I doubt anyone is the American dollar, though.
I'm two chickens.
I go online sometimes, but everyone's spelling is really bad. It's... depressing.
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Allyson - Apr 01, 2004 5:33:51 am PST #8757 of 10005
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Steph L. - Apr 01, 2004 5:34:42 am PST #8758 of 10005
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
It's happened a good deal here. I remember a heated "The military SUCKS!" "*I* have a brother in the military!" mini-fluffle, and I think some social capital was applied there by some people.
That's where we lost Jen, actually.
I remember. That's why I said "some social capital was applied there by SOME people." We could easily have lost more people.
Jessica - Apr 01, 2004 5:36:16 am PST #8759 of 10005
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
You can't legislate the humanity away. You can just urge people to remember just because it looks like ethernet packets when it hits your computer doesn't mean it didn't start out organic. With brain chemistry.
If you want social capital to disappear, you need to start outside this narrow hall.
Very well said, ita. Thank you.
Allyson - Apr 01, 2004 5:38:16 am PST #8760 of 10005
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
No one has to tiptoe around the Jen K/Allyson kerfuffle. Time has passed, I think I can discuss my personal responsibility on that without heat.
Astarte - Apr 01, 2004 5:40:22 am PST #8761 of 10005
Not having has never been the thing I've regretted most in my life. Not trying is.
I'm not in every thread, but I can't think of a single personal attack being posted by anyone, new, old, popular or un, in recent memory.
I'd say I've seen two in the last two days.
No, I will not name the examples, since YPAMV, but since you asked, Jess, I'll answer the question.
Trudy Booth - Apr 01, 2004 5:41:49 am PST #8762 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
We could easily have lost more people.
We probably did.
Jessica - Apr 01, 2004 5:42:32 am PST #8763 of 10005
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
And were they dealt with in-thread? Did anyone ask for a warning to be issued?
Why are we discussing this in such vague terms if there are specific incidents that should be addressed?
[edited to clarify: I feel like there are two groups of people in this conversation. There are people who know what's being discussed, and people who don't. And if the people in the first group aren't willing to let the rest of us in on what's really going on, then perhaps it should be dealt with in backchannel. The vague accusations are helping no one.]
§ ita § - Apr 01, 2004 5:43:22 am PST #8764 of 10005
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
We probably did.
How is it possible that we lost more people than we did? What evidence do you have to support your probably?
Astarte - Apr 01, 2004 5:46:05 am PST #8765 of 10005
Not having has never been the thing I've regretted most in my life. Not trying is.
Jess, yes the ones I'm thinking of were dealt with in thread.
And, I wasn't discussing them at all. As I thought I made clear, I was simply answering your question.
Allyson - Apr 01, 2004 5:46:14 am PST #8766 of 10005
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Yeah, there's been exchanges. But there was also the MinearEyes kid who took a spectacular swan dive into the guacamole, and I tried my damned hardest to hose that kid down.
Sometimes, it doesn't work. He didn't fit. Came from a board culture that's on the opposite end of our spectrum, and wasn't willing to budge. If he had stayed, he would have poured the salsa on his head and wiped his ass with the tortilla chips before lighting the house on fire.
Kindness wouldn't have changed that.