"From beneath you, it devours." It really is all connected.
Right. Sir. Honey.
Zoe ,'The Train Job'
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
kat perez - Mar 20, 2003 9:48:32 pm PST #8566 of 10001
"We have trust issues." Mylar
bitterchick - Mar 20, 2003 9:49:28 pm PST #8567 of 10001
can we also vote on whether or not we should even have allowed a discussion of voting in the first place.
Oh I think we're getting to a place where you'd have no trouble finding seconds for that.
§ ita § - Mar 20, 2003 9:50:10 pm PST #8568 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Oh I think we're getting to a place where you'd have no trouble finding seconds for that.
No! You can't do that.
Not before you find a good Zaphod Beeblebrox.
P.M. Marc - Mar 20, 2003 9:50:19 pm PST #8569 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Oh I think we're getting to a place where you'd have no trouble finding seconds for that.
Among other things.
The Kat Collective speaks for me.
I'm going to chill and watch Twin Peaks. Whatev.
DavidS - Mar 20, 2003 9:54:11 pm PST #8570 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I understand why folks who weren't around for a lot of the consensus decisions might question that process or wonder why since we've instituted voting as a more fair practice we don't start voting.
I would emphasize that culturally there is a long history of dealing with issues by discussion and broad (if often undefined) agreement here. There are also strong feelings against overly regimenting this board or community. The voting is new. We're still figuring out the mechanics of voting.
I am very reluctant to undo any forward momentum we have achieved in establishing this new process to address any one particular issue.
Forward momentum has been difficult to achieve - you have to appreciate how much hard work and hurt feelings were sacrificed to get us to this point. Agreements have been delicate and based on trust.
It would be so incredibly counter-productive to sacrifice that to address one issue.
bitterchick - Mar 20, 2003 9:54:41 pm PST #8571 of 10001
Zaphod Beeblebrox
Um. I have no idea what this means. </clueless>
John H - Mar 20, 2003 9:55:02 pm PST #8572 of 10001
John! MWAH! A shiny kiss for you (don't tell Thuy) because your syllogism is right on.
I'm blushing. Also someone will point out soon that it wasn't a syllogism, it was something else, but who cares.
when does a few people agreeing on something become a consensus, and when does that become a decision.
All the time. In the old days. Which are over. Hence the term "old days".
§ ita § - Mar 20, 2003 9:56:51 pm PST #8573 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Um. I have no idea what this means. </clueless>
Zaphod was president of the galaxy by happenstance because "Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job."
billytea - Mar 20, 2003 10:02:02 pm PST #8574 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.
Look, everyone! Rebecca and I disagree about something! See?
Yeah, you put her up to it...
(PS: John, email me sometime, yes? Profile addy's good.)
I'm good with COMM staying in Sidebar, but I like Jengod's rearrangement of said sidebar. It was indeed brilliant, and hot. Not that I'm greatly affected, because I don't have to scroll for COMM anyway.
I know I have a list of "shit I didn't win on"...
t imagining ita's second list entitled "...and the people responsible..."
DavidS - Mar 20, 2003 10:04:57 pm PST #8575 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
"...and the people responsible..."
I'm imagining the files they had in the movie version of M*A*S*H where they could see where the opponents in the football game had previously broken bones.