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| By: drjasonsmith Tuesday June 12, 2012 4:00 am | |
What have I joined?
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113 Comments
WHY did you join if you have no idea what it is? What would you like it to be?
You have joined a band of liberals struggling with their faith.
LOL Good one, Ludwig, but don’t overlook that some of us have already won that struggle, and have no faith remaining. Not in either of the corporatist parties, anyway.
Ya sillies; the doctor came in with the spam, it seems. He’s probably selling viagra er ‘natural’ weight loss pills…
Hmmm; mebbe that’s a metaphor for Ludwig’s take. ;o)
Well, I might need Viagra some day . . .
I’m no liberal. I’m a satanist. :/
He should have joined zombo.com.
LOLOL Had to consult Wiki on that one.
Satan sure has been coming up a lot lately. Does Satan have comrades?
You can do anything at zombocom, you’re only limited by your imagination
This is what it used to look like: http://html5zombo.com/
@Ludwig, why yes com rade. he has you commie socialists.
Yes. Satan’s comrades live inside my computer, where they are building a sock pyre out of all our single socks. On the screen, this looks like a smashed red spider.
@drjasonsmith: You had to read at least something before you signed up at this site.
Anyway, welcome. More here:
http://my.firedoglake.com/aboutus/
Satan, you devil.
Yes, they revolve around Planet Washington.
Obscene wealth is a sure clue.
Or Singing the mantras, “Tax Cuts solve every problem”, “Austerity (sotto voche) for some,” or “Compassionate Conservative” (obsolete).
Other definitions apply without legion.
Umm, Implies “Read and Understand”, which requires a level of cognition not demonstrated to date.
The vast majority of messages in my Junk Inbox seem to think I need it already, and advise the many ways I can get laid tonight by beautiful women. Some are blush-worthy, even. They must be Librul Satanist Zombos, in effect telling me:
I.Am.Only.Limited.by.My.Imagination.Not.Theirs.
(what makes them believe I am who they seem to believe I am?)
Yup. That’s where I always go when I need a bit of excitement: My Junk Inbox!!
;0)
Yeah well. Count yourself lucky; apparently my inbox frequently feels I need “enhancement” … and not in a good way.
Glad to hear a love-life with the ladies is facing untold new potential though. Good news, that, eh? Maybe they believe they know you better than you know yourself.
And…does it spell Relief, dear Pug? Ah, phooey; ya got me fair’ crowing with laughter!
And thanks; *you* needed that!
I won’t worry until they start trying to sell the stuff door-to-door lol.
Any butt plug ads in there?
Tell me, sweetie; what is the ‘good way’? Uh-oh, she just twigged… Jaysus, am I naive. Ya meant like having a manual transmission rather than a standard chemical one?
But yeah; the spammers must have seen it when I’d said online I think breasts are lovely, too, and I understand why more painters paint female nudes than…well, you get the picture. Er…painting…er…(quit digging, wendydavis, when yer in a hole…)
And Gawd knows, this is more fun than what I’m workin’ on…lol! ‘Has The People’s Summit in Rio been coopted already?’ Arrrggghhh!
Targeted marketing is amazing. My suggestion is to buy a large box of Magnum condoms online, you’ll probably stop getting those “enhancement” ads. (Long ago, I bought a box of Magnums, made sure all my friends saw it, and then threw them away. Diamonds and envy are the only things that last forever lol. True story.)
Any butt-plugs in my junk inbox…?
Dude, first, that is kinda personal. and second, you really have the art of taking an innocent conversation to a whole new level…
;0)
You like breasts, and now you’re “in a hole.” I’ll stop here; why wax superfluous?
LOL! why yes, I did…
I typed “butt plug ads,” AND, nobody’s innocent! Just trying to give the good doctor diarist the information he needs lol.
Um, there is information here that even I did not need. Hah!
I love it when the thread is hilarious.
