crossposting never changes

On Nov 17, 6:09 pm, Wavy G <impreci...@dontyouthink.co.zw> wrote:
> Don't fight it, <psciss...@sbcglobal.net>...Just lie down and try to
> relax:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> >"Wavy G" <impreci...@dontyouthink.co.zw> wrote in message
> >news:m0dsj3ptun4j0itdgo72lp4uck9jhk7750@4ax.com...
> >> Don't fight it, <psciss...@sbcglobal.net>...Just lie down and try to
> >> relax:
>
> >> >"Wavy G" <impreci...@dontyouthink.co.zw> wrote in message
> >> >news:v12pj35osi6okl5rcoabl2gq870ttu1med@4ax.com...
> >> >> Don't fight it, Shirley...Just lie down and try to relax:
>
> >> >> >"Wavy G" <impreci...@dontyouthink.co.zw> wrote in message
> >> >> >news:v9mnj3dkh256bktb0vvi4ubr47manrppcq@4ax.com...
> >> >> >> Don't fight it, Shirley...Just lie down and try to relax:
>
> >> >> >>>"Wavy G" <impreci...@dontyouthink.co.zw> wrote in message
> >> >> >>>news:hk0lj31m0cis39fj5fbe1pola23727kc9l@4ax.com...
> >> >> >>>> Don't fight it, Aratzio...Just lie down and try to relax:
>
> >> >> >>>>>On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:03:03 -0800, in the land of
> >> >> >>>>>alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, headkase
> >> >> >>>>><psykoexgirlfri...@hotmail.com> got double secret probation for
> >> >> >>>>>writing:
>
> >> >> >>>>>>but it's still funny
>
> >> >> >>>>>>why is that
>
> >> >> >>>>>>discuss? or not.
>
> >> >> >>>>>>headkase
>
> >> >> >>>>>How else can you find the truly *unique* individuals of usenet.
>
> >> >> >>>> I think crossposting is good because you get input from people
> >other
> >> >> >>>> than your dumn friends who you already talk to EVERY SINGLE DAY
> >> >anyway.
> >> >> >>>> It's like, why would I want *their* opinions? I could get some
> >input
> >> >> >>>> from many disparate voices--like an unassuming netizen with
> >specific
> >> >> >>>> interest in one subject only, or a cranky oldbie with no sense of
> >> >> >>>> humour, or perhaps some off-the-wall crackpot--who might actually
> >say
> >> >> >>>> something I *haven't* already heard a zillion times already.
>
> >> >> >>>> So to summarize, I think crossposting is good.
>
> >> >> >>>But why do some crossposters find an oldbie group and hound them
> >into
> >> >> >>>nothingness...where is the fun in an empty group?
>
> >> >> >> My dear Shirley. My dear, dear Shirley. To discover the answer to
> >> >> >> that, you must fist ask yourself another question: What fun was the
> >> >> >> oldbie group to begin with?
>
> >> >> >> You see, we are doing Usenet a service (or we *were*, rather, as I
> >> >think
> >> >> >> the "golden age" of trolling is finally behind us; we won, in case
> >> >> >> you're wondering). To understand trolling, you have to first feel
> >the
> >> >> >> glee of subtly fingering the ironies and contradictions inherent to
> >the
> >> >> >> medium; such as a group called "alt.punk" being populated by a bunch
> >of
> >> >> >> uptight square people with a fervent and steadfast enthusiasm for
> >> >> >> "rules"; or the humourless twits caught up in childish and pedantic
> >> >> >> crossfires of personal attacks in "alt.comedy.standup"; or a
> >> >> >> forty-year-old "rock and roll" band--whose radical and innovative
> >music
> >> >> >> was initially intended to subvert the musical landscape as we knew
