I am going to give you a piece of potentially useful advice:
If you identify a person here who has some good ideas, and you would like to get their input on a subject of interest to you, start a thread with some of your own thoughts and analyses of the subject. 99% guarantee that if you put some thought and effort into your post, you will get some really good input from a lot of people, including the one whose input you desire. It's even probably a good idea to mention in your thread that you would like to hear what they think.
It works way better than approaches like "THINK FOR ME, THINKMONKEY!" which is what it can sound like when people request that someone else write about their topic of interest, without putting themselves out there with their thoughts and analysis. HEY ROGER, I WANT YOU TO WRITE ABOUT THIS THING I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN rarely goes over well.
I know, you're probably thinking "What, who would even do that?" Right? But you'd be surprised.
So, if you're INTERESTED in something, your best bet is to be INTERESTING by starting a thread about it, and people will talk about it.
Do it.
(modified to make sticky - Dok)
I will answer any questions so long as they are part of a formal request, with a 10-signature petition.
No way man. It can't be that easy. This is PD. There are all kinds of loop-holes and hoops to jump through. Your suggestion REEKS of common sense Nigel. Which tells me right off the bat it's wrong. There's an evil cult of big personalities here, just waiting to land on anyone who has an opinion, like a ton of bricks.
I know it because I'm insecure and don't really know how I feel about a certain topic because if you disagree then I'm going to feel stupid because I don't know how to back up my position because really, I haven't given it that much thought. I mean, I thought about it. But just not that much. Because, you know, there was this TV show on that I wanted to watch and then I had to do school work/homework/work work and, well.
It's so much easier to ask you what I should think instead of spending precious time thinking about it for myself. Because you're way smarter than me and if I agree with you then I'll feel that special little glow that tells me I'm running with the right crowd and doing the right things. That's all I really want.
Thinking is too hard and putting myself out there like that, when I could be WRONG, is just so much harder than thinking in the first place.
Clearly you're setting me up for an elaborate prank. Probably involving lasers and fishhooks.
Alternately, excellent advice. The above post was, if it isn't entirely obvious, me being silly.
Thinking for yourself is for people with way too much time on their hands.
And I can tell you, from personal experience, that something as simple as, "Cain, what the hell is going on in Greece? They can't REALLY be ready to vote Nazis into office, can they?" Is often sufficient to get the ball rolling.
Interesting point Mr. Salt, but I'm curious as to what constitutes "new." Please elaborate
Quote from: Delcon on June 23, 2013, 11:22:56 PM
Interesting point Mr. Salt, but I'm curious as to what constitutes "new." Please elaborate
Random observation : If you think it might apply to you in a way that involves you getting butthurt, you are more than welcome to assume it applies to you. It says more about you than it does anything else.
Quote from: Delcon on June 23, 2013, 11:22:56 PM
Interesting point Mr. Salt, but I'm curious as to what constitutes "new." Please elaborate
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For the purposes of this conversation, let's just say that "new" refers to anyone who hasn't been around long enough to have figured out that I'm not a mister.
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on June 24, 2013, 01:35:40 AM
For the purposes of this conversation, let's just say that "new" refers to anyone who hasn't been around long enough to have figured out that I'm not a mister.
Yeah, really.
I mean, everyone knows M. is the abbreviation for Monsieur, not Mister.
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on June 24, 2013, 02:11:33 AM
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on June 24, 2013, 01:35:40 AM
For the purposes of this conversation, let's just say that "new" refers to anyone who hasn't been around long enough to have figured out that I'm not a mister.
Yeah, really.
I mean, everyone knows M. is the abbreviation for Monsieur, not Mister.
I assumed it stood for 'Mother of God! Put down the Boathook!'
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on June 23, 2013, 10:35:40 PM
And I can tell you, from personal experience, that something as simple as, "Cain, what the hell is going on in Greece? They can't REALLY be ready to vote Nazis into office, can they?" Is often sufficient to get the ball rolling.
haha that gets me started usually :fnord: but i get too pissed off too soon and leave to forget everything usually :lulz: :lulz:
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on June 24, 2013, 01:35:40 AM
For the purposes of this conversation, let's just say that "new" refers to anyone who hasn't been around long enough to have figured out that I'm not a mister.
hahaha!
Quote from: :regret: on June 24, 2013, 09:05:17 AM
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on June 24, 2013, 02:11:33 AM
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on June 24, 2013, 01:35:40 AM
For the purposes of this conversation, let's just say that "new" refers to anyone who hasn't been around long enough to have figured out that I'm not a mister.
