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Enigma
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Just enterered the cafe - 4 people there - within 30 seconds all had bid their farewells with a couple saying hello and goodbye.
I have no idea what I may have done but it obviously must be something dreadful such that none of them might have stayed for even a minute!! So I am calling myself to hell for being - I don't know what but obviously not interesting.
Quite seriously, when you enter the cafe and people are obviously doing other things and don't notice you that's OK, but when there are people there who acknowledge you then all leave that's just demoralising in the extreme. Just when I thought the ship might extend my family. Oh well!!
(I'm saying this not because I'm in any danger or anything but if I had been needing help I might have headed straight for the overdose) Just saying ... so what's so dreadful about me? Probably just unlucky but if there are any flames to be had please let me know......
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Kelly Alves
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Don't know if this is related, but I just tried to log in( mostly to tell you "calm down and have a cookie" if you were still there) and the cafe basically flipped me off. So, maybe it's not that they don't like you, maybe the cafe doesn't like any of us at the moment.
In other words-- shit happens, but the cafe is kind of a shit-happening lightning rod.
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Twilight
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Also, Enigma, it's dinner time in America.
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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That's right. I'm in California; dinnertime is about an hour away.
Also, sometimes you just stroll in exactly at that moment when everyone has decided to pack it in. They may just not have thought to mention it, or assumed someone else would.
[ 23. May 2012, 23:07: Message edited by: Kelly Alves ]
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Lyda*Rose
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I'd recommend putting this on a sticky on the frame of your screen (if you are not using a teeny-weeny smart phone): quote:
It's not always all about me. Really. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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Uncle Pete
Loyaute me lie
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Honestly, does this little pity party belong in Hell?
Oh, right. It doesn't. Bye!
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Uncle Pete
Loyaute me lie
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On sober reflection (and a good sleep), I changed my mind. Have at it.
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Pyx_e
Quixotic Tilter
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Well I have not been in the cafe for years but today I am going back in all day. As soon as Enigma logs in I will log out. But just before I do I will type "Ssshhh here he is....."
AtB Pyx_e
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pjl
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Hey enigma, I was part of that gang of 4, I think we had just reached that part of the night when bed time beckoned.
If you haven't already topped yourself get in earlier.
cheers mate
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Doublethink.
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Also worth pointing out the cafe is a social space not a support group - if you need I-think-I-might-OD type help you should be calling the Samaritans or seeking professional help.
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Fidei Defensor
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This used to happen to me in the days when one didn't need to have a particular Ship login to doss in the caff. It was usually mousethief holding court, but the denizens would evaporate as soon as I (in whichever guise I entered the caff) breezed in. I think Enigma's onto something.
Anyway, he/she isn't there now, nor is anyone else, so I'll tootle up to All Saints to express my desire to commune with cafenauts.
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Doublethink.
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Fidei, I don't think mousethief's used the cafe for several years.
[ 24. May 2012, 10:07: Message edited by: Think² ]
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Fidei Defensor
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quote:
Originally posted by Think²:
Fidei, I don't think mousethief's used the cafe for several years.
Which is why I posted quote:
in the days when one didn't need to have a particular Ship login to doss in the caff
Whatever, far be it from me to junior host, but this topic doesn't really lend itself to rude words. Even if George Spigot didn't hang around while I finished my Portuguese Cabbage, Potato and Chorizo Soup as I clearly signalled in All Saints was my intent.
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Das ist gewisslich wahr!
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Ariel
Shipmate
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quote:
Originally posted by Enigma:
I have no idea what I may have done but it obviously must be something dreadful such that none of them might have stayed for even a minute!! So I am calling myself to hell for being - I don't know what but obviously not interesting.
Well, you've just answered your own question. Now you need to establish how boring you are on a scale of 1-10, and then work on getting to one end of the scale or the other in order to become more interesting. You'll know if you're succeeding as people will add a few seconds to the time they spend in the cafe with you before disappearing.
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Just when I thought the ship might extend my family.
We're not your family. What did you have in mind, marriage, or adoption?
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molopata
The Ship's jack
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Has anybody noticed how quiet Hell's been since Enigma started posting here?
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The Great Gumby
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Originally posted by Molopata The Rebel:
Has anybody noticed how quiet Hell's been since Enigma started posting here?
Shhhhh!
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Curiosity killed ...
Ship's Mug
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As I said as I left, it was already 11:30pm, UK time, and my alarm goes off at 5:30am; it was time for bed! The person who went just before me had already bid their adieus - and hadn't been in the café for over a year, before last night.
The problem with people arriving at that time of night is that there are two choices: continue leaving or make conversation. At 11:30pm on a week night, it's too late to start a deep and meaningful conversation.
PS Pyx_e - you're not keeping your promise!
