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Why Crabs?

Started by RPGPundit, April 23, 2006, 03:01:57 AM

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RPGPundit

April 23, 2006, 03:01:57 AM
I continue to fail to get what the Nutkins are doing here... where does the term "Crabs" come from? Is it just a reference to my own crabbiness?

I mean, I agree that "pundits" wasn't a good term for the group; that's my role, not my entire side's designation.

Look, you named the other guys Swine, right? Which is the derogatory term I  imposed on them.  Why not call our side the Proxies?  That word was a derogatory term invented by Nikchick, after all, which was meant to imply that anyone who'd ever read my site and posted to RPG.net with similar lines of argument was nothing more than a soul-less proxy for my will. For a long time now, on the blog, we have been using Proxies as a joking self-reference; the Proxy Army, working together to crush the Swine.

If you're looking for a good name for "my" side, the Proxy Army would be it.

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#1
April 23, 2006, 03:08:59 AM
hmm, I rather thought that the Coalition of Roleplayers Against Bogus Scene-acting (C.R.A.B.S.) was a good juxtaposition for the Society Without Ignorance Negating Entertainment (S.W.I.N.E.)

you still don't like it?
 

Ottomsoh the Elderly

#2
April 23, 2006, 05:45:55 AM
The Porkins diet recommands only low-CRABS meals.
 

Akrasia

#3
April 23, 2006, 09:23:17 AM
The use of bestial acronyms for both fora does maintain a kind of elegant symmetry.
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April 23, 2006, 11:07:23 AM
Quote from: RPGPunditIWhy not call our side the Proxies?  That word was a derogatory term invented by Nikchick, after all, which was meant to imply that anyone who'd ever read my site and posted to RPG.net with similar lines of argument was nothing more than a soul-less proxy for my will.


:melodramatic:

Sure, I "invented" the term.  Hell, I "invented" the whole concept that friends of a person who's been banned from a forum would post his ideas there for him!  That never, ever happend before I "invented" it.  Fear me and my crazy power before I "invent" something else!

:rolleyes:
 

Cyberzombie

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April 23, 2006, 11:20:54 AM
Quote from: Nikchick:melodramatic:

Sure, I "invented" the term.  Hell, I "invented" the whole concept that friends of a person who's been banned from a forum would post his ideas there for him!  That never, ever happend before I "invented" it.  Fear me and my crazy power before I "invent" something else!

:rolleyes:
You're a dangerous woman.  You could make entire civilizations fall.  ;)


Pundit: I don't think CRABS is even a fraction as silly as the silly sons of bitches who are *willingly* calling themselves "SWINE".
 

gleichman

#6
April 23, 2006, 11:57:08 AM
Quote from: CyberzombiePundit: I don't think CRABS is even a fraction as silly as the silly sons of bitches who are *willingly* calling themselves "SWINE".

I keep thinking of a certain sexually transferred parasite...
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#7
April 23, 2006, 11:59:38 AM
Quote from: Nikchick:melodramatic:

Sure, I "invented" the term.

Calling people "proxies" because they happen to agree on something with Pundit is as derogatory as calling you "Pramas' wife" because you happen to agree with Chris Pramas on something.
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#8
April 23, 2006, 12:44:30 PM
I have no problem with CRABS; and people seem to like it, so that's cool. The CRABS can be the general group of people who are anti-Swine without necessarily demonstrating a fanatical loyalty to my person.

But remember, according to Nikchick: you visit my Blog even ONCE, and you might become a PROXY: sapped of all will, only able to obey, doomed from then on to serve your new dark lord! I'll make you post things on RPG.net that are vaguely similar to my own ideas, in order to annoy Nikchick!! Bwah hah hah hah hah!!

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Zachary The First

#9
April 23, 2006, 02:28:31 PM
If Nikchick likes pie and the Pundit also likes pie, and Nikchik posts on a forum where the Pundit has been banned that she likes pie as well, doesn't that make her a Proxy?  'Cause it may have happened at some point.
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#10
April 23, 2006, 02:39:46 PM
Christ, and I'm the one who winds up with the "whines a lot" title...
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gleichman

#11
April 23, 2006, 02:42:11 PM
Quote from: ColonelHardissonChrist, and I'm the one who winds up with the "whines a lot" title...

Like just then :tears:

Sorry, couldn't resist.
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#12
April 23, 2006, 02:56:49 PM
Quote from: gleichmanLike just then :tears:

Sorry, couldn't resist.

Maybe so. But at least I don't make demands on the Nutkins.
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#13
April 23, 2006, 03:02:50 PM
Quote from: ColonelHardissonMaybe so. But at least I don't make demands on the Nutkins.

You should get a Manifesto.  People with Manifestos immediately change from "whiners" to "movement leaders".  This most commonly occurs with college students and avant-garde artistes. :bow:
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#14
April 23, 2006, 03:06:39 PM
Quote from: Zachary The FirstYou should get a Manifesto.  People with Manifestos immediately change from "whiners" to "movement leaders".  This most commonly occurs with college students and avant-garde artistes. :bow:

I'm just not that motivated to do so, I guess. I was more just making a smart-assed observation up above than anything else. Plus, I was offered the option to change my title, but kept it because it's funny, and I try to not take myself very seriously. I don't always succeed is the problem...
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