| Jace_Varitek | Date: Friday, 27 Jul 2012, 3:44 PM | Message # 1 |
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| ... have I missed?
I write a post about me posting more and just like that I lose internet for a week.
P.S. Here's a visual representation of my return.
Jace Varitek
Manager/Administrator from January 2003 to Present
My recent posts here, pre-2009 archives here
"When my information changes, I change my opinion. What do you do, sir?"
—John Maynard Keynes
Furthermore, a dancing Wookiee:
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| Ilanah_Thanatos | Date: Friday, 27 Jul 2012, 5:12 PM | Message # 2 |
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| ....are you The Batman?
Ilanah R. Thanatos
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| Karth_DeQora | Date: Friday, 27 Jul 2012, 8:59 PM | Message # 3 |
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| I've always considered Jace more of a 'smart' superhero like... Tony Stark or Barry Allen. Come to think of it, I can't think of many intelligent DC heroes.
Man, Myth, Administrative God. Also plays a mean kazoo.
Jace Varitek: In Northern California we just have gangs of vigilante interior decorators.
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| Jace_Varitek | Date: Sunday, 29 Jul 2012, 7:31 PM | Message # 4 |
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| I was a superhero once. I roved the streets of San Francisco on the lookout for grammatical imperfections, perversion of syntax, etc. "Ten Items or Less"? It's Ten Items or "Fewer," wrongdoer! "Heighth"? It's "Height"! Get it right! "Your being a dick"? No, "You're" being a dick, dick! Needless to say, I needed a secret identity—there are always people who hate a hero, especially people whose spelling and grammar mistakes I point out to them all the time. But I don't regret what I did. There are many people who have this gift, but they keep it to themselves, by-and-large. Few use this power for good. That's what I did.
We're a society of laws. What do you think happens when those laws are misspelled or punctuated incorrectly? Criminals go free, that's what. I drew a line in the sand; no grammatical perversion on the streets of my city, dammit. The children of San Francisco needed a good example, to teach them that winners play by the rules (the rules of grammar and syntax, that is). Wherever some pothead college student was sexting his girlfriend with atrocious spelling, I was there. Wherever some distraught girl cried on Facebook's shoulder about her bad breakup with absolutely horrible grammar, I was there. I was...
... the "Grammatifier."
Needless to say, I was chased out of town. Dejected, I focused my efforts on YouTube comments sections, but the grammatical depravity there was too strong. I was defeated (and called "g4y"). And so I folded up the cape I only wore when no one else was around anyway and gave up my life as a superhero. Sorry kids, I'm just Jace now. It's up to the brave, under-paid men and women of the public school system to correct spelling and grammar now, and somewhat douchier-than-average citizens.
So, what was I talking about?
Oh, I wanted to bring this back to my posting. You guys know that I'm stretched thin, creatively. I need to back out of some threads and focus my energy on just a few of them. I'll clarify tonight and tomorrow which threads I'll be withdrawing from (sorry in advance, guys) and which I'll double down on. It'll mostly be the threads that I didn't really have a part in originating that I'll need to back out of. But in the end, this is good; it means on average I'll be posting more and fewer threads need to be waiting on me. Looking forward to it. Ttfn.
Jace Varitek
Manager/Administrator from January 2003 to Present
My recent posts here, pre-2009 archives here
"When my information changes, I change my opinion. What do you do, sir?"
—John Maynard Keynes
Furthermore, a dancing Wookiee:
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| Ilanah_Thanatos | Date: Sunday, 29 Jul 2012, 7:41 PM | Message # 5 |
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| If you hadn't worn a spandex bodysuit, you might not have gotten chased out of town. Just sayin'.
Ilanah R. Thanatos
Senator of Chandrila
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