SD.Net Cliques

Robert Treder · Post by **Robert Treder** » 2003-07-30 12:40am

verilon wrote:
Robert Treder wrote:
verilon wrote:

The BotMers..
Hey, I ain't depressed!
The point was that I AM!

Oh, fair enough.

Post by **RogueIce** » 2003-07-30 12:41am

Knife wrote:Intelectuals (my label)- this board has quite a few really, really smart people who do not hesitate to delve into problems or debates with massive information and explanations.

One day, I shall join them...hopefully.

Knife wrote:Writters and Authors (again, my label)- Quite a few of the fanfic authors have done joint projects and have developed close relationships.

Read the above. But I doubt I'll have anyone like Kelly missing me if I went away for a long time. Well, maybe when they notice how few "Zaia Worship" posts there are.

Knife wrote:Military nuts (yes, again, my label)- A couple of private usergroups are dedicated to these guys. Some with real life experience and others with massive knowledge of military gear and stategies.

In about three weeks I can join one of them in good standing, more or less. All hail NROTC, and phear you enlisted Sailors in four years my terrible, mighty wrath!

Knife wrote:Kelly and Zaia worshipers (you know its true)- self explanitory.

*raises hand on the latter* And if anyone hasn't figured it out, you're either blind or a newbie.

Post by **Alyrium Denryle** » 2003-07-30 12:41am

verilon wrote:
Robert Treder wrote:
verilon wrote:

The BotMers..

~ver
Hey, I ain't depressed!
The point was that I AM!

~ver

Be happy!

*hugs*

Post by **Alyrium Denryle** » 2003-07-30 12:42am

Captain_Cyran wrote:
RogueIce wrote:
Alyrium Denryle wrote:I am just messing with you*hugs the gnome*
Awwww... *hugs the BM*

Alyrium Denryle wrote:*whispers*" this is temporary, if you rear your ugly bearded heads... I will hadoken you
*nods, and checks the charge on his Gridfire Rifle*

That is the type of relationship the BM's and Gnomes have. Perfectly put..thanks both of you for giving everyone an example.

We have this... love/burning hatred thing going one*magically tweaks with gridfire rifle*

Post by **haas mark** » 2003-07-30 12:49am

Alyrium Denryle wrote:Be happy!

*hugs*

[hugs back]

Depressed clinically, that is.. hehe. Today I'm in a good mood

~ver

Post by **Alyrium Denryle** » 2003-07-30 12:50am

*massive massive hug*

Damn clinical depression.

Are you currently seeing a therapist/taking meds? I know you used to be, but currently?

Post by **haas mark** » 2003-07-30 12:53am

Alyrium Denryle wrote:*massive massive hug*

Damn clinical depression.

Are you currently seeing a therapist/taking meds? I know you used to be, but currently?

unfortunately, no.

~ver

Post by **RogueIce** » 2003-07-30 12:55am

Not to be insensitive, but isn't that a bit off topic verilon and AD?

Ok, well, I just never get to say that (because I'm usually the guilty party

) so I just wanted to say it now.

Besides, it seems like one of those topics that should get it's own thread, all things considered.

Post by **Alyrium Denryle** » 2003-07-30 12:58am

verilon wrote:
Alyrium Denryle wrote:*massive massive hug*

Damn clinical depression.

Are you currently seeing a therapist/taking meds? I know you used to be, but currently?
unfortunately, no.

~ver

That isnt good...

Do you know of any good ones in your area?

Post by **haas mark** » 2003-07-30 12:59am

Taken to PM.

~ver

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2003-07-30 01:44am

Monkeys, book types, the pervs

Enforcer Talen · Post by **Enforcer Talen** » 2003-07-30 01:55am

The Yosemite Bear wrote:Monkeys, book types, the pervs

. . . thats a lot of overlap. I think 70% of sdnet counts as those.

Darth Fanboy · Post by **Darth Fanboy** » 2003-07-30 02:03am

Theres Everyone else and theres me, Fanboy strikes it alone taking names and kicking ass working his way down a list of scorned souls seeking their claim to fame in this meager existence. A lone wolf whose only pack are the voices in his head and a hunter's mind that serves the highest of purposes, life love, lust and the occaisional burst of sporadic violence that leaves mothers rushing to children and priests into doubt. The one man who can unleash an aura of pure joy and smile without flinching as the universe halts its course and begins to orbit his very soul, which in turn causes a cosmic reverberation that lets everyone know...

I AM ALIVE.

