You can't open the book of my life and jump in the middle. Like woman, I'm a mystery.

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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


Katie M - Apr 07, 2004 9:17:46 am PDT #9415 of 10005
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies

Covering our asses? I like it.

Well, we already have robots. No, wait, those are remote-controlled zombies. I guess that's different.


Jesse - Apr 07, 2004 9:19:24 am PDT #9416 of 10005
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

And the RIOBOT occasionally makes an appearance.


amych - Apr 07, 2004 9:20:37 am PDT #9417 of 10005
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

I think that what's there should be rewritten

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Dana - Apr 07, 2004 9:21:52 am PDT #9418 of 10005
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

amych's is slightly more practical, I must admit.

But lacking in robots.


§ ita § - Apr 07, 2004 9:22:41 am PDT #9419 of 10005
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Unless we send HTML e-mails (I'm against that, FTR) there will be no t a tags. Which means any URLs will be spelled out, and may need ot be on their own lines to prevent being broken.


bon bon - Apr 07, 2004 9:23:10 am PDT #9420 of 10005
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

I think it's a great idea to link to stuff in the confirm email. I also think no one will read it. We should link to it above the confirm password part, at least.


Jesse - Apr 07, 2004 9:24:01 am PDT #9421 of 10005
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

But lacking in robots.

Does no one think of the robots?? t sob


amych - Apr 07, 2004 9:25:37 am PDT #9422 of 10005
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Unless we send HTML e-mails (I'm against that, FTR)

Me too, actually -- which is what I get for posting my mental shorthand for "find the URL for this" as if it were actual prose.

I shall edit to fix that and include robots.


Allyson - Apr 07, 2004 9:25:46 am PDT #9423 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

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P.M. Marc - Apr 07, 2004 9:29:17 am PDT #9424 of 10005
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

I like what the Pixie said.