NationStates Jolt Archive

Go ahead and profess to hate it, but we all know at some undefinable point, you just can't leave it. We do a bit of reflection like this every so often, and now's as good a time as any to revisit the issue. Aside from (or maybe because of) the trollery, the flaming, the dogmatic fools...what reasons do you have to thank NSG?

For me, it's a couple of things, but I'll just start with this:

1) I've always admitted that I had a real anti-US bias, but one thing NS has allowed me to is interact with a lot of sane (sexy) and wonderful USians, and frankly, my opinion about the US has changed dramatically. Don't worry, I still hate your foreign policy, yanks...but I'm better able to appreciate the good things about the US because of some of you posting here. It may not seem like a big deal, but trust me...it is.

With any luck, this post will appear before yours.

I'm glad I met so many people here. Here's a shoutout to all my homies.

In other news, we're going to collide with the Andromeda galaxy. :(

Damn, apparently Jolt's flux capacitor has calmed down a bit.

And Andromeda is a few thousand kilometers closer. Make peace with your gods now, we have only 3 billion years left. 4 on the outside.

What's not to thank NSG for? You guys are wonderful. I love you all.

I am thankful to NSG because it likes to feed my ego.

NSG has been a godsend for me. I love my little town out here in the middle of Japan, but there's only a handful of English speakers and two westerners (including me, and the other is Australian) in the town. NSG allows me to talk about events that are not interesting to my Japanese friends, or two difficult to explain in easy English.

That and arguments are considered high entertainment by my family and being in a culture that normally goes out of its way to AVOID conflict makes NSG the only place I've got to argue in. ;)

Kanpai!

Because the internet is wasted on me I come here. Then, outside of here I can pretend I'm actually 'savvy.'

Thank you, NS General, for acting as the internet's anus. Let the shit pass through NSG and away from me, but let it remain here, floating, waiting for me to give an occasional, ashamed, glance.

/thread.

Go ahead and profess to hate it, but we all know at some undefinable point, you just can't leave it. We do a bit of reflection like this every so often, and now's as good a time as any to revisit the issue. Aside from (or maybe because of) the trollery, the flaming, the dogmatic fools...what reasons do you have to thank NSG?

For me, it's a couple of things, but I'll just start with this:

1) I've always admitted that I had a real anti-US bias, but one thing NS has allowed me to is interact with a lot of sane (sexy) and wonderful USians, and frankly, my opinion about the US has changed dramatically. Don't worry, I still hate your foreign policy, yanks...but I'm better able to appreciate the good things about the US because of some of you posting here. It may not seem like a big deal, but trust me...it is.
Awash in some variety of feel-good hormone this evening Sin?

Anyway, cool. I'll take the opportunity to say that NS, you're more or less my internet home. NSG first exposed me to wit, vehemence, and inuendo like I'd never come across before anywhere. I've even grown more amenable to social spam over the years. Maybe that's a little understated. This place has stayed a sort of constant - lurking in interesting or merely embarrasing threads is one of a few ultimate and quiet passtimes I have - and I am pretty damn attatched to it, I admit freely. *nod*
NSG is pretty neat - at least I haven't come across a community that fit better. Though to be honest, I never looked. NS was the first forum I ever posted on, and it's just stuck since then. I'm not one of the deluded hordes that imagine they have the capability to leave, so I let it stick.


thanks to everyone for keeping up the good posting, and the forum's character. :fluffle:

(yeah, they don't come often, but I'm trying to ween myself off my unhealthy and paternalistic disdain for smilies. They are useful, and they are not embarrasing adolescent susbstitutes for proper writing)

What's not to thank NSG for? You guys are wonderful. I love you all.

Even me? :)

Damn, apparently Jolt's flux capacitor has calmed down a bit.

I have two possible theories on that:

1. The traded appearences of Colbert and O'Reilly upon their respective shows caused a massive surge of temporal energy that somehow managed to destabilize Jolt causing all the apparent time shifting of posts.

2. Jolt's servers are just pieces of shit.

I have two possible theories on that:

1. The traded appearences of Colbert and O'Reilly upon their respective shows caused a massive surge of temporal energy that somehow managed to destabilize Jolt causing all the apparent time shifting of posts.

2. Jolt's servers are just pieces of shit.

*Strokes chin*

Truly, a mystery with no easy answer, just like finding the electric potential from an infinite line of positive charge.

OMG it happened again! The plot thickens, just like pancake batter.

The traded appearences of Colbert and O'Reilly upon their respective shows caused a massive surge of temporal energy that somehow managed to destabilize Jolt causing all the apparent time shifting of posts.

Some may scoff, but I find it interesting that this anomaly has settled down just as the Colbert Report ended... ;)

Anyway, NSG is a perfect blend of cool news, interesting people, political discussion, lucid debates, and entertaining banter. Even the trolls are of a higher quality here. :D

I'd like to thank NSG for all of the entertainment and being the vehicle in which I met Neesika and made a sexy hot friend. :fluffle:

I would like to thank NSG for making me sit in my room wasting my life away.

I honestly can't think of anything good about NSG

Some may scoff, but I find it interesting that this anomaly has settled down just as the Colbert Report ended... ;)

Anyway, NSG is a perfect blend of cool news, interesting people, political discussion, lucid debates, and entertaining banter. Even the trolls are of a higher quality here. :D



good show tonight too! I knew Colbert would let O'Rielly make an ass of himself and help show once again that he has no sense of humor.

Even me? :)
Even you. Especially if you'll tell me who you are. :p

Even you. Especially if you'll tell me who you are. :p

Shouldn't you be studying? :p

Even you. Especially if you'll tell me who you are. :p

There's this movie reference.. I want to use it.. I know it's there.. I swear it's there.. But I can't fucking remember it.

