[flying plum]

(Original post by The_Lonely_Goatherd)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov4tE7XRTUA



(Sorry, I'm bored to tears of my questionnaire and am too easily amused )

Can't gt that to work for some reason. So hoping its beauty and the beast.

[Becca]

(Original post by The Lyceum)
Ah well, you shouldn't to be honest. It was closer to old school Vale Tudo or even some of the Fillipino stuff (e.g where weapons were). Osteoanalysis shows that these people were also well fed and well cared for medically. Deaths were rare. Oh and they were apparently ridiculously well trained fencers too, at least during the later Imperial period when there is evidence of competition fighters being brought in to simplify and retrain the sword system taught to soldiers. Which by then had got a bit insane.

So...yeah....sorry. Never been anything on screen remotely reminiscent of Rome. Or Greece for that matter. Sad but true.

I meant the sex scenes...

[The Lyceum]

(Original post by Becca)
I meant the sex scenes...

Ah well even those, I was just trying to avoid commenting on sex. Well generally you have to separate the sensationalist barely testified stuff and compare to what we know of the law/literature/mores of the times.

I know, it doesn't seem so interesting now. And to be honest, its often not so particularly interesting. Do you know what Classicists actually look out? crap like coins.

Tits and coins basically. FFs. Should have done English literature. Oh unless you do Roman Religion, in which case there are testicles everywhere. Tits, coins and testes.

The Lyceum, BA (Hons) Tits, Coins and Testes.

[The_Lonely_Goatherd]

(Original post by flying plum)
Can't gt that to work for some reason. So hoping its beauty and the beast.

Maaaaaaaaaaaaybe

[Little Jules]

(Original post by The_Lonely_Goatherd)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov4tE7XRTUA



(Sorry, I'm bored to tears of my questionnaire and am too easily amused )

That was I automatically thought of!

I've been using forums for about eight years, and have rarely spoken to anyone about it, although I have met people a few times from one of the forums. My bf knows about them (he introduced me to TSR when he was lurking a few years ago) but I like to keep them private. Lots of people don't really understand the idea I find. I'm also a big twitter user, and have been for 2 or 3 years, longer than most people. I've met lots of people through twitter, all political-types, and some of them are good friends now. Somehow that's easier to explain.

[Helenia]

(Original post by Little Jules)
That was I automatically thought of!

I've been using forums for about eight years, and have rarely spoken to anyone about it, although I have met people a few times from one of the forums. My bf knows about them (he introduced me to TSR when he was lurking a few years ago) but I like to keep them private. Lots of people don't really understand the idea I find. I'm also a big twitter user, and have been for 2 or 3 years, longer than most people. I've met lots of people through twitter, all political-types, and some of them are good friends now. Somehow that's easier to explain.

Interesting...I don't "get" Twitter at all; don't have an account and dislike how it's encroached upon what is considered "news" these days. Would never consider it as an avenue for meeting people.

[The_Lonely_Goatherd]

(Original post by Little Jules)
That was I automatically thought of!

I've been using forums for about eight years, and have rarely spoken to anyone about it, although I have met people a few times from one of the forums. My bf knows about them (he introduced me to TSR when he was lurking a few years ago) but I like to keep them private. Lots of people don't really understand the idea I find. I'm also a big twitter user, and have been for 2 or 3 years, longer than most people. I've met lots of people through twitter, all political-types, and some of them are good friends now. Somehow that's easier to explain.

I've been on Facebook for about 5 years and TSR for just over 4. I went to one Oxford meet once and bumped into Boo in a pub (but was too shy to say anything or make eye contact ) but aside from that, I don't think I've met anyone off the Internet.

The X Soc has a little chat thread on Facebook where those of us who have added each other chat everyday about all kinds of things. It's really nice for me because it means if I'm in an insomniac/manic state late at night, there's usually someone who is up and willing to talk me down out of the clouds until I feel tired. They're a really great bunch

The year that I was helping out with the Oxford interview period at my college (so Dec 2008), I got lots of messages from people on TSR who had spotted me. Some of those PMs would have been REALLY creepy were it not for the fact that all the applicants knew what I looked like because they linked the info in my sig to the interview profile in the Interviews at Oxford booklet. Kinda forgot that that was gonna go all round the world (including back to my school!) when I volunteered for that

Edit: My mum knows I spend lots of time on here and have Internet friends. She disapproves!

[Little Jules]

(Original post by Helenia)
Interesting...I don't "get" Twitter at all; don't have an account and dislike how it's encroached upon what is considered "news" these days. Would never consider it as an avenue for meeting people.

When I first started using it, there were far fewer people, and it was a way to find people with shared interests (almost entirely political). There were also 'tweet-ups', which were just events organised on twitter. It was around the time that I was leaving Oxford and starting work in politics in London, and so I met people at events (and Party Conference). I definitely have twitter friends these days.

