LJ, please don't hit me.
I'm sorry, Maria. I was being pissier than I should have been.
And no, I won't hit you.
You do well to flee, townspeople! I will pillage your lands and dwellings! I will burn your crops and make merry sport with your more attractive daughters! Ha ha ha! Mark my words! Ooh! Ale! I smell delicious ale!
Olaf the Troll ,'Showtime'
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
Lyra Jane - Apr 06, 2004 11:42:14 am PDT #9286 of 10005
Up with the sun
Jesse - Apr 06, 2004 11:44:30 am PDT #9287 of 10005
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Thanks, Maria. Me, I have no issue with your username, and also enjoy the fact that we can call you Maria in conversation.
Burrell - Apr 06, 2004 11:52:12 am PDT #9288 of 10005
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Also, I would really really be happier if we didn't put the name style stuff in at all. Can people elaborate for me why we feel like it might be necessary?
Kinda with Liese here.
§ ita § - Apr 06, 2004 11:57:58 am PDT #9289 of 10005
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Burrell, do you mean the untypable name thing too? Or are you reacting to a different suggestion for the text?
Maria - Apr 06, 2004 12:04:25 pm PDT #9290 of 10005
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
I'm sorry, Maria. I was being pissier than I should have been.
And no, I won't hit you.
Whew! I'm glad, because Hecht's just told me they don't carry Dermablend anymore. :D
And being pissy is fine. I think most of us here have it down to an artform. I've been accused of it on occasion myself.
Thanks, Maria. Me, I have no issue with your username, and also enjoy the fact that we can call you Maria in conversation.
Thank you, Jesse. I like being called Maria in coversation too. It beats "you bitch" by a long shot...
Jesse - Apr 06, 2004 12:08:18 pm PDT #9291 of 10005
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Heh. But what I hope I got across was that I like that you have (a) an easily identifiable user name AND (b) a real name we can call you.
Maria - Apr 06, 2004 12:13:39 pm PDT #9292 of 10005
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
You did. My inner snarkiness decided to make an appearance.
Burrell - Apr 06, 2004 12:15:28 pm PDT #9293 of 10005
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Burrell, do you mean the untypable name thing too? Or are you reacting to a different suggestion for the text?
I'm fine with the "make your name typable" suggestion, I just keep bristling at the "Back on TT, we all used our real names, so you should too" stuff because it strikes me as kinda condescending.
sumi - Apr 06, 2004 12:16:52 pm PDT #9294 of 10005
Art Crawl!!!
Well, TT wanted people to use their real names -- but not everyone did.
§ ita § - Apr 06, 2004 12:19:34 pm PDT #9295 of 10005
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I just keep bristling at the "Back on TT, we all used our real names, so you should too" stuff because it strikes me as kinda condescending.
That's not in the last text everyone liked, unless I missed a revision to what Ginger said.
Buffistas tend to choose user names that can be easily used in conversation. Sometimes they are people's real names or nicknames; sometimes they are the names they always wished their parents had the sense to give them. You may feel cosmically drawn to the name @$sd_myxp12, but "What @$sd_myxp12 said" does not fall trippingly off the fingers. To reduce confusion, please avoid the names of famous people, including ME writers, and the names of existing posters. For example, if your name is Tiffany and there is already a Tiffany on the board, pick a variation, whether it be TiffanyT or Breakfast.
Is there another text that's the problem?