August 14, 2003, 23:06
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Your underappreciated threads...
I was back in the archives a few minutes ago looking for a thread regarding my First Communion Disaster when I noticed all the other threads that I had started. Looking at them I was thinking that some of them were a little, well, underreplied to.
Which is something that happens to us all, of course. We have a brilliant idea, an amazing insight, or an emotional revelation and it either gets lost in a sea of threadjacked spam or drops like the proverbial rock. This thread is to honor those pieces of flotsam and jetsam, to make us remember the threads that were cruelly discarded by our Apolyton brethren.
For example, my Batboy thread. Batboy deserves 10 times the 4 replies that he actually did get... though I will admit that the quality of respondent was quite high. 
Not a single one of you had the balls to admit that you were taken in by the Y2k hype (18 replies), just as not a one of you could admit that you owned tech stocks (7 replies). 
But the worst was my Gen-X Retirement Home Dance Playlist where I tried to envision 80 year old people listening to "Get Into the Groove" and "Rock the Casbah." Not a single one of you wanted to go down that road.  And, upon reflection, probably with good reason.
What about your lost threads, the brilliant ideas that turned into toads before your saddened and angered eyes? This is their last chance to shine just a little bit, to get the second chance they deserve.
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August 14, 2003, 23:09
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You know what would be ironic?
Oh, you've thought of it already, huh? 
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August 14, 2003, 23:10
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This thread will get more than 20 replies. 
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August 14, 2003, 23:12
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Yes it will, JohnT.
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August 14, 2003, 23:14
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About half of my threads get ignored. The trick is to ignore the fact that you're being ignored and eventually somebody will respond just to shut you up.
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August 14, 2003, 23:14
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Damn straight.
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August 14, 2003, 23:15
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I HAE V BERR THERAD IT IS GREAT!
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August 14, 2003, 23:15
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Originally posted by Elok
About half of my threads get ignored. The trick is to ignore the fact that you're being ignored and eventually somebody will respond just to shut you up.
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... and you are???? 
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August 14, 2003, 23:16
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HE IS ELOK KING OF MOGAWMPAWAPS!
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August 14, 2003, 23:17
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My Free Monkey Island-esq Game! garnered a total of 8 replies, 3 of them by me. I think only 2 people ever actually tried the game.
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August 14, 2003, 23:17
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I LOVE MONKEY ISALDN! THE OLD ONES THOUGH NOT EMTHE NEWSOENS!~
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August 14, 2003, 23:24
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I'll download this game you speak of, Skanky. It's free, how can I resist?
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August 14, 2003, 23:25
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who remembers how about a week or two, i posted a thread asking people about their computer specifications?
now we got individual copy-cat threads about HD space, RAM, Processor speed, etc. what the hell is with that?! i made the original and it asked what was your full specifics...
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August 14, 2003, 23:26
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i also didn't like how my thread about the sailor who was from my neighbourhood and fell off a ship and died earlier this summer didn't get a single response...
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August 14, 2003, 23:26
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Originally posted by JohnT
... and you are????
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Well, we've only had two violent disagreements, if I remember correctly, so I guess I'm not that memorable for the OT. I'll have to start acting snottier around you.
BTW, Sava, did you just praise me or insult me? I can't tell...
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August 14, 2003, 23:27
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[qoute]also didn't like how my thread about the sailor who was from my neighbourhood and fell off a ship and died earlier this summer didn't get a single response...
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08-14-03 10:26:50 PM link
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Originally posted by JohnT
... and you are????
Well, we've only had two violent disagreements, if I remember correctly, so I guess I'm not that memorable for the OT. I'll have to start acting snottier around you.
BTW, Sava, did you just praise me or insult me? I can't tell...
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BOTH ANWASARE I NEVER INSULT!
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August 14, 2003, 23:29
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Originally posted by Albert Speer
i also didn't like how my thread about the sailor who was from my neighbourhood and fell off a ship and died earlier this summer didn't get a single response...
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Boo ****ing Hoo! 
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August 14, 2003, 23:35
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/me has never postead a thread before
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August 14, 2003, 23:35
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it was national news Imran... he was playing football and ran too far and fell off the deck.
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August 14, 2003, 23:38
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Read my prior post... with the Boo, and the ****ing, and the Hoo  .
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August 14, 2003, 23:42
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http://www.apolyton.net/forums/showt...threadid=94698
THAT thread looks like it needs attention...hope jdd2007 is alright
I don't know how to help him, but I hope someone this is advertising to does
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August 15, 2003, 00:48
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Originally posted by Skanky Burns
My Free Monkey Island-esq Game! garnered a total of 8 replies, 3 of them by me. I think only 2 people ever actually tried the game.
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Well, it died in a not so well-traveled forum. I usually don't visit the "other games" forum, but I do love a good Monkey game!
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August 15, 2003, 00:52
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Originally posted by Albert Speer
it was national news Imran... he was playing football and ran too far and fell off the deck.
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August 15, 2003, 00:54
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This is spam.
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August 15, 2003, 01:02
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I still say my "Fedorov To Ducks" thread should have become the new summer hockey discussion thread. Ah, I guess that'll pick up in the fall.
Fedorov To Ducks
And then there was my "The Newsroom" thread, which garnered a grand total of 0 replies. Huzzah!
The Newsroom
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August 15, 2003, 01:21
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Asher:
its real sad if you think about it... he graduated high school, beat all the odds against him growing up in philly and joined the Navy, served in the post-9/11 period but then died a few days before the ship returned to port
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August 15, 2003, 01:44
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Sounds pretty tragic...then again, it's just one of those things were you wish he lived so you could laugh at it without being an ass.
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August 15, 2003, 02:02
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I was not taken in by the Y2K hype
and I'm still pissed about the whole thing. We spend billions of dollars to "fix" the problem, Russia spends next to nothing. And they faired no worse than we did.
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Barack Obama- the antichrist
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August 15, 2003, 02:12
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all of them
Jon Miller
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August 15, 2003, 02:19
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I still have yet to have a thread reach 500 posts
That is my ultimate goal.
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