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Far be it for me, a lowly Noob on the great and curving River, to suggest such a momentous topic. But I am interested in us having a set of maybe 10-14 loose rules which we should voluntarily hold to in all tongue in cheek threads. Not serious threads. My kind of threads. This I started in a recent thread, and shall continue thusly:
1st Rule of Hatrack is: only talk about yourself. The 2nd rule is: only talk about yourself!
3rd rule of Hatrack: If somebody dobies, goes off topic, completely misconstrues what you say and accuses you of being the son and or daughter of Hitler, your thread has reached maturity.
4th Rule: The person with the highest post count wins
5th rule: All threads which begin by talking about recycling, must end with a discussion of the social ramifications of the Mexican American war. There are no exceptions to this rule. I checked.
7th rule: Be Consistent
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12th rule: Rule 4 is always overridden by a poster's ability to ignore anyone who disagrees and doggedly stick to a seemingly illogical ideal.
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I think Rule 1 is something along the lines of: "The more amusing and original you think your newly-started thread is, the more likely it is that someone else has done the same thing within the last two years."
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quote: Nope. I haven't had a chance to meet up with my supplier yet.
*looks around furtively and clutches her trench coat* *whispers* I got somethin', if you know what I mean. When do ya wanna meet? *glances around warily*
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Rule 13: No one else is right, ever. Feel free to ignore them and continue with your righteous discourse.
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Rule 14: It's about the facts. Unless it's about the semantics. Or maybe the subjective morality. Or the personal affront. Or...
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quote:Nope. I haven't had a chance to meet up with my supplier yet.
*looks around furtively and clutches her trench coat* *whispers* I got somethin', if you know what I mean. When do ya wanna meet? *glances around warily*
This is kind of a public place for this sort of discussion, neh?
Have your guys call my guys.
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Actually, I date back farther than that, to the GEnie days. (Admittedly, I was out of touch once AOL was the locale.)
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quote:Nope. I haven't had a chance to meet up with my supplier yet.
*looks around furtively and clutches her trench coat* *whispers* I got somethin', if you know what I mean. When do ya wanna meet? *glances around warily*
This is kind of a public place for this sort of discussion, neh?
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See, now I'm curious. How did you know that I mentioned you? Are you just a superlurker? Do you have an alt? Do you know someone else on the 'rack?
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Although not a music major, I agree wholeheartedly with rule 11!
I'm not really a nOOb, I've been here for about 4 years now, I just don't get a chance to post because Kwea is always hogging Hatrack!
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this was an origanal screen name after hatrack was ported from Big mouth lion. then i got really involved in VBS and forgot about that i even registred a name here until they strted adding the member numbers to the names. then some one posted a list of the first ten regestered names then i remembered i had this one. I thought everyone knew what my most used alt is.
Rereading this post i realized i need to get some sleep before i go to work tonight. this is why i lurk i ramble to much and my grammer is terrible.
Who steals my purse, steals trash; 'tis something, nothing; 'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands: But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him And makes me poor indeed.Posts: 4 | Registered: Jul 2006
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Who steals my purse, steals trash; 'tis something, nothing; 'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands: But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him And makes me poor indeed.
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Rule 15. If there is a topic oyu don't understand, spend three minutes on google, and then rant as if you know everything, because you now obviously do.
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Rule 16: If it's a topic in excess of five pages, you are required to read only the first post and last page before posting.
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Rule 17: If a post exceeds three paragraphs, you may read the first three, and extrapolate the rest of the post and respond as if you read it in its entirety. Later, you may claim to be responding to the "inner meaning" of the post.
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