Thread Killer Champions: Franzbear & Moonbear

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The discussion revolves around the humorous concept of "thread killers" on a forum, where participants analyze who tends to end conversations with their posts. The top offenders identified include franznietzsche, Moonbear, and tribdog, with a playful tone suggesting a competition for the title of "thread killer." Participants debate the validity of counting last posts as a measure of thread-killing ability, arguing that it should be adjusted based on the total number of posts each user has made. The conversation shifts into a light-hearted narrative, likening thread-killing to a horror movie scenario, with participants playfully accusing each other of sabotaging discussions and attempting to "steal" the thread. The banter includes references to fictional scenarios involving dramatic rescues and humorous characterizations, maintaining a light and comedic atmosphere throughout.
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Moonbear said:
You know, she is not going to at all understand the joke as long as you're using Les' cat for your avatar. :rolleyes: :biggrin:
she might, if she knows the "math is hard" reference.. but just to be safe, I'll change back to glamour barbie (actually I think this one looks a little more like hooker barbie, but whatever..) :biggrin:
 
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  • #1,102
Math Is Hard said:
but just to be safe, I'll change back to glamour barbie (actually I think this one looks a little more like hooker barbie, but whatever..) :biggrin:
I wasn't going to say anything... :wink:
 
  • #1,103
Math Is Hard said:
she might, if she knows the "math is hard" reference.. but just to be safe, I'll change back to glamour barbie (actually I think this one looks a little more like hooker barbie, but whatever..) :biggrin:

LOL! Is that supposed to be Malibu Barbie? She looks like she should fire her hairstylist...her hair looks a bit overprocessed. And doesn't she know she should be wearing sunscreen so she doesn't get that dark of a tan? :tonuge:

:rolleyes: I don't think I know the Math Is Hard reference either!
 
  • #1,104
Why are you idiots talking to one another? That's no way to kill a thread.
 
  • #1,105
Yeah I do not know of this Math is Hard reference either... please, explain...

edit... I think I killed the what women are looking for thread with my large endowment comment :smile:


And back to my selective studying I will go.
 
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mattmns said:
Yeah I do not know of this Math is Hard reference either... please, explain...

edit... I think I killed the what women are looking for thread with my large endowment comment :smile:

Yeah, we all saw that and ran!

Meep meep[/size] :smile:
 
  • #1,107
I just looked at a mirror, so I may need to retract that comment :cry:
 
  • #1,108
mattmns said:
I just looked at a mirror, so I may need to retract that comment :cry:

You should be wary of judging sizes based on fun house mirrors! :smile:
 
  • #1,109
I certainly hope it was not an accurate representation :rolleyes:
 
  • #1,110
"Math is Hard" comes from a short-lived Mattel product known as Teen Talk Barbie, a talking Barbie Doll that generated a violent backlash from the feminist community. Teen Talk Barbie spouted vacuous phases like "Math class is hard" and "Let's go shopping". Several culture-jamming posses evolved in reaction to this toy, and staged media attention grabbing stunts like swapping Barbie's voice electronics with the one in a popular G.I. Joe model at the time and replacing both items on the shelves. IIRC, delighted and surprised little girls got to hear their new Barbies exclaim "Eat lead, Cobra!" while confused little boys were stunned to hear their burly G.I. Joes sigh "Let's plan our dream wedding."
 
  • #1,111
Thanks, I now understand the reference. I did not think it was that simple. I think there was an episode of the simpsons that was somewhat similar.

MB will probably thank you as well: Mainly for getting off the topic of my penis :smile:
 
  • #1,112
Math Is Hard said:
IIRC, delighted and surprised little girls got to hear their new Barbies exclaim "Eat lead, Cobra!" while confused little boys were stunned to hear their burly G.I. Joes sigh "Let's plan our dream wedding."

:smile: That's something I'd have loved to have seen!

Somehow I've lived my whole life oblivious to the talking version of Barbie...and that's probably a good thing.
 
  • #1,113
mattmns said:
Thanks, I now understand the reference. I did not think it was that simple. I think there was an episode of the simpsons that was somewhat similar.

MB will probably thank you as well: Mainly for getting off the topic of my penis :smile:

Yes, I believe that Simpson's episode was heavily influenced by the "Barbie liberation" groups.

Anyway, back to matt's penis...
 
