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Danilo
posted on 05-16-2001 @ 10:28 PM      
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quote:

[French société, from Old French from Latin societs, fellowship, from socius, companion; see sekw-1 in Indo-European Roots.]



Sociedade... that doesn't sound very defferent.LOL

... anyway, I have thrown around the "this is just a message board" line before. However I(and probably more people) didn't exactly ment that this message board is just a place to fool around, or piss other people off. in some cases that sentence was mentioned (by me or others)to others because stupid jokes were being taken literaly or offensive, which make us believe that we don't care abouty this place, I do. and I have never said anything to disrespect this board or any member(unless you have insulted my girl... SEE... I even take it literaly sometimes.LOL). nice topic magus.



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posted on 05-16-2001 @ 10:39 PM      
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quote:

I think that this post should be mandatory reading for all "newbies"


A lot of people say that about my serious posts... I appreciate it... makes me feel like I might actually know what I'm talking about on occasion.. glad to see I'm not the only one who feels this way


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posted on 05-17-2001 @ 6:59 AM      
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We are without question a bonafide "society". In fact, I personally feel that we are in general an improvement on the "outside world". How so? Well, here we actually have discussions, we actually "listen" for lack of a better word. This is not a spoken conversation where one can tune out their counterpart and reply without giving a person a chance to finish a thought. In general, the thought was completed before anyone actually got to see it. For the most part, communications here are more effective than in other relationships, which helps us to understand each other better than most folks.

The really fascinating thing about this happy little place we all love so well is most evident at any of the gatherings. I was at the anny party and was amazed to look around the room and soak it in. People from all walks of life. One guy has a preppy look, while the guy he is drinking with looks like he just got back from a Megadeth concert. To look at us all together, you would never expect us to comingle so well. We have outgrown the childhood cliques and learned that beyond the clothes and the cars we are real people. Real people who have many things in common, not just a love for a radio show, but real issues.

I have been inhumanly busy at work and don't get to spend the time here that I would like, but I check in every day. I may not post, but I read. I make sure that my little safe haven is still here, make sure that my "home" is still ok.

For those that would say that this isn't real, the people are not real, I say nay. We are better than that. Not only is this a "society" made of real people, this is a community of very "good" people. In many ways, I would much rather be here than in the "real" world, full of violence and predicated on judgemental views and force fed opinions.

This is not "just a message board"..... this is home. :)


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posted on 05-17-2001 @ 8:13 AM      
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quote:

We have outgrown the childhood cliques

Actually the board is kind of like it's own clique...and there are cliques with in it...there are people who only post in one forum and there are lurkers and there are tools as well as the slackers and the mods and the vets and any other grouping you can make on the board...hey we even have people who speak in first person plural ;)




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posted on 05-17-2001 @ 5:52 PM      
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I totally agree with Magus and I never realized the importance of this board until I couldn't get onto it. It's a place of discussion, a place of news, a place of interest, and one of the best sites on the internet. This isn't like a fantasy world, it's people as people discussing things as people in a larger forum than we normally would have. I am on this board most of the time I'm online, if not posting or replying waiting for a new post to read or reply to.



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posted on 05-17-2001 @ 7:55 PM      
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U know how it says ur online home in the banner? Other than nhl.com, foundry, or porn sites, this is the only place i go to when online at home and at school. I post at least 4 times when at school and post and reply the whole time im online at night. Which is 3 hours. This is my home and this is where i come and talk to people that can relate to a situation i might be having or just talk to people that i have a lot in common with. Yes this is a society but its a society of people who have many things in common and the one that is the most important of all, is the reason why this board exists in the first place. That is the Opie and Anthony show.Yes this is a society. A society that im damn proud to be a part of!


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posted on 05-17-2001 @ 8:14 PM      
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quote:

This is not "just a message board"..... this is home.

::Crying::
That was beautiful, man... (sniff, sniff) :)

This place does seem to exist as much more than some pseudo-realm in cyberspace where people devoted to O&A can leave their thoughts on the show. Reading some of the older threads, you can see the histories, and emotions, of the people who have written here. Love, anger, joy-- it's all here as an ongoing saga... even one of the running gags around here is that this place is like a soap opera. Well, why is that? Because people around here actually care, not just about the show, but about each other.

And for all the talk about how the Board intrudes on real life, I say this place, and the relationships that a lot of people have formed around here, is as "real" as anything we can find anywhere. :)

God, didn't think I would get so emotional about this. Oh well. :)



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posted on 05-17-2001 @ 8:20 PM      
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with the tone of some of these responses...
Why do I picture myself climbing a podium and speaking my first post in this thread with a flag flapping proudly behind me??
LoL, Lord Magus, The OA.com Patriot...


