@Robert Gentel,
Oh, and the reason the copy was confusing is:
At first I thought of collapsing the topics too, and having that be a preference too. Then I realized this was a bad idea and that we should merely just do the bad-word filter in conjunction. Most topic titles with that should be fine (and it's opt-in for members and on for guests so strikes the right balance for general public and kids, and members who can opt into the censorship if they want it). I spend time thinking about the right balance to strike, and try my best to do so. Hawkeye just runs his idiot mouth thoughtlessly.
But I
did build this sloppily many reasons, I will also freely admit to that. This is a quick hack to a version of the site that I want to replace entirely (here's your warning again).
But it simply is not at all anything of the ilk that the village idiots describe it as, and if they hadn't shot from the hip and then refused to stop digging they could have realized this for themselves.
But as has also been pointed out to me, they certainly serve as very useful illustrative purposes and the community owes them a small debt of gratitude for being willing to get out there and get the really stupid questions asked and answered.
Here's to the village idiots. The daft. The retarded. The trouble-makers. The square pegs in the round holes. The ones who see things daftly. They're not fond of rules or reason, and they have no respect for the status-quo or "intelligence". You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify, or vilify them.
About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they are
really annoying. They push the forum away from their ridiculous view. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see sheer, awe-inspiring stupidity.
Because the people who are stupid enough to think they can ask the really stupid questions - are the ones who DO !"