Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site topaz.RUTGERS.EDU Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!columbia!topaz!trudel From: trudel@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU (Jonathan D.) Newsgroups: net.news.group Subject: Re: net.bizarre Message-ID: <3740@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU> Date: Sun, 22-Sep-85 18:52:20 EDT Article-I.D.: topaz.3740 Posted: Sun Sep 22 18:52:20 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 25-Sep-85 10:03:47 EDT References: <617@bu-cs.UUCP>, <585@magic.UUCP> <475@petfe.UUCP> <2208@hplabs.UUCP> Organization: The Thunderdome Lines: 31 > Relay-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site topaz.RUTGERS.EDU > > > People now have an outlet (and I > > feel a reasonably good one) for creativity and silliness (there is no > > net.silly), As one of the few people who have used net.bizarre for a creative outlet, I feel that I do understand much of the criticism. I have always seen net.bizarre as a really good way for inventive thought to be expressed on the net. I have posted some weird material, as have many others. Unfortunately, most of the stuff I see inside net.bizarre should be on net.jokes (remember that?) Many of the discussions raging on net.bizarre have to do with such 'humorous' topics as pet names, city names, and street names. All that the posters in these catagories have done is ask for something funny, tack on the word 'bizarre' to the request, and viola! A net.bizarre posting is born. Soon after, net.bizarre is flooded with similar material, and much of it is NOT bizarre. I have seen 'Well, I thought it was bizarre' more times than I care to. I used to see a similar phrase on net.jokes 'Well, I thought it was funny'. Does anyone else realize that this is why there are so many critics of net.bizarre? I enjoy net.bizarre (at least the fun parts of it). I don't want it to be removed. Is there anything we can do to assure it's survival? If it requires the formation of mod.bizarre, I am in favor of it. -- Jonathan D. Trudel arpa: trudel@blue.rutgers.edu.arpa uucp:{seismo,allegra,ihnp4}!topaz!trudel Bill: He's hip, he's hot, and he's hairy. -Rolling Stone