I'm trying to put together a list, and believe it or not, I have plans for that list. I just don't think that I should treat my interpretation as universal.
What makes up Hatrack? Yes, yes the question that appears every five months when we move between cycles. But, seriously, what are our memes?
Let's make a list!
Hatrack couples Wenchcon Mooselet ((()))
What do you think of?
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
--I--
Posted by vwiggin (Member # 926) on :
Robots and puppy dogs. Mostly puppy dogs.
Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :
For some strange reason, I'm always reminded of this infrequent poster called Orson Scott...something.
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
Let's not forget White Trees...
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
Mack, that's what ((())) made you think of?
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Just ask anyone who has tried to hug me.
Posted by peter the bookie (Member # 3270) on :
Heh, I thought --|-- was a pretty good example.
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
I guess I sometimes try to organize a mental hygeine posse, to make Hatrack more fit for family viewing. But it tends to backfire.
Oops, how does this happen? I thought you were peterh. I really am not trying to be a dog in the manger.
[ April 13, 2004, 01:43 PM: Message edited by: pooka ]
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Speak with passion, listen with respect
jatraquero/a
Dobie
Glad this isn't a...
Is this the kind of thing you're looking for?
[ April 13, 2004, 01:45 PM: Message edited by: Noemon ]
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
I did stop for awhile because I got harped on. But other people continued to use it without mention. So I'm using it until the mods request that I don't. Maybe they will--and I will respect their wishes. But I don't like the double standard that currently exists.
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
((((Jamie))))
Posted by peter the bookie (Member # 3270) on :
Noem, exactly the kind of things I'm looking for.
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
*stabs nathan*
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
::perry's::
Pirates. Pirates definately make up Hatrack.
Posted by ludosti (Member # 1772) on :
What about things like:
Thor Dobie meme onanism jatraquero/a burnination
[Blah - Noeman's mind works faster than my mind]
[ April 13, 2004, 01:52 PM: Message edited by: ludosti ]
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
*whisper*Nathan, it's parry. *restab*
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Glad to hear it celia!
Let's see, what else?
Last Post Thread (may or may not be unique to our forum)
Mafia (isn't unique to our forum at all, so probably doesn't count)
Wench's Tavern
Cedonym
Original Potry
Anything Thread
[ April 13, 2004, 01:51 PM: Message edited by: Noemon ]
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
No, I clearly meant Perry's, which is to say, I shoved Matt Perry into the way of your foil.
Posted by peterh (Member # 5208) on :
I suppose I've finally arrived.
Someone else was just mistaken for me...
((trisha))
ps. I prefer the term "mental floss" to the mental hygiene posse. Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :
Wait, wait, wait... So mack's saying that whoever (())s her gets --|--ed? That lucky Paul.
Don't shoot!
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
And yes. You get flipped off.
Posted by St. Yogi (Member # 5974) on :
Ninjas
Edit: Oh, and Strongbad references.
[ April 13, 2004, 01:59 PM: Message edited by: St. Yogi ]
Posted by Pericles (Member # 5943) on :
The useless chatroom at hatrack, slowly gathering dust and eroding from the vast expanse of cyber space...
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
"I am OSC-fan!"
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
No, I am OSC-fan!
Posted by peterh (Member # 5208) on :
Endercon
Jake Lloyd (sp?)
Foobonic and Sakeriver (took me awhile to figure out what those things were)
Posted by Trogdor the Burninator (Member # 4894) on :
Are we not men? We are Devo.
**winks at celia**
Posted by Trogdor the Burninator (Member # 4894) on :
Oh, and mack?
--I-- for stealing my miraculous invention.
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
There's the minion meme. But I haven't seen very much of that lately. You almost never hear newbies whine about not getting to be minions anymore.
Posted by jehovoid (Member # 2014) on :
Mafia
(oh, and repeating what people already say in a previous post because we're too lazy to read everything and just want to say what we're going to say even though we know that people probably won't actually read what we say because we don't even take the time to read other people's posts but who cares because as the more experienced among us know, it's all about the post-count.)
[ April 14, 2004, 12:24 PM: Message edited by: jehovoid ]
Posted by blacwolve (Member # 2972) on :
Trolls
Posted by J T Stryker (Member # 6300) on :
Can some one define Trolls for me?
