So I guess this is the end for the End of the World.
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You never know until the voting is done!
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If we rename this place to Elsewhere, what euphemism are we going to use to refer to the other place?
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Not while trump is still around. Ba-dum-tsssss. sorry. 
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The Other Place.
Easy. 
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Absolutely - did anyone remember to play their joker for this round? 
(Yes, that screen cap is actually from Jeux sans Frontières and, yes there are plenty of Theresa May/Boris Johnson/David Davis/Liam Fox jokes in there, but I’m not using them because I’m the bigger person. 
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Shall we move on?
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St. Elmo’s Fire.
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Elsewhere is unbearably clever. I could live with it.
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Including the fact that an increasing number of people don’t want a reminder of what once was but is no longer. Do we want to be forever defined by there, or become our own self?
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Naughty, naughty…
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But till the sea shall make an end, I wage
War on the mightiest men under the skies
And now they are fallen or fled. Age after age
Light is man’s love and lighter is man’s rage
His purpose drifts and dies [Yeats, Wanderings of Oisin].
In the poem Oisin is unable to escape from his warlike past (and ends up losing Niamh the Fair and having to put up with a lecture from that tedious bore St. Patrick).
I agree. Time to escape from the old battles.
Let us bring the New World into existence, but not to redress the balance of the Old.
I would suggest it be referred to as BoingBoing. No euphemism needed unless someone is worried about search engines.
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This is entirely the issue I have with Elsewhere as a name (and [s]one/s have explained elsewhere in here, though I think I’ve been won over on that particular case) - and very cogently put.
On the third hand, I’m aware that shared terms are a part of group culture, and find it easier to use than that ‘Boing Boing BBS’ (to refer specifically to the board, rather than the front end, or the whole thing) and actually less snarky than BBBBS feels, somehow.
Either way, I’m mellow. It’s a good point, and how the initial group of merry mutants here will decide to refer to from whence we came, will evolve. And it might just be an unexpected moment of peace, but I’ll be happy with either, as long as it’s not snide and derogatory.
Your point of rising above the crud, as far as one is able, is still very well made.
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I’m okay with Elsewhere as a name, but I know others have issues with it due to stuff that went on at The Other Place*. I think we ought to be picking a name fairly soon, though.
*I like The Other Place as a euphemism, it works equally well from both sides.
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That’s my issue with Elsewhere, too. On the other hand, in and of itself, Elsewhere is pretty damn awesome. The baggage on it has a sour taste in my mouth, though, to mix a few metaphors.
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That’s exactly why I’m using it. I’ve used that same terminology to talk about yet another BBS in yet a third place slightly subtly for, well, years now I think of it? 
So that’s why I’ve been doing it: It’s somewhat habitual, linguistic (semantic?) fun! 
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Can this monologue (1:40) be our manifesto? I like manifestoes.
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How about The Breakfast Club? I’m only half-serious, but really.
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I suspect that those associations will wear off with time. I just wish we had better TLD options. If it wins we’ll also have to think about how to style it so that we don’t come across as a travel blog.
Yes. I think two weeks is long enough for everyone who is interested to vote. This is becoming a real bottleneck.
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