am I on your Ignore List?
Yes or No responses only.
Humbug was on mine. Now no one is. Am I on yours? :lol:
When I read the Cellar, I use the "new post" feature. It automatically brings up all the threads with new posts. Obviously, I can't speak for everyone, but I've heard a lot of people mention that it's how they read the Cellar too.
Before the AGers came, I don't ever recall seeing a "bump" post to make a thread rise to the top here at the Cellar. It just isn't needed. I guess that it was helpful over at AG, but it's not needed here. It's a perfect example of a post that is of no value.
When I read the Cellar, I use the "new post" feature. It automatically brings up all the threads with new posts. Obviously, I can't speak for everyone, but I've heard a lot of people mention that it's how they read the Cellar too.
Before the AGers came, I don't ever recall seeing a "bump" post to make a thread rise to the top here at the Cellar. It just isn't needed. I guess that it was helpful over at AG, but it's not needed here. It's a perfect example of a post that is of no value.
Flint, you can take this one.
Thanks Steve.
@glatt: Don't post and it goes away. Democracy. The end.
And who's to judge "value"? That's all I want to know.
who made this thread steve??
:P
Thanks Steve.
@glatt: Don't post and it goes away. Democracy. The end.
Yeah, but until then, I have to read your empty "bump" post to make it go away. You are creating more work for me.
I would be interested in hearing a non-narcissistic argument in favor of bump posting. And...if we don't post, the thread drops down to nothingness, and that comprises democracy, then isn't bump posting to artificially elevate a post the equivalent of stuffing the ballot box?
Also, no one is on my Ignore List, either. Note the way I added content to the original intent of the thread, *and* stayed on topic by making this statement. :D
Also, no one is on my Ignore List, either. Note the way I added content to the original intent of the thread, *and* stayed on topic by making this statement. :D
Didn't Flint say "
Yes or
No responses only" up top?
:o
who made this thread steve??
:P
What thread?
isn't bump posting to artificially elevate a post the equivalent of stuffing the ballot box?
Yes, but if
other people post in your thread, and you
respond to them, that is a valid exchange, isn't it? If not, explain how you can tell the difference btween "good" posting and "bad" posting.
Didn't Flint say "Yes or No responses only" up top?
:o
You're right...yet another argument against the bump post.:lol:
not real sure actually. i was just stalking you and went with the flow. ;)
disclaimer: the "yes or no" bit was a reverse psychology joke
disclaimer: the "yes or no" bit was a reverse psychology joke
What??? I had no idea!
Yes, but if other people post in your thread, and you respond to them, that is a valid exchange, isn't it? If not, explain how you can tell the difference btween "good" posting and "bad" posting.
Presumably, a response contains some at least marginal information. "Bump Post" is *not* information, it is self-advertising, the equivalent of jumping up and down, waving your arms and yelling "Hey! Read This Thread! It is up high, so it must be great!"
If I start a thread, entitle it "Bump Posts", and then proceed to post "Bump Post" 150 times, it will be at the top of the list. Does that make it useful, by dint of being first?
disclaimer: the "yes or no" bit was a reverse psychology joke
NO! REALLY? :rolleyes:
Thanks Steve.
@glatt: Don't post and it goes away. Democracy. The end.
That's true but a bump is not democracy, it's more akin to terrorism.:eyebrow:
Arrrrgh. Can't resist.
No. Who's on first.
What was the question?
Oh, the ignore thing.
If I put myself on "ignore" will it constanstly keep me there by default, even if I click some button to turn off the ignore?
In other words, be I be on "ignore" automatically by default from no until the end of Y10K?
whoooooo HOOOOOOOO I HAVE a big "B" in my name!!!!
Thank you,
MR UnderToad!!
That's true but a bump is not democracy, it's more akin to terrorism.
Every post is a bump - when you post, it bumps to the top.
When you posted in this thread, it was a bump. That's the
democracy part: you
voted for this thread by posting, and bumping it.
Bullshit, they are not the same. Your semantics games won't fly. :p
We could ask UT to change the prioritization of threads. If the determination of which posts are at the top of a given Cellar Category is based on, say, age of posts, then bumping would only be effective if it was done on a constant basis.
@xoxoxoBruce: You bumped my thread again. When you posted, it went to the top.
What if everyone wants to bump a thread? I mean by simply using "bumps." Does that make it a "good" thread?