  • #1,114
Yeah so I am thinking that since I have a thing for girls with glasses, I could swap out her glasses with another pair that have really magnified lenses. At least until I can afford an operation :smile:
 
  • #1,115
mattmns said:
Yeah so I am thinking that since I have a thing for girls with glasses, I could swap out her glasses with another pair that have really magnified lenses. At least until I can afford an operation :smile:

Well, you'd be out of luck with me. I don't wear glasses other than sunglasses (nope, no contacts either). :-p With me, what you see is what you get. I never even wore braces. My teeth aren't perfect, but it seemed only my mom was concerned about that and not me, so when she wanted to drag me off to the orthodontist, I refused and told her I was fine the way I was. How often do you hear a teenager making a statement like that? (Though, all my friends had glasses, and I really did want those because I actually liked the look of them!) :rolleyes:
 
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Do not worry: My thing for women with glasses has been going down over the past few years.

I have always wanted to wear glasses; however, my vision is too good. It is probably a good thing I guess: I would probably look like an ultra nerd with glasses.
 
  • #1,117
mattmns said:
I would probably look like an ultra nerd with glasses.

Is that as opposed to just a regular or super nerd? :-p

Ooh, I like that idea...It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's Super Nerd! Can build networks faster than a speeding bullet and leaps over slide rules in a single bound! :biggrin:
 
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Moonbear said:
Is that as opposed to just a regular or super nerd? :-p

Ooh, I like that idea...It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's Super Nerd! Can build networks faster than a speeding bullet and leaps over slide rules in a single bound! :biggrin:
:smile: I like that.

That is as to a regular nerd. Right now most people who know me just think I am smart. However, if I wore glasses than they would all think that I was just a nerd.
 
  • #1,119
mattmns said:
Do not worry: My thing for women with glasses has been going down over the past few years.
I wear glasses. Ok, here's me with glasses, not so hot.
 
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Oh, I think I need to revise that:
Can build networks faster than a speeding bullet and trips over slide rules in a single bound! :smile:
 
  • #1,121
Evo said:
I wear glasses. Ok, here's me with glasses, not so hot.
:!) :wink:

I like.
 
  • #1,122
Evo, do you realize how young you look with your glasses on? If I didn't already know your approximate age, I'd think you were still a teenager from that photo!

Well, I've already admitted I like the look of glasses. Maybe it's the studious stereotype that goes with it that makes people immediately look smarter if they have glasses on. :rolleyes:
 
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mattmns said:
:!) :wink:

I like.
Awww, thanks. :shy: I noticed that I am the ONLY woman in my office that wears glasses, they all wear contacts!
 
  • #1,124
Moonbear said:
Evo, do you realize how young you look with your glasses on? If I didn't already know your approximate age, I'd think you were still a teenager from that photo!
Gives Moonbear eternal immunity from banishment. :biggrin: I thank my mother for keeping me covered from head to toe whenever I went outside as a child. I looked like a freak then, and was shunned by everyone, but I have no wrinkles now. :-p

edit: Those are my new trifocals...vision does get worse as you get older. :frown:
 
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  • #1,125
Evo said:
Awww, thanks. :shy: I noticed that I am the ONLY woman in my office that wears glasses, they all wear contacts!

Glasses are hot!

I wear fake blue eye contacts sometimes. Girls LOVE it, even if they know they're fake!

Note: I do know that comment might be immature, which might not be at my current status. :approve:
 
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Evo said:
Gives Moonbear eternal immunity from banishment. :biggrin:

:smile: Ooh, how can I use this new immunity? :devil: :smile:

I thank my mother for keeping me covered from head to toe whenever I went outside as a child. I looked like a freak then, and was shunned by everyone, but I have no wrinkles now. :-p

It's amazing how much of the visible signs of "aging" seems to be sun damage. I'm starting to notice some fine lines on my face, but not nearly so much as other people my age are showing. I have always had such pale skin that if I didn't slather myself in sunblock, I got burnt to a crisp (I can probably blame those few crispy episodes for the lines I am getting now).
 
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Moonbear said:
the visible signs of "aging" seems to be sun damage. I'm starting to notice some fine lines on my face, but not nearly so much as other people my age are showing. I have always had such pale skin that if I didn't slather myself in sunblock, I got burnt to a crisp (I can probably blame those few crispy episodes for the lines I am getting now).
Sun damage to skin is what causes premature aging. The child of Evo has been sunbathing for years and would not listen to me. Until recently. As of last fall she has stopped going to the tanning salon and refuses to go outside now without sunblock. She finally caught on. She saw the difference it made when you get older. :approve:
 
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  • #1,128
I guess it's the final revenge for us geeky bookworms who never got much sun as kids to be more wrinkle-free as adults. :biggrin:
 
  • #1,129
Good morning, anyone?
 
