NationStates Jolt Archive

Why?

I don't know - hence it's mystifying.

My feeling is that you run on 2nd gear in terms of thinking, I don't know if that makes sense.

People are generally running in neutral or first gear here mostly, but occasionally a particular issue will rise that means they move into top gear to try and win the debate.

From there I can generally ascertain what that person's views are, and their level of 'to be taken seriously', in general - nothing to say about their personality, simply their level of debate and their angle of viewpoint. I'm rarely involved in these but I do read threads without posting.

That will affect whether I engage in the future - I do have a very good memory - I would hesitate to engage in a debate with you because I wouldn't know what gear to go into and putting a second gear response to someone who could whip into 5th gear might destroy me to some extent.

Don't know if that makes sense.

EDIT: It's not that I'm looking to take people on, mostly I throw in my point of view, make a funny (IMO) quote or look to provide a correction to a wrong assertion. Sometimes someone will respond to my POV or correction and I may enter a debate - but I generally know at what level I need to engage given the poster's history - I wouldn't with you, I would hesitate in my response, double check what I'm saying and proceed cautiously.

Just what is the point of this thread?

Just what is the point of this thread?

Does it need a point?

Does it need a point?

One would think it might've had one, well, before it turned into the inevitable 15-page spamfest.

One would think it might've had one, well, before it turned into the inevitable 15-page spamfest.

It seemed to have one until it turned into one another stroking each other. Stroking ego's that is.

It seemed to have one until it turned into one another stroking each other. Stroking ego's that is.

Nah, I think they were doing a bit more than that.

Nah, I think they were doing a bit more than that.

Maybe that is why they are all offline and not posting in this thread right now. ;) :fluffle:

Maybe that is why they are all offline and not posting in this thread right now. ;) :fluffle:

Hmm...

...Bad mental image there.

Hmm...

...Bad mental image there.

Indeed... :eek:

The point of this thread is to:
1) actually think about what you think you know about other posters
2) reconsider, and ponder whether those 'facts' or personality traits are theirs, or something you've projected onto them
3) consider how people may see you in the wrong light, for the same reasons

Then, either

a) stop projecting, and start actually READING and not assuming...or better yet, actually learning more about a poster

or

b) shrug and go, 'wow that was neat' and continue on.

It's like a choose your own adventure.

It's like a choose your own adventure.

Yeah, with a shitload of spam. :p

That said, I'm still waiting for my name to pop up before I pass judgement (well, not really judgement, but opinion) on anybody.

Yeah, with a shitload of spam. :p

That said, I'm still waiting for my name to pop up before I pass judgement (well, not really judgement, but opinion) on anybody.

All that was bonding. ;)

I never really personify people in General. In II, it's different...sometimes, I almost associate posters with their IC characters. That can get scary.

Don't pretend you know me.
I believe that it is fairly easy to know you. In the past 3 years you have made over 25,000 posts, and I think it would be quite easy to make a fairly accurate list of many of the characteristics that you have openly displayed. IMHO, in totality it is not a pretty picture that you have painted.

I'm a lot sexier in real life than here.

Just what is the point of this thread?

To make Neesika feel all personified yet grossly misunderstood, so she can reasonably revel in the misery of the misappreciation of NSG. Bitch gone emo is a feast to watch. ;P

I don't think anyone on here really thinks about me, so the deepest it gets is just the passing "he's an asshole," most likely.

It's like a choose your own adventure.

The Lemmiwink-fu is strong here.

A great adventure
is waiting for you ahead
hurry onward's Lemmiwinks
or you will soon be dead

The advantage of being a semi-retired old-time NSer is that even though I have over five thousand posts, I don't recognize the majority of posters in this thread, and I suspect the feeling is mutual.

*relurks*

The advantage of being a semi-retired old-time NSer is that even though I have over five thousand posts, I don't recognize the majority of posters in this thread, and I suspect the feeling is mutual.

*relurks*

I know you, but I have no idea where from.

If Fass is Dr Cox.. Then I guess I am the Janitor.

There are lots of janitors in NSG. And even more Lennys.

Lets see, I am a dark, morbid, sarcastic, misanthropic, anti-social, self-centred, arrogant, bastard, with a twisted sense of humour, both here and IRL. So the only question is how others here see me, something that doesn't matter to me one iota.

Sooo emogoth? =D

I'm a lot sexier in real life than here.
aren't we all?

I mean, it's not like it'd be that difficult to be sexier in RL than here.

It doesn't apply to me in the context of the conversation Chris and I were having, as we were discussing it in accordance with the massive ammounts of leftism found here.

You? No idea. (I did say "most"....)

Good to know!

I'm a lot sexier in real life than here.

Me too. :cool:

Good to know!

For the record, he'd probably say that to any person who asked him directly...

I suspect 'entirely psychotic, paranoid and overly combative' seem to spring to mind when people think of me.

For the record, he'd probably say that to any person who asked him directly...

I kinda suspected that. ;)

Me too. :cool:

But you're not sexy online to begin with, so that's not saying much.

Unlike me, of course. Look at the lascivious curves of this letter "X"!

But you're not sexy online to begin with, so that's not saying much.

Unlike me, of course. Look at the lascivious curves of this letter "X"!

Wtf, I am too! I was in that...contest...thing. :(

Wtf, I am too! I was in that...contest...thing. :(

What contest? I want proof.

Yes...but fortunatly most of NS are either A) kids who don't yet know the real world and will thus become a bit more conservative when they have to pay taxes, have a family and exit school/university, or B) Losers who either are failing or have failed life.

Yes, that's really how I feel.

Which is exactly how you would feel if you were a pampered, young, white male.

If you weren't, you would have long ago realised that the real world is not easy. You would have realised this without ever having to pay taxes, have a family, or exit school. Like the rest of us who are not pampered, young, white males.

What contest? I want proof.

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=12616105#post12616105

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=12616105#post12616105

OK, so there was a contest, but I bet it was for pictures of your real life sexy self. Thus, it doesn't say anything at all about how sexy you are online, and you would in that case be no more sexier offline than on!

