Comments on: Squishybear http://www.virtualthought.net/2006/04/13/squishybear/ My Clever Tagline™ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:14:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: David http://www.virtualthought.net/2006/04/13/squishybear/#comment-397 David Mon, 24 Apr 2006 14:43:41 +0000 http://www.virtualthought.net/2006/04/13/squishybear/#comment-397 I didn't know they were raiding Metaphysics online! Whoa. I just went straight into their rooms without a real reason, just stirring up trouble. So there you go. ( = Enemies? That's fantastic! Or, y'know, um... Who gets mad at culty bear people? I gotta agree: I am absolutely happy that I was involved. It's a weird thing to be able to say to people: "Oh, yeah, I was in an online cult... yeah, we worshipped this stuffed bear, it was great." I didn’t know they were raiding Metaphysics online! Whoa. I just went straight into their rooms without a real reason, just stirring up trouble. So there you go. ( =

Enemies? That’s fantastic! Or, y’know, um… Who gets mad at culty bear people?

I gotta agree: I am absolutely happy that I was involved. It’s a weird thing to be able to say to people: “Oh, yeah, I was in an online cult… yeah, we worshipped this stuffed bear, it was great.”

]]> By: Joko Londo http://www.virtualthought.net/2006/04/13/squishybear/#comment-390 Joko Londo Sat, 22 Apr 2006 14:48:26 +0000 http://www.virtualthought.net/2006/04/13/squishybear/#comment-390 My Dear Friend Raven, Many of times I have wondered what happened to that great spirit who went by the name "Raven6777". I'm so glad you dropped in and said hello. When you entered a room (albeit a virtual one), you made everyone who knew you happier. Really. Life was better when Raven was around. Your creativity was astounding (yes, please do mp3 the wakka cheeka song), and although you stood there with us, loyally engaging and criticizing the fundamentalist Xtians with weapons of wit and rationality, you never did so snootily or maliciously. As for regrets, remember, we went into their turf (bornagainlonline chatrooms) initially as a response to some of them boorishly making nuisances of themselves in our free-thinking Metaphysics chatrooms. Their intolerance of other ways of thinkings was, and is to this day, in a word, wrong. What was it we used to say? Intolerance will not be tolerated. Ah yes, our group of Graphites grew, changed, split apart, grew some more, and now, like a really old star after its gone nova, hangs around inertly like a White Dwarf, having expended most of it's combustible matter. From the early days of exploring all the creative avenues that a lot of really interesting and funny minds brought together as an internet community, we started attracting a lot more people who didn't really share the core values and characteristics of the early group. We became just sort of a mailing list with a stuffed bear mascot. We even attracted enemies, who scoured or webspace looking for anything they could report to AOL. Sure, there were some interesting e-mails going back and forth, but eventually, the internal conflicts became tiresome. The humor, creativity and understanding under which we were founded took a back seat to bitchiness, petty conflicts and just plain lame content as the interesting core group wandered away, finding other things to do. Still, I look back on it as something I'm happy I was involved in. We were an internet community back when that was a relatively new thing. I'm looking forward to exploring this space to find out what one of that community's most loved and influential members is up to now. Wakka Cheeka, ( : Joko My Dear Friend Raven,

Many of times I have wondered what happened to that great spirit who went by the name “Raven6777”. I’m so glad you dropped in and said hello. When you entered a room (albeit a virtual one), you made everyone who knew you happier. Really. Life was better when Raven was around. Your creativity was astounding (yes, please do mp3 the wakka cheeka song), and although you stood there with us, loyally engaging and criticizing the fundamentalist Xtians with weapons of wit and rationality, you never did so snootily or maliciously. As for regrets, remember, we went into their turf (bornagainlonline chatrooms) initially as a response to some of them boorishly making nuisances of themselves in our free-thinking Metaphysics chatrooms. Their intolerance of other ways of thinkings was, and is to this day, in a word, wrong. What was it we used to say? Intolerance will not be tolerated.

Ah yes, our group of Graphites grew, changed, split apart, grew some more, and now, like a really old star after its gone nova, hangs around inertly like a White Dwarf, having expended most of it’s combustible matter. From the early days of exploring all the creative avenues that a lot of really interesting and funny minds brought together as an internet community, we started attracting a lot more people who didn’t really share the core values and characteristics of the early group. We became just sort of a mailing list with a stuffed bear mascot. We even attracted enemies, who scoured or webspace looking for anything they could report to AOL. Sure, there were some interesting e-mails going back and forth, but eventually, the internal conflicts became tiresome. The humor, creativity and understanding under which we were founded took a back seat to bitchiness, petty conflicts and just plain lame content as the interesting core group wandered away, finding other things to do.

Still, I look back on it as something I’m happy I was involved in. We were an internet community back when that was a relatively new thing. I’m looking forward to exploring this space to find out what one of that community’s most loved and influential members is up to now.

Wakka Cheeka, ( :
Joko

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