Oh, we should totally do it. If for no other reason than it would be highly amusing to all of us.
Niska: Mr. Reynolds? You died, Mr. Reynolds. Mal: Seemed like the thing to do.
'War Stories'
Natter 52: Playing with a full deck?
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Glamcookie - Jul 05, 2007 11:04:26 am PDT #6486 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 05, 2007 11:06:18 am PDT #6487 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Imagine the Harry Mudd-esque astonishment when a new poster is faced with a post from [paperdol's prior name] 500!
ChiKat - Jul 05, 2007 11:08:25 am PDT #6488 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
We could have a big "I am Spartacus" moment to hide you.
That's wonderful!
if anyone brings the bad, I feel pretty safe in saying the whole place has got your back. And we can survive it just fine. And so can you, since I'm pretty sure there's a lot of "got your back" out there for personal wankery as well.
This so very much.
If a troll or two crop up, we'll sharpen our teeth on 'em.
Yeppers.
Aims - Jul 05, 2007 11:08:55 am PDT #6489 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Kinda like the season opener that had the surnames of the cast and crew of Friends be "Arquette" after Courtney Cox got married!
Jesse - Jul 05, 2007 11:08:58 am PDT #6490 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
It would be awesome if we all changed our name to Paperdol's real one when the book comes out. Like Where's Waldo, the Online Version.
Love it!
Oh, and when I said before that random people won't be a problem, I meant to imply that non-random people might be.
sarameg - Jul 05, 2007 11:09:19 am PDT #6491 of 10001
And then she could sing
I'm every womanperson...
I'm sorry. I'm really sorry. I think my early morning is getting to me.
Vortex - Jul 05, 2007 11:12:10 am PDT #6492 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
And then she could sing I'm every womanperson...
I'm sorry. I'm really sorry. I think my early morning is getting to me.
either that, or the busboy/busser/bus person convo has gotten to you.
Theodosia - Jul 05, 2007 11:15:54 am PDT #6493 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I'm prepared to be whoever I need to be in order to help paperdol.
Allyson - Jul 05, 2007 11:17:49 am PDT #6494 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I'm starting to reach maximum fear/nerves overload because the book ships tomorrow, and will start shelving next week in drips and drabs.
amych - Jul 05, 2007 11:21:38 am PDT #6495 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Seriously, my real predictions:
The book comes out, and the real-world people go "whoa! my co-worker wrote a book! that's really neat!" And they all buy at least 5 copies apiece, because this is my prediction, dammit!
The great majority of them read it and say things like "hey, she can really write!" and "how cool -- I feel like I know her better!" and "I've been misunderestimating those people in the computer all along!" and "maybe I'll check out that place..."
Nonetheless, most of them don't. But they already paid for the book, so it's all good.
A much smaller number of them come by the site. A very few of those post things like "do you really know josh wheaton?!" The great majority of them poke around at the first page or two of a few threads, but nobody goes back and searches through the great volume of old stuff, because if they were that kind of obsessive, they'd be one of us already. Some of us get cranky, and get doblerized, and stuff blows over.
The ones who belonged here all along stick around. These include the geeky little sister of someone who heard one of the coworkers talk about the book when s/he went home to Missouri for a wedding, and someone who happened to be in a bookstore that evening and stuck around for the signing, only to recognize Nilly's name from non-buffista Tim fandom.
5 years later, someone delurks to ask for a name change [paperdol's real name]5732, because after all this time they still can't figure out what the joke was.