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Title: Post number level names...
Post by: meg_evonne on June 29, 2011, 05:48:56 PM
I've never cared for McPostypants or whatever. I'm moving in on 5000 but I'll still be McPosypants, and I will be at least until 10,000, I think...  *sigh* I really do hate it. It makes me think of that saying, "Put on your woman's grown up panties and deal with it."  (Men, if you have to ask what I mean then ask your female friends.) See why I hate it?

Could we please, please, please go back to the original ones? They were fun and they were sort of like role playing.

Well, just a suggestion...  Now I'll go back to being a grown up and ignoring the title...  if I have to...
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: Priscellie on June 29, 2011, 05:51:34 PM
Did the original system go up that high?
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: Dina on June 29, 2011, 10:18:06 PM
Why are we mcpostington now?
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: shades of grey on June 29, 2011, 10:22:16 PM
What are the upper levels?  Is there anything above 'Seriously?'
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: Doroga's Cousin on June 29, 2011, 11:28:47 PM
Isn't there "Needs a Life" for 20,000+?
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: jeno on June 30, 2011, 12:15:24 AM
I liked the Dresden-themed labels we had before, personally.
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: meg_evonne on June 30, 2011, 04:12:36 AM
In case you weren't around.. I think the old ones were--what?  Mortal, Apprentice, Wizard etc?  White Council (or should that be Gray now?) was reserved for moderators I think.  Jena may have a better memory.  There is a line in a Noel Coward play, Waiting in the Wings, "My mind is like a sieve."   Yep, that's my mind.

Don't care about the number of posts to get to different levels, I just prefer the old classifications.

And yes, that's better. Thank you!
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: shades of grey on June 30, 2011, 06:33:19 AM
There is a line in a Noel Coward play, Waiting in the Wings, "My mind is like a sieve."   Yep, that's my mind.


So that's where that comes from!

I have learnt so much from this forum in the past week.  Thanks meg_evonne.
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: meg_evonne on June 30, 2011, 08:42:39 PM
I like to think of my brains as a broken egg dribbling through a metal sieve---yuck, and far too true.  *sigh*
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: Snowleopard on July 04, 2011, 07:51:42 AM
As they say around here - Brain fart!!
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: parthagenon on July 04, 2011, 11:09:27 PM
What exactly was wrong with the pants?  I've never heard of that saying, so I'm lost.
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: Shecky on July 05, 2011, 12:01:10 AM
What exactly was wrong with the pants?  I've never heard of that saying, so I'm lost.

"Put on your big-girl panties" is an even more derogatory way of saying "Grow up." Although I'd never heard that version; I'd seen "Put on your big-boy pants" far more often (not directed at me, 'cause I was born a surly old man :D ).
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: parthagenon on July 05, 2011, 12:14:43 AM
I've had that version said to me, and I'm a girl.   :D

I still don't see how the McPosterpants were offensive, though, since nobody was being insulted.  Personally, I liked the pants.  They kept my virtual butt nice and toasty. 
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: Priscellie on July 05, 2011, 12:15:30 AM
Ehren wears pants.  I would not consider a comparison to him to be derogatory. :D
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: parthagenon on July 05, 2011, 12:22:15 AM
*gasp*  They must have taken the pants to cripple our batmanning skills!  How could they?!  >:(
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: Dina on July 05, 2011, 12:34:21 AM
Ah now I understand.
In fact, the pants thing has been funny, but I prefer the new version
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: Don on July 05, 2011, 01:37:10 AM
I personally resent being compared to Colonel Samuel P. McPostington.  Most people have forgotten about him, but I haven't.  He was the maniacal villain responsible for the atrocities committed during the early Cola Wars.  Some have even said that he was behind New Coke from the beginning.  Historians generally agree that he was a Knight of the Royal Crown, purposely sowing the seeds of war between Coke and Pepsi in order to weaken the two companies. 

McPostington's diary was discovered some years after his death in 1987.  A misguided idealist, McPosington had an irrational hatred of what he referred to as the "Commoner Colas".  His vision was for the "True Cola" to regain past glory over the broken corpses of the Coke and Pepsi companies.  His plan would have succeeded, but Coca-Cola caught on to what he was doing. 

In what was a top-secret operation at the time, Coke and Pepsi actually teamed up against this common enemy.  They assembled a covert task-force composed of the best-of-the-best of the time: Levar Burton, Duran Duran, Erno Rubik, Pac-Man, Michael Jackson, and the entire cast of "the Breakfast Club".  Michael Jackson was, of course, shot and killed during the operation.  The Michael Jackson Beta Clone, manufactured by the mercenary Disney corporation, was then deployed as backup. As a reward for service well done, the clone was allowed to live the life of the original Jackson after the engagement.

