Where the Kids Come to Mouth Off

[Flinty_McFlint]

Originally posted by Gattigap
My SO knows about it, and thinks it's a weird though somewhat harmless affectation. She's seen the site briefly, and paid little attention to it other than to ask, "What's that picture of the guy in the hardhat about?"

I've not seen any reason to talk about it with co-workers or other lawyers, on the slight anxiety that they'll think of it as either less harmless, or more weird. Haven't really discussed it with my family, because it would have to be prefaced with long explanations of "computers" and "websites." Possibly "electricity," too. In any event, I don't really have the energy for it.

I've gotten to know a few of my imaginary Internet friends over the last few years, and (so long as you take care to avoid the freaks like Sidd), it can be a good thing, personally and professionally.

Mostly, I see my participation here as an opportunity to meet lesbians.

I joined so I can stalk Gatti up close. And Leagl is right, he is a cutie.

[Alex_de_Large]

Becasue life isn't complete until you've played with Da Ali G Translata.

[Gattigap]

Originally posted by Flinty_McFlint
I joined so I can stalk Gatti up close. And Leagl is right, he is a cutie.

Boy. A man buys another man a drink, and there's no telling where it will go.

[Gattigap]

Originally posted by leagleaze
I keep telling you that I am not going to expose Mrs. Eaze to your kind of perversion. So give it up.

It's a penis, dear. Merely possessing one does not perversion make.

[leagleaze]

Originally posted by Gattigap
It's a penis, dear. Merely possessing one does not perversion make.

It's the obsession not the possession.

[Flinty_McFlint]

Originally posted by Gattigap
Boy. A man buys another man a drink, and there's no telling where it will go.

I WILL NOT BE IGNORED!


p.s. did you get my flowers?

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by Gattigap
It's a penis, dear. Merely possessing one does not perversion make.

This is patently false.

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Poll question: How do you explain this whole lawtalkers/virtual community thing to your friends, family, SOs, ect. or is it your dirty little secret that no one else knows about?

My wife knows. When explaining what we talk about, I tend to overemphasize the PB-side of things, and underemphasize the Mandy GA/anal DP side.

My son likes Ty's dinosaur, but Hank makes him cry.

Concur with whomever said that laypeople think "chat board for lawyers" is a total snooze.

[Alex_de_Large]

Originally posted by Alex_de_Large
Becasue life isn't complete until you've played with Da Ali G Translata.

Pennoya v. Neff by Ali G.

[Alex_de_Large]

Originally posted by Gattigap
It's a penis, dear. Merely possessing one does not perversion make.

No, THIS is a penis:

[evenodds]

Originally posted by Alex_de_Large

Excellent sig line.

I loved the comment about his trainer timing him slow at the end of the workout.

[Alex_de_Large]

Originally posted by evenodds
Excellent sig line.

I loved the comment about his trainer timing him slow at the end of the workout.

4.38 slow. Sure...

[Atticus Grinch]

Postcard from Lester's 2004 European Tour. {Yahoo news article.}

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
If I had friends, why would I waste my time here?

Okay, ha ha, just kidding, I have friends. I also have coworkers. And I was in a sort of emergency situation recently where I had to divulge my password, which at the time was a derivation of my moniker. I was in a roomful of people who immediately wanted an explanation. The message board explanation was the most rational one I could come up with on the spot.

[str8outavannuys]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Poll question: How do you explain this whole lawtalkers/virtual community thing to your friends, family, SOs, ect. or is it your dirty little secret that no one else knows about?

Me: At this point it's hard to separate real life from online, so I don't even bother unless anonymity is important to the other person. I've been posting in communities for over 7 years now. (From August 1997 in my other board, from August 2000 in the GA boards). The line between real life and online sort of evaporated for me when I moved to a new city four and a half years ago and the only people I knew there were virtual. Now, I can't even begin to count how many virtually-met people I've met in real life. Hell, 25 people that I've met online have met the Displaced Dog, and a good dozen or so have stayed in my house overnight when they've been passing through.

So since my other board has been pretty much totally integrated into my real life, it's pretty easy to explain this one to my friends. The only raised eyebrows would be about the fact that I'm cheating on them in another community. My family sort of gets it, though they think this board is more professionally oriented than my other board. They think I talk about law here. Work colleagues don't know anything about any boards, though I do seem to have friends all over the place. As far as they're concerned, I only particpate in work related listservs. When I go off to meet my friends in Vegas or LA or New Orleans, I just explain it's a reunion. My two most recent SOs have been from online, so it was fairly easy to explain to them what's going on.

My wife thinks I'm an addict about everything, and she thinks this is just another addiction, one with far fewer negative consequences than the others (except maybe golf and hockey, which actually get my ass into shape). She's not far wrong. Aside from that, my brother and his wife know vaguely about this, nobody else really does.

Edited to ad - I forward stuff to my brother and his wife from here quite a bit; so if you see something quirky on a major NBC Thursday night medically-oriented TV show that appeared on this board a few months previous, that's why.