Mulk he/him Posted October 6, 2017 Posted October 6, 2017 51 minutes ago, Overstorm said: Now his sighs are bolded and italicized! What's next, sighs size 72?! Yes 1
Mestiv he/him Posted October 6, 2017 Posted October 6, 2017 1 hour ago, Overstorm said: Now his sighs are bolded and italicized! What's next, sighs size 72?! There's still underline left
Anarkitty she/her Posted October 6, 2017 Author Posted October 6, 2017 1 hour ago, Overstorm said: Now his sighs are bolded and italicized! What's next, sighs size 72?! Yeah, that's how he usually sighs at me IRL. Sometimes, he goes up to 108. ______________ KK: [to me] You're a punk. Kobold Princess: [to me] Uh, why is your hair purple? KK: Look who thinks she's an anime protagonist. ______________ I'm still wondering why he thought that last one would be insulting to me. And it's only a streak of purple. ______________ Me: Ugh! It's weird, but sometimes, my nose piercing hole itches. Not the space around it, but the hole itself. KK: Gee, it's almost like there's not supposed to be a hole there. ______________ Me: [to KK] It's like having a parent to rebel against again, only you can't ground me. 7
Anarkitty she/her Posted October 7, 2017 Author Posted October 7, 2017 2 hours ago, Delightful said: Kobold King, I am so sorry. Come, now. If I bothered him that much, he would have moved out already. :-) There would be far more konversations, but we're both introverts; sometimes, we drive for an hour with neither of us saying a word. And I haven't brought up bath time stories from when he was little or mentioned all the weird places he and his brothers have peed over the years. __________ So we live on a pretty rough road--many pot holes repeatedly filled in by prisoners from the county jail. However, they recently repaved one end of the road because one of our neighbors has friends on the city council. Ahem. In any case, KK calls the place where the new pavement stops and the rough road that's in front of our house "the poverty line." __________ To his brothers when the FedEx guy got stuck in mud which makes up the end of our drive way... KK: [with head tilted and in a weird, creepy monotone] Look what the mud god has brought us. 5
Kobold King he/him Posted October 7, 2017 Posted October 7, 2017 Symbolic representation of our relationship on the Shard 7
Kaymyth she/her Posted October 10, 2017 Posted October 10, 2017 I am very amused. I'm also not sure how I would deal with my mom being on the Shard, but I think that potentiality to be very unlikely. Of course, I'm pretty sure that I'm closer to @The Queen Mother's age than @Kobold King's, so there's that. (I also need to update the purple in my hair.) 2
Anarkitty she/her Posted October 10, 2017 Author Posted October 10, 2017 1 hour ago, Kaymyth said: I am very amused. I'm also not sure how I would deal with my mom being on the Shard, but I think that potentiality to be very unlikely. Of course, I'm pretty sure that I'm closer to @The Queen Mother's age than @Kobold King's, so there's that. (I also need to update the purple in my hair.) The idea of my mother joining any online community is as laughable as it is horrifying. I'm sure neither @Kobold King nor I would admit to being related to her, either to her or the other members. We moved back to Texas to be closer to family. We also provided a 2.5 hour buffer zone between us and them. :-) If I posted here regularly, I wouldn't have mentioned being his mom. But since I only come here occasionally, it's a fun way to mess with him. But I don't mess with him often because sometimes, I need help with my phone. I really don't feel old, except there's an adult here who calls me mum. It's a bit weird. 3
Kobold King he/him Posted October 10, 2017 Posted October 10, 2017 24 minutes ago, The Queen Mother said: my mother joining any online community I just sat here for thirty seconds staring at my computer screen. Haunted. 9
Anarkitty she/her Posted October 10, 2017 Author Posted October 10, 2017 1 hour ago, Kobold King said: I just sat here for thirty seconds staring at my computer screen. Haunted. I know, right? Gave myself a chill down my spine. 1
Kaymyth she/her Posted October 11, 2017 Posted October 11, 2017 22 hours ago, The Queen Mother said: The idea of my mother joining any online community is as laughable as it is horrifying. I'm sure neither @Kobold King nor I would admit to being related to her, either to her or the other members. We moved back to Texas to be closer to family. We also provided a 2.5 hour buffer zone between us and them. :-) If I posted here regularly, I wouldn't have mentioned being his mom. But since I only come here occasionally, it's a fun way to mess with him. But I don't mess with him often because sometimes, I need help with my phone. I really don't feel old, except there's an adult here who calls me mum. It's a bit weird. I remember when I got randomly and unilaterally declared the Forum Mom by certain parties. It was funny until I realized that given the number of teenagers on the Shard, I'm actually old enough to BE a lot of these folks' mother. 4
Argent he/him Posted October 11, 2017 Posted October 11, 2017 1 hour ago, Kaymyth said: I remember when I got randomly and unilaterally declared the Forum Mom by certain parties. It was funny until I realized that given the number of teenagers on the Shard, I'm actually old enough to BE a lot of these folks' mother. Age is just a number, mom, don't let it show!
Hemalurgic Headshot he/him Posted October 11, 2017 Posted October 11, 2017 I laughed for a solid minute. Collectively. It takes longer that a minute to scroll down a 17th Shard forum page.
