And I myself will be wearing pink taffeta as chenille would not go with my complexion.

Giles ,'Touched'


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


§ ita § - Apr 01, 2004 4:15:04 am PST #8732 of 10005
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Thank you for caring, Kristin. Otherwise I look quite insane, and we can't be having that, can we?


Steph L. - Apr 01, 2004 4:18:01 am PST #8733 of 10005
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Steph: I was just thinking that there are a lot more Buffista-specific words that aren't in the FAQ.

Dana: I think that's the sound of someone volunteering...

Tina: I have a list started and will add to it as people throw em out there. If they come with definitions and/or Nilly'd links to their origin - all the more helpful.

Oh - Steph - if you want to do this - please do. If not, I have no problem doing it myself.

If you already have a list going, then feel free to continue!

Also, perhaps the FAQ should acknowledge that there are groups of people who IM all the time, email all the time, journal all the time.

I don't think that's a great idea -- it just enforces the "Cool kids/cabal/b.org Illuminati" myth.


bon bon - Apr 01, 2004 4:18:23 am PST #8734 of 10005
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

The social capital concept-- and I wasn't a big fan of the term first, either-- is not used to justify rude behavior, which is what you're suggesting, Java. I think what you're seeing is that it's often used to excuse it. In other words, yes, you've been rude, but we overlook it because so far, it's not particularly indicative of most of your experience; plus, you've proved that you're not ruining everyone's experience daily. And I'm OK with that. This is a clique. It's not a democracy.


Steph L. - Apr 01, 2004 4:20:08 am PST #8735 of 10005
I look more rad than Lutheranism

What Shawn said, w/r/t social capital. It exists in meatspace, so why on earth wouldn't it exist in an online community that has the level of friendships (and marrying each other, now!) that we have?


§ ita § - Apr 01, 2004 4:22:38 am PST #8736 of 10005
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I'd even go so far (and is why I'm synonym-happy on the topic) that "social capital" is used to describe a perfectly normal phenomenon. So whether I ever speak those words, there's public goodwill/understanding that carries weight AND it's something that can be gained or spent.

"Pecking order" doesn't inherently express the idea that I can move around in it. "Gazebo" might, if we work it right and start early.

It's not a democracy.

So true. The "citizen" analogy is often used, but ... so not a government here. It could never be.


JenP - Apr 01, 2004 4:23:40 am PST #8737 of 10005

I ike the slug line w/ etiquette sample.


Steph L. - Apr 01, 2004 4:24:02 am PST #8738 of 10005
I look more rad than Lutheranism

"Pecking order" doesn't inherently express the idea that I can move around in it. "Gazebo" might, if we work it right and start early.

As in "Wow, when Lee picked up the dinner check for everyone, she added a whole new wing on her gazebo!"


msbelle - Apr 01, 2004 4:30:27 am PST #8739 of 10005
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

My gazebo brings all the boys to the yard.


billytea - Apr 01, 2004 4:31:22 am PST #8740 of 10005
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

My gazebo brings all the boys to the yard.

Where they attack your gazebo with their longswords?


Rafmun - Apr 01, 2004 4:47:15 am PST #8741 of 10005
I'm made of felt and my....hey, who's hand is that?

The social capital concept...often used to excuse rude behaviour. ...This is a clique.

If the above is accepted SOP, should it be noted in Ettiquette?

Given the above, the below proved misleading, at least to me:

The Buffistas are an inclusive, welcoming, and flame-free community. ...If you make personal attacks or offensive posts, or try to start a fight, you will be shunned.