  • #1,130
Good morning mattmns! How did your history studying go last night? I had the thread for a whole 9 1/2 hours! The signs all say I'm going to kill it, in the library with a candlestick. :biggrin:
 
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Good, thank you. I had a nice round of selective studying. I should be able to crank out a B.

As for you killing the thread. Yeah you probably will, I certainly know I won't be :cry:
 
  • #1,132
Aww, there, there. *pats mattmns on the shoulder* There are always other threads for you to kill.
 
  • #1,133
Like which thread? I think I should start my own thread, and then kill it. Yeah that will get my experience up, right?
 
  • #1,134
Did u miss me??I thought not.I'm back in business now.The purpose is the same:kill this thread.

Daniel.
 
  • #1,135
I missed you :!)
 
  • #1,136
Would you guys stop throwing each other kisses and hurry up to page 200 so I can do my play by play announcement?
 
  • #1,137
Play by what?Oh,you most mean post #3000.That's mine,i can feel it.I already have post #2000.

Daniel.
 
  • #1,138
I've taken it upon myself to be the MC since I inadvertantly started this race with post #3. So every hundred pages I give a break announcement to do a play by play recap and commentary on who is in the lead for "Grand Master Thread Killer"!
 
  • #1,139
I've posted the 1-st reply to this thread...:wink: :approve: And hope to post the last,too...:devil:

Daniel.
 
  • #1,140
I posted the 22nd reply to this thread, and I hope to post the 22nd to last reply to this thread.
 
  • #1,141
That will b some major achivement.How many posts do you have so far?(In this thread alone).

Daniel.
 
  • #1,142
Is there a way to count easily? Without going through every page?
 
  • #1,143
If you reduce the number of posts you view per page, you can get to 200 pages a lot faster. :-p
 
  • #1,144
mattmns said:
Is there a way to count easily? Without going through every page?


The software computes for you.Just click on the left icon of this thread ihn the main GD page...It will show:"You've posted 450 times" or something like that.

Daniel.
 
  • #1,145
Ahh ok I see. I thought I had to click something.

I have posted 208 times in this thread, last today. About to be 209.
 
  • #1,146
I guess I'll have to try that when I'm back on a computer that works properly. I tried to get this one fixed, but the IT guy looked at me rather dumbfounded when I tried to explain the weird behavior and that nothing behaves weirdly consistently enough to repeat it for him. :rolleyes: Probably time to wipe the hard drive and start over, but I dread the down time to reinstall everything.
 
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Doing a fresh install is fun. I probably did a fresh install every month or so, until recently when I started using linux. Then again I have only been on the current install for maybe a month, and I am considering doing a fresh one.
 
  • #1,148
That's bs,that's waisted time,bigtime...

Daniel.
 
  • #1,149
dextercioby said:
That's bs,that's waisted time,bigtime...

Daniel.

I agree, it's a last resort. Though, I suspect it may be coming to that...heh heh, if someone can locate the original disks with the OS on them. :rolleyes: The computer was purchased before I arrived here, and set up by IT guys who are no longer here, and the disks that came with it never came into my possession. If I wipe the drive, I suspect I'll be upgrading the OS at the same time (if I need to locate new disks, no point in putting the old OS back on). Actually, I think that may have a lot to do with the problems. This computer was one of the first ones that came out with both OS 9 and OS X installed. For the first year, I used OS 9, because nobody else had upgraded to be compatible with OS X yet, then when I upgraded, found that an IT guy who left had already created an administrator name and password that wasn't guessable (I have guessed them on a few other computers, but for some reason, he didn't use the same "pattern" on this one). We have no idea what it was. I don't even remember what I did, but somehow got around that and created a new administrator account and supposedly removed the original, but I think the old one is probably lurking around somewhere confusing the machine. Plus, the OS has been updated a ton of times, other software has been upgraded several times, some software has been installed and uninstalled and reinstalled and uninstalled...etc. I think its brains are fully scrambled now. Right now the problems seem to be staying confined to internet and email. I just make sure everything important is backed up to at least two other places, as I should anyway, and if it completely keels over, then it will be easy to explain the problem to the IT guy. :rolleyes:
 
  • #1,150
MB, you seem to be quite good at killing a thread for a few hours. As for a fresh install wasting time. Pfff, wasting time is my middle name.
 

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