Anarkitty she/her Posted October 11, 2017 Author Posted October 11, 2017 4 hours ago, Argent said: Age is just a number, mom, don't let it show! Exactly! That's why I'm considering Botox. ____________ Me: I can farmer's walk my own body weight. That means that if I meet my evil doppelganger, I can toss her over my shoulder and carry her off. KK: What if she didn't decide to lose weight? [pause] Me: I better up my farmer's walk. ____________ A little while later... Me: Am *I* the evil doppelganger? KK: Huh? Me: If I lost weight and got into shape, and she didn't, that puts me in the sexier dimension, which is always the evil one in Star Trek. KK: Well, if she's still super conservative religiously, she would probably consider you evil. Me: Ah! I can live with that. ____________ This morning when it was a mite chilly in the Lone Star State... Me: Uh, no. You have to change. KK: What?! Why does it matter? Me: Look, if you want to run around in workout clothes all the time, go for it. If you want to wear a hat indoors, I don't give a [include your expletive of choice]. But I am NOT going out in public with you in shorts, knee socks, and sandals. 2
Argent he/him Posted October 11, 2017 Posted October 11, 2017 13 minutes ago, The Queen Mother said: Me: Look, if you want to run around in workout clothes all the time, go for it. If you want to wear a hat indoors, I don't give a [include your expletive of choice]. But I am NOT going out in public with you in shorts, knee socks, and sandals. I can respect that. It's hard to get more uncool than shorts, socks, and sandals. 3
Kobold King he/him Posted October 11, 2017 Posted October 11, 2017 32 minutes ago, Argent said: I can respect that. It's hard to get more uncool than shorts, socks, and sandals. Et tu, Argent? And hey, I do 90% of my socializing without getting dressed at all, so socks and sandals is actually pretty fancily dressed for me. Granted, most of my socializing is on the internet, so... well... shut up. 3
Anarkitty she/her Posted October 12, 2017 Author Posted October 12, 2017 34 minutes ago, Argent said: I can respect that. It's hard to get more uncool than shorts, socks, and sandals. It's difficult because on the one hand, I'm happy that my children are content to be themselves without regard to social mores. On the other hand, occasionally--not often, but occasionally--I find myself in complete agreement with social mores. And I'm with society on this one. 6 minutes ago, Kobold King said: Et tu, Argent? And hey, I do 90% of my socializing without getting dressed at all, so socks and sandals is actually pretty fancily dressed for me. Granted, most of my socializing is on the internet, so... well... shut up. After the move, I'm going to push you out of the house until you find a girl. Though you like the personalities of a number of small, furry creatures who happen to be both obnoxious and insane, which makes me slightly fearful of what personality traits you'll find acceptable in female companionship. "Oh, look! She cut me. Isn't she a-dow-able!" 3
Darkness Ascendant he/him Posted October 12, 2017 Posted October 12, 2017 I prefer swords and sandals thanks As for shorts 3
Kobold King he/him Posted October 12, 2017 Posted October 12, 2017 7 hours ago, Darkness Ascendant said: I prefer swords and sandals thanks As for shorts @The Queen Mother, reading this post: "Your forum has a ton of in-jokes. Your community spends so much time talking you wind up with a lot of references that outsiders don't get easily." Me: "Those aren't really in-jokes. One is a fantasy sub-genre and the other is a screenshot from a Pokemon game." TQM: "...oh. So you're saying it's a youth thing." Me: "I would say a 'young whippersnappers' thing." 4
Anarkitty she/her Posted October 12, 2017 Author Posted October 12, 2017 10 minutes ago, Kobold King said: @The Queen Mother, reading this post: "Your forum has a ton of in-jokes. Your community spends so much time talking you wind up with a lot of references that outsiders don't get easily." Me: "Those aren't really in-jokes. One is a fantasy sub-genre and the other is a screenshot from a Pokemon game." TQM: "...oh. So you're saying it's a youth thing." Me: "I would say a 'young whippersnappers' thing." Fair is fair, though you missed the sigh and the eye roll and the grin of amusement at my expense that preceded your response. But maybe those are understood among the whippersnappers. I'd really like to see how you'd fare at the gym, though, brah. This is the level of amusement that I had when you didn't understand the curling iron joke on the t-shirt I showed you. 2
StormingTexan he/him Posted October 12, 2017 Posted October 12, 2017 I can't wait until my kids are old enough for me to troll on their interwebs forums of choice. 6
Kobold King he/him Posted October 12, 2017 Posted October 12, 2017 10 minutes ago, StormingTexan said: I can't wait until my kids are old enough for me to troll on their interwebs forums of choice. But it won't be the interwebs. It'll be some futuristic ultra-forum where you hook up your brain directly to a central server and think memes at each other. You could wind up an old timer who has no idea how it works or how to use it... or worse, an old timer who understands just enough of the basic principle to rant about the new generation to anyone who listens. 3
StormingTexan he/him Posted October 12, 2017 Posted October 12, 2017 4 minutes ago, Kobold King said: But it won't be the interwebs. It'll be some futuristic ultra-forum where you hook up your brain directly to a central server and think memes at each other. You could wind up an old timer who has no idea how it works or how to use it... or worse, an old timer who understands just enough of the basic principle to rant about the new generation to anyone who listens. I've got a 10 and an 8 year old may still be able to troll them the "old fashioned" way but we do have a bun in the oven that may be browsing the OASIS as you suggest. 2
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