This is all very much lulz-worthy.
Anyway, wouldn't you be horrified if you read a poem and below it there was a line that said, "Based on a true story," or, "This is where I see myself ten years from now"?
For the first "based on a true story", they survived whatever problem they had, or found a way to get over it, and wanted to share their story. They think that if they share their story, then others in the same position would see "Oh, they found a way to survive. Perhaps I can too."
As for the second "This is where I see myself later in life", it reminds me of where I was four years ago. I thought I would be dead by now. But instead, I'm not. And if I want to write a poem or tell a story showing how I changed my life because I want to share my story, I think I should be allowed to. But since you don't want to read poems with metaphors about how I felt like I was being picked apart by parasites, guess I should just sit in the corner and pretend like nothing happened to me.
Those who write these poems have something to say. They want to share these poems with people. Let them.
Let me ask you something; if you ran into a thread in the OT forum with the title, "Dog falls off of building", wouldn't you still feel... I dunno... sad... just by looking at the title?
I would feel sad, but
I wouldn't click the thread. That would be rather dense of me to click on a thread that I know would make me uncomfortable and then run around saying "I don't like it. Get rid of it even though it follows the forum's rules and the staff allows it! :( :("
It's the same in all writing. You don't want to read poems about suicide. So, if the thread has in the title/tags/note in the beginning saying
POEM ABOUT SUICIDE!, why would you still read it? It doesn't make sense.
You wouldn't read a poem about any other subject that makes you uncomfortable. Why do you read these and complain about them?
Suicide is controversial. Anime is not. Unless the anime in question is offensive, I don't see how it could cause any sort of a problem. (Besides just a bit of irritation, but that happens everywhere).
Suicide is controversial. That I'll give you. Not everyone wants to talk about it. But if these people are writing poems about suicide that are clearly warned for and that still fit the forum rules, then they are fine. Discussions about controversial topics happen a lot in Other Chat. Should the mods close the discussion on U.S. politics because it could be "~*~controversial~*~" to discuss the candidate's policies?
The poems fit the forum's rules. They aren't going anywhere. Everything could be controversial. You want to limit people's thoughts and opinions that they voice in writing. Why don't we just get rid of the OW board in general to avoid all controversial poems and stories! :D:D:D
I didn't say they did... if they were already under control, I don't think I would've made this thread...
They are in control because they fit the rules. That's it. You can't report the poems because they don't break the rules. Just because there are more of them than there used to be isn't any reason to make a new rule against them. (In fact, it's rather a good thing that people are more open about this. Other than sticking your fingers in your ears and hoping the problem will go away.)
I can't imagine how a single person would enjoy reading a poem about someone killing themselves. I don't know about anyone else, but my heart doesn't start beating faster just because someone else put an end to their own miserable life.
I can't imagine someone would enjoy reading a poem about buying a box.
I can't imagine someone would enjoy reading a poem about buying shoes.
I can't imagine someone would enjoy reading a poem about rationalization.
I can't imagine someone would enjoy reading a poem about the lost innocence of childhood.
You
don't know about anyone else. Your opinion isn't law. You don't like suicide poems doesn't mean that the next ten people also don't enjoy reading them. (And what about the other published poems about suicide? People read those and like them.)
I'm selective in what I read, true, but this suicide poetry trend is just offensive.
I'm so not going to make the most snark-filled comment I can because that would be downright rude. :D
OW is fine the way that it is. Let these people write their poems about suicide and whatever else they feel like. As long as the poems fit the rules of the section and the general forum, they aren't going anywhere.
Nothing is going to change. The staff is fine with it. The poems are fine.
Don't like? Don't read.