So, I'm here without even lurking :argh!: 'Cause your shit seems kind of dense and rife with in-jokes. I don't have the concentration to unravel the monkey's paw of absurdity on display here. Just know I am the number one fan of George Takei and an avid toy collector. I hope we can get along in unity and not turd buckle against a granite wall. I have much to learn, but I'm a disciple of William Burroughs so don't think you can pull the flax over my eyes!
no u
Oh my.
Quote from: Cain on December 22, 2013, 06:44:25 PM
no u
You got first post! You got first post! :lulz:
You chaps have a lot of posts which seems cool but I think there's something screwy with the post counter, which means you might not be cool. I don't know.
Quote from: Odibex Grallspice on December 22, 2013, 06:51:09 PM
You chaps have a lot of posts which seems cool but I think there's something screwy with the post counter, which means you might not be cool. I don't know.
Uh-huh.
Easy does it, new guy. At least try saying "Hello" while establishing your voice, yeah?
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on December 22, 2013, 06:52:42 PM
Quote from: Odibex Grallspice on December 22, 2013, 06:51:09 PM
You chaps have a lot of posts which seems cool but I think there's something screwy with the post counter, which means you might not be cool. I don't know.
Uh-huh.
I miss the units, personally.
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on December 22, 2013, 06:52:42 PM
Quote from: Odibex Grallspice on December 22, 2013, 06:51:09 PM
You chaps have a lot of posts which seems cool but I think there's something screwy with the post counter, which means you might not be cool. I don't know.
Uh-huh.
Your post brings me many hearty lols but seems a bit antagonistic at the same time.
Quote from: Freeky Queen of DERP on December 22, 2013, 06:55:13 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on December 22, 2013, 06:52:42 PM
Quote from: Odibex Grallspice on December 22, 2013, 06:51:09 PM
You chaps have a lot of posts which seems cool but I think there's something screwy with the post counter, which means you might not be cool. I don't know.
Uh-huh.
I miss the units, personally.
Those were fun. :) Maybe 000 will come up with something new.
Quote from: Odibex Grallspice on December 22, 2013, 06:56:05 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on December 22, 2013, 06:52:42 PM
Quote from: Odibex Grallspice on December 22, 2013, 06:51:09 PM
You chaps have a lot of posts which seems cool but I think there's something screwy with the post counter, which means you might not be cool. I don't know.
Uh-huh.
Your post brings me many hearty lols but seems a bit antagonistic at the same time.
Me in a nutshell.
Quote from: Freeky Queen of DERP on December 22, 2013, 06:54:19 PM
Easy does it, new guy. At least try saying "Hello" while establishing your voice, yeah?
But... I don't know, you all seem so insular I thought to go nude would be advisable. But, yes, hello.. I guess when we get down to it you're all folks.
Hey there, new guy.
Quote from: Odibex Grallspice on December 22, 2013, 06:59:36 PM
Quote from: Freeky Queen of DERP on December 22, 2013, 06:54:19 PM
Easy does it, new guy. At least try saying "Hello" while establishing your voice, yeah?
But... I don't know, you all seem so insular I thought to go nude would be advisable. But, yes, hello.. I guess when we get down to it you're all folks.
Bingo.
So should I warn you about what usually happens next?
Quote from: Odibex Grallspice on December 22, 2013, 06:59:36 PM
Quote from: Freeky Queen of DERP on December 22, 2013, 06:54:19 PM
Easy does it, new guy. At least try saying "Hello" while establishing your voice, yeah?
But... I don't know, you all seem so insular I thought to go nude would be advisable. But, yes, hello.. I guess when we get down to it you're all folks.
I'm not.
I don't think we're particularly insular. I managed to wiggle in just fine, with only making an ass out of myself three or four times. :P It doesn't help that I'm a dirty pagan but everyone's pretty good about overlooking that part. :P
Thas heavenly of you CPD! :eek: How do you all feel about WSB, Does he fiti n with the discordian loop?
Quote from: Odibex Grallspice on December 22, 2013, 06:59:36 PM
Quote from: Freeky Queen of DERP on December 22, 2013, 06:54:19 PM
Easy does it, new guy. At least try saying "Hello" while establishing your voice, yeah?
But... I don't know, you all seem so insular I thought to go nude would be advisable. But, yes, hello.. I guess when we get down to it you're all folks.
No, actually. We're very fond of new blood, it's just when you act like a bit of a hostile idiot before even trying to politely introduce yourself, as so many have done before, we tend to go :digtbk2: :deadhorse: :punchballs: :owned3: :troll:
We're friends mostly, and most people have met other people IRL, so you're going to get the same reaction to a bad introduction here as if you'd done it in real life.
Was that a bad introduction? I apologize certainly. I'm a bit of a hillbilly and don't know your city ways.
It's hostile and full of "LOL I'm going to be a condescending dick!" That's how it came off to me anyway. Just chill, bro. More flies with honey, etc. :)
And welcome, by the way.
Quote from: Odibex Grallspice on December 22, 2013, 07:18:30 PM
Was that a bad introduction? I apologize certainly. I'm a bit of a hillbilly and don't know your city ways.