> >> >> >> it--being discussed to no end by a group of middle-aged yuppies and
> >a
> >> >> >> few burn-out leftovers of the hippy generation in
> >> >> >> "alt.music.pink-floyd."
>
> >> >> >> So, if we could make them step outside of their precious little
> >> >> >> "special-people's clubs" for just a few moments in their overwrought
> >> >> >> Usenet careers, and see how silly the whole thing is, we have done
> >our
> >> >> >> job. Just like driving a pick-axe into a thin, cracking sheet of
> >ice
> >> >> >> over an overly pretentious pond of emptiness and contrariety, we
> >made a
> >> >> >> *difference* in these poor, misguided people's lives. And some of
> >them
> >> >> >> never even had the nerve to thank us.
>
> >> >> >I will grant you that trolling some groups may be fun, but where is
> >the
> >> >fun
> >> >> >in harassing a group of people who are in their 70's and 80's....all
> >in
> >> >the
> >> >> >name of fun. Don't trolls have some code of honor that they live by?
>
> >> >> Oh. Well, you see, "oldbie" does not mean an elderly person; it is
> >> >> somewon who has been on the "Internet" a long time (opposite of
> >> >> "newbie"). They are notorious cranks and seem to have a languid
> >> >> adherence to a dizzying set of bizarre and convoluted practices and
> >> >> etiquette standards set in place years ago, when A) connection speeds
> >> >> were much slower, B) there were not many people on the Internet, and C)
> >> >> those who were on the Internet were not the types of people who were
> >> >> well-versed in common social order in the real world (IOW, "geeks").
> >If
> >> >> *they* don't deserve some harassing, I don't know who does.
>
> >> >> People in their '70s and '80s are not on the "Internet." I am glad to
> >> >> have cleared this up.
>
> >> >Don't be too sure of that, Wavy ol boy ol boy.
>
> >> Are you going to tell me a story? You sounded like you wanted to tell a
> >> story just now. Do you? It's just that, that's how I imagine a
> >> grandfather would sound when he was about to tell me a story that
> >> started out: "In my day..." or "When I was your age..." (I don't have
> >> any grandfathers, so please correct me if this is wrong.) IWANT TO HEAR
> >> A STORY~!!!!1!@!
>
> >Pay attention, Wavy!!
>
> I *was* paying attention, Peggy. You seemed like you were poised to
> tell me a story. So what's the problem?
>
> >*smacks Wavy upside the head*
>
> >I'm a grandMOTHER, not a grandFATHER.
>
> Yeah, I know. So tell me a story about how you used to have to make
> your own clothes, or about how the "Black Bottom" dance was considered
> racy in your day, or about how you used to have to stretch your dollar
> by adding oats to ground meat in order to feed your large family. Don't
> you know that the beauty of a story lies not in the subject matter, but
> in the delivery, and the way you command your audience? Sheesh.
> SHEEEEEESH. Stories are stories, no matter how uninteresting the
> subject matter. You're the grandmother; YOU should be the expert on
> storytelling.
>
> >*throws noodles on wavy's head*
>
> Okay...so TELL ME A GOD DAMNED STORY ABOUT PASTA, IF YOU MUST.
>
> I'm sorry, Peggy, but I get a little antsy when I'm expecting a story
> and I get a routine runaround instead.