I think that's what I was trying to say earlier. If the important thing is being seen and feeling prominent, go out and stand in the middle of the freeway at rush hour. Lots of people will see you right there as they whiz by, and after you've been hit by a cement truck, you'll be all over the TV and papers as well. (not directed at any one "you", BTW...it is the all-encompassing, universal "you").
You know - I'm looking at the poll, and it says 3 votes yes, 30% and 8 votes no, 80%! That's 110%!!! Then I saw that Happymonkey voted TWICE! What's up with that, HM???
Adding content to a thread (and having it go to the top of the new posts list) is a very different action than adding a one word (or one smiley) post to the bottom solely because you're pissed off that nobody has replied to your thread.
Around here folks actually read and digest information, and don't typically see the need for a "Me too" reply.
The times they are a changing. Sometimes things are just done because they are funny. And no argument can change it.
And I like to read and digest posts as well. And books, and newspapers, and emails.
I just felt the need to post here and say that none of those whores in that picture arouses any attention of my penis... :p
adding a one word (or one smiley) post to the bottom solely because you're pissed off that nobody has replied to your thread.
#1: I don't use smilies. Never have, never will.
#2
Responding to posts is not equivelant to what you are describing.
#1: I don't use smilies. Never have, never will.
...
Why :cool: :thumb: :smack: :drunk: :vikingsmi :stpaddy: :morncoff: :nuts: :devil: :donut: :2cents: :cheese: :violin: :whtblk: :blkwht: not?
cuz he is in...then out....like flint!
You know - I'm looking at the poll, and it says 3 votes yes, 30% and 8 votes no, 80%! That's 110%!!! Then I saw that Happymonkey voted TWICE! What's up with that, HM???
Its multiple choice. I voted yes and no both, too. Don't know about HM, but I did it to be satirical, since everyone here loves satire so much. :rolleyes:
Bye Jochser! See you next Tuesday!!
Jochser isn't by chance a longshoreman in real life, is he/she?
For some reason, this thread has come to remind me of this:
Man: Good morning, I'd like to have an argument, please.
Receptionist: Certainly, sir. Have you been here before?
Man: No, this is my first time.
Receptionist: I see, well we'll see who's free at the moment.
Mr. Debakey's free, but he's a little bit concilliatory. No.
Try Mr. Barnard, room 12.
Man: Thank you.
He enters room 12.
Angry man: WHADDAYOU WANT?
Man: Well, Well, I was told outside that...
Angry man: DON'T GIVE ME THAT, YOU SNOTTY-FACED HEAP OF PARROT DROPPINGS!
Man: What?
A: SHUT YOUR FESTERING GOB, YOU TIT! YOUR TYPE MAKES ME PUKE! YOU VACUOUS
STUFFY-NOSED MALODOROUS PERVERT!!!
M: Yes, but I came here for an argument!!
A: OH! Oh! I'm sorry! This is abuse!
M: Oh! Oh I see!
A: Aha! No, you want room 12A, next door.
M: Oh...Sorry...
A: Not at all!
A: (under his breath) stupid git.
The man goes into room 12A. Another man is sitting behind a desk.
Man: Is this the right room for an argument?
Other Man:(pause) I've told you once.
Man: No you haven't!
Other Man: Yes I have.
M: When?
O: Just now.
M: No you didn't!
O: Yes I did!
M: You didn't!
O: I did!
M: You didn't!
O: I'm telling you, I did!
M: You didn't!
O: (breaking into the developing argument) Oh I'm sorry, is this a five minute
argument, or the full half hour?
M: Ah! (taking out his wallet and paying) Just the five minutes.
O: Just the five minutes. Thank you.
Anyway, I did.
M: You most certainly did not!
O: Now let's get one thing perfectly clear: I most definitely told you!
M: Oh no you didn't!
O: Oh yes I did! ___
M: Oh no you didn't! \
O: Oh yes I did! \
M: Oh no you didn't! \
O: Oh yes I did! \
M: Oh no you didn't! \
O: Oh yes I did! \
M: Oh no you didn't! \
O: Oh yes I did! > very fast
M: Oh no you didn't! /
O: Oh yes I did! /
M: No you DIDN'T! /
O: Oh yes I did! /
M: No you DIDN'T! /
O: Oh yes I did! /
M: No you DIDN'T! /
O: Oh yes I did! ___/
M: Oh look, this isn't an argument!
(pause)
O: Yes it is!
M: No it isn't!
(pause)
M: It's just contradiction!
O: No it isn't!
M: It IS!
O: It is NOT!
M: You just contradicted me!
O: No I didn't!
