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I'm quitting NSG for good. Sorry, but I have my reasons. I'll miss you all, but I can't stay here. It's too painful.

Thanks for all the times you made me laugh.

Bye bye! :p

I'm quitting NSG for good. Sorry, but I have my reasons. I'll miss you all, but I can't stay here. It's too painful.

Thanks for all the times you made me laugh.

Bye bye! :p
Well don't let the door hit you on the way out.

Blah Blah hotel California blah blah You can't leave blah blah.

Hope you change your mind and come back but if not, have a good life

Who are you again?

Bah. Have a nice life, anyway. (Hotel California people, I came back, but that doesn't mean others will too. <.<)

Crikey! :(

Sodding "real life"....... It has far too much effect on what's important (i.e. the internets)

Well VKZ I might as well say my goodbyes before you go for good (at least till you come back). But yeah hope things end up well for you in the end, I'll miss the spam.

Too painful?

Man wait till I get over there and force you to post again, that's gonna be painful!

Peace mate.

damn... just when I had that steak dinner at the uv tanning salon all planned out... :p

have fun and don't forget to post!

Permission to depart denied.

Atten-HUT!

Well have fun, stay safe, and remember to send letters!

Nobody leaves here without singing the Blues.

Oh I once contemplated leaving, but then... I was forced to stay. The most unthinkable had happened... somebody was wrong on the internet! :eek:

Oh I once contemplated leaving, but then... I was forced to stay. The most unthinkable had happened... somebody was wrong on the internet! :eek:

Somebody was wrong?! No way!

Next you'll be saying crazy things, like "there are pictures of naked people on the internet"!

And this places becomes a little bit darker and depressing. *lets out a happy sigh*

Oh, I thought you'd already left when things with Nanatsu went south.

Oh, I thought you'd already left when things with Nanatsu went south.

That answers that question. There's nothing like a failed romance to bring out the melodrama.

He'll be back.

I note your post count, but I have no idea who you are.

Oh, I thought you'd already left when things with Nanatsu went south.

That's rather low of you, Sinuhue. More so when you don't, at all, know what happened (since you seem something between him and me happened) nor why he's leaving.

That's rather low of you, Sinuhue. More so when you don't, at all, know what happened (since you seem something between him and me happened) nor why he's leaving.

Um, Nanatsu? I didn't even have the slightest clue you had anything with him until you mentioned in some other thread that you did, and it went south. It's not that hard to guess that his sudden lack of posting which exactly coincided with that 'going south' was connected in some way.

Whatever, it's your drama...if you don't want it to be public, don't make it public. Bitching me out for paying attention is hypocritical.

Um, Nanatsu? I didn't even have the slightest clue you had anything with him until you mentioned in some other thread that you did, and it went south. It's not that hard to guess that his sudden lack of posting which exactly coincided with that 'going south' was connected in some way.

Whatever, it's your drama...if you don't want it to be public, don't make it public. Bitching me out for paying attention is hypocritical.

When I mentioned the romance that turned sour, it was with my fiance of 3 years, not with VKZ. VKZ is a friend of mine from another forum and he is actually a member of NS since 2004. His sudden lack of posting is due to him paying WoW.

I'm not making anything public, but to say that the reason this particular poster is leaving has to do with a romance that went south, as you put, is unjust. Besides that, I'm not bitching at you. For what reason would I? Bitching at people is just useless.

Sorry, but I have my reasons. I'll miss you all, but I can't stay here. It's too painful.

His sudden lack of posting is due to him paying WoW.

I can sympathise, downtime on WoW breaks my very soul.

For whatever reason, enjoy life VKZ.

Well don't let the door hit you on the way out.

Was he your personal enemy in this forum, for this reaction?

Was he your personal enemy in this forum, for this reaction?

I can't say for sure, but if I had to guess, I'd say it's more a reaction to the general emo-ness of the original post than any personal animosity.

I can't say for sure, but if I had to guess, I'd say it's more a reaction to the general emo-ness of the original post than any personal animosity.

Still. It was quite gratuitous.

So apparently there is a whole lot of interpersonal weirdness going on. Fuck that. Goodbye, person who I have observed at least once prior to this occasion.
Not goodbye other person who I have also observed at least once prior to this occasion.

Delicous onion and mushroom sandwiches for everyone else!

Wait, is it too painful, or is it just cutting into his WoW time, or is it too painfully cutting into your WoW time?

Wait, is it too painful, or is it just cutting into his WoW time, or is it too painfully cutting into your WoW time?

sorta the last one...if he doesn't level every hour, he loses a finger.

Not from anyone else mind you, just sort of a personal goal.

I can't say for sure, but if I had to guess, I'd say it's more a reaction to the general emo-ness of the original post than any personal animosity.

I um...I gotta sorta go with this one.

sorta the last one...if he doesn't level every hour, he loses a finger.