Much ado about nothing... it was fine, don't worry about it.
Quote from: Freeky Queen of DERP on December 22, 2013, 08:10:20 PM
It's hostile and full of "LOL I'm going to be a condescending dick!" That's how it came off to me anyway. Just chill, bro. More flies with honey, etc. :)
And welcome, by the way.
C'mon, dude, this is WAY more descriptive of your replies than of his intro post.
Quote from: Odibex Grallspice on December 22, 2013, 07:13:11 PM
Thas heavenly of you CPD! :eek: How do you all feel about WSB, Does he fiti n with the discordian loop?
its a tie between him and Nabukov for my favourite writer. He is one of my Discordian saints and I know there's been discussion. We are small and insular but once we were mighty. we're still a fertile ground and we finally had a moment of clarity after two years of fighting about drugs.
The in jokes are for everyone though. so not particularly funny jokes. actually scratch that. they are better as in jokes.
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on December 22, 2013, 09:04:58 PM
Quote from: Freeky Queen of DERP on December 22, 2013, 08:10:20 PM
It's hostile and full of "LOL I'm going to be a condescending dick!" That's how it came off to me anyway. Just chill, bro. More flies with honey, etc. :)
And welcome, by the way.
C'mon, dude, this is WAY more descriptive of your replies than of his intro post.
I haven't been a condescending dick. :? Or rather, I haven't meant to be one, and did not register any condescending words or tone before hitting the post button. It's totally possible I did by accident.
Quote from: Odibex Grallspice on December 22, 2013, 06:40:12 PM
So, I'm here without even lurking :argh!: 'Cause your shit seems kind of dense and rife with in-jokes. I don't have the concentration to unravel the monkey's paw of absurdity on display here. Just know I am the number one fan of George Takei and an avid toy collector. I hope we can get along in unity and not turd buckle against a granite wall. I have much to learn, but I'm a disciple of William Burroughs so don't think you can pull the flax over my eyes!
We are dense. Nigel, for example, looks like a tiny little woman, but she weighs something like 14 metric tons. It's compressed matter, you see. All that hate, divided by a tiny volume.
As for "in-jokes", I'm not sure what you'd expect from a longstanding group? We get visitors about as often as Charles Manson does, so we basically just numbered the jokes, and when we feel like telling one, we just holler out the number and everyone laughs. We're comfortable with it.
Lastly, as you are a disciple of Mad Billy, I assume you are in fact getting your daily portion of heroin and snuff porn.
Quote from: Odibex Grallspice on December 22, 2013, 07:13:11 PM
Thas heavenly of you CPD! :eek: How do you all feel about WSB, Does he fiti n with the discordian loop?
What is a WSB?
Quote from: Odibex Grallspice on December 22, 2013, 06:59:36 PM
But... I don't know, you all seem so insular
Sorry that we do not meet your exacting specifications. We should put up a questionnaire on the registration form that asks questions about what YOUR Discordia is, which is then emailed to all of us, and we can all act the way YOU want us to, and we won't seem like cousin-fucking insular types, and thus offend your sensibilities.
I didn't get the impression that he meant it as a bad thing. "Dense" as applied to writing is generally a compliment.
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on December 22, 2013, 09:17:54 PM
I didn't get the impression that he meant it as a bad thing. "Dense" as applied to writing is generally a compliment.
Indeed it is!
Never mind, go on confirming his observation that this is a tough crowd.
I liked his OP, but apparently I'm the only one.
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on December 22, 2013, 09:16:33 PM
Quote from: Odibex Grallspice on December 22, 2013, 07:13:11 PM
Thas heavenly of you CPD! :eek: How do you all feel about WSB, Does he fiti n with the discordian loop?
What is a WSB?
William Burroughs. Wrote some good stuff, but snuff scenes occur more or less at random, so I never read any of his shit, ever.
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on December 22, 2013, 09:19:08 PM
Never mind, go on confirming his observation that this is a tough crowd.
I liked his OP, but apparently I'm the only one.
I liked his OP, too. But the continual harping about our insular-ness has me smelling a poptart.
I'll go to another thread now.
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on December 22, 2013, 09:19:08 PM
Never mind, go on confirming his observation that this is a tough crowd.
I liked his OP, but apparently I'm the only one.
I liked it and I hope he sticks around.
He only said it once. And here's the thing:
WE ARE INSULAR AS FUCK.
We're aggressively hostile to new people. We have a ton of in-jokes. We are all very familiar with each other. We write a lot and it's often content-heavy or has a backdrop of context a new person simply can't pick up on. This forum is unfriendly... both actively and passively... to newcomers.
Same pattern every time. Wouldn't matter whether it was or was not Poptart, basically once someone decides to show the noob what because they don't care for their jokes or the tone of their first post it's all over, and they might as well be Poptart because they're either going to explain themselves, thereby making it worse, or defend themselves, thereby making it worse, or go on the offensive, thereby making it LOTS worse, or they do what the vast majority do, which is just go away and never post here again.
