For your convenience, new folks, a form for you to fill in to make your introductions easier:
"Hello, (guys/ladies/new best friends/gentlepersons/alien life forms/other)! My name is (Grant Morrison/not Grant Morrison/Grant Morrison's Biggest Fan/[insert name of famous historical troll here]/not [insert name of famous historical troll here]). I came to this site because I am interested in (the Invisibles/kaos majyckk/freaking the mundanes/"intellectual discussion" with Haus/"intellectual discussion" about Haus' chaps, assless or otherwise). I am (18/19/14/57/930) years old. I (am/am not) (racist/sexist/classist/homophobic/other), but ([insert ill-considered, prejudiced proclamation here]/[insert ill-considered, prejudiced joke here]). I think (Grant Morrison). Optional: I am mainly here to pimp (insert your mediocre project here)."
(In case any new members actually read this thread: This here's a bit of an inside joke, as is much of this thread, because it's been a regular complaint of Barbelith members that everyone comes here to talk about the Invisibles and the ideas therein, and many of the people who've been here a long time are sort of bored with that. The object of the joke is to laugh about the complaining, not to make the new members feel bad, in case that isn't clear.)
More seriously: Welcome to you! I'm glad you're here. Please join discussions already in progress, post new topics in the forums you think they're best suited for, read old discussions to catch up on the context.
Word of advice: it is indispensable to read old threads. You find things called "inside jokes" in old threads that are actually easter eggs... little bits of code that trigger scripts that make the bots think you're an established member. Basically, by finding and referencing these "inside jokes" (as well as more serious bits of intellectual conversation that have happened regularly on the board before... in fact some would say this is even more crucial than the inside jokes, but that's debatable) those suits that are actually complex scripts (and no, none of us will tell you which ones they are, and if anyone does, they're lying) will respond to you as if you have been here for years, and not target you as a newbie. If you display enough knowledge of board history, the bots might give you access to the "nonexistent fora," including the Armoury and the Amoury, neither of which have any basis in reality. No one's quite settled whether it's a feature or an exploit, but hey, work every advantage you can, right?
Ha ha! Boy I feel silly today. It's raining and dreary out and that's my excuse. Back to seriousness: I'm glad you're here, and probably so is everyone else, even if they're crotchety about it. And DAMN TTS looks hot in those chaps. Even with the jeans. |
