Announcement about RDF

[Matt H]

Byers' infamous 'polar bears are scared to the point of white hair' almost made me lose my faith in Darwinism. He was so clever.

[lordpasternack]

I hope he comes over here though, otherwise you're going to have no one to talk about crawfish with!

WTF

Cali's already a fully card carrying member.

http://rationalia.com/forum/memberlist. ... file&u=613

As for making money - I'm sure you it must be possible to have a forummy format with ads added? And I'm also sure that people would donate to keep the forum going. And even there, why haven't they added ads to the front-page if that were the motive?

[HughMcB]

I hope he comes over here though, otherwise you're going to have no one to talk about crawfish with!

WTF

All I remember is MacGuffin's unbounded enthusiasm for Southern foods...

[Stephen]

Are you saying Cali can talk about the biology of crawfish, or the delicacy of crawfish?

[hackenslash]

Both, I expect.

[PsychoSerenity]

Hello, just adding my name to the list of refugees. I never posted that much on RD.net but I was reading it nearly every day.

I remember a few weeks ago someone posting a link to infowars.com saying that corporations are crushing free speech on the internet. I just though it was tin hattery and that there was no reason to worry - no way that RD forums would be taken down with such a strong community. How very wrong I was.

I feel so sorry for the mods and all the members that have invested so much time. I just can't believe how badly it's been handled - and deleting users and all their posts CJ, Darwinsbulldog etc. just appalling. very sad.

[HughMcB]

Are you saying Cali can talk about the biology of crawfish, or the delicacy of crawfish?

Am I the only one talking about the young MacGuffin here and not Cali?

The only crawfish Cali would know are the ones he studies in his aquarium, not in his toilet bowl.

[HughMcB]

I remember a few weeks ago someone posting a link to infowars.com saying that corporations are crushing free speech on the internet. I just though it was tin hattery and that there was no reason to worry - no way that RD forums would be taken down with such a strong community. How very wrong I was.

You know I completely forgot about that but yes we had a thread about that very thing.

How fucking true it was, huh?

[Stephen]

I hope he comes over here though, otherwise you're going to have no one to talk about crawfish with!

WTF

Cali's already a fully card carrying member.

http://rationalia.com/forum/memberlist. ... file&u=613

Hugh, I was trying to make sense of this.

[HughMcB]

Hugh, I was trying to make sense of this.

Its just shell shock

I personally feel like I've been dry bummed by Mr. T.... these friction burns are killing me.

:pissed: <<<< thats the pain of trying to sit down, not rage.

[Cunt]

What exactly could have irritated them about our posts?

Do you want a random list? Or alphabetical?

On a more serious note, I have been trying to PM you over there, but couldn't. Glad to see that I don't have to.

SpeedOfSound:
I don't know if you knew, but with the forum closing, there is a new place open for those wishing to continue as we were. It is www dot rationalia dot com, and I hope to see you there.
-Darren (see if you can guess my alias on Rationalia)

...oh, and by the way...

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Love your new handle. Would you prefer a Mr. before that or should we keep it informal?

You can use the 'Mr.' honorific if you please, but just calling me Cunt will be fine with me.

Good seeing you here, SpeedOfSound

[Simon_Gardner]

Hi everyone! I'm another migrant from the RDF website. Some of you might remember me. I had over a thousand posts there, but luckily, I never posted anything of value.

Me neither.

[Bella Fortuna]

Hi everyone! I'm another migrant from the RDF website. Some of you might remember me. I had over a thousand posts there, but luckily, I never posted anything of value.

Me neither.

I foresee you will fit in well here!

[DanDare]

I have ten thousand posts over there that document my personal journey from thinking that rocks should be conscious to a firm personal solution to the Hard Problem and a thorough understanding of both the philosophy and science of the mind. My personal problem and my personal whine. I'm sure that everyone who has participated has laid down in bits there own rational journey in the same manner.

BTW. Will they get irritated here if I start still more threads about C?

Hiya Speed, loved those threads. Yes, start a new one. I bet lots of rationalians will join in or at least enjoy reading them.

[Randydeluxe]

My wife is SamanthaJane (http://forum.richarddawkins.net/memberl ... le&u=75798 )

... and she actually cried when I told her about RDF last night and she logged in and looked at it.

They made my wife cry.