We don't even bother with a glimmer of recognition of the 50-post suggestion anymore. Nope. We don't so much as wipe our asses with it. First post and you know that SOMEBODY, probably somebody who hasn't posted anywhere in any other thread for weeks at a time, is guaranteed to come out of the woodwork to shit on the noob.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on December 22, 2013, 09:19:16 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on December 22, 2013, 09:16:33 PM
Quote from: Odibex Grallspice on December 22, 2013, 07:13:11 PM
Thas heavenly of you CPD! :eek: How do you all feel about WSB, Does he fiti n with the discordian loop?
What is a WSB?
William Burroughs. Wrote some good stuff, but snuff scenes occur more or less at random, so I never read any of his shit, ever.
Oh, that guy. I dunno, Odibex, I don't worry too much over the Discordian stuff. I just like hanging out with a bunch of people who think and say what they think and then talk about the whole thinking thing.
I HATE YOU NEW GUY. I HATE YOU LIKE FIRE HATES THE RAIN. I HATE YOU LIKE JUSTINE SACCO HATES COMMON SENSE. I HATE YOU LIKE IAN MCKELLAN HATES SPENDING ALL DAY SITTING IN A ROOM BY HIMSELF PRETENDING TO BE TALKING TO HOBBITS WHEN THEY ARE IN FACT SEVERAL ROOMS OVER BECAUSE OF CAMERA TRICKS.
WE WERE FINE BEFORE YOU CAME, OKAY?
YOU'RE NOT MY REAL DAD.
Hi new guy.
This is how we get around the holidays.
LOOKS LIKE HOOPLA IS SIDING WITH POPTART. I'LL REMEMBER THIS HOOPLA.
I'LL REMEMBER THIS NEXT TIME YOU KNOCK ON MY DOOR AND ASK FOR A CUP OF SUGAR AND I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT FOR THINKING THAT IN THIS DAY AND AGE YOU CAN TRUST YOUR NEIGHBOURS TO PROVIDE YOU WITH BAKING INGREDIENTS OR A MIDNIGHT SNACK, YOU PRICKTICKLING SPAGLORD.
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on December 22, 2013, 09:29:12 PM
He only said it once. And here's the thing:
WE ARE INSULAR AS FUCK.
He said it twice, but I am nitpicking.
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We're aggressively hostile to new people.
Unless you mean Phox and Freeky, who are hardly, if ever, around, I think that reputation is hardly earned anymore. Looking at it objectively, the new person shows up, we're nice, new person shits the bed, we all laugh.
Example: Carnival. Shows up, we're all reasonably pleasant, so Carnival decides it's time to explain why "Black people cannot be trusted to manage their lives".
I'm trying to think of a counter-example that has occurred in the last year or so.
QuoteWe have a ton of in-jokes. We are all very familiar with each other. We write a lot and it's often content-heavy or has a backdrop of context a new person simply can't pick up on. This forum is unfriendly... both actively and passively... to newcomers.
Not sure we can do anything about the passive end of things. I mean, we explain things when asked, point out the relevant threads, etc. Actively? Compare us to Giraffe. We're not so bad.
QuoteSame pattern every time.
"Hi, new guy!"
"You People are in need of my teaching."
"Uhh"
"FUCK YOU I'M LEAVING"
While I do not entirely disagree with you, I will point out that many users have in the past either exploded or fit in very nicely, with no "hazing" at all. That was 4 years ago. Since then, and it isn't just us, the entire internet has gone all assburgers. Everyone's got to show their enormous e-penis.
QuoteWe don't even bother with a glimmer of recognition of the 50-post suggestion anymore. Nope. We don't so much as wipe our asses with it. First post and you know that SOMEBODY, probably somebody who hasn't posted anywhere in any other thread for weeks at a time, is guaranteed to come out of the woodwork to shit on the noob.
Yes, the assumption of solidarity from people who don't much like us to begin with is kind of annoying.
On the other hand, "HI! YOU GUYS GET LOW MARKS" sets me off. Consider it a personal failing of mine.
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on December 22, 2013, 09:16:33 PM
Quote from: Odibex Grallspice on December 22, 2013, 07:13:11 PM
Thas heavenly of you CPD! :eek: How do you all feel about WSB, Does he fiti n with the discordian loop?
What is a WSB?
Westboro Saptist Burch, the dyslexic schismatics from the better known Westboro Baptist Church.
Quote from: Cain on December 22, 2013, 09:45:29 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on December 22, 2013, 09:16:33 PM
Quote from: Odibex Grallspice on December 22, 2013, 07:13:11 PM
Thas heavenly of you CPD! :eek: How do you all feel about WSB, Does he fiti n with the discordian loop?
What is a WSB?
Westboro Saptist Burch, the dyslexic schismatics from the better known Westboro Baptist Church.
:lol:
How was I being aggressive and hostile? I was trying to be helpful, not antagonizing.
What about his first post was insulting? I'm not seeing it. He basically said that we write a lot and have a lot of in-jokes and he felt like his best bet was to just dive on in.
