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.
   

[rellimpank]

—posted one of the last refutations to a Micheal Reviro mis-statement—

[MudPuppy]

“You found FR from the original Drudge link. “

so true. I don’t even acknowledge any news source besides FR anymore. Drudge is old news :)

[Churchillspirit]

MiaT

[icwhatudo]

LOL-Someone at FR posted the phone number to a number of these things-it was a riot!

[Dead Corpse]

Ash Alert!

You left your Italians running.

Just Damn.

Dead Corpse

Since Mar 17, 1999

You've posted a total of 5 threads and 38,948 replies.

Including this one, only two posts that include the word "Wittgenstein".

[snowrip]

I know... is she still online anywhere?

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

Must give a nod of the head to Mr. ConfettiMan (?sp) - a freeper now gone way too early due to brain cancer - who protested (alone) outside the clinton whitehouse in the early, early days - a true giant.

[shooter223]

Metmom was kind enough to help me with posting of pics ..... not difficult, see comment 131 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260471/posts BTW,I have only been here since 05,I AM a newby

[napscoordinator]

HTML IS HARD

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

Used to have long running conversations with Mia. Her graphics were alternately enlightening and disturbing (as was the notion that someone could spend that much time making them).

[DCBryan1]

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

Diotima, Connie, Clarity, and Ms. Antifeminazi...yeah!

[Mind-numbed Robot]

See # 19.

[BlueLancer]

You remmeber the hubbub concerning “ClassyGreenEyedBlonde”.

[MARTIAL MONK]

In 1998 every other thread was about the new air bags for cars and how they were piezen, just piezen, and nobody was gonna git in a car with them dangerous thangs. They were gonna go off and knock the brains right out of any 5-year-old that didn't ride in the trunk.

Well, they were right.

I don't see any 16-year-olds running around with any brains at all.

[DCBryan1]

What happened to Mia T? I would just pull my hair out at her postings.....LONG and rambling.....she could have used some editors for her website IMHO...

[snowrip]

I used “hugh”, “series” and “stuned” on ar15.com the other day... people loved it.

[Cyber Liberty]

I click with almost every one of those. Aw, who am I kiddin...every one of those!

[napscoordinator]

I have never used html until today and I have been here 3 1/2 years...I always had a block towards trying to learn it, but this thread has made me at least do a google search to try and learn some things...I have bold and italized down but that is it so far...lol.

[Bob J]

Dude...

[Cyber Liberty]

I miss A+Bert. Sometimes.