Is this the BEST forum on the internet?

lumberjim · 02-20-2009, 08:39 PM

and why?

footfootfoot · 02-20-2009, 08:58 PM

What do you mean, best? Are there other forums on the internet?

lumberjim · 02-20-2009, 09:02 PM

addendum:

for those of you who think it IS, is it the first one you got regular with?

monster · 02-20-2009, 09:21 PM

best so far, and no.

Datalyss · 02-20-2009, 10:51 PM

Best to who?

Crimson Ghost · 02-20-2009, 11:07 PM

There are other forums on the net?

What else haven't you people told me?

Anyway....

Quote:

Originally Posted by lumberjim

for those of you who think it IS, is it the first one you got regular with?

No.

I was a regular on a Masonic forum, and within weeks, several people tried to get me involved in the politics behind the scenes.
One guy was a Past Master (head of a lodge) who felt that only PMs should be mods, and he wanted exclusionary rules implemented.
Somehow, he got ahold of my RL email, and just fucking bombarded me with bullshit, of how I must take his side, as we are both PMs, and how non-PMs don't know what is going on, and so on.

Another regular started private messaging that I had better see things his way or he'd make my life hell. I replied that he never met my District Deputy (regional manager).

After enough of this nonsense, I just publicly posted that because of the political bullshit, I was leaving the forum, and I wanted no more contact with anyone from the forum. Any contact would be considered by me as harassment.

Nine years and no contact. Thank God.

//END RANT\\

I luvs The Cellar.

SteveDallas · 02-20-2009, 11:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

What do you mean, best?

What do you mean, internet?

Clodfobble · 02-21-2009, 12:26 AM

This place is so awesome, it's a five-um.

You know, like LJ's five-head.

Beestie · 02-21-2009, 12:42 AM

Teh Cellar was not my first. But I like it the most. It's not for everybody, tho.

limey · 02-21-2009, 03:18 AM

Yup.
Because you never know what you'll find here.

Griff · 02-21-2009, 05:02 AM

No.

It had a nice run though.

Trilby · 02-21-2009, 08:57 AM

my first forum (i didn't even know these exsisted till I found YOU) and the best.

I can thank the Whale Penis for many good things in my life.

wolf · 02-21-2009, 09:56 AM

Absolutely the best.

Technically not my first, because I called two other dial-up BBS's before I logged onto The Cellar for the first time. Of course, I very quickly stopped visiting those other ones. Don't even remember names anymore ...

Cool people, varied interests, and realness.

Sundae · 02-21-2009, 10:10 AM

This is the best forum on the internet.
Or at least the only one I have found that meets all my needs, whether I knew about them or not.

Yes, I have dabbled in other forums.
But nowhere have I found a group of people who are able to adapt themselves to any kind of post that comes along.
It might not be the same people for every kind of post, but often long term posters will surprise you.

Sympathy at a relationship breakup from the same person who advocates gun ownership? Check.
Understanding about property issues from someone who espouses a socialist POV? Check.
Child rearing advice from someone half a world away? Check?
Love and attention for a Dwellar with cancer, from damn near everyone? Check
A car? Seriously - a CAR? OMG a real honest-to-goddness CAR?! Check.

On top of all that, there is genuine day to day humour that stops you in your tracks. Maybe not every day - but at least once a week I will (literally) laugh out loud. Am I damning you with faint praise? No. I can watch many well written sitcoms and only just crack a smile. I enjoy them, but I can see the jokes coming over the horizon with semaphore. It takes a surprise to make me LOL. And the Cellar surprises me like a wet sponge on the side of my head. Over and over again.

And this is the first place I have ever submitted photos of myself. Fat and naked. No make up. Showing my ptosis. ADMITTING my ptosis! The Cellar has made me so much more open.

For the record - the people here care. They are funny. They are intelligent. They let me into their foreign lives and are interested when I do the same. They have very different viewpoints which sometimes allow me to amend mine. They are REAL. I've met two so far, and talked to more. I'd like to meet pretty much everyone here.

This is an amazing place. Had I cracked a wishbone and asked for a forum, I wouldn't have been disappointed. I love you.

lumberjim · 02-21-2009, 10:16 AM

it seems to me that if there is a strong sense of community on a board, there is also a very high incidence of xenophobia and hostility to newcomers. I think we do a MUCH better job of welcoming new people here. MUCH better.