What's wrong with "Hi there, new guy, so what kind of stuff do you do for fun?" or some other conversation-starter?
I mean, basically what I see in this and pretty much every other new guy thread is zero attempt to engage; it's just a bunch of circling with hackles up. The assumption we, as a board, tend to apply to new people, and it's gotten worse over time, is that they're going to be dumbasses/up to no good. That's the filter we're wearing when we read their posts, and that's how we tend to respond. It's all OH GOD THIS GUY IS GOING TO CRITICIZE US YEAH SEE RIGHT THERE THAT SOUNDS CRITICAL KILL HIM.
However, the thing is, EVERYONE'S A DUMBASS. WE ARE ALL DUMBASSES.
It's not our fault forums are slow these days. But it is our fault if we can't take that moment to recognize our filters and ask whether ALL the new people are dumbasses because we are wearing a filter that only lets us see dumbassery.
So some other guy was a racist. I'm sure there will be more. That doesn't mean THIS guy is a racist. He's probably got something else horribly wrong with him, sure. But at least can we give him a chance to fuck up on his own merit? 50 posts maybe? Because I like it best when this forum is less like a pack of baboons and more like a pack of bipedal apes. That's why I come here.
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on December 22, 2013, 09:49:40 PM
What about his first post was insulting? I'm not seeing it. He basically said that we write a lot and have a lot of in-jokes and he felt like his best bet was to just dive on in.
What's wrong with "Hi there, new guy, so what kind of stuff do you do for fun?" or some other conversation-starter?
I mean, basically what I see in this and pretty much every other new guy thread is zero attempt to engage; it's just a bunch of circling with hackles up. The assumption we, as a board, tend to apply to new people, and it's gotten worse over time, is that they're going to be dumbasses/up to no good. That's the filter we're wearing when we read their posts, and that's how we tend to respond. It's all OH GOD THIS GUY IS GOING TO CRITICIZE US YEAH SEE RIGHT THERE THAT SOUNDS CRITICAL KILL HIM.
However, the thing is, EVERYONE'S A DUMBASS. WE ARE ALL DUMBASSES.
It's not our fault forums are slow these days. But it is our fault if we can't take that moment to recognize our filters and ask whether ALL the new people are dumbasses because we are wearing a filter that only lets us see dumbassery.
So some other guy was a racist. I'm sure there will be more. That doesn't mean THIS guy is a racist. He's probably got something else horribly wrong with him, sure. But at least can we give him a chance to fuck up on his own merit? 50 posts maybe? Because I like it best when this forum is less like a pack of baboons and more like a pack of bipedal apes. That's why I come here.
I am obviously not ready for prime time. I will return when the drugs have had a chance to clear my head a little.
Because I saw something totally different. I saw You People and Insular and everyone pooping on the furniture together, this guy AND our regulars (and not-so-regulars), all at once...Like a synchronized swimming team going for the gold. Only not with swimming. With pooping.
I dunno. It's complicated and I don't want to fight about it and I'm wrong and I'll shut up now. I'm sorry.
Quote from: Hoopla on December 22, 2013, 09:35:20 PM
Hi new guy.
This is how we get around the holidays.
FTFY. :D
I still didn't mean what I said to be taken like you did, Nigel.
Quote from: Freeky Queen of DERP on December 22, 2013, 09:48:13 PM
How was I being aggressive and hostile? I was trying to be helpful, not antagonizing.
You greeted him by telling him basically that he has to say hello before he's allowed to say hello, tone-policed his intro post, said it was "stupid and hostile" and a "bad introduction".
I mean, COME ON. What's aggressive and hostile about any of that? :lol:
Quote from: Cain on December 22, 2013, 09:45:29 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on December 22, 2013, 09:16:33 PM
Quote from: Odibex Grallspice on December 22, 2013, 07:13:11 PM
Thas heavenly of you CPD! :eek: How do you all feel about WSB, Does he fiti n with the discordian loop?
What is a WSB?
Westboro Saptist Burch, the dyslexic schismatics from the better known Westboro Baptist Church.
:potd:
Quote from: Freeky Queen of DERP on December 22, 2013, 09:56:23 PM
I still didn't mean what I said to be taken like you did, Nigel.
Which part of "stupid and hostile" was meant to be endearing? :lol:
Let us "Be Real" for a moment.
Quote from: Odibex Grallspice on December 22, 2013, 06:40:12 PM
So, I'm here without even lurking :argh!:
Jesus, n00b Mcn00berton.
Using emotes in your first post. Is that substance? Is that power? Where is the food recipie or perhaps the assasination of the character of some hated personality.
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'Cause your shit seems kind of dense and rife with in-jokes.
OH GREAT NOW WE ARE DENSE.
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I don't have the concentration to unravel the monkey's paw of absurdity on display here.
Well that is going to make things tough on you, see, we here at the PD have abilities to concentrate and focus unrivaled only by ritalin laced pubescent burger flipper.
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Just know I am the number one fan of George Takei and an avid toy collector. I hope we can get along in unity and not turd buckle against a granite wall.
