Have you guys ever dreamed about this forum? I dreamed last night that Kphoger deleted many of his posts, getting down to 8000. Max Rockatansky took over the top poster but he deleted lots of his posts as well. No clue why I dreamed about this, as I haven't been on this forum as much lately. Have you guys ever dreamed about this forum?
Many people have (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=10595.0).
Quote from: jlam on January 06, 2024, 05:58:58 PM
Many people have (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=10595.0).
Saw that thread, I was more looking for dreams about the forum itself, not just roads in general. Feel free to merge the threads though if that's appropriate.
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on January 06, 2024, 05:57:11 PM
No clue why I dreamed about this
I do. It was summed up nicely by |Max Rockatansky| a couple of years ago:
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on October 21, 2021, 08:19:56 PM
You along with a couple others are completely obsessed with post statistics
It is a problem. I had suggested a solution a few years earlier, which you didn't like:
Quote from: kphoger on May 11, 2017, 02:46:12 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on May 11, 2017, 02:40:06 PM
Very little of a real life.
Shouldn't you go outside and play? Or something. :D
Only in a dream would I be ever concerned with post count numbers. All the same, I cannot recall ever having a dream about the forum.
I don't want to know about any of youse's dreams about the forum. Too many pervs on here.
Quote from: kphoger on January 08, 2024, 10:20:39 AM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on January 06, 2024, 05:57:11 PM
No clue why I dreamed about this
I do. It was summed up nicely by |Max Rockatansky| a couple of years ago:
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on October 21, 2021, 08:19:56 PM
You along with a couple others are completely obsessed with post statistics
It is a problem. I had suggested a solution a few years earlier, which you didn't like:
[quote snipped]
Was a problem. Not allowing for someone to change/grow/learn from mistakes in 6+ years, especially when those 6 years are during their teens or 20's, is at this point, much more problematic than whatever was going on back in 2017 to begin with.
Quote from: webny99 on January 08, 2024, 09:32:13 PM
Was a problem. Not allowing for someone to change/grow/learn from mistakes in 6+ years, especially when those 6 years are during their teens or 20's, is at this point, much more problematic than whatever was going on back in 2017 to begin with.
Sorry. That was supposed to be in jest, but obviously that doesn't come across well on the computer.
Quote from: kphoger on January 09, 2024, 12:35:27 PM
Quote from: webny99 on January 08, 2024, 09:32:13 PM
Was a problem. Not allowing for someone to change/grow/learn from mistakes in 6+ years, especially when those 6 years are during their teens or 20's, is at this point, much more problematic than whatever was going on back in 2017 to begin with.
Sorry. That was supposed to be in jest, but obviously that doesn't come across well on the computer.
I figured that it was, at least partially, but it's still a bit of a sticking point for me. :sombrero:
I still find post counts vaguely interesting but I don't care as much about them as I did back in 2018
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on January 09, 2024, 03:44:09 PM
I don't care as much about them as I did back in 2018
Your subconscious is hinting otherwise. :D
People don't change. Times do.
Quote from: Rothman on January 09, 2024, 10:11:16 PM
People don't change. Times do.
If time doesn't change, that means your clock's batteries are dead.
Quote from: Scott5114 on January 10, 2024, 12:01:25 AM
Quote from: Rothman on January 09, 2024, 10:11:16 PM
People don't change. Times do.
If time doesn't change, that means your clock's batteries are dead.
and if is an analog clock, it is correct twice a day.
Quote from: Rothman on January 09, 2024, 10:11:16 PM
People don't change. Times do.
The irony of this mindset is that it's self-fulfilling. We know it's true of you, but that doesn't make it true of anyone else.
I often have dreams about cruising along on I-366 at 85 mph on the way to Dulles Airport.
Quote from: webny99 on January 11, 2024, 11:36:52 AM
Quote from: Rothman on January 09, 2024, 10:11:16 PM
People don't change. Times do.
The irony of this mindset is that it's self-fulfilling. We know it's true of you, but that doesn't make it true of anyone else.
How ironic.
Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on January 11, 2024, 01:01:55 PM
I often have dreams about cruising along on I-366 at 85 mph on the way to Dulles Airport.
For me, it's driving down the Crosstown Expressway (I-494) around the West and South Sides of Chicago.
Hell no why would I dream about this forum? This forum isn't my life and I don't care how many posts I have or don't have here.
Quote from: kphoger on January 08, 2024, 10:20:39 AM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on January 06, 2024, 05:57:11 PM
No clue why I dreamed about this
I do. It was summed up nicely by |Max Rockatansky| a couple of years ago:
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on October 21, 2021, 08:19:56 PM
You along with a couple others are completely obsessed with post statistics
It is a problem. I had suggested a solution a few years earlier, which you didn't like:
Quote from: kphoger on May 11, 2017, 02:46:12 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on May 11, 2017, 02:40:06 PM
Very little of a real life.
Shouldn't you go outside and play? Or something. :D
Wow that pretty much sums it up. I had never seen that thread before.
