There have been a few places that have felt forced to triple their security protocols because they didn’t like me enough to fear me coming back. There was a game corner that required ID’s, there have been Discord servers that required you give them your socials, there are places that have exiled my whole family, etc. and it usually bugs people. Ironically I’ve never circumvented a ban before in my life, but they still feel the need to make sure.
No, I’m not pulling your leg, I have saved links to show for it.
My dude, what have you been doing?
Mostly misunderstandings/miscommunications. Not something like I did a certain thing every time, just a domino kind of thing, otherwise I’d understand a lot more about what exactly is going on. The ease at which people have been able to point to something and say “_____ is why you’re banned” kind of scares me into thinking something deeper is going on. That isn’t to say I can’t map out their supposed reasoning, like with the examples I gave elsewhere in this reply chain. Ironically and oddly I do get unbanned from half of the affected places, like this famous one where I was basically Jesused back onto the world’s strictest website.
Holy shit, this is some massive turbo yikes.
How so?
I’m not gonna take responsibility and try to be your wake up call or anything, but this:
The ease at which people have been able to point to something and say “_____ is why you’re banned” kind of scares me into thinking something deeper is going on.
This thought would normally cause someone to be introspective. “What is it about oneself which is causing me to get banned?”. “Something deeper is probably going on” internally.
For the record, I’ve only ever been banned once in my life for something I’ve done or said, and that was 15 years ago. There are ways to say and do things which won’t get you banned. I’ve been on many forums and participated in many subreddits. I’ve even moderated before. The fact that you have a written down online code of honor/ruleset (regardless of its contents) is a red flag.
…are you proud of this?
For the main part, no. I don’t know who’d be fond of being banished for reasons outside their knowledge/control. I guess I’m just prone to misunderstandings. For example, I got semi-banned from a mall once because I was using my leftover arcade tokens in the fountain; I didn’t know people collect the money in America, I just thought it was for making wishes (was worth it, I’m grateful mine came true though). My most famous ban on the internet was from an art website because I made a subreddit dedicated to it and they considered it a trademark violation. The ban became famous because at one point the guy in charge of the website tried to raid it and Reddit basically poofed his squad of fifty something people. He then forced their Discord server to require every member be kicked and invited back in on the condition that each member can give details about their other social media accounts so they could be tracked, even though I never wanted to rejoin their website or server anyways. I’m certainly amazed at myself, but that’s not exactly pride.
Cages placed over the top part of all skeeball games to prevent cheating in order to get tickets to trade in for prizes. Game room, Mike’s Grill, Lawton, Oklahoma, USA, 1993-present.
Intake procedure at a psych ward. They look inside your phone case before giving it too you for your visiting time, or whatever
Could you explain why, or maybe what you did that created this rule.
I had a razor blade hidden in my phone case. I told them about this during intake when I realized they would probably give it back to me at some point.
They thanked me for telling them, and then said something to themselves about how they should check every phone
Why?
I was there for self harm
LSD?
nah. not good to store it in such a warm place
Well, shit. Now I’m curious about what you could have been smuggling in a phone case. Tabs were about the only thing I could think of that would fit. That’s not a whole lot of cocaine.
Dorm Rule: Nothing shall be hung outside the window including satellite dishes…etc.
My old pot dealer let people roll a free joint outside with some busted weed under a sign “roll yourself one!” if they bought enough. A guy I know took this as an excuse to roll a giant cannon of a joint.
There is now a sign saying “roll yourself a reasonable sized joint.”
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No Heelies at the hockey rink for me. Last I checked, they still had the printed-out Word document in Times New Roman posted up on the bulletin board.
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I have never understood why this was the go to punishment for students that didn’t want to be at school.
“Don’t want to be at school? Well then, fine! You’re not allowed at school. Ha, that sure showed that rambunctious rascal!”
“Uhh…” plays Zelda or whatever
Because now the parents have to provide proper care for the children. it’s a way to involve the parents.
it fails if the parents are not involved in their kids lives or are just struggling to make ends meet as it is.
It also removes disruptive kids from.the system. Which should allow the other kids to focus.
That makes the most sense. Thanks.
Not much more satisfying than climbing a fence as a kid and then finding out that’s the reason they built the fence higher.
No bubbles or balloon volleyball in The Ballroom restaurant at Wakulla Springs Lodge. Honest we were just having fun. Of course the management has changed since then, so maybe they forgot.
Balloon volleyball? You mean Keepy Uppy?
LoL, Yes that game. Big restaurant, high ceilings.
How do you play bubble volleyball?nvm, I just can’t comprehend english
Back in my day, like this.
Beyond innumerable rules at home (no sneaking out of windows, no making potions out of toiletries, no growing mold in the bathroom, no snakes in the house, etc.) once as a kid I had $5 of birthday money burning a hole in my pocket, so at lunch I asked for as many $0.25 cinnamon rolls as I could get with a $5 bill. Although the cafeteria workers tried to talk me out of it, I spent the rest of the day parading around with a huge sack of cinnamon rolls which I didn’t share with my classmates, as I was determined to bring my catch home to impress / share with my family. The same day, an announcement was made over the intercom to the entire school announcing a new two-per-person limit for cinnamon rolls. Details may be off as this was years ago, but that’s what I remember!
So, what was your family’s reaction? What what did your classmates say after the max of 2 rule got implemented?
I can’t remember I’m afraid.
Reading that as “I can’t remember, I’m afraid” gave it a different feeling.
I used to have people pay back borrowed lunch money in 5 cent cracker packages. I still remember the time i saved up about $5 in crackers because of one friend’s debts.
Driving home drunk one night while in college, my brother decided to drive straight, instead of slowing to take the 45° right turn. Soon after the town put up very large, reflective arrows pointing out the turn. He survived, though his Camaro did not.
late 1970s mcdonalds menu says hamburger and next line is slice of cheese. smart ass kid rolls in and orders just a slice of cheese. cashier has to bring over the manager… doesnt know how to prepare and serve it. manager has to call district manager, who has to call corporate. its on the menu they have to serve it, and safely. they end up heating up a slice on wax paper. after that all the mcdonalds menus in the country is changed to say cheeseburger.
My grade school stopped allowing kids to go up for second helpings of hot lunch because of me. In 8th grade I recruited the help of quite a few classmates and managed to take down 50 chicken nuggets, 2 milks, a pile of veggies, and two dessert cakes at one lunch hour.
This performance became somewhat infamous, and I learned from a friend that they banned second helpings for the next school year in part because of that occurrence.
Still kind of proud of that one. And not sure I could manage 50 nuggets now as an adult.
Is your name chad?
It is not. But if Chad shares my gluttonous exploits then I salute him and I hope he stopped doing things like that in time to be a healthy adult :)
My preschool class took a field trip to our local children’s museum, which was a very tactile experience, so they really emphasized that you could touch anything there. My three year old brain wanted to know what happened when I touched the fire alarm. I understand shortly after they changed that emphasis: you could touch almost anything there.
“Do not wash hands with boiling water”. Saw it happen. The dude wasn’t sure the water from the boiler was really hot, so he ran it over his hand to check…