how about a story that contains:

one set of geisha balls

a plane ticket to another city

a Dominant woman

a kidnapping from the airport

headkase

 

headkase wrote:
> On Nov 17, 6:09 pm, Wavy G <impreci...@dontyouthink.co.zw> wrote:
>
>>Don't fight it, <psciss...@sbcglobal.net>...Just lie down and try to
>>relax:
>>
>>>"Wavy G" <impreci...@dontyouthink.co.zw> wrote in message
>>>news:m0dsj3ptun4j0itdgo72lp4uck9jhk7750@4ax.com...
>>>
>>>>Don't fight it, <psciss...@sbcglobal.net>...Just lie down and try to
>>>>relax:
>>
>>>>>"Wavy G" <impreci...@dontyouthink.co.zw> wrote in message
>>>>>news:v12pj35osi6okl5rcoabl2gq870ttu1med@4ax.com...
>>>>>
>>>>>>Don't fight it, Shirley...Just lie down and try to relax:
>>
>>>>>>>"Wavy G" <impreci...@dontyouthink.co.zw> wrote in message
>>>>>>>news:v9mnj3dkh256bktb0vvi4ubr47manrppcq@4ax.com...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Don't fight it, Shirley...Just lie down and try to relax:
>>
>>>>>>>>>"Wavy G" <impreci...@dontyouthink.co.zw> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>news:hk0lj31m0cis39fj5fbe1pola23727kc9l@4ax.com...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Don't fight it, Aratzio...Just lie down and try to relax:
>>
>>>>>>>>>>>On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:03:03 -0800, in the land of
>>>>>>>>>>>alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, headkase
>>>>>>>>>>><psykoexgirlfri...@hotmail.com> got double secret probation for
>>>>>>>>>>>writing:
>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>but it's still funny
>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>why is that
>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>discuss? or not.
>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>headkase
>>
>>>>>>>>>>>How else can you find the truly *unique* individuals of usenet.
>>
>>>>>>>>>>I think crossposting is good because you get input from people
>>>
>>>other
>>>
>>>>>>>>>>than your dumn friends who you already talk to EVERY SINGLE DAY
>>>>>
>>>>>anyway.
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>It's like, why would I want *their* opinions? I could get some
>>>
>>>input
>>>
>>>>>>>>>>from many disparate voices--like an unassuming netizen with
>>>
>>>specific
>>>
>>>>>>>>>>interest in one subject only, or a cranky oldbie with no sense of
>>>>>>>>>>humour, or perhaps some off-the-wall crackpot--who might actually
>>>
>>>say
>>>
>>>>>>>>>>something I *haven't* already heard a zillion times already.
>>
>>>>>>>>>>So to summarize, I think crossposting is good.
>>
>>>>>>>>>But why do some crossposters find an oldbie group and hound them
>>>
>>>into
>>>
>>>>>>>>>nothingness...where is the fun in an empty group?
>>
>>>>>>>>My dear Shirley. My dear, dear Shirley. To discover the answer to
>>>>>>>>that, you must fist ask yourself another question: What fun was the
>>>>>>>>oldbie group to begin with?
>>
>>>>>>>>You see, we are doing Usenet a service (or we *were*, rather, as I
>>>>>
>>>>>think
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>the "golden age" of trolling is finally behind us; we won, in case
>>>>>>>>you're wondering). To understand trolling, you have to first feel
>>>
>>>the
>>>
>>>>>>>>glee of subtly fingering the ironies and contradictions inherent to
>>>
>>>the
>>>
>>>>>>>>medium; such as a group called "alt.punk" being populated by a bunch
>>>
>>>of
>>>
>>>>>>>>uptight square people with a fervent and steadfast enthusiasm for
>>>>>>>>"rules"; or the humourless twits caught up in childish and pedantic
>>>>>>>>crossfires of personal attacks in "alt.comedy.standup"; or a
>>>>>>>>forty-year-old "rock and roll" band--whose radical and innovative
>>>
>>>music
>>>
>>>>>>>>was initially intended to subvert the musical landscape as we knew
>>>>>>>>it--being discussed to no end by a group of middle-aged yuppies and
>>>
>>>a
>>>
>>>>>>>>few burn-out leftovers of the hippy generation in
