It's like we have our own Buffista Trump, isn't it?
Wesley: We were fighting on opposite sides, but it was the same war. Fred: but you hated her…didn't you? Wesley: It's not always about holding hands.
'Shells'
Voting Discussion: We're Screwing In Light Bulbs AIFG!
We open it up, we talks the talk, we votes, we shuts it down. This thread is to free up Bureaucracy for daily details as we hammer out the Big Issues towards a vote. Open only when a proposal has been made and seconded according to Buffista policy (Which we voted on!). If this thread is closed, hie thee to Bureaucracy instead!
quester - Oct 17, 2016 6:00:43 pm PDT #10083 of 10289
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Kalshane - Oct 17, 2016 6:07:20 pm PDT #10084 of 10289
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Count me among the completely shocked.
I've spent the last 24 hours trying to reconcile my image of the person I hung out with F2F on several occasions and conversed with via IM and Facebook over the years with what's been reveled about his behavior, and I've had a knot in the pit of my stomach all day.
I didn't. I thought he was just awkward and overly enthusiastic. This has really thrown me by pointing out how very bad my ability to gauge people is.
This is very much me, as well. He and I started up here within a year of each other, I think. I saw him as a bit of a kindred spirit with the awkwardness and whatnot.
I'm stunned to discover he behaved terribly to so many people, and made so many others uncomfortable. And I apologize if any of my own behavior over the years was enabling to him, or felt like piling on to any of the people he has hurt.
I am glad we're putting it to a vote. I agree that it's important that this is seen as the community's action, duly considered, rather than Stompy fiat (even if the BS consensus is clearly behind them.)
Steph L. - Oct 17, 2016 6:08:35 pm PDT #10085 of 10289
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
It's like we have our own Buffista Trump, isn't it?
I don't love that comparison, but I also know other people feel differently than I do, because their experience has been so markedly different from mine.
Jessica - Oct 17, 2016 6:13:13 pm PDT #10086 of 10289
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
It's like we have our own Buffista Trump, isn't it?
Well, there were moments on Twitter yesterday when I couldn't tell them apart. (I was trying to keep straight in my feed who was posting about the campaign and who was posting about the SFF community, and I guessed wrong more than once. So.)
omnis_audis - Oct 17, 2016 6:16:55 pm PDT #10087 of 10289
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
More later, when I can think straight and actually see the screen -- I've got something in my eye.
Yeah buddy, you aren't the only one. Lots of allergy attacks from reading this thread.
Being the nerd that I am, the image that keeps coming to mind with all of this is (Star Trek TNG video link to youtube) [link]
(ps: what is MARCIED?)
DXMachina - Oct 17, 2016 6:20:45 pm PDT #10088 of 10289
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
MARCIE is the cute name we gave to the obnoxious poster blocking system. It's named after Marcie the invisible girl from Buffy. It makes them blinvisible.
Hil R. - Oct 17, 2016 6:21:06 pm PDT #10089 of 10289
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
(ps: what is MARCIED?)
It was a name that was bandied about but ultimately rejected for the button to not see someone's posts.
brenda m - Oct 17, 2016 6:31:34 pm PDT #10090 of 10289
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
Rejected because we worried it could be hurtful. Shaking my head at the irony that by either actually or effectively MARCIEing Sunil so many folks were left feeling MARCIEd themselves.
Kat - Oct 17, 2016 6:38:09 pm PDT #10091 of 10289
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Ah, Aims, you certainly don't owe me an apology. I didn't like him immediately and was mean about it. You were right about that. But I've loved still sharing online spaces with you years later, so we're good.
Even though he gave me The Creep, I never marcied him until recently. I just shunned and ignored.
Strix - Oct 17, 2016 6:56:36 pm PDT #10092 of 10289
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
quester, that thought had done more than cross my mind.
I'd never heard of a missing stair before, but it's depressingly apt.
I feel so gross, reading about things others saw and experienced, and I was oblivious to. It's really made me think. I like to think I'm a decent judge of character, but boy howdy, I missed all the signs on this one. I'm trying to just feel appropriately shitty about it; crappy enough to acknowledge my own participation in actively ignoring signs people pointed out over the years, but not so crappy that I lose sight of the fact that he was the person choosing to act this wsy, and I'm not personally responsible for his actions.
Other people are saying very smart things, so I'm going back to listening.
(Personal note: a big thank you to everyone who's said encouraging things to me. This topic is so not about me, but it would be really crappy not to acknowledge how grateful I am to hear them, because it can't have been easy for some to offer them. Much love.)