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Should the Hot Chicks On SUP be kept or killed

Keep
60 (61.2%)
Kill
31 (31.6%)
Don't care
7 (7.1%)

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Re: Hot Chicks On SUP-Keep or kill
« Reply #30 on: May 27, 2016, 12:32:05 PM »
If there had been a don't care on this one I'd have clicked that. Voted keep because I find the reason for deleting it kind of silly. I just went back to the start of it to refresh my memory. When the HC thread was 1st posted I had reservations about the title. Thought it would have been better if it was "Women of SUP" or similar and focused on the athletes that are out there. I can kind of dimly remember thinking of suggesting a change but figured it's not my thread so not my place and that wasn't its focus....nor was it intended to be....it was "Hot Chicks" for a reason. It was competing with the SUP vehicle thread...what do guys like more than their car/truck?.....hot chicks....my beer thread has a lot of views too... :)

I find it interesting that one of the women that a number of folks have said they miss here on the zone (Celeste) mentions laughing at the posts because she had forgotten how silly/stupid guys can be over the picture of a beautiful woman. She wasn't offended in the least. I think she might have called us out on some of the more recent posts/comments though. I still don't understand the idea of deleting it. Truthfully I think a post requesting change within the thread to be more considerate of what is posted would have been more readily accepted. I still hope this conversation changes the tone...like I said...I'd like this to be a place my granddaughter will feel comfortable.....see I actually do remember posting that..... ;). Telling everyone it's porno and that you are a moronic sexist if you look at it and that it should be deleted was counterproductive at best.

The poll I posted had a Don't Care option.  My poll was removed.  By Admin.

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Re: Hot Chicks On SUP-Keep or kill
« Reply #31 on: May 27, 2016, 12:43:24 PM »
Here you go. I think people can change their vote. I doubt admin removed the poll because it included "don't care" but then I don't believe in Chemtrails either.
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Re: Hot Chicks On SUP-Keep or kill
« Reply #32 on: May 27, 2016, 01:06:22 PM »
I'm just glad I'm one of the superdelegates who can override this vote if it turns out wrong. 

Or was I supposed to not mention that?

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Re: Hot Chicks On SUP-Keep or kill
« Reply #33 on: May 27, 2016, 01:24:11 PM »
I vote 'keep' but suggest renaming to 'Strong Empowered Women on SUP'

I think this sarcasm requires multiple rolling pin blows around the face and head.
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Re: Hot Chicks On SUP-Keep or kill
« Reply #34 on: May 27, 2016, 01:38:37 PM »
On the opening page you see "We hope you will help us make The Zone a friendly and informative home on the web for our exceptional sport." 

Then you look down to recent posts and see "Hot chicks...". 

How friendly do you think that makes us look? 

For the people who want to look at this type of picture, spend 5 mins with Google and you'll have all the pictures you need. 


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Re: Hot Chicks On SUP-Keep or kill
« Reply #35 on: May 27, 2016, 02:13:52 PM »
On the opening page you see "We hope you will help us make The Zone a friendly and informative home on the web for our exceptional sport." Then you look down to recent posts and see "Hot chicks..."

Then lets get rid of all Trump related threads, and every thread that has nothing to do with SUP. This is a meeting place for people to exchange opinions and ideas. Some SUP related some not. I always felt it was the nature of the online forum. I agree with the classy, nude-free version of the thread. Again, you can't be offended or insulted if you just ignore the thread and read and research all the great, informative SUP threads. Every one of the motorcycle forums, car forums, PWC forums, gardening forums, fishkeeper forums I belong too all have their version of this thread. I don't get how having this thread somehow removes or taints all the great informative threads on this forum?

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Re: Hot Chicks On SUP-Keep or kill
« Reply #36 on: May 27, 2016, 03:15:27 PM »
The poll I posted had a Don't Care option.  My poll was removed.  By Admin.

Hi Spirit,

To clarify, your poll was removed because you had posted that it was an unintentional duplicate poll and that you had not seen the first poll on the same subject. 

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« Reply #37 on: May 27, 2016, 04:19:11 PM »
I know that people get their backs up when a post gets deleted. It's happened to me a few times, and it feels nasty even if I understand the reason. Which makes the HCOSUP thread debate kind of odd. People talk about it as if it were a forum feature or a topic on it's own. But it's not, it's a thread that forum member NXLVL started, like any other forum thread. If people didn't post to it, it would wither away and be lost in history like any other. If you wanted to replace it with some subject name that feels less tawdry, you could just start a new thread with whatever topic you like. Or you could just retitle your post on HC as you chose as I did here. Participation keeps the thread alive, not some structural element that anyone controls.

