Mal: That's not what I saw. You like to tell me what really happened? Book: I surely would. And maybe someday I will.

'Safe'


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


Noumenon - Jan 19, 2003 10:34:55 pm PST #3194 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

It's me, too. But I'm also glad Connie is around to balance me out.

She did more than balance me out with her last post. She swayed me. I need to work on staying calm.


Rebecca Lizard - Jan 19, 2003 10:36:52 pm PST #3195 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

First rule of polite club is don't talk about polite club.

!!!!

Yes. Plei and Allyson and ita speak for me. And that's terribly intimidating company....


Connie Neil - Jan 19, 2003 10:37:17 pm PST #3196 of 10001
brillig

You DON'T assume familiarity until familiarity is EARNED. It's not a case of be quiet until you earn your stripes so much as "learn people's limits before you push them".

I got the impression he did lurk and thought he had figured the ropes. He was gauche, granted, and stubborn, but I didn't mind. Granted again, I wasn't in the conversations. And I'm not coming out against anyone's reactions, I'm just putting in my two cents worth.


Steph L. - Jan 19, 2003 10:37:19 pm PST #3197 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism

It's me, too. But I'm also glad Connie is around to balance me out.

She did more than balance me out with her last post.

I just mean that I *know* I'm tribal, and if it were up to me, we'd be Buffista Island. I like my people and ONLY my people.

But when I'm being sane, I realize that being tribal like that isn't always good. So I'm glad to have people around who *like* other people, because they balance out my curmudgeonly ways.


Burrell - Jan 19, 2003 10:37:57 pm PST #3198 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Just to clarify, what are we debating right now? As I see it, Schmoker has done nothing that would earn a warning, right?

Or is this debate about the behavior of the *whole* community?


Connie Neil - Jan 19, 2003 10:38:27 pm PST #3199 of 10001
brillig

It's me, too. But I'm also glad Connie is around to balance me out.

She did more than balance me out with her last post. She swayed me.

Dammit, it's time to get surly and anti-social again. Must maintain secret identity.


Connie Neil - Jan 19, 2003 10:39:19 pm PST #3200 of 10001
brillig

So I'm glad to have people around who *like* other people,

Take that back! I hate other people. Really.


Allyson - Jan 19, 2003 10:41:46 pm PST #3201 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

Or is this debate about the behavior of the *whole* community?

I believe so.

No, Schmoker has done nothing to earn a banning, at all. I wouldn;t even MARCIE him. I'm confrontational, though.


DavidS - Jan 19, 2003 10:42:18 pm PST #3202 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

For what it's worth, I'm convinced Schmoker is mieskie. The tone, the word choice, the approach, the attitude are the same.


Rebecca Lizard - Jan 19, 2003 10:43:14 pm PST #3203 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 mean that I *know* I'm tribal, and if it were up to me, we'd be Buffista Island. I like my people and ONLY my people.

Oh, sure, me too. But the nasty problem is all the people who haven't figured out they're my people just yet, and therefore aren't Buffistas yet or are, in best situations, just-registered Buffistas. Like Deena, for one example, who we've only gotten fairly recently but about whom I now feel as possessive as I do for any of my Buffista Crushes.