Yeah, I'm pretty much new here. Just to throw you off I'm in Asia(or am I?) Actually I live in Illinois. I started reading OSC a few months ago and now I'm on Shadow of the Hegemon. I guess this doesn't qualify as a real subject so people will hate me for taking up precious subject space. If you've been here for a while or you're new you can write stuff in here, just so i can know some people.
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
First you have to catch a sheep.
Shear it.
Card the fibers.
Twist them together.
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
Ack... confusion. Do I laugh at this or condemn it?
Um... how about this.
::gives shadowmaker a wedgie:: ::calls it fair::
Welcome to Hatrack. Become my minion and join such names as saxon75, sarcasticmuppet, and pajeba in terms of popularity!
Posted by Trogdor the Burninator (Member # 4894) on :
quote: Become my minion and join such names as saxon75, sarcasticmuppet, and pajeba in terms of popularity!
Welcome to the first step in recognizing you're a real nerd.
Posted by matt (Member # 236) on :
*tugs on new thread*
Hee hee...I will unravel the tightly knit sweater that is Hatrack! Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
Hey now, I'm playing mafia. And as you pointed out, the cool hatrackers play mafia.
Posted by Trogdor the Burninator (Member # 4894) on :
**gives Nathan a wedgie, then throws him in a garbage can**
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
Not again! Hey that tickles!
Posted by shadowmaker (Member # 6155) on :
Thanks for inviting me into your evil minion, but i have to pass. Someday I'll be the one with the superior minion, and you will be begging to join me.
Posted by shadowmaker (Member # 6155) on :
Thanks for inviting me into your evil minion, but i have to pass. Someday I'll be the one with the superior minion, and you will be begging to join me.
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
Don't listen to T_Smith. He's Hatrack's collective little brother.
*noogies T*
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
Pfft.
You won't be saying that once you meet Slash. You will BEG for protection. MUAHAHA
Sorry, illusions of granduer there.
Edited to add: dude.. you totally double post. You nerd.
[ January 28, 2004, 08:04 PM: Message edited by: T_Smith ]
Posted by shadowmaker (Member # 6155) on :
whoa, I didn't even know that happened, I mean.....it was to throw you off....yeah, how do you like that, NERD!
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
::noogies shadowmaker::
Posted by shadowmaker (Member # 6155) on :
ah! your noogieing bone!
Posted by hansenj (Member # 4034) on :
*slaps forehead*
So, THAT'S my problem! I didn't become Nathan's minion...
*shakes head*
*mopes off*
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
And yet you impute that his minions are necessarily evil. So what do the minions call the dude they minion for?
Posted by shadowmaker (Member # 6155) on :
THE MINION MASTER
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
I call him Evil Master Patrick the Great, and ever am I fearful of his terrible wrath. Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
Thanks Jon. 'Twas uberly funny.
::looks at post count:: I hate you.
[ January 28, 2004, 08:16 PM: Message edited by: T_Smith ]
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
:Contemplates publishing a link to Nathan's 7000 landmark post far and wide:
I don't know what I'm on. I just apologized to Tresopax. Tresopax.
Posted by Trogdor the Burninator (Member # 4894) on :
Wow. That evil Master Patrick the Great sounds pretty cool, can I be his minion too?
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
You know, I bet a quarter of the member names on hatrack are owned by the denizens of this thread.
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
I think that your post count in a given thread does not update until you yourself post to that thread. I could be wrong.
Posted by shadowmaker (Member # 6155) on :
trogdor was a man, or maybe he was a dragon man, or maybe we was just a dragon....um....but he was still TROGDOR
Posted by MidnightBlue (Member # 6146) on :
quote: Don't listen to T_Smith. He's Hatrack's collective little brother.
But I think he's older than me... Posted by Anti-Chris (Member # 4452) on :
I'm 10 at heart.
But then again, I have the heart of Satan, so, you know...
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
Point of order in this Chaos.
This is HATRACK. We do not HATE here!!!
well, unless you start another Homosexual debate or who's the cutest LotR's guy or pirate vs thread.
Then we will hate you.
Posted by Brinestone (Member # 5755) on :
Satan's heart is 10 years old?
Posted by Zevlag (Member # 1405) on :
Gah, shadowmaker, eveytime I look at you name I see "unicornwhisperer", it's annoying and really odd.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Brinestone, yes, the newest one is.
Posted by sarcasticmuppet (Member # 5035) on :
quote: well, unless you start another Homosexual debate or who's the cutest LotR's guy or pirate vs thread.
Speaking of which, is it just me or does that kid from Sixth Sense seem to be the perfect choice for the lead in the Ender's Game movie?
