Posted by B. Buster at spider-tm031.proxy.aol.com on November 28, 2000 at 22:18:14:
In Reply to: I think I missed something posted by Libra on November 28, 2000 at 12:44:38:
: In addition, this board is populated by posturing devotees of View Askew films each trying to outdo the next in a pissing contest of trivia and vituperative bitchslapping over minor things. It gets old in short order.
Pissing contests and bitchslapping make life worth living. I can see where you might be unfamiliar with the finer points of pissing contests (do ladies have their own version of this playful activity? Instead of distance, do they judge by force?), but bitchslapping must come easy to someone with such a mighty vocabulary.
: Comparing what I've read in both fora, I'd dare say that the breadth of knowledge and overall perspicuity there is several steps above anything I've read here in ages.
I guess "forums" was beneath you, so you had to go with the fancier "fora," huh? Since when did baby talk begin passing for "breadth of knowledge and overall perspicuity"? Because that's all I ever saw on the OWB. Baby talk and Drunken Hal's crazy shit.
:I think that comes from the freedom to discuss subjects outside the regular VA minutiae. They're smart, well-expressed, and often very funny.
I beg to differ. Especially regarding the latter point, unless, of course, you find Drunken Hal's crazy shit funny. I never have. It's interesting the way case histories of mental patients are interesting, but never remotely funny.
:With few exceptions, they're respectful of one another and supportive of each other's efforts. It's become a community all its own, irrespective of it's VA association. I think that fact alone merits its salvage.
And what would their "efforts" be? To waste time?
: The best part:
: Most of the regular posters on the OWB realize that "sweaty palmed fan boy" is derogatory.
As opposed to what? "OWB regular"?
: I don't foresee posting here in lieu of the OWB. It's the wrong format and a different crowd. I'll be sorry to see it go.
Don't take it so hard. The internet has plenty of places for people overflowing with perspicuity like you.
b. buster