OK, so there was a contest, but I bet it was for pictures of your real life sexy self. Thus, it doesn't say anything at all about how sexy you are online, and you would in that case be no more sexier offline than on!

Ah, I suppose you are right then!

*bows in acquiecence*

On another note: Hey, we are both Sp@mQueen Advisors!

Ah, I suppose you are right then!

*bows in acquiecence*

On another note: Hey, we are both Sp@mQueen Advisors!

We have so much in common, we're like soulmates!

By the way, I was curious about your name and did a google pic search to see teh sexiness.

http://www.formula-as.ro/395as/ilie%2010.jpg

But uh, we all have our bad hair days. :p

I believe that it is fairly easy to know you. In the past 3 years you have made over 25,000 posts, and I think it would be quite easy to make a fairly accurate list of many of the characteristics that you have openly displayed. IMHO, in totality it is not a pretty picture that you have painted.

Hahahahahahaaa....you really need to get over your obsessiong with me, princess. You see what you want to see, and that includes a very large blind spot in respect of your own behaviour here. Suffice it to say, it's quite clear you have a hardon for me, and besides being creepy, it's rather unhealthy.

I don't care if you don't like me. But I shan't stroke your ego by pretending it actually matters to me.

Toodles!

P.S. Actually, thanks for proving my point. You are of the belief that you can really know someone from how they post. You ascribe to yourself powers of perception you don't actually have.

To make Neesika feel all personified yet grossly misunderstood, so she can reasonably revel in the misery of the misappreciation of NSG. Bitch gone emo is a feast to watch. ;P

Hahahhaa, I love you chick.

Sure, no doubt that's part of it. But I've gotten to know some people recently that I had a VERY different opinion of before...quite unfounded actually, and I was a little chagrined to realise that they were not who I created them to be...they were something else.

I believe that it is fairly easy to know you. In the past 3 years you have made over 25,000 posts, and I think it would be quite easy to make a fairly accurate list of many of the characteristics that you have openly displayed. IMHO, in totality it is not a pretty picture that you have painted.

it's okay, we don't like you either[/snark] :P

Neesika is an enigma wrapped in a tortilla smothered in the refried beans of sexyness and loco queso

Neesika is an enigma wrapped in a tortilla smothered in the refried beans of sexyness and loco queso

With an occassional jalapeno pepper shoved up her ass.

With an occassional jalapeno pepper shoved up her ass.

It's not as fun as it sounds. Take my word for it :p

It's not as fun as it sounds. Take my word for it :p

Hahahahaha...I will :D (take your word for it)

It's not as fun as it sounds. Take my word for it :p

It doesn't sound fun at all.

It doesn't sound fun at all.

In my defence it wasn't by choice

It doesn't sound fun at all.
It does if you're a masochist.

Don't really know how I'm seen on this board, though I imagine it's probably somewhere between "Who?" and "That kinda sounds familiar..." I was surprised to find out a handful of people thought that I was a woman, though.

I try not to ascribe too much in the way of personality traits to posters, the interaction is far too limited to get a real impression. Some posters that I hated when I first came here I've started to find that we think a lot more along the same lines than I'd realized (namely Bottle), with others it's the opposite.

Hahahhaa, I love you chick.


In my language, we say "love goes through the stomach" - does yours come with regular supplies of pizza, pasta, chocolate and icecream? If not, I'm still flattered, but I'd have to decline your polite offer.

Don't really know how I'm seen on this board, though I imagine it's probably somewhere between "Who?" and "That kinda sounds familiar..." I was surprised to find out a handful of people thought that I was a woman, though.

I try not to ascribe too much in the way of personality traits to posters, the interaction is far too limited to get a real impression. Some posters that I hated when I first came here I've started to find that we think a lot more along the same lines than I'd realized (namely Bottle), with others it's the opposite.

I've certainly noticed you have wit, and the ability to carry it off. Unless I've got you mixed up with someone else? >.>

This your only nation?

I've certainly noticed you have wit, and the ability to carry it off. Unless I've got you mixed up with someone else? >.>

This your only nation?

Thanks, and yes, first and only nation.

I'm only active on General and really only keep the nation around for the board.

In my language, we say "love goes through the stomach" - does yours come with regular supplies of pizza, pasta, chocolate and icecream? If not, I'm still flattered, but I'd have to decline your polite offer.

I'm a fantastic cook.

And besides, I don't need my love to be reciprocated. Sheesh!

I'm a fantastic cook.

Tzz, that's what they all say. Where's my lasagne and icecream for now, huh?

And besides, I don't need my love to be reciprocated. Sheesh!

I never spoke of reciprocating, only of 'accepting'. My advice is to pay more attention to close reading if you're still on the law school path to hell, lady.

Tzz, that's what they all say. Where's my lasagne and icecream for now, huh? I'm eating it.



I never spoke of reciprocating, only of 'accepting'. My advice is to pay more attention to close reading if you're still on the law school path to hell, lady.
I don't need you to accept either.
And don't make me dissect your conversation like a legal treatise. *kills self*

I don't think I ever really give away much of my personality on here, well not any really, so I don't know how people would be able to personify me at all, or even have an idea of what I'm actually like.

I don't think I ever really give away much of my personality on here, well not any really, so I don't know how people would be able to personify me at all, or even have an idea of what I'm actually like.

I have some sense. MUAHAHAHAHHAHA!

I have some sense. MUAHAHAHAHHAHA!

Well, go on then :p

We have so much in common, we're like soulmates!

By the way, I was curious about your name and did a google pic search to see teh sexiness.

http://www.formula-as.ro/395as/ilie%2010.jpg

But uh, we all have our bad hair days. :p

Blech, who the hell is that.

I don't think I ever really give away much of my personality on here, well not any really, so I don't know how people would be able to personify me at all, or even have an idea of what I'm actually like.

