Where is The?

[Lovepotion69]

omg, Chicklet. Gosh, I remember her as well.

Gauche, has Svenska left?

 

[neonlyte]

omg, Chicklet. Gosh, I remember her as well.

Gauche, has Svenska left?

She was here over the weekend... good to see you again

 

[gauchecritic]

omg, Chicklet. Gosh, I remember her as well.

Gauche, has Svenska left?

She hasn't posted for quite a while but she has made a recent appearance in the ice cream thread.

 

[Lovepotion69]

Heck, I'd return for ice cream as well.

 

[Belegon]

Svenska was around quite a bit for a week or so... and Lou has returned at least casually.

I remember Chicklet well.

Many people have simply grown in different directions or have had things from "real life" interfere with their enjoyment of Lit. Many of those I once considered my own "inner circle" have gone absent. Vella, Lucky, Minuse. Mat to an extent. Logo was back heavily for awhile, but is missing again. SJ is distracted by her new relationship D). Honey posts in different places but is around.

It is the nature of the place, I suppose. Just like real life.

 

[jomar]

...or we can apply those energies toward making today better.

I vote for the latter.


Nice to see you again, gauche.

I agree and I agree.

But was it truly that much better back in the day? In the thread gauche linked WildSweetOne complimented him and The Earl on their polite disagreement and hoped others learned from it, which suggests some...disharmony? It may have been far more polite, I wasn't here. Memory has a way of smoothing the spikes and ridges of the past, but I wonder if most of the 2002-2004s recall Lit as being more civil back when. Not stirring, just curious.

 

[neonlyte]

I agree and I agree.

But was it truly that much better back in the day? In the thread gauche linked WildSweetOne complimented him and The Earl on their polite disagreement and hoped others learned from it, which suggests some...disharmony? It may have been far more polite, I wasn't here. Memory has a way of smoothing the spikes and ridges of the past, but I wonder if most of the 2002-2004s recall Lit as being more civil back when. Not stirring, just curious.

There was a good share of disagreement... political threads haven't changed much in their intensity. There were people prepared to put a lot of work into making their point, Colly, Shang and others. Pure and Amicus rarely saw eye-to-eye. Raphy has happy to take a contrary position... and stick with his belief. Perdita called as she saw it. It strikes me there was more writing discussion... but that might just be wishful thinking. A lot of small competitions *shrug*

 

[jomar]

There was a good share of disagreement... political threads haven't changed much in their intensity. There were people prepared to put a lot of work into making their point, Colly, Shang and others. Pure and Amicus rarely saw eye-to-eye. Raphy has happy to take a contrary position... and stick with his belief. Perdita called as she saw it. It strikes me there was more writing discussion... but that might just be wishful thinking. A lot of small competitions *shrug*

Yeah, I'd think things ebb and flow. People are always going to disagree. I think the issue was more how it was done - civil or nasty. Even heated disagreements can be civil, of course. The small competitions seemed to have faded some in the past few months. Maybe a lot of folks have writer's block. Hopefully, recent events will result in all trying a little harder to be thoughtful in their posts, at least until the election heats up.

 

[Liar]

I agree and I agree.

But was it truly that much better back in the day? In the thread gauche linked WildSweetOne complimented him and The Earl on their polite disagreement and hoped others learned from it, which suggests some...disharmony? It may have been far more polite, I wasn't here. Memory has a way of smoothing the spikes and ridges of the past, but I wonder if most of the 2002-2004s recall Lit as being more civil back when. Not stirring, just curious.

Not me. There were good days, there were average days, there were annoying days and there were manure spewing catastrophucking days. There were civil people, and there were random blurters and flamethrowers and trolls too.

Like I said just yesterday, it's easy to remember the good old days. And forget they were also mixed with a whole lot of bad ones.

Of course, I miss some old members who (mostly) contributed to the good part. But it would be presumptios of me to say that the forum as a whole was a better place, just because MY homies were the ones doing that. There are new homies now, and they're not chopped liver either.

 

[jomar]

Not me. There were good days, there were average days, there were annoying days and there were manure spewing catastrophucking days. There were civil people, and there were random blurters and flamethrowers and trolls too.

Like I said just yesterday, it's easy to remember the good old days. And forget they were also mixed with a whole lot of bad ones.

Of course, I miss some old members who (mostly) contributed to the good part. But it would be presumptios of me to say that the forum as a whole was a better place, just because MY homies were the ones doing that. There are new homies now, and they're not chopped liver either.

Thank you Liar. That has been my experience over the years - not just there, of course. I do wish I'd been around when MG was here. I enjoyed her definition thread.

And if it's alright with you, I may hijack 'catastrophucking' with due credit, of course.

 

[jomar]

what's up with these DPs?

 

[shereads]

Some while ago I mentioned to The (Earl) an arguement we had about humour. It was the first time we'd conversed at Lit. and was 5 years ago. He said he couldn't remember.

I've been perusing old threads that I contributed to (by looking at 'List subscriptions' in user control panel) and found the actual thread. Similies - fill in the blank. So there's that. I'm linking it so that The can see.

Another reason I'm linking it is as proof positive, undeniable, indefatigable that the AH was a much nicer place in the old days.

Remember WildSweetOne? Svenska? Maths? Openthighs Sarah? SMUK? Uther Pendragon? B. Keeney? Gabriel Lee? Octavian? Muffie? Thesandman? JFinn? DVS?

Mine and The's arguement begins on page three, and will make Roxleby positively green with envy at the courteous, civil and above all 'gentlemanly' conducting of quite a torrid debate.

I WSO and her many and varied 'writerly' threads and excercises.

I also the past and my 'youth'.

Welcome back, my smilie-challenged friend.

Svenska has been around lately. So has the long-lost Tatelou. Now we have you too.