I see what you mean about twitter counting as news, but it is great for breaking news stories, and getting details and things. I work in politics, and I find it very useful (although it can get silly).

[Becca]

(Original post by The Lyceum)
Ah well even those, I was just trying to avoid commenting on sex. Well generally you have to separate the sensationalist barely testified stuff and compare to what we know of the law/literature/mores of the times.

I know, it doesn't seem so interesting now. And to be honest, its often not so particularly interesting. Do you know what Classicists actually look out? crap like coins.

Tits and coins basically. FFs. Should have done English literature. Oh unless you do Roman Religion, in which case there are testicles everywhere. Tits, coins and testes.

The Lyceum, BA (Hons) Tits, Coins and Testes.

I am choosing to ignore this

[Helenia]

(Original post by Little Jules)
When I first started using it, there were far fewer people, and it was a way to find people with shared interests (almost entirely political). There were also 'tweet-ups', which were just events organised on twitter. It was around the time that I was leaving Oxford and starting work in politics in London, and so I met people at events (and Party Conference). I definitely have twitter friends these days.

I see what you mean about twitter counting as news, but it is great for breaking news stories, and getting details and things. I work in politics, and I find it very useful (although it can get silly).

I just don't feel I have time to add another internet site to my "routine," and don't think that what I have to say is interesting enough that other strangers would want to read it in 140 character bites. I guess this is similar to how many people view forums.

(Craggy, are you paying attention? )

[blueletter]

When I was younger I used a Yahoo chatroom and 'met' quite a lot of people through that, so I've never had an issue with forming relationships virtually. I remember it quite fondly. I think things like Facebook and Twitter and just the larger number of internet users mean there isn't as much opportunity to come into contact with as many 'different' people since it's easier just to glom into a group you're already associated with.

There was a conference called roflcon recently. Chris Poole (the founder of 4chan) ran a panel thing where he lamented (for slightly different reasons) the changes in internet communities. It's available on youtube. I haven't watched it all and what I did watch wasn't very closely. Someone made the point that people make the sort of complaint I was making all the time (when newsgroups died, or irc, or whatever). So maybe I shouldn't be so miserable.

[Craghyrax]

(Original post by Helenia)
(Craggy, are you paying attention? )

[sj27]

(Original post by blueletter)
When I was younger I used a Yahoo chatroom and 'met' quite a lot of people through that, so I've never had an issue with forming relationships virtually. I remember it quite fondly. I think things like Facebook and Twitter and just the larger number of internet users mean there isn't as much opportunity to come into contact with as many 'different' people since it's easier just to glom into a group you're already associated with.

Hm, I'd look at this a bit differently - to me they are there for different purposes. I use Facebook to keep in touch with people I already know. I don't add people I've never met and in fact limit who I accept, and I certainly don't expect to have conversations with strangers (obviously that sometimes happens when replying to friends' updates but you know what I mean).

I view a forum completely differently - usually it is a place I go to for information/advice/exchange of ideas about things. I came to TSR to find out stuff about the course I was interested in, when I used to skydive I hung out on skydiving forums, I've been involved in economics forums, etc. If I get to "know" people either on or offline, that's kind of a bonus, but I guess the point I'm making is that whether or not Facebook was around, I'd still be on these various forums because the motivation is completely different.

[apotoftea]

I find Twitter really good for networking

[Socrates]

(Original post by apotoftea)
I find Twitter really good for networking

Initially I had similar views about Twitter as Helen, but over time, I think its grown on me. Networking is easier and you can follow lots of different people regardless of whether you know them or not because there's much less personal details compared to Facebook, for example.

[Cirsium]

I had a wonderful argument over twitter with the Sainsbury lab yesterday after my blog post about GM/non-GM.

[sj27]

(Original post by Cirsium)
I had a wonderful argument over twitter with the Sainsbury lab yesterday after my blog post about GM/non-GM.

I meant to say - I really enjoyed that. I've bookmarked your blog

Edited to clarify: enjoyed the post, not the argument!

[IlexAquifolium]

I am at my postgrad ball, stuck in the worst disco known to man. It's like Phoenix nights meets PhD movie. I don't think it would be possible to be drunk enough for this, and I'm sadly sober by now...

[Craghyrax]

Hooray! Not hungover (was at a birthday party). This is definitely evidence that its what you drink rather than how much, as I had a lot more than I had on my hen party but then I was smitten the next morning.

[sj27]

(Original post by Craghyrax)
Hooray! Not hungover (was at a birthday party). This is definitely evidence that its what you drink rather than how much, as I had a lot more than I had on my hen party but then I was smitten the next morning.

What did you drink then?- share the secret!

Woke up blonde, now mahogany. Husband loves it. Daughter hates it. She seems to take it personally when I go non-blonde (she's blonde too).

Cat has stopped eating entirely. Can't even tempt him with his two favourites (tuna, and egg - not together). This despite the cortisone and antibiotics. I think he's just waiting to die now .