In remembrance of 500+ Banned Posters who didn’t
“read the rules”. Comrades who inadvertently found themselves against the odds in this, the North Korea of Cyberspace. Those who shall not grow old as yes people grow old. Two minutes silence now for the prematurely disappeared, the unfairly ostracised, those who dared to criticise and those who just don’t like Christopher Walken’s hairdo. A salute to those who posted in the wrong forum, listened to foreign broadcasts, or possessed prohibited printed matter. Amen.
Apparently, at moments like this, I shouldn’t mention tennis.
I think Mark Wahlberg is a seriously underrated actor. Anyone see Three Kings? IMO, best anti-war movie since Dr. Strangelove. I’m really looking forward to seeing him in Planet of the Apes. Of course, I’m a sucker for any Tim Burton movie.
No Gary, you really shouldn’t. Especially because I don’t know anything about tennis.
Do you like football? First pre-season game for the Cowboys is August 5, and I’m counting the days…
I’ll bet sock puppets love these kind of threads.
Me too, and me too, but I’m looking forward to it just because I’m a huge fan of the original movies (ok, they were dumb, but they were fun!)
Bitch.
“Three Kings” was a cool flick; I personally think it would have been better with someone other than Clooney in the lead role, though. But I revised my opinion of Mark Wahlberg as of “Boogie Nights.” Frightening thing was, on the commentary, the director said he’d wanted to cast Leonardo DiCaprio in the role. Ugh.
We could talk about the Goodwill Games if we liked.
Ian Thorpe won something or other. Other than that I am managing to ignore it quite nicely.
Sock puppets are the victims of oppressive regimes. There but for the grace of God goes a sock puppet.
I quote: “…an electronic neighborhood is bound together not by geography but by shared interests. Community identity transcends geography, times zones and social status. But communities are shaped by a sense of belonging to a place, location, shared values, common struggles, tradition and history not by joining a group with common interests. Real communities are always local people who have put down roots and are willing to put up with the burdens of living together.” - from Cyberfutures by Ziaddun Sardar
note: “people who are willing to put up with the burdens of living together”.
What if you were thrown out of your non-digital flesh and blood community for something that didn’t hurt anyone at all in the whole universe? What if your landlord gave you ulcers everytime you thought of him or her?
Not long ago my brother and I had such a fight that we ended up tearing each other’s modem cords in half (really). It was really bad. But he still answers my e-mail and I still answer his. And I’m not homeless (yet) and neither is he. So there.
Funny, I think of George Clooney as the other most under rated actor. Yeah, his first few movies sucked, but Out of Sight was decent, Three Kings was great, and he really rocked in O Brother, Where Art Thou. Although I hear he’s doing the next Batman…
How 'bout those Dodgers??? Doing great even with so many injuries…
This is all because Twisty said he’d started to understand you, isn’t it?
This is worse than I thought. These people have to speak in code* or risk being branded as subversives. Tragic, just tragic.
*Clue: Substitute a negative reference for every positive reference and a moderator’s name for every movie star mentioned. Don’t be afraid.
We must all participate unrelentingly in the ceaseless struggle against ignorance as epitomized in the life and work of the Comrade Great Leader Cecil Adams and the Comrade Dear Editor E. Zotti! Under the banner of Cecil Adams Thought and the leadership of the Comrade Administrators and Comrade Moderators, the Straight Dope Message Board has consistently met the goals of the 5-Year Plans for Eradicating Ignorance as set forth by the Comrade Great Leader Cecil Adams! We must all give special thanks to the Comrade Administrator L. Bodoni and the Comrade Moderators A. Gene and J. Corrado for their especially difficult work in moderating the Re-Education of Anti-Social Elements through Self-Criticism Forum under the overall guidance of the Comrade Great Leader Cecil Adams! All posters of the SDMB must come together to denounce the counter-evolutionary pro-ignorance imperialists and their running dog sock puppet lackeys! Under the guidance of the Comrade Great Leader Cecil Adams, the Toiling Millions must present a united front against the anti-knowledge wreckers and saboteurs! Together, under the guidance of the Comrade Great Leader Cecil Adams, and the leadership of the Comrade Dear Editor E. Zotti and the Comrade Administrators and Comrade Moderators, the Toiling Millions will inevitably triumph and achieve a definitive victory in the scientific struggle against ignorance!
*"Long live the Comrade Great Leader Cecil Adams!"
Yes. I do like football.
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But I know everything, I swear, I know everything. Oh God no…not TMI…not again…please
People, just so you know, I DESPISE hijacking threads as a way to invalidate them. You are, after all, giving people SOME attention, even if it’s negative. Therefore, when people start seriously hijacking a thread, I’m going to start closing them at my discretion. Particularly if you talk about sports.
Lynn
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