Shannon Jacobs wrote:
> mr.sumo.snr. wrote:
> <other stuff snip>
> 
>>attract any of the people who have bothered to write and succeeded in
>>having published anything about Japan.  Or do they all secretly lurk
>>here - I can't believe they would shy away from posting here or any
>>of the other gaijin forums.  Or are we all THAT sad?
> 
> 
> Yes, you all are.
> 
> You think I could resist such a tempting target?
> 
> Seriously, don't give yourselves airs. It's just the natural state of the
> newsgroups these days. You should be off-topic and asinine just like the
> rest of the trolls. Thomas is a slightly different case. Apparently he's
> just here for the cheap advertising and the abundance of suckers. Actually,
> that might possibly rank him even below the regular "humorous" trolls. Tough
> call.
> 
> No, this topic is *NOT* why I stopped by. Amusingly enough, I'm actually in
> a rather happy and sociable mood [Fooled you again, didn't I?] but all my
> regular social outlets are closed for the holiday, out of the country, or
> happily busy with their families. (And no, I don't like to intrude. I even
> feel like some of the invitations are "mercy" invites to their unfortunate
> single friend.)
> 
> I was actually sufficiently drained of other ideas to stop by
> fj.life.in-japan to see if there might be something relevant to actual life
> in Japan, and maybe even an announcement of an interesting social event.
> Well, if anyone ever posted such announcements here, they've apparently
> learned not to.
> 
> Long ago I used to recommend the newsgroups to newbies. There were quite a
> number of interesting people and lots of useful information. I stopped
> recommending the public newsgroups long ago. Now dominated by twits, trolls,
> and their mastabatory fantasies. Unfortunately I'm an incurable optimist
> with a terrible memory--I still remember the long lost "good old days" and I
> stop by from time to time with the futile hope of seeing evidence of a
> recovery.
> 
> Time for one of my typically sick jokes: I don't mind getting old. It's part
> of the package. It's the feeling old part that I don't like. Part of the
> feeling old is that I seem to be getting more and more crotchety and
> short-tempered these days. I really was feeling relatively cheerful and
> young-in-spirit this fine morning. I do not thank fj.life.in-japan for
> helping to snap me back to normal.
> 
> Hmm... Actually, that reminds me that I have a bunch of surplus books that
> should be recycled in some way. Want to guess why I won't waste time asking
> for constructive suggestions here?

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- Kevin