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GO FASTER! Tante is an unbeatable force. I can only occasionally disable her with my cuteness.
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rivka, I am offended that you call me a newbie when I am, indeed, quite more than a newbie. I'm a Less-Posts-Than-You-But-Not-Newbie. Or a LPTYBNN. Pronounced the same as Lipton, as in the tea. The 'b' is silent.
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I'm glad you feel that I'm always right rivka. Its boosts my self-esteem so much. I feel like I could go out and cure appendicitis.
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No, I'm just being proud. And, by the way, there is no reason to discriminate because someone has less posts than you do. It 'tis rude and unnecessary.
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I don't generally consider post count worth mentioning -- unless someone else brings it up. Then it's fair game.
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Well, post count is generally considered basis for one's "noobiness," so to speak. And it is not very nice. And 'tis also not very nice to generalize and assume that someone, like myself, is a "noob," as it were, for trying to protect himself from a rude and unnecessary insult, the calling of the "noob."
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1) Post count and newbieness are sometimes related, but not always. We have oldbies with low counts, and newbies with high counts.
2) Calling someone a newbie is hardly a reflection on anything but their newness -- hardly an insult of any type.
3) When a thread's very basis is postcount, I consider all comments about postcount to be quite on topic.
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I see your logic. And I see my logic. And I see both sides. And I appreciate both sides. I'm quick to be tempered. I hope you shall not hold it against me if I ask for forgiveness of my ignorance.
Edit: I apologize. I'm young and care not for the rules of grammar as they are commonly accepted.
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The problem you're running into, Steve, is that "acting like a newbie" and "acting like a teenager" sometimes look a lot alike. There's nothing wrong with acting like a teenager. Particularly when you are one. But in this case, it makes you fair game for anyone who's been here longer than you. As rivka undoubtedly has.
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ElJay, I appreciate your <insert word I've forgotten that is nice>. I hate my memory. It never functions correctly.
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This sort of thing wouldn't happen if postcounts weren't displayed -- which is how it used to be, back in the good old days. The Golden Age of Hatrack, when we used to have to walk ten miles in the snow, uphill both ways, just to make a single post...
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quote:Originally posted by SteveRogers: Well, post count is generally considered basis for one's "noobiness," so to speak. And it is not very nice. And 'tis also not very nice to generalize and assume that someone, like myself, is a "noob," as it were, for trying to protect himself from a rude and unnecessary insult, the calling of the "noob."
"noob" is the stupidest word I have ever heard.
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Good Lord. Seriously, if we start seeing THIS kind of thing on Hatrack, I'm going to ask Moose to hide the post count stats again.
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quote:Originally posted by Vasslia Cora: No, n00b is the stupidest word, trust me.
They are both the same to me. Stupid, stupid, stupid...I can't stand it when someone calls someone else a n00b or noob. I find it pathetic.
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quote:Originally posted by TomDavidson: Good Lord. Seriously, if we start seeing THIS kind of thing on Hatrack, I'm going to ask Moose to hide the post count stats again.
Oh, come on! You are one to talk, seeing how the real challege would be to challege you.
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Edit to add: Of course, I either type slow, read slow, or post slow. That comment is in response to Tom.
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Yes, both are spellings of the same word and both are quite stupid but at least nodbody is posting in L33T or 1337 or leet. I hate that more then I hate the word noob.
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Tom, as much as I agree with you...I much rather have this than most the topics we've had during election season till now. I agree that post count means almost nothing. Almost. When it is someone like Moose, or rivka, or you (and I'm sure there are more but to make the point) it is a bit different. However, that is only because it correlates with your time on the message board. That and because out of the three I mentioned I have met two of.
Wow, this is probably the only time I have ever completely agreed with you Tom. I like that. I usually don't respond against your political beliefs because I have a strict belief to let people believe what they want. No matter how much it rankles me.
So*, in conclusion...post all you want. it won't really do anything for you. You first have to have something worth reading if you are going to post that much in a day. Hope you are up to date on the news, because it's going to take a little research to be able to hold your own on most of the topics on this board these days.
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I agree with you Stan, but hey then again, who started the Currently Listening thread? I'm really proud it has stayed alive so long. Long live the CLT! :grin:
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quote:I usually don't respond against your political beliefs because I have a strict belief to let people believe what they want. No matter how much it rankles me.
If that's all that's stopping you from posting in non-fluff threads, go ahead. Seriously, I doubt that your posts are going to prevent me (or anyone else here) from believing what I want to believe, and the way you worded your concern didn't mention anything about just elucidating what you believe. So do so, unless your actual code is something like "don't argue with people." A lot of the acrimony occasionally perceived there is just that: perceived. With very few exceptions (and they're usually pretty obvious exceptions, and tend to stick out like sore thumbs), participants in even the most heated political debates here don't actually dislike each other.
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quote:Originally posted by Stan the man: post all you want. it won't really do anything for you.
You see, Stan, it really does do something for me. I'm going to bring down the fun for a moment. I don't post too much because I have this weird competitive urge to outpost the other Hatrackers. I mean, I keep looking at my post count with a bit of shock, shaking my head at myself and wondering what is going on here.
My real life is one of daily sacrifice. I sacrifice my needs and my desires in order to serve other people's needs. It is an around-the-clock commitment that involves full-time work as a nurse in the day, and taking care of my family, including a severely disabled husband, when I'm not at work. Fun, carefree "me time" is rare indeed for me.
In addition, I have my own health problems -- lupus -- that makes me feel lousy almost all the time. Imagine having pain in your joints all the time, fatigue all the time, fevers, sores in your mouth, and an inability to enjoy any sunlight -- even a window with the curtains parted. Crummy, eh?
So, I could piss and moan and kvetch and make myself and everyone around me miserable. I could abandon my current situation and seek something a little more fun. I could insist that I need to spend my days in bed, having other people take care of me. But I've gone a different route. I do what I need to do cheerfully, with a good attitude, and I derive satisfaction from helping other people. For me, some time out with just friends, going out to a movie, or even just some time alone is a rare and treasured thing, that requires a remarkable amount of planning to pull off.
I love being on Hatrack. I love getting to know people just for fun -- not because they need something from me. I love being able to cut loose and have my own fun, and not worry that I'm not giving enough. When I log on, I am fully engaged, immersed in the experience. I drink it in great gulps, as if I've just hiked across a desert with a dry a canteen and have stumbled upon a fertile oasis.
I post a lot. I am addicted. But you know, it fills a void, it is safe, it does not take me from my real responsibilities, and, gosh darn it, it just feels so good.
Posting on Hatrack really doesn't do anything for me? Au contraire, it replenishes me.
And I am grateful to all of Hatrack, and especially our host, for giving me that.
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Tante, I don't think that line in Stan's post was directed at you. I think it was directed at the people who are planning on posting more purely for the sake of trying to catch you. You post when you have something to say. That happens to be a lot. That's entirely different from posting just to inflate your post count.
It's like if I went and made 1000 posts in the Last Post thread this morning because you're less than 100 posts behind me now. Sure, I would have upped my postcount. But it wouldn't have really done anything for me. And who would read those posts? I'd be shouting to the air.
Hatrack does a lot of things for a lot of people. I'm pretty sure Stan wasn't trying to say otherwise.
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