Hotfoot · Post by **Hotfoot** » 2003-07-30 02:49am

Cliques exist, I suppose, but I think by my personality I instinctively avoid them somehow. I might join groups, but I usually find myself looking in. I might participate, but not to the point of where I find myself as like a core member of any particular group. I've also found that actively trying to become a core member of a group is counter-productive. You might see how a group of friends interact and say to yourself, "man, I want a part of that," and then proceed to try and impress everyone, usually overdoing it in the process, or coming off as just a little too eager to please. So I've long since given up on such behavior (though occasionally the urge strikes again before I have to crush it beneath my foot) and just been as honest as I can here and elsewhere online. Usually, if I can't contribute to a thread or I don't feel a need to make my voice heard, I don't post.

The classifications here are loose at best for the most part. People in general, and especially people who post here tend to have a great many things that they are interested in, and those interests can vary over time, maybe even in cycles. How people behave here can change over time...one month I might be zen-like, open, and accepting, the next I might be generally pissed off, aggressive, and twitchy on the posting finger, and the next I might be generally depressed and apathetic.

But we're in a social arena, albeit a relatively new and interesting one. There are people here who are more like us than people we might know locally. People who can challenge our intellects, people who can keep up in a discussion, or share a similar mindset, or share different ones that break your preconceptions. By creating loose associations like this, we may realize that some people are not so bad after all, or are more interesting than you previously thought.

One day, I suppose I'll continue with this line of thought, maybe in another post, but for now I'll cut things short, lest I ramble too long and get too far off track.

Post by **Edi** » 2003-07-30 06:17am

I've definitely noticed cliques, but not in a negative way. It's not as if everyone is hanging out with in some closed group and all the groups are watching each other and setting up rivalries or anything. It's more that people with similar interests and/or outlooks tend to gravitate together.

You can easily see this in the News and Politics forum where the cliques are perhaps the strongest ones here in some ways. On any given day, you can usually see the smoldering wreckage of yesterday's debates and the current battles in progress, but despite that and the insults that tend to fly rather thickly, there is usually no rancor outside N&P and we do get happily along with each other for the most part.

In general SDnet tends to be very open and tolerant, and it isn't in my opinion a very conducive environment for the formation of "real" (i.e. divisive) cliques.

The Mess, GALE Force and SoS/NBA are special cases, because their membership criteria are very specific and in each group everyone shares a single common element with everyone else. Of course, that doesn't prevent members of said groups disagreeing violently with each other over some other issues and belonging to "opposing" cliques elsewhere (e.g. me and Perinquus are both members of the Mess, and he seemingly belongs to the VRWC while I'm in the Liberal clique in N&P).

I don't see that there are any cliques with real negative influence around here, just common interest groups that are quite ready to mix and mingle according to individual tastes.

Edi

Companion Cube · Post by **Companion Cube** » 2003-07-30 06:32am

Bah, i'm Trans-Clique all the way. Or should that be Multi-clique?

Straha · Post by **Straha** » 2003-07-30 01:38pm

Alyrium Denryle wrote: the conservatives... you know who you are*glares*

What's wrong with being Conservative?

Stravo · Post by **Stravo** » 2003-07-30 01:43pm

Straha wrote:
Alyrium Denryle wrote: the conservatives... you know who you are*glares*
What's wrong with being Conservative?

They tend to be smarter?

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2003-07-30 01:44pm

Alyrium Denryle wrote:the conservatives... you know who you are*glares*

More importantly we know who YOU are. If you find yourself in Camp G. Gordon Liddy being "reeducated" one fine day, think of us.

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2003-07-30 01:45pm

Straha wrote:
Alyrium Denryle wrote: the conservatives... you know who you are*glares*
What's wrong with being Conservative?

didn't you hear? we are mysoginist, baby eating monsters who destroy working families!

Darth Yoshi · Post by **Darth Yoshi** » 2003-07-30 02:17pm

I thought those were the liberals. The Conservatives are supposed the ones fighting for decent family values and a more wholesome America. Or something like that.

Knife · Post by **Knife** » 2003-07-30 02:21pm

Darth Yoshi wrote:I thought those were the liberals. The Conservatives are supposed the ones fighting for decent family values and a more wholesome America. Or something like that.

No appearently we want to pollute air, starve children, and start wars at random intervals.

El Moose Monstero · Post by **El Moose Monstero** » 2003-07-30 02:22pm

The Moose Rebellion supporters and the rest of the board.

I.e. Me vs the rest of you... come on, you jessies!

Stravo · Post by **Stravo** » 2003-07-30 02:24pm

Knife wrote:
Darth Yoshi wrote:I thought those were the liberals. The Conservatives are supposed the ones fighting for decent family values and a more wholesome America. Or something like that.
No appearently we want to pollute air, starve children, and start wars at random intervals.

You know Conservatives....a day without blood is like a day without sunshine.

Darth Yoshi · Post by **Darth Yoshi** » 2003-07-30 02:34pm

Sunshine is overrated. It's too...sunshiny.