How to tell if you've been FReeping too long

Me ^ | June 10, 2009 | AAABEST

[AAABEST]

How to tell if you've been FReeping too long

If some, many or all of the following apply to you, you probably have been FReeping too long.

• You remember when you had to know basic HTML in order to form a decent post.
   
• You remember when the entire thread had to be 86’d in order to remove a single post.
   
• You remember when if someone forgot to close their italics, bold tags, the entire thread after that point was in bold or italics.
   
• You remember when if a disruptor made a mess of things during the wee hours of the night, we’d all have to wait until morning (Pacific Standard Time) for Jimrob to arise to take care of the problem.
   
• You remember when at times it got so bad during the wee hours of the night, some would implore those who had JimRob’s number to wake him up take care of the problem.
   
• You remember JimRob waking up in the wee hours of the night to take care of the problem.
   
• You remember (and in a strange way kind of miss) Michael Rivero.
   
• You remember (but don’t miss) Toilet Man.
   
• You can’t count how many FReepers you knew and/or interacted with that have passed away.
   
• You’re affectionately considered an “old timer” by others, though you’re not sure how much you enjoy that designation.
   
• You consider anyone who joined after the last millennium a N00b.
   
• You remember when Lazamataz was a N00b.
   
• You still consider Laz a N00b.
   
• You’ve long ago realized that others don’t read your posts and if they do, they probably don’t care what you think.
   
• You find it quaint when newer posters think others read their posts or care what they think.
   
• You wonder how you’ve gotten on all of these “ping lists.”
   
• You no longer bother asking others to take you off their ping lists and just let them go ahead and have their way with your inbox.
   
• You're wondering how you got on the ping list to this thread.
   
• Lots of FReepers have become personal friends and acquaintances.
   
• Lots of personal friends and acquaintances have become FReepers.
   
• Lots of personal friends and acquaintances have become ex-FReepers.
   
• Having so many personal friends and acquaintances on FR “cramps your style.”
   
• Despite having an anonymous screenname, because of you're friends and acquaintances, you’ve long ago given up any fanciful notion of anonymity.
   
• You can’t count how many times you’ve been furious with, then have subsequently forgiven JimRob.
   
• JimRob can’t count how many times he’s been furious with, then has subsequently has forgiven you.
   
• The aggregate time of the various “vacations” you’ve taken from FR (self-imposed or otherwise), total a longer period of time most posters’ time as members.
   
• You imagine all the kool stuff you could buy if you had all the money you've donated to FR in one lump sum.
   
• You imagine all the kool stuff you could buy if you had all the money you've spent on lodging and travel attending FR events (cruises, FReeps, gatherings etc.).
   
• You’ve actually bought a lot of kool stuff with the money you made (directly or indirectly) due in some way to your interactions on FR.
   
• If Obama were to use FR to compile an enemies list, your longevity alone would cause your screenname to feature prominently.
   

[AAABEST]

In bygone days Ents roamed an internet paradise of purposeful forums, but in recent times Ents have grown quiet. Indeed, Ents are so rarely heard from these days that netizens have begun to doubt that they ever existed. Being privy to the secrets of the ancients Ents are an extremely powerful Warriors, and are all the more so because of the veneration in which they are held. Warriors who chop and burn an Ent in battle will not earn glory, but will instead incite the enmity of the entire forum.

[CatoRenasci]

Newbie

[AAABEST]

ping

[DCBryan1]

....You remember “Esquire”

[Izzy Dunne]

• You miss the ASH ALERTS from Don Morgan

[DCBryan1]

JimRob can’t count how many times he’s been furious with, then has subsequently has forgiven you.

LOL....how true....hell, I've had 5 handles: DCBRYAN, DCBRYAN2, DCBRYAN3, DCBRYAN4...and Jim let me keep this one ;)

[MarineBrat]

You remember when you had to know basic HTML in order to form a decent post.

Still the case!

[Principled]

You remember when if someone forgot to close their italics, bold tags, the entire thread after that point was in bold or italics.

< /i> italians OFF!

he he he he

Nice thread AAA

[tet68]

I kinda miss those open tags, you never knew what you’d see.
I don’t know much HTML but what I know I had to learn here.

[Izzy Dunne]

• Your screen name applied to the President, then DIDN"T apply to the President, then APPLIES again.