Life is good.

 

[shereads]

My AH wish: a special stickie thread, just for me, where I capture and place under house arrest all of my favorite people here. You'd be free to come and go as necessary, but never without saying good-bye and promising to return.

I left my home yesterday; drove away from it for good and ever, the place where I'd spent the best years of my life; the place where I learned to love and be loved. My tolerance for loss is at at all-time low. I need my AH friends here, so I can know that no matter where I happen to be (tonight it's at a hotel near Daytona) I can click open the Authors Hangout and find you - Gauche - and the others who have become dear to me.

I want you here; I need your help to chase away this loss of love; this grief.

Please stay.

 

[Guest]

My AH wish: a special stickie thread, just for me, where I capture and place under house arrest all of my favorite people here. You'd be free to come and go as necessary, but never without saying good-bye and promising to return.

I left my home yesterday; drove away from it for good and ever, the place where I'd spent the best years of my life; the place where I learned to love and be loved. My tolerance for loss is at at all-time low. I need my AH friends here, so I can know that no matter where I happen to be (tonight it's at a hotel near Daytona) I can click open the Authors Hangout and find you - Gauche - and the others who have become dear to me.

I want you here; I need your help to chase away this loss of love; this grief.

Please stay.

 

[DesertPirate]

MathGirl did the honors... until she retired. It was a kind of ritual... if anyone asked The Question we all stood whistling with our hands in our pockets till MathGirl turned up. She had a sidekick DurtGirl... but you really don't want to go there.

MG's wild dictionaries would be worth digging out

I've seen some of those dictionaries, funny stuff!!!

 

[TE999]

My AH wish: a special stickie thread, just for me, where I capture and place under house arrest all of my favorite people here. You'd be free to come and go as necessary, but never without saying good-bye and promising to return.

I left my home yesterday; drove away from it for good and ever, the place where I'd spent the best years of my life; the place where I learned to love and be loved. My tolerance for loss is at at all-time low. I need my AH friends here, so I can know that no matter where I happen to be (tonight it's at a hotel near Daytona) I can click open the Authors Hangout and find you - Gauche - and the others who have become dear to me.

I want you here; I need your help to chase away this loss of love; this grief.

Please stay.

Dunno if I'm one of those 'dear to you' sher, but you have my sympathies neretheless.

Having left my share of homes (which reverted to houses), I can relate to your sorrow. I left behind dead pets, improvements, landscaping and appliances. But I took my memories. In the end, they're the most important.

 

[Roxanne Appleby]

My AH wish: a special stickie thread, just for me, where I capture and place under house arrest all of my favorite people here. You'd be free to come and go as necessary, but never without saying good-bye and promising to return.

I left my home yesterday; drove away from it for good and ever, the place where I'd spent the best years of my life; the place where I learned to love and be loved. My tolerance for loss is at at all-time low. I need my AH friends here, so I can know that no matter where I happen to be (tonight it's at a hotel near Daytona) I can click open the Authors Hangout and find you - Gauche - and the others who have become dear to me.

I want you here; I need your help to chase away this loss of love; this grief.

Please stay.

To a fellow person who is passionate about political stuff:

 

[dr_mabeuse]

Don't mourn the past. Improve the fucking future.

--Zoot

 

[tolyk]

Yes, you're quite right but mood and timing counts for a lot too. The mood of the first person to answer and the timing of putting the question.

My advice to noobs. Don't ask anything until you're sure America is asleep.

That way, even if you get razzed it will be by cultured and sophisticated Asian/European/oceanic wits and I guarantee you won't feel a thing.

Hey, what about Canadians? We may not be overly cultured, but we are at least nice *chuckle*

 

[DeeZire]

For every door that opens, one will close...

no wait...

for ever door that closes, there will be a key somewhere else...

no wait...

for every window you look out of, there will be another one you can't see in...

no wait..

Oh, the hell with it.

Good luck on your new journey.

 

[Guest]

My AH wish: a special stickie thread, just for me, where I capture and place under house arrest all of my favorite people here. You'd be free to come and go as necessary, but never without saying good-bye and promising to return.

I left my home yesterday; drove away from it for good and ever, the place where I'd spent the best years of my life; the place where I learned to love and be loved. My tolerance for loss is at at all-time low. I need my AH friends here, so I can know that no matter where I happen to be (tonight it's at a hotel near Daytona) I can click open the Authors Hangout and find you - Gauche - and the others who have become dear to me.

I want you here; I need your help to chase away this loss of love; this grief.

Please stay.

I'm going nowhere. I probably won't ever post and be around to the levels I once was, but I promise to drop by daily, cos I loves you all I does.


Seriously, as others have said, this place cycles. There's something for everyone and we can all take from it (or make from it) whatever we choose.

I was away for a bit, but when I came back it still felt the same; it still felt like home (I'm in a soppy mood, deal with it).

I follow one simple rule when posting on forums: always, always remember that you are interacting with fellow human beings, not a keyboard and computer screen.

This place wasn't all that great when I first started posting here, not from my perspective anyway. I found some peeps to be rude, abrasive and downright bitchy. I had to almost shoehorn my way into the "inner circle", and I'm not backward in coming forward, so fuck knows how some other people felt at the time. It's the same now. Nothing has changed. Just different people doing the same stuff, is all.

I think Liar put it very well indeed, and him and me come from the same batch of "homies".

No "era" was better than any other, just slightly different.

No one person, or group of people, is/are better than any other. Nobody is perfect, everybody fucks up from time to time, but we all have feelings.

Same shit, different day.

 

[impressive]

Don't mourn the past. Improve the fucking future.

--Zoot

I believe that's what I said... only nicer.

 

[neonlyte]

I believe that's what I said... only nicer.

I think Mab's was stressing the 'fucking'