META: Airing of Grievances - Bye Week Edition
Just as our beloved Wolverines need to sort some things out over the bye week, so too do we on MGoBoard. Whether it’s the narrow wins against Akron and UConn or the discussion of recruits, I think we can all admit that things have been more than a little tense around here. In that light, I am creating an Airing of Grievances: Bye Week Edition thread.
Mods, if you feel this isn’t the right time, or if it spirals out of control, feel free to take this down. However, I believe this is necessary.
TheGhostofChappuis and BlueDragon – I’ve been thinking about making this for a few days. Thanks for finally convincing me to do it.
Blah blah blah self-moderating blah blah blah. I wasn’t around back then.
Time to let it all out, folks. Go.
September 28th, 2013 at 7:12 AM ^
Breakfast for dinner is my solution. It's either "you know where the milk and cereal is, go help yourself," or "Get out the waffle iron we got for Christmas and go to town." Problem solved.
September 25th, 2013 at 7:04 PM ^
https://community.cookinglight.com/showthread.php?70755-Roasted-Onions-…
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/emeril-live/veal-scaloppine-with-mus…
I know what you mean though. We do pretty well rotating the cooking duties--it's easy to lose motivation when you have to do it every night.
September 25th, 2013 at 12:07 PM ^
and Wolverines Dominate. Their names are nearly the same, the avatars are nearly the same, but one is really nice and one is really mean. I believe they may be alter-egos of the same person. It has really thrown me off.
September 25th, 2013 at 12:08 PM ^
Ditto. I really think they are the same person.
September 25th, 2013 at 12:18 PM ^
September 25th, 2013 at 1:14 PM ^
I also agree. It sometimes causes me to scroll back up and re-read the thread because sometimes they have tow different views and I be all like... LoL WuTtTtT
September 25th, 2013 at 12:13 PM ^
September 25th, 2013 at 12:42 PM ^
I still enjoy the constructive comments on a lot of threads (Space Coyote immediately jumps to mind) where there are disagreements but it's smart and civil.
it's tiring to read people just being snarky at each other. Sarcastic snarky is great. Actually snark, not so much. MGoBlog is one of the most civil and smart message boards on the interweb but it's been degrading lately
September 25th, 2013 at 1:00 PM ^
you have reached MGoBlog maturity ....
GO Blue!
September 25th, 2013 at 12:14 PM ^
I'll answer it from a mod standpoint - I really have to question the uptick in threads lately where I feel as if I need to post this:
Also, yellowjacket nests. Why the hell do they have to be in the effing ground?
September 25th, 2013 at 1:03 PM ^
nested on the side of the chimney ... and then found some access into the house! Had 5 or 6 every day buzzing at the window trying to get out. I called the insect mover (AKA - EXTERMINATOR) and those problems have been solved.
Go Blue!
September 25th, 2013 at 1:08 PM ^
lucky that the nest was at least outside.
We just had to have a nest exterminated last week that had gotten into the attic. They actually chewed thru the drywall ceiling and came pouring into the house!
They were going for the warmth inside the house as it was 34 outside at the time. It was also 6 am when they broke thru and luckily i was still up.
It was not fun. Not at all.
September 26th, 2013 at 11:09 AM ^
That was my life for the first two years of being in our new (new to us) home. Got tired of purchasing hornet spray by the case, so on a whim I decided to sit on the front porch with a shop-vac hose with an extension in one hand and a healthy supply of beers in the other. Stuck the hose end near the offending entry spot and presto, thousands of sucked up hornets later I was able to go into the attic and safely remove the remaining hornets and the entire nest without so much as a single sting.
September 25th, 2013 at 2:24 PM ^
My first grievance is that one of our Mods is an unrepentant Brony despite apparently graduating from Michigan over a decade ago. It's like seeing a cop in a clown costume. Incongruity gives me an uncontrollable eye tic.
My other grievance is that I have to have the word "Brony" in my vocabularly.
/this is a joke please don't hurt me LSAClassOf2000
September 25th, 2013 at 2:37 PM ^
That's probably one of the funniest descriptions of me that I've ever read. Well done. I actually had to leave a meeting so it wouldn't look like I was laughing at a director.
September 25th, 2013 at 12:24 PM ^
We need a good negbang to air our differences
September 25th, 2013 at 12:30 PM ^
September 25th, 2013 at 12:33 PM ^
September 25th, 2013 at 12:35 PM ^
I love the blog, but we deserve a nuke to be dropped on us. So much complaining. I'm Kenny Powers!! David from Wyoming, you are a prick and you suck. Boom, roasted. Magnus, you are an intelligent snob. Boom, roasted. ChiTown, enjoy your ban. Boom, roasted.
I'm very upset with how I'm acting right now. I just have a very hard time expressing my emotions and I can't stop from yelling. So, I'm very sorry, I DON'T MEAN TO OFFEND YOU, MGOBLOG, YOU HAVE FUCKING PISSED ME OFF, BUT I'M JUST VERY UPSET RIGHT NOW. SO, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GO, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO STOP YELLIN' BECAUSE THEN THAT'LL MEAN I LOST THE FIGHT!!
