Conquer Club

Sometimes you may wonder how popular you are, or how much people like you. Well, let's boil it down to some specific users. Such awards are:
Most Random
Most Sarcastic
Funniest Poster
Least Funny Poster
Most Random Poster
Most Liked
Most Missed
Most Hated
King of Forum Games
King of RISK
Nicest Poster
Meanest Poster
Stupidest Poster
Smartest Poster
Most Likely Insane
Most Likely Secretly 10 years old
Most Likely Secretly 90 years old
Most Interesting Poster
Coolest Avatar
Least Cool Avatar
You guys can start nominating, but there are some ground rules:
1. NO NOMINATING YOURSELF (using a multiple account also counts as nominating yourself )
2. When voting, you cannot vote for yourself, nor can you vote twice for the same category.

we just did this like a few weeks ago

damn. really?

Kill yourself.

i don't think i can delete this topic. is it too late. MUAHAHAHHAAH

ask AK he seems good at deleting things!!

morph wrote:ask AK he seems good at deleting things!!

Very good

This sounds like a fun idea.
Maybe it was ahead of it's time back in the naughty naughts...
but now I think an enterprising forum visionary could really make something of this.
In any case, it's long overdue for a reintroduction, and I'm glad to help.

lol - do u know any forum visionaries, vegetable lasagne?

might be fun, tho.

Sounds a bit like a high school year book way of sorting out the cool kids from the unpopular. It's been done, obviously, so why not create some more unusual awards (and not awards that aren't really awards, like "stupidest").

Poster you'd most like to meet in RL?
Poster you'd trust if you had a problem?
Poster who gets you laughing?

I'm sure you can come up with better ideas.

Saxi for all three because why not. Or King Herp.

There's a few on here I wouldn't mind meeting. Or have tried to meet coughkbcough but circumstances prevent it.

Symmetry wrote:Poster you'd most like to meet in RL?
Poster you'd trust if you had a problem?
Poster who gets you laughing?

-dukasaur
-jonesthecurl
-symmetry

See- an alternative can work without needless digs at people.

When I lived in the US, I was in a year book class, and one of the nominations was for worst dressed. It went to one of my best friends- a guy whose family was struggling financially. Second hand clothes, hand me downs, etc.

He was brilliant academically, but the nasty crowd used the awards to kick him.

Popularity contests- I'm wary of the how they can be used for hate.

Symmetry wrote:See- an alternative can work without needless digs at people.

When I lived in the US, I was in a year book class, and one of the nominations was for worst dressed. It went to one of my best friends- a guy whose family was struggling financially. Second hand clothes, hand me downs, etc.

He was brilliant academically, but the nasty crowd used the awards to kick him.

Popularity contests- I'm wary of the how they can be used for hate.

When you say struggling financially, do you mean because of his shitty clothing? The relationship between poverty and luxury goods is a strange one. I was watching those guys fishing at the top of Victoria Falls, the one guy had an Abercrombie shirt. I don't think financial well-being has anything to do with clothes. There are those who are struggling financially who have nice clothes and those that wear "gift from grandma" clothes but are rich.

I think you are imagining socioeconomic status as if it isn't two distinct things hamburglared into one. You might think you're helping, but by even repeating the mantra "you're poor so you can't afford luxury goods" you are ruining the bedrock of society. Luxury goods destroy empires so instead you should say "I was really jealous when my friend got the worst-dressed award because he was able to show me that modern life is all a shell". Luxury goods aren't a goal, they are a curse. Financial well-being isn't a state of economy, it's a state of mind.

DoomYoshi wrote:

Symmetry wrote:See- an alternative can work without needless digs at people.

When I lived in the US, I was in a year book class, and one of the nominations was for worst dressed. It went to one of my best friends- a guy whose family was struggling financially. Second hand clothes, hand me downs, etc.

He was brilliant academically, but the nasty crowd used the awards to kick him.

Popularity contests- I'm wary of the how they can be used for hate.

When you say struggling financially, do you mean because of his shitty clothing? The relationship between poverty and luxury goods is a strange one. I was watching those guys fishing at the top of Victoria Falls, the one guy had an Abercrombie shirt. I don't think financial well-being has anything to do with clothes. There are those who are struggling financially who have nice clothes and those that wear "gift from grandma" clothes but are rich.

I think you are imagining socioeconomic status as if it isn't two distinct things hamburglared into one. You might think you're helping, but by even repeating the mantra "you're poor so you can't afford luxury goods" you are ruining the bedrock of society. Luxury goods destroy empires so instead you should say "I was really jealous when my friend got the worst-dressed award because he was able to show me that modern life is all a shell". Luxury goods aren't a goal, they are a curse. Financial well-being isn't a state of economy, it's a state of mind.

No mate- not being able to afford clothes for your kids isn't a lack of luxury. I think you're wrong on this one.

