http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/2951/53592891.png

yea, def nukes per posts needs to be the y axis

u ain't foolin me nazi

Definetly see a trend back up since about 06, but its meaningless without total post volume for context!

http://trog.qgl.org/up/nuked-posts-total.jpg (the total post count is reduced in scale cuz I'm too newb at Excel to figure out how to make the graph axis have different scales, otherwise the total post count is just massive, but it shows the overall flow accurately)

Just use nukes divided by posts to generate a QGL Nuke Index?

I assume this is just the natural human tendency to remember the good old days and is an interesting psychological problem

Yeah, this is purely people's tendency to forget bad things. I believe it's called 'the grass is always greener'.

I was only having a dig at Trog...

I just don't like Dan.

I assume this is just the natural human tendency to remember the good old days and is an interesting psychological problem

Yeah, this is purely people's tendency to forget bad things. I believe it's called 'the grass is always greener'.

maybe it's called optimism ?

I assume this is just the natural human tendency to remember the good old days and is an interesting psychological problem

Yeah, this is purely people's tendency to forget bad things. I believe it's called 'the grass is always greener'.

maybe it's called optimism ?

I would've said pessimism if anything. Surely optimism would be people thinking the current day is better than the 'old days'?

'Optimism' is temporally loaded. You can't be optimistic about the past (or the present for that matter), it only makes sense when considering potential futures.

The term you are looking for is nostalgia.

italics

are awesome

I prefer emphasis, and let the user client decide what to do

I let my Capitals do the Work for Me.

i stand corrected. apologies all around.

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