I was pretty certain that Stargate was fan/Verbatim before. After today, there is little doubt in my mind. I have never seen such predictable behavior. Except maybe in my children.
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
sorry for redundancy. See Below.
AJ
[ July 22, 2004, 12:02 PM: Message edited by: BannaOj ]
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
I dunno - I've seen dogs chasing their tails with similar outcomes.
How's that for another metaphor?
-Trevor
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
Once again deleted because my cut and paste key was behaving wierdly. See below.
AJ
[ July 22, 2004, 12:07 PM: Message edited by: BannaOj ]
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
Yay! It's preserved for posterity! Thanks AJ!
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
Topic: Teenagers and education. Stargate Member Member # 6482 posted July 22, 2004 11:18 AM Reading this article, web page I agree that abstinence is the best choice over condoms and the pill, teenagers need to learn morals, they don't need to learn how to live safely in promiscuity. Posts: 208 | Registered: Apr 2004 | IP: Logged |
katharina Member Member # 827 posted July 22, 2004 11:18 AM Don't feed the troll. Posts: 13450 | Registered: Mar 2000 | IP: Logged |
Stargate Member Member # 6482 posted July 22, 2004 11:22 AM Wow, kat, how quick you are, you're in here night and day, do you take turns with the other members of your family? Howdy, long time no see. Posts: 208 | Registered: Apr 2004 | IP: Logged |
TMedina Member Member # 6649 posted July 22, 2004 11:23 AM Hah! I saw the same article earlier this morning and was going to post it, but I decided against it.I find it comforting others are less inclined to resist such temptations. -TrevorP.S. Does this count as feeding the troll? I mean, he's sooo cute and furry and has these enormous eyes...wait...those aren't his eyes...ICK! Posts: 524 | Registered: Jun 2004 | IP: Logged |
Stargate Member Member # 6482 posted July 22, 2004 11:23 AM Did I miss something?Since when i have become a troll? Posts: 208 | Registered: Apr 2004 | IP: Logged |
Zeugma Member Member # 6636 posted July 22, 2004 11:25 AM Actually, Stargate, I agree with you 100%! I think we should leave sex ed to the real experts. Like MTV. It's really the only way to make sure that future generations know what to do with their ho's, you know what I'm sayin? Posts: 125 | Registered: Jun 2004 | IP: Logged |
Stargate Member Member # 6482 posted July 22, 2004 11:25 AM Medina, I wasn't here this morning, in a matter of fact, it's months I haven't come to this website and honestly I have no idea why kat said that. Posts: 208 | Registered: Apr 2004 | IP: Logged |
Stargate Member Member # 6482 posted July 22, 2004 11:27 AM zeugma Posts: 208 | Registered: Apr 2004 | IP: Logged |
Zeugma Member Member # 6636 posted July 22, 2004 11:29 AM Um.... Stargate, if you're rolling around near me like that, do I need some kind of, I don't know, "barrier protection"? Or maybe just some rest and respect for myself? I'm so confused! Posts: 125 | Registered: Jun 2004 | IP: Logged |
rivka Member Member # 4859 posted July 22, 2004 11:29 AM Months? Really? You posted on June 30. Posts: 8110 | Registered: Mar 2003 | IP: Logged |
Zeugma Member Member # 6636 posted July 22, 2004 11:30 AM Oh, I know! "Barrier protection" would be like this!quote: (zeugma) Whew. Good to know I'm protected. Posts: 125 | Registered: Jun 2004 | IP: Logged |
PSI Teleport Member Member # 5545 posted July 22, 2004 11:30 AM *waits for post to disappear* Posts: 2607 | Registered: Aug 2003 | IP: Logged |
Bob the Lawyer Member Member # 3278 posted July 22, 2004 11:33 AM I've been playing too much CoH. When I look at her name I see $target. Posts: 2004 | Registered: Apr 2002 | IP: Logged |
Stargate Member Member # 6482 posted July 22, 2004 11:34 AM I didn't post economics in enderverse, it must be the usual glitch that others complained about in a chatroom.PSI I didn't know that deleting some posts automatically makes me a troll. Posts: 208 | Registered: Apr 2004 | IP: Logged |
PSI Teleport Member Member # 5545 posted July 22, 2004 11:34 AM Did I call you a troll? Posts: 2607 | Registered: Aug 2003 | IP: Logged |
mr_porteiro_head Member Member # 4644 posted July 22, 2004 11:40 AM Well, if you weren't before, now you are a troll. Para-bems. Posts: 2132 | Registered: Feb 2003 | IP: Logged |
rivka Member Member # 4859 posted July 22, 2004 11:40 AM Funny. I thought you just said you hadn't been here for months . . . yet you know enough about someone's posting patterns to comment?quote: Did I call you a troll? No. I will, though. Posts: 8110 | Registered: Mar 2003 | IP: Logged |
Zeugma Member Member # 6636 posted July 22, 2004 11:40 AM I may not always agree with kat, but that post was cruel. For the first time ever, I'm blowing the whistle. Posts: 125 | Registered: Jun 2004 | IP: Logged |
BannaOj Member Member # 3206 posted July 22, 2004 11:41 AM Stargate, Don't mess with my alter-ego Kat or I'll sic TomDavidson on you! AJ[ July 22, 2004, 11:42 AM: Message edited by: BannaOj ] Posts: 6033 | Registered: Mar 2002 | IP: Logged |
Stargate Member Member # 6482 posted July 22, 2004 11:41 AM Only 2 months, but I have been here for more than a year.I didn't know it was illegal to read past threads. Posts: 208 | Registered: Apr 2004 | IP: Logged |
Bob the Lawyer Member Member # 3278 posted July 22, 2004 11:42 AM Well, Stargate, you got the rise you were looking for. Have fun being banned. Salut! Au revoir! Goodbye! Posts: 2004 | Registered: Apr 2002 | IP: Logged |
Bob the Lawyer Member Member # 3278 posted July 22, 2004 11:43 AM Can you sic yourself on someone? Is that a defence? I did it because I told myself to? Posts: 2004 | Registered: Apr 2002 | IP: Logged |