Not from anyone else mind you, just sort of a personal goal.

Does that work in motivating people to level? *gets out knife*

...actually, on second thought, I rather like your fingers. *puts knife away*

sorta the last one...if he doesn't level every hour, he loses a finger.

Not from anyone else mind you, just sort of a personal goal.
Sez the guy who is NSing a few seconds post mdnight on Valentine's Night.
We (anyone on a forum anywhere in EST) are earning some serious loser points here.

Does that work in motivating people to level? *gets out knife*

It puts the lotion on its skin! It does what it's told!

...actually, on second thought, I rather like your fingers. *puts knife away*

Thank you, without them I wouldn't be able to pursue my dream of a promising flute career. Now the only thing standing in my way is not knowing how to play a flute.

Sez the guy who is NSing a few seconds post mdnight on Valentine's Night.

don't worry, she's already passed out. Wore the gal out, I fear. Women these days, just lack proper stamina, amirite?

Sez the guy who is NSing a few seconds post mdnight on Valentine's Night.
We (anyone on a forum anywhere in EST) are earning some serious loser points here.

Hey, I fully intend to go to bed when I reach my 100th post.

It's not easy. I have over 10,000 to make up from here, and so little time before I'm likely to lose interest again.

Sez the guy who is NSing a few seconds post mdnight on Valentine's Night.
We (anyone on a forum anywhere in EST) are earning some serious loser points here.

Yes, yes you are, at +8GMT though, I am fine, aside from the fact that I'm posting on NSG as it is, but that's an entirely different point altogether.

don't worry, she's already passed out. Wore the gal out, I fear. Women these days, just lack proper stamina, amirite?

More likely fell asleep from boredom.

More likely fell asleep from boredom.

<.<

>.>

You shut up. You shut the hell up!

don't worry, she's already passed out. Wore the gal out, I fear.
By midnight? You Massholes start early, last year Fiddlebottoms and his lady friend were barely going by midnight.

Alternate post, provided for alternate timeline purposes:

And you're not sticking it in her? By "it," I mean just about anything. Cats, dildos, the penises of complete strangers, ham, your own penis, your own ham, dogs ...
Etc.

<.<

>.>

You shut up. You shut the hell up!

It's okay. It happens to a lot of guys. *pat pat*

*runs for her life*

By midnight? You Massholes start early, last year Fiddlebottoms and his lady friend were barely going by midnight.

Alternate post, provided for alternate timeline purposes:

And you're not sticking it in her? By "it," I mean just about anything. Cats, dildos, the penises of complete strangers, ham, your own penis, your own ham, dogs ...
Etc.

I know I shouldn't be laughing, this iz serious thread. But I just can't help it.:D

More likely fell asleep from boredom.

Owww...I have a story...

So Thursday, I go home with this girl, but we'd been drinking really heavily for hours, and I go down on her...and she passes out. Actually started snoring! I was like...seriously, am I that boring!? :D

I'm going to go with the six tequila shots we had right before we cabbed it home though. She was massively embarrassed. I'm a little amused.

By midnight? You Massholes start early, last year Fiddlebottoms and his lady friend were barely going by midnight.

Alternate post, provided for alternate timeline purposes:

And you're not sticking it in her? By "it," I mean just about anything. Cats, dildos, the penises of complete strangers, ham, your own penis, your own ham, dogs ...
Etc.

I would, but for a problem. I'm jewish, I don't keep ham in the house :(

However cvs is still open and I BELIEVE they have hotdogs...brb.

I would, but for a problem. I'm jewish, I don't keep ham in the house :(

However cvs is still open and I BELIEVE they have hotdogs...brb.

Circumcising hot dogs doesn't make them kosher. I already asked.

EDIT: Unless they were Hebrew National super all beef jew dogs, in which case they were already Kosher.

Circumcising hot dogs doesn't make them kosher. I already asked.

Hahahahahahahahahaha!!:D

Circumcising hot dogs doesn't make them kosher. I already asked.

EDIT: Unless they were Hebrew National super all beef jew dogs, in which case they were already Kosher.

Those are the best kind, anyway. I do love putting a nice, firm, juicy Jew-sausage in my mouth, you know?

...wait, I think that came out wrong.

Yes, yes you are, at +8GMT though, I am fine, aside from the fact that I'm posting on NSG as it is, but that's an entirely different point altogether.
Fiddlebottoms and his on-again-off-again-on-again-suicidal-again-off-again-etc girlfriend are on the outs again. She thinks I'm not proactive about my future, I think she's playing into a system designed to destroy the soul and devour the individual virtues of all mankind.

Those are the best kind, anyway. I do love putting a nice, firm, juicy Jew-sausage in my mouth, you know?

...wait, I think that came out wrong.

no...no it didn't...

Hahahahahahahahahaha!!:D

I find it hilarious that Neo Art is expressing concern for Kashrut laws.

