On 04/30/2013 12:29 AM, turquoiseb wrote: > It strikes me, parsing the gloat- and hate-fest that > was yesterday's evening's posts, that an accurate > metaphor to portray what does on here on FFL is a > European football (soccer or rugby) game. > > Yeah, I know that the rabid fans I'm going to be talk- > ing about would prefer to think of it as a battlefield, > with themselves cast as Arjuna, doing dharmic battle > against the forces of evil. But hey!...get real. This > is just a silly forum in cyberspace, and they're all > sitting at home in the dark in front of a glowing > screen, not actually "doing battle" the way they > think they are. > > I think of a few of them -- in particular, the Judy > Clique (Raunchy, Ravi, Ann, Jimbo, Emily, etc.) -- as > clumps of overemotional sports fans, sitting in the > stands, their faces painted with all of those ghastly > MIU publication pastel colors, occasionally cheering > for "their team," but more often razzing the "other > team." > > When "their side" starts losing -- as has happened > a LOT lately, with Judy being bested by (imagine > this!) Share at her own parsing game, or her and Ravi > and Jimbo being heartily laughed at by Steve and even > feste -- they do *exactly* what Euro sports fans do. > > They complete *ignore* that their own team is losing, > usually on forced or unforced errors, and turn all > their attention to hurling personal insults at the > players for the other team. They'll yell insults > about the goalie's mother, or claim to be actually > winning, even though the scoreboard clearly says > otherwise. Meanwhile the other team just laughs, > and plays even better. > > Whatever floats their boats, I guess. I think it's > kinda silly to be so attached to one's ego that one > allows its buttons to be pushed so easily. > > Just think, though...if Euro football stadiums had > an "invective limit" the way that FFL has a "posting > limit," these fans would only be able to see one > game a month. :-) > > Back here on Fairfield Life, those who have shot > their wad in the first two or three days of the > posting week will be sitting on the sidelines for > the rest of it, not even able to yell at the "other > team." Think how frustrating that will be for them, > and how much invective they'll have built up by next > Friday at midnight UTC, when they'll all "hit the > ground hating" again. > > Meanwhile, the actual game of discussing ideas and > dealing with the ideas themselves instead of hurling > insults at those who do goes on without them. As it > always has. Some people are actually on the playing > field, and others are where they've always been -- > in the grandstands, yelling.
Since I find sport boring then that's probably why I'm finding FFL boring these days. How's the economy doing in France?
