(John! Not to be off-topic here, or use a thread just a vehicle for short personal messages, which I would so never do, but-- AIM?)
Come on out, River. The nice man wants to kidnap you.
Simon ,'Objects In Space'
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
Rebecca Lizard - Jan 19, 2003 2:01:26 pm PST #3133 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
John H - Jan 19, 2003 2:05:31 pm PST #3134 of 10001
Bureacracy note?
If Schmoker does really want to discuss, just as something interesting, the fact that we watch a show where people are insulting and rude to each other, but don't allow insults and rudeness here, then this is not the thread for it.
I personally feel, Schmoker, that you're annoying people not just by your words, but by the fact that you cannot let things go.
Every time you say "OK, I'll drop it", you don't drop it. Every time you say "I get it" you go on to say something that proves you don't get it. Every time you say you understand that you offended someone, there's a pause, followed by you saying "...but" and then going on to say how you were justified, or the rules are being applied inconsistently, or, as you've done above, trying to say that it's ironic that we watch a show where people are rude to each other but won't allow it on the board. You seem to have a need to keep these difficult situations alive and in the forefront of debate.
Either you get it, or you don't. And I've seen you say, over and over, that you get it.
And then there's that terrible pause.
And then you start up again.
I personally find it exhausting and depressing and I really wish you'd stop.
Jon B. - Jan 19, 2003 2:05:47 pm PST #3135 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
stompies are allowed to add graphics
Brilliant! Maybe we could limit it to one specific graphic file, 'cause who knows how out of control I might get if I could add graphics to my posts willy-nilly.
Sue - Jan 19, 2003 2:08:28 pm PST #3136 of 10001
hip deep in pie
Brilliant! Maybe we could limit it to one specific graphic file, 'cause who knows how out of control I might get if I could add graphics to my posts willy-nilly.
With great power comes great responsibility, Jon.
John H - Jan 19, 2003 2:09:16 pm PST #3137 of 10001
Maybe we could limit it to one specific graphic file
Oh yeah for sure. Or maybe two or three like, the shortcut could be
g first
for a first-warning graphic, then
g final
then
g ban
or something like that?
Jon B. - Jan 19, 2003 2:09:55 pm PST #3138 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Look at me! I'm stomping crazy!
Yeah, John, that's a great idea.
Lyra Jane - Jan 19, 2003 2:11:22 pm PST #3139 of 10001
Up with the sun
I love the graphic idea, FWIW.
Allyson - Jan 19, 2003 2:13:07 pm PST #3140 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
was there a picture? I didn't see it. I was thinking a simple gavel would do it.
John H - Jan 19, 2003 2:16:55 pm PST #3141 of 10001
There was no picture. Just the concept of a picture.
And I don't think cute pictures are called for.
Maybe just a text-graphic in Buffy font, or is even that too frivolous?
Hil R. - Jan 19, 2003 2:18:54 pm PST #3142 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Maybe just something saying "Official Message" in the Buffy font?