:(

Even me? :)

Yes, even you, despite the memory leaks that I am plagued with when writing in your language.

There's this movie reference.. I want to use it.. I know it's there.. I swear it's there.. But I can't fucking remember it.

:(I didn't post a "I've been away for three weeks, fill me in on what happened" thread, so forgive me for wondering when all of Ruffy's posts turned into movie references.

Shouldn't you be studying? :p
No...

>.>
<.<

I gave up on that an hour ago, and started to download music hardcore.
There's this movie reference.. I want to use it.. I know it's there.. I swear it's there.. But I can't fucking remember it.

:(
*pat pat*

It's okay. Even if you remembered the movie reference, I probably won't know what movie it is.

I didn't post a "I've been away for three weeks, fill me in on what happened" thread, so forgive me for wondering when all of Ruffy's posts turned into movie references.

Shush, I found it. :)

http://www.crankycritic.com/qa/pf_articles/images/spidey-kiss.jpg

*pat pat*

It's okay. Even if you remembered the movie reference, I probably won't know what movie it is.

I thing it's Spiderman, but I'm not sure, but it works, so I win.

i dont have one to post right now

Even me? :)

I like your sig, everytime you post you are obeying me! :p

I'd like to thank NSG for entertaining me on many a boring evening. Ya'll are pretty cool. :)

Shush, I found it. :)

http://www.crankycritic.com/qa/pf_articles/images/spidey-kiss.jpg
I think you just wanted to post that picture.

I don't know any Danish NSers. :(
I thing it's Spiderman, but I'm not sure, but it works, so I win.
Well, you win nothing. So ha.

I think you just wanted to post that picture.

I don't know any Danish NSers. :(

Well, you win nothing. So ha.

*smites*

*smites*
*dies*

*dies*

:(

*dies*

*celebrates*

you lot help me stop thinking about killing the assholes in my family

I'd like to thank NSG for all of the entertainment and being the vehicle in which I met Neesika and made a sexy hot friend. :fluffle:

Well, in a big way this thread is dedicated to you (and your hot wife):) You can guess the other inspiration!

*dies*

*revives*

Can't lose to stalin over there...

:(
:(
*celebrates*
You're mean. *pouts*
*revives*

Can't lose to stalin over there...
Right, that thing. I should probably stay alive then.

*revives*

Can't lose to stalin over there...

*stops celebrating*
*coughs*

THE JIG IS UP!

*removes fingerprints with acid*
*flees*

I thank NSG for a lively, fast moving forum with smart people. I could get lost on here for hours if I'm not careful.

*stops celebrating*
*coughs*

THE JIG IS UP!

*removes fingerprints with acid*
*flees*

what the hell was that going past me

i all so thank NSG helping me make up my mind going full time in the army

(did it stick down where you live?)

YOU GOT SNOW?!

I hate you. :(

:(

You're mean. *pouts*

Right, that thing. I should probably stay alive then.
Exactly. :)
*stops celebrating*
*coughs*

THE JIG IS UP!

*removes fingerprints with acid*
*flees*

*follows using the tracks in the snow*
(did it stick down where you live?)

I thank NSG for a lively, fast moving forum with smart people. I could get lost on here for hours if I'm not careful.

I get that way on 7CG, bro. I always go through and read so many things on there for hours and hours.

Just a little coating.... :D It's very pretty and snowy.

The fact that you got snow, and I didn't, makes me very sad.

Alrighty. Until I see an accuuumulllatttion of snow, in my yard, I will not come on here. Meh, really, I'm just going to bed.. see you tomorrow..

YOU GOT SNOW?!

I hate you. :(

Just a little coating.... :D It's very pretty and snowy.

Damn Jolt to hell.

Warps are no fun if WYTYG isn't here to annoy.. :(

Just a little coating.... :D It's very pretty and snowy.

I know it's 1am, but I think you should go outside and take pics!

*laughs at Ruffy*

*Sends snow towards Philly-ish*
*takes back the snow, laughs some more.* 'night
*curses time warp for confusing me*

Ugh, this is going to warp. I have two minutes till it wont..

Well..

*smites for teasing me*

The fact that you got snow, and I didn't, makes me very sad.

Alrighty. Until I see an accuuumulllatttion of snow, in my yard, I will not come on here. Meh, really, I'm just going to bed.. see you tomorrow..

*laughs at Ruffy*

*Sends snow towards Philly-ish*
*takes back the snow, laughs some more.* 'night
*curses time warp for confusing me*

Also, NSG taught me about the dangers of the internet while innebriated (secondhand, albeit - still though, an important moral), and the dangers of introducing people likely to become creepy exes, or to be honest, people generally, to one's favorite site.

I considered it earlier, but honestly it's not quite impressive enough for me to get up and go into the cold. Sorry.

Edit: *is too smited/dead to take pictures :p*

Damn you, too. :(

*warps*

I know it's 1am, but I think you should go outside and take pics!

I considered it earlier, but honestly it's not quite impressive enough for me to get up and go into the cold. Sorry.

Edit: *is too smited/dead to take pictures :p*

Also, NSG taught me about the dangers of the internet while innebriated (secondhand, albeit - still though, an important moral), and the dangers of introducing people likely to become creepy exes, or to be honest, people generally, to one's favorite site.

Well hello!

*forgets about NSG*

If I introduce you to my friend, will you introduce me to your freind? ;)

Also, NSG taught me about the dangers of the internet while innebriated (secondhand, albeit - still though, an important moral), and the dangers of introducing people likely to become creepy exes, or to be honest, people generally, to one's favorite site.

