Proposal: GIANT FUCKING BLINKING CANCEL VMP BUTTON WITH LIKE REFLECTORS AND SHIT

Potatoboy thought this was worth mentioning said Mon, Mar 2nd 2015 at 12:20pm ET

Apparently, the internet is hard. Maybe you should make it eyeball scrapingly easy? I mean, most of the posts that are popping up about canceling VMP seem to be from someone whose mother tongue is not English. Maybe having the cancellation process requiring reading one sentence, the one of two on the Account page, is not the best course of action.

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dis_member said Mon, Mar 2nd 2015 at 12:36pm ET:

Yeah, it is a bit absurd. They don't even search "Cancel VMP" in the forums before asking.

LOOK WITH YOUR EYES, NOT WITH YOUR MOUTH.

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- @dis_member How am I supposed to lick with my eyes? If clicking https://mediocre.com/account# was difficult, I can only imagine having to lick something to cancel VMP.
  
  nadroj said Mon, Mar 2nd 2015 at 12:59pm ET
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- @nadroj You must have an oral fixation ;) I never said anything about licking.
  
  dis_member said Mon, Mar 2nd 2015 at 1:34pm ET
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pitamuffin said Mon, Mar 2nd 2015 at 12:55pm ET:

Yes, yes, yes! Wouldn't that be easier than answering every request that comes through?

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- @pitamuffin the scary thing is...would it even make a difference?
  
  JonT said Mon, Mar 2nd 2015 at 1:13pm ET
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- @JonT Only if it's purple.
  
  Barney said Mon, Mar 2nd 2015 at 1:19pm ET
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- @JonT Let's try it and find out. It would make a great experiment. And you guys like experiments.
  
  pitamuffin said Mon, Mar 2nd 2015 at 1:20pm ET
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- @JonT Jon! You're the reason people make these posts, maybe if you made it clear there is no Meh.com support represntation in the forums, people will stop using it as such.
  
  er1c said Tue, Mar 3rd 2015 at 10:33am ET
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- @er1c Hahaha! I envy your faith in people reading things! By not supporting in the forums, you've still got a problem- people are still going to post regardless.
  
  dashcloud said Tue, Mar 3rd 2015 at 5:34pm ET
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editorkid said Mon, Mar 2nd 2015 at 2:08pm ET:

And maybe a link in the email like:

"Add VMP Expiration to Google Calendar/iCal, because you're old enough to deal with this yourself, ferchrissakes"

And the confirmation message could read "And pick up those socks from the floor. Yeah, we sent them to you, but what are we, your personal maid?"

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- @editorkid I think somebody needs to apply for a copy writer position with Meh
  
  Foxborn said Tue, Mar 3rd 2015 at 11:25am ET
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- @editorkid nah it would be "waht are we, yoru mother?"
  
  Kidsandliz said Wed, Mar 4th 2015 at 11:39pm ET
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meh said Mon, Mar 2nd 2015 at 2:46pm ET:

all this'll teach you to ever offer free vmp again! suckers!

no, really, i died a little when i came to the forum today and saw 3 new cancel vmp threads. it's like the internet has leeched into meh, i thought we were safe :|

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mikey said Mon, Mar 2nd 2015 at 3:14pm ET:

Maybe a little Clippy action? When someone tries to post something with "cancel" and "VMP" in it, an animated Glen pops up and says "Hey numbnuts, it looks like you're to cancel your VMP membership. If you want to do that, click this big button here. Otherwise, click the little tiny button way over in the far corner to post your comment."

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- @mikey "So just click on Tools ... ok, now scroll down to VMP ... ok, and in that submenu, there's Adjust Margins, Grammar and Spelling, and if you click Advanced Options, you'll see ... Murder VMP."
  
  SirLouie said Tue, Mar 3rd 2015 at 5:54pm ET
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ThatsHeadly said Mon, Mar 2nd 2015 at 3:37pm ET:

Can it have flaming text? I just love flaming text.

