Although I also think it's weird and annoying when someone gets all excited about getting, say, 6044.
6044 killed my brother.
What?
Where'd they get CAT scan from?... I mean, did they test it on cats? Or does the machine sort of look like a cat?
Dawn ,'Sleeper'
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
victor infante - Feb 28, 2003 10:53:05 pm PST #6055 of 10001
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
Hil R. - Feb 28, 2003 11:00:33 pm PST #6056 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I think this is the type of thing that would be more appropriate to discuss in the threads themselves than in bureaucracy. Maybe complain there when it happens, so the people doing it will see that you're annoyed. It doesn't really seem like a bureaucratic matter to me.
I also agree that it seems to be dying down a bit on its own.
Kat - Mar 01, 2003 12:04:01 am PST #6057 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
The signal-to-noise ratio is getting, to my mind, really fucking annoying.
Sure it is. But one woman's signal is another woman's noise. I was hellbent for a while on mostly "contenty posts" at least from me. But you know what, it just doesn't work that way. People numberslut or they don't and some will find it annoying some won't. Frankly, I don't know that I find numberslutting any more irritating than the ever present "WROD!" or "ITA! You have such a great brain" posts.
Obviously YIrritatantMV.
§ ita § - Mar 01, 2003 12:10:22 am PST #6058 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
"ITA! You have such a great brain"
HEYYYY now.
But really, I don't demand me-appropriate content from all posters, and even if I find numberslutting useless to me, it's of value to others and inoffensive.
Kat - Mar 01, 2003 12:12:12 am PST #6059 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Um, I meant that as ITA (hence the caps) and not ita. I know the difference.
But you do have a beautiful cortex.
§ ita § - Mar 01, 2003 12:14:05 am PST #6060 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I know the difference.
Okay, then.
It's all good.
Elena - Mar 01, 2003 1:07:23 am PST #6061 of 10001
Thanks for all the fish.
I've been Buff diving, and I notice that shrift has very neatly changed a certain name that used to start with 'A' to 'Jamie Stemple' very nice work.
Except in post of Reema's (that seems to be an Anya of Sleeper) which contains this line.
Jamie Stemple Mann: I'm Jamie Stemple Mann!
Which just kind of demonstrates the bloody-minded literalness of global replace. And made me laugh like a drain.
Angus G - Mar 01, 2003 5:35:46 am PST #6062 of 10001
Roguish Laird
Anyone who feels inclined to give up numberslutting, may I suggest you also consider giving up "What ___ said," "Edited to fix punctuation" (who cares?) and, indeed, "Wrod"?
Cindy - Mar 01, 2003 6:05:47 am PST #6063 of 10001
Nobody
"Edited to fix punctuation"
My experience from other communities is that people make note of their reason for editing, particularly in an argument more involved discussion, to prevent an issue from arising such as: Why did you edit. You called me a numberslut, didn't you, you editing ho?!?
Perhaps it is a bit silly, because you could lie in your reason for editing note, but I kind of like when I see it. Occasionally here, I see big discussions, then a few edited posts, and I hate the break in continuity or the appearance of it.
Sophia Brooks - Mar 01, 2003 6:21:06 am PST #6064 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Might I suggest that regulating these things is how we become TvWOP, and start having the-- "Whoops, you vioolated some very specific rule on how to write your post--Now we will close the thread forever! MWAH-HA-HA-HA!"
Also, Hil had a good point about bringing it up when it is happening, like Betsy did with the swearing.
Next thing you know, we'll outlaw misspellings, and the Trudy and beth and I will be out on our butts!