I got the request too. Do we want to delegate someone to "friend" him or what?
Joyce: Dawn, you be good. Xander: We will. Just gonna play with some matches, run with scissors, take candy from some guy, I don't know his name.
'Beneath You'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Theodosia - Sep 27, 2011 1:58:00 am PDT #28512 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Amy - Sep 27, 2011 1:59:28 am PDT #28513 of 30001
Because books.
Ah, I missed that. Thanks, Sophia.
I don't think friending him would be helpful -- he doesn't seem to interact anywhere, there or on Google+.
flea - Sep 27, 2011 2:15:00 am PDT #28514 of 30001
information libertarian
My sister got it too, and emailed me like "??? I don;t even use Facebook!"
It was 2am. Maybe he was drunk and nostalgic. Or just an ass.
le nubian - Sep 27, 2011 2:19:07 am PDT #28515 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
reminds me of the drop-in we had a month ago.
Tom Scola - Sep 27, 2011 2:23:25 am PDT #28516 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Le nubian, I was just going to post that. Immediately upon delurking, he provided a whole bunch of backstory about himself—like he was trying to overexplain who he was. That, combined with the fact that he said he was from the midwest set off warning flags in my head, and now I'm even more worried. Unfortunately, I don't remember which thread it was, and I can't find it now.
Amy - Sep 27, 2011 2:35:00 am PDT #28517 of 30001
Because books.
That story Consuela posted was incredible. I don't get it. Is there an official term for the syndrome of ... identity-creating now? (That's a serious question. Because it seems like one day there will be, if there's not now.)
Tom Scola - Sep 27, 2011 2:39:32 am PDT #28518 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
The term "Münchausen by Internet" was first used in an article published in the Southern Medical Journal written by Marc Feldman in 2000. Feldman, a clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, gave a name to the phenomenon in 2000, but he co-authored an article on the topic two years earlier in the Western Journal of Medicine, using the description "virtual factitious disorder". Factitious disorders are described in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: DSM-IV-TR (DSM) as psychological disorders involving the production of non-existent physical or psychological ailments to earn sympathy.
Amy - Sep 27, 2011 2:45:25 am PDT #28519 of 30001
Because books.
Thank you, Tom! That's certainly a good name for it.
brenda m - Sep 27, 2011 2:59:24 am PDT #28520 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Does it make me a bad person that the part of that whole story that really gave me chills was:
[when a forum topic reached 250 posts, it was closed and a new one was opened]
Jesse - Sep 27, 2011 3:03:19 am PDT #28521 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Ha!