ghostrider       08-03-2005, 04:46 pm

that's very sweet, in a creepy kinda way.

SexNinja       08-03-2005, 04:47 pm

No.

meganerd       08-03-2005, 05:20 pm

yes, i have also notified your wief.

dagwood       08-03-2005, 05:23 pm

That's very thoughty of you, but I understood your ailment to be back/neck related. Get better, be well, take it easy on the painkillers if you can. Pick an author or actor and consume everything they have while you're laid up.

shitbox       08-03-2005, 05:30 pm

You might die...but the swarm will live on.
Stay well ragook.

ragoo       08-03-2005, 05:50 pm

Thanks, but I didn't intend this question to be about ME (though I appreciate the thoughts.) I was just wondering one day, "what if a swarmer died?" How would anyone of us know? There would just be no more posting. Would the rest of us pick up on it? Would anyone care?

shitbox       08-03-2005, 05:53 pm

I would care, i have intraweb feeling too.
I would hope that Beachgoat or SOMEONE would start a lovely "lets photoshop shitboxs' casket" thread memorial.

SexNinja       08-03-2005, 06:00 pm

What could you do?

Make a "farker hammy" style thread or something?

Vomit on that, dude. And no, I don't think it would matter. There's plenty of people to take up the slack for me. The internet is fluid.

HellKat       08-03-2005, 06:04 pm

I notified vas via PM when azron tried to smoke his exhaust pipe. Vas sent azron the Battle Hat to wear in the hospital.

middle_age_man       08-03-2005, 07:49 pm

Provided that the hail of gun fire doesn’t ruin the home made “LinkSwarm Makes Me Wet” t-shirt, then I’m sure that the swarm will get the heads up on my death.

sahlgoode       08-03-2005, 08:17 pm

Ragoo:

You're one lucky d00d to have someone to look after you, and with respect for someone who cares so much about another, I'd like to notify the swarm that debgoode, will no longer be able to post.

You asked a very serious question. Heartfelt and sincere, without a doubt. I hope only the best for you.My question is: Do you want me to answer it?

Maybe it would look like this:

"debgoode, as we all knew, was a wonderful, vibrant swarmer, that added a sense of vitality to this site. She'd submit links that were from left field, or straight up the middle. Her comments in the forums carried an air of sassy ,all-sails-with-the-wind, lets- blow- this -world- we -love- to- the- ground appeal to them. Her wit was comparable to the brillaint minds of our time. She will surely be missed, by one and all.

The names in the above eulogy were changed to protect those that never existed in the first place. I hope that if Ragoo, should pass, that something will be written in his honor, by people that know him better than I have had the chance to.

"If I should die...."

Qwerty       08-03-2005, 10:37 pm

I have devised an automatic msg to be posted via the interweb if I do not goto the page holding it once a month. If the timer is set off then it begins a countdown to mass mayhem.

DonQuixote       08-03-2005, 11:59 pm

My girlfriend (and hopefully someday wief, not and intraweb proposal) is now registered. She thinks you uys are hilarious and agree's with you way to much about my fuctardness. I'v told her to make arrangements for our first born and or dog to take my place so that "sofickingwat" will nevAr die.

BTW- IT was really funny that people were wishing Ragoo well being. She actually pointed that out. :)

Acidburn       08-04-2005, 12:05 am

Never thought about it. If I stop posting none of you beyotchs would notice anyways. Now I will get a bottle of Jack Daniels, Drink it and get drunk, sit in front of the mirror and cry while wearing tighty whity's for a week.

Dumbskull       08-04-2005, 12:16 am

How is that different from any other day?

uart       08-04-2005, 12:29 am

SFW, who is she, so we can ostracize her too. YAY!

ps -- tell her to post boobie pics.

Wait... that is, unless she has a dick. That would be gross.

Dumbskull       08-04-2005, 12:48 am

I can never have too many dick pics.

Stump       08-04-2005, 01:30 am

I've actually thought about this, no one would give a shit and no one would notice. Vas amy have a few of our real names and ways of contacting us, but no one else would notice and unless you were really prolific on the site and suddenly dropped out Vas would care less. So if a swarmer "disappeared/died" it wouldn't make a difference. The net, like life is fluid as SNMD pointed out.

BeachGoat       08-04-2005, 02:28 am

There's a couple swarmers I've brought in that would notice; Shitbox, Roozlerose, Tango. One of them would say something.

If one of them went, i would have to establish my alabi first, then...