It is funny you should say that as we just entered turd buckling season. *rolls up sleeves* and the turds are HOT this year.
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I have much to learn, but I'm a disciple of William Burroughs so don't think you can pull the flax over my eyes!
Pfff, much to learn. That sounds suspiciously like a desire to communicate.
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SHUN THE NONBELIEVER.
SHUUUUNNNNNNNNNNuhhh
I may have read the OP and the follow up incorrectly, but I am not in the mood to wipe shit off my forehead.
I'm out.
I certainly feel hostility with every new person, and we get a lot of dumbasses, but I think the 50 post really-more-a-guideline is good.
Also a recruitment drive.
Either way, welcome new dude, human.
Whoa. Four pages of comments! You folks can sure shoot the shit or, as I want to call it but won't, navel gaze. Thanks to those in my corner on my first post, but it is just that, a first post. I wonder how some of yours would hold up? I don't really expel a lot of text, man of few words and all that. You probably won't even notice I'm here. Even now I'm grasping for words... I think the tone of my post was appropriate, I stand by everything I said there.. but I guess I could have been a bit more.. friendly (everybody loves a friendly cop) but I'm a a bit of a solo act, I live alone, don't work and have no friends.. Which spells TROLL on the internet. Not that I am one, well when I'm sane, anyway. But I call 4 pages a warm welcome and thanks for that!
Quote from: Odibex Grallspice on December 23, 2013, 06:57:11 AM
Whoa. Four pages of comments! You folks can sure shoot the shit or, as I want to call it but won't, navel gaze.
You just did. :|
QuoteThanks to those in my corner on my first post, but it is just that, a first post. I wonder how some of yours would hold up? I don't really expel a lot of text, man of few words and all that. You probably won't even notice I'm here. Even now I'm grasping for words... I think the tone of my post was appropriate, I stand by everything I said there.. but I guess I could have been a bit more.. friendly (everybody loves a friendly cop) but I'm a a bit of a solo act, I live alone, don't work and have no friends.. Which spells TROLL on the internet. Not that I am one, well when I'm sane, anyway. But I call 4 pages a warm welcome and thanks for that!
Well, you're probably a nice guy. But I hate you anyway. I'll think of a reason later.
Mostly because PILLS and SICK and OLD and CRANKY, I think. Anyway, welcome aboard. Pool's on the roof. And make sure to ask ECH (currently "Jet City Hustle") about his brand new butthole. He's very proud of it, and likes it when people bring the subject up.
And despite Nigel's defense of you, you should be aware that she's not a nice person. No. She's luring you in. She'll have your guts for garters the moment you let your guard down.
Pills, eh? I'm currently on eight scripts, which I don't even take regularly. I hope ECH's new butthole vim and vigor, I hope it is shiny and has snap. And I don't believe you about Nigel.
Quote from: Odibex Grallspice on December 23, 2013, 07:15:01 AM
Pills, eh? I'm currently on eight scripts, which I don't even take regularly. I hope ECH's new butthole vim and vigor, I hope it is shiny and has snap. And I don't believe you about Nigel.
I'm on two. Lorazapam to deal with a little bit of brain damage that keeps me from sleeping (which I take regularly, due to "sleep" and "they make me feel weird and sexy, like my bones are melting"), and Nexium, which I take when I remember to take them, which is roughly about the time I start shooting streams of acid outta every orifice.
My ignorant and malicious detractors say the pills also make me antisocial, but they lie. I'm far, far worse without them. Because when I don't take them, I do not feel like a pretty pretty princess. And that would set anyone off, wouldn't it?
And nobody believes me about Nigel. Until it's TOO LATE.
So I'm gonna stop worrying about it and go watch Lithuanian tractor porn until my wife catches me.
Quote from: Odibex Grallspice on December 23, 2013, 06:57:11 AM
Whoa. Four pages of comments! You folks can sure shoot the shit or, as I want to call it but won't, navel gaze. Thanks to those in my corner on my first post, but it is just that, a first post. I wonder how some of yours would hold up? I don't really expel a lot of text, man of few words and all that. You probably won't even notice I'm here. Even now I'm grasping for words... I think the tone of my post was appropriate, I stand by everything I said there.. but I guess I could have been a bit more.. friendly (everybody loves a friendly cop) but I'm a a bit of a solo act, I live alone, don't work and have no friends.. Which spells TROLL on the internet. Not that I am one, well when I'm sane, anyway. But I call 4 pages a warm welcome and thanks for that!
When we get going, we can be pretty argumentative. You might say.
All's well that ends well!
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on December 23, 2013, 07:18:55 AMAnd that would set anyone off, wouldn't it?
I suppose it would, frankly. The psych meds I'm on are Abilify and Lexapro, which keep me from going absolute nutters, which I have, a few times and I treasure the memories. Everything else is for my heart or stomach and oh poo I'm out of gin again.
Quote from: Odibex Grallspice on December 23, 2013, 07:27:20 AM
I suppose it would, frankly. The psych meds I'm on are Abilify and Lexapro, which keep me from going absolute nutters, which I have, a few times and I treasure the memories. Everything else is for my heart or stomach and oh poo I'm out of gin again.
