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BioDynamo

19:13 / 18.09.07

Hi, board. I used to hang out here in, oh, before 9/11 or something. Maybe a year after that? Can't remember... Anyway, could someone give me an update? What has happened here since? In, oh, about two or three sentences would be good. Please?

Jack Fear

19:22 / 18.09.07

Let's see. You're apparently still a lazy prick, and I haven't changed a bit either.

There. Two sentences.

Less searchable M0rd4nt

19:30 / 18.09.07

We all got really fucked off because we wanted a banhammer and some other stuff, and we were going to go do something else, but now we have one so I don't know.

Spatula Clarke

19:50 / 18.09.07

I thought I had a hair growing into my arse, but it was a zit.

Spatula Clarke

19:51 / 18.09.07

A zit on my arse. Not growing into my arse. That'd just be weird.

I've not had any since, but I'll be sure and keep you informed.

ONLY NICE THINGS

19:58 / 18.09.07

I am still getting you mixed up with Bio-K9. Which is worse, in a way, because he isn't even here. Otherwise, stuff.

Hallo, Paper Spaceboy

20:23 / 18.09.07

Hostile takeover by XK/Stinklet, dystopian future, giant robots patrolling the skies, everybody has barcodes on their foreheads.

Janean Patience

20:28 / 18.09.07

Man, the more things change the more they stay the same.

Dead Megatron

20:44 / 18.09.07

I joined.

And that changed everything.

For better or worse.

[there, three phrases]

Lama glama

20:44 / 18.09.07

everybody has barcodes on their foreheads.

It's not so bad. We don't have to carry ATM cards anymore and Fridays are casual.

Mysterious Transfer Student

20:56 / 18.09.07

What about that day when everybody here and everyone on 4chan swapped places? I can't believe I'm the only one who remembers that.

Hallo, Paper Spaceboy

21:13 / 18.09.07

I still feel a little off from that day.

Tuna Ghost: Pratt knot hero

08:26 / 19.09.07

Oh man. Oh man. You should have seen it, dude, I mean it was like, bigger than the freakin' moon or something. I couldn't believe it! Craziest goddam thing I ever saw. And then Jack Fear started cussin' at it! He smelled like Wild Turkey. I thought I was gonna plotz for real, man. It was wild.

Gypsy Lantern

08:34 / 19.09.07

KEG smashed puny Barbelith.

Harrison Ford, in a battle suit, wheels for feet, knives and guns

09:02 / 19.09.07

wow, you've been away for a while! I take it you have not seen the Barb-e-store? You can get branded rulers, mouse mats, place mats, bibs, mugs, caps, t-shirts, a cut glass selection & they're working on a range of china figurines as we speak.

beep beep beep beep

FASHION

Cool. As expected, then.

Tuna Ghost: Pratt knot hero

15:17 / 19.09.07

Also, a couple years ago some dude tried to warn us about the Jewish New World Order, but I thought he was talkin' about pro wrassilin', you know evil Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage and all, so I didn't pay much attention. Who knew the Macho Man was kosher? I thought for sure he was Zoroastrian or something, like that dude from Queen.

But yeah. Wild Turkey. Absolutely reeked of it.

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

16:48 / 19.09.07

I am still getting you mixed up with Bio-K9.

OK, I'm really confused now. Who was BioDynamic K9, then?

Jack Fear

17:03 / 19.09.07

Tuna Ghost is totally full of shit. I completely have my drinking under control.

As in, I'm in control of what I'm drinking. And it ain't no paintstripper bourbon like Wild Turkey.

Now, THAT, my friend, that is a tipple of quality, and its bouquet, however liberally splashed about my person, is the very breath of heaven.

Now do these shaking hands a favor, and slap yourself silly on my behalf.

electric monk

17:31 / 19.09.07

Now, THAT, my friend, that is a tipple of quality...

Fucking seconded.

Alex's Grandma

18:54 / 19.09.07

I suppose Warren Ellis is going through a difficult time at the moment.

But, not to make fun of him, guys, any more than is strictly necessary?

Jack Fear

19:08 / 19.09.07

Either I'm dim or you're being fucking obtuse. (Hint: I am by no means dim.)

Tuna Ghost: Pratt knot hero

02:03 / 20.09.07

Man, don't give me that elitist Maker's Mark guff. No one who has ever tasted Knob Creek will go back to Maker's Mark. No one with guts, anyway.

A shot feels like a slap in the mouth but it's soooooo gooooooood. I use it instead of milk on my cereal.

Other Barbelith News: some people were banned, we talked about it, got on with our lives.

grant

13:54 / 20.09.07

The elephant in the room isn't.

astrojax69

04:02 / 21.09.07

and grant still refuses to become the elephant.

what did happen to ganesh?

Disco is My Class War

06:28 / 21.09.07

BioDynamo! I for one am excited you're back. The Head Shop went to shit, but there's always hope. I don't know what else happened, I haven't been here much.

ONLY NICE THINGS

07:27 / 21.09.07

We have pretty much withdrawn from the struggle, conceptually - the Head Shop going to shit - and organisationally; fear of stalking and a change in demographics resulted in fewer and fewer demonstrations, rallies and meetups. All that stuff has been sort of moved out onto other networks.

And now I've placed you. Indymedia Finland, yes? Welcome back!

Closed for Business Time

07:33 / 21.09.07

Hang on there justasec. You used this board to organise demos, rallies and meetups? No wonder HS was a more heeving place back in the back then.

ONLY NICE THINGS

08:05 / 21.09.07

Jokingly referred to as the first golden age of Barbelith, and a time when the barbeclique or barbelite accusations might actually have made a bit more sense. A group of eclectic subject experts in the Head Shop, activism planned in Switchboard, regular meetings in Gathering, and everybody having sex with everybody.

Katherine

08:06 / 21.09.07

Anyway, could someone give me an update? What has happened here since?

LOLcats!

Regrettable Juvenilia

08:14 / 21.09.07

What's interesting is that, prior to 9/11 (used as a reference point only because of how soon thereafter the invasion of Aghanistan was being discussed), there was always something of a split over demonstrations like the May Day anti-capitalist stuff - with a certain number of posters always ready to believe the media/police reports of who started any aggro, to complain about people smashing up Starbucks, etc. It was during the period in which anti-war demonstrations were most frequent, most heavily attended and attended by the largest proportion of people who did not usually attend protests, that the Gathering was dominated by threads about the next march, etc.

Closed for Business Time

09:07 / 21.09.07

So you're saying that what happens on the board in terms of level of activism to a certain degree mimics what's happened - or not, as it were - on the streets? If so maybe the fact that the Gathering is all about drinking, whether at gigs, in pubs, galleries or at moots reflects the increasing age and business/tiredness of a lot of long-time or invested posters?

Regrettable Juvenilia

09:11 / 21.09.07

The Gathering isn't all about drinking at the moment, as far as I can tell, relatively. It's too quiet for that.

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