Voting 1: Whip Appeal
At the risk of sounding utterly clueless, what on earth does this title mean?
Angel: He is dead. Technically, he's undead. It's a zombie. Connor: What's a zombie? Angel: It's an undead thing. Connor: Like you? Angel: No, zombies are slow-moving, dimwitted things that crave human flesh. Connor: Like you. Angel: No! It's different. Trust me.
'Destiny'
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
amych - Mar 19, 2003 1:32:30 pm PST #8129 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
John H - Mar 19, 2003 1:33:35 pm PST #8130 of 10001
Secondly, I won't say any more about the emotional issues I raised. I'm a little disappointed that the actual Bureacracy issues got lost in there, to whit: I was unhappy with the announcement, both the wording and the decision not to put it in Press.
Jesse - Mar 19, 2003 1:34:12 pm PST #8131 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
It's the title of an r&b song from 1989 or 90 by Babyface.
Burrell - Mar 19, 2003 1:34:27 pm PST #8132 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I like the Dead Horse title, because that's so what's gonna happen. Or maybe Plei's Like Sartre, Only Longer (or whatever it was).
amych - Mar 19, 2003 1:36:28 pm PST #8133 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Ah. I've once again demonstrated that I've never heard of any piece of music, ever. No resonance for me whatsoever, but if other folks want it....
I still like Dead Horse.
John H - Mar 19, 2003 1:38:45 pm PST #8134 of 10001
Thirdly? The rules are unclear on the point of coming back under other names, coming back after banning and so on.
They say
If you don't listen to the warning, you will be suspended for two months. And if you come back unreformed, you will be banned. Banning is rare and very much a last resort.
That says that if we suspend Mieskie, he waits out the suspension, comes back and is still unpleasant, we ban him. It's clearly intended to deal only with the situation of a poster who complies with a ban, but doesn't learn the lesson. It has no reference to people who come back as another username immediately after suspension to get their last word in.
We don't have a policy on that.
Fred Pete - Mar 19, 2003 1:40:27 pm PST #8135 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Fair point, brenda. I'd assumed that offenders would be asked to Doblerize or otherwise informally warned (preferably more than once) first.
Jesse - Mar 19, 2003 1:43:54 pm PST #8136 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
The Dead Horse title makes me sad. Even though I voted against the new thread, I want to believe that it's going to be useful and productive discussion.
Dana - Mar 19, 2003 1:45:19 pm PST #8137 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
The Dead Horse title makes me sad.
It really was just a joke.
Jesse - Mar 19, 2003 1:46:31 pm PST #8138 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yeah, but there are people who like it more than Whip Appeal, and that makes me sad.