McPostington, who in the end had gone completely insane, threatened apocalypse by shipping 78,000 tons of Pop Rocks into Coca-Cola's Atlanta, GA bottling plant.  In the end, the Coke-Pepsi alliance won the firefight.  Historians agree however, that if the effects of Mentos and Diet Coke were known at the time, the outcome would have certainly have been different.  McPostington, unwilling to be taken prisoner, fell on his proverbial sword.  Several open packages of Pop Rocks and empty cans of the "True Cola" were found scattered about his corpse.

Well, you all know the rest of the story, so I'll stop here.  I just think it a bit odd that we have to share this lunatic's name, is all...
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: Shecky on July 05, 2011, 03:18:53 AM
... you just ain't right in the head, are you?
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: Dina on July 05, 2011, 03:20:54 AM
^ critical hit in a perception check.
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: Phid on July 05, 2011, 03:25:13 AM
damn... don is ready to kill for those pants back
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: Don on July 05, 2011, 03:31:00 AM
... you just ain't right in the head, are you?
^ critical hit in a perception check.

I prefer to think of it as "augmented individualism"

Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: Shecky on July 05, 2011, 03:46:55 AM
I prefer to think of it as "augmented individualism"

That sounds like a PC term for multiple personalities - in which case you'd have to change "I" to "we".
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: Don on July 05, 2011, 03:54:44 AM
That sounds like a PC term for multiple personalities - in which case you'd have to change "I" to "we".

Nah, that would be "extremely localized pluralism"
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: shades of grey on July 05, 2011, 06:40:24 AM
... you just ain't right in the head, are you?

(Yoink!)

That's a pretty valid comment for most of us.   :D
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: Snowleopard on July 05, 2011, 06:47:06 AM
His reality check bounced??  A couple of times?
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: Howl on July 05, 2011, 10:08:59 AM
"Put on your big-girl panties" is an even more derogatory way of saying "Grow up." Although I'd never heard that version; I'd seen "Put on your big-boy pants" far more often (not directed at me, 'cause I was born a surly old man :D ).

I never heard that saying before, but I don't really mind the new titles. :)
And Don's post made me laugh really hard ;D
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: jeno on July 05, 2011, 11:43:26 AM
I never heard that saying before

Really? I've heard it said a lot. Maybe it's because it refers exclusively to girls.
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: Shecky on July 05, 2011, 12:17:40 PM
I never heard that saying before, but I don't really mind the new titles. :)
And Don's post made me laugh really hard ;D

Oh, there are plenty of other ways to say that kind of thing.

Quote
A few clowns short of a circus.

 A few fries short of a Happy Meal.

 A few beers short of a six-pack.

 A few peas short of a casserole.

 Doesn't have all his cornflakes in one box.

 The wheel's spinning, but the hamster's dead.

 One Fruit Loop shy of a full bowl.

 Not getting power off the main grid.

 One taco short of a combination plate.

 A few feathers short of a whole duck.

 The cheese slid off her cracker.

 Chimney's clogged.

 Doesn't have all his dogs on one leash.

 Elevator doesn't go all the way to the top floor.

 Her sewing machine's out of thread.

 His antenna doesn't pick up all the channels.

 His belt doesn't go through all the loops.

 Missing a few buttons on his remote control.

 No grain in the silo.

 Receiver is off the hook.

 Several nuts short of a full pouch.

 Skylight leaks a little.

 Slinky's kinked.

 Surfing in Nebraska.

 Too much yardage between the goal posts.
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: Lisa™ on July 05, 2011, 01:43:28 PM
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Slinky's kinked.

This amuses me greatly. This one, however ...

Quote
The wheel's spinning, but the hamster's dead.

... This one's just sick.

I still laughed, mind you.
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: shades of grey on July 05, 2011, 05:25:56 PM
Somewhere I have a list of such comments from actual Navy assessments.

