Kyberneticist:
68 is the year I was born. 69 woulda opened up too many cans of worms but a funny one none the less. I stuck with my year of birth because that never changes. I have seen many that use the age but that changes every year sooooo…Oh and PlayBoy “owns” the copyright to techchick, I can’t even get techchick in any variation on my AOL account except as tekchick.
Hm. That makes you exactly 10 years older then me. 
Here in SDMB I don’t mind giving that out, but its annoying how much access to a person’s life can be gained with little bits of information like that.
For example, our library system uses your birth date as its default pin. Most people don’t even bother changing it - I could easily track what books they are reading, renew and check out books in their name.
I wish I could track the books I’ve taken out!
Berkeley is so PC on privacy issues they have pin numbers on your library records. Then they shred all the old files.
In the meantime, I’m pulling out books and wondering if I’ve already read them.
I’m (obviously) a newbie.
I’m a lurker but not in the rubberneck sense. Although the FF thread had me feeling that way. More, I’ve seen that this is a forum for heated debates, for general pissed-offedness, for clarification, and, as it sometimes happens, for remorse. It’s clear to me that you gotta mean what you say and say what you mean and that you guys/gals take posters at their word and question when their word doesn’t quite gel.
So, for what it’s worth from a lurker/newbie who’s pretty bored at her job (please, no flames for reading on the job) and has read probably way too many threads, I don’t see an unhealthy dynamic; I see an outlet and an appropriate forum.
This is a great board (by that I mean the SDMB) – There are a lot of intelligent folks here contributing to issues and there’s some very worthwhile stuff to take away.
But to make it more specific to the Pit, there’s a lot to take away from those exchanges as well. At first, I just kept imagining a cocktail party where people spoke their mind and someone responded by saying, ‘Fuck you, you dipshit. You still don’t grasp what the fuck i’m talking about.’
But, someone pointed out in a thread and I can’t remember who and I can’t remember when, that a lot of stuff that goes on on this board is what people IRL may be thinking, but not saying.
And so, I think it’s very worthwhile to have a board such as this, to be able to express your view and take the ‘fuck yous’ or whatever, or to say ‘fuck you’ or whatever, and have intelligent people respond out of cocktail party context and in truth.
So, I say, flame away, the BBQ Pit is just fine, and thanks.
I don’t get it. Therefore, I hate it.
What is it with hatred in this society?
I don’t get it.
Lather, rinse, repeat.
BAH! I hate this fuckin’ pit place. I never post anything here.
What’s the point, really? I mean, it’s never any fun, and never funny, and you never learn anything, and no one has anything in common, and there are never any great discussions here about anything.
Yeah, fuck this place. I hate it. It sucks, it’s a bad idea.
Whatever, dipshit.
Maybe we could make it healthy by changing it’s diet. Instead of the word “shit”, we could require people to say “chocolate”. Then whenever they said “You worthless pile of chocolate!” the ludicrusness/childishness of namecalling would be more obvious.
We could also clean it up by using the “dubbing” words that broadcast TV uses:
bastards become bastiges
cocksuckers are cockups
bigots are blowhards
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9 posts and you resurrect this, why?
Ah, you don’t like the Pit either. Well, my friend, if this is how you choose to show your disdain, prepare to spend a lot of time in here.
I enjoy the Pit, even if I get creamed every time I poke my head in. It’s entertainment at its best, and worst.
Since you’re new here, I’ll do it your way: Eat poo, you fargin’ icehole.
Don’t expect anyone else to be so courteous. 
Because there haven’t been any DO NOT RESURRECT THE THREADS, STUPID!!! threads lately.
Every so often, they need to be reminded.
Please, God, let a mod close this…