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Curiosity killed ...
Ship's Mug
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It was 11:30pm UK time on a weekday night. And you've come to Hell to complain that people were on their way to bed and didn't stick around to make conversation?
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Marvin the Martian
Interplanetary
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I'm just checking something, can't stay sorry...
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Curiosity killed ...
Ship's Mug
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As one of the people who said hello and goodbye, let's get this straight: at 11:30pm UK time on a weekday night people chose to go bed rather than start a new conversation. And you've brought that to Hell? Ri-i-ight.
PS Pyx_e - hmmph, not going to believe anything you say in the future.
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Curiosity killed ...
Ship's Mug
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As one of the people who said hello and goodbye, let's get this straight: at 11:30pm UK time on a weekday night people chose to go bed rather than start a new conversation. And you've brought that to Hell? Ri-i-ight.
PS Pyx_e - hmmph, not going to believe anything you say in the future.
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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Quiet, indeed
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Enigma
Enigma
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quote:
Originally posted by The Great Gumby:
quote:
Originally posted by Molopata The Rebel:
Has anybody noticed how quiet Hell's been since Enigma started posting here?
Shhhhh!
Better post again then..... how cool to be boring even in Hell!! I was a trifle offended though by the quick departures in the cafe. It was like going to a (very small) party then being left to party alone. I do take Ariel's point that I must measure myself on the boredom scale - except I'm too bored to bother. And also I am so uninteresting that I'm not interested in myself.
See it's not all about me - cos I am boring!! ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
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Enigma
Enigma
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quote:
Originally posted by The Great Gumby:
quote:
Originally posted by Molopata The Rebel:
Has anybody noticed how quiet Hell's been since Enigma started posting here?
Shhhhh!
I'd better post again then if I can clean up Hell!
I was rather offended by the quick exits in the cafe yesterday but I'm so boring that it's not worth pursuing.
To take Ariel's point - I'm not even interesting to myself so I really deserve to be here in the land of nothingness.
It's really not about me.....so unless someone wants to take this in another direction I'm happy for this excuse for a rant to be closed. Next time I'll try more vitriol.
Where can I buy that?
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Spike
Mostly Harmless
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testing
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orfeo
Ship's Musical Counterpoint
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Wait, we have a cafe?...
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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Oh, I was supposed to be insulted when folks left the cafe just when I logged in? Silly me. I thought they had Other Things to Do™.
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Socratic-enigma
Shipmate
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Enigma, please pay attention…
You are not ‘in’; so subsequently whenever you are in, everyone who is ‘in’ will be out. However, those who are ‘in’ will strenuously deny that any such characterization exists, and that because you are in, you must necessarily be ‘in’ (which may or may not follow depending on who you follow). At some point in the future you may become ‘in’, although exactly why will never be made explicit, and may abruptly be followed by one no longer being in, just as inexplicably – so suddenly those who are ‘in’ will be in when you are in… and will abruptly cease to be when you no longer are.
Is that clear?
S-E
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orfeo
Ship's Musical Counterpoint
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Wait, the Ship has a cafe?...
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Socratic-enigma
Shipmate
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Enigma, please pay attention…
You are not ‘in’; so subsequently whenever you are in, everyone who is ‘in’ will be out. However, those who are ‘in’ will strenuously deny that any such characterization exists, and that because you are in, you must necessarily be ‘in’ (which may or may not follow depending on who you follow). At some point in the future you may become ‘in’, although exactly why will never be made explicit, and may abruptly be followed by one no longer being in, just as inexplicably – so suddenly those who are ‘in’ will be in when you are in… and will abruptly cease to be when you no longer are.
Is that clear?
S-E
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Spike
Mostly Harmless
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quote:
Originally posted by Fidei Defensor:
Whatever, far be it from me to junior host, but this topic doesn't really lend itself to rude words.
So what? Swearing isn't compulsory in Hell you know. And for that matter, it's not banned on any of the other boards either.
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Curiosity killed ...
Ship's Mug
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I am one of the people who said hello and goodbye.
Let's just clarify something. If you arrive in the café at 11:30pm UK time on a week day, why do the UK shipmates, who've just been saying that it's time to go, have to stay to chat to you? And why is it so offensive to you when they don't that you think it's worthy of a Hell thread?
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fletcher christian
Mutinous Seadog
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No, no, no, you must never take it personally. I like the cafe because more often than not people you think are absolute assholes on board turn out to be quite normal and good folk...of course the reverse can be true too. But mostly it's fluff; fluff about life, fluff about tv, fluff about music and the eurovision all interspersed with a certain wit. Of course these things can get heated too and now and again people do a mass exodus because they find the topic boring, too heated or whatever and it's possible to come in just at the wrong time.
It's a little like when you're working late and you know everyone else is at the pub having a laugh, but when you get there they are all heading home because the one in the corner has being going on all night about how Angela Merkel isn't the anti-Christ and is just a very naughty woman to the point where everyone has lost the will to live - and there you are bounding in with pint in hand with the joys of spring only to have your hoped for event turn to a pile of festering shit right in front of your face. It's annoying, a tad disappointing, but it's not personal.
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The Great Gumby
Ship's Brain Surgeon
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quote:
Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
Quiet, indeed
I know. Listen to that echo.
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fletcher christian
Mutinous Seadog
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No, no, no, you must never take it personally. I like the cafe because more often than not people you think are absolute assholes on board turn out to be quite normal and good folk...of course the reverse can be true too. But mostly it's fluff; fluff about life, fluff about tv, fluff about music and the eurovision all interspersed with a certain wit. Of course these things can get heated too and now and again people do a mass exodus because they find the topic boring, too heated or whatever and it's possible to come in just at the wrong time.
It's a little like when you're working late and you know everyone else is at the pub having a laugh, but when you get there they are all heading home because the one in the corner has being going on all night about how Angela Merkel isn't the anti-Christ and is just a very naughty woman to the point where everyone has lost the will to live - and there you are bounding in with pint in hand with the joys of spring only to have your hoped for event turn to a pile of festering shit right in front of your face. It's annoying, a tad disappointing, but it's not personal.
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Staretz Silouan
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The Great Gumby
Ship's Brain Surgeon
# 10989
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quote:
Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
Quiet, indeed
I know. Listen to that echo.
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The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool. - Richard Feynman
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fletcher christian
Mutinous Seadog
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No, no, no, you must never take it personally. I like the cafe because more often than not people you think are absolute assholes on board turn out to be quite normal and good folk...of course the reverse can be true too. But mostly it's fluff; fluff about life, fluff about tv, fluff about music and the eurovision all interspersed with a certain wit. Of course these things can get heated too and now and again people do a mass exodus because they find the topic boring, too heated or whatever and it's possible to come in just at the wrong time.
It's a little like when you're working late and you know everyone else is at the pub having a laugh, but when you get there they are all heading home because the one in the corner has being going on all night about how Angela Merkel isn't the anti-Christ and is just a very naughty woman to the point where everyone has lost the will to live - and there you are bounding in with pint in hand with the joys of spring only to have your hoped for event turn to a pile of festering shit right in front of your face. It's annoying, a tad disappointing, but it's not personal.
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Staretz Silouan
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fletcher christian
Mutinous Seadog
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No, no, no, you must never take it personally. I like the cafe because more often than not people you think are absolute assholes on board turn out to be quite normal and good folk...of course the reverse can be true too. But mostly it's fluff; fluff about life, fluff about tv, fluff about music and the eurovision all interspersed with a certain wit. Of course these things can get heated too and now and again people do a mass exodus because they find the topic boring, too heated or whatever and it's possible to come in just at the wrong time.
It's a little like when you're working late and you know everyone else is at the pub having a laugh, but when you get there they are all heading home because the one in the corner has being going on all night about how Angela Merkel isn't the anti-Christ and is just a very naughty woman to the point where everyone has lost the will to live - and there you are bounding in with pint in hand with the joys of spring only to have your hoped for event turn to a pile of festering shit right in front of your face. It's annoying, a tad disappointing, but it's not personal.
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Staretz Silouan
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fletcher christian
Mutinous Seadog
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No, no, no, you must never take it personally. I like the cafe because more often than not people you think are absolute assholes on board turn out to be quite normal and good folk...of course the reverse can be true too. But mostly it's fluff; fluff about life, fluff about tv, fluff about music and the eurovision all interspersed with a certain wit. Of course these things can get heated too and now and again people do a mass exodus because they find the topic boring, too heated or whatever and it's possible to come in just at the wrong time.
It's a little like when you're working late and you know everyone else is at the pub having a laugh, but when you get there they are all heading home because the one in the corner has being going on all night about how Angela Merkel isn't the anti-Christ and is just a very naughty woman to the point where everyone has lost the will to live - and there you are bounding in with pint in hand with the joys of spring only to have your hoped for event turn to a pile of festering shit right in front of your face. It's annoying, a tad disappointing, but it's not personal.
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Staretz Silouan
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fletcher christian
Mutinous Seadog
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No, no, no, you must never take it personally. I like the cafe because more often than not people you think are absolute assholes on board turn out to be quite normal and good folk...of course the reverse can be true too. But mostly it's fluff; fluff about life, fluff about tv, fluff about music and the eurovision all interspersed with a certain wit. Of course these things can get heated too and now and again people do a mass exodus because they find the topic boring, too heated or whatever and it's possible to come in just at the wrong time.
