No Wolfram, I'm so not offended at all. I completely hear you. I also respect you.
Thanks.
Well, look who just popped open a fresh can of venom.
Xander ,'Empty Places'
Bureaucracy 3: Oh, so now you want to be part of the SOLUTION?
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
Wolfram - Aug 31, 2004 4:52:50 pm PDT #2113 of 10001
Visilurking
victor infante - Aug 31, 2004 7:08:32 pm PDT #2114 of 10001
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
People don't like it when I throw feces at them. It was a total revelation.
Don't speak in generalizations. Some around here have certain... fetishes. Or is that just non-Buffistas on my LJ?
Firstly, don't give a shit what anyone else thinks, unless you love them, in which case, they should put up with your shit just because you're entertaining.
Works for me.
Thirdly, if someone gets in your face at a bar, no matter how big they are, take a swing and make sure it lands. Even if they kick your ass in the end, everyone else in the neighborhood will think you're pretty ballsy and you'll keep your cred.
This is the truest statement ever uttered on this board.
Ah. It's not okay to pigpile on you. Or anyone.
I would like to point out that, when there are only two sides of an issue, and something like a gazillion posters, almost any heated discussion will resemble a pigpile.
TomW - Sep 01, 2004 4:41:33 am PDT #2115 of 10001
"The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be."
Thirdly, if someone gets in your face at a bar, no matter how big they are, take a swing and make sure it lands. Even if they kick your ass in the end, everyone else in the neighborhood will think you're pretty ballsy and you'll keep your cred.
The only piece of fight-related advice I got my father, the proto-geek, basically boils down to: "People like us, if we get into a fight, have one chance to land a punch. Make sure it's the first one, make damn sure it's a good one, and don't hang around after."
Wolfram - Sep 01, 2004 4:45:02 am PDT #2116 of 10001
Visilurking
Would a stompy mind updating the first post in Book Club with the following new book information:
What we're discussing: The Intuitionist, by Colson Whitehead.
What we're reading: My Name is Asher Lev, by Chaim Potok. Discussion begins September 13, 2004.
Upcoming book(s): Small World, by David Lodge. Discussion date to be determined.
For extra credit - here are the books' respective amazon links although I don't know how to turn them into Buffista affiliate links:
Jon B. - Sep 01, 2004 4:56:07 am PDT #2117 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I'm on it...
Jon B. - Sep 01, 2004 4:58:20 am PDT #2118 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Curse you wee DX!!
(I'll change the Amazon links)
DXMachina - Sep 01, 2004 4:58:25 am PDT #2119 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Done. Beat ya, Jon.
Neener...
Jon B. - Sep 01, 2004 5:05:17 am PDT #2120 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
The tinyurl for Asher Lev brought me to The Chosen (by the same author). I fixed them all up.
Lyra Jane - Sep 01, 2004 5:05:28 am PDT #2121 of 10001
Up with the sun
What does "pigpile" mean? Is it a new word for anyone else?
(Yeah, that's all I got. Well, not really, but really I don't have anything to say that would be of any use whatsoever, so I'm hoping to at least enhance my vocabulary.)
Wolfram - Sep 01, 2004 5:06:17 am PDT #2122 of 10001
Visilurking
Whoops.
I also thought you'd just turn the book announcements into the links, but either way is fine.
Thanks a lot, guys.