Yeah, really.
I mean, everyone knows M. is the abbreviation for Monsieur, not Mister.
I assumed it stood for 'Mother of God! Put down the Boathook!'
:lulz:
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on June 23, 2013, 10:04:13 PM
No way man. It can't be that easy. This is PD. There are all kinds of loop-holes and hoops to jump through. Your suggestion REEKS of common sense Nigel. Which tells me right off the bat it's wrong. There's an evil cult of big personalities here, just waiting to land on anyone who has an opinion, like a ton of bricks.
I know it because I'm insecure and don't really know how I feel about a certain topic because if you disagree then I'm going to feel stupid because I don't know how to back up my position because really, I haven't given it that much thought. I mean, I thought about it. But just not that much. Because, you know, there was this TV show on that I wanted to watch and then I had to do school work/homework/work work and, well.
It's so much easier to ask you what I should think instead of spending precious time thinking about it for myself. Because you're way smarter than me and if I agree with you then I'll feel that special little glow that tells me I'm running with the right crowd and doing the right things. That's all I really want.
Thinking is too hard and putting myself out there like that, when I could be WRONG, is just so much harder than thinking in the first place.
Clearly you're setting me up for an elaborate prank. Probably involving lasers and fishhooks.
Such a delicate knife you use to filet with, my dear! :lol:
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on June 24, 2013, 03:24:00 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on June 23, 2013, 10:04:13 PM
No way man. It can't be that easy. This is PD. There are all kinds of loop-holes and hoops to jump through. Your suggestion REEKS of common sense Nigel. Which tells me right off the bat it's wrong. There's an evil cult of big personalities here, just waiting to land on anyone who has an opinion, like a ton of bricks.
I know it because I'm insecure and don't really know how I feel about a certain topic because if you disagree then I'm going to feel stupid because I don't know how to back up my position because really, I haven't given it that much thought. I mean, I thought about it. But just not that much. Because, you know, there was this TV show on that I wanted to watch and then I had to do school work/homework/work work and, well.
It's so much easier to ask you what I should think instead of spending precious time thinking about it for myself. Because you're way smarter than me and if I agree with you then I'll feel that special little glow that tells me I'm running with the right crowd and doing the right things. That's all I really want.
Thinking is too hard and putting myself out there like that, when I could be WRONG, is just so much harder than thinking in the first place.
Clearly you're setting me up for an elaborate prank. Probably involving lasers and fishhooks.
Such a delicate knife you use to filet with, my dear! :lol:
I'm dainty and delicate all over. My filleting knife has a pink handle with butterflies on it.
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on June 24, 2013, 01:35:40 AM
For the purposes of this conversation, let's just say that "new" refers to anyone who hasn't been around long enough to have figured out that I'm not a mister.
Lies. I have met Nigel, and "she" is actually a 6'2", 300 pound stevedore with a hairy nose and a penis so damaged from STDs that it is often mistaken for a large traffic cone with hives.
He posts pics he swiped off of Angela Davis' Facebook page, and tries to get Craigslist junkies to meet "her" in dark and filthy bars, where "she" does the big reveal. His victims are then fished out of the estuary with no face. The Portland police know who he is; as do I. So why has he not been arrested? Because everyone hates Craigslist junkies. Each and every one of the snivelling punk bastards.
There. I said it.
Nigel - The hero you deserve.
Quote from: Junkenstein on June 24, 2013, 10:53:42 PM
Nigel - The hero you deserve.
Nigel - The Hero You Ordered. So stop crying.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 24, 2013, 10:52:27 PM
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on June 24, 2013, 01:35:40 AM
For the purposes of this conversation, let's just say that "new" refers to anyone who hasn't been around long enough to have figured out that I'm not a mister.
Lies. I have met Nigel, and "she" is actually a 6'2", 300 pound stevedore with a hairy nose and a penis so damaged from STDs that it is often mistaken for a large traffic cone with hives.
He posts pics he swiped off of Angela Davis' Facebook page, and tries to get Craigslist junkies to meet "her" in dark and filthy bars, where "she" does the big reveal. His victims are then fished out of the estuary with no face. The Portland police know who he is; as do I. So why has he not been arrested? Because everyone hates Craigslist junkies. Each and every one of the snivelling punk bastards.
There. I said it.
:lulz: :lulz: :lulz:
Also worth adding to the OP: if you're going to ask someone their opinion, try to make it into a conversation.
Otherwise, it just seems like another case of "think for me, thinkmonkey".
