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1. If someone told you that you had to persuade one of your family members to join this BBS or else he would click a pen in front of you in an obnoxious manner, which one do you think would have the easiest time fitting in, contribute the most to the forum, or have the most to talk about? The only rule is that nobody who is currently registered or familiar with the board can be chosen.

2. Same as #1, but instead of a family member, a friend of yours. Same rule applies.

3. Same as #1, but someone you'd like to see join, but only because you hate them. Either because you know they have some stance that will get them torn a new one by the members, or you don't have the confidence to go up to them in real life, something like that. As usual, the same rule applies.

Edit: 4: Same as #1 (Getting redundant, ain't it?), but someone you'd hate to see join, but because you like them, and know their stance on something would be given the previously mentioned tearing a new one. And you wouldn't like to see that. As in the last three, nobody that's already registered or familiar with SD.net.
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Post by Zaia »

1. My brother Matt, aka Azazel here on the board.
2. My friend Amy, aka Ewo here on the board.
3. My friend Jon (aka jonsan here on the board) who I don't hate but who I got to sign up here when he kept going on and on about how everything in the Bible was fact. He didn't last long.

So, hah, I've already done all of you hypothetic things! Take that! :D
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1. My dad. Only because of his vast knowledge of biology, physics and chemistry and oddball views of religon would be fun to watch.

2. Jess...only because to see her wrath on some people.

3. Sean...who I might, just might get here. HHe would be fun to watch.
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1) I don't really think anyone from my family would fit in here very well, really. Not the sort of thing they'd get a kick out of.

2) My friend Brent. As long as he stayed away from the evolution debates he'd be fine, I think.

3) Oh, man. I can think of a few. Probably this guy I used to work with who said brilliant things such as "Meth isn't bad for you.'

4) Same as #2. He'd probably contribute more to the board than I do, but god in heaven he had best stay away from anything to do with religion.
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Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi wrote:1. If someone told you that you had to persuade one of your family members to join this BBS or else he would click a pen in front of you in an obnoxious manner, which one do you think would have the easiest time fitting in, contribute the most to the forum, or have the most to talk about? The only rule is that nobody who is currently registered or familiar with the board can be chosen.
My older sister or my uncle. My older sister because she kicks ass and would have fun here. My uncle because he could join the mess and the HAB and add alot of military expertease to the board at large.
Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi wrote:2. Same as #1, but instead of a family member, a friend of yours. Same rule applies.
I've got a friend who'd be hillarious here. He's crazy. But also a genius some times. He'd be interesting here.
Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi wrote:3. Same as #1, but someone you'd like to see join, but only because you hate them. Either because you know they have some stance that will get them torn a new one by the members, or you don't have the confidence to go up to them in real life, something like that. As usual, the same rule applies.
Either a dumbass in my class who's always arguing just for arguing sake but who genuinely holds some stupid stances or one of my more annoying teachers. Or my ex. She deserves a good verbal smackdown.
Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi wrote:Edit: 4: Same as #1 (Getting redundant, ain't it?), but someone you'd hate to see join, but because you like them, and know their stance on something would be given the previously mentioned tearing a new one. And you wouldn't like to see that. As in the last three, nobody that's already registered or familiar with SD.net.
If I were still dating her, my ex. As I'm not, probably my grandmother. She's a nice old lady and holds logical views most of the time but when you get into politics and religion she gets a little funny. Hard core catholic. She's also convinced that my atheism is a "stage" and I think it might not sit well with her if she saw a board with lots of people who never "grew out of it".
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Let's see...

1. My dad. I'm certain he and Shep could see eye to eye in regards to how things should be done militarily. Of course, he may not fit in well otherwise.

2. My dear friend Alex. He is a fine, virtuous gentleman of quick wit and snappy comebacks who believes Trek is fucked. I believe he'd fit right in.

3. My cousin Doug. Idiot needs a good thrashing, albeit a virtual one.

4. My mother. I would hate to see her torn apart on this board. That and I fear the repercussions on myself that would soon follow.
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1. My brother. I'd love to see him take a stab at the various Ethical issue posts and Fundies who wander in. :twisted:

2. My friend Zach. A sicko who laughed laughed outloud during the various purge scenes of "The Pianist." He might make a niche here.