:D

:D

Yes? :p

You're a sixty tentacled alien from Bracchuis 12, who worked briefly as a Glurg inspector, but decided to pursue a career in Frif hunting. When you lost seven of your limbs, you retired, and are now a bitter Slurg sitting in your room, dreaming of taking your revenge...

Yes? :p

Oh, nothing, nothing. Continue, I'll just watch. :p

I don't think I ever really give away much of my personality on here, well not any really, so I don't know how people would be able to personify me at all, or even have an idea of what I'm actually like.


I agree. You need to spill the beans!

I think you've said enough to get CTOAN pretty fond of you when you were talking about some personal likes.

You're a sixty tentacled alien from Bracchuis 12, who worked briefly as a Glurg inspector, but decided to pursue a career in Frif hunting. When you lost seven of your limbs, you retired, and are now a bitter Slurg sitting in your room, dreaming of taking your revenge...

Seriously, how did you know?

Are...are you spying on me? Damn it, I knew getting a webcam would end in no good...

I agree. You need to spill the beans!

I think you've said enough to get CTOAN pretty fond of you when you were talking about some personal likes.

Yeah, that's usually about cars, though, or how I'm generally a borderline alcoholic.

Actually Nad, I just know that I like you...you come across as honest, and real, and normal. Yes, with ups and downs and so forth like anyone. Plus, Jordi loved you to bits, and he has good taste:)

Yeah, that's usually about cars, though, or how I'm generally a borderline alcoholic.

What else is there? :P

From what I know of you, you seem easygoing, reasonable, insightful, humorous and female.

Seriously, how did you know?

Are...are you spying on me? Damn it, I knew getting a webcam would end in no good...

...

*wonders if he was, in fact, too excited by her having a webcam*

...*naaaah*

:D :p

I can't say I imagine anyone would think anything of me other than some dude named Mike, and 'oh yeah, I think he's Canadian.'

Beyond that, I would be surprised to find someone exactly as they appear to be 'in type'. The anonymity of the general forum would lead people to behave in a fashion which they might not irl. *shrugs*

One thing is for certain... Neesika has a habit of starting ginormous threads...

I can't say I imagine anyone would think anything of me other than some dude named Mike, and 'oh yeah, I think he's Canadian.'

Beyond that, I would be surprised to find someone exactly as they appear to be 'in type'. The anonymity of the general forum would lead people to behave in a fashion which they might not irl. *shrugs*

One thing is for certain... Neesika has a habit of starting ginormous threads...


to me you are that guy named Mike from Canada that seems like a nice, intelligent guy. I haven't read enough from you to get a real feel.

One thing is for certain... Neesika has a habit of starting ginormous threads...

:p
You don't play games, you aren't a prick, I like your politics, and you are an awesome flirt.

I can't say I imagine anyone would think anything of me other than some dude named Mike, and 'oh yeah, I think he's Canadian.'

Beyond that, I would be surprised to find someone exactly as they appear to be 'in type'. The anonymity of the general forum would lead people to behave in a fashion which they might not irl. *shrugs*

One thing is for certain... Neesika has a habit of starting ginormous threads...

You're Mike, Canadian, friendly, a little old to be on the internet (:p), and you like to drink Moosehead.

I can't say I imagine anyone would think anything of me other than some dude named Mike, and 'oh yeah, I think he's Canadian.'

Beyond that, I would be surprised to find someone exactly as they appear to be 'in type'. The anonymity of the general forum would lead people to behave in a fashion which they might not irl. *shrugs*

One thing is for certain... Neesika has a habit of starting ginormous threads...

My mental image of you is of a stocky, white, fairhaired male wearing a tuxedo (no jacket) and dancing with a beautiful woman. You don't dance much, but you love her.

Did you post pictures of your wedding at some point?

to me you are that guy named Mike from Canada that seems like a nice, intelligent guy. I haven't read enough from you to get a real feel.

Perhaps I should write more then! I've been avoiding my forum antics. Should get back at it.

:p
You don't play games, you aren't a prick, I like your politics, and you are an awesome flirt.

Flatterer! Flirting is easy when you have a fantastic participant to get all afluffle over!

You're Mike, Canadian, friendly, a little old to be on the internet (:p), and you like to drink Moosehead.

Sharp words from one too young to be in the pub threads! :p

I'll have you know I was coming of age in the dawn of the intarwebz! I'm not too old, I'm in the vangaurd!

And yes, I like to drink Moosehead. And Alexander Keith's. And Caffrey's. And the occasional B-52 or Irish Car Bomb. They make Mikey explode with happiness.

My mental image of you is of a stocky, white, fairhaired male wearing a tuxedo (no jacket) and dancing with a beautiful woman. You don't dance much, but you love her.

Did you post pictures of your wedding at some point?

Holy Memory Batman! Yeah, I've posted on the 'whatchalooklike' threads once, and one picture was of me dancing, in a suit. I don't dance much, but I danced my ass off that night. It was my brother's wedding, and the first time I saw this girl smile, I knew I had to dance with her at least once.

I danced all night! We've been great friends ever since. :)

Who are we when we hop online?

Given how many posts I have, I suspect that I am "just that random n00b"
:D

I think people don't think of me because I'm not exciting enough to notice.

Ditto for me.

Beyond that, I would be surprised to find someone exactly as they appear to be 'in type'. The anonymity of the general forum would lead people to behave in a fashion which they might not irl. *shrugs*

I've never gotten that whole "has a different online persona" thing. I can't think of anything I've said on NSG that I wouldn't have said sitting around talking to a friend of mine. And believe me when I say that I don't get any more frustrated with NSGers than I do with my own friends sometimes when having political type discussions/arguments.


And, well, I always picture both Neesika and Sumamba Buwhan in sexy lingerie (except for the time I dreamed that Neesika was taken hostage in a third world country somewhere. Then she looked like a journalist. But she probably actually had on sexy lingerie underneath).

And, well, I always picture both Neesika and Sumamba Buwhan in sexy lingerie.

I always try to picture NSG'ers in their underwear.

I always try to picture NSG'ers in their underwear.