Yeah, I brought a friend here once, and she dissed the place, and I remember being so offended that I resolved never to encourage that sort of thing again. NSG IS MINE! ALL MINE!!! :D

You're welcome. :)

I don't really thank NSG though. I mean, it's just a venue.

Yes, but if it weren't such a fabulous venue, I'd never have stuck around long enough to start lusting after USians.


Edit: *does the timewarp again*

one thing NS has allowed me to is interact with a lot of sane (sexy) and wonderful USians, and frankly, my opinion about the US has changed dramatically.

You're welcome. :)

I don't really thank NSG though. I mean, it's just a venue.

True. But no need to thank the venue, it won't ever be grateful. It's a loveless relationship. I just use it and throw it away as needed. You know, like women do. :p

Bitter man! I'm not thanking NSG, the souless entity, I'm thank NSG the collective. I've been assimilated, and it is true that resistance is futile.

No no, I'm thanking all the people that make NSG what it is. A whore's gloryhole. You shouldn't really be there, it's questionable, but even still there is some slight pleasure to be found...

Also, NSG taught me about the dangers of the internet while innebriated (secondhand, albeit - still though, an important moral), and the dangers of introducing people likely to become creepy exes, or to be honest, people generally, to one's favorite site.

Indeed. I would rather my RL friends not to realise how much time I waste on here. ;)

Yes, but if it weren't such a fabulous venue, I'd never have stuck around long enough to start lusting after USians.


Edit: *does the timewarp again*

True. But no need to thank the venue, it won't ever be grateful. It's a loveless relationship. I just use it and throw it away as needed. You know, like women do. :p

G'night...and Trostia...go do something enjoyable instead of hanging around here. And send pictures:D

the trollery, the flaming, the dogmatic fools...
That pretty much covers everyone, don't it?


I like NS cause it gives me something to do during the day. For the last two days, we've had exams and, due to my position, it's meant I've had nothing to do except sit staring at the computer from 8am to 4pm. Hence the amount of posts I've made recently.:)

Like Nevrun I'm teaching at a school where no-one, bar myself, is a native speaker. It can get a tad lonely and very boring here at times. You don't appreciate one's culture until you move out of it and every so often things pop up that drive home how alienating living overseas can be.
eg. the other day I had to a do a radio show during lunchtime at school. I figured I'd play it safe and put on 'Yellow Submarine' as introduction. The local teacher (a woman in her thirties) with me asked who sang it, as she had never heard the song before!
As nice as my colleagues are, there's just too big a gulf between us in terms of cultural references for me to be on little more than cogenial speaking terms with them.

go do something enjoyable instead of hanging around here. And send pictures:D

oh i did
two hot babes all most run me over with the Motocross bike they were on ,they crash in to a hedge

NSG has been a godsend for me. I love my little town out here in the middle of Japan, but there's only a handful of English speakers and two westerners (including me, and the other is Australian) in the town. NSG allows me to talk about events that are not interesting to my Japanese friends, or two difficult to explain in easy English.

Kanpai!

Originally posted by Demented Hamsters
Like Nevrun I'm teaching at a school where no-one, bar myself, is a native speaker. It can get a tad lonely and very boring here at times. You don't appreciate one's culture until you move out of it and every so often things pop up that drive home how alienating living overseas can be.
eg. the other day I had to a do a radio show during lunchtime at school. I figured I'd play it safe and put on 'Yellow Submarine' as introduction. The local teacher (a woman in her thirties) with me asked who sang it, as she had never heard the song before!
As nice as my colleagues are, there's just too big a gulf between us in terms of cultural references for me to be on little more than cogenial speaking terms with them.

Respect to those diligent aliens living on the Japanese mainland or elsewhere abroad... where abouts, by the way? Myself, I`m on the northernmost point of the island (Tsushima) closest to South Korea (hence, "Kami-" [above, top of] "-tsushima"). Can`t really say I post much, but I am definitely thankful to NSG for just being a source of continuing, 5-minutes-browsing-at-a-time entertainment during my working week and a supplier of interesting tidbits of information from the world beyond these craggy windswept shores.

Kudos to the denizens of NSG, ranging from the greatest :headbang: , through the lovely :fluffle: people to the most lethally accurate argument :sniper: ... keep up the good work!

Yeah, I brought a friend here once, and she dissed the place, and I remember being so offended that I resolved never to encourage that sort of thing again. NSG IS MINE! ALL MINE!!! :D
For seriously. Either they don't appreciate it, or they get hooked and stay, possibly gaining notoriety and fame. Either option recruits insecurities, guilt, and indignation of different, but acute sorts.

Indeed. I would rather my RL friends not to realise how much time I waste on here. ;) Another excellent point. That's the advantage of being a lurker....I don't wake up and check threads in some mornings - honestly - I don't, you can't prove I do.

Mostly for the people I've met.

I remember Neesika, even if she don't remember me. And all sorts of other people too, such as Eutrusca, the crusty old bastard. Even if he was, you know, completely insane (to me) in his political views.

Actually I saw him post just a few days ago, with a slightly different name. He hasn't kicked the bucket yet, anyway.

Mostly for the people I've met.

I remember Neesika, even if she don't remember me. And all sorts of other people too, such as Eutrusca, the crusty old bastard. Even if he was, you know, completely insane (to me) in his political views.

And other people too.

Another excellent point. That's the advantage of being a lurker....I don't wake up and check threads in some mornings - honestly - I don't, you can't prove I do.

Heh, well, I can't help myself. I always have to contribute my two cents in some form or another. What's weird, however, is that I almost never do that outside of the internet.

I curse this site for giving me a migrane on atleast 15 different occassions...Seriously, it did.

