Refugees from the MMP

[SmartAleq]

Well, it seemed natural, if some of us are gonna hang here that there's bound to be some Mumpers showing up and it's only right there should be a spot to be nice in, dammit!

I cloned the hot tub, there was already a Rm 304 installed when I got here (go figure!) and there was a box of chocolates over in the corner but I eated it, sorry...

Any other Mumpers about?

[Brewha]

I've always kinda wanted to be a mumper, but never really felt like I could relate. Something like a clique I didnt' feel I was a part of. Not that I wasn't wanted, or wouldn't have been welcomed. I just felt like it was a complete group without me.

But, with a new start, I'm thinking I could get in from the ground floor. If someone starts an MMP on monday, I'll try and get in on it.

[SmartAleq]

One of the greatest things about the MMP is that it's one of those places where you can jump in any time, or duck out any time and it's cool. You'll always get a welcome, somebody's always interested in what you've been up to, and some of the best recipes around go through that thread! Speaking of which, allow me to flog the Mumper's Recipe Blog, a compendium of collected recipes from the MMP. It's a good thing... :mrgreen:

[WhyNot]

Brewha, I'll go sit at the Mumpers table on Monday if you'll sit next to me and hold my hand so I'm not scared! :cry:

Like you, I found them a sweet group, but intimidating. Not because of any unfriendliness, but because they just seemed...complete. Exactly. Perfect word choice. I'd love to join in now that it's a teensy bit less complete - here, anyhow.

[ShelliBean]

MMPers ahloha! Are there any others out there?

[SmartAleq]

I'm kinda thinking we need to drop a hint or two over there...

[taters]

Another Mumper here. Truly, we are a friendly a bunch, and anyone new just makes the group more complete.

At any rate, I thought I'd pop in here and see what this place was all about. I haven't finished all the threads yet, but since I saw Smartie here, I thought I'd add my voice to the chorus.

[SmartAleq]

Well, y'know, it wouldn't be a refugee board without a spot for Mumpers and since I seemed to be the first one here I just had to jump all over it on account of being such a total attention whore!

I just have this feeling of foreboding hanging all over the Dope and it's both de- and oppressing. I hate, hate, HATE being treated like a child AND I have this huge button about being told my language is inappropriate and/or being silenced and censored. I realize that I overreact to it and I'm really trying very hard not to go off all over mealy mouth Ed and supercilious bitch Bodoni (cette conne!) but I'm afraid that without a pressure release I'm gonna end up on the wrong end of the banstick...

Why yes, the House at Grrr Corner did get cloned, why do you ask? :mrgreen:

Srsly, WhyNot & Brewha, you'd fit right in to the MMP, don't be shy about dropping in--here or there!

[TheFlame]

I never bothered opening the MMP threads on the SDMB. Can someone briefly explain for the n00b what it is and how one goes about participating in it?

[SilverTygerGirl]

I never bothered opening the MMP threads on the SDMB. Can someone briefly explain for the n00b what it is and how one goes about participating in it?

You just talk. It's almost a mini-MPSIMS; just whatever's happening to you and anything you want to talk about. I think. I'm pretty much still a newb too.

And I really should put on pants and eat something and get to work...

[BiblioCat]

I used to be an MMPer, but when I went back to work full-time, I just never had time anymore. That thread moves fast!
Mebbe I can participate more over here.

[SmartAleq]

Or at least two out of three anyway... :mrgreen:

Yeah, the MMP is the most hijacked thread possible, it's basically just a silly "whassup" diary style thread, totally stream of consciousness and about 99% social. What you had for breakfast, how many times the cat barfed in the night, by the way I'm getting a divorce, cute thing the new boyfriend did, horrible thing the old boyfriend did, just whatever the hell is on your mind at that moment, spliced in with comments on other Mumpers goings-on. Everybody gets a nickname, flirting is encouraged and it's all about the nice. The MMP is a comfy coffee shop full of squashy couches where you can put your feet up on the tables and nobody cares if you have a food fight. In spite of being a total Pitizen I find myself drawn back to the MMP every day--the SDMB isn't as much of a chatty board as some are, and the MMP serves that purpose all in one unobtrusive thread...

[Dolores Reborn]

Howdy, y'all!

To the noobs - please don't feel intimidated! We are nice, dammit!