*blushes* Well, if you have to, make sure you picture me in my sexy ones, kk?

I noticed a couple of people mentioning how being on forums like this will let people be "louder" or perhaps more confrontational than they would be in real life.

Oddly enough, I feel the opposite is true for me. When I post here, I have to type out what I'm saying, and I try to read through my post before I click "submit."

And I pretty much always end up editing something.

Sometimes it's just grammar or spelling, but often it's something more significant. I catch myself being imprecise with what I'm saying, so I clarify. I catch myself sounding rude (or more rude than I intended), so I tone it down. I catch myself being insufficiently rude, so I tone it up.

The upshot is that the me that appears on these forums is more refined, and generally more mellow, than the off-the-cuff me that people encounter in person. I have a chance to edit what I've said "after" I've said it, around here. In real life...not so much.I'm a little like that. My family and friends are quite in shock that I've not managed to terminally offend someone on here. I tell them that I've never gotten in trouble with the mods and I guess they think I'm full of crap.

But I think it has something to do with my snail-paced typing. I have plenty of time to rethink anything that I might otherwise just let fly. And having a record of any knee-jerk nastiness that might jump out in RL makes me more careful. Plus online if someone irritates me I can more easily just leave. In RL sometimes irritants are a bit harder to escape. And finally, I think a little more before reacting than I did when younger. My family has got the old me, who was always quick to humiliate anyone who got crosswise of me, struck in their heads as a permanent picture.

I am actually more subdued here than IRL, I am the girl that gets my group kicked out of the coffee shop for being too loud.

Once upon a time, that would have surprised me. =)

I've never gotten that whole "has a different online persona" thing. I can't think of anything I've said on NSG that I wouldn't have said sitting around talking to a friend of mine. And believe me when I say that I don't get any more frustrated with NSGers than I do with my own friends sometimes when having political type discussions/arguments.
I am actually more subdued here than IRL, I am the girl that gets my group kicked out of the coffee shop for being too loud.

Perhaps I should write more then! I've been avoiding my forum antics. Should get back at it.

Well k nowing you drink Irish car bombs is enough. Friend!



...snippage...
And, well, I always picture both Neesika and Sumamba Buwhan in sexy lingerie (except for the time I dreamed that Neesika was taken hostage in a third world country somewhere. Then she looked like a journalist. But she probably actually had on sexy lingerie underneath).


That's how I picture myself too. Damn you are good at getting inside peoples heads.

This thread needs more discussion of me.

This thread needs more discussion of me.Ruffy is a post-whore.

OH I forgot to mention, that Ruffy guy everone keeps complaining about...

Well I think he's tits, so stop talking crap about him, as it's really pissing me off.

Ruffy is a post-whore.

I like where this is going.

OH I forgot to mention, that Ruffy guy everone keeps complaining about...

Well I think he's tits, so stop talking crap about him, as it's really pissing me off.

*offers a plethora of drugs*

Gravlen and Laerod know I'm a giiiiirl, they met me in RL. And soon a bunch more people for the Philly meetup too. :D

Indeed, Ilie is very much a woman :cool:

And again, I would love to be at the Philly meetup :(

I like where this is going.



*offers a plethora of drugs*

A plethora, eh, edit-boy?

it's okay, we don't like you either[/snark] :P
I am wounded!! [/not]

I like where this is going.



*offers a plethora of drugs*



*ingests, smokes, and shoots*

A plethora, eh, edit-boy?
:eek:
I am wounded!! [/not]

I like you!

To make Neesika feel all personified yet grossly misunderstood, so she can reasonably revel in the misery of the misappreciation of NSG. Bitch gone emo is a feast to watch. ;P


Is there a prize for the winner of the thread?

There are lots of janitors in NSG. And even more Lennys.



Sooo emogoth? =D

More like what an emogoth grows up to be.:D

An agent?

Be silent Mr. Anderson.:p

More like what an emogoth grows up to be.:D

An agent?

Mostly, Jim's just badass.

Sharp words from one too young to be in the pub threads! :p

I'll have you know I was coming of age in the dawn of the intarwebz! I'm not too old, I'm in the vangaurd!

And yes, I like to drink Moosehead. And Alexander Keith's. And Caffrey's. And the occasional B-52 or Irish Car Bomb. They make Mikey explode with happiness.


Dude, there's a law against me drinking, but none against me serving. Besides, if I drink soda (and probably alcohol), it makes me spazz.

Hahahahahahaaa....you really need to get over your obsessiong with me, princess. You see what you want to see, and that includes a very large blind spot in respect of your own behaviour here. Suffice it to say, it's quite clear you have a hardon for me, and besides being creepy, it's rather unhealthy.

I don't care if you don't like me. But I shan't stroke your ego by pretending it actually matters to me.

Toodles!

P.S. Actually, thanks for proving my point. You are of the belief that you can really know someone from how they post. You ascribe to yourself powers of perception you don't actually have.
I realize that you have your core group of groupies that buy into your particular brand of sleaze, but I am certainly not one of them. Hence, your vision of me having a hardon for you is totally misplaced. :p

As far as ego is concerned, one only has to review your obsessive posting in Moderation (as Sinuhue) to realize the one with the problem. You do seem to like to stomp your feet quite a bit?

I do realize that it might not matter to you whether I like you or not but it does matter to you what I say, hence your burning desire to defend yourself, and dish out puerile insults, such as, calling me "princess". You could actually follow your own advice and put me on ignore? :eek:

I believe that the little girl inside you is crying out for help, but you keep stuffing her down. I do hope that someday you will answer her call.

I do realize that there is good in you.....perhaps you should allow more of that rise to the surface?

I like you!
Ruffy....the good thing about you, is that you have always been able to lighten this place up. :)

Oy vey. Not to give out advice or anything, but you really need to put each other on ignore.

I agree. You need to spill the beans!

I think you've said enough to get CTOAN pretty fond of you when you were talking about some personal likes.
And how, car chicks rule.

Nadkor rules.