I want to thank NSG for always believing in me. I want to thank all of you
that made this great night possible. My internet provider: Thanks Cox! I
couldn't have done it without ya! My agent Sid Greenstein: I told you we'd
make it someday, Greenie! Of course I musn't forget to thank Dell for
providing my computer and all the support I've needed - even when times got
tough... *sniff* I love you all! Goodnight!

I'd really like to thank NS for giving us those lovably hateable trolls that give us a reason to pat ourselves on the back sometimes and think, "Y'know, I might not really be as stupid as I once thought I was."

Until we find out its a Mod... then let the migraines commence.

Nationstates you hae stolen 2 and a half years of my ill used life, may you steal many more.

if "NSG"=nation states game, well, we're all here, arn't we?

=^^=
.../\...

it wasn't exactly what i was looking for when i found it, but ...
it's a mildly amusing waste of time,
at least untill i find something that is.

=^^=
.../\...

Go ahead and profess to hate it, but we all know at some undefinable point, you just can't leave it. We do a bit of reflection like this every so often, and now's as good a time as any to revisit the issue. Aside from (or maybe because of) the trollery, the flaming, the dogmatic fools...what reasons do you have to thank NSG?

1. i "met" my girlfriend here and we've been going out for almost a year now :)

2. NSG was a friendly place when i needed some friends at university, going through badass double depression

3. NSG gives me a place to vent my political frustrations/anger

4. the people here are cool and friendly, and i love the social aspect of the forum, and the fact that regulars do really stick around :)



though its interesting you talk about this place changing your stance on america... cos it has for me too. just, not in the same way. before coming on here i was dead-set on living in San Francisco, but over time i've realised that most americans and i really don't see eye-to-eye on politics at all, or even the definition of 'freedom'. hence i don't think i'd be all that welcome over there and would find the business & political culture stifling to say the least (aggrivating, more like)

I only have one thing to say on this topic for all of NSG:

http://www.b3tards.com/uploads/me-love-you-long-time.jpg

I would like to thank NSG for making me sit in my room wasting my life away.

I honestly can't think of anything good about NSG

It's rather like beating off, and stopping before you have an orgasm, so you can go eat a cheese sandwich.

Bah, most of the time I'm cursing this thing for eating up my time and sanity.

In between, I'm most thankful for meeting all you nice and cool people (well, all the ones of you that qualify as nice and cool people ;)) and especially for that half-handful of people I got to know really well in real life, too.

Also, NSG taught me about the dangers of the internet while innebriated (secondhand, albeit - still though, an important moral), and the dangers of introducing people likely to become creepy exes, or to be honest, people generally, to one's favorite site.
Of course you don't introduce your RL friends to NSG! I would never do that! :eek:

Indeed. I would rather my RL friends not to realise how much time I waste on here. ;)
If I bring something I read on here up in conversation I usually credit it to "the internet" or the distinguished sounding "a political forum". :p

Another excellent point. That's the advantage of being a lurker....I don't wake up and check threads in some mornings - honestly - I don't, you can't prove I do. You know, I really didn't have you pegged as a lurker at all - I totally bought your "I have better things to do in my life than pop in here more often than every few days for a couple of acerbic posts" shtick.
Until now. :fluffle: :p (<--just helping you to embrace the smilies...)

Well...


it helps my English survive from day to day
it has helped me through many an hour of bored darkness (and hindered me through many a potential bright hour of productivity)
it does actually teach me quite a lot every now and again, ranging from an extended list of Most Curious Ways of Expressing Human Stupidity to Viewpoints I Never Thought People Could Actually Hold and beyond)
oh, and it makes for quite nice some online socializing in general, and gifted me the honor of one outstandingly awesome person in particular, so..

... I guess all-round thanks and bowing and nodding and shaking of hands is in order.

Wasn't he permabanned?
No, just deleted as "Eutrusca" and told he was free to start another nation and come back.

And yeah, he's still posting very rarely, like Kreitz said. I forgot the name again - Etrusciana or something, I think.

Gah. Replied to your post, Grave_n_Idle. See somewhere above. :rolleyes:



ETA: Okay, this is ridiculous. I didn't even quote anything this time, why is it still warping me? Grrr.

Actually I saw him post just a few days ago, with a slightly different name. He hasn't kicked the bucket yet, anyway.

Wasn't he permabanned?

Well...


it helps my English survive from day to day
it has helped me through many an hour of bored darkness (and hindered me through many a potential bright hour of productivity)
it does actually teach me quite a lot every now and again, ranging from an extended list of Most Curious Ways of Expressing Human Stupidity to Viewpoints I Never Thought People Could Actually Hold and beyond)
oh, and it makes for quite nice some online socializing in general, and gifted me the honor of one outstandingly awesome person in particular, so..

... I guess all-round thanks and bowing and nodding and shaking of hands is in order.

I think I pretty much agree with all of these...

Well, my English might not be that good. ;)

No, just deleted as "Eutrusca" and told he was free to start another nation and come back.

And yeah, he's still posting very rarely, like Kreitz said. I forgot the name again - Etrusciana or something, I think.

That's so cool... not only did you reply before I typed (based on appearances), but you also did it in reverse order.

Oh. Or maybe the world started running backwards, and I missed it, again. :(

Ah. And, cool on the other thing, too.

That's so cool... not only did you reply before I typed (based on appearances), but you also did it in reverse order.

Oh. Or maybe the world started running backwards, and I missed it, again. :(

Ah. And, cool on the other thing, too.

Hawking was right - time is only an illusion.

I shall reply to this earlier. :)
Figures that that post wouldn't be warped. :p

*pats GnI* ;p

Again??

Okay, this isn't right. Why is it working for you guys but warping me?

I get the feeling jolt doesn't like me.

http://www.freesmileys.org/emo/sad021.gif

Hawking was right - time is only an illusion.

