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URGENT Board Mod Request: Sobriety Mod

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TaoPhoenix:

Part of it comes from having made a complete and total ass of yourself, with all the guilt, remorse, and embarrassment that goes along with that. Several times. At least.

For those that don't drink, if they monkey up once, they'll still never be able to get to that point of being shitfaced and knowing to not click POST. It takes practice! Lots of it! Like, cases and cases of beer, vodka, whiskey... It's a serious financial investment! ;D

Another thing that helps, is being able to figure out that the last sentence you typed took 5 minutes. And it was only 10 words. That you retyped several times each because you're so blasted that you can barely type. And when you can become aware of that, then it's only a slight, tiny step more to becoming aware of the high probability that clicking POST will make you look like a total fool. :D

I would encourage people to break out a bottle of your favourite liquor, some ice, mixer, and your favourite heavy bottom high-ball glass (because when you really drink, those tiny whiskey glasses are for pussies!), and try it out! Get into some forum with highly controversial topics, or lots of trolls. Probably make a new account though... See if you can make the account sober first and write it down, as you might not remember later. Then, see if you've made an idiot of yourself. If you did, well, forget that account and try, try again! ;D
-Renegade (March 10, 2012, 02:05 AM)
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Nah, not my style. I practiced hard to run Neo-Turing tests while partying. I'm under 1% aggressive posts in my net career, and under 5% of glaring typos, and I've had my share of mixers! But then, that's been my obscure honor code. "Partying is no excuse for a bad post."

nosh:
I thought that was the point of the net, all the fun of chatting with friends and none of the evil DUI arrests!   ;D
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You can only run down massive egos online. ;)

TaoPhoenix:
Nah, I'm a pacifist. Running down an ego "hurts me more than it hurts them".

Renegade:
NOW you come up with the idea as I've started to learn how to not click POST during a heavy drinking session...
-Renegade (March 10, 2012, 01:40 AM)
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Wha? We're supposed to be sober when we post?  :o
I thought that was the point of the net, all the fun of chatting with friends and none of the evil DUI arrests!  ;D
-TaoPhoenix (March 10, 2012, 03:21 AM)
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Ooops! Guess I put out the wrong impression there! Need to correct that, but let me go grab a beer first...

Just in case you thought I was joking...

URGENT Board Mod Request: Sobriety Mod

Hell no! Drinking makes the Internet MUCH better. And most other things in life as well! :P

I'm pretty good up to about a half bottle of vodka, then I start to get, well, y'know... unpredictable. I might rant like a fool or who knows? (Unpredictable in the happy happy sense that is, and not in the belligerent sense.)

Of course, I get my twisted sense of humour going, and good Lord... At the bottom of a bottle of whiskey, I know darn well that whatever I have to say can wait!

So, yeah! Drinking is great while surfing. You just need to know your limit. Kind of like driving. ;) But you get to drink a lot more and still post! :P

40hz:
Ah...Schoolboys! You just gotta love 'em.  :P ;D

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