Symmetry wrote:When I lived in the US, I was in a year book class...

omg... You were an exchange student, weren't you?

Symmetry wrote:

DoomYoshi wrote:

Symmetry wrote:See- an alternative can work without needless digs at people.

When I lived in the US, I was in a year book class, and one of the nominations was for worst dressed. It went to one of my best friends- a guy whose family was struggling financially. Second hand clothes, hand me downs, etc.

He was brilliant academically, but the nasty crowd used the awards to kick him.

Popularity contests- I'm wary of the how they can be used for hate.

When you say struggling financially, do you mean because of his shitty clothing? The relationship between poverty and luxury goods is a strange one. I was watching those guys fishing at the top of Victoria Falls, the one guy had an Abercrombie shirt. I don't think financial well-being has anything to do with clothes. There are those who are struggling financially who have nice clothes and those that wear "gift from grandma" clothes but are rich.

I think you are imagining socioeconomic status as if it isn't two distinct things hamburglared into one. You might think you're helping, but by even repeating the mantra "you're poor so you can't afford luxury goods" you are ruining the bedrock of society. Luxury goods destroy empires so instead you should say "I was really jealous when my friend got the worst-dressed award because he was able to show me that modern life is all a shell". Luxury goods aren't a goal, they are a curse. Financial well-being isn't a state of economy, it's a state of mind.

No mate- not being able to afford clothes for your kids isn't a lack of luxury. I think you're wrong on this one.

That's exactly what it is so you're wrong.

DoomYoshi wrote:When you say struggling financially, do you mean because of his shitty clothing? The relationship between poverty and luxury goods is a strange one. I was watching those guys fishing at the top of Victoria Falls, the one guy had an Abercrombie shirt. I don't think financial well-being has anything to do with clothes. There are those who are struggling financially who have nice clothes and those that wear "gift from grandma" clothes but are rich.

tbf you are assuming that the guy you saw was wearing a real Abercrombie shirt.

I have two NY Yankees beanie hats that I bought at a market near my old apartment in Beijing. One I'm pretty certain is the real deal, knocked off from a factory that makes Yankees clothes. The other is obviously a crappy beanie that someone has slapped the NY logo onto. Both cost me about 4-5 USD.

Thorthoth wrote:

Symmetry wrote:When I lived in the US, I was in a year book class...

omg... You were an exchange student, weren't you?

Symmetry appears to have leveraged his 20 undergraduate degrees not just as an opportunity to live the chill life but also as an opportunity to travel the world. Fair play to him.

DoomYoshi wrote:

Symmetry wrote:

DoomYoshi wrote:

Symmetry wrote:See- an alternative can work without needless digs at people.

When I lived in the US, I was in a year book class, and one of the nominations was for worst dressed. It went to one of my best friends- a guy whose family was struggling financially. Second hand clothes, hand me downs, etc.

He was brilliant academically, but the nasty crowd used the awards to kick him.

Popularity contests- I'm wary of the how they can be used for hate.

When you say struggling financially, do you mean because of his shitty clothing? The relationship between poverty and luxury goods is a strange one. I was watching those guys fishing at the top of Victoria Falls, the one guy had an Abercrombie shirt. I don't think financial well-being has anything to do with clothes. There are those who are struggling financially who have nice clothes and those that wear "gift from grandma" clothes but are rich.

I think you are imagining socioeconomic status as if it isn't two distinct things hamburglared into one. You might think you're helping, but by even repeating the mantra "you're poor so you can't afford luxury goods" you are ruining the bedrock of society. Luxury goods destroy empires so instead you should say "I was really jealous when my friend got the worst-dressed award because he was able to show me that modern life is all a shell". Luxury goods aren't a goal, they are a curse. Financial well-being isn't a state of economy, it's a state of mind.

No mate- not being able to afford clothes for your kids isn't a lack of luxury. I think you're wrong on this one.

That's exactly what it is so you're wrong.

Clothes aren't a luxury. You've got this wrong again, mate.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxury_goods

Clothing is a luxury good.

When is the last time you saw someone so poor they were naked? It doesn't matter how poor you get, you can still have clothes. This has been true for all civilizations.

DoomYoshi wrote:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxury_goods

Clothing is a luxury good.

When is the last time you saw someone so poor they were naked? It doesn't matter how poor you get, you can still have clothes. This has been true for all civilizations.

I've no idea why you've chosen to be a moron on this. Clothing is not a luxury just because people in poverty have it.

Well it's also a luxury because that's what both Jesus and Shakespeare taught.

Tell me in what way it is not a luxury good. Give me anything, rather than basic ad hominem attacks.

I think it depends on the climate. e.g.:

In most hot countries clothes are a luxury
In Saudi Arabia and other oppressive hot countries, clothes are a necessity
In much of Norway a coat is a necessity
In a well-heated and welcoming Subway sandwich franchise in Norway, the coat becomes a luxury