Somehow I cannot help but picture the diarist as character Brad in this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc80tFJpTuo
…”I’m glad we caught you at home. Can we use your phone? We’re both in a bit of a hurry. (Right) We’ll just say where we are, then go back to the car. We don’t want to be any worry”…
The diarist (and commenters) should be grateful to me, lol! At my #21 answering kgb, I almost mentioned how my lightbulb came on: rc’s suitcase joke…which, by the by, yer GF only laughed at out of politeness. ;oP
That was wonderful, C-S! ‘Can any of you do the Madison?’ ROTFLMAO!
For you; hope it makes ya laugh. ;o)
I blame it all on someone here; I said it on one of HIS posts out there in never-never land…
Dammit; need to get back to Rio, lol! Ya goofball skanks.
Yeah. See what he stumbled into? HaHA!
Only politeness? You blasphemous writerwench!!
Is this like a knock-knock joke where you get to tell all us firebaggers what idiots we are?
OK, I’ll play.
drjasonsmith: “What did I just join?”
OldFatGuy: “Why, I don’t know what did you just join?”
drjasonsmith: “…..
“Blow me, Arsey,” said the writerwench with abject politeness…
Maybe that’s what threw your spammers off?
I’ll see your Craig Feruson, and aise you one Steve Martin lol. http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=1&sqi=2&ved=0CEsQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nbc.com%2Fsaturday-night-live%2Fvideo%2Fking-tut%2F976141&ei=pX7XT5q9J4Gg8gTehrzRAw&usg=AFQjCNG8udE9A94Yaj3XI-m0T8MYJmy4jA&sig2=g90d_DT86nSpumy-FBFiTA
That just doesn’t boggle me as much as when I hear it from some others. And Arsey sounds like I might have a big ass, which I don’t.
If it’s a trick question, I give up. What did you join?
Ferguson, raise. Damn demon keyboard!
Yeah, mine’s full of demons too. Always stealing entire words too, not just letters.
Just got a new laptop and wouldn’t you know it has demons in this keyboard too.
Damn, I guess it must be standard that comes with all of ‘em.
“It’s a madhouse! A madhouse!” (h/t Charleton Heston)
BTW, congratulations on your first ever FDL post making it to NUMBER ONE on the recommend list!!!
My cursor will suddenly transplant itself in an entirely new place, and I keep typing before I realize it. Grrr!!!!! Damn you, Dell! Damn you, Vista! Damn you, Edison!
I had that problem a lot with my laptop until I remembered to disable the little touch pad thingy under the keyboard. Guessing while typing I would hit something on it and it would move my curser everywhere. I always use a mouse anyway, I can’t stand those built in things. And I can’t seem to disable the damn thing permanently, so I have to disable it everytime I turn it on. And thus, sometimes forget, and while typing my cursor jumps all over the place again.
LOL!
(Nah; it was tryin’ to find cheap Alzheimer’s meds on Canadian websites for my MIL, really, but it led to…Spam.Hell.Bwahahahaha…)
(OTOH, whislt watching a pbs comedy last night, I found myself asking Mr.wendydavis if the term ‘pussy-whipped’ was slang for ladyparts or kitty-cats, so…) Talk about The Rolling of Eyes… ;o)
Disable, huh? Maybe I can do something with that info. Thanks, OFG. (My mouse died a long time ago, maybe I should get another lol.)
Gawd, what a great sketch! And I think that was Blue Lou Morini in the sarcophagus. ;o)
Nah; ‘Arsey’ is Seven-Dwarf for ‘rc’, silly man. And please speak more kindly of large derrieres in the future, dear.
Where did our diarist go? Considering the hilarious comments, he may have fled in a panic.
Has the good doctor confirmed his services are needed here? Doctor? Hello?
Help?
Oops.
I found where all the cool kids are playing!
And here I thought my Satanic (that was for Ludwig) computer was the only one in the world to translocate and disappear text!
Sometimes it places the text into the URL line, as I am typing. The only cure I know of is to USB attach another keyboard.
So, I collect keyboards!
Welcome to the basement, Kris!
This short post reminds me of Larue’s ‘nevermind’ post, which takes the prize for shortest and funniest post ever, complete with the six-word-novel contests, that Hemingway won with:
For sale. baby Shoes. Never used.
HaHA! Wub wub wub. Nyuk nyuk nyuk.
I thought this was the penthouse!
The basement penthouse, even better!