>>>>>>>>"alt.music.pink-floyd."
>>
>>>>>>>>So, if we could make them step outside of their precious little
>>>>>>>>"special-people's clubs" for just a few moments in their overwrought
>>>>>>>>Usenet careers, and see how silly the whole thing is, we have done
>>>
>>>our
>>>
>>>>>>>>job. Just like driving a pick-axe into a thin, cracking sheet of
>>>
>>>ice
>>>
>>>>>>>>over an overly pretentious pond of emptiness and contrariety, we
>>>
>>>made a
>>>
>>>>>>>>*difference* in these poor, misguided people's lives. And some of
>>>
>>>them
>>>
>>>>>>>>never even had the nerve to thank us.
>>
>>>>>>>I will grant you that trolling some groups may be fun, but where is
>>>
>>>the
>>>
>>>>>fun
>>>>>
>>>>>>>in harassing a group of people who are in their 70's and 80's....all
>>>
>>>in
>>>
>>>>>the
>>>>>
>>>>>>>name of fun. Don't trolls have some code of honor that they live by?
>>
>>>>>>Oh. Well, you see, "oldbie" does not mean an elderly person; it is
>>>>>>somewon who has been on the "Internet" a long time (opposite of
>>>>>>"newbie"). They are notorious cranks and seem to have a languid
>>>>>>adherence to a dizzying set of bizarre and convoluted practices and
>>>>>>etiquette standards set in place years ago, when A) connection speeds
>>>>>>were much slower, B) there were not many people on the Internet, and C)
>>>>>>those who were on the Internet were not the types of people who were
>>>>>>well-versed in common social order in the real world (IOW, "geeks").
>>>
>>>If
>>>
>>>>>>*they* don't deserve some harassing, I don't know who does.
>>
>>>>>>People in their '70s and '80s are not on the "Internet." I am glad to
>>>>>>have cleared this up.
>>
>>>>>Don't be too sure of that, Wavy ol boy ol boy.
>>
>>>>Are you going to tell me a story? You sounded like you wanted to tell a
>>>>story just now. Do you? It's just that, that's how I imagine a
>>>>grandfather would sound when he was about to tell me a story that
>>>>started out: "In my day..." or "When I was your age..." (I don't have
>>>>any grandfathers, so please correct me if this is wrong.) IWANT TO HEAR
>>>>A STORY~!!!!1!@!
>>
>>>Pay attention, Wavy!!
>>
>>I *was* paying attention, Peggy. You seemed like you were poised to
>>tell me a story. So what's the problem?
>>
>>
>>>*smacks Wavy upside the head*
>>
>>>I'm a grandMOTHER, not a grandFATHER.
>>
>>Yeah, I know. So tell me a story about how you used to have to make
>>your own clothes, or about how the "Black Bottom" dance was considered
>>racy in your day, or about how you used to have to stretch your dollar
>>by adding oats to ground meat in order to feed your large family. Don't
>>you know that the beauty of a story lies not in the subject matter, but
>>in the delivery, and the way you command your audience? Sheesh.
>>SHEEEEEESH. Stories are stories, no matter how uninteresting the
>>subject matter. You're the grandmother; YOU should be the expert on
>>storytelling.
>>
>>>*throws noodles on wavy's head*
>>
>>Okay...so TELL ME A GOD DAMNED STORY ABOUT PASTA, IF YOU MUST.
>>
>>I'm sorry, Peggy, but I get a little antsy when I'm expecting a story
>>and I get a routine runaround instead.
>
> how about a story that contains:
>
> one set of geisha balls
>
> a plane ticket to another city
>
> a Dominant woman
>
> a kidnapping from the airport
>
There's no mention of pasta. Is this about pasta or is it just another
one of those cops and kidnappers stories where people shoot at each
other and blow up stuff and get into fistfights and the kidnappers
almost get away but the handsome cop takes a shortcut through the sewer
and pops up through a manhole cover and lets the air out of the plane's
tires and keeps it from taking off and gets into an argument with a
pushy lady detective on the way back to the cop station and ends up on
restricted duty for mouthing off and has to fill out forms and make
coffee until the next episode?

