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.
   

[DCBryan1]

You know who Ann Coulter's stalker was.

Isn't every male freeper?

[EternalVigilance]

Extra points if you can remember his real first name.

[Korah]

I am probably one of the newest of the newbies. I just joined on Jun 3, 2009. A friend at work told me about this place, I fell in love the first day I read some comments about Barney Faggot.

I told myself then, I gotta join this site.

[visualops]

LOL I remember that!! LOL Mexican border and the misspelled customs agent.hehe then al got married
And the “Nation of Dumbies” hehehe good times...

[DCBryan1]

Scoobie?

[DCBryan1]

Welcome!

[EternalVigilance]

Hmmm...

[BreitbartSentMe]

Well, from your Freeper Name, I would assume you are a man. OTOH, everyone assumes I'm a guy, however not so much.

I was reading on the Lexicon about the old classic Freeper Pics, and I was thinking it would be great if there were a specific place on FR to store some of them for the sake of posterity. I know I had to go searching through disks/cds when my computer crashed and I wanted to upload some to my photobucket account.

In addition to the classics to roll out as comments in threads:
Rove You Magnificent Astarte
Aww Jeez, Not This SH** Again
Tickle Me Che
More Cowbell
Zot Lightning

I do have some rarely seen ones that date back pretty far:
The Infamous “All Your Senate Are Belong To Us” DU Hack
2000 Democrat Debate between Gore/Bradley with the Demon Head between them
The impossible to find “Cheney Scud-Stud Missile” newspaper photo

[OrioleFan]

Anyone remember the cook books?

[txhurl]

Dan?

[Sarajevo]

You can’t count how many FReepers you knew and/or interacted with that have passed away.

That brought back a memory. RIP 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub

[EternalVigilance]

I was thinking it was Todd. But what do I know. She’s probably had a thousand stalkers. :-)

[al baby]

Did you notice the huge upswing in people that joined in November 2009?

Not Yet

[sofaman]

"OTOH, everyone assumes I'm a guy, however not so much."

Whoops! I beg your pardon, m'lady.

great stuff ... I was just looking through ... a couple missing ...

misspelling of Barney Frank as "Barbey Frank" ...

posting "The Marl Levin Show" thread ... and, of course, for the much-beloved and missed, Tony Snow, "Snowman", may he Rest in Peace.

[Korah]

Ok, Now I am curious,,,,,What does it mean when an old timer looks at a newcomer and just says, "Hmmm..."

[Mr_Peter]

You remember “One Who Knows” aka OWK

[MozarkDawg]

And, alas, I’ve seen too many FRiends pass away.

Just finished reading through the thread, I'd like to mention our late FRiend, RR:

In Memorium

[woofie]

If you have been called an idiot more than 15 times you have been here too long

[Carry_Okie]

Depending upon the length of the ping list, I think this was some sort of honor. ;-)

There, you've got another one.

Where the hell have you been?

[Wil H]

Apparently she is till with us...

http://www.eastex.net/mtoney/good_guys/bankruptus_belly_girl.jpg