The Other 90%

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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I’m in that 90% too, I think. As far as the flirt threads go, I don’t get mentioned unless I bring up friends. Though, I’m not much of a flirter unless it’s with friends or me doing it without noticing (kind of hard on the boards).

For the most part, my posts and I go by relatively unnoticed. I try to contribute wherever I can, but I don’t think I add much (if anything). True, I haven’t been posting as much recently, but that’s not the thing. I’m just another sn on the board. I have friends here who would argue with me, but they’re my friends, afterall.

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Honestly, I noticed. It may be because you live in Jackson, and I lived in Ridgeland for a year. It could be the “Saint” in your name(a word I notice because of my Catholic background). I definately knew you hadn’t been around though.

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90%-er, checking in

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Checking In

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yep yep yep.

Nothing feels better than being a waste of space :D.

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I used to be a 10%er… but MAN it was alot of work! You had to be EVERYWHERE, flirt constantly - I was exhausted!.

Really though, the days of being mentioned in sexiest doper/doper you want to meet etc threads is over for me (that’ll teach me to submit a pic to the people pages!)… But I dont mind.

Great thread Odie (you are by far one of the best people to grace this slip of cyber space) it was so nice to see Sue, and Sealemon, and Silo! Good to see you all!

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I’m proud to say I am part of the Bottom 10% Club!
Anyone care to join me on the ass-end of the 'Dope totem pole??

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First: Whose posts have I been reading if not yours? Whose style do I miss when you stop, if not yours?

I know it feels like you’re below the horizon because I often feel the same way. But when someone doesn’t post for a period of time (ahem, Saint Zero), it registers. When a newbie posts, it registers. Well, if I notice these things (as one who is pretty blind to the world), then perhaps I’m not a void between posts. And neither are you. [FTR I am using the word “you” generically.]
Second: Flirter, debator, sci-geek, masterflamer. SDMB would be a poor chorus with only one voice.
Third: Am I the only one who thought this thread title referred to the Ninety-Ninety Rule of Project Schedules?

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Hell, I didn’t ask about it because the Leakeys, well, Louis, at least, had different standards for declaring new anything. I’ve been trying to cram the last quarter century of paleoanthropology into my head lately, and Johanson’s “lumpers” vs “splitters” come to mind. I’m more a lumper. Plus there wasn’t enough data released to ask even a DUMB question.

And Scotti, dear, that’s why I used the qualifier “almost.”

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I am gratified with the response this thread got, it was nice that people read it and they thought about and responded to the people’s comments. It helped to emphasize the sense of community that I mentioned in the OP. I know that almost everybody is in the 90% group to someone on the boards, but they are also in the ten percent group to other people.

I would also like to issue an apology to Tequila Mockingbird, if she felt that parts of the OP were aimed at her then they weren’t particularly well worded, and I can assure her that they weren’t directed at her specifically. I also feel that if you do have a naturally flirty or sexual personality then it would be wrong to force you into that mold. Those styles, along with the shyer more reserved personality styles are what makes this board great, it is the diversity that makes the SDMB such a fun place to visit, and it would be a far poorer place if that diversity was diluted.

I hope this whole thread made you think about things, and if the content of the posts is to be believed it has, and I hope that we will continue to think of these things long after this thread has been confined to the archives.

Thank you to everybody who read and responded:

Keith

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I feel like I am firmly in the 90%. Most of my posts don’t make much of a stir, but I’ve made some friends here. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with being in the 90% OR in the 10%. We need all sorts here.

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There’s always a “B” crowd, so to speak, and it has to be bigger than the “A” crowd. An all-star board would be chaotic, and a no-star one would be dull.

I’m really happy there’s a 10% who are willing to put in all that time and effort. I enjoy being able to come here and read posts, so I appreciate that someone’s out there writing them. That way, I can add to threads without feeling responsible for starting any.

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I JUST said something to this effect over in purplebear’s thread. Only now did I open up this one. I have to completely agree! But its not as if there’s anything wrong with that. I think that I, personally, need to acknowledge people more in my posts. Its such an easy thing to do, and people remember it.

All the posters I was thinking of when I wrote my post in purplebear’s thread have chimed in here, for the most part. Still waiting for Gazoo to check in…

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Me, too. I like being able to chime in during my downtimes and then quietly slink off into the ether again when I’m swamped (my only connection is at work). I recognized pretty much everyone who has responded to this thread, so I think everyone has an impact, whether they themselves appreciate it or not. In other words, Yay 90%!

And manny, good points. I will quite often come up with a really brilliant question to ask while I’m, say, showering, and then by the time I’ve gotten to work, it’s been edged out by thoughts of assignments, lunch, an mp3 I want to rip, and lunch. I’ll try harder to keep track of them.

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Hi. Can I be the president of the 90% club?

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I really had to debate even posting to this. Like all of my posts, nobody will directly respond to me in this thread. (You may not have reason to.)

One reason I have such a low post count, for someone who’s been around almost a year, is that I refuse to chime in with “me too” all the time. How does that add to any intelligent discussion? I think it’s pointless and won’t do it.

I refuse to attend post parties, birthday parties, virtual weddings, flirting parties and all that annoying crap. The primary reason for this, I think, is that I flirt poorly online. I do not communicate well without the use of non-verbals, such as body language, posture and facial expression. If I had a quarter for everytime somebody here completely misunderstood me – just because they couldn’t see me winking or hear my tone of voice… I wouldn’t need this crappy job!

Most of you have no idea that IRL I’m really funny. And cute. None of you would ever vote me “SDMB Clown” or “Cutest Poster.” (Even though my photo IS up on The People Pages…and I WAS Class Clown in High School. And I only scored a 25 on my ACT. I’m barely bright at all!) This is the part where the tone of voice thing kicks in: did anyone notice that I’m being sarcastic? Did you even read this far?

I registered with these boards to hopefully start, and participate in, some intellectual activity and good logical debate. The kind that doesn’t just happen while you’re sitting in front of the television. This keeps my post count down. I’m either outgunned and way stupider than everyone else in Great Debates. Or everyone in MPSIMS just wants to throw post count parties.

Surely, I’m a 90%er. I doubt most of you who have posted here already are even aware of my presence and I also seriously doubt any of you care. That’s okay with me.

Occasionally I will contribute something and once in a while, it might even be valuable. I might even help one person. Then it’s all worth my time.

I also wanted to add that, like many other 90%ers, some of us have a life outside the internet. Even though I just got a new computer at home (my new boyfriend Mac!), I still do not run home and jump on the internet all night.

I have shit to Do. Places to Go. People to See. Dogzillas to walk. All that…

Like right now. I’m going to log off and go back to my search on why I can’t get certain Sim families I’ve created to work. For some reason, the car pool isn’t showing up and I can’t figure out why…

And I have NO IDEA what my post count could possibly be. I never look. Last time I looked, I had just hit 200…

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Sorry, I know, I’m an asshole…

…stupider isn’t a word.

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It’s kind of funny that you say this, because I wanted to send an email your way telling you how much I enjoyed your post in the silly habits thread. (yes, some people read the 5th page! :))

But your profile doesn’t include an email address :frowning:

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Okay, here I am. Another of the 90%. (And now I have to go search out this other thread.)

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Heh, story of my life… I’m lucky to get even 10 replies on any threads I start.