September 25th, 2013 at 12:49 PM ^
Lets hug it out brother!
September 25th, 2013 at 1:04 PM ^
IM GOING TO SHA-BOOMS!
September 25th, 2013 at 12:45 PM ^
September 25th, 2013 at 12:54 PM ^
I actually thought it was ok. Of course I wanted a happier ending but all in all it tied the series together nicely. Won't go into details to avoid spoilers but in the end it resolved the story and made sense to some degree.
September 25th, 2013 at 1:08 PM ^
September 25th, 2013 at 1:40 PM ^
September 25th, 2013 at 5:23 PM ^
I was hoping Dexter would kill every other character in the show and then eat a big ass cheesburger. Was that a spoiler?
September 25th, 2013 at 12:47 PM ^
September 25th, 2013 at 12:49 PM ^
How the hell did you not get banned last night?
September 25th, 2013 at 12:55 PM ^
No idea, but perhaps the Mods realized that I didn't do anything except voice an opinion that Brian overreacted. I stand by that opinion, so I suppose maybe I just haven't controlled the puck and I'm still subject to a delayed ban-hammer. In the meantime, Bryan Mac has pulled his goalie for an extra attacker.
September 25th, 2013 at 2:29 PM ^
Just to clarify, neither LSA nor myself have banned any actual users since Saturday.
September 25th, 2013 at 2:33 PM ^
Yes, it was Brian. I would like like him to tell me exactly why I got banned.
September 26th, 2013 at 9:35 AM ^
September 25th, 2013 at 3:41 PM ^
Have you banned any unreal users since Saturday?
September 25th, 2013 at 3:59 PM ^
Maybe a little pendantic but I have banned users since Saturday, just not any that had any intention of actual posting.
To air my grievances about your snarky replies to posters, this kind of little thing always rising up under otherwise perfectly good posts is unwanted. Maybe if it was something capable of filling the box it might be more appreciated, but I don't think anyone is happy with the short stuff any more.
September 26th, 2013 at 4:21 PM ^
(You, of all people, with the underhand pitch....)
September 25th, 2013 at 8:59 PM ^
Am I missing something?
I got the negative points before the Central game with a spat over the whole noodle thing. I've been a good MGoUser since.
September 25th, 2013 at 12:53 PM ^
1. Not answering emails. I know you get them, you've answered me before. Read it and reply. It's not hard. 2. My dryer. Stop breaking. 2b. Stiff clothes from being line dried.
September 25th, 2013 at 3:43 PM ^
But having just had my dryer repaired, I feel your pain.
September 25th, 2013 at 1:05 PM ^
September 25th, 2013 at 1:40 PM ^
Shut up! Our fathers were our models for Brian. If our fathers bailed, what does that tell you about Brian?
Listen to me! You have to consider the possibility that Brian does not like you. He never wanted you. In all probability, he hates you. This is not the worst thing that can happen.
We don't need him!
Fuck damnation, man! Fuck redemption! We are Brian's unwanted children? So be it!
September 25th, 2013 at 2:19 PM ^
Nice. I was just gonna say that MilkSteak needs to not take things so personally. This was a much more effective response.
September 25th, 2013 at 3:23 PM ^
See! Now that's the kind of awareness and ability to self-deprecate a little bit we can learn from. Previous comment withdrawn, +lots for this.
September 25th, 2013 at 6:12 PM ^
The key is to never take anything too seriously. Really I'm just hoping that the moderation system comes back!
September 25th, 2013 at 1:42 PM ^
I would think Brian would be much more pleasant if every post and thread on this board over the past three weeks hadn't devolved into attacks on every part of this site, its staff and everyone in any way connected to Michigan football (fans included).
I would guess that most of us don't appreciate all that is going on behind the scenes, and all the crap we don't see. Brian probably needs a vacation, but so do I. Hey, that could be my grievance! Why doesn't my company give me unlimited vacation time! Don't they know football season is messing with my health?
September 25th, 2013 at 6:25 PM ^
Snark for snark's sake.
Money for God's sake.
September 25th, 2013 at 1:11 PM ^
September 25th, 2013 at 1:21 PM ^
I'm tired beyond tired of posters who call for any coach's firing or who say the team sucks before the first half is freaking over. These people need to grow several spare sets and keep them handy, because that is absurd and courts severe weeniedom. But I really think the mods need to start just dumping some of this kind of post because it is starting to drive me away from here on game day. I have already given up on the liveblog, and for a time saw the open thread as a welcome option. But the last two weeks. . . and there is one particular poster who contributes so little and happens to have what looks like the photo of a bad departed QB with a traditional leather helmet on.
Everything else I can live with, tho the site has gotten pretty old school and funky to look on, and the writers sometimes seem to have settled into a fairly predictable and self-reflexive back-patting. (On the other hand, I MISS those endless diaries of Brian's that seemed to bring David Foster Wallace deeper into the realm of sport), some of which really broke new ground in Still love and depend on this place, though.
Also time to bring more M sports, and womens sports, deeper into the fold here. I love and am fascinated by all sports, and can't be the only one.