Terminalcoffee discussion
Terminal Coffee Group Fail
In order to make the 'original' goals work, someone has to chat or start/continue discussions. As concerns mild attitudes, being relaxed, etal., that may exclude half of world affairs at this moment in time.
So, what did you do in the war today?
Right, someone has to chat or start/continue discussions. As the group is now, there's no discussion. People list books they've read with no opinions or reviews. It's just a list. I contacted a moderator about this, and no changes were made. Same with what you ate today - no reviews or discussion. Same with news of today. It's just presented with no opinion, and if you reply with an opinion, there's no discussion. Just move on to the next thing. I'm willing to discuss anything and do it in a respectful way, but that's not encouraged. This group could become something again, but only if people are willing to put their ideas out there and discuss them with open minds. So, this is what I did in the war today.
Scout wrote: "Right, someone has to chat or start/continue discussions. As the group is now, there's no discussion. People list books they've read with no opinions or reviews. It's just a list. I contacted a mod..."Any other 'war correspondents' out there ? ? ?
I'm hunkering down away from the weather today and trying to catch up all things WWW. Or the issues with which I interact.
This is all part of people living in a virtualized society. It is very easy to be fickle, but that's not an excuse.
Interaction is important to keep one's mind semi-functional. Or at least to retain some semblance of sanity.
Life got busy and I dropped out of most discussions online. Random Anthony used to start most of the threads, but I don't think he's been seen here in years.
Random Anthony was a good thread starter.
What in the world. Why bash the group? We are still fine. Larry and Jim and Kevin and even Smetchie are all behind me, reading seperate editions of Tolstoy and waiting for the resurgence.
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...I think I fell asleep back there.
The TerminalCoffee resurgence. All my people will return for my entertainment once FB finally dies.
Participation in discussions is a voluntary activity that involves discretionary effort. Discretionary effort does not increase with derision or name-calling. In other words, people will tend to not join in on discussions that aren't fun, no matter how much some people may want them to do so.In my experience, situations where individuals get involved tend to happen spontaneously, and usually fade and change over time.
In an interview I heard once, Jerry Garcia described the early days of the spontaneous community in the Haight-Ashbury, and how when new people later came on the scene, it evolved to a different thing entirely, and became popularized as "flower children" and such. "If you're going to San Francisco, be sure to wear some flowers in your hair."
It evolved. And you can't make it go back to what it was before. Life doesn't work that way. I go back to those heady early days on TC by reading the old threads in the archives. Now that's fun!
::hugs Sally::
That last comment is passed my word count Lazza! Can you abbreviate, for those of us with short attention spans?
I read some old threads this morning. I drank a lot of coffee back then.
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I did too. I stopped because Phil quit dumping his mugs out in me, mainly.
I’ll never stop (well, eventually) but would be happy to dump a mug now and then.
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In my kitchen it is. Also: a meal.
::waves coffee mug in everyone's general direction, tries not to spill in the ficus::
::pours mug contents onto The Ficus::The gang's all here? HUZZAH!
I've got fresh coffee straight out of the French Press.
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I'm waiting for a certain someone to make me a coffee.
evie wrote: "I'm a patient woman, Felix."That's a good quality to have in this situation.
*pours out the decaf coffee in ficus and walks away whistling*
This group is not dead. Not as long as the ficus lives. Fuck off, haters!
+ . ::enjoys Heidi's coffee treat:: . +
Scout wrote: "Right, someone has to chat or start/continue discussions. As the group is now, there's no discussion. People list books they've read with no opinions or reviews. It's just a list. I contacted a mod..."Wait, what war?
Sporadic discussions are still good ones. And I don’t know which war.I’m just so glad The Ficus is still with us.
There was no war. CD, in post 3, made the suggestion that "In order to make the 'original' goals work, someone has to chat or start/continue discussions" and maintain a mild attitude. By asking, "So, what did you do in the war today?" he was reminding us of the stated goals of the group and asking us to keep them in mind. Civil discourse, for example. It's possible to disagree without being disagreeable.
Félix wrote: "Sporadic discussions are still good ones. And I don’t know which war.I’m just so glad The Ficus is still with us."
::scoots near::
:: Subtly dumps a mug of decaf in The Ficus ::
:: Support for Ficus scooting and Phil dumping and ending a fake war. All you need is love::
A place to chat about anything that emerges.
We're pretty relaxed, and our attitudes mostly are mild.
Make friends. Be authentic. Get mad. Laugh. Knock yourself out.
Don't act like this is a tupperware party for assholes (phrase by Clark. January, 2010).
It turned out that the founders were an uptight closed group of people who wanted a Tupperware party for assholes - no dissenting opinions. Who wants to be in a group like that? I'll hang in here for a while, hoping for some kind of resurrection of the founding principles.