M: You DID!
O: No no no!
M: You did just then!
O: Nonsense!
M: (exasperated) Oh, this is futile!!
(pause)
O: No it isn't!
M: Yes it is!
(pause)
I came here for a good argument!
O: AH, no you didn't, you came here for an *argument*!
M: An argument isn't just contradiction.
O: Well! it CAN be!
M: No it can't!
An argument is a connected series of statement intended to establish a
proposition.
O: No it isn't!
M: Yes it is! 'tisn't just contradiction.
O: Look, if I *argue* with you, I must take up a contrary position!
M: Yes but it isn't just saying "no it isn't".
O: Yes it is!
M: No it isn't!
O: Yes it is!
M: No it isn't!
O: Yes it is!
M: No it ISN'T! Argument is an intellectual process. Contradiction is just
the automatic gainsaying of anything the other person says.
O: It is NOT!
M: It is!
O: Not at all!
M: It is!
>DING!< The Arguer hits a bell on his desk and stops.
O: Thank you, that's it.
M: (stunned) What?
O: That's it. Good morning.
M: But I was just getting interested!
O: I'm sorry, the five minutes is up.
M: That was never five minutes!!
O: I'm afraid it was.
M: (leading on) No it wasn't.....
(pause)
O: (dirty look) I'm sorry, I'm not allowed to argue any more.
M: WHAT??
O: If you want me to go on arguing, you'll have to pay for another five
minutes.
M: But that was never five minutes just now!
(pause... the Other Man raises his eyebrows)
Oh Come on!
Oh this is...
This is ridiculous!
O: I told you...
I told you, I'm not allowed to argue unless you PAY!
M: Oh all right. (takes out his wallet and pays again.) There you are.
O: Thank you.
M: (clears throat) Well...
O: Well WHAT?
M: That was never five minutes just now.
O: I told you, I'm not allowed to argue unless you've paid!
M: Well I just paid!
O: No you didn't!
M: I DID!!!
O: YOU didn't!
M: I DID!!!
O: YOU didn't!
M: I DID!!!
O: YOU didn't!
M: I DID!!!
O: YOU didn't!
M: (unable to talk straight he's so mad) I don't want to argue about it!
O: Well I'm very sorry but you didn't pay!
M: Ah HAH!! Well if I didn't pay, why are you arguing??? Ah HAAAAAAHHH!
Gotcha!
O: (pause) No you haven't!
M: Yes I have!
If you're arguing, I must have paid.
O: Not necessarily.
I *could* be arguing in my spare time.
I almost never use the ignore list, but sometimes that resolve is tested.
That said, I usually react to new people on a thread by thread basis. If someone is being an ass on one thread, and reasonable on another, I'll treat them like an ass on the former and a reasonable person on the latter.
Just so you don't get surprised in the future.
Hahaha... love that bit! I just posted that in a thread somewhere recently too!
I almost never use the ignore list, but sometimes that resolve is tested.
That said, I usually react to new people on a thread by thread basis. If someone is being an ass on one thread, and reasonable on another, I'll treat them like an ass on the former and a reasonable person on the latter.
Just so you don't get surprised in the future.
Same here.
Everybody shut the hell up!
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Who is the whore above the "Whore"?
I think she was winking at me.
i was not winking at you!
BTW, Elspode
... exactly how long you been stalking Jochitch?
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@ Chey, hmmmmmmm ....
OH YEAH, like a bit of Oregon/Washington/Alaska/Siberia Volcano Ash fell in your eye or sumthing?
pffft.
You wear a dark dress, or pantyhose, or wear makeup, and hopefully are female?
YOU want me....
Ya wanna know why?
Because im not on the ignore list.
Jochser isn't by chance a longshoreman in real life, is he/she?
Actually, yes she is. I'm glad she's gone, I can't believe you guys let her in here in the first place. Not too many other AGers like that.
For some reason, this thread has come to remind me of this:
Man: Good morning, I'd like to have an argument, please.
Receptionist: Certainly, sir. Have you been here before?
Man: No, this is my first time.
Receptionist: I see, well we'll see who's free at the moment.
Mr. Debakey's free, but he's a little bit concilliatory. No.
Try Mr. Barnard, room 12.
Man: Thank you.
He enters room 12.
Angry man: WHADDAYOU WANT?
Man: Well, Well, I was told outside that...
Angry man: DON'T GIVE ME THAT, YOU SNOTTY-FACED HEAP OF PARROT DROPPINGS!
Man: What?
