those Clackers. I used to have some and I can't tell you how many bruises I had from trying to do them over my hands. OUCH!!

I have pendulum boobies. Take my bra off and they hang to my knees. LOL!!!!

*clack clack clack*

These?

OR

CLICK THE LINK!

http://www.campusfrenzy.com/movies.php?movie_ID=6

OMG! rofl Nana! Thats them!

Hey you all who wanna have a party, meet me on the Tuesday Night Madness thread in the Lounge.

Fantastic, another thread which wasn't angry or mean or out of line has now swirled around the drain and gotten sucked into the void.

None of the people who are so adamant about posting all this cheese stuff are new here. I'm new, i'm telling you as a newbie here that the cheese thread killing tactic is truly annoying. I was trying to read through a thread to find out how comfortable I would be sharing alot of my personal experiences on this board. A mod here was accused of some seriously bad crap, how would I ever find out if I can be comfortable unless I read that mods response. By the time that happened the thread had degraded into a cheese conversation.

Now, this thread, a sincere request NOT to kill the thread killers thread which no one complained about, but the CHEESE conversations in other threads has also degraded. So what does this say to me as a new person here. It says that any conversation that the in crowd of cheese posters doesn't like will degrade into this crap. So now we are being censored by a self elected group?

If you don't like a thread, don't read it, don't post in it, and don't talk about cheese or clackers or any other thread killing tactic.

Perhaps you all should go back and read this thread again, not just for the people who asked politely that this behaviour stop, but for all the people who are tired of the crap here and are leaving, as well as the for the new people who would really just like to have the same chance for support you long timers have had. Sorry if this offends anyone, but it seems like this little private joke has spread like a virus and is infecting this forum.

And as far as the comments about "move on", "getting the last word", "enjoying the drama", and others like them, they're all crap. People came in here to openly discuss their feelings about something here and again, a select group decided this shouldn't be discussed.

Someone here jumped on Elizabeth for posting this since PMs were sent instead of a public post, this is why it wasn't a public post, not everyone enjoys confrontation and drama, some of us prefer to just find support and comraderie in a common goal and couldn't care less about the drama and personal in-fighting here.

With all that said, I'd like to thank the people who participate in the Thread Killers thread (which I found to be very funny) who also posted here that they don't think its a good idea to drag the cheese comments to other threads. I'd also like to thank the cheese threaders who apologized, I don't think apologies are neccessary, just letting threads die a natural death is enough.

I personally got the whole jist of the cheese comments, they were intended to change the angry tone with humor... however, I get emails to threads after I post on them. I like to get them if they are in response to a thread I'm interested in. But the cheese ones have become like dreaded junk mail. (even though I giggled at GSue's brie farts comment). And yeah they do get in the way when trying to read a thread. I agree with the not posting if you want a thread to die. If people are still posting on it, it's their right. If it gets beyond attacking the idea to personal attacks then yes moderators should handle it. I do find myself disappointed to know that not all moderators handle these things as they should and get involved when they shouldn't, but I'll allow Alex to take care of those issues. Thankfully it's not my job.

503 and Pam, thank you for voicing your opinions.

Hey y'all. I think the people that were trying to lighten the mood and turn nasty accusations at a truly sweet person away from a witch hunt and more toward laughter have all stopped and have also apologized. Noone felt self appointed to censor anyone. What was happening in the Moderator thread was nothing more than a vicious attempt to turn everyone into an angry mob that was ready to lynch Penni. And, it was working until the cheese stuff started. It was about more than just "dont read the thread if it bothers you". This was about friendship and wanting to stand by a friend. If you read that thread, reasonable attempts were made to calm things down and get people to see that the accusations were being made by someone who had been in an RL (real life) friendship with Penni and was now pissed at her and wanting to destroy her reputation and the trust that we have in her. Those reasonable attempts failed because a select few made a point of getting in the thread and saying just the right things to make it appear to new people that there was a sincere concern about this, when in fact it was just the original poster's friends helping her stir the crowd into a lynch mob.

Now, I know that all of this has been hurtful and upsetting, annoying and frustrating, and downright destructive to LBT. I know that many feel that I've done my share in keeping it going. Perhaps I'll even be accused of that by posting this. But its become very hard to sit back and watch people form such negative opinions of LBT and its moderators. For example, Penni was accused of playing favorites because she was "suddenly seen posting on the Gone for Good thread when she had never posted on there before". Well, Penni joined the Gone for Good Club in the first month it started (March of this year) and has been an active member since. But people who read that accusation took it as fact. The frustrating thing is, while people's reputations are being attacked and the trust of LBT under fire, if anyone tries to respond in defense or to share the truth (like I am doing now) we hear people who are exasperated, and rightfully so, complain that we are keeping the issue going.

Anyway, if you will all look back again.. the people who participated in the cheese posts have all explained AND APOLOGIZED for frustrating people and they have stopped. There is no "group of people" called the Cheese Killers or Thread Killers. No one need fear people who were just trying to help a friend who didn't deserve to be destroyed publicly. So please, accept the apologies and lets dont let these offshoots of the root of the real problem begin between people who have had no issues with each other until now.

Truce everyone. :yield: