Genome wrote:I would like to know how a census thread turned into talk of religion and sex.
Threaddrift is a tradition. It's so common, in fact, that we don't have a Threaddrift Day. BTW, wait for drifttalks about Jews, Muslims, racism issues or terrorism: they're as funnier as the sex and religion ones; but the best ones, in my opiniom, are when we review past historical events and personalities.
You know, I think that, to keep with the metaphor, it should really be called "thread fray".
(Also, don't we have one about Jews and one about racism right now?)
Basics
Username: Nate
Name: My full title is Natheus Gilliami, Emporer of Tamriel. Okay, not really
Other nicknames: Nate is my general nickname, and my grandfather calls me Ro or Thanaro.
Birthplace: SE Texas, USA
Place of residence: SE Texas, USA
Occupation: Slacker student
Identity
Gender: Agenderish male. I consider myself a man, but I feel that my Y chromosome has about as much weight to my identity as my hair color.
Sexuality: Homoramantic bisexual (both genders can be pleasing to the eye and a certain other organ, but I've only been in love with men, and most of my perverted thought involve a penis in some way)
Relationship: Single. :'(
Nationality: American
Ethnicity: White, but I think the only part of my heritage that I'm even remotely interested in my small Irish heritage.
Religion: none, atheist
Politics: pretty leftist, especially for Texas - maybe completely socially left, a few grains of economically conservative, but mostly, in my state I could be called a communist or at least a socialist.
Measurements
Age: 23
Height: Short (5'2")
Weight: Chubby (200+)
Shoe size: Disproportionately big for my height (US 12~13)
Blood type: No clue
Handedness: Right, for everything. Don't worry, I wash my hands afterwards.
Languages
Native language(s): English (Southern US variety, y'all)
Other languages: Japanese (very good, but not fluent), Spanish (not bad), French (ditto), some understanding of at least the grammar of German, Italian, Hebrew, Latin, Ancient Greek, and bits and pieces of others.
Your conlangs: Currently, Newroman (in need of a revamp phonologically), Entarese, Unnamed fusional Japanofinnish-like conlang, and a billion unfinished ideas
Favourites: 1 each!
Favourite language: Japanese
Favourite colour: Blue
Favourite food: American-style pizza, especially thin crust supreme
Favourite drink: Sprite
Favourite sport: uh, the one with the ball and the people running around doing stuffs
Favourite book: hmmmm... I'll put "World War Z" for the time being.
Favourite movie: Batman: Under the Red Hood (for now. not much of a movie-goer)
Favourite game: Depends, really. I'm a big gamer (usually PC), but there are a lot of game I regularly play. I'd say... Tales of Phantasia (Cross version).
Favorite TV show (I'd think this would be a good addition): Fate/Zero, an anime.
Extra credit
Name one interesting talent you have: Uh... I can speak a certain language very well despite not ever having traveled to its country and knowing maybe five people from it. That might actually be somewhat common here, though.
Your favourite pun: the majority of puns make me groan...
I'd personally rather there not be thread-drift in these archival NOTA threads. Especially the Quote Thread and such.
"It will not come by waiting for it. It will not be said, 'Here it is,' or 'There it is.' Rather, the Kingdom of the Father is spread out upon the earth, and men do not see it."
– The Gospel of Thomas
Measurements
Shoe size: I don't know
Blood type: I don't know
Handedness: Mixed dominance
Languages
Languages:
English
Spoken Hebrew
French (learning)
Latin (learning)
My conlangs:
agefaqeg is my only conlang which is developed enough to write sentences in. Most of these are just phonologies or phonologies with a morphology:
brazi
bur̃śtain
krixat
Classical raù
Proto-Degilyl (The name "Degilyl" actually comes from agefqeg, it means fourth (faqegans believed Degilyl speakers were the fourth race to be created))
riseni
šazeki
tomaba
varikèvi
Various others that don't have names yet
Favourites
Favourite colour: Like teal, but brighter
Favourite drink: Water
Favourite book: Interesting Times by Terry Pratchett
Favourite movie: Casablanca
ìtsanso, God In The Mountain, may our names inspire the deepest feelings of fear in urkos and all his ilk, for we have saved another man from his lies! I welcome back to the feast hall kal, who will never gamble again! May the eleven gods bless him! kårroť
Bow. Bow. Is there a negative stigma to necroing on this forum? I get that kind of feeling.
