Stupid Petition Number One: The Skin Color Room

Some citizens just cannot get along with others of different races, personal styles, etc, so they decide that they should be moved to another room specifically for "Blacks", "Goths/punks", or one of the most common, "Preps." Whyville is busy with other issues, such as the mall, the face factory, or Mimi's returning. They do not have time to worry over your silly little issues -- they even put out special tools to help you out, yet that's not good enough for you. You need to be put into a separate room, making Numedeon, Inc. have to spend more money on extra disk space because you can't resolve your own problems. Learn to get along, or use the "Vaporize" or "Silencing" tools, but please don't 911 report unless it's a real emergency, like racism, sexual harassment, stuff like that -- they don't have time to read your unworthwhile reports of how you were stupid enough to give out your password.

Stupid Petition Number Two: A million clams on your birthdays, when you first join, etc.

Newbies (sorry, couldn't find a better term) and citizens who want to scam the system sometimes believe that if they can get enough votes or make enough petitions about how they want free clams with no work, that they can get their way. WRONG! Again, those who work at Whyville have neither time nor patience to dream up better ways to help you earn clams. (You can't exactly blame these people, though; they just don't know how Whyville works.) When you first join, you could read all of the five million articles in the Whyville Times on how to make starting out a little easier, but that's too boring, you want your clams now! Ah but no, people will not simply give them to you, because they are "mean"! Well, take the chat license test is one thing you can do -- oh, and read the articles in the Times!! They're more informative than ya think!

Another thing, it wouldn't be exactly fair to those who joined Whyville five years ago if we just started giving away free clams to newbies just now; we had to work for our clams, and maybe you should consider doing the same. We don't mind helping sometimes, as long as you don't expect us to bend over backwards for you. Suggestion to City Hall: we need a Newbie Desk so people who know the site can take newer citizens under their wing and help out a bit. Candidates for Senator, you might want to add that into your platform, it'd make a lot of citizens happy. Editor's Note: That's one of our favorite ideas for this year's projects, as a matter of fact! :-)

Stupid Petition Number Three: Cheaper Club Why Membership

Again, it would not be fair to older citizens if we just started making it cheaper now, 1000 clams is enough, plus, it give the club a bit of status, I don't think they're about to lower the price just because you can't raise enough clams, save up, get another account or two, it all helps.

Stupid Petition Number Four: Non-existent Presidential Elections or "bosses"

There is no election currently happening except for the senate race, no matter what anyone tells you. This isn't as much of an issue just yet, but it's still annoying to see.

Stupid Petition Number Five: NO MORE EXPIRING PARTS!

Okay, our parts will expire, but there have been a million other petitions just like yours about the same issue, and were they successful?? Uh, no. Our parts will expire, so accept it. You can just buy them again after 91 days! It's not like clams are hard to get. Or if you simply can't stand it, help Whyville out a bit and buy a Why-Pass, when you buy why-passes, it helps make more things possible in Whyville because they have more money.

Stupid Petition Number Six: Plots

Yes, it would be nice if there were more plots, but they're not that important. The only real benefit, and a fringe one at that, is they give a place to put your trophies, and a private chat room. Once you get one, you won't want it anymore... it'll lose it's status... 'nuff said.

Stupid Petition Number Seven: Cursing should be allowed!!

Actually, if Whyville allowed us to curse to our heart's content, there would be many offended citizens, even more mad mothers (there are younger kids on this site, ya know!) and just overall chaos. It's not only teens and preteens on here, there are 10-year-olds as well.?? Not to mention, just how do you plan to convince somebody from a serious company to sponsor a site where 12-year-olds are screaming obscenities??

Stupid Petition Number Eight: Specially made parts

Its annoying to see petitions that say "There should be more heads!" or "There should be more good shirts or violins!" Or just things like that, Numedeon Inc. doesn't have much control over how many face parts the citizens will make in the face factory, if you want something specific, make it yourself, or request that a good face parts designer make it for you.

Stupid Petition Number Nine: The dating service.

This petition has been seen there SO MANY TIMES!!! Don't try your luck a 500th time. Whyville is an educational site where you meet friends, not a dating service. If you want a boyfriend or something, that's ok, but just to tell ya, that was not Whyville's true reason for being created. But that's what happens when you create an avatar chat site. There's always "lovers" who disgust everyone else out with their stupid conversations.

Stupid Petition Number Ten: More unrealistic petitions that will never happen

Think realistically: How do you think Whyville will make a skate park? or pets? They can't afford to spend their money on little things like that, if Whyville went with every little unrealistic thing you wanted, it would all add up and cost thousands. Editor's Note: In this one, I think you can cut folks a little slack. :-)?? City Hall has thought about doing skate parks, and city workers definitely want to create pets, especially seeing how popular they are in the polls -- but Whyville games aren't just games, they involve realistic science, too, so they take time and money to develop.?? I've heard City Hall's plans for pets, and if they ever get to do it right, well, let's put it this way -- nobody has ever IMAGINED having online pets this cool and this realistic!?? Cross your fingers and hope it happens this year!

If you want something to happen or have a suggestion, take times to think it through and take these steps:

1. Look to see if there are any other petitions like the one you want to suggest, if there aren't, proceed to the second step...
2. Think of what you're going to write, not a couple of pointless sentences.?? Put together words with meaning, don't nag, don't whine... and please don't share with us your fixation on the sound of farts, balloons popping, or the satisfying click on the thingy you use when you're a belayer in wall climbing.
3. Make sure you only suggest ONE IDEA!!
4. BE REASONABLE! Think things through, make sure this is what you really want, and if it's possible, add in a couple of suggestions if you can.
5. Don't make any stupid offers like "500 clams to everyone who votes for this one!" That just means you're desperate.
6. Sit back, keep your standards low, and don't get your hopes up, your chances are probably slim, but still stay a little confident.

This is Reenie11, pleading that Whyville will have time to make a petitions filter.