I shall have to search it out now.   :D
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: contraducktory on July 05, 2011, 05:40:05 PM
I think level name should be based around the Wardens/Mods/Bartenders

Fill in the blanks


0-500

500-1000

1000-5000

5000-10000 - Paynesgray-shade

10000-20000 - Sexxxy Shexxxy like

20000 + - Priscellie-esk (cause you've been pretty industrious)
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: Phid on July 05, 2011, 06:01:04 PM


5000-10000 - Paynesgray-shade-snarkitizer-gatekeeper
;)
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: Glorificus on July 06, 2011, 11:12:08 PM
I've had that version said to me, and I'm a girl.   :D

I still don't see how the McPosterpants were offensive, though, since nobody was being insulted.  Personally, I liked the pants.  They kept my virtual butt nice and toasty. 

and in reality, you are wierd*


*in the nicest possible way, of course
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: Phid on July 06, 2011, 11:20:29 PM
and in reality, you are wierd*


*in the nicest possible way, of course
so your saying that everyone who likes the pants are weird?.....okay point taken
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: Chiana on July 07, 2011, 12:35:50 AM
Personally, I liked the pants.  They kept my virtual butt nice and toasty. 
;D :D ;D
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: Chiroptera on July 07, 2011, 12:58:30 AM
Since hitting Seriously? do I have to wear a suit?
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: OZ on July 07, 2011, 03:05:09 AM
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Oh, there are plenty of other ways to say that kind of thing.

I always liked:

A few wontons short of a pupu platter  or

His monorail doesn't go all the way to tomorrow land.
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: Chiana on July 07, 2011, 12:49:09 PM
Since hitting Seriously? do I have to wear a suit?

Don't you already wear a suit made of flesh?   :P
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: parthagenon on July 08, 2011, 03:35:46 PM
and in reality, you are wierd*


*in the nicest possible way, of course

Guilty as charged.  ;D
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: Jaeh on July 09, 2011, 01:49:22 PM
I was like "er, i just checked a while earlier and it just changed.. who's McPostington?" O.o
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: Phid on July 09, 2011, 01:57:39 PM
I was like "er, i just checked a while earlier and it just changed.. who's McPostington?" O.o
read page two ;)
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: cephis on July 12, 2011, 04:07:38 PM
I've always liked "Right String, Wrong Yo-yo"
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: Snowleopard on July 12, 2011, 04:36:32 PM
My favorites are: His elevator doesn't go all the way to the top.
                        Not the brightest light bulb in the sign.
                        A couple of tacos short of a combo plate.
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: OZ on July 12, 2011, 05:32:40 PM
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Not the brightest light bulb in the sign.

I always heard "not the brightest bulb in the chandelier" but I think I like your version better.
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: Shecky on July 12, 2011, 05:53:11 PM
Not the sharpest spoon in the drawer.
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: jtaylor on July 12, 2011, 07:43:27 PM
I've always been partial to "sharp as a box of hammers".
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: Electric MacButters on July 13, 2011, 12:31:21 AM
He makes about as much sense as a screen door on a battleship submarine.
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: Electric MacButters on July 13, 2011, 12:35:05 AM
I think level name should be based around the Wardens/Mods/Bartenders

Fill in the blanks


0-500  MacAnally (SP?)

500-1000

1000-5000

5000-10000 - Paynesgray-shade

10000-20000 - Sexxxy Shexxxy like

20000 + - Priscellie-esk (cause you've been pretty industrious)

Fixed it for ya  8)
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: lovejoy69 on July 13, 2011, 09:34:46 AM
Some very long-used ones in my part of the country are -

door's open but nobody home

a few sandwiches short of a picnic

a few bricks short of a full load

a bit light in the loafers

---------------
And in regard to the recent replacement of a level name, myself I did prefer McPosterpants because to me it's funnier and I didn't find it offensive in any way. However, since that did bother another member, so be it.

Yes, I've seen a 'put on your big-girl panties' type of phrase any number of times in various settings and never have considered that offensive. It's a remark about handling a task or issue in a mature way, not a gender slur. AFAIR I've always seen it addressed from one woman to another, never from a man to a woman. That's probably also why guys may have seen 'big-boy pants' used instead.
Unless something's frankly blatant and explicit, any personal affront or distaste is a very individual reaction. Thus, my reaction only counts for me alone. Others' reactions may well be quite different on any number of topics than are mine.

Is there any other suggestion which might be more amusing than McPostington, for switching again?
                                (loved Don's post about McPostington, BTW.)   
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: Snowleopard on July 13, 2011, 04:06:49 PM
Let's give this a try.

0-500 -  Butters.  Polka now holds a deep fascination for you.

500-1000 - Rawlings.  You're not sure if you believe or not

1000-5000 - Mac.  You see much and no one better serve your beer cold.

5000-10000 - Paynesgray-shade

10000-20000 - Sexxxy Shexxxy like

20000 + - Priscellie-esk (cause you've been pretty industrious)

Just having fun guys.

Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: contraducktory on July 13, 2011, 06:59:28 PM
hrmm, SL I'd go

0-500 -   Mac.  You say so little and no one better serve your beer cold.

