Thanks, Daniel. I wouldn't mind a link to the AP/New York Times/Yahoo News article, but I don't need the full obituary reposted here.
We didn't have sex, if that's what you mean. That's all I do now, not have sex.
Anya ,'Dirty Girls'
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
Lyra Jane - Jul 07, 2003 11:39:29 am PDT #2945 of 10005
Up with the sun
Sassy - Jul 07, 2003 9:57:44 pm PDT #2946 of 10005
'Til we dance away...
Maybe I'm a little late to the lurking discussion here, but I figured I'd weigh in anyway. I've been reading almost daily since Buffy 2 on TT; about 3.5 years, but never posted (or even registered) until very recently. I guess there are a few reasons for that, one of them being my own realization that there is "lurker fear." Also, I think if I had started posting early on it would have been easier, but after a few months and then years, I felt that I knew all of you so well that being the new kid would be really weird. Strangely enough, I found Buffy through the Buffistas; I had only seen a few eps and then happened upon the Quotable thread. I read the whole thing in one afternoon and was so enchanted that I never missed an episode after that- "Doomed" was my first first-run episode, so it's lucky I stayed.
When I discovered that I could vote without posting, I was actually really happy. It made me feel like more of a member of the group. Even if I had never said a thing, I still think I was an "active member" since I read the board every day, and therefore, decisions about the board did affect me.
I wish that there was some other term for those of us who read but do not post. "Lurking" sounds so sinister, as though we are skulking around in the bushes while the rest of you have a party. Of course you have lurker fear!
Anne W. - Jul 08, 2003 2:42:08 am PDT #2947 of 10005
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I wish that there was some other term for those of us who read but do not post. "Lurking" sounds so sinister, as though we are skulking around in the bushes while the rest of you have a party. Of course you have lurker fear!
That's one of the reasons I liked the Wim Wenders analogy way upthread--it makes the silent, listening presence of our infrequent or non posters seem like a positive aspect of the board. Unfortunately, I don't think that "angel" would be a good new term for "lurker," because of a) possible confusion with a certain hairloaf and b) high sap factor.
Jon B. - Jul 08, 2003 3:05:29 am PDT #2948 of 10005
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
How about der Engel? Or a Cassiel? And a newly delurked person would be a Damiel?
amych - Jul 08, 2003 3:07:14 am PDT #2949 of 10005
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
No.
Rayne - Jul 08, 2003 3:13:04 am PDT #2950 of 10005
"Oh no! Has falling sky liquid once again caused you the sadness?" -Starfire
So did we ever decide on the new Firefly thread name? I'm still liking "Too damned pretty to die."
amych - Jul 08, 2003 3:15:07 am PDT #2951 of 10005
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Still love "Still Flying" here.
Fred Pete - Jul 08, 2003 3:31:16 am PDT #2952 of 10005
Ann, that's a ferret.
I guess there are a few reasons for that, one of them being my own realization that there is "lurker fear."
I hear you, Sassy. I spent a year lurking on TT/WX, including 6 months on the Buffy threads (I went back to Thread 1 and caught up) before starting to post.
All I can suggest is, once you've lurked long enough to fit our style, it's surprisingly easy to join in. Buffistadom is flexible enough to accommodate just about any personal style, as long as you don't attack people. And we don't bite. Unless, of course, you want us to.
DXMachina - Jul 08, 2003 4:39:56 am PDT #2953 of 10005
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Okay, ran through the last thousand posts or so, and here are the potential new Firefly thread titles that appeared to have at least some support:
Firefly 3: I'll Be In My Bunk
Firefly 3: Still Flying
Firefly 3: Too Damned Pretty to Die
Discuss...
Elena - Jul 08, 2003 4:50:05 am PDT #2954 of 10005
Thanks for all the fish.
I still like Firefly 3: Morbid and Creepifying