I'm still in a happy zen place.
Surrounded by swords. Best of all worlds, IMO.
She's not just a blob of energy, she's also a 14-year-old hormone bomb.
Spike ,'The Killer In Me'
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!
Maria - Apr 13, 2005 8:23:58 pm PDT #5401 of 10289
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
NoiseDesign - Apr 13, 2005 8:24:55 pm PDT #5402 of 10289
Our wings are not tired
How odd, I was actually posting with the day shift.
billytea - Apr 13, 2005 8:27:06 pm PDT #5403 of 10289
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I guess I'm nightshift now, or something. I feel the potential for abuse of sockpuppets was well covered by existing board etiquette rules and procedures, but given there are people who do get upset by them, I think Wolfram's proposal that their original ID appear in the profile is a fine idea. Plus, on a personal note, while they don't offend me, I am frequently curious as to who is behind the joke.
Plus, I think roast lamb is yummy, and Nando's is the One True Fast Food Chain. I have other thoughts too, but space and modesty prevents.
NoiseDesign - Apr 13, 2005 8:27:56 pm PDT #5404 of 10289
Our wings are not tired
modesty prevents.
That's a crying shame.
Ginger - Apr 13, 2005 8:31:56 pm PDT #5405 of 10289
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I have found the sockpuppets to be amusing. I just assume "The Universe" does not mean to be taken seriously. At least I've never taken the Universe seriously. (I do wonder sometimes why it hates me.) I would not put it past the ferrets or Clovis to take up typing.
I have no strong opinions about this, but I am a bit uneasy with the larger concept of banning something because it has the "potential for harm." Almost everything does.
Consuela - Apr 13, 2005 8:31:59 pm PDT #5406 of 10289
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I'm with the not-particularly-bothered-by-sockpuppet crowd, but I did occasionally get the sense that I was Out of the Loop. Which I hate. But I can live with.
I think the consensus is quite reasonable; and given that most of the time they're played for laughs I don't personally feel that the mere presence of a secondary identity is cause for challenge. But that's just my opinion. And I'm not often in the threads where the SPs live these days: they don't hang out in Box Set. Heh.
It was indeed nice to get to the end of the thread and see that we weren't going to vote.
§ ita § - Apr 13, 2005 8:33:41 pm PDT #5407 of 10289
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I am a bit uneasy with the larger concept of banning something because it has the "potential for harm." Almost everything does.
Sock puppets don't piss people off, people piss people off, you're saying?
Okay, maybe you aren't, but it was too much like a straight line for me to let it go.
Now I'm typing cock puppets instead. This is not helping things.
Connie Neil - Apr 13, 2005 8:38:07 pm PDT #5408 of 10289
brillig
cock puppets
I want this to be the next subject of discussion. Some of the men I've met, it's hard to tell who's holding the strings between the cock and the puppeteer.
Sorry, off topic natter. (I've got to stop saying I'm sorry when I'm not, though I apologize for the divergence)
§ ita § - Apr 13, 2005 8:39:30 pm PDT #5409 of 10289
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Trudy Booth - Apr 13, 2005 8:46:14 pm PDT #5410 of 10289
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
cock puppets
now I'm all 'cockie monster' and 'penises are not a sometimes food...'