The recent message content connection to the topic theme seems to range from slight to nonexistent.
People, note all the big red text just upthread. Not a good thing. And that is not to say the non-hidden messages were wonderful.
I did a search in messages for any variation of the term "fossil". I found it to be very scarce since about half way back in the topic. A prize to Bluejay for using the term in message 105. The previous mention was in message 83, and the previous to that was in message 53.
Adminnemooseus
Edited by Adminnemooseus, : More on the search for the elusive "fossil".
Admin writes:
It really helps moderators figure out if a topic is disintegrating because of general misbehavior versus someone in particular if the originally non-misbehaving members kept it that way. When everyone is prickly and argumentative and off-topic and personal then it's just too difficult to tell. We have neither infinite time to untie the Gordian knot, nor the wisdom of Solomon.
There used to be a comedian who presented his ideas for a better world, and one of them was to arm everyone on the highway with little rubber dart guns. Every time you see a driver doing something stupid, you fire a little dart at his car. When a state trooper sees someone driving down the highway with a bunch of darts all over his car he pulls him over for being an idiot.
Please make it easy to tell you apart from the idiots.
Message 150