May I make a humble suggestion for Tuesday night?

[karlrschneider]

I know emotions are going to be off the charts and everyone will want to say something, but could we possibly refrain from starting a new thread every time a new thought occurs to DUers? When that happens it begins to look like the sort of crap we can see on Yahoo. Conversations and debates are impeded and we have a thousand new threads like "DAMMIT!!!!" in the subject line which serves no purpose except to waste bandwidth and any useful discussions go down below the front page which most of us only look at anyway. Yeah, I know I'm probably pissing into the wind but it sure would be nice to not have to
go through this yet again. What do you guys think, am I wishing on the moon here?
KS

[Texasgal]

1. heh...

You are wishing on the moon! ;)

I hear ya though. :hi:

[kentuck]

2. So one person's post will speak for everyone else??

Or everyone is supposed to put their post, even if it is a brilliant post, under a two-line post by a DUer just because he was first??

[Blackthorn]

5. No, Read the post again

The OP is asking people to refrain from making NEW threads. I think the idea is that you are free to post whatever the fuck you feel like in an already existing thread, rather than starting a new one each time. I think it's a stellar idea and DU would benefit immensely if people exercised this all the time, not just Tuesday.

[Catch22Dem]

10. Agreed...good idea

Make DU impossible to follow on busy nights.

[karlrschneider]

11. Thank you. Maybe I didn't explain it well, but you did.

;-)

[karlrschneider]

6. Brilliant posts are excluded, they should instantly go to the 'greatest' page.

...

[Catch22Dem]

13. The problem with that is...

everyone thinks they're post is a fucking piece of literature. ;)

[kentuck]

22. I was just being facetious..

I see no reason why we could not have threads that continue such as when Bush gives a speech or other major events. However, if the poster feels their post is outside the subject topic and of interest independently, I would have no problem with that either.

[Warpy]

14. I'm sure Skinner will oblige us with a series of official threads.

The "Yippie!" and "Dammit!" posts belong on the official threads, freeing up the rest of the board for other topics.

The single state forums might be another place for them.

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

32. Making them sticky will help also

unstick et lock when over 100 posts, and start a new sticky thread # 2,3,4,.....
Announce the back up beforehand. Is it still http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DUPanicRoom/ ?

[hippiechick]

3. No, I'm sure the psychosis will be at an all-time high ...

... I personally plan to disappear after tonight, until next weekend.

The panic levels are already amazing. :wow:

[beam me up scottie]

4. How about kitty pictures?

:evilgrin:

[karlrschneider]

8. I'm pretty sure kitty pictures are grandfathered here on DU.

That's what my kitty said, anyway...
;-)

[beam me up scottie]

18. D'oh !

I should have read the rules before posting!

[Skittles]

12. HEY

what's wrong with kitty pictures? :D

[beam me up scottie]

20. Absolutely nothing!

Where would DU be today if there were no kitty pictures?

[Warpy]

16. Any post without kitty pictures is a wasted post

[beam me up scottie]

21. That's a nice one.

How do you keep them from shredding those curtains?

Mine would be playing "Tarzan" on them before I was even done hanging them.

[Warpy]

28. I adopted both as adult rescued cats

after somebody else's curtains got shredded.

Besides, I think the little buggers are grateful.

[beam me up scottie]

30. I'm sure they are.

All of my animal companions are throw aways too.

[EFerrari]

17. They'll all look like this

:rofl:

[beam me up scottie]

23. This is my personal favorite:

[EFerrari]

37. When their ears disappear, that's pretty serious!

lol

[Clark2008]

36. That's fine - as long as us Dog-Lovers get our OWN thread.

[beam me up scottie]

39. What a face!

I'm an equal opportunity animal lover. :D

[Clark2008]

43. That looks like my Trooper when he was widdle.

My Trooper has been with me since I moved out of my Mother's house when I graduated from college. He's a ripe old 14 and has NO problems (save some really atrocious breath!)

Here's my Troopie now (with his little sister, Scarlett - a golden retriever):



And here's my other 4-legged baby - Snap:



I also have one two-legged human baby (7 years old) and another in my tummy (7 weeks old in-utero).

