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So a meme is like a top rated baby name? I'm obsessed with this because we've just gone through the process of knowingly bestowing on our latest arrival the #1 girl's name, Hannah. It's interesting to look over the baby names and see how they amass and then peak out, becoming cliche.
There are two good things about the name: Hannah hannah bo banna banana fo fana me my mo mannah- Hannah, and that Hannah was a really cool bible character. I just feel bad that in 15 years there's going to be recording artists and other unsavory (or is it savory that is the problem) types named Hannah. I think it will be healthy to raise our child with the idea of being "The Hannah" by which all other Hannahs are measured. Whaddya think?
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Deirdre would like Morbo to know that if Morbo turns out to be some newbie that just started posting recently, when Deirdre wasn't around, Deirdre will be very displeased.
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No to all Please post any Morbo guesses to Morbo Unmasked thread... Morbo doesn't wish to tax antiquated human hardware with an infectious "Morbo" meme... The "meme" meme is already pushing the envelope Posts: 6316 | Registered: Jun 2003
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I guess a new thing is that we now have A room for those who need it. Also a place for smilie catharsis . And (( )) means "hugs"
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I think this thread was in its first iteration when I was a noobie, way back 3 years ago. My first post ever was in a thread that twinky started about Radiohead. This thread was on the first page for a very long time back then. For a long time I thought this thread was required to be visible at all times. It should be, IMO. Keep those noobs in line.
Ah, those were the days....
Edit: OK, so it had been bumped a few times.
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This thread is like an archaelogical dig site; a cliff that has recently collapsed, revealing the ancient striped layers of an ancient city. All the archaeoogists come along with their brushes and little trowels and examine it saying, "Yes, this is when homosexuality was the biggest issue." etc.
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I love that this thread is still alive! It tickles me whenever I see it still there. Thank you to everyone (cowboyfeng1, jrC) who wished me and my baby well. She is beautiful, now almost four months old. Norah Linnette, after my mom and my husband's grandma. I like to use family names, if I can find ones that I like. She also sleeps very well, so I'm happy about that.
Thank you to Morbo for the enlightening definition of "meme." I have one more question: how do you pronounce it? Is it "meem" or "meemee?"
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Hi, Emily! It's pronounced "meem", and is a take off on the word "gene". It's meant to be similar to it, I mean, only in idea space.
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Thanks Anne Kate! I hate knowing what a word means but not knowing how to pronounce it... and hello!
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I had an enormous amount of fun with this thread, back when it was new. It's funny to read over it and realize that I've had three different jobs since then.
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Hm. Cheshire Kitty? I don't remember that one (and if it's a joking reference of some sort, and I'm about halfway convinced that it is for some undefinable reason, I don't get it).
Yeah, I miss AndrewR too. Am I right in remembering that he kind of flickered in and out for a bit sometime relatively recently?
I still miss dean and moonflower too. I wonder how they're doing?
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I'm actually glad that the population here is smallish. Some sights with many thousands of posters never get the depth of discussion or intimacy that we can get here.
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Yeah, Telp was pretty much an old-timer from the word "go". Sndrake, though, was an old timer from the phoneme "g"--I've rarely seen someone on here that fit so perfectly. It was kind of like there was this sndrake shaped hole in hatrack whose existance I wasn't aware of until he filled it.
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Saying something rude and then adding a afterward helps, but it's still rude. Instead of trying to negate what you just said, say what you mean in a more polite manner in the first place.
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quote: It'd be a shame if this thread were to get deleted.
Noemon, you posted six times in a row on this page alone in this thread. It's like a Noemon storage facility, no wonder you want/need it kept .
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I have posted in this thread an inordinant amount, haven't I?
One of the reasons I've always been fond of this thread is because I've always felt like this was the thread in which Sara and I became friends. We'd interacted positively before this, but in my memory anyway it was here that the relationship quickened. Looking back over it, though, I notice that all of her posts have been deleted. I expect she deleted them along with others when she left for awhile a few months back.
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Noemon, I'm so sorry for the sad face. I deleted quite a bit for personal reasons during an odd time for me. For what it's worth, I remember this thread quite fondly, as well. I too remember this as my first time of really getting to know you, which has been one of the biggest treats ever for me online.
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I don't think that bump will do any good, Sara. p-Thong is clearly a troll, and quite possibly a spammer, and clearly has no interest in belonging here.
Blowing the whistle early and often is more apt to do some good.
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I like this thread, although I don't recall seeing it until I'd been around at least 6 months or so.
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"I deleted quite a bit for personal reasons during an odd time for me."
I think I finally realized why those deletions of yours bothered me so much, Sara. Remember when we saw Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind together?
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I understand Sara, really. Honestly, I thought about deleting my posts in this thread too, way back when, because it my my first time in getting personal about myself on Hatrack, telling stories about my childhood and such, and it kind of freaked me out. So...yeah, I'm sorry that your posts are gone, but they were just artifacts of the friendship anyway, and not the friendship itself, so no harm done.
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afterward helps, but it's still rude. Instead of trying to negate what you just said, say what you mean in a more polite manner in the first place.
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I expect she deleted them along with others when she left for awhile a few months back.