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c179/KilliansPub/spamUK.gif


What do you guys think of Spam? You realize it is the 70th Anniversary already? Seems just like yesterday I ate my first can of Spam, mmmmmm.....

I have no idea how people here see me. I would hope that they think I'm a worthwhile person who, occasionally, has something relevant to say.

Yes. And you have a good name.

i think i'm probably a bit of a non-entity on here, i doubt i've done anything interesting enough to become anything of an NSG personality.

I suppose you mean personality like "mentioned even in threads they haven't posted to yet" like LG or Ruffy. A sort of touchstone or common friend.

I don't know why you'd want that, really. Wouldn't it be a current to swim against, every time you just wanted to say your piece? A bit much to live up to? You're fine just how you are ... and of course, your name is cool.

I don't know. I guess the only impression I try to throw off is, "That brown guy who knows a lot about science."

If you insist ...
*adds brown to mental image.*


I've only formed one mental image that really sticks:
Neo Undelia is uniquely bland, a man of such mediocrity that he has become permanently equated to "Middle Class American Dullness" in my mind. No violence, no passion and he watches Frasier.

The rest of you are probably just a bunch of obese, hairy perverts sitting around in dark rooms and posting BS to mess with my head.

BS like ... "Every time I post, no matter who I'm replying to, I ask myself 'what would HNF think about this? Should I make it more confusing?' "

And I do! You're my target audience, baby!

I noticed a couple of people mentioning how being on forums like this will let people be "louder" or perhaps more confrontational than they would be in real life.

Oddly enough, I feel the opposite is true for me. When I post here, I have to type out what I'm saying, and I try to read through my post before I click "submit."

And I pretty much always end up editing something.

Sometimes it's just grammar or spelling, but often it's something more significant. I catch myself being imprecise with what I'm saying, so I clarify. I catch myself sounding rude (or more rude than I intended), so I tone it down. I catch myself being insufficiently rude, so I tone it up.

The upshot is that the me that appears on these forums is more refined, and generally more mellow, than the off-the-cuff me that people encounter in person. I have a chance to edit what I've said "after" I've said it, around here. In real life...not so much.

I infer that if such a feature was available IRL, you would use it?

People who like/tolerate me: The 14-year-old.
People who don't: The <insert adjective/curse here> 14-year old.

You must be comfortable with that, because you frequently refer to your age. It seems a bit like an excuse or self-defence, and I think you might be like me in finding conflict or animosity rather sickening. Hence the "don't hurt me, I'm just 14" thing.

Just a guess.

I'm not really sure what people see me as, and I tend to have random images of posters I recognize. Like Gravlen is a frog. :)

I'm kind of naive that way too. A posters choice of screen-name carries much more weight with me than it really should.

You have a very pretty name. If I were a girl, I'd have picked something like that.

I'm sure you all have your ideas of me, and they are probably all wrong. I'm much different in real life than I am online.

OK, if that's the way you want it. Stay a stranger.

Hah, love that show. Well, the first few series, anyway.

Umm, anyway. You guys all are names, first and foremost. I mean, you all have personalities and even lives outside NS, but mainly I see you all as a name and a posting style. I think. Maybe your outside character does impinge on the way I see you all. Hmm. *ponders* Certainly I have a better sense of who NSers are once I've met them in real life...

Yes, again I am in agreement: names are a huge clue, in some cases entirely misleading. We see the name attached to several different opinions or self-expositions, it ties them together into a screen person. But the names are not simple tags like a social security number, they are words with lyrical qualities and connotations.

"Turquoise" is a pretty but rather quixotic word. I'll never entirely shake that from my image of you, even if you prove to me you are a homophobic oil-rig worker whose favourite pastime is barefist fighting.

Sometimes after I write a post about something I've gotten fired up over, I read it later and think "oh gawd, people are going to read that and think I'm either A) one of those bandana'd, dreadlock-wearing, scrawny street urchin types that show up and wave a rainbow flag and throw rocks at G8 summits; or B) a lisping morbidly obese twink in a 'pretty' bedroom who when riled resembles one of those shrill, drunken straight skanks outside the bar at 2:30 AM. Or, worst of all, C) one of those scrawny queer emos who even argues in that whiney, nerdy droning timbre where it sounds like they took a moment out of their busy schedule of cutting their wrists and crying about stupid boys to fake some enthusiasm for an argument.

None of the above would be accurate, by the way.

That was funny. So I quoted it.

But really, don't read your own posts. Finding your own faults and feeling regrets can only lead to silence, or else hopelessly bland and overly cautious opinions.

I don't think anyone on here really thinks about me, so the deepest it gets is just the passing "he's an asshole," most likely.

Not a bit. I don't know where this common assumption "people are assholes until they prove themselves otherwise" comes from. The starting point for getting to know someone should be what Gag Halfront said about Zaphod.

Don't really know how I'm seen on this board, though I imagine it's probably somewhere between "Who?" and "That kinda sounds familiar..." I was surprised to find out a handful of people thought that I was a woman, though.


Your screen name has a feminine ending, like "Paula" or "Andrea." The "sh" also seems feminine for some reason.
I've been told that my perversely chosen name is unequivocably male. But for some reason it feels wrong, almost like lying, to start again with a better name.

Given how many posts I have, I suspect that I am "just that random n00b"
:D

Nah, you need another fifty or so to be a recognized "random n00b." For now, you are just generic, interchangable random n00b from Random N00b Casting. :p

This thread needs more discussion of me.

You are NSG's mascot. Even when you poop on the carpet, we all love you.

Oy vey. Not to give out advice or anything, but you really need to put each other on ignore.

Ah! You are a pacifist aren't you? Even virtual strangers trying to hurt each others feelings causes you pain.

I don't like /ignore. I'd much rather people made an effort to be tolerant, even if they crack sometimes. Perhaps my attitude will change if I'm ever driven to use /ignore on anyone.

Got anyone on your /ignore list, btw ?

*snip*

I've always thought you should be named Nigel Hobos - it just sounds better.

Partly because I pronounce Hobos as Ho-boss - with the Ho as in dot not doe.