rivka Member Member # 4859 posted July 22, 2004 11:43 AM It's not. But then again, you clearly don't, so that's one less thing to worry about. Posts: 8110 | Registered: Mar 2003 | IP: Logged |
PSI Teleport Member Member # 5545 posted July 22, 2004 11:44 AM OOH, Stargate's been here more than a year! Who could this person possibly have been before??? Posts: 2607 | Registered: Aug 2003 | IP: Logged |
Stargate Member Member # 6482 posted July 22, 2004 11:44 AM She started it and I reported her.Is anyone free to post a message here?I posted this thread and she enters the room, drops a lie, and then leaves and watch it all unfold before her eyes, I'd call that cruel!! Posts: 209 | Registered: Apr 2004 | IP: Logged |
Dagonee Member Member # 5818 posted July 22, 2004 11:44 AM Darn! I always miss the good posts. I knew I should have stayed in this thread. Posts: 4452 | Registered: Oct 2003 | IP: Logged |
ClaudiaTherese Member Member # 923 posted July 22, 2004 11:45 AM Name-calling and personal attacks are unwelcome behaviors.Smug flippancy and rude disingenuousness are unwelcome tactics.Please stop. Posts: 6112 | Registered: May 2000 | IP: Logged |
mr_porteiro_head Member Member # 4644 posted July 22, 2004 11:45 AM quote: I have been here for more than a year. Let's see; OSC-fan, verbatim,...What were some of your other names? Posts: 2133 | Registered: Feb 2003 | IP: Logged |
Zeugma Member Member # 6636 posted July 22, 2004 11:46 AM Have we ruled out Ced? What's he up to these days? Posts: 126 | Registered: Jun 2004 | IP: Logged |
Stargate Member Member # 6482 posted July 22, 2004 11:47 AM PSI, is a person obligated to post?I have been here 1 year, but I didn't start posting immediately, I had 250 posts, but "I" deleted them and this is not kat's business why or it makes me a troll.Have fun kids. Posts: 210 | Registered: Apr 2004 | IP: Logged |
rivka Member Member # 4859 posted July 22, 2004 11:47 AM She called you a troll. Based on your previous behavior, I'd call that an understatement.Based on your behavior in this thread, I'd call it an understatement of astounding proportions.Gonna call me names now? Posts: 8112 | Registered: Mar 2003 | IP: Logged |
Bob the Lawyer Member Member # 3278 posted July 22, 2004 11:47 AM Can I?rivka's a doody head. Posts: 2005 | Registered: Apr 2002 | IP: Logged |
rivka Member Member # 4859 posted July 22, 2004 11:48 AM Drat, did I miss some? Posts: 8112 | Registered: Mar 2003 | IP: Logged
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
mr_porteiro_head Member Member # 4644 posted July 22, 2004 11:48 AM Ced must be from before my time. But if was as much fun as verbata-fan-gate, I'm sorry I missed it. Posts: 2134 | Registered: Feb 2003 | IP: Logged |
katharina Member Member # 827 posted July 22, 2004 11:49 AM Aw, y'all fed the troll... Posts: 13451 | Registered: Mar 2000 | IP: Logged |
Stargate Member Member # 6482 posted July 22, 2004 11:49 AM 210 I mean.And Claudia, tell Kat the same, because she has no respect for other hatrackers, she jumps in calls people trolls and then disappears.She has no guts to face the conversation like an adult. Posts: 211 | Registered: Apr 2004 | IP: Logged |
TomDavidson Member Member # 124 posted July 22, 2004 11:50 AM No, what makes you a troll is your unadulterated, deliberate, and stubbornly obtuse assholery. What makes you a LYING troll is all the other stuff. Posts: 15567 | Registered: May 99 | IP: Logged |
katharina Member Member # 827 posted July 22, 2004 11:51 AM Trolls are like abused children - they beg for attention, even negative. Just ignore. They'll go away. Posts: 13453 | Registered: Mar 2000 | IP: Logged |
PSI Teleport Member Member # 5545 posted July 22, 2004 11:51 AM Stargate, your registration date is not affected by your first post. *points* Posts: 2609 | Registered: Aug 2003 | IP: Logged |
Zeugma Member Member # 6636 posted July 22, 2004 11:51 AM Especially if you give them enough rope. Posts: 127 | Registered: Jun 2004 | IP: Logged |
Stargate Member Member # 6482 posted July 22, 2004 11:51 AM rivka, previous behavior?what previous behavior? Posts: 213 | Registered: Apr 2004 | IP: Logged |
Bob the Lawyer Member Member # 3278 posted July 22, 2004 11:52 AM I never thought I'd say this, but... Ced was smarter than this. I don't think it's him, unless he dropped his (already astoundingly low) standards.And Kat, I'm only feeding him/her/it because I'm jealous. Why do you always get the trolls? All the drama? What does a guy have to do around here to get some hate? Posts: 2006 | Registered: Apr 2002 | IP: Logged |
mr_porteiro_head Member Member # 4644 posted July 22, 2004 11:52 AM There are two kinds of people in this world -- thems that gets it, thems that don't.If you have to ask the question, then you just don't. Posts: 2136 | Registered: Feb 2003 | IP: Logged |
Stargate Member Member # 6482 posted July 22, 2004 11:53 AM Ok, then I'll ignore you kat Posts: 213 | Registered: Apr 2004 | IP: Logged |
katharina Member Member # 827 posted July 22, 2004 11:53 AM Bob, you need to bat your eyes more. You've got those gorgeous long lashes - it'll work! I swear! Posts: 13453 | Registered: Mar 2000 | IP: Logged |
PSI Teleport Member Member # 5545 posted July 22, 2004 11:53 AM Hey Bob, maybe we're the same person! I never get any drama either! Posts: 2609 | Registered: Aug 2003 | IP: Logged |
(That's all I have) I was saving the last and hit refresh again and it was this thread.
AJ
Posted by Zeugma (Member # 6636) on :
Wow, aren't you glad we don't have to read threads with formatting like that!
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
How long until we get another reincarnation of this weird troll-phoenix?
Posted by Zeugma (Member # 6636) on :
There was one more from Stargate at the end that was seriously entering psycho stalker territory.
