Finis.
You know me! I'm like, "Go school! It's your birthday!" Or something to that effect.
Willow ,'Empty Places'
Bureaucracy 1: Like Kafka, Only Funnier
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
DXMachina - Apr 14, 2003 6:04:37 pm PDT #10000 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Michele T. - Apr 14, 2003 6:06:33 pm PDT #10001 of 10001
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
I'm not twelve, I'm not peer pressure's bitch.
I never said you were; don't put words in my mouth.
I'm talking about some very simple, basic, Sociology 101 human dynamics, which I can easily point you to examples of on this board. Conflict (especially online for a variety of reasons) tends to lead to more conflict, rather than resolution. And lots of people joining in on one side of the conflict tends to lead to that side reacting more strongly than any one of the individuals would have on their own.