I still don't understand the desire to not have new threads or all the discussion (that is mostly kind of mean and spends a lot of time trying to make the "other guy" the bad guy), but then I have only been here 5 years or so and still feel like a total newbie.
Lorne: Snakes? Uh-huh. And they came out of your what? Okay. Okay, well, did they get up there themselves or is this part of a, you know, a thing? No, I'm not judging...Do we fight snakes? Angel: Only if they're giant. Or demons. Or giant demons. Are they giant demon snakes? Lorne: Well, unless this guy's 30 feet tall, I'm thinking they're of the garden variety.
'Lineage'
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!
Tamara - Apr 18, 2008 8:53:04 am PDT #8507 of 10289
You know, we could experiment and cancel football.
Sean K - Apr 18, 2008 8:53:28 am PDT #8508 of 10289
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Fair enough.
Aims - Apr 18, 2008 9:10:45 am PDT #8509 of 10289
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I'm not sure why I'm being singled out.
Pope's in town. You made inappropriate jokes. We'll get Joe and Drew later. *smooch*
NoiseDesign - Apr 18, 2008 9:15:43 am PDT #8510 of 10289
Our wings are not tired
Hey, the pope was asking for it, wearing those bright red FMP's and that half see through robe.
Miracleman - Apr 18, 2008 9:18:21 am PDT #8511 of 10289
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Ratzinger's a sexy beast.
megan walker - Apr 18, 2008 9:26:20 am PDT #8512 of 10289
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Okay, I had to go away for a meeting.
I did want to point out that I do agree with Sean here:
But I would like to take this opportunity to point out that the anti-proliferationistas are just as vehement in their stance, yet it is the new thread proposers who are asked to not be so vehement in their desire for a new thread.
I tend to agree with Wolfram in that, while I am not anti-proliferation, I really don’t want anyone who wants to create a thread to be able to do. This position often seems lost in this discussion and often the response to a request for a new thread is greeted with something like msbelle’s comment in bureaucracy:
oh hell. SERIOUSLY!!! just open a thread for every single thing anyone wants, just do it and stop all the talk, it is so tiresome already.
All this to say that, while I think that Sean has perhaps been too vehement is his position, I understand why he feels on the defensive.
Sean K - Apr 18, 2008 9:30:29 am PDT #8513 of 10289
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Pope's in town. You made inappropriate jokes. We'll get Joe and Drew later. *smooch*
I'm kicking puppies and eating babies right now, AIFG!
lisah - Apr 18, 2008 9:36:55 am PDT #8514 of 10289
Punishingly Intricate
while I am not anti-proliferation, I really don’t want anyone who wants to create a thread to be able to do. This position often seems lost in this discussion and often the response to a request for a new thread is greeted with something like msbelle’s comment in bureaucracy
Yeah this is also me.
Fred Pete - Apr 18, 2008 9:39:35 am PDT #8515 of 10289
Ann, that's a ferret.
Gaming is a subject Sean clearly cares about a great deal. That caring comes out in what he's saying. Ditto MM, but then if he didn't care, he wouldn't have proposed the new thread.
And I think everyone on both sides of this discussion cares about the board and wants what's best for it. There's honest disagreement about what that best is. It's also pretty clear that, at some level, people recognize that -- or maybe it's just board culture. But I'm not seeing any namecalling or other signs of flaming.
Miracleman - Apr 18, 2008 9:40:37 am PDT #8516 of 10289
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
But I'm not seeing any namecalling or other signs of flaming.
I, uh...I did say that Certain Peoples' mothers dressed them funny.
But, you know...THEY DO! So NYAH!!