I’m a longtime (and I mean loooong… at least five years) lurker who, due to the fact that I had no credit card, has never been able to register and participate in this wonderful workd that is the Dope. But now, having started university and gained a semblance of my own life (and Visa!) I finally feel prepared to enter the fold (yay!)
Oooh, breaking out the alcohol already! I knew there was a reson I loved this place… without salt, and frozen, preferably.
And to compensate for a lack of cat pixx (I am, regrettably, allergic, though I will willingly surrender my autonomy to those most purrrfect beings) I promise to post copiously and (hopefully) intelligently; does that work?
Welcome, welcome. ThirdCultureGal! I see they’ve already taken you in hand. The buffet will be ready in a moment; in the meantime, would you like a seat at the bar?
Thank you all for your nice ( :dubious: ) welcoming words!
And yes Soul , the username refers to the phenomenon of so-called “Third-culture-kids”, which normally refers to kids who’ve grown up in or spend a significant portion of their formative years in a culture which neither of their parents belong to (think military brats or missionary kids), but nowadays refers to pretty much anyone whose cultural/national background is more than a little confusing. When I was younger, I went through what I guess you could call a “national-identity-crisis” in that I didn’t really know where I came from culturally or what country to “really” affiliate myself with, and even considered trying to switch passports. It was a complete revelation when I found out about the idea of “third-culture kids” and I’ve embraced the idea ever since
Has anyone seen the squid? I think they may be loose. Someone forgot to put the lid back on the tank.
ThirdCultureGal, I’m not supposed to tell you this. Come over here…
[sub]They’re going to run you from room to room, just to confuse you. All you need to remember is to stay off the 8th floor! If anyone tries to send you to room 822, say the safe word. If you don’t believe me, just go over to the pit, or GD. You’ll recognize the ones who went into 822. Remember, I warned you![/sub]
Well if you don’t have any kitty pictures, perhaps you could start a thread on if it is a good idea to de-claw an outdoor cat.
The mods really like threads like that.
I see you got warned about room 822. You should also stay away from the party in room 666. Not the best crowd in that room, I think you will agree. They tend to break shit, and use this “the devil made me do it” line to try and get out of it. :rolleyes:
All of us are hopeful about our intelligence (some need more hope than others), but you must not post copiously, if you can cope there’s no need to be here.
Welcome and thank you. You’ve already fought some ignorance. Heck, my daughter is half Thai, half vanilla American, was raised in Saudi, and now studies in California. Another ThirdCulture person. Now I know why she’s so strange.
You crazy kids and your goats and squids. Why, back when I joined, those critters hadn’t evolved yet. We just jumped headfirst into the topic at hand, ignoble though it may have been.