(well, the FQ is a separate moral universe)

Post #130,175 by rcareaga 12/11/03 1:24:21 AM Reply	(well, the FQ is a separate moral universe) A very large story, I do not doubt, here told with an admirable economy of words: I've stood against those that tried their damnedest to drive me from a board, and failed. Now, why ever would anyone try to do a thing like that?
Post #130,176 by Nightowl 12/11/03 1:26:07 AM Reply	Well... Now, why ever would anyone try to do a thing like that? Because they wanted my husband. Nightowl >8# "The difference between being immature and child-like is that one is what you are, and one is what you choose to be." Comment by Nightowl {O,O}
Post #130,199 by orion 12/11/03 7:50:06 AM Reply	Driving off a BBS well maybe for the same reasons that certain someones wanted to drive me off this board and also the Internet. :) Affinity was an adult BBS, you had to be 21 or older to get a working account. The SYSOP required a photocopy of your driver's license or state ID card proving your birthdate, I showed him my ID at a bowling event. The message board and chat rooms were filled with all kinds of things going on. People would try to manupulate you to get what they wanted. Sometimes they would tell a story about how their SO abused them, or maybe how lonley they were because they didn't have a SO. Sometimes they would make up stories and rumors about other users they didn't like. It was much like a Soap Opera. I was always too technical, the computer nerd that everyone asked for advice but couldn't stand the information overflow. :) I was know as Cable online. "Cable would you please stop rattling on about computers and get to the point?" Some would say. :) Owl's husband JohnF was very popular, and had an Ex that was on the BBS and she had friends who did what they could to torture Owl into leaving John and the BBS. It did not work, and Owl stayed with John. It was worse than the Usenet, because most of these people were local and you would met them at BBS Events. I bowled against many of my antagonists at bowling events, sometimes beating them and other times getting beaten. In bowling score of course, no fistfights broke out thank goodness. :) *"Lady I only speak two languages, English and Bad English!" - Corbin Dallas "The Fifth Element"*
Post #130,213 by Silverlock 12/11/03 9:13:46 AM Reply	No one wanted to "drive you off" certain someones wanted to drive me off this board and also the Internet. :) We just wanted you to stop being an unutterably insufferable prick. We did, of course, want to drive off the multitude of false identities you created. ----------------------------------------- Democracy is not a spectator sport.
Post #130,261 by orion 12/11/03 11:01:39 AM Reply	It continued even after I dropped the alternate IDs. One member, who knows who he is and I won't mention his name, said that he wanted to drive people like me off of the Internet. So I took it as if the group-mind that he represented wanted to not only drive me off of the board, but also off of the Internet. "Unutterably insufferable prick"? I thought based on other members' comments that I was being: #1 An idiot #2 A wanker #3 A nincompoop/ninny Also I was told to think before I posted, a lot. That my posts had a high signal to noise ratio, emphensizing on the noise. Of course I may be just paraphrasing, if anyone wishes to correct me and give a more accurate description, please go right ahead. :) *"Lady I only speak two languages, English and Bad English!" - Corbin Dallas "The Fifth Element"*
Post #130,299 by rcareaga 12/11/03 11:54:35 AM Reply	the sorrows of young norman One member, who knows who he is and I won't mention his name, said that he wanted to drive people like me off of the Internet That would be me, I believe, last July, although your memory, not surprisingly, is imprecise, since what I said was Such relentless stupidity as Norm routinely displays deserves to be driven offline. —in other words, if the shoe doesn't fit, don't let's see you walking on it. And I took it as if the group-mind that he represented wanted to not only drive me off of the board, but also off of the Internet It will come as news to the rest of the hive, as it certainly did to me, that I speak for all, but if that's the case I'm going to work next on ruling the world. idiot...wanker...nincompoop/ninny The list is far from exhaustive, but it's a sound start. All this being said, you are at least somewhat improved over the drooling lunatic who was littering the boards with multiple avatars at this time last year.
Post #130,302 by bepatient 12/11/03 11:58:42 AM Reply	Well...for anyone who knows... but if that's the case I'm going to work next on ruling the world. ...every Brain needs a Pinky. Thinking of the qualifications you 2 may end up paired again ;-) If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. _{Fudd's First Law of Opposition} It goes in, it must come out._{Teslacle's Deviant to Fudd's Law} [link\|mailto:bepatient@aol.com\|BePatient]
Post #130,434 by orion 12/12/03 1:14:11 AM Reply	Every Brain needs a Pinky If memory serves me right, Brain's plans alway backfired on him in some way. Always that random factor he never planned on. *"Lady I only speak two languages, English and Bad English!" - Corbin Dallas "The Fifth Element"*
Post #130,320 by Another Scott 12/11/03 1:07:18 PM Reply	Rand for Tyrant in 2004! :-)
Post #130,433 by orion 12/12/03 1:10:28 AM Reply	Thanks, I think in recognizing that I have improved in over a year. Last year wasn't a good year for me. I may have paraphrased what you said a bit, based on what I remembered of it. I do recall some people seemed to agree with what you said. Don't try ruling the world just yet, the other people will ambitions will knock you down. *"Lady I only speak two languages, English and Bad English!" - Corbin Dallas "The Fifth Element"*
Post #130,226 by Nightowl 12/11/03 9:54:53 AM Reply	Good explanation, Norman! Just a couple clarifications... Owl's husband JohnF was very popular, and had an Ex that was on the BBS and she had friends who did what they could to torture Owl into leaving John and the BBS. It did not work, and Owl stayed with John. John wasn't my husband at the time I was on Affinity for the most part, and his ex was an ex-girlfriend. It was worse than the Usenet, because most of these people were local and you would meet them at BBS Events. I bowled against many of my antagonists at bowling events, sometimes beating them and other times getting beaten. In bowling score of course, no fistfights broke out thank goodness. :) Exactly. This is why, in my opinion, it was worse than anything on a broadscale on the internet, because you actually SAW all these people at local events, and there was no way to prevent your worst enemies on the board from coming. And even though there were no fistfights, (probably because of the public nature of the events), there was a lot worse at times. Nightowl >8# "The difference between being immature and child-like is that one is what you are, and one is what you choose to be." Comment by Nightowl {O,O}

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