Is The Sinner just an ex-pat community?

[Tlomiew]

I'm the same, 06 intake but I've only posted a few times, actually saw the ad right after finishing reading a thread.

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[Timata]

Quoting Tlomiew from 20:22, 8th Oct 2007
I'm the same, 06 intake but I've only posted a few times.

Same here, '06 intake, posted only a few times, regularly read through the threads though.

[Frank]

'04 in St Andrews, posted a few times pre-05 but didn't register until much later. It's a fun little pedantic community.

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[Admin]

Let's hope it becomes less pedantic...

[maenad]

Although I find the Sinner helpful for answering queries it is probably the least welcoming board I've come across, which is bad considering I can't be the only person who found it as a potential student using Google.

Shouldn't the poll be about which year you arrived in St A?

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[turnblad]

Quoting maenad from 11:40, 9th Oct 2007
Shouldn't the poll be about which year you arrived in St A?

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Tommy can you hear me?

Yeah, I am an '06 entrant undergraduate, and I come under the "I'm proper old" category, which really blows.

[Warlike Lover]

How do we, as members make the site more welcoming? Or is it something fundamentally wrong with the site?

[Mr Comedy]

I'm '01 intake, and graduated in '05 - although I feel proper old and that.

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[Frank]

Quoting warlike lover from 13:14, 9th Oct 2007
How do we, as members make the site more welcoming? Or is it something fundamentally wrong with the site?

Free pedantry or cupcakes. One of the two, I'm sure.

Alternatively, we don't need to be welcoming...we could be some sort of internet paradise where everyone's knocking at the Sinner's pearly gates...

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"There is only ever one truth. Things are always black or white, there's no such thing as a shade of grey. If you think that something is a shade of grey it simply means that you don't fully understand the situation. The truth is narrow and the path of the pursuit of truth is similarly narrow."

[exnihilo]

I honestly don't think there's all that much pedantry. There's very little that is nit-picky or mean-spirited.

What there is a fair amount of is people correcting others' factual inaccuracies or criticising their poorly structured arguments and being shot down for it because a lot of people are too precious to accept any kind of challenge or criticism.

[push-the-envelope]

I'm a fresher! Look at me! Running about all fresh like!

Not sure how the hell I found out about thesinner.net though....

[Admin]

Hello Fresher! Loving the freshness like!

Regarding pedantry, part of me wants to say, "it doesnt matter if you dont use all the write spellings and if you're grammer isn't totally accurate - its a message board when all said an done, and if you wanted to have your writing assessed then you wouldn't of posted it online in the first place".

But then another part of me yearns for the age when people were proud of what they had to say, and went to great lengths to ensure that they weren't misunderstood.

Pointing out factual inaccuracies (when done diplomatically and thoughtfully) is actually beneficial to a debate, as it enables everyone to form their own opinions on a basis of true fact, instead of mere speculation.

There should be more positive messages, that's for sure - if you see something you like, or you agree with, say so!

Welcome our new members with open arms!

Let's all hug again.

[Gealle]

Hmmm...

Why not decorate the sinner in bright pink floral motifs?

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Funky flunky munky...

[Frank]

Quoting admin from 17:33, 9th Oct 2007
Hello Fresher! Loving the freshness like!

Regarding pedantry,

[img]http://dogtoe.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/arguing_on_the_internet.jpg[/img]

Welcome our new members with open arms!

Let's all hug again.

Y'know how it is.

{WELCOME TO THE SINNER}

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"There is only ever one truth. Things are always black or white, there's no such thing as a shade of grey. If you think that something is a shade of grey it simply means that you don't fully understand the situation. The truth is narrow and the path of the pursuit of truth is similarly narrow."

[TCT]

Quoting exnihilo from 15:25, 9th Oct 2007
I honestly don't think there's all that much pedantry. There's very little that is nit-picky or mean-spirited.

What there is a fair amount of is people correcting others' factual inaccuracies or criticising their poorly structured arguments and being shot down for it because a lot of people are too precious to accept any kind of challenge or criticism.

Go and polish your halo.

[rob 'f*ck off' wine boy]

[quote:lw93b6xe][b:lw93b6xe]Quoting exnihilo from 15:25, 9th Oct 2007[/b:lw93b6xe]
I honestly don't think there's all that much pedantry. There's very little that is nit-picky or mean-spirited.

What there is a fair amount of is people correcting others' factual inaccuracies or criticising their poorly structured arguments and being shot down for it because a lot of people are too precious to accept any kind of challenge or criticism.[/quote:lw93b6xe]


Go and polish your halo.

[sweet]

Actually a certain amount of silly argument livens the place up a bit lol... Having said that being shot down in an arrogant and patronising way for a typo or factual inaccuracy would put me off any internet forum something awful.

Talking of trees, I saw the first Douglas fir in Scotland yesterday. It's at Scone palace, and was most huggable.

[KateBush]

Quoting Frank from 19:38, 9th Oct 2007


Regarding pedantry,

[img]http://dogtoe.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/arguing_on_the_internet.jpg[/img]

Welcome our new members with open arms!

Let's all hug again.

Y'know how it is.

{WELCOME TO THE SINNER}

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HOw insensitive and ignorant

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Intelligence can leap the hurdles which nature has set before us- Livy

[Anonymous/b]

Regarding pedantry, part of me wants to say, "it doesnt matter if you dont use all the write spellings and if you're grammer isn't totally accurate - its a message board when all said an done, and if you wanted to have your writing assessed then you wouldn't of posted it online in the first place".

someone's got the right idea - surely the whole point of internets is the freedom of bein able 2 say what ulike?

as far as y theres no freshers - some better posters would b a good start...

[Bizarre Atheist]

Quoting rob 'f*ck off' wine boy from 20:46, 9th Oct 2007

Does anyone else ever see Hear'Say written down and immediately think heresy?

I enjoy the new posters and flyers, can the site be recoloured to match them?

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