And hatrack is simply crack for those of us who are smarter than the avreage junky. Posted by larisse (Member # 2221) on :
Um... two words... Landmark posts. 'Nuff said.
Posted by vwiggin (Member # 926) on :
Hatrack special? But it doesn't do anything?
That's the beauty of it. Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
Foobonic and K.A.M.A.
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
Newbies who don't know how to search, edit, or hyperlink Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
Trolls are not Hatrack specific.
However, Shindas are.
Posted by fallow (Member # 6268) on :
disingenuity.
use it in a sentence. eat it for breakfast and narf it up at lunch on the rollercoaster of rhetoric.
fallow
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
New, improved google ads. Did you see the one for page 2 of DOG's religion thread? And since when does the devil have a "soul patch"? (looking at the evillaugh)
But I think there is much more to Hatrack than "not tough enough for Ornery". Except for the tough posters.
Posted by fallow (Member # 6268) on :
Ornery's for blowhards afraid of getting sand in their eyes. I dig the sandbox.
fallow
Posted by vwiggin (Member # 926) on :
The liberal cabal vs. the Mormon Syndicate.
Posted by celia60 (Member # 2039) on :
I suppose we should include our own little hot buttons:
Homosexual Marriage Posthumous Baptism
I'm sure we have others.
Posted by skillery (Member # 6209) on :
Does this mean I'm not getting set up with the hot chicks?
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
How important is it to have read some of OSC's work and appreciate it? To be who we are?
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Well...it's unusual for someone here to *not* be familiar with OSC's work, simply because of the nature of the site, but if someone unfamiliar with his work did find their way here, and fit well with us, it wouldn't be any big deal. Someone who actively disliked his work...well, as long as they weren't hostile, just coming here to let us know how much he, and by proxy we, suck, I think the majority of us would be okay with it. Honestly, I don't really care for much of anything he's written since Pastwatch.
So, PTB, I'm curious--what do you plan to do with all of this information?
Posted by peter the bookie (Member # 3270) on :
Use it against you in court. Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
In that case I plead the 5th dimension.
Posted by ludosti (Member # 1772) on :
When I first came to Hatrack, I hadn't read any of OSC's work. A friend of mine (pepperuda) had recommeded the site to me as something that I'd like (and she was right). Since joining, I have read most of OSC's books (along with a lot of other great SciFi and Fantasy books recommended by people here).
Posted by peterh (Member # 5208) on :
Papa Moose and Mama Squirrel are hatrack because of their characterization in Crystal City.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
I miss Pepper.
Posted by ak (Member # 90) on :
There are certain canonical works that most jatraqueros have read or know.
Books: Ender's Game, and other OSC Lord of the Rings, and other JRRT Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and other DNA
Video: Monty Python The Princess Bride
Music: Radiohead They Might Be Giants
Art:
Poetry:
Theater:
I can't think of anything particularly canonical in those areas.
That's just the very core. I think it branches out from there. I hesitated whether to include Dune in the books, for instance. Other people may think of more that I haven't included. If we do a hatrack archive site, I think we should have a page for canonical works, with links. Maybe we could do first tier, second tier, third tier, and then branch out from there.
Definitely one of the very most important things about hatrack for me is the way it has lengthened my reading list. I'm reading more than ever before, and my list keeps growing faster than I can keep up.
Posted by peter the bookie (Member # 3270) on :
Those sound more like things we have in common and I'm really thinking in terms of things we've made our own or made together. I'm sure there's overlap, of course.
Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :
There was that folding project....
Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :
quote:Foobonic and Sakeriver
Boo-yah! But don't leave out GreNME.
Ralphie's Rack celia's evil Sandwiches (or is that just me?) Medical Advice from CT, et al. The word "Scopatzian" WenchCon
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
quote: In that case I plead the 5th dimension.
For a brief second I thought you were pleading "The 5th element"
Art: The Dogs playing poker
Poetry: That LOTR version of the 12 days of Christmas
Theater: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
I'd hate to be on Hatrack and not have seen any of the Matrix movies.
Posted by lcarus (Member # 4395) on :
dingle
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
For good or for bad, hug threads and last post threads and those word games that won't die.
Posted by Audeo (Member # 5130) on :
to quote Yank "promiscuous alias-changing"
Posted by eslaine (Member # 5433) on :
I know, Icarus. I've been debating adding that one for a day and a half now....
Posted by fallow (Member # 6268) on :
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