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Post by Delighted Of Tunbridge Wells on Aug 24, 2023 21:21:46 GMT
"Cyber Yobs" sounds like a 1996-era drama on CBBC that perhaps gets two days of coverage in the Daily Mail for having a character say "damn" or "bloody". Hahahahaha knock off MI High on CITV perhaps. |
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Post by AdminSTB on Aug 25, 2023 12:02:52 GMT
"Cyber Yobs" sounds like a 1996-era drama on CBBC that perhaps gets two days of coverage in the Daily Mail for having a character say "damn" or "bloody". Back when people talked about 'the information superhighway.' I actually managed to squeeze multimedia laptop into conversation a few weeks ago when I bought an external CD drive. I don't think I've heard anyone say that in maybe twenty years. |
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Post by Chris from Brum on Aug 25, 2023 14:41:26 GMT
"Cyber Yobs" sounds like a 1996-era drama on CBBC that perhaps gets two days of coverage in the Daily Mail for having a character say "damn" or "bloody". Back when people talked about 'the information superhighway.' I actually managed to squeeze multimedia laptop into conversation a few weeks ago when I bought an external CD drive. I don't think I've heard anyone say that in maybe twenty years. Nor do you hear of "silver surfers" anymore to describe over-65s using the web. |
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Post by The Bishop on Sept 18, 2023 9:29:39 GMT
Forum poster @johnyorks seems to have deleted their account, don't think there was any indication of that in advance.
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Sept 18, 2023 11:17:55 GMT
Forum poster @johnyorks seems to have deleted their account, don't think there was any indication of that in advance. There didn't seem to be. That's a shame. |
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Post by anthony on Feb 17, 2024 19:41:45 GMT
Oh back after a few months. What have I missed?
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Post by batman on Feb 17, 2024 21:08:31 GMT
I believe there have been some by-elections
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Post by doktorb🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ on Mar 19, 2024 21:08:47 GMT
My name is doktorb. It has been, and currently is, and across the shapeless geometry of the internet, will always be. I've been here before. I've gone away, through full moods, and dark moments, and angry stupid silly strops. Here's some short, sharp, honest facts. Big thanks to Neil/Bondsman/ AdminSTB. They agreed to have me back, with some conditions. I requested that some parts of the forum were locked, so I couldn't participate. Request accepted. This has helped. I lurk and see content which would, back in the old days, have sent me into keyboard burning rages. Not any more. Some users knew (and know!) how to trigger my weaknesses. And my faults. And my problems. A number of them were blocked on day one of my return. They don't need to know who they are, and I won't say, and the forum doesn't need to be invited into the drama about whom, and for what reasons. We have freedom to, and we have freedom from. And that's that. Of course I'm human. Not AI. Not a bot. Not a performing monkey. So I'll sometimes have sparks, and shade, and terse turns of phrase. But not like before. I have exhausted that part of me. It's tired, and it's played out, and whilst I may visit, I don't want to stay. I'm on 100mg Sertraline a day. This helps. Much more happiness. Much less obsession with proving people write on the Internet. Much more vibes-based living. Much less hatred, much less heat. Combine these three things: restricted access, blocked accounts, medication. They mean, put together, someone who is choosing to just be here, rather than participate. Someone who will express views, here and now, now and then, whilst also knowing their limits. Absolute limits. Total limits. I see, through lurking, that my user name doktorb, and my real name L----P---------- is sometimes used by posters. Please try and reduce this, or stop completely. I can't reply or respond or refute, though I can screenshot and compile evidence, if the need arises. I can't react to your attempts at waving a red flag at a bull, because your red flag is behind a wall, and the medicine means I'm less of a bull than I've ever been. The flags in my user name are perhaps the most demonstrative I can get, under my restricted circumstances. I have my opinions, and my experiences, and my truth. They are mine. And they are what they are. I can't put myself in the LGBT thread, by my own request. I can see what is said, what is defended, what is attacked, and I know I'm safer behind the wall I've asked to be constructed. I do love this forum. I do love being supported. I also know that my limits are what they are, and your limits are what they are. I know it's rude to keep talking. And with that. I stop. |
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Post by J.G.Harston on Mar 19, 2024 21:32:19 GMT
My name is doktorb. It has been, and currently is, and across the shapeless geometry of the internet, will always be. One question: should that be read as Doctor Bee, or as Doc Torb? I seem to read it both ways. |
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Post by doktorb🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ on Mar 19, 2024 21:36:46 GMT
