Well?

Feeverte was on page one, with Erowid.
ABG was on page 2.

Each page was 10 replies...

Oops! Forgot to add indifferent. Make the Jello shooters one indifferent.

Are we on yahoo / google at all? After all the shit at the old lounge, I would be very surprised if this lounge is up there at all. The old one might still be linked though. The problem with yahoo / google is that they take months to update their damned databases.



Anyway, I think it is fine that we are not on there. As long as feeverte is on there, people will find their way here. And when they do, they will have hopefully read and learned something at feeverte first.

I agree. Seeing as we're not really an absinthe site (i.e. we get crochety when people come here and ask questions about absinthe, and most of our threads are about other things entirely) it's all for the best that you can only find this place through hearing of it in other venues.

what is this "Absinthe" that you speak of?

When we put this site together I submitted it to the usual search engines... It sometimes takes a while to get listed. The last lounge took almost 2 months before showing up at google.

Look at people gettin' all snooty and protective about our little 'tardo clubhouse!
How about we close all new membership and just make it by referral only?
Who'd be here then? We're pretty homogeneous all ready.
Something wrong w/diversity? Letting the tide wash in whatever the fuck is out there and then dealing w/it?
What if we get zillions of hits on Google and up w/more Jacks, Bedwetters, CGs?
That's bad?
Granted, one of me is too fuckin' much, but tough shit, you're all stuck w/me.
Lighten up, open your arms to those new folk that'll always be coming, but of course, keep a wary eye and a hand on the TONE control.

I'm not interested in keeping anybody out. But I'm also not interested in every single person who types the word 'absinthe' into google showing up and asking which brand will make you trip hardest. (Nor, Mr. Mayor, do I think that you would like that much, either.) As it is, you have to have looked around a little bit elsewhere before you even discover that the Lounge exists. Hopefully, as Festus suggestus, you will have learned a few things by the time you show up here. And if you have learned those few things, you are more likely to be a quality contributor to the Lounge.

The only people I want to keep out are the folks who would drop in because we're the topmost listing under 'absinthe' on a search engine.

Do you think the Special Olympics is pissed that the regular "boring" Olympics shows up more on google? I think not!

And, because they are lazy and click the 1st one, like I would, that means what precisely?
Doesn't mean they won't come here, read some posts be intrigued, read the FAQ and join up and be worth a shit.
That's happened quite a bit lately.

Stickin' to the watery analogies, the wider the net, the better chance of snaggin' something choice along w/the shit and mediocre.

My gut feeling is that most of what swims in that ocean is not fit for human consumption. Call me a pessimist.

I understand your point, but from a purely selfish point of view, I would rather miss out on a few quality folks than spend my day hurling hand grenades at the inevitable idiocy that will ensue if we're #1 on the list of Sites to Visit with Your Stupid Misconceptions About Absinthe.

And we aren't really an absinthe board anyway. I don't know what websearch we ought to be at the top of, but I'm pretty sure it's not one about absinthe.

Sons of the Desert?

And not every person will. And if they do, I, like most of us, ignore them.
There are more than a few, some of whom are Newbians themselves,
who lead the blind either into the fold, or out the fuckin' door.
No one has to respond to anything.
And if it's a long post by Bucky Fucky, you don't even need to read it.

I agree with sheepy. If they want to learn about absinthe, they will make it here on their own. And, if they love absinthe and mixed company they will stick around. Those are the type of people we need around here.

And you didn't become that kind of person?
What the fuck are you people thinking?

you know what I am thinking?

having a talking car like K.I.T.T. might be pretty cool. if it could drive that would be great too. that way, if you drove home drunk and got stopped, the car could say it was driving ALL ALONG.

dude, that would be the BEST.

That would be pretty sweet. KITT was a pretty sweet car.

In reply to Mr. Mayor: I didn't find the old Lounge because it came up in a Google search. I had to waste away at the ABG for a little while first, until some benevolent soul pointed me in this direction. I quickly realized that this is where I needed to be. I don't think there is anything wrong with that pattern of discovery. Perhaps I think too little of my fellow man, but frankly I think that most of them are dumb. The folks who have found their ways here did so because they were willing to dig a little deeper than the surface level, and these are the kinds of people that I like to have around. The rabble, quite frankly, ask dumb questions and spell poorly. While I am more willing than most to correct a few of these poor, benighted souls, I do not relish the idea of doing it for every Maxim reader (sic) who comes down the pike. I'm afraid that if the volume of new folks became much higher than it already is, we might lose some of the tone control which we have heretofore maintained. And that would be too bad.

That, Mr. Mayor, is what I am thinking.

I'm with Sheeps on this one.

