Flare Sci-Fi Forums: What the *censored* am I doing here?

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Posted by Jubilee (Member # 99) on :

I have never used a bulletin board/forum thingy in my life. So what am I doing using one now? ...

Well it's come to my attention that A: bulletin boards/forums are apparently fun things where you share info with other people. and B: you can put stuff here and people around the world may be curious enough to read it!

And I was bored as hell. I'll admit it. I was attracted by yet another internet gadget that I can have, and play with.

WHY do we do this to ourselves?...Consider.. do you need ICQ, AND AIM, AND the PowWow pager, AND the Yahoo Pager, AND etc, etc, addendum? Do you NEED to be a member of 60 different forums, millions of chat rooms, and multiple gaming zones?

Currently I am testing the limits of netscape with 3 browser windows, two of wich are chats. I have two different paging systems going, my own webserver up, and had just shut off mIRC so that I could concentrate on this.

Wanna know how many of these i'm actually, conciously, using? 2, maybe.

Is it because we have no lives? .... *frowns* Well, I guess I don't. But anyway, WHY do we do this? Why do we need all this Net stuff? ... is it because we're greedy? Is it because we're bored as hell and have no lives?
Someone tell me, i'm dying to know.

Oh.. and btw, *shakes everyone's hands* Niced to meet ya (since i'm new).

Posted by LB4747 on :

Welcome to the forums! Hope you enjoy it here.

Why do we need all this net stuff?

Well, *I* need it to keep my sanity. These forums, the chats, etc. are the one way I feel comfortable expressing myself. I'm probably the quietest, most unsociable person anyone here will ever meet -- getting a word out of me is like pulling teeth. Yet, I'll gladly commit to writing the first thought out of my head for anyone to read. Strange, isn't it?

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Welcome to our humble abode, Jubes. And, yes, it is because we have no lives. :-)

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Posted by Cargile (Member # 45) on :

I only limit myself to ICQ. I don't the patience to deal with too many people.

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Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

Well, Tim, if you just gave up and said 'next year is the start of the new millenium' then things might improve for you.

Seriously, Jubes has infused the forums with a much needed shot in the arm (er, infused, shot in the arm, does that hold) of new blood and slight excentricity.

Now, who gets to be the first to tell her about Monty's nickname?

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Posted by Jubilee (Member # 99) on :

*does bad Sally Field impression* "And I just can't get over the fact that ..... You LIKE me... you REALLY LIKE ME!!!! *sob*"

Hey thanks Liam .... been reading over the posts and think your mind is just as diseased as mine is. Wanna meet for coffee sometime? *grin*

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Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

If you happen to live near London, sure...

Which I think is extremely unlikely.

And if yo uthink my mind is dirty, just you wait until Monty starts showing you his foxiness in all its glory.

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Posted by The Excalibur (Member # 34) on :

Howdy, nice to meet you, I'm leaving before it gets to Foxy in here.

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Posted by Curry Monster (Member # 12) on :

Oh deary me - there's only one way to prevent the inevitable........turn off the modem!

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Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

Where is Monty anyway? He seems to have been a bit quiet recently.

Or am I just really unobservant.

BTW Jubes, did you actualy type in a rude word and someone censored it in the thread, or did you type in *censored*?

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Posted by Jubilee (Member # 99) on :

Liam: I typed in *censored* .... however, you may be creative with what would have been there, if you wish. *grin*

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If Galileo had lied to save his life, would America, or the West, or Space have been discovered?
And if Columbus had never set sail, would the Earth still be flat?

Posted by Baloo (Member # 5) on :

The truly creative author knows that what the audience imagines you have implied will be far more lurid than anything you could possibly map out in exhaustive detail.

Then there are those who can't imagine anything more lurid than a ball of mud. Don't worry -- that sort never buys books (that don't require crayons).

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Posted by Montgomery (Member # 23) on :

Welcome Jubilee.

This is the best place to be: This is the fORUM!

I see my reputation has been preceding me. In answer to PsyLiam's query, I have been on holiday. I should be around more often now.....I hope!
(See Flameboard for full story)

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