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Offline Jacen1618

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Heya peeps.
« on: September 05, 2008, 05:18:27 pm »
I figured since I posted two pieces I might as well take the time to introduce myself here.
So, yeah. hello.
I posted a short story on my myspizzle, and a friend of mine read it and told me I should check out this place, so here I am. Even though my first two pieces have been poetry, I'm actually more of a short story guy. And that short story that brought me here is forthcoming (there's a few more edits I want to do, I think, its a long piece). And I read more than I write (reading This Is Your Brain On Music, very fascinating book), so expect new pieces to be a rare event.

And now my one question: Whats up with this "claim" shindig?

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Re: Heya peeps.
« Reply #1 on: September 05, 2008, 05:21:30 pm »
I'm guessing you've been claimed already. Darn.

Welcome anyway!

Short stories are good. I like them. Write them please.
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Re: Heya peeps.
« Reply #2 on: September 05, 2008, 10:05:21 pm »
wait... friend? ...

and whoever claimed you is gonna get smacked! bitch please.

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Re: Heya peeps.
« Reply #3 on: September 06, 2008, 10:51:36 am »
Oh god, you set her off..
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« Reply #4 on: September 06, 2008, 10:56:03 am »
bobman, be quiet. you like it when people 'set me off'...

were you the one who claimed it?

WERE YOU?!
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« Reply #5 on: September 06, 2008, 01:37:57 pm »
Claimed is a way of marking ownership of a newbie... to raise and culture them however you see fit... therefore your claimer is basically your master in a very limited sense... the goal is to have the most underlings...

Welcome aboard and I look forward to seeing all silliness you are able to contribute...

ALSO,

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Re: Heya peeps.
« Reply #6 on: September 06, 2008, 01:54:34 pm »
the rules

1 - Watch out for TheMilkman

2 - Watch out for TheMilkmen

3 - Never confuse sold's gender (whatever it may be)

4 - Flattery will get you everywhere (see TheMilkman)

5 - British accents are fun to listen to

6 - Typographical errors are more common than makeouts (read: often)

6.5 - Don't worry about it.

7 - When in doubt say nothing. And then run.

8 - Bran is automatically funny. No questions asked.

9 - Syllables, contrary to popular belief, can in fact kill you.

10 - Never declare your sarcasm

11 - Words are sexual.

12 - Carmal soda is the #1 investion.

12.5 - Yes, investion

13 - It is best to make your screenname as obtuse and unpronounceable as possible (see rule 5)

14 - To compensate for his terribly prosaic name, Dan will consistently give every new person he meets a rather bizarre pseudonym. (i.e subliminiminal ---> tibiddo)

14.5 - Note that Dan is away on his tour of the foreign world, his quest being to collect all known syllables. Out of respect, no pseudonyms will be awarded during his absence.

15 - Don't too giggle hard when eating cookies. No matter what people may say, solid food can and will come out your nose and, when it does, it's painful.

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17 - Nothing can ever compare to the awesomeness (and hawtness) that is ironypills, hence the phrase "Well it's okay, but it's no ironypills"

18 - Ironypills is IF's resident memologist. She is the authority on all IndyFluency memes.

19 - All new users must be CLAIMED at first possible opportunity. The person who claims the most users is winning.

20 - This forum is for the sole purpose of training and expanding the IF armed forces. When neoeno deems the forces advanced enough, he will declare war on 4chan.

21 - NO CHILD PORN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

22 - Any rule which is a palindrome and also contains no 'e's is automatically true, unless it conflicts with any explicitly declared rule.

23 - Tell her bobman.

24 - Incretion, it's a religious experience!

These rules are subject to change at any time. All proposed rules will be accepted unless they are not.


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Re: Heya peeps.
« Reply #7 on: September 08, 2008, 05:31:09 pm »
I'm kluny, I generally greet newbs by asking them silly questions about random whatever, which they often don't answer. I trust you won't disappoint me though.

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Re: Heya peeps.
« Reply #8 on: September 08, 2008, 06:26:00 pm »
Well hey there.  Y'all.   

Short stories are awesome.  But, um, a long piece?  I can think of a number of people who love long pieces, if you know what I mean.  And I think you do.   Anyway, you might want to think about posting it in parts, as this place has a little bit of an observable and self-admitted tendency to tl;dr. 
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Re: Heya peeps.
« Reply #9 on: September 08, 2008, 06:57:53 pm »
I'm going to answer Kluny's question for you, and the answer is Picard.


Also, hello.
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« Reply #10 on: September 08, 2008, 08:47:52 pm »
Well hey there.  Y'all.   

Short stories are awesome.  But, um, a long piece?  I can think of a number of people who love long pieces, if you know what I mean.  And I think you do.   Anyway, you might want to think about posting it in parts, as this place has a little bit of an observable and self-admitted tendency to tl;dr. 

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we are all ADD posterchildren with the attention spans of goldfish... if something is too long it will not get read... best to slowly break it up to give people time to assimilate...
Ironypills - Yay! I'm coming!
Cyanide - I did NOT just have that orgasm!
Bowers - I really wanna come

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I just want to do at least one illegal thing
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Re: Heya peeps.
« Reply #11 on: September 09, 2008, 12:40:33 am »
I agree with radtastic, Picard would win. Answer me this back though, which is better, the Picard Maneuver or the Adama Maneuver?
And yeah, I was noticing that most pieces around here are about 3-4 paragraphs at most. So, in that case, I will have to post a series of like.... 12 pieces, ha. No no, more like plump 3-4 plump pieces.

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Re: Heya peeps.
« Reply #12 on: September 09, 2008, 04:20:23 am »
Real short stories are probably long pieces to IF :P

I posted a shortstory-ish thing, and it got a fair few comments, so it is possible to break that rule, in some cases, if you whore it enough :P
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« Reply #13 on: September 09, 2008, 04:35:38 am »
neo, they just suck up to you.
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Re: Heya peeps.
« Reply #14 on: September 09, 2008, 06:12:33 am »
Hi, I'm whatever it is you read to the left of this message. I once made a palindromic rule that followed 22, but it didn't stick. I also once swallowed a thumb tack, but that's unrelated to anything.
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