But we voted on that process, Burrell.
Spike? It's you. It's really you! My therapist thought I was holding on to false hope, but…I knew you'd come back. You're like…you're like Gandalf the White, resurrected from the pit of the Balrog, more beautiful than ever. Oh…he's alive Frodo. He's alive.
Andrew ,'Damage'
Bureaucracy 2: Like Sartre, Only Longer
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
Allyson - May 18, 2003 10:22:15 pm PDT #2135 of 10005
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Burrell - May 18, 2003 10:26:41 pm PDT #2136 of 10005
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
But we voted on that process, Burrell.
Ah, okay. Now me see.
No, I can't see things like charity drives and the F2F working with a board vote. You're right about that. But so far, we haven't done them that way and I don't see a good precedent for starting.
Allyson - May 18, 2003 10:30:07 pm PDT #2137 of 10005
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Me neither. I'd go mad. But there's not a clear separation, unless we define it that Buffista activities don't fall under Buffista law. And if we have to vote on that I'll go mad.
Hm. Will you all bake me cookies and bring them to the asylum? And maybe some taco bell for dessert?
Burrell - May 18, 2003 10:33:38 pm PDT #2138 of 10005
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Will you all bake me cookies and bring them to the asylum? And maybe some taco bell for dessert?
I'm fairly sure I owe you a batch of cookies just on principle.
scrappy - May 18, 2003 11:35:54 pm PDT #2139 of 10005
Nobody
I think new threads go up for a vote because we have limited bandwidth and that means not all proposed threads could ever be instituted. I may want a thread called "Please Search the Net for Photos of Guys I Think Are Cute and Post Them Here For Me." but that would be of interest to, well, me, and use a lot of community resources. Charity or the F2F don't use up server space--we can have unlimited supplies of them as long as peoples' pocketbooks and goodwill hold out.
P.M. Marc - May 18, 2003 11:37:20 pm PDT #2140 of 10005
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I may want a thread called "Please Search the Net for Photos of Guys I Think Are Cute and Post Them Here For Me." but that would be of interest to, well, me, and use a lot of community resources.
What, you don't want our own version of Drool Streaks?
Connie Neil - May 18, 2003 11:39:16 pm PDT #2141 of 10005
brillig
t coming in carefully, 'cause it looks like things have settled somewhat
I think the issue is that we don't like upsetting people and no matter what we do, one or two people who are not the troll are really, really upset. I don't like upsetting Trudy and connie, I don't like upsetting Kat and Allyson (for example, over the troll issue) Problem is, whatever we do is going to upset someone, so it becomes harder and harder to make the desicions-- either way someone is upset.
In any kind of decision where emotions are involved, someone will be upset. Sad, but true. Despite what we're taught in self esteem classes, not everyone is the winner, someone's viewpoint is going to lose.
Primarily, though, I'm bringing this up because this is the third time I've found myself being held up as a figurehead of whatever side I'm on, and it's both highly disconcerting and delightful. I mean, I consider myself apathetic in the extreme, anti-social, and essentially curmudgeonly. In addition to the lovely company I'm paired with--Hi, Trudy!--I feel I should be practicing the words to "Le Marseilles (sp)" and chanting "Equalite, Liberte, Fraternite!" and all that. No guillotines, I promise.
No insights into processes or resolutions of difficult matters. Just a bit of "Gosh!" at the situation itself and where I find myself therein.
So, Allyson, will they accept chocolate chip cookies where you'll be? And where do you stand on the transcendently important question of "Nuts or No Nuts"? I'm in the Anti-Nut Camp, myself. To the barricades.
Connie Neil - May 18, 2003 11:40:11 pm PDT #2142 of 10005
brillig
I vote for a cute pictures thread!
Connie Neil - May 18, 2003 11:40:27 pm PDT #2143 of 10005
brillig
edit: but we don't need two of them
Noumenon - May 19, 2003 12:14:41 am PDT #2144 of 10005
No other candidate is asking the hard questions, like "Did geophysicists assassinate Jim Henson?" or "Why is there hydrogen in America's water supply?" --defective yeti
I think new threads go up for a vote because we have limited bandwidth and that means not all proposed threads could ever be instituted.
There was a guy named Z Man in Worst Possible Thread Names on Table Talk who showed how this could get out of hand:
Z Man - 02:54 pm PDT - Mar 1, 2001 - #2041 of 3532
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Z Man - 02:54 pm PDT - Mar 1, 2001 - #2042 of 3532
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Z Man - 02:55 pm PDT - Mar 1, 2001 - #2043 of 3532
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also proposed...
Think I'll Start A Thread For The Hell Of It. La La Laaa
How About Another One
Thread Creation As A Sport
Thread Creation As A Hobby
Thread Creation As A Plea For Attention
Thread Creation As A Desperate Cry For Help