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I don't even recall that name being used, change must have been 30 years ago. 

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V.T. Eric Layton
18 hours ago, crp said:

I don't even recall that name being used, change must have been 30 years ago. 

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There is actually a pinned thread here that gives you the date and the "why"  of this change.

 

Welcome to the Restaurant at the Edge of the Universe!

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Cluttermagnet

Here is an old post that will explain, in part, the question posed above.

Please read my post above Scot's as well, for context...

 

https://forums.scotsnewsletter.com/index.php?/topic/21550-discussion-civility-moderation-and-moderation/#comment-256912

 

Yes, things could erupt into rudeness at times. We folks are not

immune from the clever, worldwide campaign to divide us and

keep us constantly at each others throats. How ironic that

mankind is presently endangered but I cannot talk about it here

or most other places due to fears of getting flamed and banned.

 

We are living in 'interesting' times. The world has changed, and

not for the better. There is no going back IMO. We humans will

have to re-invent ourselves to survive. A lot of folks got real tired

of the cognitive dissonance, the constant gaslighting, designed

to discourage us and cause us to question our own sanity. Out

of that is growing a parallel society that may just see mankind

through. Only time will tell. Meanwhile, Clutter avoids the town

square because it is Crazytown now. Or 'cray cray', as the kiddos

say...

 

Love,

 

Clutter

 

 

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V.T. Eric Layton

 I do my best to avoid all the feces these days. Don't need the added stress that it causes. I haven't even watched a news program for about two years now. My opinions on the future of the species H. sapiens are not very "positive". Don't matter much, though... I'll be checkin' out of this place in another 40 or so years and then whomever is left can deal with it. ;)

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Cluttermagnet

Shamelessly cross posted from another forum I hang out in...

My response in a discussion of the etymology of the words

"avail" and "available":

 

"I tried to wake people up but it was of (to) no avail..."
"I made it clear I was available to help in the effort..."
"Alas, my country is an invalid politically, and has lost the will to live..."
"Lost your valor, eh, sonny? Here, have some of this snake oil..."

 

Yeah, as I say, 'cray cray'...

(Clutter ducks a thrown brick and scurries out of the town center)

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On 11/28/2022 at 5:53 PM, crp said:

I don't even recall that name being used, change must have been 30 years ago. 

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Close, but probably some time after 2003. Scot's Forums started in 2003.

It was a crazy time. Iraq war was going on and Jeber had some interesting

threads going in the Cooler at that time. Everyone was a bit jittery and

looking to blow off some steam. The Cooler was a good place for that.

Humor has healing properties... (see Norman Cousins' story r.e. humor and healing)

 

Clutter

 

https://www.humor-laughter.com/Normancousinslaughtercure.html

 

 

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The current name is an obvious rename of "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe" from the sequel to "The Hitchiker's Guide...".  Personally, I think "The Water Cooler" was a better title, but it had gotten a "bad name" because some discussions had gotten too heated.

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2 hours ago, Bookmem said:

The current name is an obvious rename of "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe" from the sequel to "The Hitchiker's Guide...".  Personally, I think "The Water Cooler" was a better title, but it had gotten a "bad name" because some discussions had gotten too heated.

How can discussions get heated in a Water Cooler ???

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He regained consciousness slumped on the floor on
the far side of the room. He had foolishly thought
that he could pee on the electrical fire to make
it go out...

 

(Politics = dreaded 'third rail')

 

"That's the way, uh huh uh huh

(they) like it, uh huh uh huh..." etc.

(Thanx KC and the Sunshine Band 1975)

 

"When questioned who had sent for him

He answered with his thumb(s)

for his tongue it could not speak but only flatter..."

(Thanx Bob Dylan "John Wesley Harding" album 1967

"The Wicked Messenger")

 

Ball and chain- er, Smart phones, anyone?

Divide and conquer...

 

Clutter

 

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V.T. Eric Layton
On 1/2/2023 at 1:42 PM, crp said:

How can discussions get heated in a Water Cooler ???

 

How can you even have a discussion in a water cooler unless you're a...

 

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