Last time I saw him, he was licking mayo and shredded pork out of the ass-cleavage of a gentile his mother doesn't approve of, while running an electric clit-tickler on Yom Kippur, after letting the girl give him a hickey on his sciatic nerve.

I find it hilarious that Neo Art is expressing concern for Kashrut laws.

Last time I saw him, he was licking mayo and shredded pork out of the ass-cleavage of a gentile his mother doesn't approve of, while running an electric clit-tickler on Yom Kippur, after letting the girl give him a hickey on his sciatic nerve.

in fairness, we turned the clit tickler on in the afternoon, it wouldn't have been right to turn it off, so we just had to leave it running.

And since, well, it was already there...

Fiddlebottoms and his on-again-off-again-on-again-suicidal-again-off-again-etc girlfriend are on the outs again. She thinks I'm not proactive about my future, I think she's playing into a system designed to destroy the soul and devour the individual virtues of all mankind.

You could both be right, I guess.

I find it hilarious that Neo Art is expressing concern for Kashrut laws.

Last time I saw him, he was licking mayo and shredded pork out of the ass-cleavage of a gentile his mother doesn't approve of, while running an electric clit-tickler on Yom Kippur, after letting the girl give him a hickey on his sciatic nerve.

Dear God, my stomach hurts from laughing. I can hardly type.:D

I would, but for a problem. I'm jewish, I don't keep ham in the house :(

However cvs is still open and I BELIEVE they have hotdogs...brb.
They should at least have weird guys in the parking lot.
EDIT: Unless they were Hebrew National super all beef jew dogs, in which case they were already Kosher.
Don't fuck about, those things are delicious. Although I've never considered vagninal seasoning before. An interesting concept, and at least worth the experiment.

Fiddlebottoms and his on-again-off-again-on-again-suicidal-again-off-again-etc girlfriend are on the outs again. She thinks I'm not proactive about my future, I think she's playing into a system designed to destroy the soul and devour the individual virtues of all mankind.

I hate it when the bitches want you to get out of your sweat-stained bathrobe and mismatched fuzzy animal slippers, clean up the mouldering pizza boxes littering your floor, and like...get a job. Why these high expectations!?

I hate it when the bitches want you to get out of your sweat-stained bathrobe and mismatched fuzzy animal slippers, clean up the mouldering pizza boxes littering your floor, and like...get a job. Why these high expectations!?

Beats me.

That's how they met me, I never hid it, why can't you love me for who I am?

*goes back to playing PS3*

Dear God, my stomach hurts from laughing. I can hardly type.:D

That's not the worst part. The part is, right after, he bowed down to a golden calf and then let a cousin of Amalek walk right past him without doing shit.

They should at least have weird guys in the parking lot.

sweet, two birds, one stone. Let's go.

That's not the worst part. The part is, right after, he bowed down to a golden calf and then let a cousin of Amalek walk right past him without doing shit.

That's out Neo Art. He'll do anything for a clit tickler.:hail:

Don't fuck about, those things are delicious. Although I've never considered vagninal seasoning before. An interesting concept, and at least worth the experiment.

Keep good logs, try a variety of women, and make sure to have a control group that you fuck without the hot dog.

Sample size of 1,500 should be alright.

This thread turned epic pretty quick, good.

I hate it when the bitches want you to get out of your sweat-stained bathrobe and mismatched fuzzy animal slippers, clean up the mouldering pizza boxes littering your floor, and like...get a job. Why these high expectations!?
I have a job. It's more like,
"So what are you going to do when you graduate?"
"I'm not really sure, yet."
"But you graduate in May."
"Yeah."
"And everything about your life, from your job to housing, it relies on you being in college."
"Yeah."
"So what the fuck are you going to do after college?"
"I'm not sure."
"Go back to your parents?"
"Hell no."
"So you're going to mooch off me?"
"It would certainly be empowering for women."
"I could fucking care less about 'women.'"
/insert fight/
/insert break up/
sweet, two birds, one stone. Let's go.
Hey! I'm definitely weird, but I've never hung about in a CVS parking lot. Least of all on Valentine's Day.

This thread turned epic pretty quick, good.

frankly, I believe we improved it.

frankly, I believe we improved it.

I whole-heartedly agree.

Farewell threads are horrible as fuck.

Keep good logs, try a variety of women, and make sure to have a control group that you fuck without the hot dog.

Sample size of 1,500 should be alright.
This might be difficult to pull off. I fear my hot dog (ooer, obviously) might not be up to the task.

frankly, I believe we improved it.

I mean, really, when the choices are (1) pretty much standard angsty I'm-leaving-NSG-forever thread, or (2) thread about sticking hot dogs in women's hoo-hahs, who doesn't go with option 2? :tongue:

I whole-heartedly agree.

Farewell threads are horrible as fuck.

