INTRO THREAD 2.0: INTRODUCE YOURSELF OR PERISH!

[pseudoMuso]

G'day. I guess I'm new here.
A bastion of humanity combined with intellectuality. Neat. I've been looking for a good forum for ages, and it sure as bollocks beats attempting to enlight the poor folks in the 1600's.

Like all good introductions, this is short.

However, I'm going to lengthy-it-up (so as to not start a new thread)
To be brief, I less-than-three poetry. Also music. Huzzah for Frank Zappa.
Anyway... I assume there would be more than a few poets here, and I've longed for some good criticism of a poem I've written. It was derived from this equation.

2(bottle of wine) + Angst

Here it is -

Boiled Down

Shall I compare thee to a Mid-Winter Tempest?
Thout art more arrogant and impulsive.
Since you threw the first stone,
Since when you first awoke,
Little more has changed.

In the morning you crawl.
In the afternoon you bear your frailties, crossed across your back as you shuffle towards
your final resting grounds.
Judas ignorantly stares out across the fellow condemned. He stares at you, naked and savage.

And in the evening, you crawl - not from inexperience, but from a maddening despair at your own helplessness.

When you can, you do, and when you can't, you bare your teeth and snarl, place your fingers in your ears and breed complacency.

[Ren]

Hello pseudoMuso! There are some excellent lines in that poem. Did you know we have sort-of a special forum for poetry and things?

Look! It's here!

*stops being an animated, enthusiastic automaton*

Welcome to the forum, Batman. Or rather, Batmen. Here is an official welcome cookie for
yikes
Alohomora (Colloportus!)
perago sententia
retrograde raptor
and
pseudoMuso

So...erm...fight to the death!

[Ketzerei]

I do hereby swear (affirm if religion prohibits oaths) that I am no bot. That is, no more than anyone else; I'm still not completely convinced on the whole "free will" thing. Regardless, if I'm a machine, then I'm a human machine, complete with bones, muscle, various organs, copious amounts of blood, and a bunch of loose water.

I don't have any intoductory poems for you, nor shall I put to metaphorical paper an involved description of myself and my activities. This would surely be tedious and read by few, and therefore would be better parceled out as smaller on-topic tidbits (Timbits?) in other threads. I will say that I am, like many here, a university student who likes (among other things) science and math. Though, truthfully, I am more aligned on the side of science than that of mathematics. Perhaps more importantly, I enjoy thinking about things and talking about ideas, which is (to me, at least) the true forté of these fora. I look forward either to numerous lovely discussions with you denizens, or else getting bored for reasons which will not be at all your fault and moving on to somewhere else. The future is such a mysterious place!

[SoapyHobo]

*grumbles about overcrowding*

Hello new people/ex-lurkers, you all sound reasonably intelligent, possibly moreso than me. Enjoy the forums (especially the sex-based ones ), the moderators aren't all that bad, so long as you don't mind reptiles.

[/irregular greeting to new forumites]

[Atmosck]

Hey. I'm new. Last time i used a forum i was annoying loud tween. Now I'm not. I'm hoping the people here are a little more intelligent than your average forum-goer. I'm a musician.

[xkcd_n00bz]

I didn't know I was supposed to post in here. I thought this was to keep those annoying "hi I'm new here" threads out of serious discussion.

Anyway, posting this to get back to Serious Work.

[HawkMatt]

Hi I'm HawkMatt and this might be my only post. The threads here are hilarious and relateable so I'm going to try and join in some.

btw, is it cool that I join just for the irrational fears and obsessive tendencies discussions? I lack the whole math/chemistry/physics thing.

Really? Cool, thanks.

[saxmaniac1987]

btw, is it cool that I join just for the irrational fears and obsessive tendencies discussions? I lack the whole math/chemistry/physics thing.

Really? Cool, thanks.

Um. Nobody said it was cool. No math/chem/physics means that you should curl up under a rock for the rest of your life.

[har har. my feeble attempt to be amusing. welcome to the fora!]

[Kinch]

Hey, I guess I'm new here, I played with a couple of you xkcd-ers on Paranoia, and it was awesome to say the least, so I figure I'd stop lurking and post a little bit.

I happen to enjoy the coding forums here a lot

[SmoothHeavy]

Doing the newbie rounds. *tips hat*

[DSK]

Wheeee....! Hello, I'm DSK~ A quick peak around this place and it looks awesome. So much to talk about. I hope I can help contribute. Or just go shy as usual and admire from afar...