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
Hey Kat! I have a question! *hopes she comes in this thread*
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
You didn't miss much - I made some flippant comment about taking out the trash, an explosion of posts and the interesting parallels between my annointed task and the ongoing thread.
-Trevor
Posted by Bob the Lawyer (Member # 3278) on :
*bats lashes*
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
*whistles at Bob*
Oh wait. I don't think it's my attention you were hoping for. *toddles off*
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
*pat pat* It's ok dear, no need to defend yourself.
We know exactly what you are.
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
Wow, Mr. Head - you called that one pretty closely.
Got any lotto number suggestions for me?
-Trevor
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
Kat, did you fly into Salt Lake City on June 30th? Perchance?
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Did I? *thinks* I don't think so.
No, the last time I went anywhere was to New Hampshire at the end of May. I think.
How come?
Added: June 30th I was tubing down the Guadalupe. I knew I went somewhere, but I couldn't remember where. Why? Do I have a doppleganger?
[ July 22, 2004, 12:06 PM: Message edited by: katharina ]
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
The wild, lying claims about how the forum works to those who don't need to know much to know better, the ridiculous accusations of people we know long and well, the extreme, almost compulsive, deleting addiction, the one-sided, narrow-minded, childish approach to world issues.... Need I go on?
[ July 22, 2004, 12:08 PM: Message edited by: beverly ]
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
Oh, well I guess that's a good thing. I saw a woman that looked like you standing next to me at the airport. I almost said something.
I'm REALLY glad I didn't now.
I must have had Hatrackers on the brain.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
*takes bow*
Yes, I do. Pi.
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
You know Tom D did lay the smack down as I requested.
Maybe we are all the same person...
AJ
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
See what I mean?
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
I have no idea what you just said.
If you are saying that all conservatives are labeled as trolls, then that's just not true.
Look at Dagonee. He's one of the most out-spoken people on the board, and pretty conservative on most issues.
Yet I have never seen anybody call him a troll.
I'll leave it as an exercise for the reader to figure out why.
[ July 22, 2004, 12:18 PM: Message edited by: mr_porteiro_head ]
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Banna, I am delighted and flattered to be associated with y'all.
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
Kat put the apostrophe before the "a" in y'all. *Puts Kat on Human List*
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
and I would like to to beverly and m_p_h at this point...
AJ
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
It's not the being conservative.... Plenty o' liberals have been smacked down for being narrow-minded and puerile as well.
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
Probably more.
[ July 22, 2004, 12:15 PM: Message edited by: PSI Teleport ]
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
aw, shucks.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
quote:kat doesn't like conservatives, so when a thread comes up and somehow the ideas are too "Republican" to her, she starts screaming "troll"
Okay, I give up. This made me respond. That's HILARIOUS. I want to link to this over on GreNME.
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
Again Stargate continues to make my point for me. Kat is as conservative as they come. I mean that in the nicest way possible. Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
*falls over laughing* Katie doesn't like conservatives...dear me, that's funny.
Bev and mph are right, the smackdown gets put on folks who're being narrow minded.
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
Me too.
(To AJ)
[ July 22, 2004, 12:16 PM: Message edited by: beverly ]
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
The thing that I appreciate about Stargate is that (s)he(?) posts an inflammatory position, then when folks start attacking it, says (s)he(?) was just kidding, and aren't we all stupid for getting so riled up over what was obviously a joke. Also assuming that everyone who is sane will have memorized most of Dr. Laura's books.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
kat, I think you should get that bronzed and pull it out every time someone accuses you of being a close-minded conservative. Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
If you are saying that all conservatives are labeled as trolls, then that's just not true.
Look at Dagonee. He's one of the most out-spoken people on the board, and pretty conservative on most issues.
Yet I have never seen anybody call him a troll.
I'll leave it as an exercise for the reader to figure out why.
edit: I re-posted this because I didn't get the edit up in time for Stargate.
[ July 22, 2004, 12:19 PM: Message edited by: mr_porteiro_head ]
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
I think I will. I love it.
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
OSC-fan, I counseled you long ago on how to be respected on this forum. I also asked you to email me so we could talk it out. You never did. I am disappointed.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
<-- is jealous of kat
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
hey bev cool post count (it was 1616 when i saw it)
AJ
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
That's what's so funny, Stargate, I'm pretty sure she believes in encouraging teenagers to abstain from sex too. In a sense, she agrees with you. But there are nuances in your approach that you don't seem to realize are terribly narrow-minded and ignorant.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
mph: Really? Honestly, I can't imagine why. I'm not being fascetious.
Added: Okay, I reread the conversation. The plaque I'm having made to trot out when necessary, of course.
[ July 22, 2004, 12:24 PM: Message edited by: katharina ]
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
I think you (Stargate) are not really conservative, but trying to pretend to be in order to mock positions OSC has presented in his review articles. My reason for thinking this was the timing of the appearance of OSC-fan.
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Your height.
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
More denial....
It ain't gonna help you, hon. You'd be *much* more respected for admiting it.
But you didn't listen to my advice last time either.
[ July 22, 2004, 12:21 PM: Message edited by: beverly ]
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
"and I would like to to beverly and m_p_h at this point..."
Indeed. Os Porteiros have got it goin' on. Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
Yeah, several here believe as pooka does that you are a false identity put forth to make conservatives look like IDIOTS. But I happen to believe that you are just incredibly clueless. I have been wrong before though. Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
I have a confession to make.
It was because of OSC-fan's cross-posting about that article over on the OSC side of the forum that both beverly and I ended up on this side of the forum.
I'm here because of OSC-fan.
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
It happened again - +30 posts in five minutes.
I hope this doesn't count against the much-threatened landmark.
-Trevor
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
You know there is really only one person that looks like an idiot here and it isn't kat.
Maybe we should have acceded to her previous request though.
AJ
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
kat -- I'm jealous that you get to bronze this thread as proof that you hate conservatives.
I wish that I had something like that. Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
Maybe, but then my morning would have been alot more boring.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
OSC-fan always entertains me. Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
Yeah, this is as good as it gets. Hatrack at its finest. ^_^
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
I am indeed saving this thread for that purpose. I completely love it.
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
There are intelligent conservatives out there - quite a few of them on this board.