I shall reply to this earlier. :)

Nah, I'm still working on that 'world running backwards' idea. In which case, earlier still hasn't arrived. :)

It has now.

oh, and it makes for quite nice some online socializing in general, and gifted me the honor of one outstandingly awesome person in particular, so..

Only one? ;)

Figures that that post wouldn't be warped. :p

*pats GnI* ;p

Nah, I'm still working on that 'world running backwards' idea. In which case, earlier still hasn't arrived. :)

NSG was part of the reason I transformed, over two and a half years, from anarchist to free-market capitalist to semi-totalitarian meritocrat. I realised first that people were too inherently bad for anarchism to work, and then that they were too inherently stupid for democracy to work. :D

Again??

Okay, this isn't right. Why is it working for you guys but warping me?

I get the feeling jolt doesn't like me.

http://www.freesmileys.org/emo/sad021.gif

It's either timezones -- Sowibi's been doing it too (jolt's GMT+2 mirror is out of sync with its GMT-8 mirror, perhaps) or a confusion with the different servers: forums.jolt.co.uk, forums2.jolt.co.uk, forums3.jolt.co.uk, and forums4.jolt.co.uk. Which one are you using?

EDIT: I just tried posting on forums2. It appears to be set four minutes earlier than the regular forums.jolt.co.uk. This is therefore the root of the problem; everyone using forums2's posts will be timestamped four minutes earlier than those on the regular forums.

More so, forums2 is using the correct time, as my atomic clock-set computer displays the same time as forums2 whereas forums is set later; it is therefore the regular forums that are warped. Elementary, my dear Watson.

i'm using forums(1)

letssee if this timewarps me

This post has been made on forums2, which is set to the correct time.

Forums(1) is therefore warped.

As an experiment, I urge you all to try switching between the various forums and recording what the clock on the bottom says. Maybe forums3 and forums4 are warped in still more unusual ways.

Again??

Okay, this isn't right. Why is it working for you guys but warping me?

I get the feeling jolt doesn't like me.

http://www.freesmileys.org/emo/sad021.gif

It does look pretty clever though. According to the recorded times, you not only replied to me two minutes before I said anything, but managed to comment on your own post, find a link, and post at the same time as me... whilst still managing to 'get in before' my post.

I bow to your temporal talents.

It's either timezones -- Sowibi's been doing it too (jolt's GMT+2 mirror is out of sync with its GMT-8 mirror, perhaps) or a confusion with the different servers: forums.jolt.co.uk, forums2.jolt.co.uk, forums3.jolt.co.uk, and forums4.jolt.co.uk. Which one are you using?

i'm using forums(1)

letssee if this timewarps me




edit: nope. (:()

It has now.

Look where the post is I am now replying to. I rest my case.

Eventually, the forum will be running in reverse. :)

It's either timezones -- Sowibi's been doing it too (jolt's GMT+2 mirror is out of sync with its GMT-8 mirror, perhaps) or a confusion with the different servers: forums.jolt.co.uk, forums2.jolt.co.uk, forums3.jolt.co.uk, and forums4.jolt.co.uk. Which one are you using?

EDIT: I just tried posting on forums2. It appears to be set four minutes earlier than the regular forums.jolt.co.uk. This is therefore the root of the problem; everyone using forums2's posts will be timestamped four minutes earlier than those on the regular forums.

More so, forums2 is using the correct time, as my atomic clock-set computer displays the same time as forums2 whereas forums is set later; it is therefore the regular forums that are warped. Elementary, my dear Watson.

Heh, I didn't even know there were several forumses. :p I'm using the simple "forum".
Which as of right now is actually only less than a minute behind real time (Atomic Clock FTW).

Last night it was 4 minutes ahead...

But yay for finding the (disappointingly anticlimactic :() explanation for the warp! :)

It does look pretty clever though. According to the recorded times, you not only replied to me two minutes before I said anything, but managed to comment on your own post, find a link, and post at the same time as me... whilst still managing to 'get in before' my post.

I bow to your temporal talents.
You know, now that you put it like that, I positively awe myself. :)

Heh, I didn't even know there were several forumses. :p I'm using the simple "forum".
Which as of right now is actually only less than a minute behind real time (Atomic Clock FTW).
Probably a time zone thing. My forums is a few minutes ahead.

But yay for finding the (disappointingly anticlimactic :() explanation for the warp! :)
Unfortunately, the truth tends to be a bit anticlimactic. I'd prefer if it were Euroslavia's secret plan for internet domination by systematically timewarping it, too, but we can't have everything.

NS helps me pass the time at work without actually working and it's allowed me to argue with people from all over the globe instead of just arguing with my friends here in the US.

Thanks to NSG I don't feel so alone in the world, I have found a few people around here who think just like I do, understand my weird sense of humor, and like the things I like.

It doesn't sound like much, but where I am from I am often an outsider it seems.

What's not to thank NSG for? You guys are wonderful. I love you all.
Case in point below. *nods*
I am thankful to NSG because it likes to feed my ego.
^^ Yep, right here. We shouldn't be thankful for NSG feeding Ruffy anything. :p
Go ahead and profess to hate it, but we all know at some undefinable point, you just can't leave it. We do a bit of reflection like this every so often, and now's as good a time as any to revisit the issue. Aside from (or maybe because of) the trollery, the flaming, the dogmatic fools...what reasons do you have to thank NSG?

