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Re: Personal memories from the old forum
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 7:04 am
by motorbike guy
zorg wrote: Fri Aug 05, 2022 4:58 am
Mostly just miss Sup and all the other smart alecks....everything is so grim and humorless now.
yeah but the world feels different now. I think we realize we need to be kind to each other to keep this community alive.
although I do miss some of the ball busting.
Re: Personal memories from the old forum
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 7:12 am
by A_Man_Who_Tries
motorbike guy wrote: Fri Aug 05, 2022 7:04 am
zorg wrote: Fri Aug 05, 2022 4:58 am
Mostly just miss Sup and all the other smart alecks....everything is so grim and humorless now.
yeah but the world feels different now. I think we realize we need to be kind to each other to keep this community alive.
although I do miss some of the ball busting.
I think an amount of that comes with being in a semi-public space, too. You can't vouch for everybody, you can't read the space, so you err on the side of least offence. It's a pity at times, but it's understandable.
Re: Personal memories from the old forum
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 7:34 am
by penningtron
Funny how time and memory works. Marsupialized was NOT well liked his first few years here, may have even driven away some early posters. And yeah, while most of us grew to know where he was coming from some people didn't always 'get' the joke.
(just passed my 19 year mark here
)
Re: Personal memories from the old forum
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 8:12 am
by jfv
There are other ways to make things fun than to throw half-joking insults at one another.
Just seems that the new forum has fewer (active) participants. Facebook is at least partially to blame, though I could see more folks coming back here in the near future as people continue to leave Facebook.
Re: Personal memories from the old forum
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 9:17 am
by rsmurphy
: hitler emoticon hitting slint buzzer:
^ ran across that while looking for the flame war between 'Sup and (I think) Orion Pax. Shit cracked me up. I think he jokingly threatened them and dude was like: we're playing at so-and-so tonight, come see me there. And Marsupialized was like: put me on the guest list I ain't paying to get into that bullshit
'Sup was the major architect of the initial run of BBQs.
Re: Personal memories from the old forum
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 9:59 am
by MoreSpaceEcho
Some of 'Sup's posts in the "Loveline/ask Marsupialized" thread were some of the funniest shit I've ever read.
Re: Personal memories from the old forum
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 10:18 am
by kokorodoko
Digression but I think it's hilarious that Marsupialized's name is Jonah. Doesn't fit the persona at all.
Re: Personal memories from the old forum
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 11:48 am
by zorg
Okay, but there are about a million places to go nowdays to get treated like a precious snowflake. If I want to be dressed down, and dress down in return, Is the beautiful consenting irreverence alive somewhere? i don't mean actually being mean stuff, there is plenty of that out there...I mean talking shit...like friends used to back in the day. I'm so happy that people can have their safe places and all that, but what about my needs? Sometimes you just crave being a dick.
Re: Personal memories from the old forum
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 12:01 pm
by offal
I'm too lazy to check if this has popped back up on the new forum, but years ago a user did a great job collecting and distilling a lot of the audio engineering tips from the old forum, and saved it all as a tidy PDF. I found a copy on my Google Drive the other day. Sharing it here in case anyone else might be interested.
Re: Personal memories from the old forum
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 12:22 pm
by jfv
zorg wrote: Fri Aug 05, 2022 11:48 am
Okay, but there are about a million places to go nowdays to get treated like a precious snowflake. If I want to be dressed down, and dress down in return, Is the beautiful consenting irreverence alive somewhere? i don't mean actually being mean stuff, there is plenty of that out there...I mean talking shit...like friends used to back in the day. I'm so happy that people can have their safe places and all that, but what about my needs? Sometimes you just crave being a dick.
I absolutely don't mind getting roasted when I know it's coming. It can be a lot of fun. I imagine it was well-known that was a possibility with FM Marsupialized.
It's not always easy to read, though, when it comes out of the blue. I don't know any of you and have only met a few of you, so I often don't know the intent of a response. Like, if someone accuses me of not being able to read - is that a "nudge, nudge you dope" - or is that hostile?
