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PaperclipPerfector  1mo ago (text post)   3223 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for July 17, 2026

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I had to look up lindy. It is a word I shall never use. I didn't know you were dating anyone other than seeing the lesbian sometimes. I hang my head in shame for not being up-to-date.

I forgive you for the unforgivable sin of not knowing the ins and outs of my dating life, particularly aspects I haven't written about before. I do appreciate the concern, I just wanted you to know that I have about the right degree of concern myself. And that instead of simply sitting there being concerned, as would be tempting to some, I'm taking action.

I still worry about you. Call it my feminine side. Jungian, naturally.

A true extremely-online person uses the all-comments "firehose" page, so that he never misses out on consooming comments as they are posted.

I forgot about this page lmao

I think I'd like to meet you in real life.

Brother, same

He's probably my favorite poster here

In-person meetups between people who are not physically attracted to each other are overrated.

  • My retirement party was two hours long (including 1.5 hours of time theft). This was justifiable. There were something like a dozen people present, and they spent the time eating and discussing their shared job. Even then, I didn't actually enjoy it that much.

  • My housewarming party with my former coworkers will be four hours long. IMO, this is on the long side, but can be considered justified because (1) the coworkers will discuss their shared job, (2) large amounts of food will be provided, (3) the drive is three or four hours each way (which also implies some staggered arrivals), and (4) substantial amounts of time will be taken up by a house-design contest in which the attendees will discuss the design process with each other. Even then, I don't really expect to enjoy it that much, other than the house-design contest and inviting people to walk with me on the "flat" roof. (I'm holding it not just to show off my cool custom house, but also to show up a coworker who said he was going to hold a housewarming party and then failed to do so.)

In contrast:

  • A few months ago, I half-jokingly suggested organizing a meetup of people who are interested in nonconsensual editing of print and PDF items into HTML. But a meetup centered on HTML would make far more sense to conduct online: the attendees would share their screens to show off their different approaches. And, even then, what's the point of doing all this rigmarole for an hour of ephemeral screen sharing? The people who would attend can just make individual blogposts on the topic on their personal websites.

  • Several years ago, I gave serious consideration to asking fellow New Jersey hater @The_Nybbler for an in-person meetup. But what would we actually discuss? Merely hating New Jersey isn't actually substantive enough for a conversation. Even if it is considered substantive enough, it can sustain maybe five minutes of conversation that would be far easier to carry out online (with links to relevant laws). And there's no point in setting up an ephemeral one-on-one conversation when it's much more useful and lasting to just upvote his comments and provide links to relevant laws whenever he expresses hate for New Jersey on this website.

I gave serious consideration to asking fellow New Jersey hater @The_Nybbler for an in-person meetup.

I would drive to New Jersey for this meet up.

I would probably drive 2,000 miles for this meet up.

Hell, I’d help fund it. Anyone want to organize a whip-around?

I don't think the logistics are in my favor, but I wish I could come to your housewarming

I think having an insubstantial connection is just a useful excuse to go get drunk together and maybe find more connections, not to only talk about that one thing. At least that's how non-autists seem to do it.

Now you're just teasing.

That comment is actually art. Probably one of the funniest things I've read in a while and not a single word was said in jest

"And there's no point in setting up an ephemeral one-on-one conversation when it's much more useful and lasting to just upvote his comments and provide links to relevant laws whenever he expresses hate for New Jersey on this website." AI could never, ever, be this fantastic

I used to do that back when I was less gainfully employed. I mean, I was still gainfully employed, I just had more free time.

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