Maybe prayer will work!
Lols, just ignore them and enjoy the site they should be of no consequence as long as you're happy to converse.
"enjoy the site", that is what the site is all about. IMHO
Yeah but I get the awful feeling that people only want to converse with me to get points LOL
@AmelieMatisse ha! On another site I have 300, 189 points. They mean nothing to me
@AmelieMatisse, no, you seem interesting enough to talk to in your own right (i checked ?)
@Shelton thanks you guys
@atheist Why yes I do, I see right through the male attention to what is really wanted, which is points!
@atheist point well taken and point passed on!
I'm figuring that it will take me another month until I reach 8. I haven't seen any 9 or 10's do they even exist? And what happens when you reach 10? Are you taken up into the Atheist rapture?
Points have two purposes. First it encourages people to participate on the site. Also lower level need for someone of a higher level to approve their posts, so ti haelps weed out the theist who want ot just come here to spew hate.
@atheist I'm just appreciative that soem rich guy (who prefers to remain anonymous, but here is referred to as Admin) decided to he had more money than he needed, so he created this site as a sort of hobby and project for himself. The site is mostly one guy and a few friends who help him part time.
It's that damned hyperbolic curve the points follow. From level 1 to 7 is only one quarter of the total needed to progress to level 8, and from 8 to 9 makes that huge previous step seem like a ripple in the carpet.
Actually, it is a exponential curve.
Seems to me that once you get to 7 there is no incentive to go any higher, so it's best just to enjoy yourself. Some people like collecting points, a bit like the World Cup sticker book.
At Level 8 you learn the secret password and handshake + they send you a phunny hat and decoder ring. Level 9 is kinda like Fight Club in you just don't talk about it.
Then someone you know in Level 9 about about to be KO- ed! Lols.
But you're an 8 and an 8.4 at that? Ah the wild fantasies that drift through my head of one day becoming an 8. I'm just a lowly 7, dare I dream of ever becoming an 8? Dare I risk touching the sun?
What are you going to do when you get to a million?
What level do I have to get to before they show me the secret handshake?
That'll be 7
I find the reason for points is to -help- weed out those who are just trolls. The more points you get, the higher your level, the more you level, the more perks you get. Plus, people today like to get rewards. I mean, it’s an interesting concept.
Yeah, it's just like leveling up in a video game ... except you don't get the cool weapons or special items, you just use your words.
Nothing fails like or is as offensive as prayer. The prayOR is essentially saying: 1) I don't care enough to actually help -or- There is something wrong with you because you do not believe as I do.