While there's still time, I say Sartre, with an eye toward Tim.
(and those of you who think it's going to be a long time until Bloody Tim are beautiful, crazy, cockeyed optimists)
Anybody can be a prop class clown.
Xander ,'Touched'
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
amyth - Apr 14, 2003 5:54:25 pm PDT #9991 of 10001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Michele T. - Apr 14, 2003 5:57:48 pm PDT #9992 of 10001
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
Hey, everyone? Chill.
ita:
But if msbelle and Jesse believe their points, and you come to believe yours, what's the problem? If you don't believe yours, well, it seems like an odd case of peer pressure -- do we really see that a) as having happened, and b) a sufficient risk to proactively create procedures to avoid?
I think it's the "come to believe" that's the problem. And, yes, I do believe it happened here. And I do still believe it's worth keeping complaints out of Bureaucracy to keep it from happening again -- which I don't see as "proactively creating procedures" so much as setting one rule. But I'll wait and see if msbelle's plan works before kicking up a fuss about this point again.
Also, msbelle is my hero.
msbelle - Apr 14, 2003 5:59:12 pm PDT #9993 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
OMG! really? That's honest make me real surprised, I value your opinion lots stuff.
Thanks friend.
Jesse - Apr 14, 2003 5:59:50 pm PDT #9994 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
So it's Like Sarte, Only Longer, then?
§ ita § - Apr 14, 2003 6:01:33 pm PDT #9995 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm still confused by the idea that multiple agreeing posts are only acceptable if they're of the yay! variety, and that I'm only allowed to convince you things are better than you'd thought, otherwise it's a "pile-on", and it should be discouraged.
Frankly, when I come in and express dissent (or agreement), whether I'm the first (rarely) or the fifteenth (usually), I reserve the right to stand by my word. Also, to stand by the changing of my mind. I'm not twelve, I'm not peer pressure's bitch.
I'd kinda assumed that was true for the majority here too.
Laura - Apr 14, 2003 6:02:22 pm PDT #9996 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
Just curious, is Bureaucracy I [closed] going to remain on the right side with Bureaucracy II? We haven't had a II on the side yet.
DXMachina - Apr 14, 2003 6:03:11 pm PDT #9997 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
So it's Like Sarte, Only Longer, then?
Looks like it. I've got it set up and ready to go.
Cindy - Apr 14, 2003 6:03:35 pm PDT #9998 of 10001
Nobody
Frankly, when I come in and express dissent (or agreement), whether I'm the first (rarely) or the fifteenth (usually), I reserve the right to stand by my word. Also, to stand by the changing of my mind. I'm not twelve, I'm not peer pressure's bitch.
I'd kinda assumed that was true for the majority here too.
I feel the same way (even though given the context, I'm now all self-conscious about saying I feel the same way).
Cindy - Apr 14, 2003 6:04:11 pm PDT #9999 of 10001
Nobody
Yes, 'only longer' is my favorite.
DXMachina - Apr 14, 2003 6:04:37 pm PDT #10000 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Finis.