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[Melizmatic]

@Shuck

this brings to mind the expression about being invited to sit at the table with the cool kids

Oh, I must:

[Nightflyer]

If this is the “cool kids’” table, I’m here under false pretenses.

[Shuck]

@gracchus

the Five Geek Social Fallacies

Dang, I’d never seen it all laid out like that, but boy are those sure… familiar.

@Melizmatic

Oh, I must:

I see your Mean Girls and raise you one Sunmi*

*“You Can’t Sit With Us,” 2021

[Melizmatic]

@Shuck

*“You Can’t Sit With Us,” 2021

I’ve been seeing gifs from that music video all over the web for ages now; never actually listened to it though.

@Nightflyer

I’m here under false pretenses.

Seriously, though.

[zfirphdn]

@LockeCJ

Although we have been invite-only for short periods maybe a couple of times in the past, it is intentional that anyone can sign up.

@tcg550

But then I got a DM telling me the process was invites after being vetted by the group and one vote is enough to keep someone out.

And I shouldn’t share the site.

These two pieces of information don’t seem to match?

(not meant to be personal to you, tcg550)

[LockeCJ]

The process described is how members chose whom to invite from BB, not a description of how the site is/was configured, but I can see how that might seem inconsistent.

[MrShiv]

@chgoliz

that was the point!

So it wasn’t just a coincidence?

And the Elsewhere Café logo up there☝🏼that just happens to resemble a snow globe?

[Melizmatic]

@MrShiv

resemble a snow globe

I always thought it was a coffee pot, tilted at a weird angle…

[LockeCJ]

@MrShiv

And the Elsewhere Café logo up there☝🏼that just happens to resemble a snow globe?

@Melizmatic

I always thought it was a coffee tilted at a weird angle…

It’s both, kind of.

This version of the logo:

It’s supposed to be an amalgamation of both a snow globe (the overall round shape and the base) and a coffee cup (the line about 1/4 of the way down forming a silhouette of a cup on a saucer, plus the handle). I’m reasonably certain that @ChickieD originally created it, and there may have been minor edits by myself and @tinoesroho. That’s how I’ve always interpreted it, anyway.

I’ve considered creating a new logo at some point, but it’s pretty low on my list of priorities.

[MerelyGifted]

@Shuck

I wonder how much of this is taking childhood admonitions to heart about always including one’s peers in things. (It makes total sense when talking about children, at school, as even problematic behavior by kids can indicate something going wrong in their lives which potentially could be improved by healthy peer interactions. Outside that context, however, it just doesn’t work. Online, the concept of “peer” doesn’t even make sense either.)

I failed to see the benefit of including those childhood so-called peers who’d bullied and picked on me because I could read. I mean, you don’t invite enemies to your birthday party, only friends.

I was surprised by the number of awful people I’d known in the 80s punk club/show scene who barely changed, or worsened! after decades. Back then they’d been the still-adolescent mindfuckers and/or schoolyard bullies, destructive fake friends, backstabbers, maliciously vile gossips - all of whomst I’d quickly come to dislike (both cordially and otherwise). Too many of those jerks had honed their evils rather than becoming better humans.

I’ll curse 'em!

May all of them, and their ilk, reach complete Enlightenment.

[MerelyGifted]

Why tamper with perfection?

[Heikki]

As semi-paranoid weirdo who listen to a lot of podcasts about what extreme right are talking about in their safe spaces. I always presume whatever I say anywhere is always public in the end. Of course I have said a lot of dumb things since Usenet…

Then again as a autistic person who never really was able to mask it I prosume I am going to gas chamber if I can’t fuck off when the time comes.

[RAvery]

I always thought it looked like the moon being dunked in a cup of coffee. I’m not complaining.

[MagicFox]

@LockeCJ

I’ve considered creating a new logo at some point

Don’t do that. It’s a great logo: unique, instantly recognizable, “clean” (simple, straightforward), and “timeless” (it doesn’t contain elements that will become dated).

I didn’t know about the snow globe connection (never watched the show, my parents weren’t into medical dramas), but the transition from the full logo to the silhouette with “E” in the center when scrolling is *chef’s kiss.”

[mindysan33]

Again, we’re not… I know people have tried to spin it that way, but as our stupid ass country just told us, the bullies and rich kids are still in charge and we’re off in the corner of the lunch room making out plans… As @Melizmatic giffed, we ARE the weirdos and people should not mistake us for the heathers…

[tornpapernapkin]

I like the logo even though all I recall of the show is that my mother liked it!

[AnnaPhylaxis]

There were definitely ‘cool kids’ that acted like those in the media at my school. But I certainly wanted as little to do with them as possible. They were obsessed with image and really superficial stuff I didn’t give two figs about. Most of them seem to have peaked in high school too, if my 20 year reunion is anything to go by.

@MerelyGifted

I failed to see the benefit of including those childhood so-called peers

I will never forget being forced to invite one kid from my grade 8 class to a grad party I hosted. They were unhinged, acting out constantly, generally a miserable person to be around. My parents’ insistence on inviting them was soon regretted when the cops showed up because he found a bag of marbles I had and began throwing them at the neighbours’ houses. I didn’t want him there for a reason. I’ve never forced my kids to be around someone that makes them uncomfortable as a result.

[DukeTrout]

@Docosc

Likewise @DukeTrout

Crap. Would changing my moniker help? I don’t know whether mentions like this keep the old name when it changes.

[Sekhmet]

I’m not a Discourse expert, but from what I’ve seen, the system does a good job of replacing @-mentions when a username is changed or anonymized. I can’t guarantee it will alter any usernames posted without the @ attatched, but I’m not sure we do that often enough to be a problem.

If anybody wants a new moniker, let the mods know. We can take care of it.

[chgoliz]

Figured I’d check in on the new Sus BB and saw this right at the top: