Not too surprising considering this has frequently been referred to as the Shades board. What's a poster to think?
Praise to the Man!
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Dr. Shades wrote: ↑Sun Mar 20, 2022 8:02 amI can't believe I'm revealing this in public, 'cause I was hoping to see how long it'd take before someone figured it out, but that rule is a lighthearted joke meant to get a chuckle by throwing the reader for an unexpected loop. I never meant to actually enforce it.
:: mod team quietly un-bans 27 people for violating UR 12 ::
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I can't believe you had to reveal this in public, as I thought it was apparent from the moment I joined. Like Cassius University, I've considered it part of the quirky charm of this place. And I had a blast being part of the whole thing by actually going to a Perfume concert -- something I would never had done but for UR 12 and Perfume posts and happy birthday's. Lighthearted fun seems hard to come by these days and enjoyed for what it is.Dr. Shades wrote: ↑Sun Mar 20, 2022 8:02 amI can't believe I'm revealing this in public, 'cause I
was hoping to see how long it'd take before someone figured it out, but that rule is a lighthearted joke meant to get a chuckle by throwing the reader for an unexpected loop. I never meant to actually enforce it.
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When I go to sea, don’t fear for me. Fear for the storm.
Jessica Best, Fear for the Storm. From The Strange Case of the Starship Iris.
When I go to sea, don’t fear for me. Fear for the storm.
Jessica Best, Fear for the Storm. From The Strange Case of the Starship Iris.
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And for that, I apologize. I'd just got done posting about how I was angry at the world, and should have known to walk away from the keyboard rather than use you as a whipping boy.
I'm sorry.
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When I go to sea, don’t fear for me. Fear for the storm.
Jessica Best, Fear for the Storm. From The Strange Case of the Starship Iris.
When I go to sea, don’t fear for me. Fear for the storm.
Jessica Best, Fear for the Storm. From The Strange Case of the Starship Iris.
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I’m thinking that Kev is more perturbed that UR 12 represents unseriousness in the midst of not attending to actual rule violations, or something like that. He should correct any bad assumptions on my part, of course. But I’d have a hard time imagining that anyone saw UR 12 as anything other than how you characterized it.
Lightheartedness wins the day, in my opinion. I’m not looking forward to death, but when it happens, I want to greet it - and depart my mortal bonds - with a wisecrack.Lighthearted fun seems hard to come by these days and enjoyed for what it is.
In the meantime, you now know why I seem so irreverent at times here. : D
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Wait... Shades is now admitting that the whole Perfume thing was a joke?
That is the greatest practical joke ever perpetrated on me. I thought he was serious.
Bravo, sir. Bravo.
That is the greatest practical joke ever perpetrated on me. I thought he was serious.
Bravo, sir. Bravo.
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Some Schmo wrote: ↑Sun Mar 20, 2022 8:30 pmWait... Shades is now admitting that the whole Perfume thing was a joke?
That is the greatest practical joke ever perpetrated on me. I thought he was serious.
Bravo, sir. Bravo.
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What? I'm genuinely impressed.canpakes wrote: ↑Sun Mar 20, 2022 8:36 pmSome Schmo wrote: ↑Sun Mar 20, 2022 8:30 pmWait... Shades is now admitting that the whole Perfume thing was a joke?
That is the greatest practical joke ever perpetrated on me. I thought he was serious.
Bravo, sir. Bravo.
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It occurs to me now that every time I gave Shades a little crap about Perfume, he was likely laughing his ass off at me for taking him seriously on this score.
Shades has always been a bit of an enigma to me. He's a hard guy to read. I think this admission is the greatest thing I've ever read from him.
Shades has always been a bit of an enigma to me. He's a hard guy to read. I think this admission is the greatest thing I've ever read from him.
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I would have to agree. The otherwise dense, smilie and acronym-hating, non-linear post-moving board management was all a long game in setting up a light-hearted joke about veneration of an official board J-Pop band with an official rule and everything? Did not see that coming.Some Schmo wrote: ↑Sun Mar 20, 2022 9:03 pmIt occurs to me now that every time I gave Shades a little crap about Perfume, he was likely laughing his ass off at me for taking him seriously on this score.
Shades has always been a bit of an enigma to me. He's a hard guy to read. I think this admission is the greatest thing I've ever read from him.
Truth is, I didn't ever think anyone would be moderated for it but it wasn't like it was signaled to be a joke, either. I don't buy it. One doesn't amend the constitution as a gag.