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Post by deeepthroat on Dec 31, 2008 6:44:36 GMT -8
If you don't care don't read.
AF/ Posted by Betty Boop / Thread Title: Ahhhhh, F**k
Apparently, I am pre-menopausal.
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About 20 responses so far. First, who cares? Second, shouldn't some things remain unsaid and private? Lastly, posters in this thread said the PF was full of wierdos and kooks and celebrated when it was closed. Yeah it's eighteen and older but BBs hot flashes? Her mood swings. I shudder to think what's next.
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Post by blackjohnflint on Dec 31, 2008 7:17:37 GMT -8
If you don't care don't read. AF/ Posted by Betty Boop / Thread Title: Ahhhhh, F**k Apparently, I am pre-menopausal. -- - ---- ------ ---------- About 20 responses so far. First, who cares? Second, shouldn't some things remain unsaid and private? Lastly, posters in this thread said the PF was full of wierdos and kooks and celebrated when it was closed. Yeah it's eighteen and older but BBs hot flashes? Her mood swings. I shudder to think what's next. I never minded that type of stuff.
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Post by dctim on Dec 31, 2008 7:18:25 GMT -8
Yeah it's eighteen and older but BBs hot flashes? Her mood swings. I shudder to think what's next. BettyBoop is a good egg. She is delightful in person and has an excellant sense of humor. I have never done the AF, but I do hang out with several of them over at FallenSword. They are okay there and our perv-ness is good natured.
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Post by hatboromike on Dec 31, 2008 7:31:38 GMT -8
I sure you are wrong about that, but I fear that you may be correct.I saw the posts just before I was shown the exit. Hank got pretty miffed because someone dared challenge his knowledge of tax deductions. I think this little incident and Amy's theory about Hanky's stability credibility say a lot.
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Post by hatboromike on Dec 31, 2008 7:33:47 GMT -8
So he was going to charge for the forum and then donate the money to the DNC. I'm convinced that was nothing more than a joke. Let's not go postal here people! I don't think he was serious or trying to bait me or Richard. In fact I think I stated in that thread or maybe in the Right Wingers SG that I thought it was definitely a joke. Fat lot of good it did me.
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Post by blackjohnflint on Dec 31, 2008 7:34:23 GMT -8
Yeah it's eighteen and older but BBs hot flashes? Her mood swings. I shudder to think what's next. BettyBoop is a good egg. She is delightful in person and has an excellant sense of humor. I have never done the AF, but I do hang out with several of them over at FallenSword. They are okay there and our perv-ness is good natured. Agreed. Bettyboop is great. I love most of the people in the AF. The irony, as it relates to the PF, is that it is a much more one sided group then the PF was. Everyone is allowed to have their own opinion in the AF, as long as it fits into a specific, liberal box. The thing that annoys me a bit (and I should probably just go post this there) is how they pat each other on the back for the way they handle their political "differences" even though politics is not the focus of the forum AND 90% of them have the same point of view on most things anyhow. The other 10% is pretty easy to intimidate or run out, even if that is not the intent. It's sort of like a bunch of people at a GLAD meeting congratulating themselves on how civilly they can discuss their opinions on Goodridge v The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Sure, there won't be 100% agreement, but there won't be enough opposition to cause any real rancor. Despite this, I don't think the AF needs to change much. It is what it is. Unlike illegal aliens, gay marriage advocates, or anti- smokers, I don't want people to change their rules, customs, and institutions just to make ME more comfortable. I'm free to participate or walk away. That's the way it should have been in the PF too. People connect the most when they're completely free to just be themselves. Real friends and enemies are made in a rowdy bar, not an English tea party.
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Post by hatboromike on Dec 31, 2008 7:36:30 GMT -8
I knew it was a joke, too, when I responded like I did. But His Hankness didn't take it that way. Face it, Richard ... You and I could have posted nothing but knock-knock jokes in those forums for the two weeks prior to The Great Boxing Day Massacre, and we still would have been on Moa's Hit List!
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Post by hatboromike on Dec 31, 2008 7:38:02 GMT -8
WG POST --- --- --- --- --- Where's George? is 10 Years Old Today! December 23rd, 2008 12:10AM ecnirP Two pages of apple polishing from the usual suspects. The Eskinator replies "Thanks, I just run the site, it's really the users and community that make Wheres George what it is today. And in celebration of this 10th year anniversary, I've turned off all ads for all registered users! Enjoy the site "ad free" today!" Gee, ad free for a day. Thanks Emperor Eskin. I'd post a link but the GAG factor is extremely high. D T WHOOPEE!! No ads ...