Yo, @drjasonsmith !!
Knock, knock, ding-dong, anybody home? Come join the fun at least!
Hemingway = genius.
Herr Ludwik zeems to believe zat Herr Dotor JasonSmith iss a zychiatrist; iz ziss zum zort of projection on hiss part? Herr Ludwik is callink for ‘help?’
Hmmmmm.
10 to 1 he forgets his password.
I’ve thought of that but, as usual when I have computer issues, I bury my head in the sand instead lol.
Perot’s running mate opened his debate with, “Who am I? Why am I here?” Maybe the diarist is a relative?
“What have I joined”? That’s it? No explanation, no complaints, just four words? I would explain it to you but after reading that sentence a few times, I’ve come to the conclusion that I’d be wasting my time.
Are we on Candid Camera?
I could see him asking that question after he read this thread, lol!
(I’m asking myself the same thing…..).
…so to sum up, drjason joined a coven of satanists struggling with their liberalism and finding butt plug advertisements in their spam folders.
And for joining up, he gets the #1 spot on the rec’d list.
Ya forgot Hemingway, snapdragon; never forget Hemingway (I find I can’t). And I think they made that one product with the anatomical slang name up. But I ain’t gonna Google it.
O’ course, our guy could be this guy who practices adolescent psychology; this might be a little experiment, see? If so, looks like he came to The Right Place. ;o)
I can see this was a mistake. Adios
Good work! Now, let’s all go find him in his office or classroom at Iona College, and tell him we want to get paid if he is using us in an experiment.
Was it the butt plug reference, Doc?
?????
But wait! There’s more!!!’
Guess you got it right lol.
Shipping and handling not included.
((((( everyone who participated ))))))). Lololl!
(((( you, too, drjasonsmith )))))
Oh my!!!
That is a winner, I swear! Next to Larue’s “nevermind”, drjasonsmith’s “What have I joined” surely comes second!
The diarist’s second diary will be, “Why are they all laughing at me?” Coming soon.
To be honest @drjasonsmith, you had a patient and willing group of really nice people waiting to talk with you for most of the day.
Given that the site description is readily available to anyone who joins, as are the guidelines for posting, well…many of us were not sure how, exactly to answer. You certainly gave us no clues, in the post or in the comment thread.
Perhaps you could consider staying, posting a diary with a theme, and sticking around. You might just be pleasantly surprised.
What decided you? The reaction to your credulous simplicity?
LOLOL! What was the deal with this guy and his totally ambiguous question/diary? I note he signed up at 3 min. to 4:00, and at 4:00 his diary posted. So evidently that’s the only reason he signed up.
You’d think a person might read a few threads, make a comment or two, ask questions on one of the posts that interests him, before he instantly posts up a “diary” of his own that is so vague as to be meaningless.And let’s face it, not a little hostile, too.
I mean, what did he expect?
ROTFLMAO!
drjason, you are invited to laugh with us. After your spectacular entrance to this humble forum, we’d like to hear what you have to say.
“It was the best of diaries…it was the worst of diaries…”
Well, okay, the worst. Most enigmatic micro-post (expressly not within TOS guidelines), came in with the spam hits, author not available to explain his little thought experiment, leaves with an aggrieved ‘adios’…as if our jests were misplaced?
Bad form, I say! Eh, wot?
(Okay, mebbe ysd is right, but you might want to find yerself some humor, imo, and not blame us for this #@~t.)
Hey hey hey! It’s what separates us from the animals. The ability to plug our butts.
Or, at least, the willingness.
(… not me personally, of course. Other people…)
I bet I’m the fist to “friend” the dr. I say this was the best blog forum entrance, ever.
(Psst. Maybe someone should say something intelligent so Doctor guy doesn’t get the wrong impression. This Crane-Station character seems to have some cultural chops…)
AND, it should be an important part of every American’s personal defense against drones lol. (Not you personally, of course. Other people . . .LOLOLOLOLOLOL)
Wait, I musta missed something…were there actual spam hits on another thread or something that coincided with this drjasonsmith’s arrival?
Yes!
