April Fools! Oss/Osu Isn't Required!

[Patrick]

Hey all,

Thank you for visiting KarateForums.com.

Our April Fools' Day joke this year was requiring that all posts end with "oss!" or "osu!" But not just requiring it, automatically inserting it into the bottom of all posts, just to ensure that you would not run afoul of our community guidelines.

Respect is a big deal in our community, and we do pride ourselves on being a friendly, respectful discussion community. But forcing specific language into posts is not something that would help us accomplish that. So, this was just us poking a bit of fun at a martial arts custom.

I hope everyone had a fun day. Thank you to @Nidan Melbourne for coming up with the main concept for this year's joke. I'll go ahead and leave it online for a couple of days so that folks that missed it can see. 

Thanks,

Patrick

[KarateKen]

It was a good one.  It made me laugh but it also made me think.  

If I haven't said it before, I do appreciate how respectful members on this forum are. It is a needed improvement from so many of the other forums and social media outlets that are full of people who are hateful to each other.