--
nuts

 

On Nov 18, 6:36 am, mixed nuts <melopsiti...@undulatus.budgie> wrote:
> headkase wrote:
> > On Nov 17, 6:09 pm, Wavy G <impreci...@dontyouthink.co.zw> wrote:
>
> >>Don't fight it, <psciss...@sbcglobal.net>...Just lie down and try to
> >>relax:
>
> >>>"Wavy G" <impreci...@dontyouthink.co.zw> wrote in message
> >>>news:m0dsj3ptun4j0itdgo72lp4uck9jhk7750@4ax.com...
>
> >>>>Don't fight it, <psciss...@sbcglobal.net>...Just lie down and try to
> >>>>relax:
>
> >>>>>"Wavy G" <impreci...@dontyouthink.co.zw> wrote in message
> >>>>>news:v12pj35osi6okl5rcoabl2gq870ttu1med@4ax.com...
>
> >>>>>>Don't fight it, Shirley...Just lie down and try to relax:
>
> >>>>>>>"Wavy G" <impreci...@dontyouthink.co.zw> wrote in message
> >>>>>>>news:v9mnj3dkh256bktb0vvi4ubr47manrppcq@4ax.com...
>
> >>>>>>>>Don't fight it, Shirley...Just lie down and try to relax:
>
> >>>>>>>>>"Wavy G" <impreci...@dontyouthink.co.zw> wrote in message
> >>>>>>>>>news:hk0lj31m0cis39fj5fbe1pola23727kc9l@4ax.com...
>
> >>>>>>>>>>Don't fight it, Aratzio...Just lie down and try to relax:
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:03:03 -0800, in the land of
> >>>>>>>>>>>alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, headkase
> >>>>>>>>>>><psykoexgirlfri...@hotmail.com> got double secret probation for
> >>>>>>>>>>>writing:
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>but it's still funny
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>why is that
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>discuss? or not.
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>headkase
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>How else can you find the truly *unique* individuals of usenet.
>
> >>>>>>>>>>I think crossposting is good because you get input from people
>
> >>>other
>
> >>>>>>>>>>than your dumn friends who you already talk to EVERY SINGLE DAY
>
> >>>>>anyway.
>
> >>>>>>>>>>It's like, why would I want *their* opinions? I could get some
>
> >>>input
>
> >>>>>>>>>>from many disparate voices--like an unassuming netizen with
>
> >>>specific
>
> >>>>>>>>>>interest in one subject only, or a cranky oldbie with no sense of
> >>>>>>>>>>humour, or perhaps some off-the-wall crackpot--who might actually
>
> >>>say
>
> >>>>>>>>>>something I *haven't* already heard a zillion times already.
>
> >>>>>>>>>>So to summarize, I think crossposting is good.
>
> >>>>>>>>>But why do some crossposters find an oldbie group and hound them
>
> >>>into
>
> >>>>>>>>>nothingness...where is the fun in an empty group?
>
> >>>>>>>>My dear Shirley. My dear, dear Shirley. To discover the answer to
> >>>>>>>>that, you must fist ask yourself another question: What fun was the
> >>>>>>>>oldbie group to begin with?
>
> >>>>>>>>You see, we are doing Usenet a service (or we *were*, rather, as I
>
> >>>>>think
>
> >>>>>>>>the "golden age" of trolling is finally behind us; we won, in case
> >>>>>>>>you're wondering). To understand trolling, you have to first feel
>
> >>>the
>
> >>>>>>>>glee of subtly fingering the ironies and contradictions inherent to
>
> >>>the
>
> >>>>>>>>medium; such as a group called "alt.punk" being populated by a bunch
>
> >>>of
>
> >>>>>>>>uptight square people with a fervent and steadfast enthusiasm for
> >>>>>>>>"rules"; or the humourless twits caught up in childish and pedantic
> >>>>>>>>crossfires of personal attacks in "alt.comedy.standup"; or a
> >>>>>>>>forty-year-old "rock and roll" band--whose radical and innovative
>
> >>>music
>
> >>>>>>>>was initially intended to subvert the musical landscape as we knew
> >>>>>>>>it--being discussed to no end by a group of middle-aged yuppies and
>
> >>>a
>
> >>>>>>>>few burn-out leftovers of the hippy generation in
> >>>>>>>>"alt.music.pink-floyd."
>
> >>>>>>>>So, if we could make them step outside of their precious little
> >>>>>>>>"special-people's clubs" for just a few moments in their overwrought
