The future of NOOL
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Would you prefer people to post amusing, entertaining, frequently nonsenical and off-topic ramblings or regurgitate tired old on-topic, uninspiring, same old same old waffle ad naseum?
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I'm a snide, precious, anal, back-stabber, keep on-topic in future. 7 (16%)
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I'm not. 36 (84%)
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Best POLL in ages.Voted 2nd.Someone else has realized that THE WRITTEN WORD IS A LIE.Bring back FUN!
But don't tell DIGGY MIKE!:D
I have refrained from posting since Monday, but I will make an exception for this.
Thank you, Hank, for raising this question.
And here opens the hornets' nest.
It's a tricky one.
Every time a new generation of NOOLers sign up they inevitably rehash all the old tired threads that we've worn out ad nauseam over the years. How many times have you listed your least favourite NO song, stated a case for The Cure ripping off NO or been involved in a Republic Survivor thrill-fest? No question of the boredom for the rest of us but if the answers aren't covered in FAQs then the NOOBs do have rights to discover more about the band.
On the other hand, there are a couple of seasoned posters who've recently felt harried out of town because they sometimes stray too far from the topics at hand. A real shame for mine, because their unique way of looking at issues made for entertainment that kept a lot of punters coming back to these forums. Laughs in a forum are seriously underrated. Granted, they could have been a bit more judicious in their selections of threads. I've certainly been guilty of thread detours and I can see why some get peeved that their serious dissertation on Ian Curtis's Orwellian lyrics has ended up in a friendly chat about egg sandwiches in Redcar.
At the end of the day there has to be a balance or you run the risk of marginalising some NOOLers, they disappear into the ether and the forum is a lot worse for it.
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More humour. More alternative ways of looking at the world of New Order (and the world not of New Order). Less repetition of questions asked and answered and topics raised several times on the same page/within the previous 24 hours.
More breasts. More alcohol/whatever floats your boat. Less having to quickly hide the fact you are posting on NOOL when at work when the boss comes round.
Wasn't the off-topic forum created after the exact same argument in the past?
I agree with everything you said Depthy - but would also like to say that in my opinion, the levels of thread hijacking that have gone on recently have showed a certain lack of respect to the original poster.
And I'm sure no-one needs to have flounced off in a lame hissy fit. Everyone's input is justified and welcome. All of the recent banter would make a welcome addition Behind Closed Doors - those "What Are You Blah Blah Blah..." threads are getting really boring now.
Old Blue wrote: Wasn't the off-topic forum created after the exact same argument in the past?
I agree with everything you said Depthy - but would also like to say that in my opinion, the levels of thread hijacking that have gone on recently have showed a certain lack of respect to the original poster.
And I'm sure no-one needs to have flounced off in a lame hissy fit. Everyone's input is justified and welcome. All of the recent banter would make a welcome addition Behind Closed Doors - those "What Are You Blah Blah Blah..." threads are getting really boring now.
Fair call OB.
Although "lame hissy fit" maybe a little harsh, there's been some unkind sentiment floating about that not everyone wants to be part of.
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Some of us feel that drifting conversations are really what we like best about NOOL, a happy aside to on-topic issues which can sometimes prove rather repetitive, and that those who find such drifting conversations not to their taste can fairly easily simply ignore them. Some of us feel that there is nothing wrong, and really everything right, when a discussion that begins with New Order is able to follow whatever twists and turns the inventive minds of our diverse worldwide membership happen to pursue. Thus, to say “if you want pointless chit-chat, that’s what Behind Closed Doors is for” is not really an adequate response.
Cheers!
Patrick wrote: I have refrained from posting since Monday, but I will make an exception for this.
Thank you, Hank, for raising this question.
Refrain no more Patrick. Keep posting Sir, good obs are hard to come by.:)
PHD wrote:
Patrick wrote: I have refrained from posting since Monday, but I will make an exception for this.
Thank you, Hank, for raising this question.
Refrain no more Patrick. Keep posting Sir, good obs are hard to come by.:)
Sorry but PATRICK has got eyes like an old wounded soldier and HUNTSMAN is Absent Without Leave.Wish they would DISCHARGE DEPTHCHARGE though!:D
PHD wrote:
Patrick wrote: I have refrained from posting since Monday, but I will make an exception for this.
Thank you, Hank, for raising this question.
Refrain no more Patrick. Keep posting Sir, good obs are hard to come by.:)
Thank you very much for your comment, PHD. I am certainly encouraged by the response to this thread.
David Hasselhoff is amusing, entertaining, frequently nonsenical and off-topic. But I realise putting the same picture it's like regurgitate tired old on-topics, uninspiring, same old same old waffle ad naseum.
So, I promise I'll find another picture of the same quality, just wait!
Old Blue wrote: Wasn't the off-topic forum created after the exact same argument in the past?
I agree with everything you said Depthy - but would also like to say that in my opinion, the levels of thread hijacking that have gone on recently have showed a certain lack of respect to the original poster.
I agree. Especially as the "musings" which often take over the original thread are usually about as funny as a boot in the baws.
I say we should all get drunk and post like our good man Shuglet used to do...
remember the days when we couldn't even read what he was trying to type???
ahhhh...memories...frigging PRICELESS!!!
oldmonkey wrote:
More breasts. More alcohol/whatever floats your boat. Less having to quickly hide the fact you are posting on NOOL when at work when the boss comes round.
Barneys done his best to oblige over the last 15 years, do you want more? 
