It’s taken me about 3 years to get to the 3,000 mark. That’s a lot of posts, and a lot of time spent on the board. So, the time has come to reflect.
I’m not real big on post count parties, but I do believe that milestones should be commemorated. I’ve tried to be original in my two previous milestone threads (999 - should I go for 1000? and Introducing Max2K) (and yes, I was serious in that first thread about possibly abandoning the board for good. I was seriously considering it at the time). So, faced with the problem of how to mark my most recent milestone in a creative manner, I think I’ve come up with a solution: I will attempt to justify my existence here.
The links below are to what I feel are some of my better posts, or series of posts, or threads, or what have you. Hopefully, the fact that I can even make such a list means that I’ve contributed to this board and its mission to eradicate ignorance in some way, or maybe just entertain people a bit. And, if nothing else, this thread will at least give me a handy reference guide if I ever want to revisit some of these old threads, without having to do an extensive search.
So, without further ado, here’s some of what I think is “the good stuff” I’ve done since I joined the board. The links are just to threads; I’m not fancy enough to link directly to the posts themselves.
Gun Control:
The right to own Guns!
Come one, come all: Gun Control revisited, revisited
(the above two threads should be required reading for anyone who wants to start yet another gun debate on the board)
Gun Control - The ninth amendment
Gun nut John Lott is, well, nuts
Why is firearms registration a “Good Thing”
Defend a policy which disarms victims…
Copyright:
Copyrights on out-of-print books - a good thing?
Copyrights in the Information Age
Copyright law and Disney
Other law-related stuff:
the First Amendment and “How to murder/steal/etc.”
Check endorsement: Pay to the order of vs. For deposit only xxx-xxxxx
What is so bad about monopolies?
Guilty, not guilty, plea bargain, intervention by aliens- legal question
You can’t put that in a will (tv & movies)
Hey Lawyers! (Tips on Law School Admission)
Religion and morality:
Why the Christian God?
Religion in School: Drawing the line
Holocaust:
Jews were not the only people targeted in the Holocaust
That quote about ‘they came for the…’
Holocaust Question
The Human Body:
Is it really possible for humans to breathe liquid oxygen, like in The Abyss?
Electric chair question
Lethal Injection Question
mechanics / biology of getting hit in the chin and KO’d
Do “Thermogenic” Diet Pills work?
Fun threads:
Movies with Arthropods
How many times is the word “Fu#k” said in the blair witch project
Movies about tech paranoia for TechTV appearance
What is Natalie Portman’s real last name?
The Leonard Maltin Game (as seen on MST3K)
Most obscure U.S. President
Miscellaneous:
A magical question. . .
Los Alamos hard drives
Threads or topics started by me that I feel were halfway decent:
Gettin’ my eyes lasered…
Death by Organ Donation
Why mint?
And last but not least, The miraculous thread in which I got manhattan to apologize:
I’m about to be banned,
So…do I get to stay?
(by the way, I really don’t suggest that prolific and consistently-funny posters like Fenris or SPOOFE attempt to assemble such a list; it’ll be way too long and the hamsters would have strokes.)
(okay, so Wicked Blue had the joke first, but I had to add to it)