How to tell if you've been FReeping too long

Me ^ | June 10, 2009 | AAABEST

[AAABEST]

How to tell if you've been FReeping too long

If some, many or all of the following apply to you, you probably have been FReeping too long.

• You remember when you had to know basic HTML in order to form a decent post.
   
• You remember when the entire thread had to be 86’d in order to remove a single post.
   
• You remember when if someone forgot to close their italics, bold tags, the entire thread after that point was in bold or italics.
   
• You remember when if a disruptor made a mess of things during the wee hours of the night, we’d all have to wait until morning (Pacific Standard Time) for Jimrob to arise to take care of the problem.
   
• You remember when at times it got so bad during the wee hours of the night, some would implore those who had JimRob’s number to wake him up take care of the problem.
   
• You remember JimRob waking up in the wee hours of the night to take care of the problem.
   
• You remember (and in a strange way kind of miss) Michael Rivero.
   
• You remember (but don’t miss) Toilet Man.
   
• You can’t count how many FReepers you knew and/or interacted with that have passed away.
   
• You’re affectionately considered an “old timer” by others, though you’re not sure how much you enjoy that designation.
   
• You consider anyone who joined after the last millennium a N00b.
   
• You remember when Lazamataz was a N00b.
   
• You still consider Laz a N00b.
   
• You’ve long ago realized that others don’t read your posts and if they do, they probably don’t care what you think.
   
• You find it quaint when newer posters think others read their posts or care what they think.
   
• You wonder how you’ve gotten on all of these “ping lists.”
   
• You no longer bother asking others to take you off their ping lists and just let them go ahead and have their way with your inbox.
   
• You're wondering how you got on the ping list to this thread.
   
• Lots of FReepers have become personal friends and acquaintances.
   
• Lots of personal friends and acquaintances have become FReepers.
   
• Lots of personal friends and acquaintances have become ex-FReepers.
   
• Having so many personal friends and acquaintances on FR “cramps your style.”
   
• Despite having an anonymous screenname, because of you're friends and acquaintances, you’ve long ago given up any fanciful notion of anonymity.
   
• You can’t count how many times you’ve been furious with, then have subsequently forgiven JimRob.
   
• JimRob can’t count how many times he’s been furious with, then has subsequently has forgiven you.
   
• The aggregate time of the various “vacations” you’ve taken from FR (self-imposed or otherwise), total a longer period of time most posters’ time as members.
   
• You imagine all the kool stuff you could buy if you had all the money you've donated to FR in one lump sum.
   
• You imagine all the kool stuff you could buy if you had all the money you've spent on lodging and travel attending FR events (cruises, FReeps, gatherings etc.).
   
• You’ve actually bought a lot of kool stuff with the money you made (directly or indirectly) due in some way to your interactions on FR.
   
• If Obama were to use FR to compile an enemies list, your longevity alone would cause your screenname to feature prominently.
   

[Republic]

I miss MiaT...a bunch! What a talent.

And I miss Confettiman...God Keep him well in Heaven. I still have my FIRE THE LIAR T-shirt and poster & think about Mr. ConfettiMan when I see um.

I miss many who have passed on and have a deep appreciation for their contributions to my education as well as their friendship.

[Arrowhead1952]

Obama selling election spots to media (Pay-for-play)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2113681/posts

Thursday, October 23, 2008 9:35:44 PM · 24 of 28
MurryMom to 2ndDivisionVet

http://www.freerepublic.com/~murrymom/

[Stand Watch Listen]

Does anyone know about MANY registered freeps there are now?

I'm sure that JimRob/JohnRob have that figure.

Of course does one count posters that were banned, re-registered numerous times, trolls/disruptors from the 'left side'...and especially the 'spike' at the onset of various elections.

[combat_boots]

AlamoGirls! I remember them.

And MiaT or some such screenname. She was usually on a tear, but had great graphics.

[Doomonyou]

Classy Green-Eyed Blonde.

That sultry strumpet...

I thought it was Gassy Green-eyed Blonde for awhile.

[gaijin]

Great Freeper Lexicon post...! ( http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073704/posts ) Thanks!!!

The only one I never understood (I never asked) was the old one about “SHOWER”.

There would be breaking news, and people would start joking about shower time, time to take a SHOWER, etc....??

Can anyone explain? I must have seen it a million times....

[Arrowhead1952]

Yes. "Ping me when you get home."

Hey! I did the very same thing.

[retrokitten]

Does anyone know about MANY registered freeps there are now?

Remember when we used to have numbers? I can't remember mine exactly. I thought it was around 45-46,000, but that seems too low.

[snowrip]

Thanks for the heads-up. She rocks.

[Remole]

I remember in 1998-99 the fantastic narratives of WJC’s malfeasance that “Dukeman” produced by reading the Starr Report and other documents so carefully. They were fantastic and I urged him to write a book. I wonder if “Dukeman” is still lurking or posting.

[CatoRenasci]

I think it's JimRob, but other than JimRob I'm not sure at all. I can't recall any registration dates before xx-11-1997.

[Publius]

I don’t see all that many Original FReepers around today. I’m not sure who was the originalist of the originals.

[Republic]

I always thought the ‘Shower’ thing was about being falsely too busy to do something important...mocking someone who actually used it when some impending disaster was brewing.

[DCBryan1]

Would be nice to get a list of registration dates in a ascending list of say, the first 300 Freepers

[OneVike]

You found FR from the original Drudge link.

LOL, That is how I found FR back in Feb 1998.

I found Drudge the same day from listening to two now long gone shock jocks who have been replaced, by a single shock jock, who was replaced by Ken Hamblin, who was replaced by Bruce Sessions, who was replaced by Sean Hannity.

It's been a long and rocky road, but I am still plugging along.

[Publius]

Don’t remember the “belly girl”. I remember Eschoir and Ash and Don Morgan and Noumenon and a few others, though.

[gaijin]

Wasn’t so long ago, but who was the freep that had been an Air Force clerk and KNEW the USAF did not have fancy upperHalfCase typesets, thereby disproving the legitimacy of those GW Bush-related documents that got that stupid news anchor fired (really delighted I can’t remember his name)....?

[Old Professer]

Only for the sneaky ones.

[DCBryan1]

buckhead

[Lakeshark]

I think his poster name was Buckhead, he was a lawyer who understood those kind of things from what I remember.