I was thinking that if we could somehow Godwin this, it would stop. But I couldn't figure out how.
Tell me more good stuff about me.
Kaylee ,'The Message'
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
Polter-Cow - Jan 03, 2007 4:53:09 pm PST #8054 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Fred Pete - Jan 03, 2007 4:53:31 pm PST #8055 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Fred, I'd like to tag this, if I may?
Feel free.
And, well, I think this has to run its course. It hasn't, quite, yet.
And I know there's no way to stop it. Without, at minimum, naked Spike. Which I don't have available.
Cass - Jan 03, 2007 4:53:47 pm PST #8056 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I'm not saying Cass not posting as her real name is the problem, because it totally isn't. But if Cass created this elaborate, even if well-sustained, persona, and then created situations like a disease, a debilitating accident or whatever, one that created sympathy and upset in others.... well, that's kinda shitty. But with Cass, I'm certain she has not.I'm being passive aggressive and shitty on the internets!
(Okay, I've been wanting to have a reason to post that for about ever. Bless you, Kat.)
You all remember that one time, back in like 2002, when a friend of mine didn't hear back from me via email (I was on a road trip) and looked up the Buffistas admins and emailed them to find out whether I was dead?
The Stompies were gracious and merely forwarded the email to me. But, it's funny in retrospect that one internet friend (whom I had met in person) emailed my other internet friends (whom I'd also met at that point) to verify my continuing state of livingness.I think of that often actually.
Makes me smile every time. And then check in with people if I've gone a little too introvert and into my cave so they don't have to do the same thing.
Cass - Jan 03, 2007 4:54:41 pm PST #8057 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Which I don't have available.Pity.
§ ita § - Jan 03, 2007 4:55:30 pm PST #8058 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
it's reached the point of diminishing returns.
My guess is that when it reaches the point of diminishing returns for the people participating, they will stop. I'm sure there are people who've got no more to say and don't want to hear any more who have already left the conversation. I'm assuming the people still talking are getting something from it--something those who have stopped don't need, but there it is.
Topic!Cindy - Jan 03, 2007 5:02:24 pm PST #8059 of 10001
What is even happening?
Margaret, thank you.
Sorry to interrupt, but we are going to need a new Natter name fairly soon.
Any ideas?
Natter 49: Shocking the Monkey to Life
Aims - Jan 03, 2007 5:03:36 pm PST #8060 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Natter 49: Shocking the Monkey to Life Or Beating the Horse to Death. (We aren't sure which.)
;)
Cashmere - Jan 03, 2007 5:04:27 pm PST #8061 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Oh, lord, how I loves my buffistas.
Nicole - Jan 03, 2007 5:08:11 pm PST #8062 of 10001
I'm getting the pig!
I think this has to run its course. It hasn't, quite, yet.
This. And also what ita said.
Trudy, I think that everyone posting to this thread, except you, has bent over backwards to be respectful of other people's feelings and thoughts. And I will note that every other time there has been a discussion here about the actions of a poster, you rush to jump to one person's defense and insult or upset everyone else repeatedly in the process.
And this.
Oh, lord, how I loves my buffistas.
I loves Cash's buffistas, too. Lovely folk.
Liese S. - Jan 03, 2007 5:09:10 pm PST #8063 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
doesn't prove it was his real actual name.
Sure. I'm not saying it proves anything. I'm just saying it's not purely an internet identity.