This is made with more than of a year experince on this forum.

1. never EVER even think about saying that spongebob is not as bad as the people say it is on this forum. This is a big mistake done by most new users. Even though Spongebob has the highest ratings for a child's show on television, no one watches it!

2. Never say that nick isn't evil. Even though Nick has the right to not show any episodes of avatar, its important to insult the nick corporation and its executives. It's important that you never once feel grateful to nick when it shows a new episode of avatar. Instead, you should feel angry! "why haven't they showed this episode earlier?" You should go create threads showing your anger, but never tell this to nick. Telling nick that you would like to see more episodes will never get them showed more often, its better if you just make fun of nick behind its back.

3. If you think that your ship is supior to someone else's don't just save it for the Official Character Relationship thread, spread you belifes to other threads and even create threads of your own, stating how great your ship is and why ever other ships sucks. (the other members of the forum, especially the vets, will enjoy your viewpoint and find it quite sourceful)

4. If you have a problem with someone on this forum, don't just say "hey, when you do [insert thing they do that bothers you here] it bothers me, would please not do it as much?", insult them, insult their mother. Who do they think they are saying that spongebob is one of their favorite tv shows? Didn't they read rule #1? If they don't stop, then mod every single post they make. Create a new account and mod every single post they make again, sooner or later that user is going to get banned for their explotation of freedom of speech.

Just follow these 4 simple rules and you will be the like the portion of arrogaunt, selfish, obsesive posters on this thread and be making a ton of friends.

NOTE:

I do not agree with those rules in any way what-so-ever, those rules are just what i have seen made clear by the members of this forum

ALSO:

not all of the members of this forum are arrougaunt selfish or obsive, many are thoughtful, intelligent posters.

Regarding the "not every member is evil and selfish, etc. part", I was actually quite apprehensive about posting when I first joined. I was truly afraid I'd get trolled or flamed and I've never experienced that on any other forum I've gone to. Even though it is just one aspect of the forums, it reflects the community as a whole. In other words, this forum is not a good environment for most newcomers. Even though I'm probably going off on a tangent with all of this, it's true. While most members are "wise and intelligent posters" isn't that usually when "wise and intelligent" posts are required? The overall community needs to be more open to new people and friendlier to new faces. It's kind of like a clique.

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Fun fact:

I lurked here in and out for about a year before acctually bothering to post here....

EDIT: to the above: lurking doesn't help your level much, posting things around TV.com does. Lurking is just looking and reading around in the forums only.

These are great rules.I seriously need to follow them.*has been gone from the forums too long*

And I dunno if there are that many people who follow number 5.