I may not agree with them completely, but then I don't agree with anyone completely. It's a quirk.
Of course, I apply the same observation to the liberals - quite a few on here and some intelligent ones to boot.
Now, if I can only find the bloody Moderates...
-Trevor
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
It's true, Kat's a leftist radical. She wants to legalize gay marriage, ban apple pie, and have mandatory flag burnings in public schools.
quote:Look at Dagonee. He's one of the most out-spoken people on the board, and pretty conservative on most issues.
Yet I have never seen anybody call him a troll.
I'll leave it as an exercise for the reader to figure out why.
Because I'm nice to 2/3 of Kat/AJ/Tom so s/he deletes all the mean posts about me. I just argue with Tom in religion and some of the political threads so no one suspects anything.
Dagonee
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
PSI, you do have a point. If there drama like this in real life, we'd all get dragged into someone's office and mocked at the Christmas party. I know I'm awake. Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
I sure wish I could tell which it is. Sham, or clueless?
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
*raises hand* I'm a moderate. It's hard to tell, because I hate Bush so much that people assume I'm a liberal, but I'm really about as moderate as they come. Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
10 bucks says Stargate isn't old enough to vote...
AJ
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Now I agree with pooka. Stargate *must* not believe what she's saying.
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
quote: Now, if I can only find the bloody Moderates...
Oh! Oh! Describe the moderate....maybe I'm that!
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Stargate...I'm sure you make your pet rock very happy.
[ July 22, 2004, 12:30 PM: Message edited by: PSI Teleport ]
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
Doesn't Jebus have a sense of humor like this? Have I discovered Fan/Verb/Gate's secret identity? Was that the game? We had to guess who was behind this?
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
Snicker.
I've found people tend to vary on specific issues - Tom, I wasn't aware of your opinion on Bush but it doesn't surprise me.
Tack on your position regarding religion and I think you're tossed into the far left side of Moderation.
-Trevor
Edit: Stargate, that was both rude and tacky. Taking your dog behind the woodshed doesn't count as being married.
Not that I've ever known a dog to smoke before, but what the hell.
[ July 22, 2004, 12:31 PM: Message edited by: TMedina ]
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
Please stargate do clarify what you meant about the "unlike you..." bit
AJ
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
quote: Because I'm nice to 2/3 of Kat/AJ/Tom so s/he deletes all the mean posts about me. I just argue with Tom in religion and some of the political threads so no one suspects anything.
Brilliant! [/british voice]
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
*waits patiently*
Do I win anything?
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
quote:banna, I am married, unlike you...
Yeah, but Banna's nice and intelligent, unl...nah, too easy.
Dagonee
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
So I guess we are all mindless slaves to kat's opinion because we all think that is what you are doing as well, right?
Or do we all hate Conservatives?
Maybe we are all kat, and her family members are all typing on the same computer at the same time under different screen names.....that way it looks like lots of people agree with me...I mean her...well, you know
[ July 22, 2004, 01:02 PM: Message edited by: Kwea ]
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
I've got to admit, if Stargate is OSC-fan, she's gotten tougher since last time. This time she has stuck around after everybody ganged up on her.
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
Edit: Stargate, that was both rude and tacky. Taking your dog behind the woodshed doesn't count as being married.
Not that I've ever known a dog to smoke before, but what the hell.
Sorry for the re-posting, but I was feeling cranky this morning.
-Trevor
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
I just asked you a respectful civilized question and you are saying that I already know?
Actually there are about 10 different things I could imagine you saying and I'm not sure which one you meant. Especially since TomDavidson, kat and I are all the same person. TomDavidson has posted pictures of his new daughter, therefore if I'm not married then I'm not Tom am I?
AJ
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
quote: Wow, am I impressed. I'd tell you how much, but I don't know any words that small.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
*hugs Banna*
Abused children syndrome. Longing for attention, he'll say anything.
bev, for what it's worth, I agree with pooka completely.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
He's a troll, Banna. He's going for attention.
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
It's safe to say he has it.
-Trevor
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
Maybe it thinks if it's offensive enough, Bev'll delete the thread.
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
I wish I knew for sure. I am still hesitant to believe that Fan/Verb/Gate is fake. I definitely count it as a possibility though.
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
I hope he is a fake - I'd hate to think someone is suffering like this IRL.
-Trevor
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
I refuse to believe that somebody could be genuinely that clueless. It's much more comforting to me, for some reason, to assume that people are just mean, but no unbelievably dense.
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
quote: Nice, nice, I hope akcard knows about this.
Though aka and kacard are two of the nicest people you could ever meet so it isn't that uncomplimentary.
AJ
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
There probably are though, you know? I mean, I think I knew a few people in high school that acted like this in real life. They were in trouble all the time, but at least they got attention then. Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
But if he/she is fake, he/she has invoked my wrath by not giving up the gig already.
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
Could Stargate be AJ's grandmother? Now that would make sense.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Mite, let me introduce you to Beam.
Kettle, this is Pot.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
bev, he probably wants the wrath. That's kind of squicky, I know.
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
Oh, right...got it...it's a taste of our faith and Humility as put forth by the Scripture.
Chalk up one more in the "I'm going to Hell" category.
-Trevor
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
Yes, I promise you, there are people who act this petty and clueless IRL. It is a definite possibility.
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
quote: I am not a troll
People who aren't trolls don't have to keep defending themselves this way. The best defense is to prove it.
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
I'm not sure that OSC fan and Stargate are the same person. That much might be true. But I think they are definitely from the same secret liberal cabal.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
quote: mr porteiro, that's because I am not OSCfan, how many times I have to repeat that?
The same number of times you have to repeat that you aren't a troll.
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
Like how if someone says, "I'm an adult!" they aren't?
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
Well, the point is - we're not sure she was spreading lies.
The truth hurts sometimes.
-Trevor
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
Wow, this reminds me of the time I was in the theater (during Prisoner of Azkaban). This little girl in the front started yelling to her parents, "NO! Don't do that! I'm a big girl, I'm not a baby anymore! WAAAAH!"
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
Stargate, Kat was just saying what many of us were already thinking. I think it is funny that someone would suggest that Hatrack is full of mindless sheep who believe everything that Kat says.
