Attention, you snotty little lurking bastards:

[Deepthroat Chopra]

But isn't it a leap that the reason that people aren't posting because they are afraid to offend someone?

That was actually a direct quote from Deepthroat Chopra "I was lurking because I didn't want to offend anyone".

http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php/topic,31346.15/msg,1152100.html

You feel like the that poor anchorman with the fake smile and fake hair in that glowing box. Trapped while everyone else just sits on their couches passively receiving.

Nope.  I feel like someone pointing out that the dam is breaking, but everyone keeps watching the damn anchorman.

The real reasons are probably as follows -
Not having anything useful to contribute.
Substance Abuse.
Not being in a mood to be offended.
Not being very bright.
Poor concentration span.
Limited time to play with tech.
Distracted by p0rn.
Distracted by Football Management simulations.
Apathy and depression about the state of things.
F Scott Speck has one useful rule - Speak only when you feel compelled. Haven't felt compelled, but I've realised F Scott Peck was a bit of a wanker.
Fear of being seen as a wanker.
Fear of not having enough time to be a wanker.

I feel I've said enough.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

I dont let my drinking habits prevent me from posting. On the contrary it has the opposite effect. Just saying.

[Deepthroat Chopra]

I dont let my drinking habits prevent me from posting. On the contrary it has the opposite effect. Just saying.

Drinking? Maybe I should try that one. 

[Nephew Twiddleton]

A drop of the craythur will get you posting all night.

[Deepthroat Chopra]

Wisdom from the Irish. My Gran-pappy used to same. Without the posting talk, of course. He'd say "A drop of the craythur will keep you drinking all night", which I always thought was a tautology, or circular reasoning, or something. Made sense to him. He lived into his mid 80's.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Booze is a downer but it has the opposite effect on me. It obliterates any shyness or quietness i have and then i want to party all night. In the past ive frequently been the last man standing.

[Triple Zero]

LuciferX used to be called MinusSpace, and he's never done anything but utter gibberish.

Was MinusSpace the one that did the continous pineal oneliners (2-5 words max) with the occasional bout of sub-Yatto coherency? [LuciferX right now is actually slightly more sensical than what I'm trying to paint here]

I'm asking cause I thought LuciferX was that one, but I thought he was called LuciferX (or something Lucifer) when he did that.

Also who was this other guy with a huge thread in O:MF posting all sorts of sigilled images with mason symbolism and IIRC satanic magicks stuff, who was genuinely crazy? Wasn't he called Lucifersomething at some point as well? And Furbysomething? He was mentally ill delusional though (as well as an asshole, which shines right right through regardless), and also relatively young if some of the pics in his photobucket were indeed him.

LuciferX, however, is perfectly capable of forming coherent sentences into on-topic posts, he did so in my Python thread. So LuciferX, why not just join the discussions? It's a lot more fun, honest! [for one, not having every single post of yours met with either derision, ridicule or silence]

[Deepthroat Chopra]

Booze is a downer but it has the opposite effect on me. It obliterates any shyness or quietness i have and then i want to party all night. In the past ive frequently been the last man standing.

I myself have suffered from Stayers Syndrome. You might just miss something, you know, even when everyone else is nearly under the table. Ay.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Sometimes its just better to miss it.

[Doktor Howl]

But isn't it a leap that the reason that people aren't posting because they are afraid to offend someone?

That was actually a direct quote from Deepthroat Chopra "I was lurking because I didn't want to offend anyone".

http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php/topic,31346.15/msg,1152100.html

You feel like the that poor anchorman with the fake smile and fake hair in that glowing box. Trapped while everyone else just sits on their couches passively receiving.

Nope.  I feel like someone pointing out that the dam is breaking, but everyone keeps watching the damn anchorman.

The real reasons are probably as follows -
Not having anything useful to contribute.
Substance Abuse.
Not being in a mood to be offended.
Not being very bright.
Poor concentration span.
Limited time to play with tech.
Distracted by p0rn.
Distracted by Football Management simulations.
Apathy and depression about the state of things.
F Scott Speck has one useful rule - Speak only when you feel compelled. Haven't felt compelled, but I've realised F Scott Peck was a bit of a wanker.
Fear of being seen as a wanker.
Fear of not having enough time to be a wanker.

I feel I've said enough.

You forgot backsliding, laziness, and complacency.

[Deepthroat Chopra]

But isn't it a leap that the reason that people aren't posting because they are afraid to offend someone?

That was actually a direct quote from Deepthroat Chopra "I was lurking because I didn't want to offend anyone".

http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php/topic,31346.15/msg,1152100.html

You feel like the that poor anchorman with the fake smile and fake hair in that glowing box. Trapped while everyone else just sits on their couches passively receiving.

