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Azza
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I’d be delighted to offer $100 to the insult Nick man fund
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I’m going to hand these insult donations out instead of Christmas presents for my co-workers, George Costanza style.

“A donation has been made in your name to the ‘Insult Nickman Fund’. Money for insults”
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Finchy wrote: July 2, 2024, 10:39 pm
Botman wrote: July 2, 2024, 10:15 pm I whole heartedly supporting insulting Nickman
Is there a GH account in which i can donate money in order to facilitate my insulting of Nickman?
I believe the username for that account is "Billy Walker"
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The Nickman wrote:I donated money once and it was bizarrely given back to me for some reason

I never did understand the reasoning, but I was mildly insulted
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Finchy wrote: July 3, 2024, 9:57 am I’m going to hand these insult donations out instead of Christmas presents for my co-workers, George Costanza style.

“A donation has been made in your name to the ‘Insult Nickman Fund’. Money for insults”
It should be accompanied by an annual airing of Nickman grievances.

I GOTTA LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH YOU NICKMAN, AND NOW YOU'RE GONNA HEAR ABOUT IT!
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Azza wrote: July 3, 2024, 10:38 am
Finchy wrote: July 3, 2024, 9:57 am I’m going to hand these insult donations out instead of Christmas presents for my co-workers, George Costanza style.

“A donation has been made in your name to the ‘Insult Nickman Fund’. Money for insults”
It should be accompanied by an annual airing of Nickman grievances.

I GOTTA LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH YOU NICKMAN, AND NOW YOU'RE GONNA HEAR ABOUT IT!
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The Nickman wrote:
Azza wrote: July 3, 2024, 10:38 am
Finchy wrote: July 3, 2024, 9:57 am I’m going to hand these insult donations out instead of Christmas presents for my co-workers, George Costanza style.

“A donation has been made in your name to the ‘Insult Nickman Fund’. Money for insults”
It should be accompanied by an annual airing of Nickman grievances.

I GOTTA LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH YOU NICKMAN, AND NOW YOU'RE GONNA HEAR ABOUT IT!
Reminds me of Christmases at my parents' place... quick, everybody grab a broom!
Your parents call you The Nickman?
Gina Riley: Oh, come on, John. That’s a bit old hat, the corrupt IOC delegate.
John Clarke: Old hat? Gina, in the scientific world when they see that something is happening again and again and again, repeatedly, they don’t call it old hat. They call it a pattern.
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reptar wrote: July 3, 2024, 12:10 pm
The Nickman wrote:
Azza wrote: July 3, 2024, 10:38 am
Finchy wrote: July 3, 2024, 9:57 am I’m going to hand these insult donations out instead of Christmas presents for my co-workers, George Costanza style.

“A donation has been made in your name to the ‘Insult Nickman Fund’. Money for insults”
It should be accompanied by an annual airing of Nickman grievances.

I GOTTA LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH YOU NICKMAN, AND NOW YOU'RE GONNA HEAR ABOUT IT!
Reminds me of Christmases at my parents' place... quick, everybody grab a broom!
Your parents call you The Nickman?
Where do you think I got my name from?
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I think we have worked out how to switch off the overlay, pop up ads. So hopefully, they are now less intrusive for users. Any further feedback welcomed.
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Let's pass the bucket. I'd gladly chip in to not see ads.
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greeneyed wrote: July 3, 2024, 3:19 pm I think we have worked out how to switch off the overlay, pop up ads. So hopefully, they are now less intrusive for users. Any further feedback welcomed.
That looks heaps better!
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The Nickman wrote:
reptar wrote: July 3, 2024, 12:10 pm
The Nickman wrote:
Azza wrote: July 3, 2024, 10:38 am
Finchy wrote: July 3, 2024, 9:57 am I’m going to hand these insult donations out instead of Christmas presents for my co-workers, George Costanza style.

“A donation has been made in your name to the ‘Insult Nickman Fund’. Money for insults”
It should be accompanied by an annual airing of Nickman grievances.

I GOTTA LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH YOU NICKMAN, AND NOW YOU'RE GONNA HEAR ABOUT IT!
Reminds me of Christmases at my parents' place... quick, everybody grab a broom!
Your parents call you The Nickman?
Where do you think I got my name from?
Randomly from the book of names
Gina Riley: Oh, come on, John. That’s a bit old hat, the corrupt IOC delegate.
John Clarke: Old hat? Gina, in the scientific world when they see that something is happening again and again and again, repeatedly, they don’t call it old hat. They call it a pattern.
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reptar wrote: July 3, 2024, 5:42 pm
The Nickman wrote:
reptar wrote: July 3, 2024, 12:10 pm
The Nickman wrote:
Azza wrote: July 3, 2024, 10:38 am

It should be accompanied by an annual airing of Nickman grievances.