This is what I have dreams about regarding roads. I dream about driving down I-75 at 100 mph with no one in my freaking way.
Quote from: Flint1979 on January 13, 2024, 09:20:50 AM
Hell no why would I dream about this forum?
Wow, you get to choose what topics you do and do not dream about? My dreams don't ask permission first.
Part of the larger issue for me is that I rarely even recall much from dreams even if I do have them.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on January 15, 2024, 01:55:39 PM
Part of the larger issue for me is that I rarely even recall much from dreams even if I do have them.
That's a good clue that you're getting decent sleep. Dreams are most easily remembered if you woke up during the wrong sleep cycle.
There was this secret room on the forum accessed within the menu after clicking "Help" on Home — Help — Search — Profile etc. where there was this office where a single SMF employee was working and a spacious basement-like room next to it. Almost nobody I told believed it actually existed. This, however, was from a previous dream. This time, there was an event at a specific time (9:30 AM?) in the office room, and I was trying to press various parts of my shirt to teleport to the room, but I couldn't find a way to go to that place again.
There was also someone possibly causing mischief, and we figured out that the person had exactly one post, but we didn't know who it was. I went into the Members tab, sorted first by number of posts and then by total time logged in and took note of the top few names of those with one post who have been logged in the longest. I then posted the list. We never did find the culprit, but my post was removed along with several others in the same conversation.
Quote from: kphoger on January 15, 2024, 01:21:45 PM
Quote from: Flint1979 on January 13, 2024, 09:20:50 AM
Hell no why would I dream about this forum?
Wow, you get to choose what topics you do and do not dream about? My dreams don't ask permission first.
I don't remember my dreams but I doubt any of them have anything to do with an internet forum.
Quote from: 1 on January 26, 2024, 08:59:51 AM
I was trying to press various parts of my shirt to teleport
This is my favorite part.
Quote from: kphoger on January 26, 2024, 02:15:42 PM
Quote from: 1 on January 26, 2024, 08:59:51 AM
I was trying to press various parts of my shirt to teleport
This is my favorite part.
Reminds me of the episodes of Star Trek TNG where someone steals a Starfleet officer's combadge and they don't realize until they go to reach for it and it's not there.
(Also, 1, what were you doing in my office? No teleporting there allowed without an invitation.)
Quote from: kphoger on May 27, 2022, 09:55:47 AM
It turns out that Scott's house is actually an early-1950s style ranch house with a partially unfinished basement. (Maybe it looks newer than it really is on the outside, or maybe it looks older than it really is on the inside.)
When I arrived, Scott was downstairs with several people from another online community he participates in–something to do with playing games. They were all gathered around in a circle on chairs in the middle of the basement. Scattered around that immediate area were several toilets–not enclosed, just there between the wall studs, because Scott and his friends aren't bothered at all by seeing each other pee. On the floor in the middle of the group was a big road map. At first glance, it appeared to be an eastern European country, and a bunch of routes had been marked with a highlighter. Later, upon closer inspection, I could tell that Scott had printed off a dozen or so 8½x11 pages and taped them together to make one big map. It turned out to be Liechtenstein and surrounding areas, and Scott had marked the route of an upcoming road trip there.
At this point, I should mention that Scott isn't actually married. Or at least, the woman in his house isn't his wife. It's his mother. Yes, Scott lives with his mom. (Looking back now, this should have been obvious, because of the long hair and the obsession with Linux.) She's very nice, though, and she keeps up surprisingly well with Scott's geeky interests–doesn't seem to think of them as anything but normal, as a matter of fact.
Quote from: 1 on January 26, 2024, 08:59:51 AM
There was this secret room on the forum accessed within the menu after clicking "Help" on Home — Help — Search — Profile etc. where there was this office where a single SMF employee was working and a spacious basement-like room next to it. Almost nobody I told believed it actually existed.
Quote from: Scott5114 on January 27, 2024, 12:32:25 AM
1, what were you doing in my office?
He probably had a full bladder weighing on his prostate while he slept—and the most natural place in his dream to stop and go pee was in your basement/office.
The forum had suddenly rolled back to September 9, 2017. This included going back to an older version of the software and eliminating some (non-existent in real life) bug that was introduced sometime between 2017 and 2024. I was about to create a poll thread asking whether everyone would rather go back to 2017 in real life and try to live the 6½ years differently.
Quote from: 1 on February 01, 2024, 07:43:16 AM
The forum had suddenly rolled back to September 9, 2017. This included going back to an older version of the software and eliminating some (non-existent in real life) bug that was introduced sometime between 2017 and 2024. I was about to create a poll thread asking whether everyone would rather go back to 2017 in real life and try to live the 6½ years differently.
I'd certainly live 2020 much differently.
I was reading an mtr Usenet archive and saw a few posts from 1970 (which were actually from that year and not a Unix timestamp bug). One thread had someone in 1970 ask if they wanted to meet somewhere, but the replies were from 1971 and 1972.