I feel very ambivalent about the Cellar lately.

Aliantha · 07-14-2011, 07:52 PM

I'm not sure what's causing it. Maybe I've been here too long and so the usual players are just too predictable maybe. I'm not really sure. Maybe it's the lack of interesting newbies with different perspectives. Maybe it's just a general mood that seems to have taken over the place.

I wondered if anyone else was feeling like this lately or if it's just me.

btw, I'm not trying to place blame on anyone for this particular feeling that belongs to me. I just wondered if I was the only one that's all.

Griff · 07-14-2011, 08:50 PM

It has been pretty predictable and depressing for a while. I'm lowering my profile here since is is really bad for my mindset. There are folks putting quality stuff up occasionally but for me anyway I come away more often down than up.

ZenGum · 07-14-2011, 09:06 PM

Maybe we need another clinically insane troll to wander in. That always seems to liven things up.

monster · 07-14-2011, 09:37 PM

Or I could start posting again....

FFS it's summer in the US where most dwellars live. We have better things to do. Except the cube-bound. Who get pissy and start eating each other like caged rodents. It's winter in Aus, the upside-downers are bored.

Same thing happens every year.

The downunders whinge 'cause the topsiders are not entertaining enough. Let's blame the French. They're in the middle and should mediate in some way. or at least post nekkid pics and photoshop the underarm hair out. No?

HungLikeJesus · 07-14-2011, 09:39 PM

I've heard that 85% of all problems are directly traceable to top management.

monster · 07-14-2011, 09:46 PM

The other 17% are due to teacher cutbacks.

Aliantha · 07-14-2011, 09:48 PM

Lifestyles don't change all that much in Aus during winter, particularly in the northern part of the country. I know not a lot has changed for us. There's still surfing and stuff going on, and on most days we're still wearing shorts and Tshirts.

I don't think it's the lack of dingbats either Zen. I usually find those episodes pretty tiresome. In fact, you watch the same players do the same thing until the troll eventually disappears one way or another.

Blah. Maybe I'm just tired.

classicman · 07-14-2011, 10:01 PM

Ali needs some strange!

HungLikeJesus · 07-14-2011, 10:08 PM

"Ambivalence suggests strong feelings... in opposition. The prefix, as in "ambidextrous," means "both." The rest of it, in Latin, means "vigor." The word suggests that you are torn... between two opposing courses of action."

footfootfoot · 07-17-2011, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

"Ambivalence suggests strong feelings... in opposition. The prefix, as in "ambidextrous," means "both." The rest of it, in Latin, means "vigor." The word suggests that you are torn... between two opposing courses of action."

Do you know the difference between ambiguous and ambivalent?

I don't know, and I don't care.

HungLikeJesus · 07-17-2011, 11:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

Do you know the difference between ambiguous and ambivalent?

I don't know, and I don't care.

Mine was a quote from a movie, which I was expecting at least Shawnee to get.

footfootfoot · 07-18-2011, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

Mine was a quote from a movie, which I was expecting at least Shawnee to get.

Let's just say I'm greater than 90 degrees but less than 180.

SamIam · 07-20-2011, 06:55 PM

Agree with the bunny rabbit. This place has been awfully slow lately. That's one reason I wander off from time to time and stop checking in here. Then when I return, it never fails that the Politics Forum lures me to doom, and I find myself up on a soap box ranting about pleasantly plump cats.

Plus, I need to be doing about a thousand other things than posting on Internet forums. Plus, I miss Bruce - and Cicero. It's all the same old, same old. Maybe the summer doldrums are just getting to me.

A good troll might be entertaining. I vote for tw to assume the persona. Or maybe we just all need to have a Cellar Meet at a nice beach somewhere. Road trip, everyone!

Aliantha · 07-14-2011, 10:20 PM

to be or not to be (here) I would say HLJ. That's exactly what it is. I can take or leave this site these days, where as before I used to kind of make this my first stop most days, and if I couldn't get here, I'd wonder what was going on with people. I'd look at IotD and show the kids or Dazza and things like that. Now, most of the time I feel like I can't be bothered unless the title looks really exciting.

jimhelm · 07-14-2011, 10:37 PM

would it help if i was a dick to you?

07-14-2011, 07:52 PM	#1
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I feel very ambivalent about the Cellar lately. I'm not sure what's causing it. Maybe I've been here too long and so the usual players are just too predictable maybe. I'm not really sure. Maybe it's the lack of interesting newbies with different perspectives. Maybe it's just a general mood that seems to have taken over the place. I wondered if anyone else was feeling like this lately or if it's just me. btw, I'm not trying to place blame on anyone for this particular feeling that belongs to me. I just wondered if I was the only one that's all. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

07-14-2011, 08:50 PM	#2
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	It has been pretty predictable and depressing for a while. I'm lowering my profile here since is is really bad for my mindset. There are folks putting quality stuff up occasionally but for me anyway I come away more often down than up. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-14-2011, 09:06 PM	#3
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Maybe we need another clinically insane troll to wander in. That always seems to liven things up. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

07-14-2011, 09:37 PM	#4
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Or I could start posting again.... FFS it's summer in the US where most dwellars live. We have better things to do. Except the cube-bound. Who get pissy and start eating each other like caged rodents. It's winter in Aus, the upside-downers are bored. Same thing happens every year. The downunders whinge 'cause the topsiders are not entertaining enough. Let's blame the French. They're in the middle and should mediate in some way. or at least post nekkid pics and photoshop the underarm hair out. No? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

07-14-2011, 09:39 PM	#5
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	I've heard that 85% of all problems are directly traceable to top management. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

07-14-2011, 09:46 PM	#6
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	The other 17% are due to teacher cutbacks. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

07-14-2011, 09:48 PM	#7
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Lifestyles don't change all that much in Aus during winter, particularly in the northern part of the country. I know not a lot has changed for us. There's still surfing and stuff going on, and on most days we're still wearing shorts and Tshirts. I don't think it's the lack of dingbats either Zen. I usually find those episodes pretty tiresome. In fact, you watch the same players do the same thing until the troll eventually disappears one way or another. Blah. Maybe I'm just tired. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

07-14-2011, 10:01 PM	#8
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Ali needs some strange! __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

07-14-2011, 10:08 PM	#9
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	"Ambivalence suggests strong feelings... in opposition. The prefix, as in "ambidextrous," means "both." The rest of it, in Latin, means "vigor." The word suggests that you are torn... between two opposing courses of action." __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

07-20-2011, 06:55 PM	#13
SamIam Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Not here Posts: 2,655	Agree with the bunny rabbit. This place has been awfully slow lately. That's one reason I wander off from time to time and stop checking in here. Then when I return, it never fails that the Politics Forum lures me to doom, and I find myself up on a soap box ranting about pleasantly plump cats. Plus, I need to be doing about a thousand other things than posting on Internet forums. Plus, I miss Bruce - and Cicero. It's all the same old, same old. Maybe the summer doldrums are just getting to me. A good troll might be entertaining. I vote for tw to assume the persona. Or maybe we just all need to have a Cellar Meet at a nice beach somewhere. Road trip, everyone!

07-14-2011, 10:20 PM	#14
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	to be or not to be (here) I would say HLJ. That's exactly what it is. I can take or leave this site these days, where as before I used to kind of make this my first stop most days, and if I couldn't get here, I'd wonder what was going on with people. I'd look at IotD and show the kids or Dazza and things like that. Now, most of the time I feel like I can't be bothered unless the title looks really exciting. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

07-14-2011, 10:37 PM	#15
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	would it help if i was a dick to you? __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

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