I agree. I've done four of them, and they've all been crap.

I agree. I've done four of them, and they've all been crap.

I knew it.:eek:

I mean, really, when the choices are (1) pretty much standard angsty I'm-leaving-NSG-forever thread, or (2) thread about sticking hot dogs in women's hoo-hahs, who doesn't go with option 2? :tongue:
I claim the credit!!! All of it. Neo Art, who's that? Not important, that's who.

I agree. I've done four of them, and they've all been crap.
So, what? You're like NSG's Angel of Death? Or Carrion Crawler? You only appear when posters are dying, and then you pounce like a pounce-o-matic pouncing machine?

So, what? You're like NSG's Angel of Death? Or Carrion Crawler? You only appear when posters are dying, and then you pounce like a pounce-o-matic pouncing machine?

The new digital iPounces are lighter, and except for some driver problems, pretty reliable.

I knew it.:eek:

Knew what?

And I want my gravy boat back if you aren't getting married.

And also, I want to marry you.

I claim the credit!!! All of it. Neo Art, who's that? Not important, that's who.

Aw, I find him somewhat important. But then, I am apparently marrying him now or something, according to the Sergeant and friends. :p

Aw, I find him somewhat important. But then, I am apparently marrying him now or something, according to the Sergeant and friends. :p

Just don't let him write the pre-nup.

Aw, I find him somewhat important. But then, I am apparently marrying him now or something, according to the Sergeant and friends. :p
Polygamy is as good an idea as any. If you've got some spare time, could you marry me? I'd like an indirect way to funnel funds from my fellow NSGers, especially the lawyer ones.

I agree. I've done four of them, and they've all been crap.

I hope you've learnt your lesson and don't do another.

More likely fell asleep from boredom.

More like passed out from laughing and pointing so hard. *smirks*

I hate it when the bitches want you to get out of your sweat-stained bathrobe and mismatched fuzzy animal slippers, clean up the mouldering pizza boxes littering your floor, and like...get a job. Why these high expectations!?

I know! I mean these women are expecting that the men be....actual men...and contribute to the income and running of the house?! How dare they! What is this, 21st Century America?!

It's rare Neesika and I agree, but when we do, a small galaxy dies.... :(

Wait, is it too painful, or is it just cutting into his WoW time, or is it too painfully cutting into your WoW time?It says "Regular" for your location.
If i know anything about you at all, that in itself is painful.

More like passed out from laughing and pointing so hard. *smirks*

You can smirk all you want really. I've gotten laid more this year than you have in your life, and it's February.

Fiddlebottoms and his on-again-off-again-on-again-suicidal-again-off-again-etc girlfriend are on the outs again. She thinks I'm not proactive about my future, I think she's playing into a system designed to destroy the soul and devour the individual virtues of all mankind.
...you're dating Ayn Rand? Or a girl whose done well to familiarize herzelf with the works of that particularly eminent 20-century Russian-American philosopher and all-round emo?

...you're dating Ayn Rand? Or a girl whose done well to familiarize herzelf with the works of that particularly eminent 20-century Russian-American philosopher and all-round emo?
Erm ... an aside ... your Location and Posts information seem to conflict. Is this the case?

Erm ... an aside ... your Location and Posts information seem to conflict. Is this the case?

Yes, I lost almost 6,000 posts when they deleted the Spam forum during the Great Purge :(

Yes, I lost almost 6,000 posts when they deleted the Spam forum during the Great Purge :(
Oh yeah, i heard about that. My apologies. :(
:fluffle:
Oddly ... this might be of use on Nanatsu's Nostalgia thread.

Yes, I lost almost 6,000 posts when they deleted the Spam forum during the Great Purge :(

Links or it's a lie.

Spamming your own imagination. That's low :tongue:

Links or it's a lie.

Spamming your own imagination. That's low :tongue:
You know, Gravlen does have quite a few miles on him in that regard. It's probably prudent to give some doubt benefit here.

But we shouldn't just take his word for it ... what does WYTYG, goddess of his sig, have to say? She would certainly know.

don't worry, she's already passed out. Wore the gal out, I fear. Women these days, just lack proper stamina, amirite?

I'm surprised... this claim and several pages go by without a call of

"Pics or it never happened!" :eek:

You know, Gravlen does have quite a few miles on him in that regard. It's probably prudent to give some doubt benefit here.

Benefit of the doubt only applies where benefit would accrue from the claim which is in doubt.

As regards a claim of having made x posts to Spam, it's more like "meh of the doubt."

Links or it's a lie.

Spamming your own imagination. That's low :tongue:
Will this suffice?

Forum 7 is NOT the 'spam' forum. There was a real 'spam' forum at one point, but when it was purged, a lot of people saw their post count plummet. And yes, it was written with a lower case "s".

I miss the spam forum :( There were a lot of good material there!

Will this suffice?