ìtsanso, God In The Mountain, may our names inspire the deepest feelings of fear in urkos and all his ilk, for we have saved another man from his lies! I welcome back to the feast hall kal, who will never gamble again! May the eleven gods bless him! kårroť
I've actually never been on a forum that didn't have a negative reaction to necroing.
I generally forget to say, so if it's relevant and I don't mention it--I'm from Southern Michigan and speak Inland North American English. Yes, I have the Northern Cities Vowel Shift; no, I don't have the cot-caught merger; and it is called pop.
I'm new to forums and I never encountered the word until yesterday. What is the maximum time a thread can be inactive before a new post is considered necromantic?
ìtsanso, God In The Mountain, may our names inspire the deepest feelings of fear in urkos and all his ilk, for we have saved another man from his lies! I welcome back to the feast hall kal, who will never gamble again! May the eleven gods bless him! kårroť
Basics
Username: Pole, the
Birthplace: Poland
Place of residence: Finland
Occupation: student
Identity
Gender: male, I guess
Sexuality: I haven't checked yet
Relationship: no
Nationality: Polish
Ethnicity: I am a cat
Religion: no
Measurements
Age: 20 (well, considering this thread is from 2013, should I write “18” instead?)
Height: 178
Weight: ca. 80
Shoe size: 42
Blood type: B-
Handedness: right
Languages
Native language(s): Polish
Other languages: English
Your conlangs: several, most importantly Ęmyt, Yalan, Wihəs and Kopoıves; cannot speak them though
Favourites: 1 each!
Favourite colour: blue, or green
Favourite food: anything that can be cooked easily from cheap materials
Favourite drink: Earl Grey Tea
The conlanger formerly known as “the conlanger formerly known as Pole, the”.
If we don't study the mistakes of the future we're doomed to repeat them for the first time.
mèþru wrote:I'm new to forums and I never encountered the word until yesterday. What is the maximum time a thread can be inactive before a new post is considered necromantic?
It's... not really a huge issue... but given that this thread is literally titled "census 2013" I think it's pretty obvious to stay away from it. Don't we have a more recent topic like this?
alynnidalar wrote:I've actually never been on a forum that didn't have a negative reaction to necroing.
This one doesn't. In fact, you are expected to search for an appropriate old thread to necromance before you start a new thread! But it is the only forum I know that entertains that stance on thread necromancy.
...brought to you by the Weeping Elf Tha cvastam émi cvastam santham amal phelsa. -- Friedrich Schiller ESTAR-3SG:P human-OBJ only human-OBJ true-OBJ REL-LOC play-3SG:A
ìtsanso, God In The Mountain, may our names inspire the deepest feelings of fear in urkos and all his ilk, for we have saved another man from his lies! I welcome back to the feast hall kal, who will never gamble again! May the eleven gods bless him! kårroť
There is nothing wrong with reviving old threads here per se. Sometimes someone has something valuable to contribute to an old thread that hasn't seen activity for months or even years. I have done this several times in the past, e.g. in The Great Proto-Indo-European Thread and in European languages before Indo-European.
BUT - this thread is ZBB Census 2013, and that means that contributing to it in 2016 is meaningless.
...brought to you by the Weeping Elf Tha cvastam émi cvastam santham amal phelsa. -- Friedrich Schiller ESTAR-3SG:P human-OBJ only human-OBJ true-OBJ REL-LOC play-3SG:A
I've just realised that this is the more recent topic, and there must have been a Census 2011 thread before this. I even started this topic and wrote that in the opening comment... Oh dear...