Nope.  I feel like someone pointing out that the dam is breaking, but everyone keeps watching the damn anchorman.

The real reasons are probably as follows -
Not having anything useful to contribute.
Substance Abuse.
Not being in a mood to be offended.
Not being very bright.
Poor concentration span.
Limited time to play with tech.
Distracted by p0rn.
Distracted by Football Management simulations.
Apathy and depression about the state of things.
F Scott Speck has one useful rule - Speak only when you feel compelled. Haven't felt compelled, but I've realised F Scott Peck was a bit of a wanker.
Fear of being seen as a wanker.
Fear of not having enough time to be a wanker.

I feel I've said enough.

You forgot backsliding, laziness, and complacency.

Complacency, for sure. Laziness, perhaps. Backsliding - I'm not clear what I'd be backsliding from. I don't think I'm being defensive in this reply.

The gist is, a few prolific posters are getting a bit bored with doing all the posting, and need fresh meat to keep the ideas flowing, cross-pollinating, and the like, and/or for cannon-fodder for their own amusement. Fair enough. I've been a user of PD.com, in that every now and then, I've looked at it because of interesting info available from it, basically, without going into specifics. And, as said, haven't been sure what useful things I've got to share back. I get you're not just looking for clever (or stupid) one liners to be thrown around, but real meaty goodness.

I think I've already said too much.

That said, looking forward, I've posted some bits and pieces over the last couple of days, and time will time if I'm truly "born-again", or just experiencing some sort of moment of clarity, sticking my head out of complacency, only destined to have it dragged back in by the life that brings complacency, because I enjoy it.

Yes, I need to write more. Not  specifically at PD, but overall. I've been concentrating on music, recording and gigging and writing. That's been a non-complacent. But yes, there's a sense that I'm just not expressing me enough.

I hope I haven't turned this into therapy. I'm just trying to, you know, be honest about it all.

[Q. G. Pennyworth]

I find as long as you keep your therapy-to-content ratio around 1:4 they don't seem to call you out on it 

[Doktor Howl]

But isn't it a leap that the reason that people aren't posting because they are afraid to offend someone?

That was actually a direct quote from Deepthroat Chopra "I was lurking because I didn't want to offend anyone".

http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php/topic,31346.15/msg,1152100.html

You feel like the that poor anchorman with the fake smile and fake hair in that glowing box. Trapped while everyone else just sits on their couches passively receiving.

Nope.  I feel like someone pointing out that the dam is breaking, but everyone keeps watching the damn anchorman.

The real reasons are probably as follows -
Not having anything useful to contribute.
Substance Abuse.
Not being in a mood to be offended.
Not being very bright.
Poor concentration span.
Limited time to play with tech.
Distracted by p0rn.
Distracted by Football Management simulations.
Apathy and depression about the state of things.
F Scott Speck has one useful rule - Speak only when you feel compelled. Haven't felt compelled, but I've realised F Scott Peck was a bit of a wanker.
Fear of being seen as a wanker.
Fear of not having enough time to be a wanker.

I feel I've said enough.

You forgot backsliding, laziness, and complacency.

Complacency, for sure. Laziness, perhaps. Backsliding - I'm not clear what I'd be backsliding from. I don't think I'm being defensive in this reply.

The gist is, a few prolific posters are getting a bit bored with doing all the posting, and need fresh meat to keep the ideas flowing, cross-pollinating, and the like, and/or for cannon-fodder for their own amusement. Fair enough. I've been a user of PD.com, in that every now and then, I've looked at it because of interesting info available from it, basically, without going into specifics. And, as said, haven't been sure what useful things I've got to share back. I get you're not just looking for clever (or stupid) one liners to be thrown around, but real meaty goodness.

I think I've already said too much.

That said, looking forward, I've posted some bits and pieces over the last couple of days, and time will time if I'm truly "born-again", or just experiencing some sort of moment of clarity, sticking my head out of complacency, only destined to have it dragged back in by the life that brings complacency, because I enjoy it.

Yes, I need to write more. Not  specifically at PD, but overall. I've been concentrating on music, recording and gigging and writing. That's been a non-complacent. But yes, there's a sense that I'm just not expressing me enough.

I hope I haven't turned this into therapy. I'm just trying to, you know, be honest about it all.

No sweat.  The big trick here is to not take this sort of shit personally.  I am just a very rude pushy bastard.









For SCIENCE!

[Deepthroat Chopra]

Not taken personally, YOU BASTARD (allegedly for science)!

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Also, fellow musician, give us links, we want to hear your shit.

Also, you might want to check out CDGASM which I'm going to get back to after next weekend when my Irish folk obligations end.