Book: Where's the doctor? Not back yet? Zoe: (beat) We don't make him hurry for the little stuff. He'll be along. Book: He could hurry... a little.

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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


Jesse - Mar 20, 2003 5:54:21 pm PST #8407 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

When we talk time, we mean Board Time, which is Eastern US time.

Edit: Not that I don't love sharing this number with you, Sean, but I'm pedantically compelled to point out that sometimes it's EDT.


Gandalfe - Mar 20, 2003 5:55:41 pm PST #8408 of 10001
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.

That's what I thought, just wanted to make sure.


Jesse - Mar 20, 2003 6:04:44 pm PST #8409 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Allyson, I just caught your post in the Light Bulb thread, and I have to say, I thought it was really offensive. Even if it was a joke, which I don't think it was, I really take issue with the idea that there's some time limit before you can have opinions around here, and I couldn't let it go.


Gandalfe - Mar 20, 2003 6:05:59 pm PST #8410 of 10001
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.

Frankly, I agree with Jesse. I was stunned when I saw it.


Gandalfe - Mar 20, 2003 6:08:46 pm PST #8411 of 10001
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.

BTW, if you ban me from posting, then the terrorists have won. Or something like that.


Burrell - Mar 20, 2003 6:12:15 pm PST #8412 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

BTW, if you ban me from posting, then the terrorists have won. Or something like that.

?!?!

Why would we ban you?


Gandalfe - Mar 20, 2003 6:17:16 pm PST #8413 of 10001
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.

Why would we ban you?

No particular reason.

If you want to know why I said it, look at Allyson's post in the Lightbulb thread, and then slippery slope it.


DXMachina - Mar 20, 2003 6:17:43 pm PST #8414 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

Gandalfe, if that (edit: the earlier comment) was a joke, it wasn't very funny.

Allyson, your comments were way out of line.

Please, everybody chill! There are people getting bombs dropped on them, and y'all are getting upset over a posting board?


Gandalfe - Mar 20, 2003 6:19:42 pm PST #8415 of 10001
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.

Gandalfe, if that was a joke, it wasn't very funny.

My apologies. I'll delete.

< EDIT > Changed my mind. I'm not going to delete it, if only because it then makes the rest of the conversation make NO sense whatsoever.


askye - Mar 20, 2003 6:21:58 pm PST #8416 of 10001
Thrive to spite them

Gandalfe--First, midnight was picked as the beginning and end time for discussion and voting so that there could be 4 or 3 complete days.

Second--the crack about banning and terrorists, that was completely uncalled for. I'm not even sure why you made it, you haven't said anything that would be cause for banning.

This is at least the second time I've seen someone say "if you're going to ban me" when a person has expressed a differing view point.

Look. We don't ban people for having and expressing differing view points and to be honest it's annoying to see people through out the disclaimer "you can ban me..." and then say something.

If there are people who honestly think that is how this community works then perhaps they need to sit back and watch us in action some more.

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