Disassociated banter and homeless chit-chat thread - Page 2

03-30-2006, 11:56 PM

Yoo-Hoo :p

Flint · 03-31-2006, 12:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

There are plenty of people whose first post fit right in. Others need some time to adjust to how this site's culture works. If someone can't adjust, they don't get the type of conversation they were hoping for, and get a bunch of talk about them instead of with them. If this lasts too long, most people get sick of it and leave on their own. A very few start to get resentful, and become abusive and nasty, and have to be removed. This story happens a couple of times a year, which explains why a number of regulars are so quick to get annoyed.

SteveBsjb · 03-31-2006, 04:10 AM

Pamplemousse!

SteveBsjb · 03-31-2006, 06:04 AM

Speaking of high school... 20 year class reunion this year! Woo-hoo!

03-31-2006, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by SteveBsjb

Speaking of high school... 20 year class reunion this year! Woo-hoo!

I didn't know reform schools held reunions! Which cell block are ya all planning on holding it in?

barefoot serpent · 03-31-2006, 11:14 AM

someone's knickers just got hoisted up the flagpole!

Flint · 03-31-2006, 11:31 AM

It's funny, really. For me, the main advantage of the internet, as a communication format, is the removal of superficial aspects of our physical person, IE age, sex, race, location, appearance, socio-economic status, etc.

On the internet, and specifically in pure text, you are a disembodied intellectual entity. The text is not as nuanced as natural speech, but the trade off is that the format functions as an equalizer of people.

So, it's always funny to me when people refer to age on the internet. Back at AudioGalaxy, people on some of the peripheral boards would assume I was old, whatever that even means.

Flint · 03-31-2006, 11:37 AM

@marichiko: You sure got a mouth on you, as the old saying goes.

03-31-2006, 11:42 AM

@Flint I'm typing as fast as my arthritis allows.

::::::::911 ERROR:::::

03-31-2006, 11:48 AM

@ Flint Your witty come back skills need work.

ALT + CTRL + DEL

03-31-2006, 11:53 AM

This is boring. You guys are too slow for me AG died of ennui.

<SHIFT + CTRL + F8>

Flint · 03-31-2006, 11:56 AM

@marichiko: At the flip of a switch I can be a fierce and tenacious boardie who will go to great lengths to obliterate your rebuttals with the force of pure logic. I haven't even begun to post here. Idle chit-chat is not interesting to me.

(btw: < ALT + 0160 > is the manual input code for a "space" that registers as a character)

03-31-2006, 12:06 PM

@Flint: So far, I'm not impressed. But I'm sure I will be any moment now.

Just you wait...

Any second now...

(BTW, ALT + CTRL + DEL throws you into your computer's control panel screen. It can also be a useful sequence to hit when your system freezes up)

FallenFairy · 03-31-2006, 12:16 PM

Flint - I am more of a lurker than a poster and a fairly new Cellarite myself... but I gotta tell ya I believe the gauntlet has been thrown down... IMHO Mari is a very formidable and intelligent board member (postess, poster, post person???)... possibly caution would be the better part of valor in this case.
just some friendly advice.....

03-31-2006, 01:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FallenFairy

Flint - I am more of a lurker than a poster and a fairly new Cellarite myself... but I gotta tell ya I believe the gauntlet has been thrown down... IMHO Mari is a very formidable and intelligent board member (postess, poster, post person???)... possibly caution would be the better part of valor in this case.
just some friendly advice.....

Why, thank you, Fallen! Its just that here at the old folk's home, there's really not much else to do, and I get to hog the computer because the rest of my colleagues are too senile to even know how to turn it on. It passes the time.

*Slap! getta away from me nurse! Can't you see I'm busy? No, WE don't want to drink OUR ensure now. WE will let you know when we're ready!"*

Now, what was I saying? Oh yeah.

So far, the AG gang have mostly been an annoying blip on the board. I'm sure we'll all either settle in and play dirty together - CELLAR STYLE - or they'll find better sport, elsewhere.

Meanwhile, I need to start thinking about packing. I'm gonna make a 400 mile move across two mountain ranges in only 30 days all by my little frail self. I'm really not going to have much time for board wars.

03-31-2006, 04:10 AM	#3
SteveBsjb Operations Operative Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Moved from Manhattan to Edgewater, NJ. Posts: 713	Pamplemousse! __________________ "It's only an internet community."

03-31-2006, 06:04 AM	#4
SteveBsjb Operations Operative Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Moved from Manhattan to Edgewater, NJ. Posts: 713	Speaking of high school... 20 year class reunion this year! Woo-hoo! __________________ "It's only an internet community."

03-31-2006, 11:31 AM	#7
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	It's funny, really. For me, the main advantage of the internet, as a communication format, is the removal of superficial aspects of our physical person, IE age, sex, race, location, appearance, socio-economic status, etc. On the internet, and specifically in pure text, you are a disembodied intellectual entity. The text is not as nuanced as natural speech, but the trade off is that the format functions as an equalizer of people. So, it's always funny to me when people refer to age on the internet. Back at AudioGalaxy, people on some of the peripheral boards would assume I was old, whatever that even means. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

03-31-2006, 11:37 AM	#8
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	@marichiko: You sure got a mouth on you, as the old saying goes. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

03-31-2006, 11:56 AM	#12
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	@marichiko: At the flip of a switch I can be a fierce and tenacious boardie who will go to great lengths to obliterate your rebuttals with the force of pure logic. I haven't even begun to post here. Idle chit-chat is not interesting to me. (btw: < ALT + 0160 > is the manual input code for a "space" that registers as a character) __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

03-31-2006, 11:14 AM	#6
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	someone's knickers just got hoisted up the flagpole!

03-31-2006, 11:42 AM	#9
marichiko Guest Posts: n/a	@Flint I'm typing as fast as my arthritis allows. ::::::::911 ERROR:::::

03-31-2006, 11:48 AM	#10
marichiko Guest Posts: n/a	@ Flint Your witty come back skills need work. ALT + CTRL + DEL

03-31-2006, 11:53 AM	#11
marichiko Guest Posts: n/a	This is boring. You guys are too slow for me AG died of ennui. <SHIFT + CTRL + F8>

03-31-2006, 12:06 PM	#13
marichiko Guest Posts: n/a	@Flint: So far, I'm not impressed. But I'm sure I will be any moment now. Just you wait... Any second now... (BTW, ALT + CTRL + DEL throws you into your computer's control panel screen. It can also be a useful sequence to hit when your system freezes up)

03-31-2006, 12:16 PM	#14
FallenFairy nope Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 322	Flint - I am more of a lurker than a poster and a fairly new Cellarite myself... but I gotta tell ya I believe the gauntlet has been thrown down... IMHO Mari is a very formidable and intelligent board member (postess, poster, post person???)... possibly caution would be the better part of valor in this case. just some friendly advice..... __________________ ~going, going... gone now

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