Really? When I lose my shit (due to aforementioned brain damage, which happens once or twice a year), it's a horror show and when I snap out of it, I have fewer friends.
Different strokes, I guess.
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on December 23, 2013, 07:27:05 AM
All's well that ends well!
...She said, with a grin normally only seen in aquariums.
Also worth noting: The user "Cain" is actually an obscure British politician named John Major.
No, I never heard of him either.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on December 23, 2013, 07:29:14 AMReally? When I lose my shit (due to aforementioned brain damage, which happens once or twice a year), it's a horror show and when I snap out of it, I have fewer friends.
Different strokes, I guess.
Oh, yes. When I've lost my shit it's been an absolute wonderland. I guess that's the nature of bi-polar, when I'm up (about once a year) I'm like a psychedelic super hero.
Quote from: Odibex Grallspice on December 23, 2013, 07:35:30 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on December 23, 2013, 07:29:14 AMReally? When I lose my shit (due to aforementioned brain damage, which happens once or twice a year), it's a horror show and when I snap out of it, I have fewer friends.
Different strokes, I guess.
Oh, yes. When I've lost my shit it's been an absolute wonderland. I guess that's the nature of bi-polar, when I'm up (about once a year) I'm like a psychedelic super hero.
I just become paranoid. I am wary of tricks, you see, like people saying "hello" or "how are you doing?".
This isn't really a good thing if you like maintaining long term relationships.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on December 23, 2013, 07:37:35 AM
Quote from: Odibex Grallspice on December 23, 2013, 07:35:30 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on December 23, 2013, 07:29:14 AMReally? When I lose my shit (due to aforementioned brain damage, which happens once or twice a year), it's a horror show and when I snap out of it, I have fewer friends.
Different strokes, I guess.
Oh, yes. When I've lost my shit it's been an absolute wonderland. I guess that's the nature of bi-polar, when I'm up (about once a year) I'm like a psychedelic super hero.
I just become paranoid. I am wary of tricks, you see, like people saying "hello" or "how are you doing?".
This isn't really a good thing if you like maintaining long term relationships.
We get used to it.
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on December 23, 2013, 07:43:08 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on December 23, 2013, 07:37:35 AM
Quote from: Odibex Grallspice on December 23, 2013, 07:35:30 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on December 23, 2013, 07:29:14 AMReally? When I lose my shit (due to aforementioned brain damage, which happens once or twice a year), it's a horror show and when I snap out of it, I have fewer friends.
Different strokes, I guess.
Oh, yes. When I've lost my shit it's been an absolute wonderland. I guess that's the nature of bi-polar, when I'm up (about once a year) I'm like a psychedelic super hero.
I just become paranoid. I am wary of tricks, you see, like people saying "hello" or "how are you doing?".
This isn't really a good thing if you like maintaining long term relationships.
We get used to it.
Yeah, and I appreciate that. Local friends don't take the time to get used to it. Can't really blame them.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on December 23, 2013, 07:37:35 AMI just become paranoid. I am wary of tricks, you see, like people saying "hello" or "how are you doing?".
This isn't really a good thing if you like maintaining long term relationships.
My first bout with "the episode" was paranoia central, so I get your drift. But after that I had powers of telepathy and prognostication, many more!
I would have such a hard time with bipolar disorder; I really need to stay on an even keel or I start to feel... unsafe. I actually have a slightly flattened affect, but I'm fine with that. I tend to be a little prone to bouts of euphoria and paranoia/irrational anger linked to seizure clusters, but I have had fewer and fewer of those lately.
My, aren't we just a neurobiological cornucopia of fun!
I'm perfectly normal and sane.
I'm not a frothing lunatic with messianic delusions. No sir. I never shit in the pool, take instant dislike to new people, badger The Mgt and blame someone else or swap out words in well known lyrics or books and call it my own work.
I would never do those things.
Because I'm perfectly normal and sane.
In any case, I'm not glad you're here. I hate new people. They have expectations and I can't figure out what you want from me and I'd rather you were somewhere else. If you do insist on staying, I'll be sure to put you on the list I keep in my desk drawer headed "The Saved". That's how I keep track of my worshippers. Some of your modern Not-Jesuses like to use an iPad or some shit but I reckon when it all goes to apocalyptic hell I want that shit written down on paper and possibly in blood cause who's going to keep the electricity running when all the energy company people get raptured? (Big Energy is the HoliestTM of all mankinds works, so they're ALL getting raptured.)
That thing in the pool is not a lilo or other flotation device. Do not touch it. Always take the full chemical spray down when exiting the pool. No one else will tell you these things.
Sandwich toast and buttermilk! You mean there really is a pool? I heared it before but I thought it was just fairy-tell.
Hi new person!
When you say you're a disciple of WSB, what exactly do you mean by that?