A: SHUT YOUR FESTERING GOB, YOU TIT! YOUR TYPE MAKES ME PUKE! YOU VACUOUS
STUFFY-NOSED MALODOROUS PERVERT!!!
M: Yes, but I came here for an argument!!
A: OH! Oh! I'm sorry! This is abuse!
M: Oh! Oh I see!
A: Aha! No, you want room 12A, next door.
M: Oh...Sorry...
A: Not at all!
A: (under his breath) stupid git.
The man goes into room 12A. Another man is sitting behind a desk.
Man: Is this the right room for an argument?
Other Man:(pause) I've told you once.
Man: No you haven't!
Other Man: Yes I have.
M: When?
O: Just now.
M: No you didn't!
O: Yes I did!
M: You didn't!
O: I did!
M: You didn't!
O: I'm telling you, I did!
M: You didn't!
O: (breaking into the developing argument) Oh I'm sorry, is this a five minute
argument, or the full half hour?
M: Ah! (taking out his wallet and paying) Just the five minutes.
O: Just the five minutes. Thank you.
Anyway, I did.
M: You most certainly did not!
O: Now let's get one thing perfectly clear: I most definitely told you!
M: Oh no you didn't!
O: Oh yes I did! ___
M: Oh no you didn't! \
O: Oh yes I did! \
M: Oh no you didn't! \
O: Oh yes I did! \
M: Oh no you didn't! \
O: Oh yes I did! \
M: Oh no you didn't! \
O: Oh yes I did! > very fast
M: Oh no you didn't! /
O: Oh yes I did! /
M: No you DIDN'T! /
O: Oh yes I did! /
M: No you DIDN'T! /
O: Oh yes I did! /
M: No you DIDN'T! /
O: Oh yes I did! ___/
M: Oh look, this isn't an argument!
(pause)
O: Yes it is!
M: No it isn't!
(pause)
M: It's just contradiction!
O: No it isn't!
M: It IS!
O: It is NOT!
M: You just contradicted me!
O: No I didn't!
M: You DID!
O: No no no!
M: You did just then!
O: Nonsense!
M: (exasperated) Oh, this is futile!!
(pause)
O: No it isn't!
M: Yes it is!
(pause)
I came here for a good argument!
O: AH, no you didn't, you came here for an *argument*!
M: An argument isn't just contradiction.
O: Well! it CAN be!
M: No it can't!
An argument is a connected series of statement intended to establish a
proposition.
O: No it isn't!
M: Yes it is! 'tisn't just contradiction.
O: Look, if I *argue* with you, I must take up a contrary position!
M: Yes but it isn't just saying "no it isn't".
O: Yes it is!
M: No it isn't!
O: Yes it is!
M: No it isn't!
O: Yes it is!
M: No it ISN'T! Argument is an intellectual process. Contradiction is just
the automatic gainsaying of anything the other person says.
O: It is NOT!
M: It is!
O: Not at all!
M: It is!
>DING!< The Arguer hits a bell on his desk and stops.
O: Thank you, that's it.
M: (stunned) What?
O: That's it. Good morning.
M: But I was just getting interested!
O: I'm sorry, the five minutes is up.
M: That was never five minutes!!
O: I'm afraid it was.
M: (leading on) No it wasn't.....
(pause)
O: (dirty look) I'm sorry, I'm not allowed to argue any more.
M: WHAT??
O: If you want me to go on arguing, you'll have to pay for another five
minutes.
M: But that was never five minutes just now!
(pause... the Other Man raises his eyebrows)
Oh Come on!
Oh this is...
This is ridiculous!
O: I told you...
I told you, I'm not allowed to argue unless you PAY!
M: Oh all right. (takes out his wallet and pays again.) There you are.
O: Thank you.
M: (clears throat) Well...
O: Well WHAT?
M: That was never five minutes just now.
O: I told you, I'm not allowed to argue unless you've paid!
M: Well I just paid!
O: No you didn't!
M: I DID!!!
O: YOU didn't!
M: I DID!!!
O: YOU didn't!
M: I DID!!!
O: YOU didn't!
M: I DID!!!
O: YOU didn't!
M: (unable to talk straight he's so mad) I don't want to argue about it!
O: Well I'm very sorry but you didn't pay!
M: Ah HAH!! Well if I didn't pay, why are you arguing??? Ah HAAAAAAHHH!
Gotcha!
O: (pause) No you haven't!
M: Yes I have!
If you're arguing, I must have paid.