Safety before comfort, I always say…
Dr Jason Smith may not have enjoyed this thread but I certainly have. What fun on a hot summer day when lots of people had time to play! I do hope that he returns with more interesting and very deep questions.
Is it time for me to Unrecommend this yet?
I think this should stay up for days. Besides, you don’t want to hurt Dr. Smith’s feelings.
Well, I am just recalling kind of like the others. There were a couple of commercial spam posts right along next to yours, @drjasonsmith. Unfortunate placement. Anyway, I clicked the title because I thought it might be a new diarist.
The question was so vague that I did not know quite what to say. Others likely were thinking the same thing, and so everyone began to joke around, and keep checking back, to see if the diarist had returned to clear up his question. That’s really all there was to it.
also to @drjasonsmith: The guidelines suggest that you at least develop an idea or a theme of some sort (I am summarizing here), with more than just a few words. Surely some topic interests you, or you have had some experience that you can share.Your post will be welcome.
I think you’re asking a bit much of the guy. A “theme”? “more than just a few words”? c’mon! He’s only got a PhD for pete’s sake. He’s not a friggin rocket scientist! (probably)
Uh…who’s Doctor Smith?
(Oh yeah; he provided this Accidental Adolescent Playground, didn’t he/she? Sure beat what I was workin’ on; shouldda thanked the kindly Herr Doktor before he boogied…)
Okay, okay. I’ll put in a deep quote, Obi-wan; always a fave of mine. I use it almost every day:
“After I go out this door, I may only exist in the minds of all my acquaintances…I may be an orange peel.”
~ J.D. Salinger
When the comments range from Hemingway to butt plugs, you know you have a winner.
Love it!
My little niece once told me “God is an onion”. Which is the best theory of God I’ve ever heard…
;0)
OK, OK, and I’ll quote one of my favorite philosophers, Steven Wright, who said, “You can’t have everything. Where would you put it?”
And, a propos this occasion, Bugs Bunny, as well, who said, “What’s up, Doc?”
My hat is off to you, wish I had thought of that!!
ROTFLMAO, Twain. (Although I still refuse to think there are such animals as butt plugs.)
But jayzus, where are our manners? We haven’t given the Doc a song to show our appreciation for this stellar chance for levity gone totally amok!
Crap. How does one top Bugs Bunny?!
anyway, here’s my favorite japanese word:
Arigata-meiwaku
which is an act someone does for you that you didn’t want to have them do and tried to avoid having them do, but they went ahead anyway, determined to do you a favor, and then things went wrong and caused you a lot of trouble, yet in the end social conventions required you to express gratitude.
So to you, dear Sir, I say thank you. From the bottom of my heart.
;0)
Eeeek, Pug; did you seriously type all that into the Japanese backwards-dictionary? Awesome, darlin’ dear.
ROTFLOL! Yes, that is *exactly* how I found that word!
;0)
Good-o! And…remember when ya were teasin’ me that you’d my boyfriend Anthony steppin’ out on me, givin’ his work to some other underserving schmuck online? Welllll…he saw your jest, loved it, and sent this to me for ya in apprectiation. ‘Lucky Thirteen‘.
And yes, your niece is correct; God is an Onion, I am…an Orange Peel.
Heh,nuthin’ to it, sivadydnew.
LOL! I love it. It is so *me*!!
;0)
I’m assuming this is in response to my making you aware of the existence and uses of butt plugs, and shall say no more. (Meiwaku indeed; mei-wak-u. OmAli, if you’re lurking, what does THAT word look like?)
lolol!! precisely!
LOL! I swear I kept trying ta make my lips form that into somethin’ that meant…something, ah fook me.
But Anthony said this ‘un was fer you and yer keyboard troubles. See, it’s not you, it’s Them Lookin’ atcha.
(STOMPING WITH LAUGHTER!) I was gonna write a post some time ago when I’d read that Walgreen’s is selling a line of sex toys. I just googled to find evidence of it, totally forgetting the product’s line; I found it at ‘Ask DrO.com’ LOLOLOLOLOL!
(Er…sorry, Doc.)
Rats; I can’t find the Pug emoticons Q sent me for you. I might remember where I stuck them…they were great.