3.School mate of mine named Cassandra. An annoyingly hippie-ish girl who has no conception of warfare, human nature, and to some extent not even basic logical principles.

4. My Grandmother. A kind intellegent, and well informed person who happens to be devoutly christian (but not an Evolutionist thankfully.) I would hate to see her scarred by this board and its less than diplomatic members.
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1., 3., and 4. are all my older brother. I love the guy, and he's a smart kid, Atheist, iewould fit in well, but he's a diehard Marxist, and he'd viciously go after several people for being in the "Cult of Wong", and I would love to see him ripped apart. And hate for him to come and be ripped apart. I dunno. :twisted: :( :twisted: :( :twisted: :( :?

2. My friend Sam. Star Wars fan, atheist, liberal, and the coolest guy I've ever met. After him, Michelle. Funny, kind, outgoing... Only problem is that she's a Acid-addicted, porn-addicted girl with an eating disorder.
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  1. Probably my cousin Hayley. She at least reads Clive Barker, is studying Philosopy at university and can hold her own in a debate. I can't think of any other relatives who wouldn't either hate it, fail to comprehend it on any level or be torn to shreds.
  2. My friend 'Sugaryfun*'. She'd probably blend in pretty seamlessly, being a mean RPer, zombie afficianao and Sluggy Freelance fan and having a BA in Philosophy. Also, as far as actually getting her here, I once caused her to join another message board simply by putting a large red button graphic on my sig on NS, linking it to said message board and writing "DO NOT PRESS THIS BUTTON" underneath. Incidentally, this also got me banned from the NationStates forums.
  3. Ordinarily, I'd nominate my, well I wouldn't actually call him a friend anymore, Russ (aka 'Beaker'). However a) he's already a member here, although he hasn't been on in ages and b) he has surprisingly not managed to get banned or effectivly drummed out yet. I guess my second choice would be this annoying Greens Party fanwhore that I know from another board. Sort of a male version of Pure Sabacc's friend Cassandra. Or if it's got to be someone I know in RL, this this friend-of-a-friend whose name for the moment excapes me and who is an annoying, self-righteous and self-deluded do-gooder.
  4. Probably my dad who is basically a good bloke but is not overly inclined to close examination of his beliefs. Plus, his idea of an argument basically involves shouting at people until they give up.
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I would get one my of uncles to sign up. They're all hilarious. Depending on the uncle, we would either be hearing long rants about President Jackass, the best way to survive out in the wilderness for six weeks with nothing but a knife and miltitary-grade firearms, references to obscure kung-fu movies, and numerous other amusing and fun things which I can't be arsed to remember right now.
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1 - My brother, who is already a member, but can't remember his password and can't rememeber the email address or the password for said email address he used to sign up. He's made some posts though, so i doubt the great purges have reached him.

2 - Probably my mate Steve, who is into gaming and Games WOrkshop stuff.

3 - can't think of anyone off the top of my head.
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Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi wrote:1. If someone told you that you had to persuade one of your family members to join this BBS or else he would click a pen in front of you in an obnoxious manner, which one do you think would have the easiest time fitting in, contribute the most to the forum, or have the most to talk about? The only rule is that nobody who is currently registered or familiar with the board can be chosen.
None. Even my brother is not really a sci-fi fanatic. He only sees them as pure entertainment and never really interested to discuss about them.


Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi wrote:2. Same as #1, but instead of a family member, a friend of yours. Same rule applies.
My co-worker & buddy Andre. In fact, I've shown him SD.net and he expressed his interest; he just doesn't have the time yet (as he's still busy downloading Mangas like GANTZ & Homonculus using 64 Kbps leased line at workplace).


Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi wrote:3. Same as #1, but someone you'd like to see join, but only because you hate them. Either because you know they have some stance that will get them torn a new one by the members, or you don't have the confidence to go up to them in real life, something like that. As usual, the same rule applies.
An ex university classmate of mine is really a moslem fundie fanatic. Also he is a pompous, arrogant bastard who's always boastful (although in subtle ways) about his Master Degree from Georgia Tech (funny how studying and living in the US didn't open his bigot mind a shit). He also loves resorting to "style over substance" fallacy when I flamed him on the alumni's mailing list.



Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi wrote:Edit: 4: Same as #1 (Getting redundant, ain't it?), but someone you'd hate to see join, but because you like them, and know their stance on something would be given the previously mentioned tearing a new one. And you wouldn't like to see that. As in the last three, nobody that's already registered or familiar with SD.net.
Ummm... no idea at the moment.
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1. None. Really, none. I have zero family members into scifi.

2. I can think of at least two or three right off the bat, maybe more.

3. A certain jackass from high school.

4. My aunt, who's Catholic.
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my friend Pete, who:

Knows every Star Wars novel inside and out
Is a borderline perv like myself
is agnostic
is a smartass

for some reason he's just not into it. i dunno.
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1) My brother. He's not as interested in the N&P stuff as I am, but he'd fit right in. Would probably haunt the Gaming and Computers forum the most.

2) My friend Marko. He'd also fit right in, and it'd be amusing to see him pluck limbs off trolls and stupid people. Alternatively, my brother's fiancee. She's a really sharp one and would have a lot to contribute.

3) There were several idiots in my company when I was in the army. One idiot especially, it'd be nice to see him thrown to the sharks here, wouldn't last long...

4) A couple of internet friends of mine, Beth and JD. They're good people, but have some opinions that are not at all popular here. They aren't obnoxious or overbearing about them either, but they'd still probably get ripped up worse than warranted.

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Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi wrote:1. If someone told you that you had to persuade one of your family members to join this BBS or else he would click a pen in front of you in an obnoxious manner, which one do you think would have the easiest time fitting in, contribute the most to the forum, or have the most to talk about? The only rule is that nobody who is currently registered or familiar with the board can be chosen.

2. Same as #1, but instead of a family member, a friend of yours. Same rule applies.

3. Same as #1, but someone you'd like to see join, but only because you hate them. Either because you know they have some stance that will get them torn a new one by the members, or you don't have the confidence to go up to them in real life, something like that. As usual, the same rule applies.

Edit: 4: Same as #1 (Getting redundant, ain't it?), but someone you'd hate to see join, but because you like them, and know their stance on something would be given the previously mentioned tearing a new one. And you wouldn't like to see that. As in the last three, nobody that's already registered or familiar with SD.net.
Ive invited whole batches of friends and family here. my sister and cousin have joined, as have prolly a dozen friends. only 2-3 are active.
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Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi wrote:1. If someone told you that you had to persuade one of your family members to join this BBS or else he would click a pen in front of you in an obnoxious manner, which one do you think would have the easiest time fitting in, contribute the most to the forum, or have the most to talk about? The only rule is that nobody who is currently registered or familiar with the board can be chosen.
My dog. C'mon, it'd be hilarious. He could probably be persuaded to lick the keyboard or something along those lines.
2. Same as #1, but instead of a family member, a friend of yours. Same rule applies.


Not sure about this one.
3. Same as #1, but someone you'd like to see join, but only because you hate them. Either because you know they have some stance that will get them torn a new one by the members, or you don't have the confidence to go up to them in real life, something like that. As usual, the same rule applies.
This Neo-Nazi fucktard I met recently and had a conversation with, not noticing what he was talking about until he mentioned something about a Zionist conspiracy in the Pentagon, and weather baloons. I thought he was joking, but the conviction in his eyes was disturbing. The conversation went downhill from there.
Edit: 4: Same as #1 (Getting redundant, ain't it?), but someone you'd hate to see join, but because you like them, and know their stance on something would be given the previously mentioned tearing a new one. And you wouldn't like to see that. As in the last three, nobody that's already registered or familiar with SD.net.
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1. No one in my family would enjoy this sort of thing. At all. Perhaps my sister when she's older (she's 12 now).

2. My bf would probably get a big kick out of this. He's just an all around geek and loves debating things. Also in the ROTC, so he would enjoy you military guys.

