um, I don't think I need an extra butt. Mine's worth two as it is.
Oh my god. What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing!? Oh right, that would be me. Back to work.
Wash ,'Bushwhacked'
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
Deena - Apr 17, 2003 3:57:00 pm PDT #644 of 10005
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Cindy - Apr 17, 2003 3:58:31 pm PDT #645 of 10005
Nobody
I'm bucking for a free Virginia slim butt, myself.
Liese S. - Apr 17, 2003 4:28:14 pm PDT #646 of 10005
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Liese, I haven't gotten anything from you yet.
Hrm. Maybe my webmail's gone kerwonky again. Anyway, all I said was, I'm Liese S. over at PF, too, albeit grumpily, and was there some sort of user number I should provide you with?
Deena - Apr 17, 2003 4:38:59 pm PDT #647 of 10005
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Oh well, hey, an ultraslim southern butt wouldn't be a bad thing. I could just pitch the old one, I guess.
Cindy - Apr 17, 2003 5:34:27 pm PDT #648 of 10005
Nobody
I move those of us who want them can get butt transplants if we demonstrate significant need.
Seconds?
Deena - Apr 17, 2003 6:00:27 pm PDT #649 of 10005
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
depends... I don't think I want to, erm, demonstrate, exactly.
I mean, second, absolutely.
flea - Apr 17, 2003 6:03:16 pm PDT #650 of 10005
information libertarian
Ladies, you must not have had the memo that all Buffistas' asses are, in fact, ass-tastic. If JZ's ass were here, it would tell you all about it. (Otherwise, try BRQG).
victor infante - Apr 17, 2003 6:05:12 pm PDT #651 of 10005
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
you must not have had the memo that all Buffistas' asses are, in fact, ass-tastic.
You know, flea, the ass is weirder than you think.
t /ducks. Runs away very quickly.
Michele T. - Apr 17, 2003 10:47:51 pm PDT #652 of 10005
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
I cannot even begin to say how strongly I feel the short version of the etiquette document should be the default version. Mere words are not enough, I feel so strongly: I should have emphatic gesture emoticons, possibly a flare gun.
We should not in any way make reading the most basic ground rules of the community weird, or difficult, or unclear, or in anyway not simple for ANY user. No one should have even the most lame "oh I don't know the tune/I hate filk" excuse.
There seem to be a fair number of people who agree with me on this matter as well -- msbelle and amych to name only two. I was willing to drop it when there seemed to be a majority of people who didn't want to use the simpler document, but in this discussion I see it going the other way.
I'm really, really, really certain, with whatever I know about usability, that the simpler document is better for what it sets out to do. The filk may be a better piece of writing. But it is not a better guide to the basic board etiquette, because when even long-term board members are admitting they've never been able to read the entire thing all the way through, that's a *problem*.
Beverly - Apr 17, 2003 11:00:25 pm PDT #653 of 10005
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
As much as I love the filk, as much as it defines who (many of) the posters are, as much as it reflects and illuminates what (much of) the board is about, I have to agree in this instance that the simpler document should be the default.
We no longer have a few casual passersby looking in to see what we're on about. We no longer have a few people feeling a bit persecuted by the straights who don't get ME shows looking for refuge and like-minded folk. ME casts a much larger shadow than it did formerly, and like it or not, the board is out in the wide wide world, where allsorts are going to kick the tires and slam the doors and ask for a test drive.
We want the directions in clear simple non-misunderstandy language. Like-minded folk will find the filk. We can make sure, with big pointy arrows, that they find the filk. But the simply worded document needs to be the default. I think.