Don't worry, I'm not gonna start any sword fights. I'm over that phase.

Mal ,'War Stories'


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 - Apr 14, 2003 12:58:12 pm PDT #9852 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

In Matt's recap, he said:

And by "love," I mean "vengeful zealots."

I can imagine she thought it would be funny and cute.


Kat - Apr 14, 2003 12:58:29 pm PDT #9853 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

hayden seconded it before msbelle proposed it! Robert would be rolling over. I also second. Do we need one more?


justkim - Apr 14, 2003 12:58:45 pm PDT #9854 of 10001
Another social casualty...

She was quoting Matt's most recent re-cap:

BIG DAMN BAD: My love will follow you wherever you go, Fred. And by "love," I mean "vengeful zealots."

(Edit: x-post)


Atropa - Apr 14, 2003 12:58:47 pm PDT #9855 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

I'd like to believe that. But why "vengeful," then?

I'll believe it when she answers Steph's request for clarification.


Nutty - Apr 14, 2003 12:59:10 pm PDT #9856 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

Er, I'm feeling foolish: I thought we didn't vote on matters relating to Stmpy procedure? Which was why I didn't word the original sketch as a proposal in the first place.

But if we do vote, and msbelle's proposal is legit, then I'll be a second second.

(I would like to amend the Laura-Nutty Warning Boilerplate Language at some later date, but I'll save that for Light Bulb.)


Jessica - Apr 14, 2003 12:59:31 pm PDT #9857 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

Kat, I went and read the rest of the PF posts, and am no clearer than when I began -- it all looks like stream of consciousness gibberish to me. Maybe someone should politely point out that the Angel thread isn't her blog, even when PF isn't being used? I really don't know.

Anyway.

I still think Nutty's system is pretty much the ideal one. I'm against backchannel for this.


msbelle - Apr 14, 2003 1:00:27 pm PDT #9858 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

hayden, my sweet. No one answered me about where we are, as a community, on taking voting proposals.

You seconded me before I typed up an official proposal. Of coursse, I t heart you for it.

Kat, I'd say no. I'll go re-word if it is a confusing.


Jesse - Apr 14, 2003 1:01:15 pm PDT #9859 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I think that how we decide when someone gets a warning/suspension/ban is CLEARLY something that needs a formal discussion and vote. It's not like how we decide when there's a spoiler that needs to be whited out, or how we decide what to name a new thread.

Speaking of which, did we come to some agreement on Bureaucracy 2?


Kat - Apr 14, 2003 1:01:18 pm PDT #9860 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

and am no clearer than when I began -- it all looks like stream of consciousness gibberish to me.

Yep. Sadly, true.

But is spamming stream of consciousness gibberish not trolling?


Jessica - Apr 14, 2003 1:01:57 pm PDT #9861 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

I'll be a third (or fourth?) second to msbelle's proposal. I don't think we're going to nail this down any other way.