For me, it's a couple of things, but I'll just start with this:

1) I've always admitted that I had a real anti-US bias, but one thing NS has allowed me to is interact with a lot of sane (sexy) and wonderful USians, and frankly, my opinion about the US has changed dramatically. Don't worry, I still hate your foreign policy, yanks...but I'm better able to appreciate the good things about the US because of some of you posting here. It may not seem like a big deal, but trust me...it is.
Hate it!? Why, perish the thought, old gal. ;)

Oh, and shall I take that as a compliment, then?:p

I would have to say it's the company I have found here. This group can certainly be an inspiring bunch. Or completely dumbfounding (in peculiar ways). But something about it is just appealing. That "Je ne sais quois."
Awash in some variety of feel-good hormone this evening Sin?

Anyway, cool. I'll take the opportunity to say that NS, you're more or less my internet home. NSG first exposed me to wit, vehemence, and inuendo like I'd never come across before anywhere. I've even grown more amenable to social spam over the years. Maybe that's a little understated. This place has stayed a sort of constant - lurking in interesting or merely embarrasing threads is one of a few ultimate and quiet passtimes I have - and I am pretty damn attatched to it, I admit freely. *nod*
NSG is pretty neat - at least I haven't come across a community that fit better. Though to be honest, I never looked. NS was the first forum I ever posted on, and it's just stuck since then. I'm not one of the deluded hordes that imagine they have the capability to leave, so I let it stick.


thanks to everyone for keeping up the good posting, and the forum's character. :fluffle:

(yeah, they don't come often, but I'm trying to ween myself off my unhealthy and paternalistic disdain for smilies. They are useful, and they are not embarrasing adolescent susbstitutes for proper writing)

It was my first, too. Then I visited the Paradox Interactive forums, HOI 2. But it isn't the same, isn't as lively or inspiring. Though I do get to laugh at massive strategic blunders....Who ever heard of a transport sinking a heavy cruiser?:p

:(

Bah, she'll be back. :p

This post has been made on forums2, which is set to the correct time.

Forums(1) is therefore warped.

As an experiment, I urge you all to try switching between the various forums and recording what the clock on the bottom says. Maybe forums3 and forums4 are warped in still more unusual ways.
i disagree. your reply to my post appears above my post (which itself was not timewarped and appeared properly at the end of the thread). therefore forums(1) is ok and forums2 (which you are posting from) must be the problem


plus, the time at the bottom of this page is correct on forums(1)













i'm confused >.>

i'm using forums(1)

letssee if this timewarps me




edit: nope. (:()

I depends where you are, I think, PM. I'm using the same and was getting warped yesterday.

I depends where you are, I think, PM. I'm using the same and was getting warped yesterday.

in that case i'm even more confused :p



edit: ok that was warped.

i give up trying to understand it :D (there was a clear pattern last time the forums did this, iirc)

Respect to those diligent aliens living on the Japanese mainland or elsewhere abroad... where abouts, by the way?
I live in a small village on one of the islands of Hong Kong. Luckily there's plenty of expats living here, so it's not as bad as it would be, say, living in Uramqi (I was offered a teaching post there recently), but unfortunately at the school there's only me.

Well, in a big way this thread is dedicated to you (and your hot wife):) You can guess the other inspiration!
I'm gonna guess it isn't me. :p [/pseudo-vain smartass]
Damn Jolt to hell.

Warps are no fun if WYTYG isn't here to annoy.. :(

I rather agree. :(

If not for NSG, I'd spend my days in the office working! :eek: It's remarkable, the amount I still get done.

And I have met quite a number of interesting and fun people here. :D

i disagree. your reply to my post appears above my post (which itself was not timewarped and appeared properly at the end of the thread). therefore forums(1) is ok and forums2 (which you are posting from) must be the problem


plus, the time at the bottom of this page is correct on forums(1)

I might be wrong then, and forums2 is warped. <.<

FD, spammers don't count as humans, due to a lack of a developed cerebral cortex and uncontrollable spasms of the fingers, the only way to explain, well, spam.

And I have met quite a number of interesting and fun people here. :D

And you've met Fascist Dominion here, too. :p

Yeah, I brought a friend here once, and she dissed the place, and I remember being so offended that I resolved never to encourage that sort of thing again. NSG IS MINE! ALL MINE!!! :D

Bitter man! I'm not thanking NSG, the souless entity, I'm thank NSG the collective. I've been assimilated, and it is true that resistance is futile.

No no, I'm thanking all the people that make NSG what it is. A whore's gloryhole. You shouldn't really be there, it's questionable, but even still there is some slight pleasure to be found...
So we are t3h B0rg?:confused:
That pretty much covers everyone, don't it?

What about us spammers?:(:(:(:(:(

And you've met Fascist Dominion here, too. :p

Good point. I'll finish catching up when I get home. :p

If I remember. :(

So we are t3h B0rg?:confused:


http://www.mala.bc.ca/~soules/medi402/walker/borg1.GIF

I think I pretty much agree with all of these...

Well, my English might not be that good. ;)
Yeah, right. Did I already tell you how C came before B in the alphabet since 2am this morning?


I get the feeling jolt doesn't like me.

http://www.freesmileys.org/emo/sad021.gif
Took you long enough to figure out, too. *ducks*

Thanks to NSG I don't feel so alone in the world, I have found a few people around here who think just like I do, understand my weird sense of humor, and like the things I like.

It doesn't sound like much, but where I am from I am often an outsider it seems.

I think most of us are, Smunkee:)

Something else NSG has done? Increased my tolerance of certain religious folks. This mostly happened pre-you, so by the time you came on I had stopped making assumptions about people based on their religion. Jocabia, and Dem, among others, showed me that religion doesn't necessarily mean backward, superstitious intolerance.

NSG is one of the few things that keeps me "sane". Mostly by reminding me constantly that there are alot of crazies out there.

NSG is one of the few things that keeps me "sane". Mostly by reminding me constantly that there are alot of crazies out there.

Hahahahahahaha....sanity by comparison is a true gift....