[ShelliBean]

Yeah I dropped out of the last few weeks because it moves faster than I do. Anybody know if VunderBob will be here?

[SilverTygerGirl]

Everybody gets a nickname, flirting is encouraged and it's all about the nice.

I never really got a nickname. :cry:

[troubleagain]

Brewha, I'll go sit at the Mumpers table on Monday if you'll sit next to me and hold my hand so I'm not scared! :cry:

Like you, I found them a sweet group, but intimidating. Not because of any unfriendliness, but because they just seemed...complete. Exactly. Perfect word choice. I'd love to join in now that it's a teensy bit less complete - here, anyhow.

That wasn't it for me. It was just the sheer size of the group and the threads. Just too much for me to keep up with.

[anyrose]

I'm here.

Why am I here? Are we abandonning the sinking ship?

[SilverTygerGirl]

I'm here.

Why am I here? Are we abandonning the sinking ship?

Nope, we're just putting on life-preservers. =^.^=

[SmartAleq]

Naw, rosie, just chillin' away from the conflict... On the other hand, if the Good Ship Titanic does its usual turn we'll be all set.

Tyger, you gotta admit that's not the easiest name to riff off of!

Hey, Rebo! *waves*

Dunno about Bobbio, but a girl can hope, right? *bats eyelashes, swoons delicately*

:mrgreen: <---I like this little green fucker, can I keep him?

[taters]

No, I'm not abandoning the Dope; just keeping my options open. You've been there awhile rosie, even you must concede the tone has changed. Not in the MMP, but elsewhere on the board. It's like everyone is walking on eggshells, or conversely, just DARING the mods to ban them by pushing the envelope.

It's tiring and I'm sick of the drama. I'm staying out of it, and don't plan to participate in any threads where there's wailing and gnashing of teeth.

[anyrose]

No, I'm not abandoning the Dope; just keeping my options open. You've been there awhile rosie, even you must concede the tone has changed. Not in the MMP, but elsewhere on the board. It's like everyone is walking on eggshells, or conversely, just DARING the mods to ban them by pushing the envelope.

It's tiring and I'm sick of the drama. I'm staying out of it, and don't plan to participate in any threads where there's wailing and gnashing of teeth.

(emphasis mine)
which is why I rarely, if at all, venture out of the MMP

[Dolores Reborn]

Hey, Rebo! *waves*
:mrgreen: <---I like this little green fucker, can I keep him?

No, you have to share! :mrgreen:

Hey!

So anybody PM Swampy, yet?

[SilverTygerGirl]

Tyger, you gotta admit that's not the easiest name to riff off of!

Sure it is! S'tyger, S'kitty, S'kat (my normal nickname... yes I know), S'kittles, S'cub, S'cubby, tygr, I could go on...

Well, I finished my print media homework, and it's not due until Wednesday, so I'm all good on that regard!

I can't keep straight which MMP I said what in...

[SmartAleq]

Yeah, but those nicknames give me Anne McCaffrey flashbacks!

I'm catching up on the current season of Nip/Tuck that I didn't even know was on--man, this show imports its own shark tanks every week for creative waterski leaping, I swear... It used to be just gloriously trashy, now it's really way far over into the queasily sleazy realm. Why do I subject myself to this? Why??????

[featherlou]

I've always wanted a nickname - I just don't seem to attract them.

[SmartAleq]

Me neither, fezzer, at least not IRL... My given name is short and it suits me such that nobody's ever felt the need to hang another name on me. At least I never got a BAD nickname--a friend of ours answers more readily to his nickname of "Dildo" than he does to his real name. Unfortunately, he had kids and we all had to break ourselves of using his nickname because who the hell wants to be responsible for two sweet little girls asking why everybody calls their daddy "Dildo?" Awkward, y'know? :mrgreen:

[SilverTygerGirl]

Yeah, but those nicknames give me Anne McCaffrey flashbacks!

So leave out the apostrophe then.

I don't exactly have a RL nickname - my name gets shortened by my family, but no one else. I'm supposed to get called Kitty at Faire, but no one remembers.

[RoOsh]

I might be coming down with the case of the mmpers if it's brand new and all.

And I'm really partial to these two smileys myself: :geek: 8-)

[WhyNot]

Hey! S'Kat and Sm'Aleq! I saw what you did there. No premature Mumping,it's still Sunday!