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
I'm trying to figure out why this person actually hates Kat so much. She's been the primary target of almost every one of these attacks. Tom Davidson and I just got caught as ancillary characters I think.
AJ
[ July 22, 2004, 12:50 PM: Message edited by: BannaOj ]
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
I think she was the first one to challenge the person.
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
Maybe Kat stole her boyfriend in High School.
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
Kat's more popular? Better respected?
A perverse alter-ego engaging in self-evaluation?
I dunno.
-Trevor
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
History is fuzzy, I thought I was...
AJ
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
AJ-? Speak to me.
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
I think you were the first person to get hit with a personal attack.
-Trevor
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
I missed the exact thread where it all started, but I think the tension was with both you and Kat. Then Tom got tacked on later. Some of that residual tension with AJ has certainly popped back in here....
Posted by Bob the Lawyer (Member # 3278) on :
You'd better watch it, Stargate, I'm a raging liberal with no self-control and I just might jump your bones. All that talk about abstinence is making me randy.
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
This is very reminiscent of high school teenage-girl drama.
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
basically what bev said PSI. my memory is furry at best.
AJ
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
quote: two months ago, for reasons that are none of her business, i deleted some of my threads.
Wait, are you sure it wasn't a computer glitch?
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
Oh, and Stargate, the despising liberals comment is just the sort of thing that makes you come off as a troll. (Assuming the cluelessness side of things.)
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
Waving makes the sarcasm in the previous phrase go away. I see....
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Oh my stars, I HATED high school drama. I was so bad at it. The first whisper, and I ran as fast as I could for the hills. I didn't date anyone I liked in high school, so the things with boys wasn't the issue. Was anyone actually good at it?
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
quote: No, PSI, I never said it was a computer glitch, don't you know that only the person who posts can delete her posts?
She can be taught! Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
I'm getting flashbacks to the pool party where the same guy threatened for about thirty minutes to push in the pool with my clothes on.
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
No, you will only gain (some) respect when you stop pretending you are not OSC-fan.
I think the only people despised on this forum are murderers, rapists, and, oh yeah, trolls.
Although, I do seem to remember counseling OSC-fan to stand by what she said. Maybe you did listen to me, just a little.
Need to work on the lying though.
[ July 22, 2004, 01:04 PM: Message edited by: beverly ]
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
quote: The computer glitch was just that thread that says it's mine while it'snot, i was in a private chatroom and they told me that it happens when you delete posts sometimes, so , no big deal.
Except that you can only delete a post when you've posted, and YOU said you hadn't been here then. Two months, I believe you said.
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
You know I did that at a wedding reception when I was like 3 or 4 kat. Well no one pushed me in, I jumped in of my own volition. At least they took the nasty itchy frufru dress off of me afterward to dry me off.
AJ
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
"i was in a private chatroom and they told me that it happens when you delete posts sometimes, so , no big deal."
A private chatroom? Really? With whom? Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
Then you weren't really away, were you?
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
I jumped in the lake with my clothes on at girls' camp once. I was wearing jeans. It wasn't nearly as much fun as it should have been.
Somehow, the vision of little Anna catapulting into a pool wearing a foofy dress is both hilarious and fitting.
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
Everything she has said has been borne out by your behavior in this thread. I don't care if you are OCS_fan or just a pale imitator, she was right about you trolling.
Unless we are all so stupid that we are "misreading" you...
We know and like her, so we trust her more than someone we don't know, and surly don't like.
What is so hard to understand about that?
[ July 22, 2004, 01:14 PM: Message edited by: Kwea ]
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
I've got pictures of how they dressed me too...
When did I outgrow the angelic look? I got away with so much then!
AJ
Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :
quote:Which is why kat is right, and we shouldn't feed the trolls.
Well, yeah, but if it weren't for threads like this, my club would be severely lacking in membership.
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
The sad part is, they're usually right.
-Trevor
Edit: Lying to us? I'm going to head out on a limb here, but it's fair to say most of us reached that conclusion about you on our own.
[ July 22, 2004, 01:10 PM: Message edited by: TMedina ]
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
quote:A private chatroom? Really? With whom?
It must have been the creator of the infamous black list. Which I'd love to see a copy of some day.
Wet jeans are the most uncomfortable clothes in creation.
And AJ, you probably got away with it by telling them you were playing baptism.
Dagonee Edit: And if THIS thread pulled CT back in, then we don't have to ever feel guilty about encouraging her.
[ July 22, 2004, 01:10 PM: Message edited by: Dagonee ]
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
I think I just made the blacklist!
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
But as I recall, the wedding was a Catholic wedding Dags
AJ
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Wet jeans are also HEAVY.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
I remember having to jump in the pool fully dressed, take my jeans off, and then try to make a life preserver out of them.
For a weenie 11-year-old, that was pretty tough.
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
Yeah mack have you ever had to wear jeans all day soaking wet, like at an amusment park after you've been on a water ride? I've actually gotten something akin to diaper rash from them before.
AJ
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
It's easier with parachute pants. Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
YES...the chafing is horrible.
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
"chafing" yeah that was the word I was trying for and couldn't come up with and was bugging me!
Thanks mack! AJ
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
Porter: o_O
And impossible.
[ July 22, 2004, 01:16 PM: Message edited by: PSI Teleport ]
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Hey! At kamacon we'll actually to get real life compare how sibling-like we look. o_O
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
quote:But as I recall, the wedding was a Catholic wedding Dags
Wow, I'm trying to picture your grandma at a Catholic wedding. The mind boggles.
Dagonee
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
my hair is bugging me at the moment, maybe I should cut it short for the occasion so we'd match
AJ
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
Grandma wasn't there. It was the nearly disowned Catholic/Mormon/Episcopal branch that my Great Aunt belongs to. I think it was her son that was getting married.
AJ (The bride was raised Catholic hence the Catholic wedding. I doubt it was a high mass but I really don't remember much. I was only 3 or 4)
[ July 22, 2004, 01:21 PM: Message edited by: BannaOj ]
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
A new thread is due any time now - it should give you plenty to comment on.
-Trevor
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
My younger sister actually attacked my hair with scissors this weekend because bits of it were bugging the crap out of her and she couldn't stand it.