> >>>>>>>>Usenet careers, and see how silly the whole thing is, we have done
>
> >>>our
>
> >>>>>>>>job. Just like driving a pick-axe into a thin, cracking sheet of
>
> >>>ice
>
> >>>>>>>>over an overly pretentious pond of emptiness and contrariety, we
>
> >>>made a
>
> >>>>>>>>*difference* in these poor, misguided people's lives. And some of
>
> >>>them
>
> >>>>>>>>never even had the nerve to thank us.
>
> >>>>>>>I will grant you that trolling some groups may be fun, but where is
>
> >>>the
>
> >>>>>fun
>
> >>>>>>>in harassing a group of people who are in their 70's and 80's....all
>
> >>>in
>
> >>>>>the
>
> >>>>>>>name of fun. Don't trolls have some code of honor that they live by?
>
> >>>>>>Oh. Well, you see, "oldbie" does not mean an elderly person; it is
> >>>>>>somewon who has been on the "Internet" a long time (opposite of
> >>>>>>"newbie"). They are notorious cranks and seem to have a languid
> >>>>>>adherence to a dizzying set of bizarre and convoluted practices and
> >>>>>>etiquette standards set in place years ago, when A) connection speeds
> >>>>>>were much slower, B) there were not many people on the Internet, and C)
> >>>>>>those who were on the Internet were not the types of people who were
> >>>>>>well-versed in common social order in the real world (IOW, "geeks").
>
> >>>If
>
> >>>>>>*they* don't deserve some harassing, I don't know who does.
>
> >>>>>>People in their '70s and '80s are not on the "Internet." I am glad to
> >>>>>>have cleared this up.
>
> >>>>>Don't be too sure of that, Wavy ol boy ol boy.
>
> >>>>Are you going to tell me a story? You sounded like you wanted to tell a
> >>>>story just now. Do you? It's just that, that's how I imagine a
> >>>>grandfather would sound when he was about to tell me a story that
> >>>>started out: "In my day..." or "When I was your age..." (I don't have
> >>>>any grandfathers, so please correct me if this is wrong.) IWANT TO HEAR
> >>>>A STORY~!!!!1!@!
>
> >>>Pay attention, Wavy!!
>
> >>I *was* paying attention, Peggy. You seemed like you were poised to
> >>tell me a story. So what's the problem?
>
> >>>*smacks Wavy upside the head*
>
> >>>I'm a grandMOTHER, not a grandFATHER.
>
> >>Yeah, I know. So tell me a story about how you used to have to make
> >>your own clothes, or about how the "Black Bottom" dance was considered
> >>racy in your day, or about how you used to have to stretch your dollar
> >>by adding oats to ground meat in order to feed your large family. Don't
> >>you know that the beauty of a story lies not in the subject matter, but
> >>in the delivery, and the way you command your audience? Sheesh.
> >>SHEEEEEESH. Stories are stories, no matter how uninteresting the
> >>subject matter. You're the grandmother; YOU should be the expert on
> >>storytelling.
>
> >>>*throws noodles on wavy's head*
>
> >>Okay...so TELL ME A GOD DAMNED STORY ABOUT PASTA, IF YOU MUST.
>
> >>I'm sorry, Peggy, but I get a little antsy when I'm expecting a story
> >>and I get a routine runaround instead.
>
> > how about a story that contains:
>
> > one set of geisha balls
>
> > a plane ticket to another city
>
> > a Dominant woman
>
> > a kidnapping from the airport
>
> There's no mention of pasta. Is this about pasta or is it just another
> one of those cops and kidnappers stories where people shoot at each
> other and blow up stuff and get into fistfights and the kidnappers
> almost get away but the handsome cop takes a shortcut through the sewer
> and pops up through a manhole cover and lets the air out of the plane's
> tires and keeps it from taking off and gets into an argument with a
> pushy lady detective on the way back to the cop station and ends up on
> restricted duty for mouthing off and has to fill out forms and make
> coffee until the next episode?
>
> --
> nuts- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