But yes... all that really needs to be known about me is I'm quiet and I love to draw. Oh, and I love to wear a top hat.

[bbctol]

Wheeee....! Hello, I'm DSK~ A quick peak around this place and it looks awesome. So much to talk about. I hope I can help contribute. Or just go shy as usual and admire from afar...

But yes... all that really needs to be known about me is I'm quiet and I love to draw. Oh, and I love to wear a top hat.

I know I am going to mix you up with LSK. Especially since you both have black&white pixel avatars. Goddamnit.

[DSK]

Haaa, whoops, sorry! Well once I get a better signature up, I hope that should help make a difference. Although I don't know where to look about signature image size rules. I assume there are specs about that...?

[bbctol]

Haaa, whoops, sorry! Well once I get a better signature up, I hope that should help make a difference. Although I don't know where to look about signature image size rules. I assume there are specs about that...?

As long as it's not obnoxiously large, it's fine. Mine's pushing the boundaries on how big's obnoxiously large, I'm afraid, so you can use that as a baseline.

EDIT: Actually, about to change sig to smaller, so that's no longer appliccable.

[Davis Square Rocks]

If I just turned 50, will I be the oldest person at the meetup?

An AARP membership card arrived in Saturday's mail, unsolicited. That just feels so wrong.

[DSK]

There! My lovely little home-made sig is up. Now I'm distinguished. :3

[anna.]

I finally joined for the OCD stuff as well. It's slightly frightening when you finally come around to thinking you're normal, then read four pages of other people's compulsions and realize that you have/do every.single.one.

However, mental problems aside, I love xkcd because it has allowed me to casually bring up D&D in conversations (via linking someone to or mentioning the recursive roleplaying comic, which is funny whether you're a roleplayer or not) and test the waters. Thanks to this, I discovered my boyfriend has always secretly thought D&D was cool! Finally, my dice will move off of the dust-collecting shelf!

Frankly, I'm surprised it's taken me this long to register.

Basics: 16 (17 a month two days ago!)
Canadian
Constantly out-geeking everyone I know

Rad.

[Fantastic Idea]

It's slightly frightening when you finally come around to thinking you're normal, then read four pages of other people's compulsions and realize that you have/do every.single.one.

Then doesn't that just make you the most normal person here?


No?


Well welcome anyway.

And yes, D&D references for the +5 win.

[Ren]

If I just turned 50, will I be the oldest person at the meetup?

An AARP membership card arrived in Saturday's mail, unsolicited. That just feels so wrong.

You will be the awesomest person at the meetup. I'll probably beg for a picture with you.

[bookishbunny]

If I just turned 50, will I be the oldest person at the meetup?

You'll be like the guy at the end of Logan's Run!

[Caffeine Addict]

Hi, my name's Caffeine Addict, and I'm not a spambot.

[Lil'Bondy]

Mrrreow...

Names Joshua Bond (AKA - Lil' Bondy (My brother is 'regular' Bondy))

I Live in Australia and I am quite possibly insane.

I realise that I should have posted here before anywhere else, but sorta forgot. I've probably been reading these forums for quite some time. Just never bothered to register till recently. So if I happen to know any of you're habits, give me a bit of slack. =P

<--- Over there is me and tabby the cat.

[bookishbunny]

Awwww...

Kitten-loves!

[German Sausage]

Hi I'm HawkMatt

now. the odds of this are millions to one, are you aware of the nifty invention called a Hawking Mat from Dan Simmons' Hyperion universe?

Mrrreow...

Names Joshua Bond (AKA - Lil' Bondy (My brother is 'regular' Bondy))

I Live in Australia and I am quite possibly insane.

I realise that I should have posted here before anywhere else, but sorta forgot. I've probably been reading these forums for quite some time. Just never bothered to register till recently. So if I happen to know any of you're habits, give me a bit of slack. =P

<--- Over there is me and tabby the cat.

welcome! hooray for melbourne!
however, one habit we hold dear is your/you're/yore distinction, along with there/they're/their.
so pull your socks up and have fun!

sorry, but i spent a while talking to our resident grammar hammer today.

[Lil'Bondy]

welcome! hooray for melbourne!
however, one habit we hold dear is your/you're/yore distinction, along with there/they're/their.
so pull your socks up and have fun!

sorry, but i spent a while talking to our resident grammar hammer today.