Just touch ups around my hairs and at my face, but she did a good job. It's wierd, seeing your little sister being a total grownup...and then her trying to put you in a headlock as soon as she puts her scissors away.
But yeah, if you have the face for this haircut, I'd advocate it to anyone. Specially if hair bugs the crap out of you, like it does me.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Um...I still own and sometimes wear blue eyeshadow. *hides*
It's okay! I live in Dallas!
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
Mac - we'd have to see the haircut before we can comment yea or nay.
-Trevor
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Ah, that explains it. Must be where you started going astray, hanging out with the bad element.
Dagonee
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
Do you use product in it Mack? Hair products scare me.
Right now it is just long enough I can throw it out of the way in a ponytail.
I've thought about growing it back long too. I'm still undecided.
AJ
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
I'm confused. Who here are actual, real-life siblings?
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
mack has a real life sister.
I don't have any sisters IRL. However people (including my own boyfriend) have commented from pictures that we look a lot alike.
AJ
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
I wish I could wear your hair, mack. I've considered it before, but my head is a cube. Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
Proof? You got it..
quote: posted July 22, 2004 01:06 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- just like you beverly or kat, night and day, always here, always ready to label someone a troll.
quote: beverly, you all labeled me a troll, i have nothing to lose by saying i despise liberals, maybe I gain respect from some of you since i am not afraid to voice my opinion.
Troll logic 101...
quote: banna, I am married, unlike you...
If you want to try and pretend there was no bite to that, be my guest...
quote: posted July 22, 2004 12:38 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Who said you're all the same person?
banna, I just remember you saying you were having premarital relationships, I can't recall the thread.
Riiiight......
quote: I wasn't here this morning, in a matter of fact, it's months I haven't come to this website and honestly I have no idea why kat said that.
Make up you mind...were you away, or not....
quote: Stargate Member Member # 6482 posted July 22, 2004 11:44 AM She started it and I reported her.Is anyone free to post a message here?I posted this thread and she enters the room, drops a lie, and then leaves and watch it all unfold before her eyes, I'd call that cruel!!
She voiced an opinion, which she is entitled to do, just like you were posting inflammatory remarks in your fist post/topic.
You call her liar and cruel....comfirming her suspicions.
I am the last person to jump on a bandwagon and brand someone a troll...it happened to me when I first got here, through no fault of my own. A known troll disappeared the day i started posting, and since I jumped right in (I am NOT shy ) posting a lot of people thought I was him. Some of them even e-mailed threats to me, which is why I removed my e-mail from here for 2 years...and just put it back in place a month ago or so.
But you have bee acting aggressively, calling people names and starting inflammatory topics with little or no respect for the opinions of others.
If you aren't a troll, stop acting like one.
Kwea
[ July 22, 2004, 06:15 PM: Message edited by: Kwea ]
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
PSI your statement just gave me a series of very weird mental images. Mack standing next to you taking her hair off, and putting it on your head and then your face suddenly morphing into a cube...
AJ
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
Wow I just barely remember all that Kwea. I've gotten so used to you being around...
AJ
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
Wow - people emailing threats?
Sheesh.
-Trevor
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
Excellent. Mission accomplished.
I want to see a pic of you, AJ! To see if you look like Mack.
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
there's a bunch of pictures of me here and a few (including one of my family on the "links" page) here http://corgipages.com (my stuff is on the Lowryder side of that page. You can find mack on madowl.com
AJ
[ July 22, 2004, 01:36 PM: Message edited by: BannaOj ]
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
HEY! I didn't know you had an album! *looks*
(oh, signing)
[ July 22, 2004, 01:39 PM: Message edited by: PSI Teleport ]
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
quote:Dag, you're a bad, bad boy. But then, as you are studying law, we all know that you must be demonic, so no news there.
Actually, you guys have never seen me at close to my worst.
It doen't happen with writing so much as speaking, but if I get pissed off and don't rein myself in, I can be pretty mean and insulting. The last time I did it was in the big dispute with my former business partner. I suckered him in and then just absolutely destroyed him verbally.
Dagonee
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
I actually use two types of product depending on how I'm going to wear it. Both ways of styling require about two minutes and no blowdrying. Washing my hair takes about three minutes.
messy style one My sister prefers this style but does agree with me that if I don't wear Obviously Girl Clothing That Emphasizes I Have Girly Curves (and this is WITH lip gloss and mascara, folks, that this happens), I will sometimes be mistaken for a young boy. However, the stuff I use for this one is some gel-water-like stuff. It's cool...it turns watery in your hands and you put it in your hair, ruffle it, and there you go. It isn't stiff, either.
This other style requires a bit more attention, as you have to get the back all spiky and finger over the front bit. It also uses hair glue stuff. The final result is more girly but requires an additional minute of styling. And your hair is rather...set.
Gol' durn it! How come y'all had to schedule KamaCon so close to my wedding?!? I want to meet everyone! Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
hmm, considering what I already wear to work, I could have the "boy" problem too.
I've already been treated like an intern several times recently with people that should realize I've been at the company a bit longer than just a summer.
I think I'll wait to take a look at it in person before I do it. Also, though are faces are similar they might be different enough I can't get away with it as well.
AJ
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
Hmmm...
Hmmm...
It's a good look.
-Trevor
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
Yeah, I almost quit...things got really difficult... I kept saying " I haven'y done anything" and people would send me stuff that otaku had said....but since I wasn't him, it just pissed me off more and more.
A lot of the threats/arguments came in parachat....remember when we use to actually use parachat? That was over 3 years ago.
AJ: Yeah, it was tough. I am around a lot more now that I have a good computer, huh? And people have seen me IRL, too.
Really only the first month was bad, and I had a lot of people stick up for me too. If it wasn't for peole like Belle and Jenny Gardener, Ela and Balck Fox, and BookWyrm, kwisni....well, lets just say that I had a liot of supportes too, and I am glad I stayed....
Kwea
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Yeah. We'll see. Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
Kwea: threats? Really? From whom?
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
Kwea - ya know, my thought is: if you're going to threaten me, don't do it over email. I'm as big a fan of posturing as the next guy, but c'mon. That's just juvenile.