I miss the spam forum :( There were a lot of good material there!

Like the million fluffle march... *sigh*

Oh yeah, i heard about that. My apologies. :(
:fluffle:
Oddly ... this might be of use on Nanatsu's Nostalgia thread.
Thanks, it was a horrid experience! :fluffle:

Like the million fluffle march... *sigh*

My crowning achievements was having the 100,000th post in the 100,000 posts übermegathread, and having the last post in the Last to post here thread. :tongue:

But I miss Choose Wisely and How Do You Do It...

*Cries*

You can smirk all you want really. I've gotten laid more this year than you have in your life, and it's February.

That probably applies to me as well (I mean the getting laid more this year than I have in my life part). Mostly my own choice, the women around here are pathetic.

My crowning achievements was having the 100,000th post in the 100,000 posts übermegathread, and having the last post in the Last to post here thread. :tongue:

But I miss Choose Wisely and How Do You Do It...

*Cries*

I missed the How Do You Do It one, but congrats on those crowning achievements. I have one question for you though: how do you live life knowing that you will never get better? Surely it's all downhill from here...

Will this suffice?

No. Link to the six thousand posts, or I will consider them all figments of your imagination!

I miss the spam forum :( There were a lot of good material there!

It's a question of relative goodness. Goodness per post.

I can't muster much enthusiasm for a forum where you have to click through page after page to find a complete sentence.

I missed the How Do You Do It one, but congrats on those crowning achievements. I have one question for you though: how do you live life knowing that you will never get better? Surely it's all downhill from here...
:D:fluffle:

There's always new challenges to overcome, new goals to be set, new Spam to be had. The spam forum may be gone, but as you knock one down, another rise to take its place ;)

No. Link to the six thousand posts, or I will consider them all figments of your imagination!
You want me to link to 6,000 deleted posts? Mhm. I guess I shall just have to cry myself to sleep every night, knowing that you chose not to believe something rather inconsequential I have no reason to lie about. I declare, I do not know how I shall find the strength to go on!


It's a question of relative goodness. Goodness per post.

I can't muster much enthusiasm for a forum where you have to click through page after page to find a complete sentence.
You obviously stayed away from the good threads.

Knew what?

And I want my gravy boat back if you aren't getting married.

And also, I want to marry you.

That you're you! I knew it!

Marriage? Oh no. I cannot subject you to such a ghastly destiny. Nanatsus don't make good wives.

I knew it.:eek:
So did I.

So did I.

It was obvious upon his first post under this name...he has a certain odour about him that lingers...

Was he your personal enemy in this forum, for this reaction?
No, I don't have enemies -- Not from my point of view, anyway... Life's too short.

I just get tired of reading farewell addresses. Okay, reading farewell titles. I believe this is the first time I've ever posted in one of those threads. If you are going to leave, just leave. Is that too much to ask? Like Nazz -- just disappear.

No, I don't have enemies -- Not from my point of view, anyway... Life's too short.

I just get tired of reading farewell addresses. Okay, reading farewell titles. I believe this is the first time I've ever posted in one of those threads. If you are going to leave, just leave. Is that too much to ask? Like Nazz -- just disappear.

Omg the Nazz is like Poland!

I'm quitting NSG for good. Sorry, but I have my reasons. I'll miss you all, but I can't stay here. It's too painful.

Thanks for all the times you made me laugh.

Bye bye! :p

I've quit twice. You'll be back. No one can ever quit NSG, it's like the mafia, once you are in you will always be in.

You can smirk all you want really. I've gotten laid more this year than you have in your life, and it's February.

Trust me, that has less to do with my ability to get laid, and more on the fact that the women around here are....well....let's just say their pathetic attempt at a Southern accent isn't the only annoying thing about them.

Trust me, that has less to do with my ability to get laid, and more on the fact that the women around here are....well....let's just say their pathetic attempt at a Southern accent isn't the only annoying thing about them.

ah yes, it's always someone else that's lacking, isn't it?

I've quit twice. You'll be back. No one can ever quit NSG, it's like the mafia, once you are in you will always be in.

He's already left at least twice. EDIT: Why the Hell is there a thumbs down above my post? What's it supposed to be?

ah yes, it's always someone else that's lacking, isn't it?

Well I do have standards.

Oh, I thought you'd already left when things with Nanatsu went south.

Aha.

I thought "too hard" was way too melodramatic.

Kids.

Well I do have standards.

if only they included "not making whiny bloggy posts in public"

if only they included "not making whiny bloggy posts in public"

Well they do include "must not try to set up threesomes in every thread she posts in".

Aha.

I thought "too hard" was way too melodramatic.

Kids.

http://content.pyzam.com/funnypics/misc/fun61.jpg

Well they do include "must not try to set up threesomes in every thread she posts in".

Frankly, you should thank me. If I didn't try to liven up your threads a little, nobody would read them.

