From tmcd@jump.net Tue Apr 10 13:13:51 2001 Path: news.bu.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!dreaderd!not-for-mail From: tmcd@jump.net (Timothy A. McDaniel) Newsgroups: alt.humor.best-of-usenet Subject: [alt.folklore.urban] Re: Fake Moon Landing Followup-To: alt.humor.best-of-usenet.d Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 19:56:52 +0000 (UTC) Organization: best of usenet humor Sender: amu@daemon.mit.edu Approved: ahbou-mod@duke.edu Message-ID: X-Disclaimer: The "Approved" header verifies header information for article transmission and does not imply approval of content. See .sig below. X-Submissions-To: ahbou-sub@acpub.duke.edu X-Posting-Moderator: Aaron M. Ucko X-FAQ-Is-At: ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/faqs/best-of-usenet-humor X-FAQ-Via-WWW: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/best-of-usenet-humor/ X-For-FAQ-Mailto: ahboufaq@eey.org Lines: 64 NNTP-Posting-Host: DAEMON-UNPLUGGED.MIT.EDU X-Trace: 986846212 senator-bedfellow.mit.edu 1921 18.248.2.59 Xref: news.bu.edu alt.humor.best-of-usenet:13297 Subject: Re: Fake Moon Landing From: atticus@mindspring.com (Andy Walton) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban In article , "Dave Butner" wrote: :I'm not so sure about all of this. I think you are giving AFU far too much :credit than they deserve from what I have seen. Posting to a ng is not :friggin rocket science, you know. Lurk for a month before I post? Gimme a :break. I don't buy all this. Well, there's always the "pound sand up your ass" alternative approach. A newsgroup is like any other community, online or off. You can either take the time to understand its standards and mores and rhythms, or you can jump right in and demand that it meet your standards rather than trying to meet its. On the 'Net or in the Real World, you have every legal right to act like a flaming asshole, but it won't make you any friends. :Read the faq. Read this, read that, be like :such and such. What is this newsgroup, a friggin' formal country club? Back to the community metaphor. Suppose you move into a house in a long-established neighborhood. Your next-door-neighbor comes over and says "I see you've got a Camaro on jack stands in your front yard. We don't do that around here." Do you say: a) I'm sorry. I didn't mean to bother anyone. I'll move my restoration project into the garage. b) I'm restoring the car as a hobby. If I threw a tarp over it, would that be okay? c) Fuck off, you withered old cunt, there's no law against it. Now look back over your flood of posts in the last 24 hours, and see which analogy you think fits. :Dave "question authority" Butner Well, gee. There's an original approach. If you're a pain in the ass, it's in service of some Greater Truth. After all, people hated Socrates and Galileo, and they were revolutionaries, so if people hate you, you must be a revolutionary. News flash: There is no authority on Usenet (TINC). AFU has maintained its standards through consensus and civility. So drop the charade of being some sort of courageous non-conformist; "question authority," in this instance, translates to "fuck manners." Being an irritant is no badge of honor in itself: A grain of sand in an oyster is an irritant that produces a pearl. A mosquito on a human is an irritant that produces itching welts and malaria before it gets swatted into oblivion. Apparently, no one explained to you the difference between storming the Bastille and pissing in the punchbowl. -- "I have no use for humility. I am a fellow with an exceptional talent." -- Jackie Gleason -- Moderators accept or reject articles based solely on the criteria posted in the Frequently Asked Questions. Article content is the responsibility of the submitter. Submit articles to ahbou-sub@duke.edu. To write to the moderators, send mail to ahbou-mod@duke.edu.