I know that we have over 4000 members, but I only count a couple of hundred that post regularly, and many of them in only one forum.
I think we need a genetic infusion.
I am not a newbie basher unless the newbie criticizes the board or the members.
Maybe I’m wrong. Perhaps a newbie sees what some of us don’t. Perhaps some of us, including me, have scared off some people who would add a great deal to the diversity of the board.
Thoughts?
Just one.
Damn! Wasted it.
The best lack all conviction
The worst are full of passionate intensity.
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It takes newbies a little while to figure out where they feel comfortable. For instance, Great Debates is, as a whole, WAAAY over my head. So I don’t post here much. I lurk a little, but even that tends to hurt my head. MPSIMS is ok if you find a thread that’s not specifically to someone else. Just gotta give the newbies a little time to feel their way around, and by the time they’re comfy with all y’all wierdos (I mean that in the nicest way possible!!), they’re regulars and not newbies anymore. Just my theory, anyway.
Weellll, I suppose if we wanted to get a whole bunch of new posters over here we could send a moderator and a scouting party to some other board, “infiltrate” it, have someone snitch to that board’s administration, and then wait for them to come over here in a counter-offensive, hoping that we’ll get some good posters to stick around when the dust settles.
Nah, on second thought, forget it. Too incredible to even contemplate. . . .
-Melin
Well, there is this board that a reg here e-mailed be about on which a bunch of people yammer on about how most of them believe in psychic powers…
:eek:
Don’t do it, David! They’ll know you are coming! 
-Melin
Ooooh. Bad one.
Weird thing about that board – they actually encourage people to use Hotmail accounts to preserve their anonymity. (I did go to look and see what they were saying; I didn’t register!)
Man, you think religious nuts are bad – at least that’s mostly faith-based (except for creationism and the like). These people were still touting Kirlian photography, auras, and crap like that! How many times does something have to be debunked?!
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Inbred? Not here.
And don’t you go on making fun of my banjo playing…
Thread reminds me of a MST3K skit/song.
TOM: Well, I think what our bright young friend’s trying to say here is the reason we three goofuses are asked to do these hazardous tasks outside the perimeter of normal society’s rationale is, we’re a danger to ourselves and others.
JOEL: Hu da! Kinda reminds me of Darwin’s theory of Natural Selection.
CROW: Yeah! If you’re dumb–ya DIE!
TOM: That’s, I say, that’s a rich one there, Hooter!
Oh, I’m a danger to myself and others.
My cousins are as close as brothers.
I stay out in the rain all the time!
CROW: He’s a danger to himself and others.
Only likes shows with Sally Struthers.
I can’t even think of a word that rhymes.
TOM: Ya just did!
JOEL: How dumb are you Uncle-Dad?
TOM: Well pretty dumb, that’s for sure!
CROW: How dumb are you Uncle-Dad?
TOM: Well this pipe’s filled with manure!
ALL: We’re a danger to ourselves and others.
Screw the earth and steal our mothers.
Leave us in the woods and we’re just fine.
We’re a danger to ourselves and others.
Good livestock with better lovers.
Hunting leeches is what we call a good time!
“Many count their chickens before they are hatched; and where they expect bacon, meet with broken bones.”
–Miguel de Cervantes–
David…you wanna do the 2.5-kinds-of-paranormalism bit?
Huh?
Does this mean that the tarot reading I just had 2 weeks ago is bogus also?
I won’t.
But yew shore gotta purty mouth, Doc.
Adam asked:
Lemme check with my Ouija board…
Yup, the spirits say it was bogus. Sorry.
It’s a little intimidating to post here, the new guy doesn’t get the jokes, doesn’t know the dynamics, tries too hard to make a good impression. It’s like walking in on a conversation among friends, everything they say to each other is greeted with laughter and affirmation, every time you say something they all stop talking and look at you like you have a third eye.
I’ve noticed that of the 4000+ registered users, only about 400 have a lot of posts, so I’m assuming that it’s the 10/90 rule in action, 10% of the posters do 90% of the posting. That’s pretty common from what I’ve seen on other boards and usenet.
And why do you say inbred as if that was a bad thing?
(Now you all have to stare at me and shake your heads woefully.)
A new guy.
David, I think Poly is referring to an article in the Jan/Feb issue of Skeptical Inquirer. I posted a quick blurb about it a couple weeks ago but can’t seem to find it now.
It was a study, or poll, of college students attempting to make a positive correlation of beliefs in psuedoscience with religious faith.
Frolix said:
Hey! Who said you could talk?!
Don’t worry, we do that to each other, too.
Naw. We’ll just roll our eyes. :rolleyes: (There isn’t a smiley for head-shaking.)
Welcome aboard!
Frolix:
You didn’t happen to see the “Up the Butt” episode of the Newlywed Game, did you?
[running… ouch!..]
But, David, don’t you see? They all know who everybody is, anyway. They’re only preserving their “anonymity” from non-psychics who might otherwise make trouble for them.