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- @Headly I like your style.
  
  lisaviolet said Mon, Mar 2nd 2015 at 4:38pm ET
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JasonKim said Mon, Mar 2nd 2015 at 3:53pm ET:

Let's put a button with several different languages to be more multinational!

VMP 맴버쉽을 취소하시려면, 여기를 클릭해 주세요. - Korean
VMPメムボスィプを取り消そうとすると、ここをクリックしてください。- Japanese
Quemen clicketh ye tugger to leve ye VMP membership.

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- @JasonKim Yes! Then people can ignore it in several languages!
  
  Thumperchick said Mon, Mar 2nd 2015 at 4:29pm ET
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Teripie said Mon, Mar 2nd 2015 at 4:57pm ET:

Fuck it! Just cancel everyone's VMP except those who have had it for 6 months or more, or those who were Kickstarters!
Fucking problem solved!

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- @Teripie This ^^^^
  
  lisaviolet said Mon, Mar 2nd 2015 at 5:56pm ET
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- @Teripie .. but ... but ... I want to keep mine... Oh, fuckit, I know where to reenroll.
  
  whogots said Tue, Mar 3rd 2015 at 1:00pm ET
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- @Teripie It looks like they implemented your plan.
  
  nadroj said Fri, Mar 6th 2015 at 1:55pm ET
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The_Baron said Mon, Mar 2nd 2015 at 5:40pm ET:

"HEY FUCK FACE, HIT THIS BUTTON IF YOU WANT TO CANCEL VMP"

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- @The_Baron What button? I don't see any button!
  
  2many2no said Tue, Mar 3rd 2015 at 5:49pm ET
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lisaviolet said Mon, Mar 2nd 2015 at 6:05pm ET:

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- @lisaviolet preferably in an autoclave
  
  TerriblyHuang said Mon, Mar 2nd 2015 at 8:50pm ET
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bullrocky said Mon, Mar 2nd 2015 at 11:22pm ET:

why would anyone want to cancel VMP...?

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- @bullrocky Some of us go long, long stretches without buying anything.
  
  editorkid said Fri, Mar 6th 2015 at 2:01pm ET
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rileyper said Mon, Mar 2nd 2015 at 11:49pm ET:

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cengland0 said Tue, Mar 3rd 2015 at 8:34am ET:

If someone wants to cancel VMP, have them PM @unixrab, I'm sure he will be more than happy to explain the cancel process.

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- @cengland0 Actually... (having [thankfully{I felt like nesting phrases this morning}] never been enrolled in VMP) I've never canceled VMP. Would you care to explain the process?
  
  unixrab said Tue, Mar 3rd 2015 at 9:34am ET
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- @cengland0 Do we even have a messaging system?
  
  er1c said Tue, Mar 3rd 2015 at 10:34am ET
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- @unixrab Thanks for supporting the site!
  
  er1c said Tue, Mar 3rd 2015 at 10:35am ET
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- @er1c No PM system yet but maybe we could share his personal email address every time someone wants to cancel.
  
  cengland0 said Tue, Mar 3rd 2015 at 10:49am ET
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- @unixrab You aren't supposed to ask about how to cancel VMP in a reply to a comment. All questions on that subject must be posted as the start of a new thread.
  
  SSteve said Tue, Mar 3rd 2015 at 10:56am ET
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- @SSteve why
  
  unixrab said Tue, Mar 3rd 2015 at 11:23am ET
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- @er1c There's no messaging system.... @cengland0 is slightly more loony today than normal - He has a call in to adjust his meds (Interesting sidenote: I found this rare home video of @cengland0 showing off his moves in 7th grade: )
  
  unixrab said Tue, Mar 3rd 2015 at 11:24am ET
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- @unixrab Because all the cool kids are doing it.
  
  SSteve said Tue, Mar 3rd 2015 at 11:26am ET
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- @SSteve oh. OK
  
  unixrab said Tue, Mar 3rd 2015 at 12:46pm ET
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