02-20-2009, 08:39 PM	#1
lumberjim NOT food! Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 19,188	Is this the BEST forum on the internet? and why? __________________ One is always in the dark about one's own personality. One needs others to get to know oneself. - Carl Jung

02-20-2009, 08:58 PM	#2
footfootfoot This Space For Rent Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street Posts: 14,239	What do you mean, best? Are there other forums on the internet? __________________ ...this reads like a cross between Cosmopolitan's 'ten ways to please your man' and a suicide note written by Nostradamus on a coke binge. - Flint

02-20-2009, 09:02 PM	#3
lumberjim NOT food! Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 19,188	addendum: for those of you who think it IS, is it the first one you got regular with? __________________ One is always in the dark about one's own personality. One needs others to get to know oneself. - Carl Jung

02-20-2009, 09:21 PM	#4
monster only 99c Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tena City Posts: 24,133	best so far, and no. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

02-21-2009, 12:26 AM	#8
Clodfobble Bitchin' Tiny Unicorn Jockey Wannabe Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 14,059	This place is so awesome, it's a five-um. You know, like LJ's five-head. __________________ My cooking blog

02-20-2009, 10:51 PM	#5
Datalyss Huh? Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Gallman, MS, USA Posts: 379	Best to who?

02-21-2009, 12:42 AM	#9
Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 3,970	Teh Cellar was not my first. But I like it the most. It's not for everybody, tho. __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

02-21-2009, 03:18 AM	#10
limey Sassenach Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 4,569	Yup. Because you never know what you'll find here. __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

02-21-2009, 05:02 AM	#11
Griff Hill-Biffy or HillWilliam Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 16,933	No. It had a nice run though. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis ...how easily the learned give up the evidence of their senses to preserve the coherence of ideas in their imagination. - Adam Smith

02-21-2009, 08:57 AM	#12
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	my first forum (i didn't even know these exsisted till I found YOU) and the best. I can thank the Whale Penis for many good things in my life. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

02-21-2009, 09:56 AM	#13
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,548	Absolutely the best. Technically not my first, because I called two other dial-up BBS's before I logged onto The Cellar for the first time. Of course, I very quickly stopped visiting those other ones. Don't even remember names anymore ... Cool people, varied interests, and realness. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

02-21-2009, 10:10 AM	#14
Sundae Co-Strawberry Festival Queen Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Ye Olde Englande Posts: 20,302	This is the best forum on the internet. Or at least the only one I have found that meets all my needs, whether I knew about them or not. Yes, I have dabbled in other forums. But nowhere have I found a group of people who are able to adapt themselves to any kind of post that comes along. It might not be the same people for every kind of post, but often long term posters will surprise you. Sympathy at a relationship breakup from the same person who advocates gun ownership? Check. Understanding about property issues from someone who espouses a socialist POV? Check. Child rearing advice from someone half a world away? Check? Love and attention for a Dwellar with cancer, from damn near everyone? Check A car? Seriously - a CAR? OMG a real honest-to-goddness CAR?! Check. On top of all that, there is genuine day to day humour that stops you in your tracks. Maybe not every day - but at least once a week I will (literally) laugh out loud. Am I damning you with faint praise? No. I can watch many well written sitcoms and only just crack a smile. I enjoy them, but I can see the jokes coming over the horizon with semaphore. It takes a surprise to make me LOL. And the Cellar surprises me like a wet sponge on the side of my head. Over and over again. And this is the first place I have ever submitted photos of myself. Fat and naked. No make up. Showing my ptosis. ADMITTING my ptosis! The Cellar has made me so much more open. For the record - the people here care. They are funny. They are intelligent. They let me into their foreign lives and are interested when I do the same. They have very different viewpoints which sometimes allow me to amend mine. They are REAL. I've met two so far, and talked to more. I'd like to meet pretty much everyone here. This is an amazing place. Had I cracked a wishbone and asked for a forum, I wouldn't have been disappointed. I love you. __________________ none thought of the others they would never meet, or how their lives would all contain this hour

02-21-2009, 10:16 AM	#15
lumberjim NOT food! Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 19,188	it seems to me that if there is a strong sense of community on a board, there is also a very high incidence of xenophobia and hostility to newcomers. I think we do a MUCH better job of welcoming new people here. MUCH better. __________________ One is always in the dark about one's own personality. One needs others to get to know oneself. - Carl Jung

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