:hi:

I love kids and dogs.

I'm the animal hotel, too. I've had three dogs and two cats spend the night with me on various occasions just in the past year: all were lost and I found their owners the next day. :)

[beam me up scottie]

47. If they only knew how lucky they are...

14 years ? That's wonderful. They're all so healthy and happy.

My guys are with me for the rest of their lives too. They're family.

Congratulations on the newest addition! You'll really have a full house, won't you?

[Clark2008]

48. Yep - luckily, we just bought a new 2,400 square foot house

and then found out I was pregnant the same month we moved in. LOL!

The dogs have the whole downstairs/basement - except Troopie, who has free run of the house of all three floors (he doesn't still chew things up - and tinkle everywhere like the girls do).

No wasted space in MY house. Every square inch is needed. ;)

[NuttyFluffers]

42. rather partial to venomous things myself

see? this one's happy. it's all glowy purple inside.

[beam me up scottie]

44. Beautiful.

Just incredible.

[Clark2008]

45. I just learned from watching SpongeBob with my son tonight

that jellyfish, despite being dangerous, also do not make good pets because they don't live very long.

Who says mindless cartoons aren't educational!?

[patrice]

7. Personally, I intend to get a stack of movies and pretend that nothing

is happening.

Yeah, I'm a wuss, I guess I care too much, feel like too much is at stake, can't take the stress of seeing **any** votes going the wrong way.

[Warpy]

29. I'll watch TCM

and check the results online before I hit the hay.

[Bryan]

41. If you're a wuss, then I'm a bigger one, because that sounds great

I know the circumstances are different this year, but I was up reading DU until very late on election night '02, and I don't think "trauma" is too overblown a word for the experience I had, and '04 was, if anything, worse, and I have too busy a week coming up to settle in for a proper wallow if things don't run our way. I feel like I just need to ignore everything and push on.

[boolean]

9. It's like that every day!!

Really, what can you do about it?

[karlrschneider]

15. You must not have been around for previous elections.

You think it's nuts now? Ho Ho Ho...
Sorry, no offense, but the DU servers have been smoked more than once in similar situations.

[TahitiNut]

24. It's called "Tragedy Of The Commons"

Utter disregard for the community stability in a "ME FIRST!" mass orgasm.

[boolean]

25. Oh I've seen it get bad...

Been lurking for years before I finally got a user name...

But it's not like threads don't drop to the bottom like a stone in the ocean already...just not as fast as it'll be on Tuesday...

It's gonna be FUN!

For what it's worth, I plan to NOT post anything. At all. But I'll be watching as the rest of you cheer in massive victory...

[gumby]

19. Actually, I'm looking forward to absolute pandemonium.

It's democracy, after all.

It's going to be quite a night... but that's only the beginning. I tend to agree with a Joe Wilson statement to the effect that starting with election night... we've ain't seen nothin' yet!!!!

[LSK]

26. you are wishing the moon here

Its going to be what its going to be. Hopefully I will be at the Duckworth victory party and will miss level 5 here at DU.

[karlrschneider]

27. Well, I'm keeping my fingers crossed for Tammy.

:D

[gumby]

34. Best Wishes for Tammy.

I hope to see MANY posts about the victory YOU helped to happen!!!!

[Crunchy Frog]

31. They should open up a new forum.

GD-brain farts.

[Clark2008]

46. It just floors me how handsome he is.

Every time.

:hi: Crunchy.

[Crunchy Frog]

49. I got to see him yesterday too.

:hi:

[IDemo]

33. Is there a 'sort threads by brilliance' option?

[pa28]

35. That's a great idea. Another suggestion.

Maybe we could have one official emotional breakdown thread if things go bad.

[EFerrari]

38. No breaking down until we get a count and clear the problems.

Well, maybe no BIG breakdowns until then. :)

[shugah]

40. you've been at DU for awhile

and it is obvious that you read GD (your unbridled anticipation of tuesday eve in the DU general discussion forum is showing karlrschneider ;-) ).

so, technically speaking, couldn't this post actually be considered a pre-tuesday "DAMN THE 'DAMMIT!' THREADS" thread? ;-)