500-1000 - Rawlings.  You're not sure if you believe or not

1000-5000 - Butters.  Polka now holds a deep fascination for you

5000-10000 - Paynesgray-shade

10000-20000 - Sexxxy Shexxxy like

20000 + - Priscellie-esk (cause you've been pretty industrious)
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: Shecky on July 13, 2011, 07:58:58 PM
Better add one, since I'm gonna hit 30k before too much longer.
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: shades of grey on July 13, 2011, 08:01:44 PM
30,000 - when did you last see your family?
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: Shecky on July 13, 2011, 08:08:39 PM
What? I type fast.

The wife sees me every morning and night, much to her chagrin.
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: shades of grey on July 13, 2011, 08:10:18 PM
Hmmm,  in that case

30,000 - Shareholder.
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: Sydna on July 13, 2011, 08:12:06 PM
Hmmm,  in that case

30,000 - Shareholder.

Butcher zombie?
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: Dina on July 13, 2011, 08:19:39 PM
Yeah, I would love a new category over 20000. Keyboard broker?
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: Phid on July 13, 2011, 08:22:47 PM
seriously needs to get a life?
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: lovejoy69 on July 13, 2011, 08:44:31 PM
Hey, c'mon, folks! I agree, lots of good ideas given for levels wherever you wish for the higher numbers, but let's not overlook the members with smaller numbers. They may have just begun to participate in the forums.

IIRC, right now newb's get a pat on the back at ten and then at one hundred. Let's keep something acknowledging those who may just have recently arrived, as well as those who may just enjoy lurking/reading more than they do much speaking out.
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: Phid on July 13, 2011, 08:48:09 PM
OC makes a realy good point
hrmm, SL I'd go
0-10  Mac.  You say so little and but when you do its allways worth listening to.

10- 100

100-500 - 

500-1000 - Rawlings.  You're not sure if you believe or not

1000-5000 - Butters.  Polka now holds a deep fascination for you

5000-10000 - Paynesgray-shade

10000-20000 - Sexxxy Shexxxy like

20000 + - Priscellie-esk (cause you've been pretty industrious)
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: finnmckool on July 16, 2011, 04:59:59 PM
Okay...I'd heard most of those before...but "Surfing in Nebraska?" My new favorite.

"Sharp as a sack full of wet mice" is a good one. It's a Foghorn Leghorn-ism.
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: Sir Huron Stone on December 09, 2012, 07:26:52 PM
Well, now we have to wonder what's beyond 40000.
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: shades of grey on December 09, 2012, 07:30:23 PM
Just keep your eye on Dina...
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: Rasins on January 09, 2013, 06:47:51 PM
Okay, let me get this straight.  We have a thread about someone wanting us to take our pants off when we are typing on the forum?

Well, I think they have a full six-pack, they've just lost the plastic thingy that holds it all together.

I know, I know, I'm dumb as a broken foosball.
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: Don on January 11, 2013, 02:34:32 AM
I tried to fight it..  I did my best.

The Pantless Menace has proven to be much too stong.

I'm sorry, Rasins.  I've failed you.

However, there is a small pocket of resistance that will never die.

(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: Rasins on February 12, 2013, 10:23:59 PM
Is there a limit to how many levels we can have?
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: TheCuriousFan on February 13, 2013, 03:26:31 AM
I think the final title is at 100k and beyond that point you don't get any new titles.

What perks do you get the more you post? I know there's a few low level perks (like avatars for when you get to 10 or 100 posts) but are there any perks for the higher levels like higher limits to the number of PMs you can have?

EDIT: Yep.

http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,33771.msg1563715.html#msg1563715
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh on February 15, 2013, 05:00:04 PM
I think the final title is at 100k and beyond that point you don't get any new titles.

Gosh.  Looking at the numbers, I might just make that by the time the last volume of the BAT is out. That's a mildly scary thought.  I salute how prepared for everything our moderators are.
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: TheCuriousFan on February 15, 2013, 08:25:39 PM
Gosh.  Looking at the numbers, I might just make that by the time the last volume of the BAT is out. That's a mildly scary thought.  I salute how prepared for everything our moderators are.

A few frequent posters in the Bar are going to beat us all to the punch on that front. :D

But yeah, it would take a really long time to get that many posts with mostly DF Spoilers posts.
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: shades of grey on February 15, 2013, 08:26:27 PM
Don't look at me...
<.<
>.>
<.>
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: Gilitine_Memitim on February 16, 2013, 01:05:30 AM
What bar? *whistles innocently.*
Title: Re: Post number level names...
Post by: TheCuriousFan on February 16, 2013, 09:26:43 AM
What bar? *whistles innocently.*

The one I occasionally have to hit people with IRL of course.>:D

(though it is generally wrapped up in something like foam to lessen the impact before I start swinging in spars).