I've always thought you should be named Nigel Hobos - it just sounds better.

Partly because I pronounce Hobos as Ho-boss - with the Ho as in dot not doe.

Nigel just has a certain ring to it...

Nigel just has a certain ring to it...

A certain ... whiney ring to it. :D

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c179/KilliansPub/spamUK.gif


What do you guys think of Spam? You realize it is the 70th Anniversary already? Seems just like yesterday I ate my first can of Spam, mmmmmm.....

"Prime cuts of British pork"

That amused me greatly...

A certain ... whiney ring to it. :D

Fair enough...

"Prime cuts of British pork"

That amused me greatly...

Only the best!:D

Only the best!:D

*shudders*

EDIT: Marrakech, for the link in your sig you just recieved the PTD Hero of the Day Award

*shudders*

EDIT: Marrakech, for the link in your sig you just recieved the PTD Hero of the Day Award

LOL, what do I get? A can of Spam?

"Prime cuts of British pork"

That amused me greatly...

Well, it's selective disclosure, not uncommon in processed food of all kinds, let alone canned meat products. There isn't enough space on the label to list:
Prime cuts of British Pork.
Other cuts of British Pork.
Other cuts of British Meat.
Other cuts of some kind of Meat.
Slaughterhouse scraps of some kind of Meat.
Slaughterhouse scraps of some stuff.
Digits and body hair of slaughterhouse worker.
Traces of Jumbo the elephant and Felix the cat.
Traces of Roswell alien (and/or crash-test dummy)
Other prime stuff, and other stuff, and other which may not even be stuff.

... leaving aside the question of what that jelly is made of.

It is dawning on me that I am participating in a Spamjack. I feel dirty ...

LOL, what do I get? A can of Spam?

Sure. And bragging rights to Harlesburg (if he's still around...)

... leaving aside the question of what that jelly is made of.

.

The Jelly I am not what the hell it is. I think it comes out of China, that's what I can gather.

*shudders*

EDIT: Marrakech, for the link in your sig you just recieved the PTD Hero of the Day Award


You need a sig Pedro? How about this:

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c179/KilliansPub/lolcatsdotcomz28zyd15yrrakhz8.jpg

It is dawning on me that I am participating in a Spamjack. I feel dirty ...

What is it called when you spamjack spam that was spamjacked already?

You spamcubed this thread?

What is it called when you spamjack spam that was spamjacked already?

You spamcubed this thread?

A reach around?

A reach around?

:eek:

While I hate to agree with the Senior Drill Instructor, a reach-around is just common decency.

:eek:

While I hate to agree with the Senior Drill Instructor, a reach-around is just common decency.

Whatever Nigel :)

And, well, I always picture both Neesika and Sumamba Buwhan in sexy lingerie (except for the time I dreamed that Neesika was taken hostage in a third world country somewhere. Then she looked like a journalist. But she probably actually had on sexy lingerie underneath).

!!!!

How did you know about the kidnapping?

:P

*A whole lot of "I don't like you but for some reason lately I'm obsessed with you*
Oh no. You have decided that your version of me is the universal truth, because you're just THAT COOL.

You see, the reason everyone is not friends with everyone else, is because some people just don't click, they don't get along. For whatever reason. You seem to think that the people you don't get along with are bad people, as though not liking you is some sort of flaw.

I see it as...well...good perception.

I don't need you to be my friend princess, but you sure seem to need me to validate you somehow.

Sorry. Perhaps AA can help you with that, as much of a fan as you are of that particular religious organisation. As for putting you on ignore...when you are the one who keeps seeking me out? I think that problem is yours to deal with hon.

Actually Nad, I just know that I like you...you come across as honest, and real, and normal. Yes, with ups and downs and so forth like anyone. Plus, Jordi loved you to bits, and he has good taste:)

Well, a bit of that sounds like a different person. Especially the "normal" bit, but I like the "honest" at least. I don't really see the point in bullshitting on the internet. It's not like any of this matters even a jot in "real life" so there's no point in lying.

What else is there? :P

From what I know of you, you seem easygoing, reasonable, insightful, humorous and female.

This makes me sound nice. Thank you :)

As a side note, it's now the wrong side of 5:30am, and I've just worked out that I've spent more than £200 on alcohol this week. I wasn't lying with the borderline alcoholic thing.

G'night.

Well, a bit of that sounds like a different person. Especially the "normal" bit, but I like the "honest" at least. I don't really see the point in bullshitting on the internet. It's not like any of this matters even a jot in "real life" so there's no point in lying.

Normal to me means you're as fucked up as the rest of us :D

Whatever Nigel :)

Are you auditioning for the part of Nigel's Mom?

Bear in mind that whenever I do a whoopsies in my pantsies, you have to clean it up and kiss it better. And don't think that a stunt double is going to come cheap ...

Normal to me means you're as fucked up as the rest of us :D

You are as fucked up as you choose to be.

Me, I'm still working on it.

EDIT: And how's the hanging with DC ? Am I missing something beautiful ?

Are you auditioning for the part of Nigel's Mom?

Bear in mind that whenever I do a whoopsies in my pantsies, you have to clean it up and kiss it better. And don't think that a stunt double is going to come cheap ...

What movie is that from?




Cubedx3

EDIT: And how's the hanging with DC ? Am I missing something beautiful ?

It's either wonderful or terrible, depending on who you talk to. I quite like it...it's a bit slow moving and the server is a drag, but it's a sweet place so far...you're welcome to drop by. DC is on vacation in Sumamba's town right now, but he's back this weekend.

No one ever talks to/about me on this forum. I'm like a social nobody here. :(

I hate you all!

*shakes fist*

No one ever talks to/about me on this forum. I'm like a social nobody here. :(

I hate you all!

*shakes fist*What the fuck are you on about? I talk about you all the time. In fact, I mentioned you as one of my favourite posters, over at that 'other site'.

No one ever talks to/about me on this forum. I'm like a social nobody here. :(

I hate you all!

