Jonathan_S wrote:TFLYTSNBN wrote:He has read the books thoroughly.
He just has the nerve to look under the skirt.
Though to be fair he does sometimes at least refresh his memory from the Honorverse wiki -- and seems to have surprising luck at ferreting out erroneous articles lurking in the bowls of that place.
Well, as long as we are being
fair, let's mention how many threads he creates. Very successful threads. Record breaking threads.* And how many skirts he looks under to get to the real juicy stuff. Then compare it to the number of threads most of the plaintiffs create at all, let alone successful ones. Then it should be expected that his time prohibits him from shying away from "quick refreshers" like Wikipedia. Especially since he'd only stumbled upon Weber in 2014.
One thread catapulted past 1000 posts in less than 90 days.
There are several 1000 post threads.
Several more than 750.
Several more than 500.
It
could be that people visit those threads to disagree with me. But if I detested threads as much, I wouldn't waste my time. It was called to my attention that my threads create lots of jealousy because of their success. I balked at such a theory choosing to give adults more credit. Time has proved my friends (and niece) correct. Also, I personally exceeded 10,000 posts. It is a curious coincidence that the closest poster to that stat is also a personal pain in my posterior, which is also a stat one of my friends called to my attention. The quickness of my rank was also something that initially slipped my notice. When I reached 10,000 posts, my friends called
that to my attention. I got so much jealous heat over my fast rank I asked Duckk to
strip my rank. I offered to be the first civilian so my post count wouldn't keep climbing. That way, I could simply get on with what I like best, book discussions.
At any rate, most plaintiffs fail to create threads of their own. Probably because they can't grasp a single exciting thing out of any story. They also fail to fail in the creation of speedbumps in others. All in all, I do wish Americans would stop embarrassing Americans. I have foreign friends who can't believe the crap I put up with.
The Honorverse Best Seller List initially earned me accusations of creating fanfic. Despite so many positive remarks. Although to be honest, I
was surprised that one made it past customs. Duckk eighty-sixed a few of my threads with an explanation that they skirted too close to the author's fanfic rule. One thread I simply knew would be an entertaining thread about plots. "Honorverse Wish List of Plots" or something like that. Just like Honor in the current conversation in this thread, my mind was elsewhere and was not on fanfic. I didn't really know what fanfic was. I can't apologize for not being boring. If I was stranded on an island, I'd be good company to myself. My father taught me long ago to see what others don't. It has served me well throughout my life.
THIS THREAD still has detractors, and those who said I created it for post count, as if I am as shallow as they. It never occurred to them that I created it out of a sense of politeness. When I first joined, I hated interrupting threads to ask an off topic question and I hated creating a new thread for one answer. Especially since I most likely already had several in the pot. I make it a habit to post in everyone's thread out of respect. I like looking under the top layers of skin of a topic. "Under the skirt" as TFLYTSNBN respectfully acknowledges and cares to call it. Again, thank you FLY.
TFLYTSNBN, a rare set of balls on the forum that I respect, even though he doesn't always agree with me.
I've suggested ideas for threads to other posters, because I had too many fires burning myself. Threads I knew would be successful and exciting. They went on to become very successful threads as I knew they would. I've seen posters spin successful threads from so many varied discussions in mine. I've seen my threads spawn many other threads. In the Politics forum one poster said of one of her threads,
"Fair's fair." Gooo Annachie! If I see a skirt on a subject in another thread that merits lifting, I do. I've resuscitated lost and limping threads stalled at less than 20 posts that went on to over 200. I like book discussions, and don't give aratsass
whose thread it is. So, with as much activity I generate on the forum, please cut me some slack when my time insists I oftentimes consult "Wikipedia" for quick refreshers, which statistically means I'm going to pull garbage out of the Wiki. Heck, my threads are oftentimes competing with each other!
Even though you have a hard time admitting it, you are welcome for the entertainment. Your mouth says otherwise, but the post count and views tell the true story. Besides, there is a lot less demand on ones time being a pain in the ass in someone else's thread than creating and driving a successful one of your own. And no, I'm not expecting everyone to agree with me. What's the fun in that? But a little respect goes a long way. And it won't solicit curt responses having to cut knees off because of a lack of couth imposed on my already very limited time.
Since we are being
fair and threadbare, you see.
