quote:Favorite Hatrack moment? It has got to be when Chris Bridges posted this:
Chris Bridges Member Member # 1138
posted October 19, 2005 06:03 PMOctober 19, 2005 06:03 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'll take a shot at a somewhat less snarky list. Let's see...
01) Being gay is not natural, aside from some perverted penguins, and some swans, and the occasional monkey but you know what they're like. Oh, and this dog I once had.
02) Acceptance of gay marriage will legitimize gayness and implicitly encourage normal, moral, innocent people who totter on the very brink of sexual experimentation, to try gay sex. Sweet, sweet, gay sex.
03) If we allow gays to marry it will start us sliding on the slippery slope that zooms past polyandry and polygamy, dips sharply into incest, and lands us directly into the pit of bestiality where we can buy tickets and go do it again but with our arms up this time.
04) The concept of gay marriage violates the very definition of marriage itself, a definition that has existed since man joined together with woman. Or with several women. Or with the widow of a man the first man slayed in combat. Or with a woman attached to a valuable piece of property. Oh, and they have to be the same color and/or tribe, did I mention that?
05) Expanding the definition of marriage will devalue marriage itself, because encouraging more people to commit to one person instead of screwing around just isn't the sort of thing our country stands for.
06) The central purpose of marriage is to raise productive children, obviously something gay people simply cannot do unless they adopt, inseminate themselves, or have children from a previous straight marriage. And then it's still wrong. Seriously.
07) Children growing up in a gay household are sure to become gay what with all the, you know, gayness lying around.
08) Gay marriage is specifically denied by my religion and that law, unlike all the other scriptural laws which we have since abandoned in the face of scientific discoveries, social changes, and even just other scriptural laws made later on that kinda contradict the first laws but not really, must be strictly enforced.
09) Children need strong male and female role models to grow up healthy. So not only can't gays marry, but some of you straight people better get on the gender-stereotype bandwagon. You! Sissy boy! Get a football, you want your kid to grow up weak?
10) Gay marriage will change the foundation of society. Ha! Deny that one!
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When is the time deadline for this? I am debating on entering. (And trying to get some more words in for Nano at the same time.) I know someone might wonder about why I would be, but sending my name and address to someone is a huge deal for me. Paranoia is like second nature despite how wonderful you all are. It is hard to throw away conventions.
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We are matching tonight. The deadline is 6:00 pm Eastern today.
The only person with your name and address will be the person who gets you. There's also us, but I promise we don't do anything funny with it and we delete the files after the exchange is over.
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Is Dagonee not on that list? Where has he been anyway? (and I haven't seen rivka lately either...) Posts: 6415 | Registered: Jul 2000
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quote:Originally posted by Narnia: Is Dagonee not on that list? Where has he been anyway? (and I haven't seen rivka lately either...)
I know that this is how rumors get started, but.. you don't suppose they are off somewhere together, do you?Posts: 10397 | Registered: Jun 2005
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I was wondering myself . . . where they are, not that they were off somewhere together . . . *grin*
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The matches have been made. Tonight, you will recieve an e-mail containing the name of your giftee. Tell no one. Reply immediately so we know you know who you have. For 93.5% of you, your giftee has posted in the "What I Want and What Will Make Me Break Out" thread.
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Dude a self-destructing forum post would be cool, sorta. Depends on what else it destroys when it self-destructs.
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Were we supposed to reply to the email or post here? Oh, well, I got the email with my person's name.
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quote:Favorite Hatrack moment: It’s not really a moment, but Teshi’s LotR Christmas carols were a real highlight for my kids and me last year…it was our first Christmas after their dad and I separated and it helped brighten up our days!
quote:Originally posted by Narnia: Is Dagonee not on that list? Where has he been anyway? (and I haven't seen rivka lately either...)
I don't know about Dag, but I heard from Rivka last night. Real life is keeping her distracted from the important things -- like Hatrack -- but she assures me that she is well and we'll be seeing her again in a couple of weeks.
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quote:I suppose my favourite memory/moment/thing isn't really a specific instance, but rather a process. Having been here for what feels like forever, my favourite part of Hatrack is seeing the ebbs and flows of the forum. I like seeing the antagonistic people - and then seeing them get kicked (or booed) off. I like seeing the emergence of intelligent newbies - and then seeing them develop into fantastically real online personalities instead of just the name-on-the-screen that they could be. I like watching for the lurkers to come out of hiding - and then reveling in the fact that I actually have a higher post count than some people So again, my favourite moment isn't actually a moment - it's the continuing sense of community that keeps me coming back day after day, year after year.
Next year could we bump up the max spending amount from $10 to $15? It was difficult to stay under $10. I ended up spending $12.50 (without tax). What do you guys think? Maybe we could vote?
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I put the limit at $10 because we have many college students and because of the shipping cost, so that no one would feel like they couldn't afford to play.
But I think last year the expected limit was $10, but it was up to $20 if you found something perfect.
How's the shopping going? There are a still a few people who haven't acknowledged that they have recieved their assignment. Please let us know.
Choobak:
quote:And for me the event with Hatrack who mark my memory this year is uncontestable the Europcon !!!
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I think that I know what I'm going to get my person (kat, I'll email you tonight to talk about it). Now I just need to find the items in question.
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Jake, a little birdie gave me an idea of what you might be thinking of. If you can't find it in town, I know where to get it online. And I wholeheartedly approve.
As for me, part of my gift is homemade, and the materials have been bought and it is in progress. The rest I intend to pick up tomorrow. It will probably go in the mail close to the deadline, due to the homemade part.
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Ummm... I thought the $10 thing was just a suggested ball-park figure kinda thing. Like, if we were to choose to go over that without causing any hardship on ourselves we could..........
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I think it's a "spirit of the rule" kind of thing. My gift was homemade and the material cost was under $10, but it would have cost me WAY over $10 to purchase the same thing retail as a finished product.
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Yea, well, I seem to remember, from the "thank you" thread of last year's exchange, that many of the gifts sounded well above the $10 limit. And some probably cost that much just to ship.
So I'm going with the "spirit of the rule", as you say.
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My gift would seem like it cost more than $10, but it really didn't. For the homemade bit, I used materials I had left from other crafts projects, so I didn't really count it into the cost. For some other things that I hunted down, the person that I got it from wouldn't charge me -- just told me to make a donation to charity. So, all together, I spend not so much for a (I hope) nice gift.
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Um... if the person who last year got the gift for me spent more than $10, but I spend less than $10 re-wrapping it, that's ok, right?
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Our gifts are going to be under $10 each because they need to be, but I think they will be enjoyed all the same.
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Well, I found my present for my giftee, but I needed to order it (and I couldn't have it just sent on to the giftee), so I hope it gets here in time for me to wrap it and get it out by the 10th. Posts: 5879 | Registered: Apr 2001
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I luckily had already made something that will work for my person, so I'm just going to pick up a few other things for the package, and we'll be good.
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I'm making something for my person and will start on it tonight. Hopefully it won't take more than a couple days, and I can get it in the mail before Saturday. Heh, kind of a lucky thing that my landlord is doing renovations on the living room, depriving me of my TV, DVD player, and favorite reading spot--leaves me with not a whole lot to do besides knit That'll help ensure that I get it done quicker.
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