Do You Generally Believe Posters on the BBS?

[Gryffindorian]

That's an interesting story. The guy was obviously bored (and sick in the head) and couldn't find anything productive to do with his time. I don't remember that particular poster you were talking about, but I remember one time when a poster said that a BBS member (or one of the Mods) was injured (or worse, killed) in an automobile accident. That was a very sick and twisted thing to say.

 

[The Boy Who Cried Worf]

I only trust MadBaggins.

Me too. He is the most honest and honorable person on this board.

We hates Bagginses!

 

[The Boy Who Cried Worf]

I hear once there was even some guy claiming to be Chase Masterson. Luckily the mods handles that one.

 

[Gryffindorian]

See, that's the key. DON'T believe everything you read about on the Web or in e-mails. I try to tell a group of people who send me mass political e-mails and urban legends to take everything with a grain of salt.

I just point them to www.snopes.com

Especially my older friends who fall for any shock value crap. "If you're an American, you'll pass this on" or "If you're truly a Christian, you'll pass this on".

And poor Andy Rooney. How many poorly written fabrications have been attributed to him?

--Ted

I've done that a few times. Then somebody sent another mass e-mail stating how Snopes.com was an unreliable source of information. Really? If that was the case, then it would be all the more reason not to believe everything on the Internet.

Some of the e-mail junk I get isn't necessarily invalid or untrue, but I get tired of the Right-wing ultra-conservative propaganda people are spreading, and if you don't share their views, you're unpatriotic.

 

[Wrongway Janeway]

Miss Chicken, I was wondering when someone was going to mention Ms. Tanaka.

I remember another poster lying about having brain surgery. After a little investigation, Jethro Elvis was able to call him on it. That was bad.

There's a poster that is active here who I believe is at least 10 years older than what he says.

Another poster claims to have a spouse. I won't go into any details, but I am absolutely certain it's bullshit.

Of course, there are the opposites, where you see somebody posting stuff that is obviously a big joke and people take what he says completely seriously.

 

[Gryffindorian]

How can you tell a person's real age on-line? That's a good question. Maybe that person you're referring to can send an email or PM to Holdfast for his Confessional thread.

 

[Miss Chicken]

Miss Chicken, I was wondering when someone was going to mention Ms. Tanaka.

Yes, that is the name I was trying to recall.

 

[Mallory]

I don't remember that particular poster you were talking about, but I remember one time when a poster said that a BBS member (or one of the Mods) was injured (or worse, killed) in an automobile accident. That was a very sick and twisted thing to say.

The infamous Partsking Incident. He was, and still is, a moderator here. And he was Not.Dead.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I admit I lied on this board once.

It was when I broke up with my then-GF (who was also a TrekBBS member). Figuring she would stick around - which she apparently has not - I abandoned my old account, which was the original Mr. Laser Beam, and started over with a new one: Babaganoosh.

At first I tried to make it look different, like it was somebody else, but if my ex ever read any of my first Baba messages she probably knew it was me anyway - as did most of y'all , although after I had been Babaganoosh for awhile, I did come clean about what I'd done, and I don't think anybody really gave a crap.

Deciding I liked my original name, and not wanting to be confused anymore with TEH BABA, I asked for my new account to be changed to my old name. And there we are.

Side note: Where the hell is MadBaggins anyway? When's the next season gonna start?

 

[Gryffindorian]

YOU were/are Babaganoosh? I was wondering what happened to that guy and why he stopped posting.

 

[Jim Steele]

YOU were/are Babaganoosh? I was wondering what happened to that guy and why he stopped posting.

Ditto! I'm sure Babaganoosh was around for ages too.

I did something similar, but for no other reason than I scrambled the password on my old account and thought it was irrecoverable. I left the board 'cos I was spending waaaaaay too much time here, then I decided to come back about a year later as Mister Garibaldi.

That lasted until Mr G. became a flaptain and then Spiffy twigged, merged the accounts, told me I didn't have to play silly buggers and I could have just emailed them. Ach well, the deception was fun while it lasted.

I've seen Mr G mentioned a few times since, most recently in the Doctor Who forum - being completely misrepresented as someone who hated Doctor Who.

 

[Alidar Jarok]

I admit, I have lied.

I'm not actually a Romulan defector...

I know. I am.

Nah. Even taken into account the same color fondness and bird imagery, no self respecting Romulan would be an Eagles fan...

You just named two good reasons for Romulans to be Eagles fans.

Then again, there is the reputation of being sneaky, treacherous, and backstabbing, so I guess they could be Cowboy fans.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

YOU were/are Babaganoosh? I was wondering what happened to that guy and why he stopped posting.

Ditto! I'm sure Babaganoosh was around for ages too.

Well, not really. I joined as MLB in '02. Then in '05 I started over as Babaganoosh.

 

[Alidar Jarok]

That's still four years as Babaganoosh.

 

[ITL]

YOU were/are Babaganoosh? I was wondering what happened to that guy and why he stopped posting.

Ditto! I'm sure Babaganoosh was around for ages too.

I did something similar, but for no other reason than I scrambled the password on my old account and thought it was irrecoverable. I left the board 'cos I was spending waaaaaay too much time here, then I decided to come back about a year later as Mister Garibaldi.

That lasted until Mr G. became a flaptain and then Spiffy twigged, merged the accounts, told me I didn't have to play silly buggers and I could have just emailed them. Ach well, the deception was fun while it lasted.

I've seen Mr G mentioned a few times since, most recently in the Doctor Who forum - being completely misrepresented as someone who hated Doctor Who.

I have to admit, you had me fooled - I had no idea you were Mr G. And the way Mr G morphed into Jim was done with style. Groovy.

 

[RevdKathy]

I was a mod too long. I am pathologically incapable of trusting people on the internet.

 

[RJDiogenes]

There's a poster that is active here who I believe is at least 10 years older than what he says.

I mostly believe what everybody says; if I'm not sure, I give them the benefit of the doubt; and even if I'm sure they're lying, I don't care as long as they're not doing any harm.

As for me, I never had a knack for lying. Good thing, too, because my aging memory has enough trouble keeping track of the truth, let alone lies. And the anonymity of the Internet doesn't help, since I'm not anonymous.

Er, how old am I again?

 

[trampledamage]

I was a mod too long. I am pathologically incapable of trusting people on the internet.

Just the bears

 

[pookha]

There's a poster that is active here who I believe is at least 10 years older than what he says.

I mostly believe what everybody says; if I'm not sure, I give them the benefit of the doubt; and even if I'm sure they're lying, I don't care as long as they're not doing any harm.

As for me, I never had a knack for lying. Good thing, too, because my aging memory has enough trouble keeping track of the truth, let alone lies. And the anonymity of the Internet doesn't help, since I'm not anonymous.

Er, how old am I again?

86

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

That's still four years as Babaganoosh.

Four years? Compared to most of the veterans here, that's nothing.