Okay, Okay, Okay....

[pellegrino]

pelle it is. You evaded my question.... since when were you an attorney? Were you or were you not a member of the SE on July 23, 2009 when I started this thread?

I don't remember, I was in the midst of moving.

[Babs]

I don't remember, I was in the midst of moving.

ooh. nicely evaded!

you were voted in the second week of August, btw.

[Rosebud]

Ah. It's obvious, now that you put it that way.

I can't find your original post to quote it.

When are you guys ever going to get it into your heads that I'm really okay not being in your club? I promise that I'm not just saying these things because I want to taunt you. Why do you assume that everyone else in the world is like you? It's getting beyond annoying.

[Rosebud]

ooh. nicely evaded!

you were voted in the second week of August, btw.

Thank you Babs .

[All-American]

I can't find your original post to quote it.

When are you guys ever going to get it into your heads that I'm really okay not being in your club? I promise that I'm not just saying these things because I want to taunt you. Why do you assume that everyone else in the world is like you? It's getting beyond annoying.

I'm pretty sure it will be the next time you tell us. If not then, perhaps the time after that. Or maybe the time after that.

Yeah, we're slow to grasp the concept, but I'm sure that if you bring it up often enough, we will eventually be convinced.

[Babs]

I can't find your original post to quote it.

When are you guys ever going to get it into your heads that I'm really okay not being in your club?

Why do you assume that everyone else in the world is like you? It's getting beyond annoying.

But is this because you reject clubs on principle? Or because you've created your own behind the board?

I suspect that you're really not so different, after all.

[Rosebud]

I'm pretty sure it will be the next time you tell us. If not then, perhaps the time after that. Or maybe the time after that.

Yeah, we're slow to grasp the concept, but I'm sure that if you bring it up often enough, we will eventually be convinced.

grrrr......... . then i expect to hear no more of it. you still sore over that polygamy conversation or something?

[pellegrino]

ooh. nicely evaded!

you were voted in the second week of August, btw.

That makes sense. I think I was at the beach when it happened. That seems forever ago.

[All-American]

grrrr......... . then i expect to hear no more of it. you still sore over that polygamy conversation or something?

What polygamy conversation?

[Babs]

That makes sense. I think I was at the beach when it happened. That seems forever ago.

I never answered your question about the origins of barbaragordon, did I? I'll have to find a link.

[Babs]

What polygamy conversation?

the one where she schooled you.

[All-American]

the one where she schooled you.

When was this? I honestly don't remember it.

[Babs]

When was this? I honestly don't remember it.

lol. I don't either.

[tooblue]

Oh... no wonder why we get along so well. I like this one:

I don't have a favorite in particular but I walked past this:



Every day on my way to class when I was in art school.

[Rosebud]

But is this because you reject clubs on principle? Or because you've created your own behind the board?

I suspect that you're really not so different, after all.

I don't have any problem with clubs. I have a problem with secret clubs that have unjust election policies and a tendency to exclude people for arbitrary reasons. IMO, having an exclusive place away from lurkers has the potential to be valuable.

I also think there are valid reasons for members to want to exclude people who haven't earned their trust. I can't really see how you can keep up any fair way of determining who is and isn't to be trusted once the club reaches the size of the SE, though. I'm guessing it's pretty dang impossible to have an election process (for the purpose of keeping out the untrusted) that doesn't run into the problem of members holding grudges and using the exclusivity of the club as a power card.

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I would have preferred to know about SE from the moment I set up my account. The information would have changed the way I interacted on the board. It's pretty unfair, IMO, to have a club that secretly exists and talks about new people without their awareness.

I do not have a club. Maybe I should look into it.....