Frankly, you should thank me. If I didn't try to liven up your threads a little, nobody would read them.

That's not true, I love a good laugh.

Frankly, you should thank me. If I didn't try to liven up your threads a little, nobody would read them.

There's also the "must not masturbate over Ann Rand" clause.

http://content.pyzam.com/funnypics/misc/fun61.jpg

Exactly this. Thank you.

There's also the "must not masturbate over Ann Rand" clause.

Ann Rand?

Frankly, you should thank me. If I didn't try to liven up your threads a little, nobody would read them.

http://www.justbball.com/forums/images/smilies/taunt/smiley-catfight.gif

meooow!

http://content.pyzam.com/funnypics/misc/fun61.jpg

You just don't understand their pain! Their suffering is unique and unlike any that has come before, and can only be expressed through angsty poetry and songs by Evanescence! You just don't recognize their hidden depths! *stomp stomp door-slam*

There's also the "must not masturbate over Ann Rand" clause.

....dude, it's a stupid internet meme that we made up and you fucked it up. How's that make you feel?

Aye ciao etc.

There's also the "must not masturbate over Ann Rand" clause.
You just failed, and failed hard.

Like Nazz -- just disappear.

I miss The Nazz.

....dude, it's a stupid internet meme that we made up and you fucked it up. How's that make you feel?

Eh indifferent.

....dude, it's a stupid internet meme that we made up and you fucked it up. How's that make you feel?
It isn't a meme. It is something that you won't quit saying, goddammitalreadypleasejuststop!
Oh, I thought you'd already left when things with Nanatsu went south.
It didn't occur to me to ask this before, but...
How does a relationship in which neither of the principles have come face-to-face go south? How can you have a falling out with someone you were never really in with, beyond a handful of meaningless flirtations and online exchanges? If you want it to be poetic, what's south of strangers?

It didn't occur to me to ask this before, but...
How does a relationship in which neither of the principles have come face-to-face go south? How can you have a falling out with someone you were never really in with, beyond a handful of meaningless flirtations and online exchanges? If you want it to be poetic, what's south of strangers?

You can develop very strong emotional bonds online, without any face-to-face stuff having gone on. Exchanges, no matter the medium, mean what you make them mean.. you can become addicted to the fleeting glance of your regular cashier and be subdued for a week when she once didn't return your smile.

It isn't a meme. It is something that you won't quit saying, goddammitalreadypleasejuststop!
Not before you start waking up screaming in the night!


...screaming differently than you usually do, that is...

I miss The Nazz.

Me too. Anyone that can make Myrmi get all pissy is good in my book.

When I mentioned the romance that turned sour, it was with my fiance of 3 years, not with VKZ. VKZ is a friend of mine from another forum and he is actually a member of NS since 2004. His sudden lack of posting is due to him paying WoW.



So thats why he used to always post one or two seconds after you would post in just about every thread to comment on your post!

Pssft, tickle me silly that does!

And later VKZ.

Goodbye threads are stupid, but this one has at least gotten a bit of comedy in it. If you're going to leave, just go. Don't bother everyone with a big "bawwwww" sobfest.

So did I.

It's just that there's something so characteristic about his posts. They reek satire. It has always been so, it will always be so.

You can develop very strong emotional bonds online, without any face-to-face stuff having gone on. Exchanges, no matter the medium, mean what you make them mean.. you can become addicted to the fleeting glance of your regular cashier and be subdued for a week when she once didn't return your smile.

Why is that exactly? Online interactions are just, well, text.

Has anyone done a scientific study examining this phenomenon?

Has anyone done a scientific study examining this phenomenon?

I'm sure someone will, eventually. Of course, maybe it has already been done.

Why is that exactly? Online interactions are just, well, text.


You mean, just like RL interactions are just, well, words (often enough)? Why does it matter whether they're written or spoken?

Again, what matters is what you see in it, what you make it mean, maybe what you project onto it. Especially on NSG, I fear many of us have closer contact with some of "their" regulars than any RL friends. With many of us, NSG knows more of their secrets, of their real selves, of their hopes and fears than their RL environment does.

I'm sure someone will, eventually. Of course, maybe it has already been done.

But if you're studying people who have no life, doesn't that technically count as necromancy? I don't think they give out grants for the Dark Arts.

I'm sure someone will, eventually. Of course, maybe it has already been done.
All I can find on it are a bunch of blogs and forums on it, no actual 'news' sources, or science journals.

But if you're studying people who have no life, doesn't that technically count as necromancy? I don't think they give out grants for the Dark Arts.

It could count as necromancy, yes. And you may be able to get grants, provided Dumbledore is your professor.:tongue:

It could count as necromancy, yes. And you may be able to get grants, provided Dumbledore is your professor.:tongue:

Too bad he's dead though, which, I suppose, is where the necromancy might also come in handy (Apropos of that, a girl I know was reading those books and when she found he died in one, she was inconsolable for two days. I found that odd, and slightly pathetic, to be honest.)

