Life, The Universe And Everything

[thorfinn]

So, bunnikins said to me on Friday night, "Why didn't anyone that was trying to persuade me to sign up to LJ just tell me that it was a BBS?" Didn't think much about it at the time, but I later realised, well, actually, the number of people kicking around from the BBS era is damned small, although there is a definite contingent. There's certainly an interesting level of similarity, and although there's more flexibility in community-structure on LJ than there ever was on BBSes, there's a similar feel...

As for my asociality... I seem to have fallen back into being social. At least, I'm now back in the set of Involveds (in an Iain M. Banks - Culture sense), as far as social-world foo is concerned. I've had serious talks with lirion and rickybuchanan about relationships, and I'm also now in a relationship with seedy_girl... I do tend to dither around for a while, but once I stop dithering, things move relatively rapidly.

Oh, and Carmina rehearsals are going well... In Taberna is always fun, and the first run-through always scares hell out of 90% of the male sections of the choir. This is because, well, the other 10% who've done it before have it basically memorised, and the MUCS conductor does the first run-through at slightly above normal speed, which results in 10% of the choir getting it bang on, and the rest of the men going, "ye gods", and being all over the place. :)

Comments

[gudriba.livejournal.com]

They're doing Carmina Banana AGAIN???

Ah well, I suppose it's quite fun...

Well yes.

[tyggerjai.livejournal.com]

> and although there's more flexibility in community-structure on > LJ than there ever was on BBSes, there's a similar feel
It's full of geeks. You geek.

sol.
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[mmmetta.livejournal.com]

people did stuff other than download/upload warez/mods/hacks/etc from BBSen? i thought that was just a myth perpetuated by the ltuae guys...

[meleah.livejournal.com]

Hey I was a BBSer!
SoAK and Nemesis. Always Melee though!

Mucs

[pollyanna-n.livejournal.com]

My mother has joined MUCS

And she's talking about going away on choir camp sometime in Sept )I think).

Good old Mum

Good old MUCS!

Will have to come and see Carmina when I get back.

It's the oldies that are the goodies.

Re: Well yes.

[silverblue.livejournal.com]

No geeks here! Shhh...

:)

[icemaiden.livejournal.com]

ooohh *kissy kissy kissy*

:P

its so kyooot

[thorfinn]

Hah. :) So, we're being sickeningly cute. Oops. ;)

Re: Mucs

[thorfinn]

So, who's yer Mum then? And yeah, Carmina camp is 13th September or thereabouts.

[thorfinn]

Heh, yeah. It's only been two years... but this time, it's a combined with RMPS thang, so that should be interesting.

Re:

[icemaiden.livejournal.com]

its ok

It gives me an exucse to poke fun :P

[nigelw.livejournal.com]

I have been instructed to come to Melbourne again soon so that retaliatory strikes may be launched. :)

BBSing.

[bunnikins.livejournal.com]

You know, I keep claiming not to be a geek. But my entire social group, past and present, can be divided into 4 categories, 2 entirely geekish, and 2 with a great deal of crossover:
1. Met on a BBS.
2. Was introduced to by someone I met on a BBS.
3. Met at a gothclub I went to regularly because all my BBS-friends went.
4. Met at the Valhalla.

And if you think the last category looks out of place, you obviously weren't hanging around the Val when I was....

Re: BBSing.

[thorfinn]

Hee. :) Actually, it occurs to me... that's probably why LJ feels like a BBS to you (and, to some extent to me). You're surrounded by BBSers, and thus, LJ feels like a BBS. Me, I'm surrounded by early 1990 era net-geeks, so it feels to me like Usenet circa 1990... Yay for self-defined communities.

[mikz.livejournal.com]

A BBS... yeah, I suppose there is some similarity! And I'll bet most 1980s BBSers have an LJ as well!

For me the question was "why didn't anybody tell me that it's not a commercial venture"—see one of my first-ever LJ posts.

I only just noticed you on my "friend of" page—nice to see you!

[thorfinn]

Meep! :) LTNS indeed.

Self-defined communities

[bunnikins.livejournal.com]

This would be why I keep being astonished at the crap deemed popular, as in "popular media" - I keep forgetting that the world's not made up of goths, geeks, and gamers. :)

Re: Self-defined communities

[entrippy.livejournal.com]

It's not?

bugger.

Re: Self-defined communities

[bunnikins.livejournal.com]

Nope. There's a whole other sort of person out there, apparently. Several sorts, even. People who care about what TV stars do in their spare time, and think it enhances their lives somehow to know which skinny pop singer is sleeping with what boyband member. People who think that incredibly ugly, stupidly expensive sneakers are a good idea, as long as they have the right brand name on them.

I try not to think about these people too much, which isn't too hard at all - not many of them want to buy science fiction, and they don't come to the parties I go to. I wouldn't let them worry you too much either - I'm fairly certain that whatever social group you've found in Canada is as full of geeks, gamers & goths as ever, right? Have they learnt not to say...that word that prompts you to take your trousers off, yet? I bet your workmates have. :)