Quote from: Odibex Grallspice on December 22, 2013, 06:40:12 PM
So, I'm here without even lurking :argh!: 'Cause your shit seems kind of dense and rife with in-jokes. I don't have the concentration to unravel the monkey's paw of absurdity on display here. Just know I am the number one fan of George Takei and an avid toy collector. I hope we can get along in unity and not turd buckle against a granite wall. I have much to learn, but I'm a disciple of William Burroughs so don't think you can pull the flax over my eyes!
Did you bring any pizza?
Also, as to the flax, I think I'd rather spin it into yarn than pull it over anyone's eyes . . .
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on December 23, 2013, 03:12:54 PM
Hi new person!
When you say you're a disciple of WSB, what exactly do you mean by that?
When making a decision, think what would Burroughs do. Then do the opposite.
Quote from: 375 lbs of twisted steel and sex appeal on December 23, 2013, 03:29:52 PM
Quote from: Odibex Grallspice on December 22, 2013, 06:40:12 PM
Did you bring any pizza?
I brought something better, I brought pizza rolls!
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on December 23, 2013, 03:12:54 PM
Hi new person!
When you say you're a disciple of WSB, what exactly do you mean by that?
Hi! Well, I've picked up a lot of advice from the guy I spent a lot of time making audio and video cut-ups and applied other bits of techniques for deprogramming oneself. Most of this came from a book he wrote called "the Job" which I highly recommend. I also spent some time getting audited by Scientologists, but that's another story. And I suck at stories.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on December 23, 2013, 03:12:54 PM
Hi new person!
When you say you're a disciple of WSB, what exactly do you mean by that?
He had a hanging contest with his GF and won?
Dear New guy/Troll/Butthurt meltdown in waiting,
Get an avatar. Bonus point if avatar is a photo of you and you look retarded.
Quote from: P3nT4gR4m on December 23, 2013, 05:34:32 PM
Dear New guy/Troll/Butthurt meltdown in waiting,
Get an avatar. Bonus point if avatar is a photo of you and you look retarded.
Pent speaks from experience. He is, in fact, a foaming-at-the-mouth bulldog with a pentagram etched into its forehead.
.. hence the name :roll:
Avatar gotten. I took your advice, at least partially, and I hope all is right now. I bought this avatar from the avatar store for $15.
Quote from: Odibex Grallspice on December 23, 2013, 06:03:45 PM
Avatar gotten. I took your advice, at least partially, and I hope all is right now. I bought this avatar from the avatar store for $15.
You got
taken for a ride. I got mine for $8.
I gotta say... that's a pretty sweet avatar.
Quote from: Hoopla on December 23, 2013, 06:07:20 PM
I gotta say... that's a pretty sweet avatar.
Thankies!
Odibex, do you collect little Lego spaceships?
Um, well I don't collect them, they usually get taken apart soon after I build them. But yeah that's another hobby I abandoned. You don't think any less of me do ya?
Quote from: Odibex Grallspice on December 23, 2013, 06:34:27 PM
Um, well I don't collect them, they usually get taken apart soon after I build them. But yeah that's another hobby I abandoned. You don't think any less of me do ya?
Not in the least. And I like your paintings. Why did you stop? Any hobbies now?
Obidex, please describe your perfect sunday.
I don't know why I stopped really, I had a friend who was a painter who moved away, so I didn't have anybody to show my work to. He was key in getting me started, so I don't know.. Maybe I just got depressed.
And right now the only thing I have close to a hobby is collecting sofubi kaiju (that's Japanese vinyl monsters to those in the know.
Quote from: Alty on December 23, 2013, 06:38:34 PM
Obidex, please describe your perfect sunday.
There's a WC Fields movie on in the morning and there are actual people posting on the internet (I don't know about here, but my other forum runs dry over the weekend). The mail comes with some toys from Viscous Fun. Um, I lead a pretty boring life, actually. So anything would be good. I don't know, man. I hope you weren't expecting an interesting answer.
I, Payne (your Messiah), declare Obidex to be awesome.
Nothing can possibly go wrong.
Quote from: Payne on December 23, 2013, 10:26:20 PM
I, Payne (your Messiah), declare Obidex to be awesome.
Nothing can possibly go wrong.
I think he's a jerk. :tgrr:
A big fat chromosomally-alien JERK.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on December 23, 2013, 10:27:36 PM
Quote from: Payne on December 23, 2013, 10:26:20 PM
I, Payne (your Messiah), declare Obidex to be awesome.
Nothing can possibly go wrong.
I think he's a jerk. :tgrr:
A big fat chromosomally-alien JERK.
You would say that, what with his extra terrestrial genetics and off putting social skills and all.
He may even be
toastable.
So like I said, nothing can possibly go wrong. Nothing.
He looks delicious.
I am all these things at once and none of them at the same time. Except delicious, I'm always delicious.
Hello new guy. I'm NoLeDeMiel. I rarely post. I'll see you in 6 months.
Quote from: NoLeDeMiel on December 24, 2013, 06:05:02 PM
Hello new guy. I'm NoLeDeMiel. I rarely post. I'll see you in 6 months.
NoLeDeMiel is the worst. The main offender.
Forgot the niceties: :musak: :) Hi, make youself at home! :) :musak:
Be sure to check out the GIGGLES threads!