Let's see, what else am I thankful for...NSG gives me the opportunity to actually flesh out my thoughts and positions (although Vitt may still be confused as to what those positions are) and that has been invaluable in RL. Seriously. You should see me tear through people with my NSG training, screaming, "source!" and "n00b!" hahahahaha.

No, really, I've become much more politically articulate over the YEARS (oh my god, to think how long I've been here!) on NSG. And I'm much more prepared for dealing with foaming psychotics in real life too.

It has helped me to realize a bit the matrix of international opinion regarding certain issues. The typical "what would a dane, or a german, or an aussie would think about this?" thing.

And regarding the forums Time Warp...Well, you haven't realized it, but Jolt now is thinking in improving our intellectual capacities.

YES, they are trying to impose puzzles on us, to improve our intelligence. That way we are forced to read all posts, and put them in the correct order.

And regarding the forums Time Warp...Well, you haven't realized it, but Jolt now is thinking in improving our intellectual capacities.

YES, they are trying to impose puzzles on us, to improve our intelligence. That way we are forced to read all posts, and put them in the correct order.

Jolt makes my brain hurt.

Another great thing about NSG? Generally I avoid people who have greatly different political beliefs than I, particularly if I really find those beliefs to be repugnant. Ok, I still do, when it comes to racists, homophobes etc...but I have managed to go beyond certain political beliefs of some of the posters here (opinions on capital punishment, capitalism etc) and appreciate their other quailties. So, we don't have to agree, but I can still get along with them. This has helped in RL too...maybe sounds obvious, but no.

Another great thing about NSG? Generally I avoid people who have greatly different political beliefs than I, particularly if I really find those beliefs to be repugnant. Ok, I still do, when it comes to racists, homophobes etc...but I have managed to go beyond certain political beliefs of some of the posters here (opinions on capital punishment, capitalism etc) and appreciate their other quailties. So, we don't have to agree, but I can still get along with them. This has helped in RL too...maybe sounds obvious, but no.

You're a better person than me. When somebody has a lot of views I disagree with, I usually just want to grab a spoon and jam it up their nose.

:cool:

You're a better person than me. When somebody has a lot of views I disagree with, I usually just want to grab a spoon and jam it up their nose.

:cool:

That's cuz you're really smart. :rolleyes:

Hahahahahahaha....sanity by comparison is a true gift....

The best kind of sanity!

I'm not going to thank NSG for anything, but I will say that I really appreciate that Max added this forum so we could have a place to openly challenge each other's beliefs and discuss the matters that are important to us in an incredibly diverse environment.

It's always a pleasure to have a good discussion or debate here, and meet very cool and interesting folks.

Go ahead and profess to hate it, but we all know at some undefinable point, you just can't leave it. We do a bit of reflection like this every so often, and now's as good a time as any to revisit the issue. Aside from (or maybe because of) the trollery, the flaming, the dogmatic fools...what reasons do you have to thank NSG?

For me, it's a couple of things, but I'll just start with this:

1) I've always admitted that I had a real anti-US bias, but one thing NS has allowed me to is interact with a lot of sane (sexy) and wonderful USians, and frankly, my opinion about the US has changed dramatically. Don't worry, I still hate your foreign policy, yanks...but I'm better able to appreciate the good things about the US because of some of you posting here. It may not seem like a big deal, but trust me...it is.

I dunno, frankly I'm bored with it. I've been coming around less and less, only to find more of the same-old, same-old, and so I've been finding other things to do with my time. Who knows? Maybe I'll break this habit yet.

Well, in a big way this thread is dedicated to you (and your hot wife):) You can guess the other inspiration!


I'm pretty sure I can.

Um.... Eut? LOL ;)

http://www.mala.bc.ca/~soules/medi402/walker/borg1.GIF

I might not like you much, but this earns you points.

I dunno, frankly I'm bored with it. I've been coming around less and less, only to find more of the same-old, same-old, and so I've been finding other things to do with my time. Who knows? Maybe I'll break this habit yet.

Doubt it. We all go through phases of disenchantment, and we slow down, don't post as much...but this is the Hotel California.

I'm pretty sure I can.

Um.... Eut? LOL ;)

That's how horrible rumours get started...by, um...people....starting horrible rumours! *heaves*

I might not like you much, but this earns you points.

I was just thinking about you when posting in this thread for some reason. Glad I met you too! :fluffle:

That's how horrible rumours get started...by, um...people....starting horrible rumours! *heaves*

I kid I kid!!! :D

No, just deleted as "Eutrusca" and told he was free to start another nation and come back.

And yeah, he's still posting very rarely, like Kreitz said. I forgot the name again - Etrusciana or something, I think.
It is a really old puppet of his.:)

It allows me to argue with people over the most petty issues, hurrah hurrah.

Oh and there are some fantastic people here, too.

NSG has helped me become a better debator and think more clearly about all the implications of what I say, politically wise. That being said, I know I'll never win a battle simply because I'm of the minority.

Who the hell is Narcilles?!?!

I like NS, even though it can be shit sometimes.

I like NS, even though it can be shit sometimes.

Are you stalking me?

Go ahead and profess to hate it, but we all know at some undefinable point, you just can't leave it. We do a bit of reflection like this every so often, and now's as good a time as any to revisit the issue. Aside from (or maybe because of) the trollery, the flaming, the dogmatic fools...what reasons do you have to thank NSG?

For me, it's a couple of things, but I'll just start with this:

1) I've always admitted that I had a real anti-US bias, but one thing NS has allowed me to is interact with a lot of sane (sexy) and wonderful USians, and frankly, my opinion about the US has changed dramatically. Don't worry, I still hate your foreign policy, yanks...but I'm better able to appreciate the good things about the US because of some of you posting here. It may not seem like a big deal, but trust me...it is.