how did you know there was pasta involved?

get away from me evul fly on the wall,
back to satan with you

headkase

 

headkase wrote:
> On Nov 18, 6:36 am, mixed nuts <melopsiti...@undulatus.budgie> wrote:
>
>>headkase wrote:
>>
>>>On Nov 17, 6:09 pm, Wavy G <impreci...@dontyouthink.co.zw> wrote:
>>
>>>>Don't fight it, <psciss...@sbcglobal.net>...Just lie down and try to
>>>>relax:
>>
>>>>>"Wavy G" <impreci...@dontyouthink.co.zw> wrote in message
>>>>>news:m0dsj3ptun4j0itdgo72lp4uck9jhk7750@4ax.com...
>>
>>>>>>Don't fight it, <psciss...@sbcglobal.net>...Just lie down and try to
>>>>>>relax:
>>
>>>>>>>"Wavy G" <impreci...@dontyouthink.co.zw> wrote in message
>>>>>>>news:v12pj35osi6okl5rcoabl2gq870ttu1med@4ax.com...
>>
>>>>>>>>Don't fight it, Shirley...Just lie down and try to relax:
>>
>>>>>>>>>"Wavy G" <impreci...@dontyouthink.co.zw> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>news:v9mnj3dkh256bktb0vvi4ubr47manrppcq@4ax.com...
>>
>>>>>>>>>>Don't fight it, Shirley...Just lie down and try to relax:
>>
>>>>>>>>>>>"Wavy G" <impreci...@dontyouthink.co.zw> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>>>news:hk0lj31m0cis39fj5fbe1pola23727kc9l@4ax.com...
>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>Don't fight it, Aratzio...Just lie down and try to relax:
>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:03:03 -0800, in the land of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, headkase
>>>>>>>>>>>>><psykoexgirlfri...@hotmail.com> got double secret probation for
>>>>>>>>>>>>>writing:
>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>but it's still funny
>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>why is that
>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>discuss? or not.
>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>headkase
>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>How else can you find the truly *unique* individuals of usenet.
>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>I think crossposting is good because you get input from people
>>
>>>>>other
>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>than your dumn friends who you already talk to EVERY SINGLE DAY
>>
>>>>>>>anyway.
>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>It's like, why would I want *their* opinions? I could get some
>>
>>>>>input
>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>from many disparate voices--like an unassuming netizen with
>>
>>>>>specific
>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>interest in one subject only, or a cranky oldbie with no sense of
>>>>>>>>>>>>humour, or perhaps some off-the-wall crackpot--who might actually
>>
>>>>>say
>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>something I *haven't* already heard a zillion times already.
>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>So to summarize, I think crossposting is good.
>>
>>>>>>>>>>>But why do some crossposters find an oldbie group and hound them
>>
>>>>>into
>>
>>>>>>>>>>>nothingness...where is the fun in an empty group?
>>
>>>>>>>>>>My dear Shirley. My dear, dear Shirley. To discover the answer to
>>>>>>>>>>that, you must fist ask yourself another question: What fun was the
>>>>>>>>>>oldbie group to begin with?
>>
>>>>>>>>>>You see, we are doing Usenet a service (or we *were*, rather, as I
>>
>>>>>>>think
>>
>>>>>>>>>>the "golden age" of trolling is finally behind us; we won, in case
>>>>>>>>>>you're wondering). To understand trolling, you have to first feel
>>
>>>>>the
>>
>>>>>>>>>>glee of subtly fingering the ironies and contradictions inherent to
>>
>>>>>the
>>
>>>>>>>>>>medium; such as a group called "alt.punk" being populated by a bunch
>>
>>>>>of
>>
>>>>>>>>>>uptight square people with a fervent and steadfast enthusiasm for
>>>>>>>>>>"rules"; or the humourless twits caught up in childish and pedantic
>>>>>>>>>>crossfires of personal attacks in "alt.comedy.standup"; or a
>>>>>>>>>>forty-year-old "rock and roll" band--whose radical and innovative
>>
>>>>>music
>>
>>>>>>>>>>was initially intended to subvert the musical landscape as we knew
>>>>>>>>>>it--being discussed to no end by a group of middle-aged yuppies and
>>
>>>>>a
>>
>>>>>>>>>>few burn-out leftovers of the hippy generation in