Mac - sorry, but I had a similar first impression.
Which led to a huge amount of confusion on my part until I saw the second pic.
-Trevor
Edit: Whoop! Kwea has never, ever sent me an email - threatening or otherwise. I just re-read my post and realized how it could be interpreted.
[ July 22, 2004, 01:53 PM: Message edited by: TMedina ]
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Wow! I go to lunch, and look at what I miss! I'm not gonna take lunch anymore...
FG
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
I would rather not say, to tell you the truth...I only remember two people threatening...but I got about 4 e-mails from each of them, so it bothered me. Particularly since I didn't do anything wrong, and didn't know them.
Not all the threats were of voilence...one one person did that, and I didn't take it seriously. One person said they would just follow me from post to post shouting "TROLL ALERT" everywhere I posted....another got really insulting, very personal.
Not a good way to welcome a new person....
In parachat it was always a bad thing....people ganged up on me pretty bad....so i only came here really late at night.
I never acted the way Stargate has here....and I wouldn't do the same thing to him that happened to me unless he deserved it, IMO.
If he wants to be free of the troll label, let him do the same thing I did...ignore it, and prove otherwise by his behavior in posts. If he did that, I would back him up like people did for me....but if this stuff happens again, I will just ignore him as a troll from that point on....
TMedina: Any time you wannna go, man....lol....
I got what you mean, really...I feel the same way...what were they gonna do, beat up my ISP?
[ July 22, 2004, 02:11 PM: Message edited by: Kwea ]
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
I like this "Death by Fluff." That's how I wanna go when it's my time to head to the great forum in the sky. I'm picturing sinking slowly into a great big marshmallow.
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
Kat: You poophead...lol...stop lying!
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
Yeah, lest anyone think I am being too petty and cruel, let me explain my post about "murderers, rapists and trolls".
To me a murderer or a rapist is someone who would murder or rape. Someone who has truly repented of those things is an ex-murderer or ex-rapist, IMO. Now, a confessing ex-murderer or ex-rapist still has to go to jail. An ex-troll doesn't have to go to jail. There may be some hesitancy to trust for awhile, but stop acting like a troll and people will stop calling you a troll.
But how do you stop acting like a troll if you honestly don't know what it is you are doing that set people off?
First of all, while Hatrack is a place to express opinions, no one here will respect an opinion that is fueled by prejudice, hate, or ignorance. Even if that opinion is close to their own. In fact, quite often, it is when it *is* close to your own that you come out most strongly against it.
Also, Hatrack is an excellent place for people to learn to understand people who think differently from them. It has really been this for me. I have loved that! If you aren't willing to try and see how another person looks at something, you don't belong here.
If you can't back up your opinion with good reasons, people won't respect it. And even if you do have good reasons, that doesn't mean people are going to automatically agree with you, because they have their reasons too. We are not here to try and convert people to our way of thinking--though that might happen sometimes. We are here to try and see eye to eye a little better.
Trolls are people who have no respect for these things and try to disrupt these efforts, making trouble. When someone says "Don't feed the trolls" all it means is "That post was inflammatory. It probably makes you upset. Ignore it, and it will go away."
I sincerely hope that helps, at least a little.
Posted by Space Opera (Member # 6504) on :
I wuvs you, Bev.
space opera
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
Aw, thanks! Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
Hey! No tongue! Posted by Space Opera (Member # 6504) on :
You truly are the devil man.
space opera
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Ah Kwea. Not even in jest. Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
I agree with beverly's post.
However. It is not helpful for anyone to say in essence, "this person is a troll." Especially as a first response to an outrageous statement. That is taking the easy way out. It's saying, "This person cannot possibly have anything worth saying, so I'm not even going to try to refute their arguments."
The way I see it, there are two possibilities: (1) the person is just ignorant and is putting forward their position as they see it, or (2) the person is actually a troll and is just trying to get a reaction. Actually, why don't we add a third possibility, as it seems most likely in this case: (3) all of the above.
In light of these possibilities, repeatedly calling the offender a troll or insulting them is utterly useless. It's not like you have to warn the others that there's a troll about -- we're smart people, we can figure that out. If you are going to respond at all (and I'm not saying you shouldn't), why not present your position? Use as much nuance as you see fit. Keep in mind that ignorance is something that is possible to lose, and some people (even the ignorant ones) want to lose theirs.
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
Hi Mike! Member #55, huh?
Stop trolling, wouldya!!! Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
But this is a special case because most of us believe in our heart of hearts that Stargate is OSC-fan and Verbatim. With that assumption, she already has a bad track record. Lies, pettiness, deleting whole threads (frequently). Otherwise, I totally agree with you.
Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
Yeah. But as far as that goes, if you assume they're the same person you run the risk of what happened to Kwea repeating itself. That alone should be enough reason to give Stargate the benefit of the doubt.
And, Kwea, I'm not a troll. I'm not. Why won't you believe me? Aaaaaah! Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
I call Stargate as a troll based on posts posted by Stargate.
I'd feel sheepish about that if it weren't true.
I have been converted to the Death by Fluff method, though. Next time, instead of calling troll, I'm going to suggest that Jake Lloyd play Ender.
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
Mike, I was pretty sure Stargate was OSC-fan and Verbatim *long* before today. I don't think I am the only one either.
Dude, I try really hard to give people the benefit of the doubt. But Stargate has done all of the very same things that OSC-fan/Verbatim did. Outragiously obvious lies, etc, etc.
I am willing to forgive and forget. But I won't not think of her as a troll until she stops acting like one.
Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
Of course Jake LLoyd will play Ender. Sheesh.
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
Anyone notice how short this thread suddenly became?
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
Yup... not surprising really... If anyone wishes documentation I have it.
AJ
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
She's just trying to prove us right.
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
I decided that it likes to delete it's posts so that it will look like we're all talking to ourselves.
[ July 22, 2004, 05:30 PM: Message edited by: PSI Teleport ]
Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
Fair enough. I haven't seen enough of the "discussions" in real-time to come to any definite conclusions.
quote:I decided that it likes to delete it's posts so that it will look like we're all talking to ourselves.
I don't think it's fooling anyone. (Oh, and it's "its".)