Too bad he's dead though, which, I suppose, is where the necromancy might also come in handy (Apropos of that, a girl I know was reading those books and when she found he died in one, she was inconsolable for two days. I found that odd, and slightly pathetic, to be honest.)

It was rather stupid of JK Rowlings to kill Dumbledore, but the death of a book character isn't reason enough to be unconsolable for 2 days.

You mean, just like RL interactions are just, well, words (often enough)? Why does it matter whether they're written or spoken?

Again, what matters is what you see in it, what you make it mean, maybe what you project onto it. Especially on NSG, I fear many of us have closer contact with some of "their" regulars than any RL friends. With many of us, NSG knows more of their secrets, of their real selves, of their hopes and fears than their RL environment does.

Well, no. RL interactions are not just words. They incorporate body language, the participants generally know a good deal more about one another, and sound of voice and physical appearance also play major factors -- all of which are much more important (according to some obscure source I recall seeing a while back) than what is actually being said.

Online you just have words, which -- without body language betraying the true intentions behind them, without physical appearance giving the lie to the kind of claims people tend to make around here, without the chance that the other person can slap you one if you say something dumb -- are in the long run pretty meaningless. All that most people around here know about me is my political beliefs and to some degree what genres of literature and fiction I know, and both of these could easily be faked. In fact, anything anyone tells you could be a lie created for some reason unknown to any but that person. You learn very little about people just from reading their posts.

Too bad he's dead though, which, I suppose, is where the necromancy might also come in handy (Apropos of that, a girl I know was reading those books and when she found he died in one, she was inconsolable for two days. I found that odd, and slightly pathetic, to be honest.)

Personally I felt more for the loss of Fred and Tonks than Dumbledore.

Personally I felt more for the loss of Fred and Tonks than Dumbledore.

Tonks was quite sad, yes.

Personally I felt more for the loss of Fred and Tonks than Dumbledore.

I felt more for the loss of the E.T. game cartridges than I did for anything in the Harry Potter books. Overhyped piece of junk.

But I'm off topic. VKZ, if you're still reading this thread, farewell. I'll miss all the spam (and the time I got an excuse to bring out my excessivly large spam collection on here.:D)

Who done what now?

Personally I felt more for the loss of Fred and Tonks than Dumbledore.

Yeah, I didn't read any of those books. I'm not generally one for books involving wizards and fairies and unicorns...except for Conan, he's badass. I do get a bit of 'dust in my eye' whenever Lou Gehrig retires in Pride of the Yankees though.

Online you just have words, which -- without body language betraying the true intentions behind them, without physical appearance giving the lie to the kind of claims people tend to make around here, without the chance that the other person can slap you one if you say something dumb -- are in the long run pretty meaningless.

Au contraire.

This is precisely why people can get attached to just text. They invest it with meaning that isn't necessarily there.

But that still isn't much different to real life, where people still misinterpret plenty of signals about attraction...

Thanks God for smileys!

:fluffle::fluffle::fluffle:

Au contraire.

This is precisely why people can get attached to just text. They invest it with meaning that isn't necessarily there.

But that still isn't much different to real life, where people still misinterpret plenty of signals about attraction...
I guess that's true. However, in my experience, body language is easier to interpret than some people seem to think, and most of the signals about attraction are based on factors such as physical appearance, sound of voice, and other stuff that cannot possibly be transmitted over the internet. Thus I'll never really understand all those people who get in relationships over the internet.

Thanks God for smileys!

:fluffle::fluffle::fluffle:
Aaargh, fluffles! Get them away from me! :eek2:

Wait, I shouldn't do that. That only encourages them. :headbang:

Much better to take a gun to 'em. :mp5::sniper:

I guess that's true. However, in my experience, body language is easier to interpret than some people seem to think, and most of the signals about attraction are based on factors such as physical appearance, sound of voice, and other stuff that cannot possibly be transmitted over the internet.

If you're defining "internet" as only a message-board I guess. Long distance relationships might include some other technological marvel ... like a telephone.

Thus I'll never really understand all those people who get in relationships over the internet.

Aaargh, fluffles! Get them away from me! :eek2:

Wait, I shouldn't do that. That only encourages them. :headbang:

Much better to take a gun to 'em. :mp5::sniper:

Hah, there used to be a sniper who actually aimed. But "sniper" now looks like a drunk Russian.

Face it, the fluffles have won. :mad:

Au contraire.

This is precisely why people can get attached to just text. They invest it with meaning that isn't necessarily there.

But that still isn't much different to real life, where people still misinterpret plenty of signals about attraction...

I think the main factor making a long-term relationship is that the partners enjoy talking to each other. (Not that I'm much with relationships anyway, it's a second-hand observation.)