>>>>>>>>>>"alt.music.pink-floyd."
>>
>>>>>>>>>>So, if we could make them step outside of their precious little
>>>>>>>>>>"special-people's clubs" for just a few moments in their overwrought
>>>>>>>>>>Usenet careers, and see how silly the whole thing is, we have done
>>
>>>>>our
>>
>>>>>>>>>>job. Just like driving a pick-axe into a thin, cracking sheet of
>>
>>>>>ice
>>
>>>>>>>>>>over an overly pretentious pond of emptiness and contrariety, we
>>
>>>>>made a
>>
>>>>>>>>>>*difference* in these poor, misguided people's lives. And some of
>>
>>>>>them
>>
>>>>>>>>>>never even had the nerve to thank us.
>>
>>>>>>>>>I will grant you that trolling some groups may be fun, but where is
>>
>>>>>the
>>
>>>>>>>fun
>>
>>>>>>>>>in harassing a group of people who are in their 70's and 80's....all
>>
>>>>>in
>>
>>>>>>>the
>>
>>>>>>>>>name of fun. Don't trolls have some code of honor that they live by?
>>
>>>>>>>>Oh. Well, you see, "oldbie" does not mean an elderly person; it is
>>>>>>>>somewon who has been on the "Internet" a long time (opposite of
>>>>>>>>"newbie"). They are notorious cranks and seem to have a languid
>>>>>>>>adherence to a dizzying set of bizarre and convoluted practices and
>>>>>>>>etiquette standards set in place years ago, when A) connection speeds
>>>>>>>>were much slower, B) there were not many people on the Internet, and C)
>>>>>>>>those who were on the Internet were not the types of people who were
>>>>>>>>well-versed in common social order in the real world (IOW, "geeks").
>>
>>>>>If
>>
>>>>>>>>*they* don't deserve some harassing, I don't know who does.
>>
>>>>>>>>People in their '70s and '80s are not on the "Internet." I am glad to
>>>>>>>>have cleared this up.
>>
>>>>>>>Don't be too sure of that, Wavy ol boy ol boy.
>>
>>>>>>Are you going to tell me a story? You sounded like you wanted to tell a
>>>>>>story just now. Do you? It's just that, that's how I imagine a
>>>>>>grandfather would sound when he was about to tell me a story that
>>>>>>started out: "In my day..." or "When I was your age..." (I don't have
>>>>>>any grandfathers, so please correct me if this is wrong.) IWANT TO HEAR
>>>>>>A STORY~!!!!1!@!
>>
>>>>>Pay attention, Wavy!!
>>
>>>>I *was* paying attention, Peggy. You seemed like you were poised to
>>>>tell me a story. So what's the problem?
>>
>>>>>*smacks Wavy upside the head*
>>
>>>>>I'm a grandMOTHER, not a grandFATHER.
>>
>>>>Yeah, I know. So tell me a story about how you used to have to make
>>>>your own clothes, or about how the "Black Bottom" dance was considered
>>>>racy in your day, or about how you used to have to stretch your dollar
>>>>by adding oats to ground meat in order to feed your large family. Don't
>>>>you know that the beauty of a story lies not in the subject matter, but
>>>>in the delivery, and the way you command your audience? Sheesh.
>>>>SHEEEEEESH. Stories are stories, no matter how uninteresting the
>>>>subject matter. You're the grandmother; YOU should be the expert on
>>>>storytelling.
>>
>>>>>*throws noodles on wavy's head*
>>
>>>>Okay...so TELL ME A GOD DAMNED STORY ABOUT PASTA, IF YOU MUST.
>>
>>>>I'm sorry, Peggy, but I get a little antsy when I'm expecting a story
>>>>and I get a routine runaround instead.
>>
>>>how about a story that contains:
>>
>>>one set of geisha balls
>>
>>>a plane ticket to another city
>>
>>>a Dominant woman
>>
>>>a kidnapping from the airport
>>
>>There's no mention of pasta. Is this about pasta or is it just another
>>one of those cops and kidnappers stories where people shoot at each
>>other and blow up stuff and get into fistfights and the kidnappers
>>almost get away but the handsome cop takes a shortcut through the sewer
>>and pops up through a manhole cover and lets the air out of the plane's
>>tires and keeps it from taking off and gets into an argument with a
>>pushy lady detective on the way back to the cop station and ends up on
>>restricted duty for mouthing off and has to fill out forms and make
>>coffee until the next episode?
>>
> how did you know there was pasta involved?
>
Pasta is always involved. Except when you're into szechuan cuisine.
Then it's peanuts and peppers.

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nuts