All the off-topic bullshit is really annoying. I mean, the Flare group as a whole has become weirder over the past few months, it seems, and has taken to flaming newbies and all sorts of other crap. But more than that, there's the general unentertaining weirdness. If a thread on the torpedoes from ST2 goes off into other treknobabble matters then whatever, but going off into Braga's choice of brassiere to model is just stupid. And then you get the complete weirdos . . . Ultra Magnus (or whatever you want to call yourself today), forgive me for using your posts as an example:
Other posts of wisdom, as randomly clicked upon from the recent posts list:
Chix w/ dix o ya
It is because he is fat like hippo.
Who the fuck is this "Pensive's" shithead?
Take that, Air Force slobs! Air Force is jerks!!
WHAT ABOUT LIZ'S SUBWOOFERS
(Man, in real life, you'd be all laughing, because I totally would have said Woofer like Woo-Fur, and man, that is funny when you do that, like Boo-k.)
THINK OF THE STONED ROAD ADVENTURES
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So what is this all about? Did Charles hand out the drugs along with Firefox?
Posted by The Captain from M.I.K.E. (Member # 709) on :
HE SINGS THE SONG OF LIFE WE MUST SIMPLY LISTEN
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
U NO IT.
Posted by The Mighty Monkey of Mim (Member # 646) on :
It's called "local color." Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
YA I BET IT SUX BIG TIEM WHEN YUO SPEND LONG TIME POSTING BIG LONG SMART THING AND YUO RECIEVE GHEY POINTLKESS RESPNOCES
Posted by School of Nim (Member # 205) on :
Guardian, did you have any other qualms, anything else you want to bring up, except for creating some sort of surreal Greatest Hits collection for Ultra?
So this board gets zany now and then, with discussions flailing this way and that like an out-of-control firehose, getting everyone in the radius all wet and excited.
Would you rather all members were being snide, anal and territorial like a schoolboard meeting, seemingly controlled by alien hosts, as in the hit movie "Dreamcatcher" (through the ass)?
And don't tell me I'm trying to brush away the issue by presenting two undesirable extremes, shifting the focus. You could claim that but it would be totally boring.
I don't know about you but I'm Nim.
Posted by Doctor Jonas (Member # 481) on :
I want to grow and be a somethingsomething like Ultra Magnus. Yes.
Look, if it wasn't for the humor in here, this would be yet fucking another nerd place. It's the complete random posts that make it worthwile to come back. Even I had to study the boards for one whole year before posting something consistent with the local speech. But it's been great, for three years.
NOW LOOK FORWARD NOT BACK.
PS: I am in my shorts, eating a piece of Provolone cheese. Good stuff.
Posted by The Captain from M.I.K.E. (Member # 709) on :
our communications are encoded in this way because it is so complex, none of the normals can understand. we are protected from their wrath(s) and their the "fuck" way of percieving the force.
Posted by Fleet-Admiral Michael T. Colorge (Member # 144) on :
I've been with this group since 1999 I think... god where do the years go. Anyway, I remember how tame it was... just posts of DS9's ships and what not. But that made me rarely go on here... once a week max. The last few years I actually look on this forum on a daily basis because it actually became entertaining to read how Ultra will respond to how I met Jolene Blalock at the supermarket or how I prefer blonds over brunettes.
My point is... if there weren't random acts of posting in this forum, it could be as dead as the other ones I've left.
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
He is totally like Robin Hood.
I met my math teacher at the supermarket once.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
HOLY SHIT, SO DID I, ROCK!
Posted by Charles Capps (Member # 9) on :
Ya know, to an extent, I sorta agree with the rant here. The BS outside of the lounge should indeed be kept to a reasonable limit.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
It hasn't been?
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
So we have to put up with red blobs if we don't use the right browser, and stick strictly to the subject when talking about starships? That gives me an idea for the new Tech Foprum tagline: Now with 47% more nerds.
Posted by The Captain from M.I.K.E. (Member # 709) on :
Ya know, to an extent, I sorta agree with the rant here. The BS outside of the lounge should indeed be kept to a reasonable BIG AMERICAN PARTY!
Posted by Charles Capps (Member # 9) on :
Strictly about starships != hijacking a thread. That's the reasonable minimum.
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
(I am busy planning my big American party. It involves the Harlem Globetrotters flying into my home on jetpacks, with free iPods for everyone in attendance. Everyone holds their iPod in the air and hits play, and sliding out of the earbuds on a technicolor rainbow of sound come an army of buxom cheerleaders.)
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
Oh, you did that last year.
Posted by LOA (Member # 49) on :
Going back a few posts, can I just say that it's nice to know that my subwoofer is being brought up, even when I'm not present? It's a beautiful thing... makes the debt seem all worthwhile.....
Oh! And what's wrong with my driving? I mean, REALLY... I can handle a stick now (hehehe)! It's smooth driving....
~LOA
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
...until the driving is abruptly and totally interrupted when the car attempts to occupy the same space as some other object.
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