[ShelliBean]

So who's doing the DoMeBo MMP?

[ShelliBean]

Inaugural, I meant.

I will say, I think the SDMB edit button spoiled me...

[jali]

I think I posted once in an MMP thread and I was heartily welcomed by the group.

:geek: I love lil geeky.
:ugeek: Cool geeky looks like a good friend.
: was my secret oral sex code in messages to an ex.

Hey y'all, I'm over here too. I have seen the SDMB go through issues similar to the current situation, and I hate the feeling that someday I'm going to log on, and the entire message board will be shut down. Alternatives are always a good thing to have!

Anyway, who is going to start us out tomorrow?

[SmartAleq]

Well, since I started this thread I guess it's up to me, so my shout tonight--maybe gt will hie on over here and take over... :mrgreen:

I really SHOULD be doing something useful but I gotta bad case of the donwannas, it's less than lovely weather out and well, FUCKITFUCKITFUCKITFUCKIT!!! There, I feel better and will probably actually go get something accomplished. Actually I kinda have to because the goggies are out of gooshy fud and will look at me imploringly with all their little shoe button eyes if I give them plain kibble. Poor widdoe goggies, I can't do that to them...

*waves big howdies to kai, jali-bali, Rooshie and all the other n00bz* Welcome back my friends, to the thread that never ends, we're so glad you could attend, come inside, come inside... :mrgreen:

[Julie]

I'm here, too!

I'm not abandoning the dope, yet. But I'm ready to jump if it becomes necessary.

[SmartAleq]

I'm just looking on this as a whole 'nother place to play, only with my favorite people to play with! Without that constant overlooking feel of being corporately owned and at the mercy of people we can't even contact, let alone reason with. Plus, it's fun to be on the ground floor of a new thing, and I think there's a definite opportunity to create something unique--not just a reactionary kneejerk "fuckyou" board, but a community that has its own distinct style built on the bones we take from the SDMB.

[SilverTygerGirl]

Plus, it's fun to be on the ground floor of a new thing, and I think there's a definite opportunity to create something unique

Yeah, I can actually get here early enough to say something AND get it noticed! Woohoo!

[Hockey Monkey]

Hey y'all!

[dogbutler]

: rows over to the Carpathia , pulls up a deck chair :

Hey Hockey monkey! I just got back from the Canes game in Atlanta. I might even have been on TV! :mrgreen:

[Hockey Monkey]

Hey Doggie! I didn't see you on TV, I was too busy uttering swear words. :cry:

[SmartAleq]

Hey, Doggio! Did your team win?

I saw Rigs over in the Pit, figure she'll show up here pretty soon...

This place is getting crowded, nine pages on the members list and quite a few names I haven't seen in a while, nice!

[Morgyn]

Ugh. Lots and lots of snow. And I'll have to be out in it tomorrow, because I still don't have remote log in. Might be just as well, since I also don't have a chair at home I want to be working in for 8 hours. But still. *grumpy*

They're talking whiteout conditions sometime in the a.m. Not sure if its before or during rush hour, but I don't like the sound of that at all.

[WhyNot]

Okay, testing my MMPer skills before the first official MMP:

I've been stressing/procrastinating over this online quiz in my Microbiology class, and I finally took it and it was, well, it wasn't easy, but I got an A on it first try! It's unlimited tries, but the questions change each time, and only the most recent score is recorded. I got 20/22, or 90.9%, which is an A. I'm fine with that; don't want to take another and risk getting a worse score!

Dissection in Anatomy class tomorrow. Woo-hoo! Nothing like cutting up some bunnies and gettin' high on Bioperm! (I don't care what they say, it is NOT fume-free!)

[SmartAleq]

Aaaand, the first official MMP is up! Swish, gong!

[sturmhauke]

I've always kinda wanted to be a mumper, but never really felt like I could relate. Something like a clique I didnt' feel I was a part of. Not that I wasn't wanted, or wouldn't have been welcomed. I just felt like it was a complete group without me.

But, with a new start, I'm thinking I could get in from the ground floor. If someone starts an MMP on monday, I'll try and get in on it.

See, I just come barging into the MMP threads with a new recipe, make some noise, and then barge out again. I don't even try to keep up with them. There is no wrong way to participate.