[AAABEST]

....You remember “Esquire”

Eschoir to be technical, but yes, who could forget? I was afraid to give JimRob ogeda by mentioning him.

[qwertypie]

In 97 there were about 3 posts a day, and 2 of them were usually about Mena. Seriously.

[CatoRenasci]

Oh, a few more:

You remember Clarity and Connie Hair.

You thought JimRob was nuts for requiring registration.

You found FR from the original Drudge link.

[ShadowAce]

I haven’t been around as long as you have, but I remember a bunch of these items.

[theDentist]

You’ve been accused of being a DU troll for one thing or another.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

Be gone Italians

There, fixed it.

[Izzy Dunne]

• You remember Quidam and his cryptic forecasts.

[GeronL]

aaaahhh... yeppers. Some of those apply to me. I don’t remember the days before the CompuServe days or whatever though.. I think I started lurking in ‘97 or something

[DCBryan1]

You remember Clarity and Connie Hair.

LOL...what happened to them? msantifeminazi, connie, and a couple more came to Arkansas a while back....

Last I heard, Connie was in DC (again), and msantifeminazi had left her husband and kids to date "Registered".

[VA40]

CLOSE YOUR TAGS!!

That was a long time ago. Makes me realize how much money I probably owe JimRob.

[lilylangtree]

I’ve been on FR for years and I still can’t post pictures easily. Once a year I try and I MAY get it right. Most of the time I screw up posting pics.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

Sorry didn’t read your post - you got there first.

[icwhatudo]

OnewhoKnows vs TheRepublican flame wars.
A+Bert
AlamoGirls List
Poopy Pool

[ßuddaßudd]

What ? No Tourist Guy reference?

[snowrip]

I believe that the Ents will reawaken themselves in short order, as the democrat party has just announced that it will move to implement socialized medicine by August.

Which reminds me of another way of telling if you’ve been FReeping for a while, but not too long: you remember how we kicked the living snot out of two attempts at passing amnesty... because we remembered who we are and what we represent.

Let’s roll.

[sofaman]

Yes!!!

You remember the thread that enshrined into FReeper folklore the words "series" and "hugh"

[Vision]

Having so many personal friends and acquaintances on FR “cramps your style.”

(:

[Bush_Democrat]

Vaguely remember something about 'lost in the huntgarten forest' (sp?)

Oh well, they say the second thing to go when you get older is the memory.....
I can't rememer what the first thing to go is....

[justaguy]

Thailand?

[icwhatudo]

Finding the link thru Drudge
Seeing Drudge drop the link
Realizing (only recently) its actually back up on Drudge.

When did he finally put us back up?

[Alamo-Girl]

LOLOL!

[woollyone]

You remember the DeepInTheHurtgenForest flap.

[SIDENET]

You point out a hot chick to your friends, and proclaim her to be “NOT GUILTY” (to their confusion).

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

How about the “girl” that was actually a guy who used to post in colored letters?

[Peter W. Kessler]

I remember him / her / it protesting across the street, mostly in Florida.

I believe he / she / it belonged to an organization called the “Oral Majority.”

He / she / it was, I believe, the only member.

[Billthedrill]

The lone tortoise

opens your memory

and you recall quidam

;-)

[mysterio]

You remember when if someone forgot to close their italics, bold tags, the entire thread after that point was in bold or italics.

lol, I remember that.

[theDentist]

And the day someone beeber was stuned.

[woollyone]

beat me by secoonds!
lol

[Straight Vermonter]

I remember we’d get three or four posts in a row with people closing the tags.

[Fellow Traveler]

You remember “Quidam”

[sofaman]

that too

[Bush_Democrat]

Don’t forget ‘stuned’ my ‘beeber’

[snowrip]

Also, you remember Mia T. We could use her around here.

[woollyone]

notso classygreeneyedblonde!

aaack

[CatoRenasci]

Quidam and Deep in the Hurtgen Forest were two different posters who alluded to having special knowledge/access to classified information but turned out to be simply clever Hans types.

[dalereed]

“You remember Clarity and Connie Hair.”

Connie posted here not too long ago.

[sofaman]

How could I forget?! Silly me ;-0

[Bush_Democrat]

Ah, ya beat me!!

[Interesting Times]

....You remember “Esquire”

Bert. Deep in the Hurtgen Forest. quidam.