Jim, if you can participate in the Un-American thread and still manage to ignore her, you have much better mental filters than I do.
Let him do his thing, and then you get him out. No messing with him for laughs.
Mal ,'Ariel'
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
Dana - Apr 14, 2003 9:00:23 am PDT #9702 of 10001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Cindy - Apr 14, 2003 9:00:29 am PDT #9703 of 10001
Nobody
cereal?
That last by me was kind of an X-post with Paul and askye.
I think what we issued to Zoe yesterday, has to remain without teeth, because that's how it was written and that's the spirit in which ita sent it.
However - if I'm reading correctly, and since the time of the toothless thingy, there are now redoubled efforts at being annoying (I haven't seen them, I've been elsewhere), then since we already sent the toothless thing, I think we're looking at an official warning this time. I would hope everyone would agree.
Jessica - Apr 14, 2003 9:00:57 am PDT #9704 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Was the Official Stompy Notice sent yesterday or Saturday? I say we give it a few days, and in the meantime try extra hard to NFTEC. ("A few days" is pretty vague because my feelings on this matter are pretty weak. I'm trying to think in general terms rather than about this specific situation, and it's not easy.)
Nutty - Apr 14, 2003 9:02:06 am PDT #9705 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
How long is long enough to wait when you know that the unofficial notice/intervention has done as much good as pissing into the wind?
If we want to warn based on before-yesterday (i.e. before-notice) materials, then too long is never enough. If we have new, last-24-hours offenses that you all think are warn-worthy, let's go ahead and see citations, and go forward with the system. That's how the system works.
(Personally, I haven't got through all the threads yet, but I haven't found anything really warn-worthy yet. I'm trying not to jump immediately to the worst conclusion, although I may end up there eventually.)
Wolfram - Apr 14, 2003 9:02:37 am PDT #9706 of 10001
Visilurking
Fair enough. Sorry if I overreacted.
You didn't. Here have some cookies. And by cookies I mean porn. And by porn I mean monkey.
Micole - Apr 14, 2003 9:03:29 am PDT #9707 of 10001
I've been working on a song about the difference between analogy and metaphor.
I don't think there's any trolling, here - it's about a lack of comprehension of certain norms of behaviour.
But why should we have to put up with the repeated and persistent failure to conform to board etiquette?
Dana - Apr 14, 2003 9:03:39 am PDT #9708 of 10001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Can't I just have the porn?
Cindy - Apr 14, 2003 9:06:01 am PDT #9709 of 10001
Nobody
Wolfram always means monkey, Dana. Don't take his porn (or cookies).
Jessica - Apr 14, 2003 9:06:58 am PDT #9710 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
You can keep the monkey porn to yourself, I'll take the cookies.
Jim - Apr 14, 2003 9:07:45 am PDT #9711 of 10001
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
Dana - Micole - you have mail.