Buffistas

How's it sit? Pretty cunning, don'tchya think?

Jayne ,'The Message'

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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.

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Michele T. - Jan 01, 2003 11:13:40 pm PST #2038 of 10001

with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi

Our standard is stricter - and there are too many cheap little stunts that a dedicated asshole could use to abuse this tolerance.

Yep. The death of a thousand little cuts.

Imagine that I turn into a foam-spewing rabid idiot. I get bounced.

I re-register as Michelle T. You say, oh, that can't be her, she hates when people spell her name wrong, and you let me on. I spew more hate and venom and post like crazy till I get stomped. Even just being on the board for five minutes, I can spread bad mojo pretty far.

Then I get stomped again, and I re-register as Misha. Lather, repeat, rinse.

By the third or fourth time, everyone's on edge, wondering when I'm going to re-register and start making everyone's life uncomfortable. I'm causing just as much bad feeling as I did before I was suspended, maybe more, AND I feel like I'm outwitting you, so what was the effect of the punishment? Positive reinforcement for me, the rabid idiot.

Nice is nice. But if you make it the sole operating principle for community standards, you lose.

Connie Neil - Jan 01, 2003 11:13:59 pm PST #2039 of 10001

brillig

Connie, I'm glad you're posting from your gut about a sense of fair play, second chances and inclusiveness.

It must be the Democrat in me.

t ducks, runs, hides very quickly

billytea - Jan 01, 2003 11:16:27 pm PST #2040 of 10001

You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

Connie, I'm glad you're posting from your gut about a sense of fair play, second chances and inclusiveness. I want that POV here.

Seconded.

Noumenon - Jan 01, 2003 11:18:47 pm PST #2041 of 10001

No other candidate is asking the hard questions, like "Did geophysicists assassinate Jim Henson?" or "Why is there hydrogen in America's water supply?" --defective yeti

shrift - Jan 01, 2003 11:19:49 pm PST #2042 of 10001

"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

So anyway, did I mention I'd had lunch with Angus?

I think I need Buffistas to clap their hands to prove I exist!

t crickets

I guess I'm naive.

Suela, I think the word you're looking for is rational.

Also, you don't appear to be a vengeance demon.

Karl - Jan 01, 2003 11:21:14 pm PST #2043 of 10001

I adore all you motherfuckers so much -- PMM.

I think I need Buffistas to clap their hands to prove I exist!

Does buying you drinks at the upcoming F2F purely for the pleasure of watching you slounge count?

DavidS - Jan 01, 2003 11:21:29 pm PST #2044 of 10001

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I think I need Buffistas to clap their hands to prove I exist!

Can I clap my hands on your leather clad ass?

More to the point, can I clap my hand to your leather clad ass and still retain my hand at the wrist?

Consuela - Jan 01, 2003 11:21:37 pm PST #2045 of 10001

We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Also, you don't appear to be a vengeance demon.

Damn, there goes my chance at history.

Jon B. - Jan 01, 2003 11:23:33 pm PST #2046 of 10001

A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

As much as I'd like to repeat what Hec just said, t /natternatter folks.

Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 01, 2003 11:29:52 pm PST #2047 of 10001

"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Connie, I think it speaks well of our community that it includes folks with the sort of patience, tolerance, and concern for fair treatment you exemplify. Please don't ever hesitate to voice such concerns.

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