O: Not necessarily.
I *could* be arguing in my spare time.
That is very funny, and a perfect example
(ooops my bad, Chey... did I say "you"?
I meant any of them bongo beatnick coffee drinking cellarag babes, in)general.
BTW, Elspode
... exactly how long you been stalking Jochitch?
Stalking? Not stalking...it is just that the nasty case of Tourette's there was making entire threads get shut down by the Net Nanny here.
Was this some sort of "have you stopped beating your wife" type question, TB?
@ WHIP, thanks alot, you just screwd up my foreplay.
Actually, yes she is. I'm glad she's gone, I can't believe you guys let her in here in the first place.
Like Homeland Security, we don't really screen new arrivals here.
@ Epslode, my bad... i was just teasing you, because ya had him nailed
Teasing is cool...that, and I kind of like the whole "Epslode" thing. I may have to change my handle.
Teasing is cool...that, and I kind of like the whole "Epslode" thing. I may have to change my handle.
I have no :eyebrow: idea what your user name even means but when I see it... it reminds me of "elks implode"... :p
perhaps that's because my dad belonged to the elk club...
*chuckels*
Ok my bad Once agin... But now We got the name of the virulant "fuck you and die" virus that is pissing off birds and humans in the "sentence story" thread.
"JochItchieMosis"
Actually, yes she is. I'm glad she's gone, I can't believe you guys let her in here in the first place. Not too many other AGers like that.
That is very funny, and a perfect example
Had to be MPFC - it was wasn't it? - I can picture the episode now...
Since the reincarnation of the Cellar, I have not used the ignore list. In the dialup days, I only had two people on my ignore list, and I think one of them was a bot, judging by the incoherent posts 'she' posted. At 56k, I had a lot less tolerance for noise.:eyebrow:
When i read "Elpsode" I say it "Episode" aka "Eplsode" (in my mind of course, as i do not sit at my pc reading aloud...it would scare the children)
Since the reincarnation of the Cellar,
reincarnation? what say ye about this?
When i read "Elpsode" I say it "Episode" aka "Eplsode" (in my mind of course, as i do not sit at my pc reading aloud...it would scare the children)
Funny, I think of matador tableware.
You'd be close, actually. The word "Spode" is the name of a renowned British family of dinnerware makers. My attachment to it came from junior high school, wherein the word sounded like it would be something good to call someone who was behaving spastically or otherwise deviating from the "norm" (i.e., as a creative and odd replacement for "nerd", "doofus", "retard" or "dickhead"). There is even a caricature that accompanies it, but I won't post it here as it would probably shock some of you to see the resemblance to my photo.
Once I got online, I found that I had to add "El" to it to be able to use it as a username, believe it or not.
You'd be close, actually. The word "Spode" is the name of a renowned British family of dinnerware makers. My attachment to it came from junior high school, wherein the word sounded like it would be something good to call someone who was behaving spastically or otherwise deviating from the "norm" (i.e., as a creative and odd replacement for "nerd", "doofus", "retard" or "dickhead"). There is even a caricature that accompanies it, but I won't post it here as it would probably shock some of you to see the resemblance to my photo.
Once I got online, I found that I had to add "El" to it to be able to use it as a username, believe it or not.
Do I win something?
Congratulations...you are the proud owner of a Spode Family tomb.
oi flint, just curious... if 4 people have you on ignore, how did they see this thread?
did you click the 4 to see who voted for it? two of you agers, and two people that voted both ways.
reincarnation? what say ye about this?
Well, technically there was the dialup period, the telnet period, and the current HTTP period. Technically, the telnet period was the first "Internet" Cellar, but the darned thing wasn't reliable.
The users who were on my ignore list did not follow the Cellar onto (into?) the Internet.
did you click the 4 to see who voted for it? two of you agers, and two people that voted both ways.
I'm only a part time ignorer of flint... wasn't an option for that however... :p
did you click the 4 to see who voted for it? two of you agers, and two people that voted both ways.
and your point? my point remains the same.
Well, technically there was the dialup period, the telnet period, and the current HTTP period. Technically, the telnet period was the first "Internet" Cellar, but the darned thing wasn't reliable.
The users who were on my ignore list did not follow the Cellar onto (into?) the Internet.
Thank you for the explanation.
and... "on to" ;)
Theres an ignore feature?
Theres an ignore feature?
yes there is, watch this *puts skippy on ignore* click! :p
wow, i will miss her.