3. I don't hate this kid, but my friend Jordan is so intolerant of everything that isn't deeply religious and conservative. I think he really needs to be at least exposed to some of this stuff in his lifetime. If nothing else than for the expoerience.

4. My friend Dean. I love this kid to death, but he's a Christian Fundie, and while he accepts other people with other views, he would still get ripped to shreds here.
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1. My brother Peter, if he can get over being raised as a devout conservative christian.

2. My close friend Jason. He introduced me to SD.net, but I don't think he's a member of the boards.

3. Hmm. There's very few people I don't like enough to wish them to this. Maybe Hannah, but only on bad days. (She thinks Jar-Jar was racist... :? )

4. My parents.
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1: I can think of a few. My Uncle Vince would fit in great at a place like this, where you can swear all the fuck you want, and all that matters is the validity of your arguments.

My brother Robbie would also probably fit in pretty well here.

My dad might, although he would probably get ripped apart in debates on certain issues.

2: I've tried to get my friend Tina to sign up here a few times, but she doesn't seem interested.

3: My Aunt Lizzy. Just to give you an idea, this is a woman who lambasted my mom for holding my grandmother's hand on her deathbed, because apparently, she was preventing the soul from escaping. :roll: :x

4: My English teacher from a few months back. She was a nice lady, but she was rabidly anti-abortionist.
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1. Not only would none of my family like this place, I think I might leave if any of them ever signed up here.

2. Maybe my friend Eric, if he avoided all the serious debates.

3. I have several friends I'd like to see try and survive here. No matter how hard I try and convince them otherwise, they believe that everyone here is the sterotypical, go to movies in costume, live in mother's basement, 30 year old virgin type. It'd be nice if one of them stuck around here long enough to realize that's not true.

4. Can't think of anyone.
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i know a few friends that might be able to fit in. alternatively, i'd likely bitchslap the fool with the pen for pestering me.
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Well, I guess I wouldn't be polite if I didn't answer my own survey, even if it's been three days since the last reply:

1. Probably my sister. She's close to the average age here, and has views that would fit in relatively well. My second option would be my dad. He'd probably have a lot to talk about, and only my second option because he's a pretty conservative Catholic.

2. There are a few people from school that I think would fit in (or at the very least, be interesting for me to see) here. Perhaps tell them a few things not to do here, so I don't end up causing the Plainfield Punks v. 2.0.l

3. There are a few people from school that gave me some crap, but I have that feeling that if brought here, I'd just make a fool of myself online.

4. Anyone on my father's side of the family. Great people, but they're even more religous than he is.
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1. My little brother. He's a big geek, loves sci-fi, computers and gaming, and is actually the mod of a message board he runs with some of his friends from WoW.

2. Probably my hero Pat (if he had more free time on his hands - considering he's about to get married AND start on his doctorate in aerospace engineering, I find that quite unlikely). He has a +20 geek bonus just for being himself, and having a Christmas tree covered with Star Wars and Star Trek ornaments. I would just have to spend some time not talking about him for a while so he wouldn't wonder about me having an unhealthy obsession.

3-4. There's this kid I know. He's actually older than me, but everyone refers to him as a kid. Sweet guy, but I can't decide whether I like or detest him. He's so fraking dense you want to give him a swift kick in the 'nads just so he'll learn some common sense. There's a laundry list of things he thinks that would quickly get him a new one (which he really needs), and he's the one person I actually think needs some emotional abuse because that'd be the only way (aside from kicking him in the 'nads repeatedly) to get through to his thick head. I have more testosterone than this guy! He's just going to get all the shit jobs and ask for more and die of overwork before he hits 40. Poor kid.
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1) The only member of my family I'd want to see here is here.
2) None of my normal-kind-of-friend types would I like to see here, but I'd give anything for my Religion class teacher to be here, and I do like her very much. It's because I believe with adequate logical argument she could actually be swayed... She's already very borderline in some respects.... we can always dream. She's also very intelligent, even if much of that intelligence has been turned down the wrong path.
3) Just about anyone I know, really. I prefer to keep people in my social life in separate spheres.
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