*shakes fist*

Hey, sorry. I took a break.

You're like Harpo. An essential member of the team, but the others don't direct comments to you unless they need a sight gag.

Yeah, it's been a while since there's been a harp on set. We'll try to fix that.

What the fuck are you on about? I talk about you all the time. In fact, I mentioned you as one of my favourite posters, over at that 'other site'.

Yeah but you're like the only one. I don't understand why some people seem to have this kind of internet popularity and I don't. I mean it's not like I don't make witty, intelligent and spunky posts. Do I just have to send out more genital pictures or what?

Also, what other site? TG me if it's a secret.

Yeah but you're like the only one. I don't understand why some people seem to have this kind of internet popularity and I don't. I mean it's not like I don't make witty, intelligent and spunky posts. Do I just have to send out more genital pictures or what?

Also, what other site? TG me if it's a secret.

Log out and check my sig babe, you're very welcome to join us...very welcome indeed!

And more genital pictures might do the trick :D

Yeah but you're like the only one. I don't understand why some people seem to have this kind of internet popularity and I don't. I mean it's not like I don't make witty, intelligent and spunky posts. Do I just have to send out more genital pictures or what?

Also, what other site? TG me if it's a secret.

It's in the name. Honestly.

If you'd named yourself "Lesser Trostia" everyone would think "oooh, the poor little thing! Imagine having the share the same scrotum with that horrible domineering Left Testicle!"

But no ... you made your bid for glory, and now you must live out the days of your chosen screen name as the presumptive bully of all the bollocks.

You're not a chick.

Then again, no one on the internet is.

You're not a chick.

Then again, no one on the internet is.

I hope this wasn't di9rected at me. I love a challenge ...

*cue 1/2 AU cosmic chick, pecking incompetently at planet earth*

Hey, that bit that glows in the dark was tasty! Ooh, look, there's more!

New York, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Beijing, Moscow, Paris, London, Sao Paulo ...

OK, I'm off to roost for a while. Happiness is a full craw.

What movie is that from?

Cubedx3

Yes, I am also in the dark - was that a movie reference?

Yes, I am also in the dark - was that a movie reference?

In the dark, huh? Turn your lights out, or face a future as the lesser half of a bacon-and-eggs breakfast.

I for one welcome our oofactory overlords.

In the dark, huh? Turn your lights out, or face a future as the lesser half of a bacon-and-eggs breakfast.

I for one welcome our oofactory overlords.

It was that last beer that did it eh?

Oh no. You have decided that your version of me is the universal truth, because you're just THAT COOL.

You see, the reason everyone is not friends with everyone else, is because some people just don't click, they don't get along. For whatever reason. You seem to think that the people you don't get along with are bad people, as though not liking you is some sort of flaw.

I see it as...well...good perception.

I don't need you to be my friend princess, but you sure seem to need me to validate you somehow.

Sorry. Perhaps AA can help you with that, as much of a fan as you are of that particular religious organisation. As for putting you on ignore...when you are the one who keeps seeking me out? I think that problem is yours to deal with hon.
If you don't like what I had to say.....you just change it and insert what you think I said???

Obviously you can't handle the truth.....it dovetails nicely with your lack of coping skills. :eek:

If you don't like what I had to say.....you just change it and insert what you think I said???

Obviously you can't handle the truth.....it dovetails nicely with your lack of coping skills. :eek:

Whatever you say, princess.:D

No, I'm not so drunk. You'll get it.

Brisbane, Singapore, Istanbul, Algiers, Anchorage, Johannesburg, Tel Aviv, Houston, Atlanta, Oslo.

Just hold still, will ya?

No, I'm not so drunk. You'll get it.

Brisbane, Singapore, Istanbul, Algiers, Anchorage, Johannesburg, Tel Aviv, Houston, Atlanta, Oslo.

Just hold still, will ya?

This could get awkward.

Can there be an end-of-the-world-repopulate-the-planet orgy?

If you don't like what I had to say.....you just change it and insert what you think I said???

Obviously you can't handle the truth.....it dovetails nicely with your lack of cooping skills. :eek:

As possibly the only representative here of extraplanetary fowl, I hereby register my formal objection to your species-ist oppression!

Filthy humanist! Come the great roosting, you will find yourself in the Unpeckable class, beneath even the straw and the leavings of Us.

*chicken noises which the speciesist interface cannot render*

You're fine, oppressed sibling of the ebil hubans. Kick one in the nuts for me.
:D

This could get awkward.

Can there be an end-of-the-world-repopulate-the-planet orgy?

No donkey ever called me "dinner."

You're fine, oppressed sibling of the ebil hubans. Kick one in the nuts for me.

Kick one in the nuts for me.

Now that's just below the belt...

Or at least, it had better be. If it isn't, I really don't want to know.

Now that's just below the belt...

Or at least, it had better be. If it isn't, I really don't want to know.

Only pre-kick:D

Now that's just below the belt...
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Belt? Pfshaw, we chickens don't honour the Marquess of Queensbury rules.

Well, why should we? "Hit only with the fists" ... like, we're allowed to FLAP at the opponent? While they wring our necks? And ... we're not allowed to peck them? Fascists!

I'm eating it.
*kills self*
.. that means now I can have the rest, no?

Is there a prize for the winner of the thread?

Yep. Lasagne and icecream.

I wasn't lying with the borderline alcoholic thing.

.. and yet I can't recall a single time I'd have been annoyed at any senseless dribble and/or gramtically/orthographically messed up posts from you. I declare you highly functional :]

You must be comfortable with that, because you frequently refer to your age. It seems a bit like an excuse or self-defence, and I think you might be like me in finding conflict or animosity rather sickening. Hence the "don't hurt me, I'm just 14" thing.

Just a guess.

Yeah. I don't like conflict but sometimes I will get involved. (to bad results) But a side effect of everyone knowing my age is that someone might use it as an excuse to look down on me. It clarifies a lot of things I say, though, and why I might say such things.

