Lorne: Once the word spreads you beat up an innocent old man, well, the truly terrible will think twice before going toe-to-toe with our Avenging Angel. Spike: Yes. The geriatric community will be soiling their nappies when they hear you're on the case. Bravo.

'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'


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


Connie Neil - Jan 21, 2003 1:54:40 pm PST #3480 of 10001
brillig

Ah ha! That's where it is! Now if my dial-up connection at home doesn't crap out.


Burrell - Jan 21, 2003 2:02:40 pm PST #3481 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

2) If we do build a user filter, can we please consider NOT naming it marcie? I am not at all comfortable with applying the connotations from the show episode to our actions here. Are we trying to painfully alienate and ignore someone to the point of invisibility? Do we want filtered users to feel like Marcie? I don't think so, I think we're talking more about our personal comfort levels. So perhaps could we find a better name? I wasn't in on the original discussion, so apologies for not hitting the topic then.

I don't care so much about the name, I just wanted to point out that there are both polite and rude ways to use such a filter. If you tell someone you've Marcied them, that's rude--I'd even say it's bating someone & likely to get some of us pissed off (including me). The point of the filter is to silently shuffle someone in there so they don't get your blood pressure roiling.


billytea - Jan 21, 2003 2:09:07 pm PST #3482 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.

The point of the filter is to silently shuffle someone in there so they don't get your blood pressure roiling.

Agreed. We could add 'discreet, for your protection', but for the persistent image of a woman on Prozac running along a beach somewhere.


Steph L. - Jan 21, 2003 2:11:07 pm PST #3483 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Steph, what's this extra section you said was missing?

I did? I think you have me confused with another witty and sexy Buffista.


Lyra Jane - Jan 21, 2003 2:12:26 pm PST #3484 of 10001
Up with the sun

I think SA said she wanted a section along the lines of this, twixt the Normal Again question and the Wishverse/Birthdayverse Qs:

Q: Are there any other AUs I should know about?
A: Yep -- the wishverse and the Birthdayverse


Laura - Jan 21, 2003 3:49:22 pm PST #3485 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.

Was there another Bitches thread name already in the queue?


Connie Neil - Jan 21, 2003 4:07:55 pm PST #3486 of 10001
brillig

I think--think!--we've finally arm wrestled each other to No More Chick Pit For You. Don't take just my word for it, though.


Holli - Jan 21, 2003 4:51:31 pm PST #3487 of 10001
an overblown libretto and a sumptuous score/ could never contain the contradictions I adore

Wasn't there a line in the AU question about the Land of Perpetual Wednesday and the Crazy Melty Land? And the World Without Shrimp?


Rebecca Lizard - Jan 21, 2003 4:58:09 pm PST #3488 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

But those have never had an actual episode set in them....

the Ripper

Yeah, 'cause that makes me think of the dude called Jack.


Connie Neil - Jan 21, 2003 5:59:12 pm PST #3489 of 10001
brillig

Through the joys of participatory politics, we, the Bitches, have decided on "Is Everyone Here Very Stoned" for the next Thread title.

God, it great living in a democracy/republic/place we yell really loudly.