I never thought 'Flaming' or the person's it created were hard in any way.
People were just incredibly funny. The fact that some of it was done in an aggressive manner was irrelevant to most.
It was just like the difference between PG rated humour and Adult content.
The truly funny writers have gone and the best that one can hope for is a glimmer of a laugh from somebody harking back to those days and posting something sharp and witty.
Stomping round like a perverted troll (no names mentioned) isn't anything to do with what 'Flaming' was all about it's just the scent of the idea.
All those who deride 'Flaming' still post here aggressively and they try to be humorous (one would hope) which is actually the definition of 'Flaming so they're talking through their ass.
“Flaming “ is dead.
What you are left with are complete imbeciles who use grammar school insults that have been told millions of times, and framed better, and they consider that “flaming”. And that’s the problem.
This is why this forum is dead. Flynn did everything in her power to bring the definition of this sub up to speed and the idiots here didn’t know how to handle it.
When I had a panel here, all the BH guys who are here reached out to me.
I told them to not even bother because this place was unfixable.
This place will die a slow death from the shitposters and there’s nothing anybody can do but let it die.
And honestly, I’m the
last of that era of heavy hitters and have come to the conclusion that the link from the BH years dies with me in this community once I stop posting for good. And because of that, I’m retiring for good.
I don’t want to be associated with a bunch of shit posting garbage, which I’m sure was the motive all the greats before me had when they decided to log out.
Oh well. There’s better avenues out there now.