And yes, I'm aware that this is something that could lead to months, years, maybe centuries of bloodshed, so maybe I should just shut up.
You're just trying to start a board-wide melee, aren't you?
Oh, yeah. There was this time I was pinned down by this guy that played left tackle for varsity... Well, at least he used to before he was a vampire... Anyway, he had this really, really thick neck, and all I had was a little, little Exact-O knife ... You're not loving this story.
Buffy ,'Beneath You'
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
Sean K - Aug 18, 2003 3:38:20 pm PDT #4158 of 10005
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Cindy - Aug 18, 2003 3:39:31 pm PDT #4159 of 10005
Nobody
(Let's forget it, because I unrevoked it. I didn't intend to give it 'til I saw an actual proposal, and was too generous. But I've let it stand. Let's forget this ever happened. I'd say if someone says, "I'll second," but then the proposal turns out differently, they don't actually have to let their pre-proposal second count. But it doesn't matter in this case, and my blood is thin, lately.)
amych - Aug 18, 2003 3:41:01 pm PDT #4160 of 10005
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
You're just trying to start a board-wide melee, aren't you?
Dude! I offered to shut up! Do you have any idea at all how incredibly rare that is?
Volans - Aug 18, 2003 3:42:38 pm PDT #4161 of 10005
move out and draw fire
I licked all of the initial seconds, so they are MINE!!!
("first seconds?!?!")
Round 1 of the WhiteFont Wars has started with ita's point about casting spoilers. Who wants popcorn?
amych - Aug 18, 2003 3:45:58 pm PDT #4162 of 10005
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Porn meets bureaucracy. Only at b.org.
Sean K - Aug 18, 2003 3:46:41 pm PDT #4163 of 10005
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I licked all of the initial seconds, so they are MINE!!!
Oooh! Raquel licked me.
Now I am hers.
DXMachina - Aug 18, 2003 3:49:15 pm PDT #4164 of 10005
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
You know what? You can't spell the word "popcorn" without "porn".
amych - Aug 18, 2003 3:50:54 pm PDT #4165 of 10005
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
You can't spell the word "popcorn" without "porn".
Or "modigy", apparently. But that's a whole 'nother thread.
Noumenon - Aug 18, 2003 7:53:59 pm PDT #4166 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
Burrell makes a good point about general discussion threads:
I find the conversation that takes place in them disjointed, undeveloped, and basically kinda boring. I no longer bother with Literary, I never really started with Music, and I rarely try to keep up with Movies. I find there is little to no payoff for reading them. This is not the fault of those who post in the threads. It is the nature of the general discussion format. It just doesn't go very far.
The Buffistas grew out of an obsessive focus on just one show. That's where the community came from. People say that the
Smallville
and
Stargate
discussions have their own communities now. I don't see Movies and Natter building communities. They live off the community we already have. We might never share a universal, all-consuming obsession like Bureaucr Buffy again, but if we nurture new obsessions, they can regenerate us.
This is making me think I should have voted for the Minearverse thread, and maybe should not vote for the general TV thread. The Minearverse will help us keep Allyson, the way Fic attracts the Lizard, because they're obsessed. The TV thread won't help retain or attract anybody.
Lyra Jane - Aug 19, 2003 3:24:29 am PDT #4167 of 10005
Up with the sun
I've pulled a list from the main page of our active threads, so we know for sure what our options are when we discuss consolidation. These are in order of most recent use; "Previously" and everything after it is under at least two closed threads.
Natter 15: Beware the Ides of Natter
Buffista Movies 1: Go Monkey. Choose Monkey.
Spike's Bitches 9: Shiny Beads and Sweet Talk
Firefly 3: Too Damned Pretty to Die
Buffy 4: Grr. Arrgh.
The Quotable Buffy: She said that? When?
Buffista Music 1: The Music (And Who Can Blame It) Swells
Bitchy Fic: It Could Be Plot Bunnies
Buffistechnology
Firefly Spoilers
Angel 3: Big Damn Evil, Sir.
Literary Buffistas: Don't Speak Latin in Front of the Books
The Jossverse in Other Media
LotR - The Two Towers: "Dude, Where's my Precious?"
Farscape 1: Fetch the Comfy Chair
Buffy and Angel SPOILERS
F2F Planning
Fan Fiction: Writers, Readers, and Enablers
Atlantic Canadian Monday Madness
All Ogle, No Cash -- It's Not Just Annoying, It's Un-American
Due South: Mountie Fetishists Anon!
PPO
The Great Write Way
The Minearverse: YExpirationDateMV
Spoilage Lite: Angel
Previously 1: The Who Whating How With Huh?
Smallville 1: Clex!
Sang Sacre 1: It's a Blood, Blood, Blood, Blood World
The Quotable Angel: Can I say it? I wanna say it.
Spike's Bitches Anthology Project
Buffista Corp
Spoilage Lite: Buffy
The Quotable Firefly: Oh, my God, I am a hack...