I like the way you say things OP. I also like your avi.
Thanks, carnival. And hello to NoLeDeMiel, and, um, Tiddleywomp. My sock is wet but I am pleased to meet your acquaintance. Er, make your acquaintance....
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on December 22, 2013, 09:29:12 PM
He only said it once. And here's the thing:
WE ARE INSULAR AS FUCK.
We're aggressively hostile to new people. We have a ton of in-jokes. We are all very familiar with each other. We write a lot and it's often content-heavy or has a backdrop of context a new person simply can't pick up on. This forum is unfriendly... both actively and passively... to newcomers.
Same pattern every time. Wouldn't matter whether it was or was not Poptart, basically once someone decides to show the noob what because they don't care for their jokes or the tone of their first post it's all over, and they might as well be Poptart because they're either going to explain themselves, thereby making it worse, or defend themselves, thereby making it worse, or go on the offensive, thereby making it LOTS worse, or they do what the vast majority do, which is just go away and never post here again.
We don't even bother with a glimmer of recognition of the 50-post suggestion anymore. Nope. We don't so much as wipe our asses with it. First post and you know that SOMEBODY, probably somebody who hasn't posted anywhere in any other thread for weeks at a time, is guaranteed to come out of the woodwork to shit on the noob.
This.
I calls 'em like I see 'em :p
Quote from: holist on December 26, 2013, 03:46:41 PM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on December 22, 2013, 09:29:12 PM
He only said it once. And here's the thing:
WE ARE INSULAR AS FUCK.
We're aggressively hostile to new people. We have a ton of in-jokes. We are all very familiar with each other. We write a lot and it's often content-heavy or has a backdrop of context a new person simply can't pick up on. This forum is unfriendly... both actively and passively... to newcomers.
Same pattern every time. Wouldn't matter whether it was or was not Poptart, basically once someone decides to show the noob what because they don't care for their jokes or the tone of their first post it's all over, and they might as well be Poptart because they're either going to explain themselves, thereby making it worse, or defend themselves, thereby making it worse, or go on the offensive, thereby making it LOTS worse, or they do what the vast majority do, which is just go away and never post here again.
We don't even bother with a glimmer of recognition of the 50-post suggestion anymore. Nope. We don't so much as wipe our asses with it. First post and you know that SOMEBODY, probably somebody who hasn't posted anywhere in any other thread for weeks at a time, is guaranteed to come out of the woodwork to shit on the noob.
This.
She wasn't writing your pardon, holist. :lulz:
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on December 26, 2013, 03:58:48 PM
Quote from: holist on December 26, 2013, 03:46:41 PM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on December 22, 2013, 09:29:12 PM
He only said it once. And here's the thing:
WE ARE INSULAR AS FUCK.
We're aggressively hostile to new people. We have a ton of in-jokes. We are all very familiar with each other. We write a lot and it's often content-heavy or has a backdrop of context a new person simply can't pick up on. This forum is unfriendly... both actively and passively... to newcomers.
Same pattern every time. Wouldn't matter whether it was or was not Poptart, basically once someone decides to show the noob what because they don't care for their jokes or the tone of their first post it's all over, and they might as well be Poptart because they're either going to explain themselves, thereby making it worse, or defend themselves, thereby making it worse, or go on the offensive, thereby making it LOTS worse, or they do what the vast majority do, which is just go away and never post here again.
We don't even bother with a glimmer of recognition of the 50-post suggestion anymore. Nope. We don't so much as wipe our asses with it. First post and you know that SOMEBODY, probably somebody who hasn't posted anywhere in any other thread for weeks at a time, is guaranteed to come out of the woodwork to shit on the noob.
This.
She wasn't writing your pardon, holist. :lulz:
I never thought she was, Roger.
Quote from: holist on December 26, 2013, 06:10:36 PM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on December 26, 2013, 03:58:48 PM
Quote from: holist on December 26, 2013, 03:46:41 PM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on December 22, 2013, 09:29:12 PM
He only said it once. And here's the thing:
WE ARE INSULAR AS FUCK.
We're aggressively hostile to new people. We have a ton of in-jokes. We are all very familiar with each other. We write a lot and it's often content-heavy or has a backdrop of context a new person simply can't pick up on. This forum is unfriendly... both actively and passively... to newcomers.
Same pattern every time. Wouldn't matter whether it was or was not Poptart, basically once someone decides to show the noob what because they don't care for their jokes or the tone of their first post it's all over, and they might as well be Poptart because they're either going to explain themselves, thereby making it worse, or defend themselves, thereby making it worse, or go on the offensive, thereby making it LOTS worse, or they do what the vast majority do, which is just go away and never post here again.
We don't even bother with a glimmer of recognition of the 50-post suggestion anymore. Nope. We don't so much as wipe our asses with it. First post and you know that SOMEBODY, probably somebody who hasn't posted anywhere in any other thread for weeks at a time, is guaranteed to come out of the woodwork to shit on the noob.
This.
She wasn't writing your pardon, holist. :lulz:
I never thought she was, Roger.
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