If it's the sound of each others voice or the sound of their own they're liking, the "relationship" won't get off the ground in text. They have to be interested in the content.

But if they don't enjoy each other's physical company when they do meet (don't enjoy sex, or even one of them doesn't) then that isn't going to last either. As a friendship perhaps, but one of them is almost certain to bonk someone else who is physically present.

Being interested in the way another person thinks seems an excellent first criterion for a long-term relationship. It can however lead to bizarre behaviour like cutting off your own ear and sending it by mail. ;)

You can smirk all you want really. I've gotten laid more this year than you have in your life, and it's February.

Quality over Quantity dude. :)

"[...]I can't stay here. It's too painful."

Cheesy.

If you're defining "internet" as only a message-board I guess. Long distance relationships might include some other technological marvel ... like a telephone.
Oh yes, a telephone, which I'm sure you have built into the side of your CPU. Telephone calls, which are usually made over the internet.

(Now if you'd said VoIP, it would be a different story. :P)



Hah, there used to be a sniper who actually aimed. But "sniper" now looks like a drunk Russian.

Face it, the fluffles have won. :mad:

I know! What the hell happened to the old smilies? I liked the old :( and ;) so much better. And what about the old postcount titles? "ZX81 H4x0r0r" and "Cabbage Patch Girl" and "CyberSheep Farmer" may have been obscure, but they had a lot more character than the non-custom ones I've been seeing lately. :soap:

You know, I may just leave along with him. Since I switched ISP I've been getting terrible delays on this forum on a regular basis. I don't know if the ISP hates this site or if it's everyone, but it's getting annoying. Stupid that this is supposed to be faster speed. I know I'm the most popular here and people will cry, but oh well.

Hrm...and I've always wanted to drop him a line and say 'hey' for posting w/ one of my favorite mangas.

[sigh] the road not taken and all that, I suppose.

Online you just have words, which -- without body language betraying the true intentions behind them, without physical appearance giving the lie to the kind of claims people tend to make around here, without the chance that the other person can slap you one if you say something dumb -- are in the long run pretty meaningless.

I know. I made the just text / just words comparison fully aware of the context of words in an RL situation. But just as someone already pointed out, the words of any post aren't just that, either. Try to think of how most of the Generalites will recognize any poster who's been here for a while when they come back in another incarnation, even if they've been gone a while, and come back under a completely different name and make no overt signs of their old self.

All that most people around here know about me is my political beliefs and to some degree what genres of literature and fiction I know, and both of these could easily be faked. In fact, anything anyone tells you could be a lie created for some reason unknown to any but that person. You learn very little about people just from reading their posts.
First of all, not all posters are like you. With me, for example, I think not all that many could pinpoint my political stance 'cause I've given up debating politically on this forum quite a while ago - but many could pinpoint my character traits and life circumstances quite well, I imagine.

And then there's that human tendency to fill in the gap, plus a tendency to project -most of us create a "person" at the other end of the keyboard, so to speak, at least with those we interact more often on this board, and probably half of what we imagine isn't true or based in specific things the y wrote. Words on the internet, online personas, make it veeery easy to become attached to *precisely because* of the vagueness, which you could also ositively interpret as "potential" orc"possibilities".

Me too. Anyone that can make Myrmi get all pissy is good in my book.
It's surprising how many important things we had in common, though. At least until he became a party-line hack, anyway.

Oh yes, a telephone, which I'm sure you have built into the side of your CPU. Telephone calls, which are usually made over the internet.

(Now if you'd said VoIP, it would be a different story. :P)

Telephone. It's the same thing, but a lot cheaper or free through the 'net.

You made a particular point of the "sound of their voice." If you'd gone with the "sexual chemistry" thing, where people are attracted to each other by pheromones despite not being conscious of them or deliberately trying to exclude odours by washing lots or using antiperspirants ... I would concede the point. Internet technology is not up with the pheromones yet.

I know! What the hell happened to the old smilies? I liked the old :( and ;) so much better. And what about the old postcount titles? "ZX81 H4x0r0r" and "Cabbage Patch Girl" and "CyberSheep Farmer" may have been obscure, but they had a lot more character than the non-custom ones I've been seeing lately. :soap:

:soap:

Some users protested. Others loved them. It all came as a package ... including us getting avatars of our own, which was massively popular you have to admit.

I'm not whinging any more. The change I most objected to (removing all posts to General before a certain date, I think it was dec '06) never happened, I like the avatars, and downtime on Jolt is much less. I say it's a win.

Oh, and we got the blush smiley. I think now is the time ... :$ :$ :$ :$

Oh, and we got the blush smiley. I think now is the time ... :$ :$ :$ :$

All thanks to me, I demanded the blush smiley at the time of the take over.

There's also the "must not masturbate over Ann Rand" clause.
Instead of under, of course.
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