I've forgotten--or never knew--the Ikea referrence, too.
Honestly, you meet the most appalling sort of people....
Giles ,'Chosen'
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
Beverly - Aug 27, 2003 6:29:29 am PDT #4688 of 10005
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Nilly - Aug 27, 2003 6:30:17 am PDT #4689 of 10005
Swouncing
Ikea thread, from Kat "Voting Discussion: We're Screwing In Light Bulbs AIFG!" Aug 20, 2003 10:08:04 am PDT:
Fannish TV as a name takes me right to Ikea. It goes like this in my brain:
Fannish TV. Finnish TV. Finns are near Swedes. Swedish TV. Swedish Furniture. IKEA!
Beverly - Aug 27, 2003 6:31:43 am PDT #4690 of 10005
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Well, I'm not a slash fan--I don't hate it, but I don't auto-slash every two men I see, either--and I'm less than happy with the Fic/PPO/Anthology combo and Farscape being lumped with the two slashy show threads. But in the interest of decreasing usage and preserving the board, I'll either learn to Nilly or not read those threads.
Anne W. - Aug 27, 2003 6:32:38 am PDT #4691 of 10005
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Yeah, for the record, I don't like thread titles that are incomprehensible to the casual reader. An in-joke in the subtitle is a little better, but it ought to be clear to all what the thread is about.
askye speaks for me on this.
esse - Aug 27, 2003 6:33:00 am PDT #4692 of 10005
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Thanks, Nilly.
Does anyone really think a thread title like PPO was easily comprehensible to the average reader? Come on, ya'll. We've always had our in-jokes.
askye - Aug 27, 2003 6:33:15 am PDT #4693 of 10005
Thrive to spite them
Except someone else said that.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 27, 2003 6:33:55 am PDT #4694 of 10005
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Yeah, for the record, I don't like thread titles that are incomprehensible to the casual reader. An in-joke in the subtitle is a little better, but it ought to be clear to all what the thread is about.
On the other hand, we're trying to keep the combo thread low profile and specific so it doesn't mutate into a general TV thread.
kat perez - Aug 27, 2003 6:34:16 am PDT #4695 of 10005
"We have trust issues." Mylar
Way condensed version of the Ikea thing: The Ikea thing is because someone in Light Bulb suggested something like a fannish TV thread to combine FS/SV/DS and Kat (the other Kat) said that the name made her think of Finnish TV and the Finnish made her think of Ikea. Other folks found it funny and thus was the Ikea idea born.
I think Ikea is hilarious, fwiw. But I never post or read in DS/FS/SV, and I can understand how others might find it a little too obscure.
P.M. Marc - Aug 27, 2003 6:34:26 am PDT #4696 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
Bev, PPO got maybe a post a month.
You're not really in any danger of increased slash in Fic as a result.
I'm unhappy about Farscape (which I don't watch, and therefore don't care or want to read about) merging with two threads I read daily.
Beverly - Aug 27, 2003 6:34:45 am PDT #4697 of 10005
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Since the people who like "Ikea" seem to Really like Ikea, I propose we name the inaugural thread, at least, Ikea. The Ikeaists will likely be the heaviest users. Who's with me? Do I get secondses?