My name is doktorb. It has been, and currently is, and across the shapeless geometry of the internet, will always be. One question: should that be read as Doctor Bee, or as Doc Torb? I seem to read it both ways. It's actually a mistake. Back in the very very very early days of dial up Internet, I needed a name for MSN etc. As a Simpsons fan I chose Doktorb, from Dr. Nick's "1-800-Doctorb, the b stands for bargain". I made the mistake of using 'k', not 'c'. That mistake just stuck. So it's been Doktorb, as two syllables, and a misspelling going back to the early 2000s. |
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Post by Jack on Mar 19, 2024 22:49:23 GMT
My name is doktorb. It has been, and currently is, and across the shapeless geometry of the internet, will always be. One question: should that be read as Doctor Bee, or as Doc Torb? I seem to read it both ways. I tend to sing his name to the tune of Boxer Beat: |
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Mar 20, 2024 8:55:32 GMT
There's this Eighties gem of French cultural appropriation with a man in excessively shiny pants repeatedly saying "don't forget me, I'm Doctor B"
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Post by finsobruce on Mar 20, 2024 10:11:17 GMT
There's this Eighties gem of French cultural appropriation with a man in excessively shiny pants repeatedly saying "don't forget me, I'm Doctor B"  |
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Post by jamesdoyle on Mar 20, 2024 10:27:09 GMT
There's this Eighties gem of French cultural appropriation with a man in excessively shiny pants repeatedly saying "don't forget me, I'm Doctor B" Oh, wow. I've never heard or seen that before, but I've just had a PTSD-lite flashback to Joanna's in Southsea, in the early 80s. Basically an entire night's clubbing in one song. |
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Mar 20, 2024 10:28:53 GMT
There's this Eighties gem of French cultural appropriation with a man in excessively shiny pants repeatedly saying "don't forget me, I'm Doctor B" Oh, wow. I've never heard or seen that before, but I've just had a PTSD-lite flashback to Joanna's in Southsea, in the early 80s. Basically an entire night's clubbing in one song. You can now see why it was the French who came up with the Lambada. (I think cultural appropriation is a daft concept, but the story of the Lambada is an incredible story of brass neck, theft and Being French) |
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Post by aargauer on Mar 22, 2024 11:37:14 GMT
One question: should that be read as Doctor Bee, or as Doc Torb? I seem to read it both ways. It's actually a mistake. Back in the very very very early days of dial up Internet, I needed a name for MSN etc. As a Simpsons fan I chose Doktorb, from Dr. Nick's "1-800-Doctorb, the b stands for bargain". I made the mistake of using 'k', not 'c'. That mistake just stuck. So it's been Doktorb, as two syllables, and a misspelling going back to the early 2000s. I remember it even back from around 2007 on uk polling report. 17 happy years of reading your posts . |
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Post by doktorb🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ on Mar 22, 2024 14:26:57 GMT
It's actually a mistake. Back in the very very very early days of dial up Internet, I needed a name for MSN etc. As a Simpsons fan I chose Doktorb, from Dr. Nick's "1-800-Doctorb, the b stands for bargain". I made the mistake of using 'k', not 'c'. That mistake just stuck. So it's been Doktorb, as two syllables, and a misspelling going back to the early 2000s. I remember it even back from around 2007 on uk polling report. 17 happy years of reading your posts . And what a difference those seventeen years have made 😅 |
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Post by Forfarshire Conservative on Apr 9, 2024 11:37:08 GMT
Someone who came to advertise their free psephological tool. It was mildly criticised and they didn't like it. Unfortunately, the tool is no longer available for download due to "offensive remarks made on the Vote UK Forum" by "cyber yobs" grarls.org/Pebble/index.htmlHenceforth, I'd like to think of myself as a "cyber yob". I get the feeling a few on this forum may agree😉 |
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Post by The Bishop on Apr 9, 2024 11:38:45 GMT
Unfortunately, the tool is no longer available for download due to "offensive remarks made on the Vote UK Forum" by "cyber yobs" grarls.org/Pebble/index.htmlHi all, I always been interested in politics from an early age, but first got the psephology bug in the autumn of 2018, at the tender age of fourteen. I have the misfortune of knowing virtually every MP’s name off by heart much to the amazement of my mother and the bewilderment of my fatherThat was me, once  Welcome aboard. |
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Post by carlton43 on Apr 9, 2024 12:52:24 GMT
Hi all, I always been interested in politics from an early age, but first got the psephology bug in the autumn of 2018, at the tender age of fourteen. I have the misfortune of knowing virtually every MP’s name off by heart much to the amazement of my mother and the bewilderment of my fatherThat was me, once Welcome aboard. At the same age, so could I. I watched the proceedings live in the HOC and took extracts of Hansard and compiled and shared records. I have done none of those things for decades, and doubt I could now name and place more than 20% of MPs, if that? |
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