As possibly the only representative here of extraplanetary fowl, I hereby register my formal objection to your species-ist oppression!

Filthy humanist! Come the great roosting, you will find yourself in the Unpeckable class, beneath even the straw and the leavings of Us.

*chicken noises which the speciesist interface cannot render*
Ahhhhh.......bring on the "great roosting". It shall be shortly thereafter that the "great roasting" will begin!! The impeccable class shall feast accordingly and it will be you claiming "foul". :D

http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/images/WORM_BROPIA_F.gif

No one ever talks to/about me on this forum. I'm like a social nobody here. :(

I hate you all!

*shakes fist*

Interesting. I had always pegged you as someone who couldn't care less if he was liked by others.

Ah! You are a pacifist aren't you? Even virtual strangers trying to hurt each others feelings causes you pain.

I don't like /ignore. I'd much rather people made an effort to be tolerant, even if they crack sometimes. Perhaps my attitude will change if I'm ever driven to use /ignore on anyone.

Got anyone on your /ignore list, btw ?

Yeah, I'm a pacifist. It's true. Two people fighting in a thread just spoils a thread for me. Unless one of them's me, because then I'm too angry to care. Actually I've got four people on ignore. I've sniped Fass and gotten a temp ban for it, so I put him on ignore, because I didn't want to do it again. FAG because I got tired of his bullshit. UB and Lacadaemon because I got tired of their complete intolerance.

.. and yet I can't recall a single time I'd have been annoyed at any senseless dribble and/or gramtically/orthographically messed up posts from you. I declare you highly functional :]

Practice makes perfect?

Log out and check my sig babe, you're very welcome to join us...very welcome indeed!

Yeah I tried, doesn't work. See, I'm just not internet cool enough.

Interesting. I had always pegged you as someone who couldn't care less if he was liked by others.

Not precisely. I don't care if I'm disliked by others.

Indeed, Ilie is very much a woman :cool:

And again, I would love to be at the Philly meetup :(

<3

Yeah I tried, doesn't work. See, I'm just not internet cool enough.



Not precisely. I don't care if I'm disliked by others.

I like you :)

Log out and check my sig babe, you're very welcome to join us...very welcome indeed!

And more genital pictures might do the trick :DI second both of these statements.

Yeah I tried, doesn't work. See, I'm just not internet cool enough.Unmoderated Paradise doesn't always work for us, either. Try, try again.

I second both of these statements.


I've been assured that not only would spreading my genital pictures on NSG be a violation of the rules, but it would probably cause bandwidth troubles for Jolt.

Unmoderated Paradise doesn't always work for us, either. Try, try again.

Oh, I get it. It's working now.

Wait, now it's not.

It's just like the good old days of NSG, pre-jolt!

I've been assured that not only would spreading my genital pictures on NSG be a violation of the rules, but it would probably cause bandwidth troubles for Jolt.


at UMP it elevates your status to 'Hero'


also to post pics there you don't cause bandwidth troubles because you can't upload them there so they don't host it. You just have to host it somewhere else and link to it.

I don't know. I guess the only impression I try to throw off is, "That brown guy who knows a lot about science."

Be careful with that. Once people figure out that you're in science, they suddenly expect you to know *everything* about science, like it's all one big field or something.

Interesting. I had always pegged you as someone who couldn't care less if he was liked by others.

Aren't those usually the kind who actually do care the most? Except, of course, these "Oh oh oh somebody mention me!!!!!" posters in any such threads *looks at nobody in particular*

Practice makes perfect?

Don't think so; it always seems to be the most annoyingly, uh, imperfect people who persist in their ways the longest. Maybe practicing idiocy makes perfect, too.

Aren't those usually the kind who actually do care the most? Except, of course, these "Oh oh oh somebody mention me!!!!!" posters in any such threads *looks at nobody in particular*

What!? I didn't do anything!

What!? I didn't do anything!

Of course not, son. *pats absend-mindedly and motions to hurry along*

Truth is, I hate you all. Bunch of backstabbing pricks.

Truth is, I hate you all. Bunch of backstabbing pricks.

What else is new?

Truth is, I hate you all. Bunch of backstabbing pricks.

hate me with your sex

Truth is, I hate you all. Bunch of backstabbing pricks.

Did I call you an emo attention-craving bumper already? *checks*

Ach, two out of three is a passing mark.

hate me with your sex

Unoriginal.

I would imagine it would be better to say something like: Hate me with your fist inside me, and wear a watch.

Unoriginal.

I would imagine it would be better to say something like: Hate me with your fist inside me, and wear a watch.



aboriginal.

I'd rather it be a foot wearing doc martins

Aren't those usually the kind who actually do care the most? Except, of course, these "Oh oh oh somebody mention me!!!!!" posters in any such threads *looks at nobody in particular*

Which reminds me..

ME ME ME ME ME!!!

Being not a human but a supercomputer who surfs the internet in my spare time, I find it difficult to personify other posters.
Oops, here comes an engineer! Time for some special beeping sounds and flashing lights. Okay, he's gone.

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c179/KilliansPub/jackass2.jpg

Hmmmm....

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c179/KilliansPub/jackass2.jpg

Hmmmm....

Are you a little person? I always wanted a midget friend. :)

I've been assured that not only would spreading my genital pictures on NSG be a violation of the rules,On NSG, yes. On UMP, it's strongly encouraged.

On NSG, yes. On UMP, it's strongly encouraged.

Given the implausibility of what NSGers say about their genitals, I can't imagine the pics being anything but an orgy of photoshop.

I shouldn't judge before I've seen it I guess. UMP racked my browser the only time I tried it.

This is making me think of Pablo the Squirrel for some reason.... :D

Given the implausibility of what NSGers say about their genitals, I can't imagine the pics being anything but an orgy of photoshop.Lol. You're probably right. If anyone posted genitals that were colored funny, we'd have to make fun of them.

As several people will confirm, I am much different in RL than I am online.

I'm really shy in person. I almost never talk, which is probably not much different from my current post rate. And I'm less witty, since most of it comes out in writing.