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Post by hatboromike on Dec 31, 2008 7:39:51 GMT -8
Correct, John. Once he said that, I knew it was all over and he was just baiting Richard and Mike et.al. I now realize Hank (though a Lefty atheist and nominally on my side), was nothing but a coward. Joe Present For Duty Trilateral Great .... Now I have to find the IGNORE feature on this board. Ah ... the hell with it. Welcome into the light! Bygones, Joe??
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Post by hatboromike on Dec 31, 2008 7:41:38 GMT -8
I have been busting balls in the 4M Forum for the past few days trying to get a reaction from Hank and trying to get thrown out, but he hasn't taken the bait yet or nobody has turned me in yet. Joe If you really want to get banned, all you have to do is start pinging on J.O.N. or Scotty. They'll get you all the attention from Hanky that you could want.
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Post by deeepthroat on Dec 31, 2008 7:43:14 GMT -8
{QUOTEBJF}I never minded that type of stuff.{ENDQUOTE}
BJF,
Photos, jokes, etc. of course. That's what the AF is for. Menopause, yeast infections, a womans mood during her monthly cycle? Everyone has their peccadillos but what's next? Her rate of flow? Private matters are aired in public in the AF. Cheating spouses, lice infestations. Contemplation of suicide due to mental illness? Who the devil would share these things?
I'm no puritan but I can find better quality " perviness" on my computer screen or cable TV. I'm sure most folks who are AFers are fine people. Airing personal matters with a " community " online I just can't agree with it.
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Post by hatboromike on Dec 31, 2008 7:43:18 GMT -8
You know, earlier this year I thought Hank was starting to lose it. I live a mile away from the mall. There are only 25,000 people in my town and the surrounding township. The manager of the Big Lots at the mall hit 15 or 20 of my bills, my daughter's bills (she was away at college too) and my co-worker's bills and Hank freaked out one day and said we were all cheating! We three women don't even know what this guy looks like. I looked at the user profiles a while back and this guy NEVER entered another bill after his Hankness flipped out on him for cheating with us. We all got the same accusatory email. I stopped entering very many bills after that. I only entered 3 for September and 5 for October. I just had a feeling he was going to continue to say I was cheating even though I sent in contact forms to have my hits deleted when someone I work with hit them. He's getting weird about the "purity" of Where's George I think. I think the proper term is OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder), or in another word ... anal.
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Post by hatboromike on Dec 31, 2008 7:46:37 GMT -8
From Hank's profile page Friends Hank has not made any friends yet Someone actually posted a thread on the "phenomena" of Hanky's friendlessness. Good ol' platititudinal Hanky said something to the effect that everyone on "Where's George?" should consider me (Hanky) a friend, and me there's . Right .... Can we a gag icon on here?!?
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Post by blackjohnflint on Dec 31, 2008 7:48:25 GMT -8
{QUOTEBJF}I never minded that type of stuff.{ENDQUOTE} BJF, Photos, jokes, etc. of course. That's what the AF is for. Menopause, yeast infections, a womans mood during her monthly cycle? Everyone has their peccadillos but what's next? Her rate of flow? Private matters are aired in public in the AF. Cheating spouses, lice infestations. Contemplation of suicide due to mental illness? Who the devil would share these things? I'm no puritan but I can find better quality " perviness" on my computer screen or cable TV. I'm sure most folks who are AFers are fine people. Airing personal matters with a " community " online I just can't agree with it. I'm sure I've done my share of those things over the years in there. Once people feel connected, start meeting in person, etc. this is what will evolve. The fact that the group started out as a bit of a secret, a semi-private group only viewable by users with special permission, expanded and increased the number of "private" issues that people were willing to talk about. Even though I never post over at WG anymore, I still made a lot of RL friends there (mostly from the AF) and I found it a very supportive group.
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Post by deeepthroat on Dec 31, 2008 10:18:23 GMT -8
Veering wildly off course. Will the Poli Forum ever return to WG? The core members of the conservative side are all gone. Will it ever see the light of day? Perhaps a stringent filter would be installed. Software to prevent any exiles from returning under an alias. A Team Aqua moderator or two appointed to strictly patrol the forum.
WG has lost much of it's appeal to many members with the shuttering of the forum including lurkers. Cycling through New Posts All Forums shows hit celebrations, new member questions, collecter forum inquiries and AF posts. All have their place on WG of course but the zest, zing and provocative threads are gone. The pointless bickering and word splitting, of which I was sometimes guilty of , nobody will miss. I'll never return, it will never be the same.
Will the PF ever come back in any form?
DT
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