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11-12-2012, 04:27 PM
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Junior Master Dwellar
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I agree that there seems to be little difference between Home Base and Somethingland. |
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11-12-2012, 04:29 PM
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Junior Master Dwellar
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11-12-2012, 05:30 PM
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To shreds, you say?
Join Date: Aug 2004
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Why change Home Base? Why not change Nothingland to Outfield or Left field? Why should home base have to suffer?
Won't somebody please think of the boys of summer?
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11-12-2012, 05:35 PM
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Snowflake
Join Date: Mar 2006
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You know what's funny about the "post whore" thread? Because it has no discernable subject, I don't know why I should open it, and I never do. It is literally a black hole that y'all's posts disappear down.
(Because it's all about me, right?) I would rather see a thread with a real subject, and 3-4 posts, than a formless blob of random schizophrenic jabber.
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****************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio |
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11-12-2012, 09:30 PM
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The future is unwritten
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I agree, if a thread only gets a couple responses doesn't mean it's not worth reading. There's a lot of threads that get read by many but not many responses. Just because a thread didn't start a debate doesn't mean it didn't inform. When it stops being read, it'll disappear pretty quickly.
I've stuck things in Nothingland because I didn't want to mask a good discussion in home base.
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11-13-2012, 06:51 AM
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Slattern of the Swail
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but it's really all about me.
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11-13-2012, 06:52 PM
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trying hard to be a better person
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I post in the post whore thread when I just have a random thought or something that I really think no one will be interested in, but might get a chuckle out of if they happen to open the thread because they're bored.
I'm guilty of starting plenty of threads in nothingland because I don't really think they fit anywhere and I don't think they're important enough for home base.
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11-14-2012, 12:38 AM
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erika
Join Date: Apr 2006
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I almost always start a new thread if it's worth sharing and I can't find / search isnt turning up a thread thats already applicable. I'm more on the side of threads that don't get a whole lot of comments and just making lotsa threads - but, then again, I tend to avoid really really long threads because I feel the need to read from the beginning, so post whore and word assn and stuff like that neeeever get opened. I don't go in nothingland in general much; I open up the board but rarely click through on threads and then i feel bad when i don't hear about important stuff being discussed in "what's making you ________ today" threads that are too big for me to venture into or keep up with... sry ppl who talk about serious stuff i never know what to say anyway but I love you all promise <#
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11-14-2012, 03:43 PM
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To shreds, you say?
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From now on, I'm gonna use Nothingland only for posting things of substance and import. The other 99.95% of my posts which are substantive and important I shall put in be a post whore.
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11-14-2012, 06:12 PM
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Perfect! I'll read them all there.
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11-14-2012, 09:03 PM
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Snowflake
Join Date: Mar 2006
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You crazy kids!
I can't believe it, I'm an old fuddy-duddy of the Cellar. Me!
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****************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio |
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11-14-2012, 10:39 PM
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I love it when a plan comes together.
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In my suggestion to UT, I included a list of threads from Nothingland that are similar in nature which I thought would be nice to have consolidated by moving them to a separate forum. Home Base content is more general in nature and draws wider interest which is putting off those who want to post more modestly as evidenced by these threads being posted in Nothingland. I believe a forum like Somethingland can preserve that modesty while according threads of this nature greater dignity and give us better viewing of the entire related selection which is now interspersed with games, diversions and time wasters across several pages. Perhaps seeing that list would better frame this proposal ... from Nothingland to Somethingland:
Somethingland Something stirring feelings - venting threads, sharing, emotional support Pointless What's mildly irritating you today? What's upsetting you today? What blindsided you today? Be a post whore! What's making you happy today? What's kind of irking you, but might work out OK in the end? What's mildly amusing you today? What might be making you a tad apprehensive, but might not, as it's too soon to tell The Meaningless Drunk Thread How you know you're old What's scorching your groove today? Please kill me What just blew you away? Uckity Uck Uck Uck! I'm sorry I was the Mean Girl I have a stalker The Horrifyingly Maddening/Sad Nightmare What just made you LOL The journey begins What's Vexing You Today? More bad karma. Or something. What Surprised you today? What's bumming your stone today? What's making you a tad apprehensive today? What Do You Have Mixed Feelings About Today? What, perhaps should concern you but maybe OK to ignore for now? Could be TMI What is pissing you off this time? what life decisions have you made today? What's boring the bollocks out of you today? What's perplexing you today? Thanks for your consideration. |
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11-15-2012, 12:08 AM
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Werepandas - lurking in your shadows
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What about creating a "Neverland"?
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11-15-2012, 09:25 AM
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a beautiful fool
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Nah, that shit blew up in michael jacksons face....
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