FWIW, I first came across DNFtEC on GEnie. I think it's a good policy.
Or maybe you could just be Buffy, he'll see your amazing heart, and he'll fall in love with you.
Xander ,'Get It Done'
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
Theodosia - Jan 04, 2003 5:59:30 pm PST #2674 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Am-Chau Yarkona - Jan 05, 2003 2:32:40 am PST #2675 of 10001
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
If we want a Buffy-specific reference, it should be "Do Not Feed The Yoko Factor [Creature]".
Do Not Feed Yoko!Spike. DNFY!S.
Sorry, just had to. And thanks, scrappy, that's fine.
t /natter
Herah - Jan 05, 2003 11:52:28 am PST #2676 of 10001
I don't want to be Superman. I want to stay little and be next to Mommy.
Energy creatures are a sci-fi staple. It would be hard to pinpoint the first one.
Darrien - Jan 05, 2003 12:47:58 pm PST #2677 of 10001
Bored now. Can I play with the puppy?
Perhaps this should go on Natter, but waking up this morning after falling asleep thinking about this place, I came to a realization of why this place appeals to me.
It's like the BBS's I used before the internet entered the vernacular.
I used to have 5 or 6 BBS's I'd dial into with my borrowed 2400 baud modem. There were different topics. There was natter. There were emoticons. And, there was a slew of regular posters with their own personalities.
The degree of similarity suggests that this was intentional rather than accidental. It struck me in such a way that I had to share.
Betsy HP - Jan 05, 2003 12:58:49 pm PST #2678 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
I think most of us remember some online paradise or other that went down in flames. Mine would be Usenet; other people remember GEnie, or BBSes, or the old Bronze.
It adds to our dedication to keeping this place from following their path.
Kiba Rika - Jan 05, 2003 1:12:52 pm PST #2679 of 10001
I may have to seize the cat.
amych, I was familiar with the Buffy-creature bezoar first. I read the Sandman comics later, when someone had to get a bezoar and trade it for... something... for Calliope? I was VERY confused.
On the affiliation question, I'd say that Buffistas is not affiliated with Joss as a business entity. Joss as a guy who has the internet, yes. As the creator of shows, NSM. I think the "not affiliated with Mutant Enemy" route is the best one.
Liese S. - Jan 05, 2003 4:09:18 pm PST #2680 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
You know, there was a time when I read every post by every poster in every thread. Life.
I oppose thread proliferation. Just going on the record really, since the arguments have already been stated. Nonetheless, I fully expect to natter happily in the proliferated threads. Embrace my complexity.
Is there any support for a second (non-archive, regular thread style) page to hold closed threads? To at least diminish the rapidly growing main page length?
I think it's well nigh on time we looked at standard disclaimers, including not affiliated, opinons are the opinions of the opinionated in question, and copyright belongs to the copyright holder.
Holli - Jan 05, 2003 4:26:32 pm PST #2681 of 10001
an overblown libretto and a sumptuous score/ could never contain the contradictions I adore
A disclaimer, if we decide we need one, doesn't have to be too complicated. "Buffistas.org is a comminuty-owned and community-run web site, and is in no way affiliated with Mutant Enemy Productons, the FOX Network, UPN or The WB." That's all we need.
Elena - Jan 05, 2003 4:49:20 pm PST #2682 of 10001
Thanks for all the fish.
I wonder if the fic threads need a special disclaimer.
Rebecca Lizard - Jan 05, 2003 8:47:01 pm PST #2683 of 10001
You sip / say it's your crazy / straw say it's you're crazy / as you bicycle your soul / with beauty in your basket
I just got this quote
I told him that I loved him.. and I kissed him.. and I killed him
Buffy, 'Faith, Hope & Trick'
-- Can we change it to
I told him that I loved him... and I kissed him... and I killed him.
?