Beatrix Kiddo wrote: Some of us feel that drifting conversations are really what we like best about NOOL, a happy aside to on-topic issues which can sometimes prove rather repetitive, and that those who find such drifting conversations not to their taste can fairly easily simply ignore them. Some of us feel that there is nothing wrong, and really everything right, when a discussion that begins with New Order is able to follow whatever twists and turns the inventive minds of our diverse worldwide membership happen to pursue. Thus, to say “if you want pointless chit-chat, that’s what Behind Closed Doors is for” is not really an adequate response.
Cheers!
I agree!! You all were new here at one point and probably did the same thing!! Who the fuck died and left anyone one in here king/queen of the NOOL castle?? Everyone who signs up for this deserves the chance to speak and conversate with other New Order fans...That's the joy of freedom!! You can choose what you want to talk about. The threads should ideally start with some reference to New Order but hay man a little chit chat here and there is normal...Get over it!!
Have a nice daaaayyy!!!
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FAC103 wrote: I say we should all get drunk and post like our good man Shuglet used to do...
remember the days when we couldn't even read what he was trying to type???
ahhhh...memories...frigging PRICELESS!!!
I would certainly vote for a drunk posting night!
Can we make it a rule that every thread MUST be hijacked?
Personally, I don't mind. Humor always wins out for me.
If you want idle chit-chat, that's what Behind Closed Doors is for.
If you want to make friends online with pointless banter because you've got no friends at home, go ahead and post 1000 times a month about nothing in particular but do it BCD! I don't come to NOOL to make friends or idle chit-chat. I come because i love the band and i want information about the band, past, present and future. I also can't help but laugh at the hordes of pathetic men (boys) who make fools of themselves lusting after every woman that dares post here. Without fail, women posters are the focus and flash point for horny, unstable men who've been so unsuccessful with women in real life, they've taken to flirting online with someone they've never met. Perhaps the saddest, most pathetic thing about NOOL.
Now back to more important matters like: What does 1963 mean? Must have been a few hours since we discussed that one.
FAC103 wrote: I say we should all get drunk and post like our good man Shuglet used to do...
remember the days when we couldn't even read what he was trying to type???
ahhhh...memories...frigging PRICELESS!!!
If I had the computer downstairs there would have been quite a few drunken posts this year. The last time was 3 weeks ago, told the missus I was nipping down for a pint after football, she gave me the knowing look of "See you at closing time" I strolled in already quite pished, she buggered off to bed so I had New Order and Electronic on the video for 3 hours singing along very loudly to every word. I ran out of beer, but luckily we were given a cocktail mixing set for Christmas, you know the same one's that Tom Cruise used in that film
Fuck the instructions I thought to masel. In the house (for the first time in my life) I had several bottles of "shorts" Half a bottle of Sambucca left over from our trip to Rome last year, a full bottle of Pernod that me mate Malky bought for ma 30th and a near full bottle of Voddy also for my 30th. Can't remember exactly what the concoction I made was, but it was along the lines of 3 shots of Sambucca, 2 Shots of Pernod and 2 shots of Vodka, unfortunately we had no coke or lemonade, and as I was that pished I got a bottle of diluted orange from the fridge and put a couple of shots of that in, mixed with a tiny wee bit of water, there I was at 2 in the morning in the kitchen shaking away like a professional cocktail server (still singing along with the video in the living room) poured it out into a half pint glass and settled down for Big World Cafe. I think to be fair, I sang Vanishing Point with more energy and passion than Barney, not only that I was mimicking Steve bashing the drums and the bass playing of my ole pal Hooky. To be honest the drink didnae look to healthy a murky green colour, but it did taste alright. I dread to think what it would taste like sober, anyways, anyways, I half had it in ma head to come up and try typing how fucking ace the Order are, but ye's know jow lazy I am. As I said, I would have posted if the computer was downstairs, but count it as a blessing, cos you's wouldnae have been able to make a word out, I could hardly see the TV never mind a key pad
Biznotic Love Trapezoid wrote: I also can't help but laugh at the hordes of pathetic men (boys) who make fools of themselves lusting after every woman that dares post here. Without fail, women posters are the focus and flash point for horny, unstable men who've been so unsuccessful with women in real life, they've taken to flirting online with someone they've never met. Perhaps the saddest, most pathetic thing about NOOL.
Right, Brian, female noolers should be banned. What gives you the right to call anyone unstable? 
sorry Beatrix, but i think i've seen this with many women before you came here. this isn't about you or any other girl that posts here. i was pointing out a painful cycle that continues to repeat itself everytime another girl decides to post here. ever notice how the girls don't stick around for long? take a break from your busy posting schedule to go back through the archives to see for yourself.
Biznotic Love Trapezoid wrote: If you want idle chit-chat, that's what Behind Closed Doors is for.
If you want to make friends online with pointless banter because you've got no friends at home, go ahead and post 1000 times a month about nothing in particular but do it BCD! I don't come to NOOL to make friends or idle chit-chat. I come because i love the band and i want information about the band, past, present and future. I also can't help but laugh at the hordes of pathetic men (boys) who make fools of themselves lusting after every woman that dares post here. Without fail, women posters are the focus and flash point for horny, unstable men who've been so unsuccessful with women in real life, they've taken to flirting online with someone they've never met. Perhaps the saddest, most pathetic thing about NOOL.
Now back to more important matters like: What does 1963 mean? Must have been a few hours since we discussed that one.
Congratulations on your 1963rd post
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Biznotic Love Trapezoid wrote: sorry Beatrix, but i think i've seen this with many women before you came here. this isn't about you or any other girl that posts here. i was pointing out a painful cycle that continues to repeat itself everytime another girl decides to post here. ever notice how the girls don't stick around for long? take a break from your busy posting schedule to go back through the archives to see for yourself.
So anyone who speaks to Beatrix on here is doing so because she's a girl?