It gave me something to do when I'm bored. I met a lot of people I never would have otherwise, and people actually listen to my problems/bullshit, whereas in RL people just go "Johnny, shut up, you're emo (hit on head)".

Thank you, NSG.

Are you stalking me?

Who isn't?

I thank NS for Vegan Nuts, Soheran and the trolls.

I wouldn't quite know where to begin...

Thank you NSG for eating my time and wasting my precious moments which would have been wasted on something much more boring instead. All of the great people who make me smile and keep coming back to this wonderful pit of insanity, and giving me inspiration and release :)

And for giving me a venue to escape to when work gets boring, and for giving me a place to debate interesting topics.

And Spam. And spam. And Spam! And socialize. And get soppy and find funny cat pics. And offering a place where I can post this link (http://www.unbuffered.com/moskau.html)again and again without feeling bad or guilty about it at all.

And, did I mention steal my time? Even when I should be doing something useful? Pah! :p

But to quote some strange guy on the subway:

On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair. Warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air. Up ahead in the distance, I saw shimmering light. My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim. I had to stop for the night. There she stood in the doorway; I heard the mission bell. And I was thinking to myself, 'This could be Heaven or this could be Hell'. Then she lit up a candle and she showed me the way. There were voices down the corridor, I thought I heard them say... Welcome to the Hotel California, Such a lovely place - Such a lovely face, Plenty of room at the Hotel California, Any time of year, You can find it here. Her mind is Tiffany-twisted, she got the Mercedes Benz, She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys she calls friends. How they dance in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat. Some dance to remember, some dance to forget. So I called up the Captain, 'Please bring me my wine'. He said, 'We haven't had that spirit here since nineteen sixty nine.' And still those voices are calling from far away, Wake you up in the middle of the night. Just to hear them say... Welcome to the Hotel California, Such a lovely place, Such a lovely face. They livin' it up at the Hotel California. What a nice surprise. Bring your alibis. Mirrors on the ceiling, The pink champagne on ice. And she said 'We are all just prisoners here, of our own device' And in the master's chambers, They gathered for the feast. They stab it with their steely knives, But they just can't kill the beast. Last thing I remember, I was Running for the door. I had to find the passage back To the place I was before 'Relax,' said the night man, 'We are programmed to receive.
You can check-out any time you like,
But you can never leave!'


Have a good one ;)

I wouldn't quite know where to begin...

Thank you NSG for eating my time and wasting my precious moments which would have been wasted on something much more boring instead. All of the great people who make me smile and keep coming back to this wonderful pit of insanity, and giving me inspiration and release :)

And for giving me a venue to escape to when work gets boring, and for giving me a place to debate interesting topics.

And Spam. And spam. And Spam! And socialize. And get soppy and find funny cat pics. And offering a place where I can post this link (http://www.unbuffered.com/moskau.html)again and again without feeling bad or guilty about it at all.

And, did I mention steal my time? Even when I should be doing something useful? Pah! :p

But to quote some strange guy on the subway:



Have a good one ;)
GRAVLEN!

check your TG.

And the spamming crew. I really would like to thank the spamming crew. *nods* :)

GRAVLEN!

check your TG.

And the spamming crew. I really would like to thank the spamming crew. *nods* :)

The spamming crew - THIS spamming crew - is good. Great spam. We do it well! :D

Oh, and you've got a rant - I mean TG :)

The spamming crew - THIS spamming crew - is good. Great spam. We do it well! :D

Oh, and you've got a rant - I mean TG :)
I'll rant back when I'm bored.

w00t for couch! :p

Thought I'd bring this thread back up, since here I am, stuck on NS again instead of cleaning up the disaster that is my home post party.

Thanks NS, for giving me the lame excuse I need to stop washing out empty wine bottles for an hour or two!

Edit: (why do we go through to trouble to clean our houses when we know they're going to be turned upside down anyway?)

My mom maintains that she doesn't mind a messy house as long as it is clean. I think that's an important distinction. Good point actually, and my kids have learned the difference between 'the house is messy' and 'the house is dirty'. Damn, back to the wine bottles it is.

More things to thank NS for.... it's a good sounding board for awkward questions or odd ideas I have on occasion.

It makes me wonder what great things shy or socially awkward people I know in RL have to say when they aren't feeling shy and socially awkward.
Exactly! I'll have to say, I have a lot more faith in my ability to find common ground EVEN WITH TEENAGERS *gasp!* than I ever did before. So I kind of seek out the loners every now and again and engage them, probably making them horribly uncomfortable, but nonetheless I think it's worth it with some of the gems they come up with...

Thought I'd bring this thread back up, since here I am, stuck on NS again instead of cleaning up the disaster that is my home post party.

Thanks NS, for giving me the lame excuse I need to stop washing out empty wine bottles for an hour or two!

Edit: (why do we go through to trouble to clean our houses when we know they're going to be turned upside down anyway?)My mom maintains that she doesn't mind a messy house as long as it is clean. I think that's an important distinction.

More things to thank NS for.... it's a good sounding board for awkward questions or odd ideas I have on occasion.

It makes me wonder what great things shy or socially awkward people I know in RL have to say when they aren't feeling shy and socially awkward.

This place is great. In real life, I'm not much of a talker, and don't voice my views a lot. But on here, you can't shut me up :)
Thankyou NSG, for bringing out the louder side in me.
Also, thankyou NSG for helping me NOT do my homework.

I'd like to thank NSG for accomidating my four-thousanth post. Huzzah.

I thank NS because i didn't have to login this morning i already was.:cool:

Thank you NSG for not having the same universally low-grade debate that 99% of the other forums in the world have.

Oh, and for having a wide variety of topics, not just politics.