It's a little like when you're working late and you know everyone else is at the pub having a laugh, but when you get there they are all heading home because the one in the corner has being going on all night about how Angela Merkel isn't the anti-Christ and is just a very naughty woman to the point where everyone has lost the will to live - and there you are bounding in with pint in hand with the joys of spring only to have your hoped for event turn to a pile of festering shit right in front of your face. It's annoying, a tad disappointing, but it's not personal.
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Staretz Silouan
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fletcher christian
Mutinous Seadog
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No, no, no, you must never take it personally. I like the cafe because more often than not people you think are absolute assholes on board turn out to be quite normal and good folk...of course the reverse can be true too. But mostly it's fluff; fluff about life, fluff about tv, fluff about music and the eurovision all interspersed with a certain wit. Of course these things can get heated too and now and again people do a mass exodus because they find the topic boring, too heated or whatever and it's possible to come in just at the wrong time.
It's a little like when you're working late and you know everyone else is at the pub having a laugh, but when you get there they are all heading home because the one in the corner has being going on all night about how Angela Merkel isn't the anti-Christ and is just a very naughty woman to the point where everyone has lost the will to live - and there you are bounding in with pint in hand with the joys of spring only to have your hoped for event turn to a pile of festering shit right in front of your face. It's annoying, a tad disappointing, but it's not personal.
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Staretz Silouan
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The Great Gumby
Ship's Brain Surgeon
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quote:
Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
Quiet, indeed
Isn't it just? You can hear the echoes going on forever.
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The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool. - Richard Feynman
A letter to my son about death
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fletcher christian
Mutinous Seadog
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No, no, no, you must never take it personally. I like the cafe because more often than not people you think are absolute assholes on board turn out to be quite normal and good folk...of course the reverse can be true too. But mostly it's fluff; fluff about life, fluff about tv, fluff about music and the eurovision all interspersed with a certain wit. Of course these things can get heated too and now and again people do a mass exodus because they find the topic boring, too heated or whatever and it's possible to come in just at the wrong time.
It's a little like when you're working late and you know everyone else is at the pub having a laugh, but when you get there they are all heading home because the one in the corner has being going on all night about how Angela Merkel isn't the anti-Christ and is just a very naughty woman to the point where everyone has lost the will to live - and there you are bounding in with pint in hand with the joys of spring only to have your hoped for event turn to a pile of festering shit right in front of your face. It's annoying, a tad disappointing, but it's not personal.
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Staretz Silouan
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The Great Gumby
Ship's Brain Surgeon
# 10989
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Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
Quiet, indeed
Isn't it just? You can hear the echoes going on forever.
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The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool. - Richard Feynman
A letter to my son about death
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Doublethink.
Ship's Foolwise Unperson
# 1984
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Hmm, I don't know if the repeat posts are to do with our current problems or not - but will try to delete for ease of reading.
Think ²
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All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome. George Orwell
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fletcher christian
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No, no, no, you must never take it personally. I like the cafe because more often than not people you think are absolute assholes on board turn out to be quite normal and good folk...of course the reverse can be true too. But mostly it's fluff; fluff about life, fluff about tv, fluff about music and the eurovision all interspersed with a certain wit. Of course these things can get heated too and now and again people do a mass exodus because they find the topic boring, too heated or whatever and it's possible to come in just at the wrong time.
It's a little like when you're working late and you know everyone else is at the pub having a laugh, but when you get there they are all heading home because the one in the corner has being going on all night about how Angela Merkel isn't the anti-Christ and is just a very naughty woman to the point where everyone has lost the will to live - and there you are bounding in with pint in hand with the joys of spring only to have your hoped for event turn to a pile of festering shit right in front of your face. It's annoying, a tad disappointing, but it's not personal.
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fletcher christian
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No, no, no, you must never take it personally. I like the cafe because more often than not people you think are absolute assholes on board turn out to be quite normal and good folk...of course the reverse can be true too. But mostly it's fluff; fluff about life, fluff about tv, fluff about music and the eurovision all interspersed with a certain wit. Of course these things can get heated too and now and again people do a mass exodus because they find the topic boring, too heated or whatever and it's possible to come in just at the wrong time.
It's a little like when you're working late and you know everyone else is at the pub having a laugh, but when you get there they are all heading home because the one in the corner has being going on all night about how Angela Merkel isn't the anti-Christ and is just a very naughty woman to the point where everyone has lost the will to live - and there you are bounding in with pint in hand with the joys of spring only to have your hoped for event turn to a pile of festering shit right in front of your face. It's annoying, a tad disappointing, but it's not personal.
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'God is love insaturable, love impossible to describe'
Staretz Silouan
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Ariel
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Somebody should frame this thread and hang it on a wall. It's brought a whole new dimension to Hell calls.
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