So what's really new about these rules? They seem pretty similar to me.

yes, but they're much less daunting to read. He condensed to old rules into this shorter one so as not to scare of potential forumites

The only major change is it is now perfectly legal to call Dissension a stupid nut-breath.

It was good to know you, Sleet...

I'm glad somebody finally said something. Every time I talk to him, I get a craving for cashews.

I would never point out the nut-like breath of anyone who's name rhymes with diss-and-shun.

Just noticed this topic changed recently.

As long as pregnancy fanart isn't creepy, i'm fine with it. It's meant to me to be heartwarming, and these days I would love to see some heartwarming variants.

this.

Said fanart is on very thin ice given people's bad habit to fetishize stuff, but if it's clean and proper, then it's fine.

I remember the days of Jim-Jim and his habit of not reading the rules beforehand. Hopefully after all this time he went out of his way to read them.

Also bump for no reason.

No one likes him.

How's he been? He used to be a real jerk.

Well isn't that rather mean, Sleet.

But Sleet is telling the truth. If Stripe said that nobody likes him, then nobody likes him.

... he's also a dork.

You beat me to the punch.

Whoa-ho-ho hey what. Jim-Jim? me?

This is uncalled for, when did i ever troll? Hmm?
I just stuck to myself. all i did. i mean sure i asked a few too many questions sometimes but it's just because I got to stubbornly curious.
and occasionally someone would yell at me then i would refresh the page and everything would just... disappear. and get a private message.


WELL FINE, I'M GOING. AND I'M NEVER COMING BACK.

jokingjokingjokingjokingjokingjokingjokingjokingjokingjoking

Aww, you ruin all the fun!

if they didn't then they wouldn't be mods!

Our job is to make sure the forum is as unfun as possible, you see.

and it is our job as the members to make your job as hard as possible by finding loop holes in your silly silly rules

REBEL!!!! jkjkjkjkjkjk

Okay I understand.
Sorry for the mess.

I calld him something worse. No, not only worse. I called him the worst!
The worst thing someone could anyone else, ever.
I....

....
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I called him a m-moderator....
I'm sorry.


- It's a boy!
- It's a girl!
- No, it's Superman!


I KNEW they were conspiring against me!

no i just like keeping you mod's on your toes

We don't need any help for that.

Funny, I just came back to this thread to ask the exact question that was answered here

Does this include the use of lol, rofl, brb, atm, etc. Or is this rule referring to the overuse of this in silly statements or practices such as replacing letters for numbers within words, e.g. N00b!!1!. Although I'm guessing this is even allowed (within reason) in a certain familiar forum game?

Yes those are discouraged. Just spell out your words, por favor.

well, lol and rofl can be effectively replaced by emoticons, and brb really doesn't have a use in a forum where immediate replies aren't expected.

atm, it is preferred you spell out the phrase

ATMs can't talk, let alone conect to the internet.
Why do you demand this things from them?

The rules are fair enough. This forum did have the reputation of having the sharpest and most well-written members. At least it did before I joined

Did it now? I'm flattered!

Sorry, I thought you already knew

I originally found Housepets! through recommendations from other web comics and discussions. These recommendations included favourable comments about the HP community and one of many reasons why I joined the forum.

Just dropping by to make sure everything is all square. Thank you for keeping the forums fun to poke around!

Just dropped by to read the new rules. They are pretty good to my point of view. Now I know for sure what I can and cannot do.