I ike the slug line w/ etiquette sample.
Xander: Am I right, Giles? Giles: I'm almost certain you're not. Though, to be fair, I haven't been
listening.
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JenP - Apr 01, 2004 4:23:40 am PST #8737 of 10005
Steph L. - Apr 01, 2004 4:24:02 am PST #8738 of 10005
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
"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.
§ ita § - Apr 01, 2004 4:51:31 am PST #8742 of 10005
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
People have been rude to me, and because of a history (which is what builds social capital, naturally), I've a) not been offended, or b) just let it slide.
Guess who benefitted? The community.
Guess what else? Happens all the time, everywhere, and to codify that would be micro-detailing human nature. The etiquette document is not a sociology/psychology double major thesis.
Rafmun - Apr 01, 2004 5:08:16 am PST #8743 of 10005
I'm made of felt and my....hey, who's hand is that?
I apologize. [remainder of post deleted b/c Steph found it rude and flame baity]
Steph L. - Apr 01, 2004 5:10:50 am PST #8744 of 10005
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Rafmun, that's rude and flame-baity. Please keep your discourse civil.
Jessica - Apr 01, 2004 5:14:34 am PST #8745 of 10005
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I failed to understand that members of the clique are guided by other guidelines.
You're misinterpreting Steph's post. She didn't mean that there is a clique WITHIN the community, she meant that the community itself is a clique. There's no inner circle. "The clique" means everyone who posts.
Trudy Booth - Apr 01, 2004 5:15:03 am PST #8746 of 10005
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
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
I'm not seeing much of a difference.
If it's unacceptable behaivor to, say, make a personal insult it's still unacceptable even if the person has done good things for the group.
In fact, to me it's a little worse. A person who's a fixture around here DOES know better. If anything, the apology and any amends should be all the quicker because of that knowledge and investment in the community.