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.
   

[Fellow Traveler]

You remember “Quidam”

[sofaman]

that too

[BreitbartSentMe]

Don’t forget ‘stuned’ my ‘beeber’

[snowrip]

Also, you remember Mia T. We could use her around here.

[woollyone]

notso classygreeneyedblonde!

aaack

[CatoRenasci]

Quidam and Deep in the Hurtgen Forest were two different posters who alluded to having special knowledge/access to classified information but turned out to be simply clever Hans types.

[dalereed]

“You remember Clarity and Connie Hair.”

Connie posted here not too long ago.

[sofaman]

How could I forget?! Silly me ;-0

[BreitbartSentMe]

Ah, ya beat me!!

[Interesting Times]

....You remember “Esquire”

Bert. Deep in the Hurtgen Forest. quidam.

[Straight Vermonter]

You remember Clarity and Connie Hair.

I met both at the Freeper Inaugural Ball. I was sad to see them go.

[TLI]

Remember Ash?

[bert]

You went to the Hurtgen Forest on vacation just to see if it was really there

[Billthedrill]

Classy Green-Eyed Blonde.

That sultry strumpet...

[r9etb]

How about the “girl” that was actually a guy who used to post in colored letters?

ClassyGreenEyedBlonde....

[sofaman]

I’d love to read a list of FReeperisms. I think some enterprising fellow put one together...

[wordsofearnest]

“green eyed lady”

[r9etb]

Finding the link thru Drudge

Remembering that Drudge's link was called "Topic: Whitewater"

Finding out that FR had other "topics" besides Whitewater, but nobody ever went there.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

That’s a hugh and series list! It stuned my beeber!

[Straight Vermonter]

Hey, I didn’t know that!

I found FR after Drudge ran a story about FReepers getting on a phone conference that Gore had and they burped through the whole thing.