Katie M, re TAR, yes, I do, thank you! But, then I found out from Kat Perez this AM that no one was eliminated last week, so I plan to make do with a summary or two found elsewhere.

"People get stressed with each other. Also, a scary and/or disgusting task is performed."

(I haven't actually watched it yet, which is why I still had it around...)

Java, the last TAR is up now at TWOP if you're looking for a good summary.

End of TAR Natter. We now return you to your regularly scheduled voting discussion.

On that subject, I would not be for a general TV thread because I wouldn't want to wade through it looking for posts about the one or two shows I might want to talk about scattered in with millions of posts about shows which I have no interest in. That's why I like seeing TAR or OC or whatever posts in Natter. They're usually up on the night of/day following the shows' airing and I can choose to read or skip as I see fit. Of course, I don't find white font annoying and wasn't aware that some people were so bothered by it until I started reading in Bureaucracy. Sorry to those that are bugged by it (I know I'm one of the worst offenders with my TAR posts) but I, for one, would probably not even bother with a general TV thread. I might be able to get behind the groupings someone mentioned above (Hoyay/Reality/etc.) but it seems like that would cause even more board traffic problems and lead to even more fragmentation of the board into subcommunities. So, I'm pretty much against a TV thread.

That's why I like seeing TAR or OC or whatever posts in Natter. They're usually up on the night of/day following the shows' airing and I can choose to read or skip as I see fit.

I imagine the tv thread will work the same way, only without having to wade through all the natter.

Of course, I don't find white font annoying and wasn't aware that some people were so bothered by it until I started reading in Bureaucracy. Sorry to those that are bugged by it (I know I'm one of the worst offenders with my TAR posts)

I can't speak for anyone else, but I'm not annoyed that there is white font. I'm just unlikely to enter into a show conversation that is white fonted. In other words, I don't watch TAR, so I don't care that it's white fonted. If we were talking about something I did watch and wanted to talk about, it would be nice to do it in a place sans white font.

I think a general TV thread will give us a nice way to gage how our focus is going to skew, now that there are no longer new episodes for our reason for being.

I imagine the tv thread will work the same way, only without having to wade through all the natter.

But I'm not wading through Natter. I'm already reading Natter anyway and it just so happens that the conversation turns to the topic of TAR (or OC/Alias/whatever) At that point, I can choose to read the white font and participate or skip or whatever and I don't have to go to any specific thread because its right there in my very own little Natter. And since it's all about me and my comfort zone. . .

To be honest, the whole option of bumping Previously ticks me off a little.

I was going to ask, because I don't really go into the thread, what is the purpose of Previously? I don't understand why one can't discuss syndicated episodes in the main thread. I'd be very happy to have a denizen of Previously explain to me why it is so different so that I can better understand why that difference should be preserved.

And since it's all about me and my comfort zone. . .

Wait, wait, wait... You mean this is not about me and my comfort zone?

I've been going about this all wrong...

Wait, wait, wait... You mean this is not about me and my comfort zone?

Silly Sean. At least now you've seen the error of your ways. Under normal circumstances, I'd have to take you out right about now. Thank God you're pretty.

I'd be very happy to have a denizen of Previously explain to me why it is so different so that I can better understand why that difference should be preserved.

My understanding is that it was started to keep talk about the syndicated eps from drowning out talk of new eps when Buffy 1st went into syndication.

My understanding is that it was started to keep talk about the syndicated eps from drowning out talk of new eps when Buffy 1st went into syndication.

Possibly also to allow discussion of Buffys past for non-NAFDA bods, though I don't recall if that was a motivation for the thread.

My understanding is that it was started to keep talk about the syndicated eps from drowning out talk of new eps when Buffy 1st went into syndication.

If that's the case, it certainly doesn't stop folks from discussing syndicated eps in the Buffy thread.

Possibly also to allow discussion of Buffys past for non-NAFDA bods, though I don't recall if that was a motivation for the thread.

Ah.