Yeah, well, I live in and around Melbourne, and I am quite sure you are aware that it is late for little school kids like me (well, not really, but I am tired)

And I should smack down the grammar hammer on you for your lack of capitals.

[Hawknc]

There is only one Grammar Hammer, and she does not like being wielded by people she doesn't know.

[schrodingersduck]

Don't just post "Hey, not a bot, cheers."

Since I can't think of anything else to write, I'll ask a quick question: how do you get the "So-and-so-and-so wrote" bit at the top of the message? I thought the quote bit would do it, but all that did was put the word "quote" at the top.

[Belial]

If you aren't just using the "quote" button at the top of their post, you do it by opening the quote bubble with quote="their name", surrounded by brackets, instead of just quote. Close it normally.

[SecondTalon]

Or, to be even more exampleiffic.

Code: Select all

 [quote="Some Jerk"] You're a doody-head![/quote]

will look like

Talon's Da Man!

[Bugs]

Hey, not a bot, chee... oh ok, hang on.

*Ahem*

Hi! I'm Bugs, and am reasonably sure that I'm not a bot. I may, however, turn out to be imaginary if my friend's solipsist ramblings turn out to be true. But then at least we'll all be in the same metaphysical boat, with solidarity aplenty. Hurrah.

More specifically, I'm male, British, a little geeky (working on a science PhD) and long to run off and join the circus, where my juggling will amaze the crowds and not require a 50,000 word th*s*s to back it up. I've been lurking here for a couple of weeks and think these fora are great fun.

So, can I play?

[Ren]

Only if you can juggle flaming torches.

[Bugs]

Only if you can juggle flaming torches.

Yes, but I don't have photographic proof on this computer. Take my word for it for a few days? *strives to look trustworthy*

[Ren]

Well...you'll have pictures in a few days? Okay. Make sure you don't singe the upholstery.

[Bugs]

Well...you'll have pictures in a few days? Okay.

Huzzah!

Make sure you don't singe the upholstery.

But of course! While we're on the subject, do you happen to have a fire extinguisher handy? And then perhaps a stylish throw to go over this sofa over here for... erm... no reason?

[Caffeine Addict]

Okay... so I didn't see that we're not supposed to just say

Hi, my name's Caffeine Addict, and I'm not a spambot.

... so I'll try again.

Hi guys and girls - I'm Caffeine Addict. I'm also known as Paul but please don't tell anyone it's a secret. Shhhh...

I'm a recent but dedicated fan to XKCD and check it nearly as often as I check Order of the Stick. I'm a farker, a mefite and an LJer, but all under different names.

Oh, and I hate websites that email me registration confirmations with my password in the clear but insist I give my password to change my password. What the hell is the point *glares at phpBB*

So... yeah. That's me. I'll be here to annoy you for a while until I forget my username and/or password...

[icanus]

Hi all,

I stumbled across this site quite by accident, was duly impressed with the cartoons then found the logic puzzle forum, which has now consumed about three days solid lurking...

a little bio - I'm 26, and a perennial dabbler. Programming, web design, A-life - I've had a go at all of them, though rarely getting past the keen amateur stage. You know what they say - Jack of all Trades, Master of ... something...I kind of tuned out toward the end.

[procrastinator]

Hey guys. I'm jamie, I like reading, computers and skateboarding. I dabble in weightlifting as well, but I'm not very good at it.

I'm not very good with people, so I lurk a lot on various forums.

[hatguy]

Hey everyone,

After wandering into the forums and finding out about the September meetup, I decided it would be a good idea to join the xkcd community. So, hello!

I'm a 23 year old physics grad student, and a long-time xkcd reader. In my spare time, I enjoy playing the oboe and listening to classical music. But now, I'm off to have fun in the Logic Puzzle thread.

[Princess Marzipan]

*pokes hatguy*

We Somerville people have taken to hanging out with each other outside the Webbernets.

JOIN US.

Unless, y'know, you suck.

[hatguy]

*pokes hatguy*

We Somerville people have taken to hanging out with each other outside the Webbernets.

JOIN US.

Unless, y'know, you suck.

Is Webbernets near Davis Square? If you give me directions, I'll meet y'all outside

Seriously though, just name the time and place, and I'm there!