Aliroz necro'd the thread on an Alirozic whim, Miko started complaining about it, and I was fairly certain it was just going to spiral into a malaise of bleh unless I asked for the thread closed.
Short version: just wasn't worth the potential trouble.
It really is kind of annoying that I now have to factor in "potential drama" when deciding whether or not to make a thread here, that wasn't the case until fairly recently.
I suppose it just comes with the territory of a place being around for a certain amount of time.
alternately you can just flag posts when people say stupid things in response to an entirely reasonable thread
I have done that in the past but it's not like the mods are always here, plus, why cause an easily-preventable problem, really.
Another factor is that I just don't care about that thread anymore, if someone wants to make another thread in that vein go for it, I just won't be participating.
As far as I know, it only ever aired on the Noggin Network, which was a semi-educational, ad-free paid network we used to get in the days when my family was upper middle class and could afford satellite TV. Their mascot was a Moose and his pet bird.
They actually had a few good shows (the aforementioned Upside-Down Show, Jack's Big Music Show, which introduced me to zydeco, and Oobi, which was a puppet show without any puppets), although they also had some crap, as tends to happen.
It was less something I watched and more something my brothers watched while I tended to just sort of be in the same room with them. I think I remember it better than they do though.
My dad....is somewhere in Florida still, I suppose.
I'm pretty sure I wouldn't get along with my father. He's really big into cars, NASCAR, and racing in general (he used to race for some indie league, in fact), and really likes country music.
I think the only thing I've really inherited from him is a love of Jimmy Buffet. Even then I'm pretty sure he's more into Buffet's later period where he got really cheesy, as opposed to the earlier, slightly less tourist-pandery stuff.
My stepdad....we had some good times together, but ultimately dude was a huge douche to my mom, and I can't forgive him for that on a person-to-person level much as I try. I can fake it and be polite, but I will never enjoy hanging out with him or anything like that ever.
I inherited many more physical things from my stepdad though.
Dude left behind his original Xbox (it's modded!), a pair of slippers that I've since lost, several coats, a bunch of blank CDs, his music collection, including such gems as N*SYNC's first album (which he tried to claim was my mom's), a compilation of WWE Wrestling themes, and the Men in Black soundtrack, some old computer games....
my dad would definitely qualify as a hipster if he wasn't 50 years old
also he has severe emotional issues
of the sort where you are "taken aback" when your wife asks for a divorce even though you have been separated for about 8 years and you are currently living with another woman
like
????
also he has an uncanny ability to justify literally anything he wants to do to himself. ranging from petty theft to... much, much worse.
he is a pleasant enough person to interact with though and he genuinely loves me
More people have said that and been killed than there are thorium decay products.
I know, I am like the buzzing mosquito of this forum who likes to drink your blood and make your skin itch and then fly away. Relatedly, I think I will not argue about "age of consent," but I think that children are about 100x smarter than adults think, and that adults are about 100x dumber than children think.
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I asked for it locked because I did not feel like starting drama.
except people like me who find nostalgia and personal histories comforting
Short version: just wasn't worth the potential trouble.
I suppose it just comes with the territory of a place being around for a certain amount of time.
Another factor is that I just don't care about that thread anymore, if someone wants to make another thread in that vein go for it, I just won't be participating.
it can be a bit silly at times, but frankly it's miles better than any site with a name like that has any right to be
That article is probably great but it doesn't really apply to me. I only worldbuild, I'm not a writer.
This happened today and it made me smile.
NL is a cool person.
however, said show being a children's program that I do not believe has been on the air for a number of years now.
They actually had a few good shows (the aforementioned Upside-Down Show, Jack's Big Music Show, which introduced me to zydeco, and Oobi, which was a puppet show without any puppets), although they also had some crap, as tends to happen.
It was less something I watched and more something my brothers watched while I tended to just sort of be in the same room with them. I think I remember it better than they do though.
The Upside-Down Show was actually legitimately funny in a way I feel most people can appreciate regardless of age.
We kinda hit rock bottom late last year when we were unable to afford kerosene for our heater. I think we're finally starting to work our way back up.
I'm mostly just glad we didn't have to split up the household like my mom was afraid we would.
Speaking of family, fuck, I still haven't e-mailed my grandma Auman. I have to remember to do that.
I'm pretty sure I wouldn't get along with my father. He's really big into cars, NASCAR, and racing in general (he used to race for some indie league, in fact), and really likes country music.
I think the only thing I've really inherited from him is a love of Jimmy Buffet. Even then I'm pretty sure he's more into Buffet's later period where he got really cheesy, as opposed to the earlier, slightly less tourist-pandery stuff.
My stepdad....we had some good times together, but ultimately dude was a huge douche to my mom, and I can't forgive him for that on a person-to-person level much as I try. I can fake it and be polite, but I will never enjoy hanging out with him or anything like that ever.
Dude left behind his original Xbox (it's modded!), a pair of slippers that I've since lost, several coats, a bunch of blank CDs, his music collection, including such gems as N*SYNC's first album (which he tried to claim was my mom's), a compilation of WWE Wrestling themes, and the Men in Black soundtrack, some old computer games....