In the SST forum, users are free to discuss philosophy, music, art, religion, sock colour, whatever. It's a haven from the madness of Bulldrek; alternately intellectual and mundane, this is where the controversy takes place.
And before anyone starts a "So, what've you been up to?"-thread (thought I suppose that would be moot, given Facebook), also perfectly describes my life in 2010.
Yeah, I have a hard time using any other forums; I actually turn the graphical smilies off when I'm elsewhere. These - which are a mixture of smilies made by members, and stock phpBB 2.0 smilies colored to match the board - are the only ones that say the things I mean. Hilariously, other than recoloring, I don't think I had anything to do with making any of these at all!
My favorites are that one, the tardploding one, Liniah's crack smilie - which I like so much it became the Bulldrek favicon* - and this one:
I never use it, but I love . I never need to use it, because that's already the default tone of my writing.
I think that was a competition one: like, we had a competition to make a new smilie for the board, and that was the winner. I think that was before this board, though? Bulldrek v0.2?
The thing I miss is Marius. I talked to him briefly this week - he's, like, a genuine doctor-type-thing now - and then talked so much about him afterward that my daughter asked if I was going to marry him. I told her if he were a girl, I'd be all over that...but that his being a boy might not stop me.
3278 wrote:The thing I miss is Marius. I talked to him briefly this week - he's, like, a genuine doctor-type-thing now - and then talked so much about him afterward that my daughter asked if I was going to marry him. I told her if he were a girl, I'd be all over that...but that his being a boy might not stop me.
On Google+ right now, there's a spirited discussion of whether or not it was over the line for me to say someone was being "ridiculous." [Actual quote, "they haven't made me god-emperor yet, so I can't force you not to be ridiculous."] I really want to explain to them that were I come from, "fuckchop" is a term of endearment, and "ridiculous" doesn't even ping the radar, but it's not worth it: fucking pussies.
3278 wrote:On Google+ right now, there's a spirited discussion of whether or not it was over the line for me to say someone was being "ridiculous." [Actual quote, "they haven't made me god-emperor yet, so I can't force you not to be ridiculous."] I really want to explain to them that were I come from, "fuckchop" is a term of endearment, and "ridiculous" doesn't even ping the radar, but it's not worth it: fucking pussies.
3278 wrote:The thing I miss is Marius. I talked to him briefly this week - he's, like, a genuine doctor-type-thing now - and then talked so much about him afterward that my daughter asked if I was going to marry him. I told her if he were a girl, I'd be all over that...but that his being a boy might not stop me.
Interestingly enough, the last time I saw Marius, about two years ago, we spent some time discussing marrying your daughter.
I am sure they meant in the future. It would be the closest they could come, being heterosexual men (presumably), to marrying you. It was a compliment.
Or if I look at it another way you think they are a bunch of douchers and not good enough for your kid.
OR you think your friends are pedobears.
I guess there are several ways to go with this, glass half full/glass half empty/glass full of shit etc..
I think glass dickish. You leave people's kids alone. Just as you understandably had a fairly powerful reaction when something associated with your child was an issue; this is a direct and disrespectful reference by an adult "friend" to my then 13-year-old daughter. Not acceptable.
And in all fairness, it's not like we don't know that Earl is a mite protective(some would say more than healthy*) of his daughter. Its like, one of his things, and if you've known him for a few years, Or just talked to him on BDrek for a while, you'd know.
*I would answer that for about 12 years, Earl has maintained a relationship with me, and I'm definitly a fairly shady individual. With a golden heart. But if I'm somewhere in the median, then there's a lot of weirdos out there!
I suspect that people who speak or write properly are up to no good, or homersexual, or both
32 I am happy you are protective of your daughter, and had they been talking about mine I very well may have had the same reaction. I was just pointing out that perhaps they didn't mean it in the perverse way it came out. You have every right to react.
The one thing I miss about Google+ when I'm here is the +1 button, so I can say, "Hey, hey, I appreciate that," or, "Good point!" without making a whole post to do it. So, um, +1!
I'm sorry, 32, I didn't mean to creep you out. We were talking about all the stuff you were doing with your kid, about how you were teaching her different things while going on trips and such, and we both came to the conclusion that she would likely turn into a really intelligent woman -- the type we'd love to marry.