Quoted from the majordomo thread:
“I had no interesting thoughts tonight, conquered again by ineluctable modalities of the senses. I am not a hedonist, I’m hedonisted, God/science made me this way. Kanye had no choice either.”
I will certainly mute him/them going forward, but I also believe as of the last couple of months, their comments have been derailing all discussions on purpose.
We are retiring from the site.
I tried to bring some useful information and some interesting and/or funny ideas. I hope someone found some of it interesting and/or entertaining. Peony and I enjoyed writing our posts together.
We’ve taken a lot of abuse on this site. In isolation we didn’t mind but it all piles up. We don’t deserve such vitriol. My post conveyed a sense of sadness I felt for Kanye West for his mental illness. Your post conveys hate.
We will still read the site because you all know a lot about food and have great tastes! Thanks for all your posts.
When did Peony’s contributions ever garner any criticism? Except for the nonsensical “posted in proxy” comments I didn’t object to anything specifically from Peony so don’t rope someone else into your edgelord bullshit
Actually, Warrior has of late been posting mostly on-topic stuff about food he actually ate, and my moderation reflects that. He’s not a useless troll like our old pal Aesthete / Gourmand / Micah Zehnder.
Okay, see ya’ next week.
Anyone else 'member the mask mandate being the greatest deprivation of civil liberties since the Japanese internment camps. I 'member.
How many “threat or menace” posts can someone inspire and still get taken seriously?
The folks on this board seem to have such a spirit of generosity. It is the thing that keeps me coming back.
The problem with trolls is that they chip away at this spirit. The benefit of the doubt is exactly that a benefit. When someone continually exploits the kindness/patience/understanding of a community trust erodes, the spirit of generosity slips away and the benefit becomes harder to give out . See: Alex Jones, Kanye, the general polarization of the US.
Being surprised at Warrior’s trolling is like continually putting your hand on a hot stove and then complaining when it burns. Sure, sometimes the posts are sincere and provide decent information but when the trolling goes super-saiyan it’s hard not to see their entire presence on this board as a self-serving endeavor that boils down to a child yelling “Please look at how smart/special/important MY thoughts are.” Yes, we get it. Daddy sees you now.
It is an “objectively” shitty thing to exploit a communities goodwill for your own self-interest. The jokes not funny and it fucks up the fun for everyone who is here to actually connect.
Or maybe they’ll just change their screen name.
Bye @alkie
This. And main character syndrome.
It’s all tiresome. The game isn’t really worth the candle, however many interesting or informative posts there genuinely are, and I personally regret engaging with generosity or in good faith.
Yeah, sometimes, though often there’s trolling, bad faith bs meant to elicit a reaction. The Warrior doth protest too much.
I don’t know why the above quote just tripped my memory but Peonywarrior reminded me of the suspended account Alkiegourmand (well, the Warrior half was reminiscent, anyway). Not trying to beat a dead horse, this has just been bugging me for some time. I try not to dwell on tiresome internet trolls but I remembered this incredibly fatuous post from Alkiegourmand starting:
The three best cuisines are Japanese, French, and Italian. There is a big dropoff
after that. (Sorry, China.)
And there was the Peonywarrior post from a few months ago ranking cuisines that started the exact same way. Throw in a wine habit, annoying hard opinions, weird classist vibes, unhelpful pandemic thoughts, etc. and either this is the same person or a very similar seeming person. Not sure which option is preferable.
EDIT: Good lord, @hungryhungryhippos already called it two comments ago with a subtlety that whooshed past my head. As far as I know, other people noticed the similarities in the past as well. ANYWAY… I’ll try and leave it there so as not to feed the trolls further.
I was not on this board for that era, alkie, but same person huh…
Dtla, delivery, covid skepticism, “vegan” adjacent, fav coffee verve.
It’s an open secret. Awaiting the next iteration of handle in the not so distant future.
Hah, and I thought I was so smart. Thanks for spelling it out!
Compared with the usual troll who’s looking for someplace to be an asshole, I feel like Warrior’s problem is something like Tourette’s. He’s definitely gotten better.
called him out in the lounge
https://www.foodtalkcentral.com/t/gourmand-the-troll/5552/287?u=porkybelly
Damn Porky! Checkmate.
I didn’t mind peony warriors comments . I could never figure out who was who . Was this a masked person with two identities.
Combined efforts of a pair and posted accordingly.