DonQuixote       08-04-2005, 02:54 am

uart - Alas she has no penis :(
At first she wouldn't tell me her screen name. She didn''t want people to associate me with her. She's rather shy but has a sharp wit so look out for funny ass comments from a feminine poster. I have no clue how to discern between a woman and man poster so if you can divise a way to do that then great. I still can't tell what GDR is and she/he won't give me a straight answer.

About the boobie pics. Not gonna happen. : ( SHe's all catholic and feels shame at human nature (wink). SO I don't even get those! Plus I still think those dudes who bring their gals onto stearn to get naked are kinda weird. I don't like to share.

It was her idea to join up actually. She saw that I was on all the time and thought everyone was so funny.

Anyways nuff bout me and teh missus.

I am going to go on a mission to get people I know to join up and then go alpha once they figure out the ropes. Most are none like me. They all agree I put the ASS in class. So they will probably be more "worthwile" posters. I will continue to be me.

Prayer Change -
Now I lay Me Down to Sleep
I pray the lord my soul to keep
IF I should die before I wake
Linkswarm my soul aint yours to take

^^Ghey?? Needs work.

dragonstaff       08-04-2005, 03:13 am

We've already got it. That is the unwritten, unspoken part of signing up for an Alpha account.
Vas owns your soul. Unless you sold it earlier.

breezysummerday       08-04-2005, 04:43 am

What's your epitaph going to say?

vasudeva       08-04-2005, 08:49 am

SFW: At first she wouldn't tell me her screen name. She didn''t want people to associate me with her.

Haha. Smart girl.



Stump: Vas may have a few of our real names and ways of contacting us, but no one else would notice and unless you were really prolific on the site and suddenly dropped out Vas would care less.

I've actually contacted a few old-school members who dropped out for a bit and asked WTF. To date, none of them were dead.

More chilling, ego aside, is: what would happen if *I* died? I've thought about this.

With direct debit, the server would keep being paid for until my bank account collapsed. At the current rate -- with no income because dead people don't get paychecks -- this would happen within a year.

Until that time, if any of the usual gremlins popped up, no one would be there to fix it. If the DNS fell over or the box hung or Apache hiccoughed, LS would go dark, and you'd sit there looking at a broken page until the billing ran out, at which point the plug would be pulled and www.linkswarm.com would probably redirect to whatever fuckhead domainname squatter snapped it up first.

mundhra       08-04-2005, 09:11 am

... there's always khz

azron123       08-04-2005, 09:23 am

HellKat has already done this for me when I was in trouble and I would do the same for her.

Over the past few years Linkswarm has changed from a website to a community. Sort of like a resort town with a real population of about 50 and about 8000 faceless tourists who come and go without having any real impact.

When a member of the community gets hurt or sick or if one of us should suddenly go into the worm ranching business it would affect us all to one degree or another.

In our own twisted way we celebrate birthdays, births, new jobs, new homes and new relationships and when the shit of life hits our personal fans we try to support eachother.

That's what a commubity does. That's what frinds do.

(End of Speech)

What are you down with RaGoo?
Is it really serious or are you just being a pussy?

In either case be well Dude.

ragoo       08-04-2005, 10:16 am

Whoops, I think I started this off in the wrong direction. SORRY. I mean it, really, SORRY.

This rather maudlin journal entry is not my dying valediction, nor is it a plea for help (but thanks for the concerned PM's people!) I'm having spinal surgery in a couple of weeks, but am confident it will be routine and uneventful.

One day I was just idly wondering what would be the community's reaction--and I agree completely with Azron that LS is a community--if one of the regular members suddenly went silent. I remember when floods displaced Azron from his home last year, and he wasn't able to post for awhile. He wasn't able to give any notice, and some members wondered aloud if he was alright.

I suppose it's like SexNinja suggests--there's nothing that anyone could do in a practical sense, and the internet would provide someone eventually to fill up the space.

Having said all that, Azron, I am also a pussy. And an idiot too, for derailing my own thread before it even got started.

DonQuixote       08-04-2005, 12:14 pm

This just got hilarious!!!
Everyone thinks Ragoo is dying but he was just trying to do.....soemthing else not concerned with dying rith now.
I gotta pee.

lefen       08-04-2005, 01:34 pm

^in your mouth.

ghostrider       08-04-2005, 03:49 pm

if LinkSwarm is a real community, i'd like to open a bank, a movie studio, a jewelry store, and a monopoly on publishing.

lilbabypissmouth       08-04-2005, 04:51 pm

If I should die...I pray the lord my soul to keep. VALHALLA

If vas should die...I would keep this bitch alive to the best of my ability...with lots of help from users and all those '**** For Dummies' books, of course.
And I would CRY A LOT and also tear out all my hair, and possibly go insane...