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posted on 05-17-2001 @ 8:25 PM      
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::Obscure movie reference:: Lord Magus, Ive come to fight and to die for ya::obscure movie reference::


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posted on 05-17-2001 @ 8:28 PM      
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hey Magus, I can see it now..... fanfare as you enter.... the band begins to play....do you hear it? "Hail to the mod who's a flaming homosexual".... oops.... maybe that's just in my head. LOL

[comedians recovery] really though, I love that guy, he's great[/comedians recovery] ;)


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This message was edited by slackjaw on 5-17-01 @ 8:32 PM
Lord Magus
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posted on 05-17-2001 @ 8:31 PM      
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eh-heh-HEM...
I will reiterate in this truly important thread, for the sake of posterity...
that
I AM NOT GAY!!!!


NO! I am NOT a Goth Dude!!
"It's hard to garble nawdle zous,
With all these marbles in my mouth"

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This message was edited by Lord Magus on 5-17-01 @ 8:32 PM
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posted on 05-17-2001 @ 9:04 PM      
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Well we all have "lives" outside this board. Some of us, encompass both into our lives. You, who do so, are lucky. There are quite a few people I would love to meet, after talking for hours on end in IM. It would be a privlege to meet them, some though I would like to take my foot and boot my size 15 shoe up their ass. Others I can see myself spending hours just talking to in person.

Hopefully, someday, I will get to meet the ones I want to.





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posted on 05-17-2001 @ 10:44 PM      
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Let me just say this, Magus what a great thread man!!! I have to admit I found myself saying it's just a message board early on, but it has become part of my life. I've meet some really cool people and started new friendships. Props to you Magus for starting this thread :)



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posted on 05-17-2001 @ 11:32 PM      
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WORD UP MY BROTHER !!!

The way I see it, for me at least, it started out as being 'just a message board'. No personality, faceless words on the computer screen. As I found myself spending more time here, I was able to eventually make connections with people. Some I have been able to meet, others I may never - but I still look at us as a rather large 'family' - dysfunctional, but still a 'family'. We band together when there is a 'fight', console when there is a 'loss', congratulate when 'good news' arrives. People come, people go - but I 'grow' as a person when I can learn things from you.



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posted on 05-18-2001 @ 11:04 AM      
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posted on 05-18-2001 @ 1:48 PM      
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Magus, real inspirational, my friend! Yes, I called you my friend. As strange as it may sound. I feel that I have made friends here on the board, although it is behind a keyboard and monitor.

I have yet to make it to an oa.com event, but, someday I will (possibly the softball game), and I will meet some of you fine people.

I agree that this is more than a message board for me, I enjoy visiting and reading what is on the minds of all of you that post. My wife thinks I waste too much time on here, and she is probably right, to some extent, but, I feel that you people are part of my life also!

So, in closing, I would like to say thank you to Magus for the thread, and, I love you all! NO, I AM NOT GAY!

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posted on 05-18-2001 @ 1:51 PM      
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Sounds like cross between a cry for help and a rationalization for spending WAY too much time indoors in front of a PC. ;)

Seriously tho, I really think its great some of you feel so much passion for the board. I appreciate the work these guys do to run it but its not my life. I like to come here, shoot the shit, read a few posts and go on with my life.

I do think however that its not a healthy thing to try to use the board as a compensation for real life interaction. If the board facilitates that real life interaction through parties, etc.. thats what I think is really special.

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This message was edited by Cranky Ass on 5-18-01 @ 2:08 PM
Lord Magus
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posted on 05-20-2001 @ 6:02 AM      
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I see all these introspective and thoughtful threads all of a sudden, yet MINE disappeared? for shame!! lol


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With all these marbles in my mouth"

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posted on 06-26-2001 @ 1:31 AM      
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To The Top



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posted on 06-26-2001 @ 1:59 AM      
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and there i was thinking i was about to see an all new rant about message board philosophy...thanks a lot slash ;)
where the hell is magus anyway?



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posted on 06-26-2001 @ 8:30 AM      
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damn where the fuck was i when this was posted???
this is a great fucking topic

people tell me all the time that its wrong to have a whole bunch of friends on some message board, or, theyre not your real friends, you dont really know them, and so on and so on

i have been going to the board parties since the beginning, i have known some of these guys longer than ive known some of my friends in real life...i sit here and call you guys my brothers, uncles, sisters, whatever you are to me...i honestly care for a lot of people on here as friends

ive gotten to know so many people not just online, but in real life, we all go out and have a good time...it has now become a weekly thing (bar 9)

just think, none of us would ever even talk to one another if it wasnt for this message board. there is a major age difference between us all, even personality deiiference, but we all have one thing in common...the show, we come here to talk about the show and wind up talking about many other things

i met my boyfriend here...its not just a message board

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posted on 06-26-2001 @ 9:56 AM      
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Do you think we care about your life Amy?

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