Awwww :sniff:
if it's not bad enough that i'm an AG reject now i'm being rejected by another reject..... :lol:
NO! I was only kidding, don't cry. here take my hanky... don't mind the boogies, they are my lil girls. ;)
Who said that ???
All depends on what "that" is. I won't admit to anything unless i know it was something good. :p
All depends on what "that" is. I won't admit to anything unless i know it was something good. :p
You haven't admitted to anything at all. You a generic user with no history or personality. Thanks a lot.
You haven't admitted to anything at all. You a generic user with no history or personality. Thanks a lot.
I have no personality?? now that is funny. as for the other remark, read the response to your redundant post on the other thread.
you tell all about yourself because you feel at home here. When I feel this is my home and when i feel comfortable I will share about myself.
NO! I was only kidding, don't cry. here take my hanky... don't mind the boogies, they are my lil girls. ;)
Hehe thanks Chey, i feel better now my face is green :yum:
:D
Hehe thanks Chey, i feel better now my face is green :yum:
:D
green with envy :p read your notes skippy.
Thanks Steve.
@glatt: Don't post and it goes away. Democracy. The end.
He just said that he's reading with the "All New Posts" function, not the thread-by-thread mode you were limited to with AG.
And why the ampersand foolishness? You may have noticed that vBulletin has a proper quote function for replies.
It's not an ampersand, that's this thing: &
An @ is called... well,
it depends on what country you live in.It's not an ampersand, that's this thing: &
An @ is called... well, it depends on what country you live in.
Eh ... too many pina coladas too early, maybe.:cool:
But Flint seriously needs to learn how to use the quote function.
i find quote thingy "obnoxious"
= Too much crap getting in the way of dialogue
(next there will be some underscored line with some trite dribble that gets posted over and over and over and over and over and over and over...
But hey,.... its your sandbox.
I can dig it.
i find quote thingy "obnoxious"
= Too much crap getting in the way of dialogue
Quoting the message you're replying to helps promote dialog, because everybody watching can figure out exactly what you're replying to without having to either scroll up the page or go back a page or two tofigure out what was originally said.
yep, i didn't have to quote ya,.... but I know.... I thought about deleting my whole comment (it sounded a lil "tacky" although I was just trying to tease and bait.)
"everybody watching can figure out exactly what you're replying to without having to either scroll up the page or go back a page"
@Maui Nick: This method works just as well. Is it clear who/what I am responding to? I do it this way, sometimes, and the other way, sometimes. What a silly thing to get all insulting about. Lighten up.
Oh, nevermind, you have me on ignore, you can't see this. Remember, don't reply or I'll know you still read my posts!
It can be so hard for a troll to hit that sweet spot between "too annoying to not be on ignore" and "getting as much negative attention as possible". It's an art, I tell you.
It can be so hard for a troll to hit that sweet spot between "too annoying to not be on ignore" and "getting as much negative attention as possible". It's an art, I tell you.
You should write a book, Maggie. (Seriously, I'd read it...)
You should write a book, Maggie. (Seriously, I'd read it...)
Oh, c'mon. Anybody who's been a sucessful parent (or a very successful child) understands that principle.
I may write a book or two someday, if I ever get to retire. As it is there's much more money in writing software...especially software written by people who can also write coherent documentation. So that's what I'm doing now.
Until then, you''ll have to settle for what I write here and elsewhere...and there's also
Gwennie's book, which *is* published....you''ll have to settle for what I write here and elsewhere...
After years of compulsively discussing every subject under the sun, on online forums, and composing these detailed positions on these various subjects, prodded and prompted by the comments of anonymous internet people, sometimes I stop and think about the transitory nature of it all . . . our thoughts are recorded only briefly before dropping off the end of a server, somewhere out there . . . and I feel okay with that. Anything of substance I have encountered has been filed away neatly, internally . . . the whole thing is like a lesson in not letting your ego form attachments to things.
I imagine being an author as one of the most excruciating occupations imaginable.
...sometimes I stop and think about the transitory nature of it all . . . our thoughts are recorded only briefly before dropping off the end of a server, somewhere out there...I imagine being an author as one of the most excruciating occupations imaginable.
Well, Willy certainly knew:
Our revels now are ended. These our actors,
As I foretold you, were all spirits and
Are melted into air, into thin air:
And, like the baseless fabric of this vision,
The cloud-capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces,
The solemn temples, the great globe itself,
Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve
And, like this insubstantial pageant faded,
Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff
As dreams are made on, and our little life
Is rounded with a sleep.
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