Still, what do we call the almost-lurkers? Lurkeresque?
Lurker-lite.
Lorne: Snakes? Uh-huh. And they came out of your what? Okay. Okay, well, did they get up there themselves or is this part of a, you know, a thing? No, I'm not judging...Do we fight snakes? Angel: Only if they're giant. Or demons. Or giant demons. Are they giant demon snakes? Lorne: Well, unless this guy's 30 feet tall, I'm thinking they're of the garden variety.
'Lineage'
Bureaucracy 4: Like Job. No, really, just like Job
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: Jon B, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych, msbelle, shrift, Dana, Laura
Stompy Emerita: ita, DXMachina
Frankenbuddha - Aug 16, 2007 10:28:52 am PDT #1127 of 6786
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Sean K - Aug 16, 2007 10:30:57 am PDT #1128 of 6786
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Okay, not raising hand. Just making argument for argument's sake, 'cuz *Buffista*.
I may have had some kind of point about the Lite Lurkers, but it wasn't terribly important, and I seem to have forgotten it.
Una - Aug 16, 2007 10:51:02 am PDT #1129 of 6786
when i die, please bake my ashes into a brick and use me to hit fascists.
I mostly lurk, so I thought I'd give y'all a lurker perspective, and this is: Wolfram is so right in that we're sort of *your* fans. I don't post much because a) I don't have a lot of time to spend here, so most comments in my brain are to old posts, and b) I don't feel I could ever be as witty as you guys are, so I'm a little reluctanct to post and sound like a moron. Since I don't post much, I'm pretty content to let you more-active folks make the decisions around here; I definitely don't feel like my wants should be taken into account when I'm not participating much.
le nubian - Aug 16, 2007 11:09:49 am PDT #1130 of 6786
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Una, FWIW, please don't be afraid to post because you think you'd sound like a moron. The thing is, most of us feel like we sound like morons and yet we post anyway. That's the only difference.
Scrappy - Aug 16, 2007 11:22:13 am PDT #1131 of 6786
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
True dat.
Jesse - Aug 16, 2007 11:22:54 am PDT #1132 of 6786
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
And everyone feels like most of their posts get ignored!
Allyson - Aug 16, 2007 11:27:28 am PDT #1133 of 6786
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Seriously. I always feel like the dimmest bulb in the room, here.
sumi - Aug 16, 2007 11:29:36 am PDT #1134 of 6786
Art Crawl!!!
Oh, please.
That is totally me.
Fred Pete - Aug 16, 2007 11:31:21 am PDT #1135 of 6786
Ann, that's a ferret.
Not to mention, Una, it takes practice to be witty. And experience to be wise.
Lurkers who want to break the ice might want to offer birthday or anniversary wishes, or ~ma or hugs. It's painless, and it's the thought that counts.
Not that I took that advice. It literally took 9/11 to get me to leave lurkerdom.
Pix - Aug 16, 2007 11:40:11 am PDT #1136 of 6786
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Others of us just jumped in blindly and flailed around until we figured out what was going on. Not that I recommend that strategy. Luckily people were kind.