Vas, best give me all the passwords now and your bank account number, you know, just in case.

demagogue       08-04-2005, 04:58 pm

SFW has a gf?! We must have proof to back up this claim...anyone who has seen said girlfriend, please step forward at this time...

shitbox       08-04-2005, 07:11 pm

We're waiting!(rubbing hands excitedly).

DonQuixote       08-04-2005, 07:20 pm

She won't be associated with me in teh swarm!! She's afraid you guy's will rip her a fourth input. If you promis to be nice. I can formulate some sort of pictograph with bic lighters and cheese.

acheron       08-04-2005, 07:28 pm

my gf has a similiar attitude. also won't let me post naked pix. shit

ghostrider       08-04-2005, 10:26 pm

everyone seems to be ignoring the fact that Ragoo must be on his death bed. why else would he post this ?

i'll alert farker hammy.

azron123       08-04-2005, 10:49 pm

As I understand it he's not really sick. He's stuck at home with a bad back and was navel gazing between Hogan's Heros and Gilligan's Island.

Twat Waffles do that shit.

ragoo       08-04-2005, 11:24 pm

MOST ILL-CONCEIVED JOURNAL ENTRY EVAR

Dumbskull       08-04-2005, 11:34 pm

Laid off laid up and nothing else to do but contemplate his own motality.

DonQuixote       08-05-2005, 01:11 am

I still think it was just a goof. I mean really, who is going to make sure their wives notify a web community about their husbands death. She'll be all fuct up and sad. Maybe she'd get arou.... fuck this

I'm pretty sure it was a goof.
And a funny one at that!!

Cheers to Ragoo!!!

hobo       08-05-2005, 05:50 am

Actually I 've been DED for about 7 months. I creaed a Hobo-bot to take my place. You probably like the Hobo-bot better. Figures.

azron123       08-05-2005, 06:39 pm

That really sucks, doesn't it? I hate it when that happens to me.

Sorry you're ded. What killt you?

DonQuixote       08-05-2005, 06:54 pm

^^ Apathy

government_death_robot       08-05-2005, 07:04 pm

I still can't tell what GDR is and she/he won't give me a straight answer.

:|

ragoo       08-23-2005, 03:39 pm

FIX'T. Got me a repaired cervical spine with shiny new titanium plating. Also got some dead guy's donated bone as a perment part of my back. Best of all, I've got this kick-ass neck collar that I have to wear 24/7 for the next three months.

Actually, the Percocets are the best of all. The neck collar pretty much sucks already.

vasudeva       08-23-2005, 03:57 pm

HAHA, BACK TO THE HIGHCHAIR FOR YOU, STUPID BABY!

Dumbskull       08-23-2005, 04:36 pm

How do you wipe your ass if you can't move in that thing?

ghostrider       08-23-2005, 05:20 pm

imagine that...Ragoo is now a stinkin' robot

*shakes head in disgust*

DonQuixote       08-23-2005, 05:38 pm

Congrats Ragoo!! Hope everything turns out ok.

However, if you stick to the narcotics and you won't notice either way.

BeachGoat       08-23-2005, 07:59 pm

Ow! Ow! Ow!

Oh, Fuck, Back pain is the worst, even with the narcos. I'm on many right now, and still have half the day that I have to crawl (literally) to get to the bathroom or kitchen from the pain. I so hope it gets fixed by your operation.

You're still a young man.....Baby...

LORDKAHUNA       08-23-2005, 08:26 pm

SOFUKINGWAT!
yr "actual feeling person" gambit will have no effect.

Ragoo, I AM SO GLAD THAT YOU SURVIVED THIS ORDEAL!
Now that you have this surgery out of the way, attend the BBP.

DonQuixote       08-23-2005, 08:53 pm

LK is mean. Noted 8/23/05 6:57pm PST.

Whadda ya mean gambit?!?!?!

azron123       08-24-2005, 02:55 am

Holy Fuck! Ragoos back is made out of zombie bones!

Aren't we supposed to throw salt on him or something?

HellKat       08-24-2005, 08:18 am

happiness is a warm gun.....