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
No, I've decided that it's name is it, with no capital letter. So it's it's.
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
it has a tendency to post on tuesdays and thursdays too. Occasionally will post on wednesdays if it has caused a hubbub.
AJ
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Actually' it's still its, not it's. it's == it is
And for what it's worth, that's a stoopid rule.
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
Now, wait a minute. If a person's name is It, then with a possessive it would be It's. I just choose not to give the person the satisfaction of capitalization. That's the only grammatical mistake, and it was purposeful.
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
PSI the personal posessive of "it" is "its" without an apostrophe. This because "it's" is a contraction meaning "it is"
Where's Jon Boy?
AJ
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
It's true. It sucks. The possesive of "it" is "its" - no apostrophe.
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
GAAAAAAAAHHHH!
I'm well aware that "it" possessive is its.
But if you name your child IT and IT is on its birth certificate, then it is a name and not a pronoun. It would be made possessive the same way that any other name would, and that's with an apostrophe.
*pants*
edit: You didn't see that.
[ July 22, 2004, 05:56 PM: Message edited by: PSI Teleport ]
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
but you are implying it is an "it" without even a name. so I thought logically you would treat it lesser than someone whose name was "it"
AJ
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
Now, if you are suggesting that I should make it even less important by referring to it as a pronoun rather than a person with a name, I might be happy with that.
*considers calling it by the pronoun it from now on*
(By the way, I really did make a mistake in the first post. I just wanted to be super cool. I stand by what I said about the rule though. )
Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
OK, it's name is "it". I'm down with that.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Claudia Therese, I don't know. Sort of a Death by Chocolate response?
I remember watching Sleeping Beauty with My Little Neighbor boy once, and he informed the reason Malificent acted the way she did was because she needed more hugs. Something like that?
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
Just refuse to reply again. Pretend that there is an ignore button, like we were in chat.
That is my plan, anyway.
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
After taking it personally a while back, I have been mostly trying to diffuse by absurdity which can then deteriorate to "death by fluff".
I love the color teal though!
AJ
(I have however been taking the precaution of documneting and saving everything as much as possible, simply because the mods can't dig up deleted threads. This is because I got burned once)
AJ
[ July 22, 2004, 06:29 PM: Message edited by: BannaOj ]
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
You mean turning a thread like that into a discussion of something productive?
Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :
quote:But I could really get into finding pretty teal-colored dog toys online for AJ's crew, or maybe teal Boy Scout memorabilia for you, or pretty scarves to match Christy's eyes, or ... well, I could just go on and on and on.
So...
this would be your version of "show and teal," eh?
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
quote: I have been mostly trying to diffuse by absurdity which can then deteriorate to "death by fluff".
I'm a big admirer of this method. I've tried it in class, however, and it's not quite as effective for some reason. Posted by Erik Slaine (Member # 5583) on :
*flees*
edit: from CT's stick.
[ July 22, 2004, 06:41 PM: Message edited by: Erik Slaine ]
Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
OK, jokes are good. Here's one I just heard yesterday:
What do you get when you cross a mountain climber with a mosquito?
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You can't cross a scalar with a vector!
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
:groan:
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
That's great! I need to remember that for my physics students.
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
Once again, I prove how little I know about math...by not getting that one at all... Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Actually, what I like about the joke is that you need to know a bit of math/physics AND a little biology. Or at least know why a mosquito would be termed a "vector."
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
I sent this joke to my Mathemetician Friend to Whom I Send Math Jokes. He usually manages at least a polite laugh for most of them, but this was outright booed. I didn't get it completely, so he explained and booed some more. It was so sad. I refuse to consider than his change of behavior from polite laughter to irritated scorn has ANYTHING to do with a date I went on with his friend that he found out about last week in the middle of a party during the rest of which he refused to speak to me. I'm sorry. That's probably more information than y'all want. I'm just so sad that I don't have an audience for mathemetician jokes anymore.
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
Heh, until Riv pointed out mosquitos as a vector, I didn't get it either.
-Trevor
P.S. - not that I'd ever be considered a particularly mathematically inclined soul. Posted by ak (Member # 90) on :
<waves at Katie> I love math jokes.
Oh, I guess you meant in real life.
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CT, you are a genius with the heart of an angel, and I worship you. Your new method is a brilliant response to suspected trolls.
1) If they are truly only interested in trolling, they will go away bored, nauseated, and feeling rather outmaneuvered.
2) If they are mainly trolling but there is a spark of something more going on inside, this method will tend to fan it into a flame. Many people through the years who have initially come to hatrack with big chips on their shoulders and lots of disdain and disrespect have stayed and grown and eventually become valuable and beloved members of our jeesh.
3) If they are simply ignorant and misguided then they will take up the spirit of the place with enthusiasm, and their awkward first phase will be short lived and quickly forgotten.
<bows in awed reverence>
<repudiates shunning>
<repents of past shunnings>
[ July 25, 2004, 01:01 PM: Message edited by: ak ]
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
I don't see why this is a "mathematician" joke. Each facet requires at most a high school level of knowledge.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Tom, because in my sad experience, most people promptly forget such details as vectors and scalars as soon as the class is over (if not sooner). Unless it's a field they are interested in.
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
I never learned about them in the first place. o_O
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Come to think of it, I don't think I learned about them in HS either. A series of complicated and frustrating events resulted in no physics class in my senior year. And I think I learned the word "vector" in the disease sense in college.
Posted by Theca (Member # 1629) on :
Ugh, physics.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
^ Sounds just like some of my students. Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Physics. *twitch* Math. *twitch*
...am I the only person who sees this thread title and thinks "Ba'al?"
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Yes.
I just keep wondering why someone is screaming.
Posted by Shigosei (Member # 3831) on :
Three countries were going to war. The first sent ten knights and ten squires, the second sent five knights and five squires, and the third sent a single knight and his squire. The knights were feeling rather lazy that day, so they decided to make the squires fight for them. Before the battle, the lone squire hung a cauldron from the branch of a tree. He later tied in battle, thus proving that the squire of the high pot in noose is equal to the squires of the other two sides.
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You know Tom D did lay the smack down as I requested. ![[Hail]](graemlins/hail.gif)
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aw, shucks.
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