SandChigger wrote:Jester of Loose Change
I like that.
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SandChigger wrote:Jester of Loose Change
I understand that i've exceeded my authority when I spoke for all of us but if the JotC approves, it will be law. None of the Cast Out will tease, harass, correct, or communicate in any way that isn't complimentary, with Jodorowsky's Acolyte.Freakzilla wrote:I'm pretty sure that's not going to fly.D Pope wrote:I'm terribly sorry you're so afflicted. Understand that because of your syndrome, we will no longer try to correct any misconceptions you display. It was awfull and insensitive of us to have poked fun at you for not understanding what you read. Now that we know you are the victim of a cruel genetic lottory, all of your future posts can and will be interpreted in an appropriate light. Thank you so much for sharing this information about yourself.
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Chigger's onboard!His Excelency wrote:Don't know what The Judge will say, but the Jester of Loose Change approves!
Like, get well soon?D Pope wrote: Is it so hard to only say nice things to the disabled?
But then we'll have to implicate some kind of signage that indicates their status as disabled, an aproval process for said sign, ramps and handrails, etc.D Pope wrote:I understand that i've exceeded my authority when I spoke for all of us but if the JotC approves, it will be law. None of the Cast Out will tease, harass, correct, or communicate in any way that isn't complimentary, with Jodorowsky's Acolyte.Freakzilla wrote:I'm pretty sure that's not going to fly.D Pope wrote:I'm terribly sorry you're so afflicted. Understand that because of your syndrome, we will no longer try to correct any misconceptions you display. It was awfull and insensitive of us to have poked fun at you for not understanding what you read. Now that we know you are the victim of a cruel genetic lottory, all of your future posts can and will be interpreted in an appropriate light. Thank you so much for sharing this information about yourself.
I formally submit this post to the Judge of the Change for approval.
He has invoked disabled status and should be treated accordingly.
Only positive reinforcement allowed for this intreped soul.
Nobody take anything personally and we'll all be fine. That was the central idea behind this board (after Dune), and as far as I'm concerned it still is.Freakzilla wrote:I'm pretty sure that's not going to fly.D Pope wrote:I'm terribly sorry you're so afflicted. Understand that because of your syndrome, we will no longer try to correct any misconceptions you display. It was awfull and insensitive of us to have poked fun at you for not understanding what you read. Now that we know you are the victim of a cruel genetic lottory, all of your future posts can and will be interpreted in an appropriate light. Thank you so much for sharing this information about yourself.
I formally submit this post to the Judge of the Change for approval.
I like the initiative and think that this should be the post that gets linked to every time this comes up. What is this, 3 times in the last 6 months?D Pope wrote:I'm terribly sorry you're so afflicted. Understand that because of your syndrome, we will no longer try to correct any misconceptions you display. It was awfull and insensitive of us to have poked fun at you for not understanding what you read. Now that we know you are the victim of a cruel genetic lottory, all of your future posts can and will be interpreted in an appropriate light. Thank you so much for sharing this information about yourself.
I formally submit this post to the Judge of the Change for approval.
I can remember only 1 other time.Nekhrun wrote:I like the initiative and think that this should be the post that gets linked to every time this comes up. What is this, 3 times in the last 6 months?D Pope wrote:I'm terribly sorry you're so afflicted. Understand that because of your syndrome, we will no longer try to correct any misconceptions you display. It was awfull and insensitive of us to have poked fun at you for not understanding what you read. Now that we know you are the victim of a cruel genetic lottory, all of your future posts can and will be interpreted in an appropriate light. Thank you so much for sharing this information about yourself.
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I wonder if something is wrong with one of us then.Omphalos wrote:I can remember only 1 other time.Nekhrun wrote:I like the initiative and think that this should be the post that gets linked to every time this comes up. What is this, 3 times in the last 6 months?D Pope wrote:I'm terribly sorry you're so afflicted. Understand that because of your syndrome, we will no longer try to correct any misconceptions you display. It was awfull and insensitive of us to have poked fun at you for not understanding what you read. Now that we know you are the victim of a cruel genetic lottory, all of your future posts can and will be interpreted in an appropriate light. Thank you so much for sharing this information about yourself.
I formally submit this post to the Judge of the Change for approval.
SandRider wrote:I gotta fucked-up back & drink too much ...
I'm terribly sorry you're so afflicted. Understand that because of your syndrome, we will no longer try to correct any misconceptions you display. It was awful and insensitive of us to have poked fun at you for not understanding what you read. Now that we know you are the victim of a cruel genetic lottery, all of your future posts can and will be interpreted in an appropriate light. Thank you so much for sharing this information about yourself.
You're excuse is that you're the Super Kwisatz Haderach, who is on a hardcore-sci fi journey in the vein of EL TOPO to find the Teguila Sandworm in the South Polar regions of Arrakis. I hope this destiny suits you, Mega-Lisan-al-gaib. It'll take more than five bottles of Water of Life to survive that ordeal.Freakzilla wrote:I'm still trying to figure out what my excuse is...
Oh yeah, nevermind.
SHOT TIME!
SandRider wrote:I gotta fucked-up back & drink too much ...
You did mean that I jest I trust.Jodorowsky's Acolyte wrote: I hope I didn't screw things up in the delicate balance of Jacurutu just to respond over a year old petty riff.
I think he did that on purpose. He wanted the reader to wonder about the world outside of the sub, but he purposefully kept silent (or mostly silent) so that the reader would experience a little bit of the sense of confinement and being shut off that the submarieners were feeling. That, I think, is actually one of the greatest accomplishemnts of that book; that he did that successfully.Sardaukar Capt wrote:Finished The Dragon In The Sea last night and for a first published novel, it was decent. Not great, but decently good for a near-future setting novel written in the 1950s. The themes were universal enough that some of the conclusions about the near-future that of course aren't true today don't pull you out of the story. One criticism, I think he could have fleshed out the world a little more. He used a bit of subtext and hints about the world in the book but not to the expert degree that he would later use in Dune that allowed the reader to flesh out that universe so well in their minds as they read. He didn't do enough or to the expert degree in The Dragon In The Sea and it left me wondering more about the world of this book more than sparking my imagination to build the world in my mind. All that said, the story kept me hooked until the end. You can also see the budding influence of psychology and the human mind that will go on to greatly influence Dune.