Thread: Deleting profile to escape n get out of this place

I believe "The one who shall not be named "got his account and posts deleted, so that is not impossible to do.

Nope, the idiots posts are still here, I just looked.

My bad

lumberjack?????? was the closest I got to working out who that piece of pondscum was....

Originally Posted by Friwi

I believe "The one who shall not be named "got his account and posts deleted, so that is not impossible to do.

I mean, we can choose to delete whoever we like. I'm just not aware whether users have the ability to delete themselves. I am expending zero effort investigating.

I gave the answer.....

Originally Posted by JessicaChen

I can understand wanting to erase all tracks of yourself and your opinions off the internet. If the account itself cannot be deleted, maybe delete all of your comments (not sure if that is possible) if you don't want someone finding out who you might be, do not use the same username you used here on another website in the future. I don't think 35whelen is saying they hate the site, but just want to delete their presence off the internet as a whole as much as possible. After all, maybe in some dystopian future, a dear leader will find something you said two decades ago that is worthy of prosecution, and your entire family line will be punished for it. Just joking, probably wont happen. Maybe. Heard cases of people getting fired from a job because an angry internet mob found out that their father said something 'offensive' on a website one or two decades previously.

That's one side of the coin. The other is the argument in favor of keeping everything so that the keyboard warriors who become completely unhinged do not get an opportunity to "sanitise" their posts.

To me, the ability to edit / correct your post for 30 minutes (or whatever it is), followed by it being here forever strikes a reasonable balance.

I think the internet was a mistake.

I think Fawls' cartoon of some days ago sums it up best:

Originally Posted by gimp

I think the internet was a mistake.

Most probably. It’s here to stay though. Best we make the most of the positives…..one of which is this forum… in all it’s glory.


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Originally Posted by Micky Duck

OK to answer ORIGONAL POSTERS QUESTION........

Well done......an excellent "work around." I must remember that....may come in useful:>)

Originally Posted by ebf

All of those topics do exist on this forum MH... Along with reviews of gear, reloading info etc.

Yes, absolutely they do exist on the forum. What I meant was that I admire posts where there are photos of the end use of the animal as well as the field action all on the same post. That is what I meant by 'photos of dead animals in isolation' where only a dead animal is shown in the post ( in isolation).
I am not intending to seem over sensitive about dead animal photos, just pragmatic about public perception of hunting sports. Look at how many Rodeos have been stopped by animal rights groups who think a bull is really harmed by being ridden.

Originally Posted by Tahr

But here's the thing. For these things to flourish as you want, that ought to be where your energy goes. How often do you begin them? How often do you contribute to them? Compared to how often you dwell on Covid and towers??

I repeat, there is a segment on here that simply want to dwell on the negative, the unrelated and the bull shit. They make a fool of a very good hunting and shooting forum.

I disagree with the assertion " there is a segment on here etc. and that they make a fool etc." I contend that it is the members that loose their tempers and attack the person and not the post that disrupt the forum. If we can accept that happening as normal in any group of people sharing their opinions, the forum becomes a great learning tool for those of us not well versed in online debate.
To control what topics are posted is an attack on free speech and freedom of expression. Would you have us give up those rights voluntarily to censorship?
As far as my own posting and thread starting have a look.

And my best wishes to the OP in their future path

It would be dead as fuk. A lot of the peoole that constantly whinge about the off topic threads are quite happy to point out that everyone should only be posting hunting and gun posts and they dont even do it themselves. Heres a gun topic to discuss sorry if its been asked before what gun is the best what scope is the best what bullets should i use whats the best calber for me for hunting....

Originally Posted by northdude

It would be dead as fuk. A lot of the peoole that constantly whinge about the off topic threads are quite happy to point out that everyone should only be posting hunting and gun posts and they dont even do it themselves. Heres a gun topic to discuss sorry if its been asked before what gun is the best what scope is the best what bullets should i use whats the best calber for me for hunting....

Seeing as you asked, it is .303 with fixed power X 4 Tasco scope and FMJ projectiles with hollow point drilled in your home workshop.