One HELLCAT is already too much...

Let 'em in, and make them run the gauntlet through the entire Lounge.

You guys sell yourselves way short!
And, there are way more of you CCC folk who'll step up when needed than you are taking into account.
Believe, fuckers, believe!
After what happened at the Louche(no D)Lounge, and how well we came out of it, have some faith in yourselves.

Are you talking about Porkio?

It's not so much a matter of faith as patience. Newbies sometimes require some bitch-slappin' (although our recent crop has been excellent!) to whip them into LouchedLounge shape. If we have too many newbies at once, I'm afraid, you won't be able to hear the chatter over all the abuse.

Again, I understand what you're saying about wanting to cast a wide net, and the conversation is kinda moot anyway since we'll worm our way up the google tree no matter what we may want or not want. But for the time being, I'm appreciating the good vibes of the persistent and clever.

But, I think that is how so many of us came to be here. I found the lounge before it opened ona cuz' I was at Sep and people posted about the e-mail they recieved. People who look for us will find us.

What will the dues be at this country club?

Knowledge, a sense of humor, and good spelling. Anything less than that and we might as well be the ABG.

Oh, and porn. New members ought to have a decent cache of good porn to share with us.

For paypal:

optimalsmarts@hotmail.com

Everyone gets let in!

At least I don't sell myself gay.

hey, it worked for Jim Carroll.

First off Rimbaud I wanted to compliment you on all your pieces in your collection. But I do not get the hostile remarks.Hey, you want to haze me go right ahead. Do I have to repeat that I am trying to understand all you guys/gals personas. At four in the morning I need a good laugh and this is a great education and entertainment. I have already published one article based on information that you (RAM) gave earlier in the fall, Thank you. As to the rest of you guys hello and have a great Thanksgiving!

OMG

Speak of the devil and the Devil may come...

If you have written an article on our little hobby, I can only assume that you are familiar with a certain crime against the English language known as the 'run-on sentence.' It comes from careless use (or abuse) of punctuation. When you do this, people (like Rimmer, for instance) will conclude that you do not know how to use the English language and that you must be some kind of imbecile. Please not to be doing it anymore.

And please to be refraining from suggesting that people ought ever to light their absinthe on fire. Perhaps Rimmer and the rest of us will be kinder to you if you follow these little bits of advice.

Thank you for your kind attention. Other matters of LouchedLounge etiquette can be gleaned from a quick persusal of the FAQ.

And some of you folks have the nerve to call Feeverte.net holier than thou elitist bastards. Jeebus.

KNOW THYSELF.

I sometimes don't let people with free email accounts in during Troll season, but with the new software I just put thems on moderated until they post a few. Then they're normal folks with the rest of us.

Most newbies don't post anyways. Stop fearing the great unwashed mussin' the carpet.

Oh, and my last new domains took FIVE MONTHS to show up in google. And I submitted the links right away. But usually it is about two.

I've done the job of filtering most of your users anyway. That ain't gonna change.

First of all, I did not post "OMG let it go!", as you made it look like I did. What the fuck is "OMG" anyway? "Offensive Misinformed Gatecrasher"? Read Sheepy's last post and learn. Then maybe, I'll leave you alone...

I think OMG is a valley girl thing.

it is spelled "OHMYGOD" or, for the non-religious types "OHMYGAWD."

I have used it on occasion. But I'm from California, I have a pass. I have never however, used OMG.

Or LOL. Or, LMAO. Or, heaven forfend, ROFLMAO.

LOL!

LOL!

I know, I'm an elitist bastard. It's showing again.

At least you're not a 'thug.'

I for one whould love to know exactly what HELLCAT meant by 'publishing an article', was this in a magazine, newsletter, Ezine, on the web, or in your imagination?

I really could care less if you are/are not and estrogen squirter (as The Mayor puts it) but that comment sounds like you are purporting to be some kind of authority. That kind of stuff is just gonna drag a whole heap of flaming onto you. Why do it?

Frankly, if we are talking about an actual article, post a link or a copy, with soem info as to where it was published, before the berating starts. Save some face please.

Probably one of the articles Winnie has up at ABG.

I have to say,
this is one of THE most amusing threads, I've ever read in my entire life. Thanks for the big smirk. Especially you Faustus.

I'm still trying to make Filterated Czeckerland Xit Jello Shooters.

See, ya bunch of jerks!

I thought the same, 'zact thing.

And, believe it or not, I truly thought about quitting.
To not do a little bit of work and weeding just because you
are comfortable here w/the status quo and our little Core group,
of what, a dozen or so?
Fuck that.
Disappointing.

MAXIM!!!