I GOTTA LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH YOU NICKMAN, AND NOW YOU'RE GONNA HEAR ABOUT IT!
Reminds me of Christmases at my parents' place... quick, everybody grab a broom!
Your parents call you The Nickman?
Where do you think I got my name from?
Randomly from the book of names
Well that's just insulting to my parents, Tom and Nancy Nickman.
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The Nickman wrote: July 3, 2024, 5:49 pm
reptar wrote: July 3, 2024, 5:42 pm
The Nickman wrote:
reptar wrote: July 3, 2024, 12:10 pm
The Nickman wrote: Reminds me of Christmases at my parents' place... quick, everybody grab a broom!
Your parents call you The Nickman?
Where do you think I got my name from?
Randomly from the book of names
Well that's just insulting to my parents, Tom and Nancy Nickman.
I'd be concerned about any parents that name their son The.

Edit: think further I wish my parents did that.
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The Nickman wrote:
reptar wrote: July 3, 2024, 5:42 pm
The Nickman wrote:
reptar wrote: July 3, 2024, 12:10 pm
The Nickman wrote: Reminds me of Christmases at my parents' place... quick, everybody grab a broom!
Your parents call you The Nickman?
Where do you think I got my name from?
Randomly from the book of names
Well that's just insulting to my parents, Tom and Nancy Nickman.
No. I think it was very efficient.
Gina Riley: Oh, come on, John. That’s a bit old hat, the corrupt IOC delegate.
John Clarke: Old hat? Gina, in the scientific world when they see that something is happening again and again and again, repeatedly, they don’t call it old hat. They call it a pattern.
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Northern Raider wrote:
The Nickman wrote: July 3, 2024, 5:49 pm
reptar wrote: July 3, 2024, 5:42 pm
The Nickman wrote:
reptar wrote: July 3, 2024, 12:10 pm Your parents call you The Nickman?
Where do you think I got my name from?
Randomly from the book of names
Well that's just insulting to my parents, Tom and Nancy Nickman.
I'd be concerned about any parents that name their son The.

Edit: think further I wish my parents did that.
The Raider?
Gina Riley: Oh, come on, John. That’s a bit old hat, the corrupt IOC delegate.
John Clarke: Old hat? Gina, in the scientific world when they see that something is happening again and again and again, repeatedly, they don’t call it old hat. They call it a pattern.
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Northern Raider wrote:
The Nickman wrote: July 3, 2024, 5:49 pm
reptar wrote: July 3, 2024, 5:42 pm
The Nickman wrote:
reptar wrote: July 3, 2024, 12:10 pm Your parents call you The Nickman?
Where do you think I got my name from?
Randomly from the book of names
Well that's just insulting to my parents, Tom and Nancy Nickman.
I'd be concerned about any parents that name their son The.

Edit: think further I wish my parents did that.
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I wish my parents named me Rasputin.
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I’m happy with my name of reptar.
Gina Riley: Oh, come on, John. That’s a bit old hat, the corrupt IOC delegate.
John Clarke: Old hat? Gina, in the scientific world when they see that something is happening again and again and again, repeatedly, they don’t call it old hat. They call it a pattern.
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The ads need to go. Start a fund for donations to cover costs.
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reptar wrote: July 3, 2024, 7:38 pm I’m happy with my name of reptar.
Part of me doubts that's your real name. :hmmm
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Mother of god, my sides.

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Finchy wrote: July 3, 2024, 9:57 am I’m going to hand these insult donations out instead of Christmas presents for my co-workers, George Costanza style.

“A donation has been made in your name to the ‘Insult Nickman Fund’. Money for insults”
No offence GE, but this whole advertising thing is a bit....... out there.....

I'd happily donate to get rid of them.
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Just because I want to be honest about the whole thing - The ads were getting so annoying I had to remove the GH from the ad blocker whitelist I usually have it on.

I am more than happy to donate some cash, maybe via Patreon (so a few dollars a month so it's on an-going thing), etc. I just don't want to have to scroll twice as far per post to read. It's even worse on mobile where the ads move buttons around just before you go to press them, the page keeps shifting and resizing around, pressing the post button doesn't work 50% of the time. All those problems gone now I've put the ad blocker back on.
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Sorry, about that. We have cut anchor ads (pop ups at the bottom and top) and vignettes (ads which block the screen entirely until you close or click). It probably costs the revenue by half, but we were hoping it was a reasonable balance. Thanks for the donation offer, but it’s probably something we’d prefer to avoid administering. The existing workload is getting pretty high.
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