Although for short, how about "Bureaucracy 2: Kallisti"?
We're going to have my eldest ferret run the board? Now THAT would be entertaining.
Xander: Am I right, Giles? Giles: I'm almost certain you're not. Though, to be fair, I haven't been
listening.
'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 - Apr 04, 2003 9:08:53 am PST #9147 of 10001
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
Am-Chau Yarkona - Apr 04, 2003 9:23:30 am PST #9148 of 10001
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
We're going to have my eldest ferret run the board? Now THAT would be entertaining.
Yes! It's part of a cunning ferret plan to take over the world. Hadn't you heard about it?
Actually, I had no idea your eldest ferret was called Kallisti. There was some sort of Principa Discordia/ Legolas thing going on in my head.
Lyra Jane - Apr 11, 2003 9:47:24 am PDT #9149 of 10001
Up with the sun
So are we home for good?
DXMachina - Apr 11, 2003 9:50:38 am PDT #9150 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Until the next time HR craps out.
Kat - Apr 11, 2003 1:05:10 pm PDT #9151 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Question:
There has been another kerfluffle (minor, admittedly) in the Angel thread with Zoe and some other members. It's certainly not the first time it has happened.
While it wasn't a big deal, I would like some help in understanding when the official warning system kicks in. If there is never a Big Thing, but many minor things, does that start the system. Because, if it does, I'd like an official Stompy/PTB warning.
Atropa - Apr 11, 2003 1:08:00 pm PDT #9152 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Backing Kat up: see posts 8271 and 8274, if you want to know what we're referring to.
Connie Neil - Apr 11, 2003 1:13:43 pm PDT #9153 of 10001
brillig
Oh, well, if we're bringing this official--
I think you're out of line. Just because you can't ignore her anymore with the filter is no reason to bring up official warnings. Quotation marks? You want to warn her for quotation marks? What's next, my inveterate habit of misspelling the "hte"?
So she was snotty! I got the impression that she knows darned well that you had her on filter.
bitterchick - Apr 11, 2003 1:17:41 pm PDT #9154 of 10001
I think it's a legitimate question. Not that I necessarily think Zoe is deserving of an official warning. I mean, I think she's as annoying as fuck but that's me. Maybe there are people that she doesn't piss off. But how many times does someone intentionally create mini-dramas before you say, "Hey, we see a pattern and you need to chill or there are going to be issues"?
Nutty - Apr 11, 2003 1:17:56 pm PDT #9155 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Connie, there is no filter. If there were, probably we wouldn't be having this talk.
And I think the issue isn't quotation marks, but being rude when queried about them (and the query was so polite, it was phrased two different ways to ask what she meant).
This is sort of a broad question for me: at what point do we stop tolerating rudeness? And more to this circumstance, at what point do cumulative annoyances, never explained or apologized for, constitute a cumulatively intolerable situation? I'd like to hear others' thoughts about this, both in general and specific.
victor infante - Apr 11, 2003 1:18:39 pm PDT #9156 of 10001
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
I'm going to differ a bit, here, because I keep seeing the same pattern over and over again.
1.) Zoe posts something more-or-less nonsensical.
2.) People cut her down, usually quite rudely.
3.) Zoe bites back, quite rudely.
4.) People then pile up on her, and screaming about her attitude.
You know what? If she annoys you, ignore her. But I think more than one person on this board has hit harder than she's given. Personally, I can't stand her ramblings. Hell, half the time I can't understand them. But people need to stop baiting her into fights that they KNOW will happen, because really, she's usually NOT the one starting the fights.
And that's all I've got to say. Hoping that MARCIE filter emerges someday.