Woopsie doodle!
Oops! I appear to have messed up the tagging on the latest Dead Pool. Again.
Not that it matters now – MrsMGunz takes it with Connie Francis.
And Pups got the trivia question (I mean, he got it by reading the old comments section, but fair’s fair): this image is the only color image I’ve ever run above a post. It was so very nearly in monochrome naturally that I didn’t notice I hadn’t stripped the color information. If you zoom way in, there’s a tiny patch of brown on his upper lip.
And I didn’t meet Uncle B as a result of this plaster plaice. I met him in 1995 on USENET. That’s how old we are.
Back here? Tomorrow? 6WBT? Dead pool!
Posted: July 17th, 2025 under personal.
Comments: 8
Comments
Comment from ExpressoBold Pureblood
Time: July 17, 2025, 7:17 pm
Is USENET still active?
That thing was literally the embodiment of Free Speech.
Comment from Uncle Badger
Time: July 17, 2025, 7:44 pm
I agree. That was the Internet before it was taken over by corporations.
Comment from Durnedyankee
Time: July 17, 2025, 8:52 pm
Veterans of the USENET wars they are. Yes.
Comment from uNCLE aL
Time: July 18, 2025, 12:38 am
Hey, Pupster wasn’t the only one who got it! *whines* So did I. It’s just that I was pretty opaque about it:
The plaster plaice pictured was yclept Pam. Polychrome Pam.
I mean, it don’t git no opaquer’n that! Nor alliterative, neither.
Comment from Some Vegetable
Time: July 18, 2025, 1:14 am
So what witty remark did Uncle Badger make on USENET in 1995 that first caught your attention?
Comment from S.Weasel
Time: July 18, 2025, 2:55 pm
As I understand it, USENET still exists, but it’s eaten alive with spambots.
Some Veg, I asked a question about his username. I think that was the first contact.
Comment from Some Vegetable
Time: July 18, 2025, 3:59 pm
I am breathless about the possibility that some (or even one) of my wonderful imaginary internet friends might, someday, become an actual wonderful not-imaginary friend.
Seriously. That’s amazing.
Comment from Jon
Time: July 18, 2025, 5:54 pm
Usenet is there and spammed yes. I found an interface to review the content a few years back.
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