I think that kind of makes the notion of voting to delete it a bit redundant. If people didn't want it, it would disappear. I haven't seen much of either "what's your surf rig" or the venerable Ke Nalu thread lately, both mentioned as being everlasting in the the first HC post. I also think voting "don't care" is redundant. If you really didn't care you wouldn't vote. But i'm happy to go along.
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Re: Hot Chicks On SUP-Keep or kill
« Reply #38 on: May 27, 2016, 04:39:35 PM »
And it's Keeper by three lengths.... and now Kill-it is making a move.... Don't-care is still a distant third....
It's not overhead to me!
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Re: Hot Chicks On SUP-Keep or kill
« Reply #39 on: May 27, 2016, 05:00:21 PM »
The poll I posted had a Don't Care option.  My poll was removed.  By Admin.

Hi Spirit,

To clarify, your poll was removed because you had posted that it was an unintentional duplicate poll and that you had not seen the first poll on the same subject.

You're right---thank you.

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Re: Hot Chicks On SUP-Keep or kill
« Reply #40 on: May 27, 2016, 05:03:03 PM »
On the opening page you see "We hope you will help us make The Zone a friendly and informative home on the web for our exceptional sport." 

Then you look down to recent posts and see "Hot chicks...". 

How friendly do you think that makes us look? 

For the people who want to look at this type of picture, spend 5 mins with Google and you'll have all the pictures you need.

Agree. 

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Re: Hot Chicks On SUP-Keep or kill
« Reply #41 on: May 27, 2016, 05:50:11 PM »
Humor me. I'm not sure I understand the question or end game. Is the objection to the entire thread, or to isolated parts of it? Is it to images, or is it to comments about images?

Is it the intention to remove this singular thread...... or is it to prohibit any content now or in the future that contain images related to women in beachwear? 

Would this include bare chested males in beachwear?

Is the problem w/ rating/ appreciating or denigrating someones appearance?

Or…. is there more an issue regarding the physical traits of the person in the photo and the feelings they may elicit positive or negative… that they may not appear model perfect, or "too” idealized/attractive…. dare I say sexy?

Would any of this include advertisers utilizing SUP enthusiasts wearing what might commonly be worn.... you know, while SUPing, to sell SUPs and/or SUP related equipment.

Before I cast a vote to "kill" something- I’d like know exactly what it is I am  r e a l l y voting against.

In the meantime- in that or other threads.... I’m content enough for those that wish to post images of people, male and female, participating in a healthy, happy endeavor, consistent with an outdoor, water-born, beach lifestyle and commented on from a respectful, healthy, happy place.  I know the two aren't remotely mutually exclusive.

As with other topics, there WILL be comments that are borderline and just as in other areas of discussion, they can and should be addressed/checked by other posters. Those that fall in the extreme, can and should be dealt with by Admin.

Given time, distinct bodies/containers of water- when open to free flowing exchange- ultimately will find an equilibrium.  I vote for that.

Aloha nui loa
« Last Edit: May 27, 2016, 05:52:33 PM by all~wet »

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Re: Hot Chicks On SUP-Keep or kill
« Reply #42 on: May 27, 2016, 06:43:11 PM »
Amen. Somehow that all keeps getting covered up in the dialog about porn and perverted old geezers leering. Or maybe it's how much more popular the zone would be if the loathsome thread were censored. I keep wondering why someone who really believes any of that would seek change in a forum they don't benefit financially from. If I really belived such a thing I'd build a new forum this evening and reap the benefits. Not hard to build, just hard to get anyone to come. But in this case, women and men SUP enthusiasts with a more evolved moral sense would surely flock there.

It's much easier to tell other people what to do than to do it yourself.
« Last Edit: May 27, 2016, 06:48:52 PM by PonoBill »
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Re: Hot Chicks On SUP-Keep or kill
« Reply #43 on: May 27, 2016, 07:09:06 PM »
I'm not saying that anyone has to do anything, I really don't care in the end.  But as someone who wants this forum to thrive. (Admin, I obviously have found an Internet home here, thank you.) I just think that it could improve the viewership and add some participation from a new group. Read that as money in the admin's pocket.

As to politics, that's all in random along with all the other flotsam and jetsam. Remember that Hot Chicks is right up front in General Discussion. So in my mind, and only mine, that constitutes agreement or endorsement by the board.

I could be wrong I am all the time. I appreciate this forum, love the folks here and want it to thrive. I'll shut up now. I got a board to glass. ;)

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Re: Hot Chicks On SUP-Keep or kill
« Reply #44 on: May 28, 2016, 05:03:56 AM »
I really enjoy reading the Zone, but when, recently,  I opened the Zone on my phone the first thing that appeared on my screen was an ASS, not talking about SIC steering system. I like reading the zone when I commute, but don't want cheesy pix on my screen when I m in the train.

I'll prefer a zone without HCOS. But  these talks about it and censorship etc are of little interest for me.
I got a board to sand.

 


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