Old Hive vs New Hive

Ronnie wrote:It’s not about intelligence as such. We all have different life experiences that make us who we are.
Being able to admit your inadequacies is a good quality to have. Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but all I can say is that I wish I had the confidence, self-knowledge and emotional intelligence that I have now, 30/40 years ago. It would’ve saved me years of battling depression and low self-esteem. I spent at least 10 years or more trapped in denial before i gained the courage to start admitting and dealing with my mental health issues. So if I come across as someone who thinks he’s got it all sussed, well that only applies to what works for me. But it doesn’t mean I haven’t been through any shit to get where i am in terms of being in a good place, mentally. And sometimes when you feel like you’ve got somewhere, it makes you want to pass in what bit of wisdom you might have attained. If that sometimes comes across patronising or a bit smug, then I apologise, it’s not meant to.
I can take the piss sometimes, but it’s only meant to be fun, not to be a cunt.
Also, i was a top wanker for years. I’ve earned my stripes. Lol

Bernard Marx wrote:

Mercury wrote:I feel a bit dumb asking this, but who is this Rani?

From what I’m aware, a member of the original Hive forum who frequently engaged in debates/trolling sessions with Rob Filth. From what I’ve read, he was the only member of the old Hive who avidly defended New Who and especially RTD’s era. You’ll find some animated renditions of their debates on YouTube (just type in ‘Rob and Rani’ and you’ll find them)- they were how I discovered the forum in the first place.

Rawkuss wrote:

Bernard Marx wrote:

Mercury wrote:I feel a bit dumb asking this, but who is this Rani?

From what I’m aware, a member of the original Hive forum who frequently engaged in debates/trolling sessions with Rob Filth. From what I’ve read, he was the only member of the old Hive who avidly defended New Who and especially RTD’s era. You’ll find some animated renditions of their debates on YouTube (just type in ‘Rob and Rani’ and you’ll find them)- they were how I discovered the forum in the first place.

ToiletLunchDweller was an avid NuWho fan until Whitaker was announced.

Bernard Marx wrote:After getting more familiar with the original ‘Leisure Hive’ forum and being able to make a comparison, I’d probably go for the Old Hive. Largely because, as Ronnie says, the discussion on the old Hive is much more comprehensive and discusses a more broad range of topics, and was considerably funnier too. That’s no disservice to this forum, but as alluded to on other threads by other members, it does seem noticeably meeker and less varied.

ClockworkOcean wrote:

Bernard Marx wrote:After getting more familiar with the original ‘Leisure Hive’ forum and being able to make a comparison, I’d probably go for the Old Hive. Largely because, as Ronnie says, the discussion on the old Hive is much more comprehensive and discusses a more broad range of topics, and was considerably funnier too. That’s no disservice to this forum, but as alluded to on other threads by other members, it does seem noticeably meeker and less varied.

Banned for disloyalty.

Pepsi Maxil wrote:Maybe if Hive members were more open minded about having their bumholes violently fisted by a Warwick Davis look-alike the forum wouldn't be so "meek." I'm trying to spice things up the best I can.

ClockworkOcean wrote:Maybe Boofer is right and there is a valid discussion to be had about whether the current Hive is too restrictive. Maybe I shouldn't have removed #BeKind's obscene Terrance Dicks post. Maybe we should have kept Barlow around as a lolcow rather than banning him. Maybe my advice about impersonation accounts should be withdrawn. Maybe we should just throw caution to the wind, say that anything goes and have a foolproof backup plan in place should we get reported to our host. There are very few regulars from the old Hive left (I'm not one them myself), so I don't know what the consensus would be...

Bernard Marx wrote:Sorry to sound completely ignorant, but who is Barlow?

Bernard Marx wrote:If I’ve missed something on this forum which could change my stance on this, I apologise for what I said and may reconsider.

I don’t know if I could contribute to such a discussion, given my lack of experience here and lack of knowledge as to what has gone on, and I don’t think I necessarily gave the correct impression from my original post either. If restrictions are necessary, maybe they should be undertaken- I’d certainly know no better as an admin or moderator if chaos was to break out here, and wouldn’t pretend to know.

As I must stress, I like it here, and perhaps I’ve not really thought through what I said initially. I’ll be more conscientious in the future.

ClockworkOcean wrote:

Bernard Marx wrote:Sorry to sound completely ignorant, but who is Barlow?

A Neo-Nazi lunatic with a beastiality fetish who believes that women should be sold into sexual slavery. He shows up every few months under a new username spouting his usual rape apologist bullshit, and we ban him every time. The old Hive didn't, instead keeping him around to humiliate him, resulting in some hilarious exchanges that can still be found on YouTube.

Bernard Marx wrote:If I’ve missed something on this forum which could change my stance on this, I apologise for what I said and may reconsider.

I don’t know if I could contribute to such a discussion, given my lack of experience here and lack of knowledge as to what has gone on, and I don’t think I necessarily gave the correct impression from my original post either. If restrictions are necessary, maybe they should be undertaken- I’d certainly know no better as an admin or moderator if chaos was to break out here, and wouldn’t pretend to know.

As I must stress, I like it here, and perhaps I’ve not really thought through what I said initially. I’ll be more conscientious in the future.

You have nothing to apologise for. There is some disagreement about what boundaries or lack thereof we should have here. Nothing wrong with discussing it openly.