Archive through December 29, 2001
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Archive through December 29, 2001
Pcakes2 | Thursday, December 27, 2001 - 12:33 pm     And then what are you? I've been confused about this for a while? (PS- if I have to ask, I guess I'm still one!) |
Kep421 | Thursday, December 27, 2001 - 12:52 pm     Being a newbie is relative...just like your age. I guess the real standard of "newbieness" is how comfortable you feel here. I guess newbies eventually turn into oldbies... But, being a relative newbie myself, I could be wrong... |
Weinermr | Thursday, December 27, 2001 - 02:14 pm     Not to get too psychological about it all, I think being a newbie depends on your point of view. Two separate questions are - are you a newbie from your own point of view, or are you a newbie from the point of view of everyone else. A person can be 100% totally accepted by the other posters and in their minds not be a newbie anymore, but in their own mind, they can still feel left out, or not part of the group, and feel like a newbie for a very long time. Or it can be the other way around, where a person feels like they belong to the group, but in reality the others don't accept them. I think here at TVCH newbies don't stay newbies for long, because everyone is so warm and accepting. So the question then becomes, when do you stop feeling like a newbie? It's all up to the individual. |
Grooch | Thursday, December 27, 2001 - 02:28 pm     Here is the official "Grooch" definition of a newbie. You are a newbie until you've gone through 1 Big Brother season and see how crazy these boards get. After the show ends, you are thankful that the boards have reached some kind of saneness. Then a new group of posters come along who have no idea how crazy it gets. These posters are now the new "newbies". And the old newbies become just plain ole "Old". Watching Big Brother and posting at TVCH is sort of like a hazing ritual. Anyone who hasn't done it, just can't understand.  |
Oregonfire | Thursday, December 27, 2001 - 03:06 pm     Yep, BB2 was my hazing ritual. I lurked for a solid month before I posted, mostly because I had given the admins the wrong e-mail and hadn't received my confirmation from TVCH. I've got BB voyuerism in my blood, I tell you, so I couldn't wait to post. BTW, if you ever do receive a chilly reception, don't let it phase you. Sometimes people are just on a different wavelength and don't mean any harm. Just keep posting along and you'll find your stride. |
Rogue | Thursday, December 27, 2001 - 03:17 pm     Hear hear!!! |
Kep421 | Thursday, December 27, 2001 - 03:25 pm     See, I told you I was a newbie...the oldies have it covered But since I was here for the BB2 season, I guess I'm about to be an oldie soon... |
Whoami | Thursday, December 27, 2001 - 04:18 pm     WooHoo! Does that mean I get to be just plain old pretty soon too? I think once you get a folder, you are initiated for real. |
Juju2bigdog | Thursday, December 27, 2001 - 04:35 pm     Whoami, once you realize you HAVE a folder, you are well on your way to oldness.
Okay how about this? You know you're an oldie when... Or, you know you're no longer a newbie when... ? You know you're no longer a newbie when you stumble across a whole other section you never knew was there, called General Discussions. |
Solidsnake | Thursday, December 27, 2001 - 04:45 pm     I am a "Flobee". A whole nother dimension which derives from "Beeisim" |
Weinermr | Thursday, December 27, 2001 - 05:05 pm     Flowbee?? I thought a flowbee was that haircut vacuum cleaner thingy.... |
Juju2bigdog | Thursday, December 27, 2001 - 06:01 pm     I thought a flobee was something you put in the little slot in the bit thingie.
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Littlebreeze | Thursday, December 27, 2001 - 06:08 pm     LOL LOL Weinermr.... that one struck my funny bone! I have no idea what stage I'm in, newbie, oldbie or maybe that awkward stage, juvenile delinquentbie. |
Highlander | Thursday, December 27, 2001 - 08:39 pm     You can be a newbie for a long time in fact you can be a newbie forever but you just cant sweat it. As long as you can find enjoyment in certain threads that is what counts. |
Solidsnake | Thursday, December 27, 2001 - 04:58 pm     "Flobie" is someone who is a floater. Its a derigative from ancient mayan culture dating back to 1200. Floaters used to be ancient warriors who sneaked in and infiltrated into society and helped the society grow and helped the people and were kinda like the defenders of good. You could say a form of vigilante. We move in discreet and our motto is "If it aint the Ramada, we aint <beepin> ya". (jk) |
Juju2bigdog | Friday, December 28, 2001 - 12:31 am     You a funny feller, snake. For a newbie. (jk)
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Labmouse | Friday, December 28, 2001 - 12:36 am     If a tree falls in the wilderness, and nobody hears it, then you are a newbie. Just a little tidbit I picked up in Philosophy 101. |
Pcakes2 | Friday, December 28, 2001 - 12:51 am     OK, I've been here since BB2, I have a folder, I know where general discussions are, and I post regularly. I consider you all my extended e-family, so with that said.......I'm giving myself a gold star (and I know how to use clipart), moving my tassle on my cap, and graduating from newbie to midddle-aged-be. I think there are a couple of us who still considered ourselves newbies, but meet the criteria to move on, so if anyone wants to join me, I'm having myself a little graduation party! |
Lancecrossfire | Friday, December 28, 2001 - 01:34 am     Weinermr, I agree with your points. Even with the few posts so far, there are differing views on what a newbie is or isn't. From the perspective of "the board" (the site itself and residents) I hope that people are accepted and included very quickly. I think that typically happens. It seems we welcome others quickly. From the perspective of the individual, they may lurk and learn about everyone and feel like they know people on their first post. Yet, it will take a bit for everyone else to catch up because we haven't gotten to see them. Kind of like with BB--everyone watching them feels like they know the HGs to some degree, yet the Hgs don't have a clue about any viewer. If a person signs up and posts right away, they have a big hand in both getting to know others, and allowing others to get to know them. |
Ems | Friday, December 28, 2001 - 03:28 am     I only lircked for 1 minute before joning! At first I was a bit uneasy because there was an intire form full of roles! I was likkkke "Uh O I will be kincked out for sure" but now this place is sweet I am still a newbe but I could care less! |
Twiggyish | Friday, December 28, 2001 - 06:24 am     Ya'all are oldbies in my book. |
Urgrace | Friday, December 28, 2001 - 09:00 pm     Well I used to be a wannabe. Never was more than a lurker since BB1 even though I had a username and password, because my password didn't work! Then it became frustrating when I couldn't post, so I got that straightened out and became a newbie. Some of us newbies feel so welcome it sometimes feels like we aren't newbies any longer, with all the kind help moving us around the boards and making folders for us then painting our new folders with rainbows! However I will feel like a newbie until I go into some of the archieved discussions and catch up on so much missed. That is the fun part, getting to know more about the people that make up this terrific club. I think after you are no longer a newbie you are just one of the gang - a member! |
Juju2bigdog | Friday, December 28, 2001 - 09:20 pm     Oh goodie. New gang members. Bigdog and I, of course, have pack members.
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Urgrace | Friday, December 28, 2001 - 09:30 pm     Yeah, OUR GANG members! |
Ems | Saturday, December 29, 2001 - 08:34 am     lol!Welll dont worry I will be kincked out soon I know the moderater has to be sick of the uhu uh uh staying alive song! so I have a new 1 I wannna be a mo-derater hey now now |
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