Tangentially related: if you have a piece of fiction or parable that's about half formed and you'd like to bounce it off the board to get the other half solid, where's a good place to post that?
Quote from: Queen Gogira Pennyworth, BSW on June 25, 2013, 12:32:14 PM
Tangentially related: if you have a piece of fiction or parable that's about half formed and you'd like to bounce it off the board to get the other half solid, where's a good place to post that?
Literate Chaotic, probably?
Quote from: Queen Gogira Pennyworth, BSW on June 25, 2013, 12:32:14 PM
Tangentially related: if you have a piece of fiction or parable that's about half formed and you'd like to bounce it off the board to get the other half solid, where's a good place to post that?
Just not Or Kill Me, on account of it's the last remnant of Lauren's ghettoization of all things non-cookies & pie.
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on June 24, 2013, 02:11:33 AM
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on June 24, 2013, 01:35:40 AM
For the purposes of this conversation, let's just say that "new" refers to anyone who hasn't been around long enough to have figured out that I'm not a mister.
Yeah, really.
I mean, everyone knows M. is the abbreviation for Monsieur, not Mister.
Thought it was an abbreviation for Mistress, which is what the guy she keeps tied up in the closet calls her.
Quote from: hylierandom, A.D.D. on June 26, 2013, 12:11:52 AM
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on June 24, 2013, 02:11:33 AM
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on June 24, 2013, 01:35:40 AM
For the purposes of this conversation, let's just say that "new" refers to anyone who hasn't been around long enough to have figured out that I'm not a mister.
Yeah, really.
I mean, everyone knows M. is the abbreviation for Monsieur, not Mister.
Thought it was an abbreviation for Mistress, which is what the guy she keeps tied up in the closet calls her.
We are all in Nigel's closet. We are all tied up. Only she didn't do the tying. She's just not above whacking people for kicks and going through their pockets for pizza money and mints. The only thing outside of Nigel's closet is her house. And Tucson. And possibly that weird spinny cursed statue. I don't think that's something she wants to keep in here. And even as far as Tucson goes, she keeps bringing buckets of sand into the closet and dumping it on the ground . . .
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on June 26, 2013, 12:15:25 AM
Quote from: hylierandom, A.D.D. on June 26, 2013, 12:11:52 AM
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on June 24, 2013, 02:11:33 AM
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on June 24, 2013, 01:35:40 AM
For the purposes of this conversation, let's just say that "new" refers to anyone who hasn't been around long enough to have figured out that I'm not a mister.
Yeah, really.
I mean, everyone knows M. is the abbreviation for Monsieur, not Mister.
Thought it was an abbreviation for Mistress, which is what the guy she keeps tied up in the closet calls her.
We are all in Nigel's closet. We are all tied up. Only she didn't do the tying. She's just not above whacking people for kicks and going through their pockets for pizza money and mints. The only thing outside of Nigel's closet is her house. And Tucson. And possibly that weird spinny cursed statue. I don't think that's something she wants to keep in here. And even as far as Tucson goes, she keeps bringing buckets of sand into the closet and dumping it on the ground . . .
I know, it's in my shorts.
I'm trying to get my toes up my pants legs to scratch, which is why I'm in a position that would make a contortionist flinch.
I really wish she'd just shackle my ankle instead.
Wonder what's for dinner?
Quote from: hylierandom, A.D.D. on June 26, 2013, 01:22:54 AM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on June 26, 2013, 12:15:25 AM
Quote from: hylierandom, A.D.D. on June 26, 2013, 12:11:52 AM
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on June 24, 2013, 02:11:33 AM
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on June 24, 2013, 01:35:40 AM
For the purposes of this conversation, let's just say that "new" refers to anyone who hasn't been around long enough to have figured out that I'm not a mister.
Yeah, really.
I mean, everyone knows M. is the abbreviation for Monsieur, not Mister.
Thought it was an abbreviation for Mistress, which is what the guy she keeps tied up in the closet calls her.
We are all in Nigel's closet. We are all tied up. Only she didn't do the tying. She's just not above whacking people for kicks and going through their pockets for pizza money and mints. The only thing outside of Nigel's closet is her house. And Tucson. And possibly that weird spinny cursed statue. I don't think that's something she wants to keep in here. And even as far as Tucson goes, she keeps bringing buckets of sand into the closet and dumping it on the ground . . .
I know, it's in my shorts.
I'm trying to get my toes up my pants legs to scratch, which is why I'm in a position that would make a contortionist flinch.
I really wish she'd just shackle my ankle instead.
Wonder what's for dinner?
Vaporized alcohol and sand.
:lulz:
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