Even when I'm using my English accent?
Ah, the pitter patter of tiny feet in huge combat boots. Shut up!
Mal ,'War Stories'
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
Jesse - Apr 05, 2005 11:09:15 am PDT #4321 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
-t - Apr 05, 2005 11:10:28 am PDT #4322 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
It would be nice if our description described us. But I don't think about it very often.
NoiseDesign - Apr 05, 2005 11:14:19 am PDT #4323 of 10001
Our wings are not tired
I think our description should be a map of the universe, and right at the center of the map there's a little arrow that says, "You are here."
msbelle - Apr 05, 2005 11:15:44 am PDT #4324 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
too sci-fi-y.
DavidS - Apr 05, 2005 11:19:58 am PDT #4325 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Maybe you don't like this change.
Maybe it's the proposer. Maybe she ought to try proposing things with an affected British accent like Jesse's always doing.
bon bon - Apr 05, 2005 11:22:00 am PDT #4326 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
"We're a bunch of dynamically generated web pages. Read some of them to figure why we're here."
I like this.
I see bon bon's objection to our claims to intelligence and humor. Those may be valued particularly, but they should be self-evident. (I think that's her objection. It's cheesy to introduce yourself by saying, "Halloo! I'm so smart and funny! Dig my utterly brill witticisms!")
Yes, this is part of it. I mean, I don't have a huge stake in it since it's stared me in the face for two years or however long, but I don't want to just throw shit without justifying it. It's like someone saying they are cool. You are or you aren't. It should be self-evident, it just looks overly defensive and insecure up there, and it does nothing to actually distinguish us from any other board.
Whereas, if Jon's suggestion were up there when I first clicked on this site, I'd think, "hey, these people seem funny and smart."
Pix - Apr 05, 2005 11:22:03 am PDT #4327 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
Read our FAQ. Read our How-to. Read our bureaucracy, then run for your life.
Bwahahahahha...
I don't think the description is all that apt anymore, but I'm good with leaving it be, too. I don't feel I've been around long enough to have too much of a say with something as central as that.
I am very amused by the discussion, though. Pern!
Bwahahahahaa...
-t - Apr 05, 2005 11:35:32 am PDT #4328 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Jon's description is my favorite. Accurate, and likely to remain so.
msbelle - Apr 05, 2005 11:37:20 am PDT #4329 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Is that description what new people or visitors or whatnot should read to have an idea about the board?
I mean, who are we, what kind of board are we. ok - not really, that's not what I mean at all.
Jon B. - Apr 05, 2005 11:40:43 am PDT #4330 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Whereas, if Jon's suggestion were up there when I first clicked on this site, I'd think, "hey, these people seem funny and smart."
Huh. I was being sarcastic.
On the other hand, I'm with Liese in that I dislike change. I prefer the archeological model. It's not like you run around Harvard changing all the stone-carved "V" letters into their rounder "U" selves.
t offtopic The Hard Rock Cafe in Boston has engraved above the entrance "MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF ROCK". It's always bugged me way more than it should that they didn't engrave "MASSACHVSETTS INSTITVTE OF ROCK".