PM to the Board from a soon-to-be former HCH poster after today's nonsense

GrundleStiltzkin

Just received this message from a guy (who shall remain anonymous) that I've interacted with over the years on DM and HH: "Just a quick personal note to say thanks for your perspectives on UW football over the years. I haven't always agreed with you, but I've appreciated your passion for the program. I had hoped this site would be a place to have fun discussing football, but even the few promising threads ultimately devolve into insults and name calling. While I certainly don't always agree with Kim, after hanging out here for a while, he has a point: some of the shtick gets old after a while. The older I get, the more I judge activities by whether I enjoy them, and I simply don't enjoy having my intelligence questioned by a bunch of internet idiots. Perhaps I will catch you in the future at another site somewhere between DM and HH. Anyway, carry on the good fight and feel free to drop an email if you want to discuss Dawgs."

The guy that sent me this note is NO fan of kim or any of the other jerks over at DM.

Look, I'm not going to advocate for people to be censored (like the d-bags that ruined DM), nor am I going to lecture anybody. I will only say that this website has the opportunity to become a REAL and UNFILTERED alternative to DM. The problem is that a few folks on here insist on turning threads into name-calling and 8th-grade-level cursing contests, or just an opportunity to 'zing' other people.

I'll be the first to say that at times I've been guilty of that BS as well.

I guess my only suggestion is that some folks should decide if they want this to become the website that ALL OF US have described at one time or another - a place of INTELLIGENT analysis where INTENSE criticism and UNSCRIPTED opinion is welcome - or do we want HH to be just a place of one-liners, biting insults, and contests to tear down others. I realize that it's often both, but I tend to agree with this guy that it tilts a little too much toward the latter.

Just a thought. Peace. Now fire away.

TierbsHsotBoobs

Here's some perspective for you:

It's June. Fuck Perspective.

DerekJohnson

One thing I've learned after two years of moderating this place: We become restless and ultimately wig out in the off season.

I looked at this board today and thought, what a bunch of morons we are. But on the other hand, unless one of the UW players gets a DUI or Petersen suddenly fires Jonathan Smith, there is nothing to talk about in regards to Husky football. Not until August.

PurpleBaze

DerekJohnson said:

One thing I've learned after two years of moderating this place: We become restless and ultimately wig out in the off season.

I looked at this board today and thought, what a bunch of morons we are. But on the other hand, unless one of the UW players gets a DUI or Petersen suddenly fires Jonathan Smith, there is nothing to talk about in regards to Husky football. Not until August.

We're morons, but I've been laughing my ass off all afternoon and evening. This place is well worth the 50 cents I donated to your money grab the last time around.

Gladstone

DerekJohnson said:

One thing I've learned after two years of moderating this place: We become restless and ultimately wig out in the off season.

I looked at this board today and thought, what a bunch of morons we are. But on the other hand, unless one of the UW players gets a DUI or Petersen suddenly fires Jonathan Smith, there is nothing to talk about in regards to Husky football. Not until August.

All the reason in the world not to be optimistic about next season:

Dardanus

Most analysis right now is just speculation. How many different ways can we argue about whether Lenius will be a productive receiver? Until we have more information (August), there's not a whole lot of analysis to be done, even by the moast INTELLIGENT of us.

Edit: dammit, wooshed again!!

RoadDawg55

DerekJohnson said:

One thing I've learned after two years of moderating this place: We become restless and ultimately wig out in the off season.

I looked at this board today and thought, what a bunch of morons we are. But on the other hand, unless one of the UW players gets a DUI or Petersen suddenly fires Jonathan Smith, there is nothing to talk about in regards to Husky football. Not until August.

I think Grundle's post was a whoosh. I vaguely remember that post from awhile back when HH was just getting started.

You are right Stalin. There isn't anything to talk about in regards to UW football.

Fire_Marshall_Bill

Honestly a few days ago I was all set to send Derek $7.11 or so and a note saying I was basically out until late August, but it's like I can't quit this place.

It's 60% idiotic revenge of the nerds and 40% funny...maybe vice versa on a good day.

Plus Puppy is always good for the laffs.

PurpleBaze

Fire_Marshall_Bill said:

Honestly a few days ago I was all set to send Derek $7.11 or so and a note saying I was basically out until late August, but it's like I can't quit this place.

It's 60% idiotic revenge of the nerds and 40% funny...maybe vice versa on a good day.

Plus Puppy is always good for the laffs.

LOL...

DerekJohnson

Fire_Marshall_Bill said:

Honestly a few days ago I was all set to send Derek $7.11 or so and a note saying I was basically out until late August, but it's like I can't quit this place.

It's 60% idiotic revenge of the nerds and 40% funny...maybe vice versa on a good day.

Plus Puppy is always good for the laffs.

So let me get this straight... If you had left until August you were going to donate something. But because you've decided to stay and use the site everyday, you're not donating anything.

GrundleStiltzkin

Fire_Marshall_Bill said:

Honestly a few days ago I was all set to send Derek $7.11 or so and a note saying I was basically out until late August, but it's like I can't quit this place.

It's 60% idiotic revenge of the nerds and 40% funny...maybe vice versa on a good day.

Plus Puppy is always good for the laffs.

Some of the posts are a little over the top, and I'm guilty as anyone sometimes, but this site has a good balance between the fball talk and frivolity right now.

The gifs, memes, and girls are great. You're not going to find that on the corporate sites.