Fashion Board 2-3-04 to 3-5-04

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
Leon Weiseltier of The New Republic rips off wonk's line about "Passion" being a snuff file -- although "sacred snuff film" is a nice ring to it:

• Torture has been depicted in film many times before, but almost always in a spirit of protest. This film makes no quarrel with the pain that it excitedly inflicts. It is a repulsive masochistic fantasy, a sacred snuff film, and it leaves you with the feeling that the man who made it hates life.

Wonk, call him now to demand your share of his royalties.

Thanks for outing me, assclam.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
I'm sorry I don't. I think we may be in the minority, but I think there are others like me who take everything here with a grain of salt, a smirk or a shrug. I'm here for pure entertainment. If that involves bitch-slapping some insecure psycho who has played the same gig for months, than so be it. It's fun. Feel free to bitch slap me back. I know there are plenty of times I deserve it. But I don't take offense to any posts. Why should I? No one knows me personally. I'm here to entertain myself. If I find an argument or debate entertaining, I'll engage. If I happen to (on the rare occasion) entertain someone else, well that's just gravy.

Ah. I see. Whatever.

The point is, maybe no one knows you personally. But guess what? You're not the only person here. A lot of the people on this board know each other outside of this board. So don't act like everyone here is cloaked under a complete shroud of anonimity. People have moved with this board since it started. Maybe you were there for a couple of those moves, maybe not. During all that time, you have opportunities to meet people. So the board starts off as something to do as a lark and then you get to know each other. And here we are.

I'm not saying this to be fb cool. I'm saying this to show you that this place isn't made up of a bunch of strangers. The simple fact that we left infirmation and started our place (thanks leagle) should have clued you into the fact that people do give a shit about this place.

We try to police morons like Not Me and other stupid socks from ruining this place. Every once in awhile someone else kicks me (or whoever) in the ass when we're perpetuating a conversation or argument that no one else has interest in.* Every once in awhile, I tell people to stop being cloned sheep and to be funny or interesting. Surprise!

It is in all of our interests to keep this place interesting. Hell, we lost plenty of cool posters already because they got sick of it. If you want to have fun and be entertained, cool. But, if you don't care about the quality of what gets posted, fuck off.

TM

* Yeah, I know.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Yeah, that's me. Power hungry and demanding worship because I back up the board every now and then and edit posts when their format is fucked up.

I've changed so much in the last year, and no one stopped me from becoming an ego maniac. Why didn't someone stop me... ?

Because you've become such a scary bitch, that's why.

[notcasesensitive]

John Randolph dead at 88 - http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Movi....ap/index.html

I don't believe anyone picked him. Don't pick him now.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
I revise my "case of the Fridays" to "case of a bunch of people tried anal with (particularly large?) dildoes last night, clenched up, and now can't get them out."

ETA I realize that anal jokes are so 70s or whatever. To anyone who feels the need to point out that I am not au courant: Go stick it up your ass.

"It" being a particularly large dildo?

[notcasesensitive]

Which FBer sent this in to her?

DEAR ABBY: I have a most embarrassing problem. My job requires me to make public appearances, and often I am "dressed to the nines." I admit, for dramatic purposes, I sometimes apply too much makeup. I have always been told I am beautiful, and I have even done some modeling.
Here's the dilemma: People think I am a man. Once I was cornered at a festival by an angry group of people who had been fired up by one drunkard's insistence that I was a drag queen. (Abby, I have children and I am definitely female.)

The first few times it happened, I tried to brush it off and regain my composure -- once I stopped crying. But lately, it is getting ridiculous. I am mistaken for a cross-dresser even when I wear very little makeup. At 5-foot-7 and 120 pounds, I'm hardly manly. A week doesn't go by without this happening.

My boyfriend says I should blow it off -- that people are jealous. My self-confidence is in the cellar and I'm at my wit's end. I have struggled with severe depression my whole life, and this isn't helping. A lot of the time I'd like to cower somewhere, but my job won't let me. Help! -- CRYING IN PHOENIX

DEAR CRYING: It's difficult to give you an answer sight unseen, but let's analyze this. Drag queens are often known for their flawless makeup and their flamboyant manner of dress. Could this be a description of you? If the answer is "maybe" -- then it's time for a fashion and image makeover.

http://www.uexpress.com/dearabby/

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
See?

Instead of stepping back and looking at the change in your posting styles from before you were mod to after, you take what I said and try to diffuse it by making one sad, lame joke after another about your quest for power.

The difference between you before and after is that now you have this false sense of confidence in your posts that I can only explain has arisen because leagle granted you mod powers.

And to anticipate RT's response, no, it doesn't happen to everyone. The people who are mods who created their own voice on this board (and, in my opinion, you were well on your way, ncs) don't need to change their posting styles. And they don't.

That's it. I don't think you're drunk with power. Leagle goes in and out of those phases, but my criticism of your recent posting style is limited to what I said above. Especially since I whiffed on the "step off" comment (which will now be incorporated into every post for the next 8 years).

TM

Hey, Skinny. Your Moms, who's fatter than me, but not by much called. She said to step off.

Am I doing this right? And if so, will Paigow start calling me Greatfuck again?

[idle acts]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
Which FBer sent this in to her?

DEAR ABBY re Drag Queen Mistaken Identity
http://www.uexpress.com/dearabby/

I don't know if she lurks or posts here, but I think that chick works in my office.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by taxwonk
Thanks for outing me, assclam.

"Assclam" is my new favorite word. By the end of the weekend, it will be my wife's least favorite word, and my three-year-old's most favorite word of all time.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
This puts me in mind of a Poll: Post the full text or best fragment of your favorite poem. Extra credit for extensive sexual metaphor.

There was a young lad from Nantucket....

[Sidd Finch]

Originally posted by taxwonk
There was a young lad from Nantucket....

Read then post, wonk. You are trailing even ABBA.

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
Which FBer sent this in to her?

DEAR ABBY: blah blah blah, I'm a big enormous woman who dresses like a drag queen.
http://www.uexpress.com/dearabby/

Is this her?

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Christopher Hitchens rips Mel Gibson a new asshole, a phrase I use intentionally. This makes the movie sound not only vile, but dangerous. Yuck. Before I was inclined to stay away out of distaste, but this makes me want to deny Gibson my money, too.

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
Is this her?

I think this might be

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
I think this might be

Couldn't be. I wouldn't exactly call that being dressed to the nines. More like gutter wear.