Posted by shadowmaker (Member # 6155) on :
unicorn whisperer? What?
Posted by fiazko (Member # 5812) on :
If it makes you feel any better, I see "widowmaker." Welcome, btw.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Another person wasted a landmark making fun of Jon Boy!
T_Smith: *nods* We can be friends.
Posted by eslaine (Member # 5433) on :
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
Welcome to Hatrack...aka "The Assylum". Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
(laughs) Wow, T. Nice landmark wastin'. That's, what, the first landmark you ever haven't done!? Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
That seems to be a popular trend, Katie. Maybe I'll make fun of myself for my next landmark. Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
Eruve. You know, I almost warned him, and then I was like "it's so annoying when folks point up that a landmark is approaching. Like a true jatraquero wouldn't know." But you know how weasels like me kept saying 2000 wasn't actually the new millenium yet?
[ January 29, 2004, 12:09 AM: Message edited by: pooka ]
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
Wow pooka, only 40 more posts and you'll be at 2000! Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
I actually thought this was a sort of clever dobie to Derrell's "How do I edit a topic?" thread. Alas. Just a newbie.
Just kidding. Welcome! I'm from Illinois too (though now I hail from the west coast.) It's very...um...FLAT...there.
Posted by skrika03 (Member # 5930) on :
Eruve's post count is now higher than my year of birth -pseudopooka
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
If it makes you feel any better, I had no Idea you were that old. I thought you were in your twenties from looking at your picture.
Posted by skrika03 (Member # 5930) on :
ah, well, see, the pictures aren't necessarily really recent. Though being Asian has its perks. I just have that "dead Mommy" expression in my more recent pictures.
Narnia, you didn't bow to PC's Landmark Mean mumbo jumbo did you? At one point I thought I would wait for my anniversary to do my next landmark. But that's like... April.
Posted by Satan (Member # 529) on :
It's all true. He stole my heart all those years ago, and now all this evil doing seems so empty.
Come back to me, boy. I need you.
These folks have had it too easy too long.
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
I knew someone was going to mention my lack 'o' landmark...thank you for noticing. It's not that I haven't noticed (how could I keep from noticing how fast I racked up 1,000 posts this time?) I just don't feel like I myself am at a landmark point right now. My post count doesn't have much to do with it. Posted by skrika03 (Member # 5930) on :
Maybe we can turn this into the official Landmark Bye thread. I have something kind of ornate for my hatrack anniversary planned, but I thought I might use 2000 to tell the story of how I won my husband in a chess match.
(dude, my word order gets screwed up sometimes. My sister said I was the only person she knew to score less than 60 on the TSWE [test of standard written English, or as I like to call it, the standard written English test] But I guess no one want to see SWET on their SAT score card.)
[ January 29, 2004, 11:05 AM: Message edited by: skrika03 ]
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
Yes, this is the forbidden bump a thread using another username. But I just wanted to remark on how this thread is even less dense than fluff. much like some new form of matter .
Meh, what the hey. Someone tell me if I'm about to blow my landmark. I mean like 1995+
[ January 29, 2004, 03:47 PM: Message edited by: pooka ]
Posted by unicornwhisperer (Member # 294) on :
Why do people make fun of my username?
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
I couldn't really say without crossing that PC boundary.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Most people with the ability to whisper to unicorns are not married. Posted by shadowmaker (Member # 6155) on :
Actually most people who think they can whisper to unicorns aren't allowed to leave the institution grounds.
Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :
Actually, most of the people who think they can whisper to unicorns roam free.
It's the ones who say they can whisper to unicorns who wind up on the wrong side of the institutional walls...
As for those who say unicorns whisper back to them...
There are some things you really don't want to know.
Posted by shadowmaker (Member # 6155) on :
Yeah I suppose so.....What's that, Mr. Rabbit? You want me to kill everyone?
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
sndrake, how surprisingly judgmental of you! "The wrong side" indeed! Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :
rivka, it's hard to find people in institutions who think of themselves as being on the right side of the wall...
But then again, my perspective is skewed. I have a number of friends who have been in them and really really want to stay on this side of the wall.
But what am I saying? I'm paid to be judgmental. It's on my job description. It's part of my evaluation. Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote: rivka, it's hard to find people in institutions who think of themselves as being on the right side of the wall...
And you're basing your assessment on the opinions of crazy people?!
Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :
rivka,
it's also in my job description to, all other things being equal, take the word of the oppressed over that of the oppressors. (We really need a sanctimonious halo graemlin)
It's an interesting question - do we trust the descriptions of people who couldn't wait to get out of a place? Or do we rely on the testimonials of those whose livelihoods depend on the existence of the same places? Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
*mutters about people who ignore the deliberate irony in complaining about right/wrong side and then use the highly judgmental term "crazy"*
quote: We really need a sanctimonious halo graemlin
I've always liked this fellow O:) or maybe O:D
Posted by Marek (Member # 5404) on :
quote: it's also in my job description to, all other things being equal, take the word of the oppressed over that of the oppressors.
Is all else equal in the case of an asylum? Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :
quote:*mutters about people who ignore the deliberate irony in complaining about right/wrong side and then use the highly judgmental term "crazy"*
Mea culpa. Kind of.
It just seemed more fun to deal with it at face value.
Fun to be judgmental, though. Imagine getting paid to be that way. Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Imagine, hah! I used to be a teacher . . . Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :
quote: Is all else equal in the case of an asylum?
Well, we're talking about people who got out. And everyone I know - I mean everyone - says they are lousy places and either experienced or witnessed abuse while there. (Remember, these are the people who actually got out.)
Interestingly, I'm hard pressed to find one professional (and I have known quite a few over my life) who has worked in one of them who has witnessed abuse, let alone committed any.
Edited to add: How do I make sense of this disparity? Which group should I be more inclined to believe?
Seems to me when you're not the one being oppressed, it's all too easy to see what you want to see.
I'm also an agnostic when it comes to the reliability of psych labels. I believe mental illness is a real thing. But I also don't believe everyone who gets the label deserves it.
Actually, for that matter, I don't think having a psych label should disqualify you from being listened to when you protest against lousy conditions.
[ February 08, 2004, 08:05 PM: Message edited by: sndrake ]
Posted by shadowmaker (Member # 6155) on :
I think the discussion is getting too deep for a random thread like this. Wow, look at em go
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
It's was kind of mixed in the institution I was in. We all complained, but some were crazy enough to prefer it to the outside. You know, catch 22 and all that.
What was weird were all the folks who had shot themselves (ineffectually) or someone else. I mean, it was a military institution, for Pete's sake. How do they expect these people to react to stress.
Anyway, I second the motion for the return of fluff. Does anyone on this forum *not* make shadows? Posted by shadowmaker (Member # 6155) on :
I don't know about that....maybe they live in darkness and they can't. Or maybe their shadows freak them out. Any groundhogs here?
Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :
As a way of making amends for derailing fluff, I'd like to offer the following link on The Power of the Judiciary.
quote:OLYMPIA, Washington (AP) -- This justice gives new meaning to the words "bench press."
*Link includes picture*
It's not about groundhogs, though. I'm agnostic on groundhog prognostications.
Posted by shadowmaker (Member # 6155) on :
You should watch out for the groundhogs very distant cousin, the polar bear.
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
bench press. You know, back in my body for life days I would have thought that would be a great way to solve democracies problems. more votes for buff folks.
Posted by shadowmaker (Member # 6155) on :
I don't think you cal tell if someone's buff on hatrack...oh well
Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :
Not unless they tell you... Posted by shadowmaker (Member # 6155) on :
Does anybody know what this thread is about anymore?
Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :
Does it matter?
Posted by shadowmaker (Member # 6155) on :
It doesn't really matter, so let's just talk about nothing.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Threads are supposed to be about something? When did THAT happen?
Posted by shadowmaker (Member # 6155) on :
yeah, it's a new trend. Started by um....a guy named george...and a talking treadmill...
Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :
Threads being about one thing and actually sticking to it - that would be a new thing. Posted by shadowmaker (Member # 6155) on :
yeah, a thread about new cars turns into a thread about the rain forest
Posted by shadowmaker (Member # 6155) on :
![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
![[Smile]](smile.gif)
![[Evil]](graemlins/evil.gif)
![[ROFL]](graemlins/rofl.gif)
![[Wink]](wink.gif)
![[Evil Laugh]](graemlins/evillaugh.gif)
So what do the minions call the dude they minion for?
![[Angst]](graemlins/angst.gif)
![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
![[Hat]](graemlins/hat.gif)
![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
![[Grumble]](graemlins/grumble.gif)
*mutters about people who ignore the deliberate irony in complaining about right/wrong side and then use the highly judgmental term "crazy"*![[Dont Know]](graemlins/dontknow.gif)
![[The Wave]](graemlins/thewave.gif)
Wow, look at em go
![[Laugh]](graemlins/laugh.gif)
bench press. You know, back in my body for life days I would have thought that would be a great way to solve democracies problems. more votes for buff folks.