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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 05:59 PM Original message |
What did DU used to be like? |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
1. At this point, we don't know |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 06:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I'm thinking it probably didn't involve a cheese sandwich |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 06:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. No,there was always goofy stuff,maybe even moreso. |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 06:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. That probably pre-dates me. I think I started in June or July of 08. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 06:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. You missed all the good stuff |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 06:17 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Hey, we've got boobies, white penis, cheese sandwich, Olive Garden and an Asian woodcarver now! |
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Justpat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 06:41 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. delete |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 07:04 PM Response to Reply #7 |
27. And Bobby Jindal |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 06:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
88. Yaks...in THONGS! |
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FarLeftRage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
6. A lot calmer than it is now... |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 10:22 AM Response to Reply #6 |
67. The Meeting Room. |
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FarLeftRage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 09:04 PM Response to Reply #67 |
89. Yes, thanks... |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
8. We all ate chicken while posting sex threads and watching Fat Actress on TV. |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 06:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Funny you should mention sex threads - I just posted this poll this morning... |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 09:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
50. And I missed all that......nt |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 02:22 AM Response to Reply #8 |
61. Fat Actress - that was quite a show! |
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Sky Masterson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
9. It was fun |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 06:42 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. Yeah,I miss February,too. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 06:44 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Motherfucker. |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 06:50 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Those good old days will not return. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 06:55 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Stop it! |
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Sky Masterson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 07:00 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. All things aren't as they appear. |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 07:03 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. No offense meant,Sky. |
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Sky Masterson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 07:05 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Thats cool |
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Career Prole (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
10. The user names of those who |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
12. Well, apparently it used to be better |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 06:38 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. It's your bad taste in music |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
13. NOPE.. nothing stays the same |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 06:46 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. That's a pretty good summary. |
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hellbound-liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 04:58 PM Response to Reply #13 |
93. Nice to see you are still around, SoCalDem. I keep in touch with Crewleader from the early days |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
15. It's always been whackadoodle |
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3.14158675309 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 07:07 PM Response to Reply #15 |
29. Locking |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 07:11 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Did I say whack a noodle? |
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3.14158675309 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 07:17 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. tomato towMAHtoe |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 07:36 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. You're a boob |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 08:25 PM Response to Reply #34 |
44. And water is wet..... |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 08:32 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Slippery when wet... |
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3.14158675309 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 12:14 PM Response to Reply #44 |
76. We are upstanding members of this community |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
23. much smaller and there was often more actual discussion instead of frequent |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 08:28 PM Response to Reply #23 |
45. Ah those were the days. |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
24. It used to be a series of tubes. |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 07:04 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. And the jokes were better |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 07:08 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. See my answer on the running gags thread. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 07:21 PM Response to Reply #24 |
33. now its a series of tied tubes. nt |
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Dr. Strange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 07:39 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. La Lioness Priyanka's post resulted in a pregnant pause in the Lounge. |
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chknltl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
36. Crazy Gugenheim and Southland Shari |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 08:00 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Yes, it was perhaps a bit more flirtatious! |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 08:02 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Perhaps the Old Lounge was like the strip of bars in San Diego |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 08:07 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. SouthlandShari is one cool woman |
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chknltl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 08:50 PM Response to Reply #41 |
47. Yes indeed she is... |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 08:58 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Yes, she is a hottie - "Walking streak of sex" |
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chknltl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 09:10 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. Again, not that it matters..... |
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YDogg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
39. less like FARK. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
40. Back in the old days, manna rained from heaven every time you made a post |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 05:58 PM Response to Reply #40 |
81. And we followed a column of fire at night. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
42. it was rare that the same person who accused gays of being racist, would then make xenophobic |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 01:49 AM Response to Reply #42 |
58. that's crazy |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 08:26 AM Response to Reply #58 |
62. gays are racist for using other civil rights analogies. however questioning jindals |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
43. Then & Now |
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chknltl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 08:54 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. Bravo! |
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Ptah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 09:01 PM Response to Reply #43 |
51. Superb! |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 01:44 AM Response to Reply #43 |
57. Brilliant! |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 06:20 PM Response to Reply #57 |
86. Yeah, I miss a bunch of them too. I used to learn quite |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 06:12 PM Response to Reply #43 |
82. LOL! and Hurray! |
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sammythecat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 01:06 AM Response to Original message |
53. It was wonderful. Better in every way. |
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asteroid2003QQ47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 11:15 AM Response to Reply #53 |
70. It's social entropy in action and those at the bottom of the ladder... |
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sammythecat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 05:46 PM Response to Reply #70 |
80. I was trying my hand at a little sarcasm there. |
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asteroid2003QQ47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 04:13 PM Response to Reply #80 |
90. Fleeing the insanity at GDP... |
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sammythecat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 07:23 PM Response to Reply #90 |
94. No problem, if there's any fault, it was mine. |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 01:25 AM Response to Original message |
54. Clean as a hound's tooth, Serpico. Clean as a hound's tooth. |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 01:25 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. . |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 01:26 AM Response to Original message |
56. Far less Cenkful. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 02:17 AM Response to Original message |
59. Deleted message |
TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 08:31 AM Response to Reply #59 |
63. . |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 10:22 AM Response to Reply #63 |
68. .. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 06:20 PM Response to Reply #59 |
85. I'm kinda surprised no one is defending that. (nt) |
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ForrestGump (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 08:34 AM Response to Reply #85 |
98. Well, I furnished the poster/poseur with a succinct |
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LeftyFingerPop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 08:39 AM Response to Reply #98 |
99. You're calling him a poseur? |
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ForrestGump (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 08:27 AM Response to Reply #59 |
95. Go fuck yourself |
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LeftyFingerPop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 08:29 AM Response to Reply #95 |
97. He's right |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 02:20 AM Response to Original message |
60. wrong thread |
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BarenakedLady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
64. Pure debauchery and mayhem |
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Sky Masterson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 10:12 AM Response to Reply #64 |
65. Until all the newbies showed up |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
66. All hearts and flowers and happy stuff. |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 04:20 PM Response to Reply #66 |
91. Those were the days... |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
69. In the old days, you had to get up an hour before you went to bed |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 06:29 PM Response to Reply #69 |
87. But we had character and that's what counts! |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
71. Well, we had to hand-crank 'er to start 'er up in the morn |
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SarahB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
72. More free thought |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
73. Much like this: |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
74. The lounge hasn't been the same since the douchebag wars. |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 04:21 PM Response to Reply #74 |
92. Those wars rage on to this day |
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enigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
75. Better than it is now, I think n/t |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
77. it's just bigger. harder to get to know people |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
78. I remember back in the 50s and mid-60s they didn't allow sex threads. |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 06:18 PM Response to Reply #78 |
83. I used to lurk here when I was in Junior High since I thought |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
79. I remember you could pick Ralph Nader up by the ankles and use him like a club. |
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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
84. Sunshine and daisies |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
96. there were some really interesting people here |
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