In Natter:
msbelle: I know I wrote a school paper in elementary school about how John Denver and Olivia Newton-John would be my preferred parents.
billytea: Listening, especially easy listening, is such an important part of being a parent.
Wash: You want a slinky dress? I can buy you a slinky dress. Captain, can I have money for a slinky dress? Jayne: I'll chip in. Zoe: I can hurt you.
'Shindig'
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
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Aims - Jun 26, 2012 12:37:16 pm PDT #5216 of 6786
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Amy - Jun 26, 2012 12:59:44 pm PDT #5217 of 6786
Because books.
Aims, I think you mean to COMM that.
Aims - Jun 26, 2012 2:08:43 pm PDT #5218 of 6786
Shit's all sorts of different now.
No. I didn't. I have an issue with them being so funny and would like it addressed RIGHT NOW.
How many seconds do I need.
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Amy - Jun 26, 2012 2:15:58 pm PDT #5219 of 6786
Because books.
At least you didn't post it in ... Tech?
billytea - Jun 26, 2012 2:28:01 pm PDT #5220 of 6786
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
At least you didn't post it in ... Tech?
That would only have been appropriate if her preferred parents were John Denver and Olivia NEWTONTRON.
DebetEsse - Jun 26, 2012 4:37:25 pm PDT #5221 of 6786
Woe to the fucking wicked.
So, I’ve been feeling conflicted, and it’s the sort of conflicted that involves The Board, so let me bring the conflicted-ness to the group as a whole.
Many of you are familiar with the current news stories about TVTropes’ deletion of tropes involving the word “rape” to conform to Google’s AdSense requirements. The Mary Sue, in particular, quotes “Fast Eddie” on the subject, and comes away sounding at least somewhat conflicted on the issue.
I feel like I/we have information that is relevant to the conversation. I know that it’s a sore subject around here, and I wouldn’t bring it up except that this seems like a moment when it might really be heard.
I was thinking of sending a message to The Mary Sue writers, but realized that the only way I could, in good conscience, do so would be to ask that the information only be used “on background,” at which point, what could they possibly do with it? Now, the board is already name-checked on the io9 TVTropes origin story, so they could fairly easily end up here if given a nudge. But, well, that would be drama. And I am loathe to bring drama into our house if it’s not necessary.
I kind of think it might be.
dcp - Jun 26, 2012 4:40:29 pm PDT #5222 of 6786
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
What is to be gained by sticking our oar in?
DebetEsse - Jun 26, 2012 4:51:05 pm PDT #5223 of 6786
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Hmmm...gained? Probably nothing. It felt like the Right Thing To Do: Truth, Justice, and the Sunnydale Way, or whatever phrasing you prefer.
Dana - Jun 26, 2012 4:52:39 pm PDT #5224 of 6786
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
It pisses me off that he's probably making a fuckload of money off that site, personally, but I'm not rational on the subject.
Zenkitty - Jun 26, 2012 4:53:32 pm PDT #5225 of 6786
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I don't see the connection between this and what he did here. Aside from providing further evidence that he's a jerk, I don't see how we can add anything useful.