@mike808 you want @nokrak to service you?!?!?

/giphy oh my

@mike808 @tinamarie1974 No Krak?

@tinamarie1974 We’re nominating the pizza goat ( ) for October

Sigh…

@aetris oh it is coming. I will NOT forget.

/giphy smile

@aetris @tinamarie1974 did I miss something? Did aetris do something to deserve goatdom?

@aetris @ybmuG YES!!! He organized the Meh Headquarters pizza shenanigans

@aetris @tinamarie1974 that’s what I was wondering. So good deeds are just as meritorious?

@aetris @ybmuG no good deed goes unpunished.

@ybmuG I got goated because I love purple.

@Barney @ybmuG I got goated because of my choice of footwear!

/giphy thigh high boots

@ybmuG Yep. @tHumperchick was goated because she was very helpful in the early days of meh.

Then they hired her.

@narfcake @Thumperchick @ybmuG

@ignorant got GOATed, and barely showed up, except to mess with the voting.

So he got rewarded by becoming an eternal Meh Worker Serf.

Seems appropriate.

@f00l @Thumperchick @ybmuG
Yes, but @Ignorant showed up to keep hitting the pause (or paws) button.

@ybmuG

@f00l got goated because she talks so much. Gee, really?

@Barney @ybmuG

I suspect @f00l got goated for being a f00lish f00l.

Just a hunch.
/giphy fool

@f00l @Ignorant @narfcake @Thumperchick @Barney @tinamarie1974
Dang, everybody! You gave me a good chuckle, mainly because I read those all at the same time, so I had this vision of everyone sitting around the campfire, recounting the stories of goatdom gone by. Each one telling the story of why they were chosen:

“I got goated for farting in class.”
“I got goated for wearing blue on Friday.”
“I got goated because I part my hair on the left.”

So it’s a badge of honor as much as a punishment. Sometimes perhaps both. I totally get it.

You’re a bunch of weird, quirky, off-beat-movie-loving, independent-thinking, last-to-be-picked-at-dodgeball, go-left-when-the-world-goes-right kind of people.

I feel…strangely…at home!

@Barney @tinamarie1974 @ybmuG

Re footwear

Can we get some actual pix of some of your actual boots?

/giphy “kinky boots” lauper

@Barney @f00l @tinamarie1974 Gotta love Cindy!

@Barney @f00l @ybmuG I am a Goonie!!! Cindy

@Barney @f00l @tinamarie1974 I hear Chunk is no longer chunky.

@ybmuG I was goated after escaping that fate a handful of times. Then, finally, when nominated again I posted a death certificate I forged signed meh staff in the goat nomination thread and no one believed me.

@Barney @f00l @ybmuG do I have to be wearing them?

@Barney @f00l @ybmuG Here you go…

@aetris @tinamarie1974 @ybmuG Hey did we ever nominate the person (I have long forgotten whom) who organized the “avalanche the old meh headquarters” in toilet paper caper? I think something like 40+ rolls were sent.

@Kidsandliz Yes.

@Barney Do you remember who that was? Some of the rolls of TP sent were hilarious. It was a good “joke”.

@Kidsandliz sohmageek

@tinamarie1974 So…where are the boots?

@ybmuG let me pull my favorite pair out of the closet tomorrow and take a pic…but just of the boots! No pics of me on line

@tinamarie1974 OK - I thought the pic was in reply for the request to see the boots and I got lost looking for boots. Like was this a “where’s waldo” of thigh-high-boot pics? Doesn’t take much to derail my thought train these days…

@tinamarie1974 Then like after an hour I realized it was the Goonies…duh!

@ybmuG and that thought process is what got me elected!! Blame @mfladd!

I have never posted any pics of myself, nor myself in my boots…I think I posted something once and my fingernail was there as I was holding something up…Thigh high boots seem to have that effect

@tinamarie1974 Good policy, especially with this crowd.

@ybmuG

/giphy exactly

@tinamarie1974 I was almost goated once, it was close but I narrowly escaped. It was pure skill.

@sicc574 @tinamarie1974 Yikes!

@f00l @Thumperchick @ybmuG
To elaborate a bit more on @Ignorant’s goating, from time to time, he follows up to others looking for help. Alas, some took offense and thought they were being called ignorant.

@f00l @Ignorant @narfcake @Thumperchick so what you’re saying is that they were ignorant of how the handles work, leading them to be offended that they were (wrongly?) accused of being ignorant…

@ybmuG Yes.

@narfcake @ybmuG

And that’s his just and cosmic punishment for repeatedly pawsing his Goat month and for messing with the Goat voting.

/giphy cosmic justice

@tinamarie1974 Bless you for being a fountain of forum comments including thigh-high boots, surely one of the best things about Autumn.

@UncleVinny aaawww thanks! I’d give ya a hug and make you one of my signature drinks if you were nearby.

@f00l @narfcake So I’m intrigued about how he paused (pawsed) the Goat month. Well before my time so I have no frame of reference. And how did he mess with the voting? Haven’t they done away with hanging chads by now?

@sicc574 Didn’t mama tell you not to play in the street?

@f00l @ybmuG
/giphy ballot box stuffing

@narfcake @ybmuG

https://meh.com/forum/topics/wait-what-its-almost-october-time-to-find-the-next-goat--october-2016-nomination-thread

https://meh.com/forum/topics/goat-has-been-paused

@f00l Thanks - so I actually spent WAY too much time reading through the history. esplains a lot!

@Barney @f00l @ybmuG here is my favorite pair! As I have said before they are technically over the knee boots, but I am pretty short so they end up thigh high!!

And yes I do have big feet

@Barney @f00l @tinamarie1974 @ybmuG sure, they look nice, but are they comfortable?

@Barney @f00l @JnKL @ybmuG I mean comfort is never the issue when it comes to stiletto heels.

That said, actually they are not bad

@therealjrn I don’t think this is a good idea.

@Barney Since when did we let that stop us?

…OK…me.

Since when did I let that stop me?

@Barney @therealjrn

@therealjrn

I hearby nominate @therealjrn to be @nolrak’s understudy if @nolrak is selected Goat for a second month in a row.

No problem, I hereby nominate @f00l to be @therealjrn’s assistant if @nolrak is successfully selected as a second-term goat and if @therealjrn is selected to be @nolrak’s understudy.

TADA.

@nolrak @therealjrn

Perhaps @mfladd would be a better choice for Goat Understudy than either of us.

@f00l @mfladd @nolrak Too late @f00l. You’re the one who started this understudy crap, you’re the one stuck with your assistant nomination.

@mfladd @nolrak @therealjrn

Since I have yet many reasons to harass @mfladd in the future, I concede this incident.

If @therealjrn becomes Understudy Goat for Sept 2019, I will Assist.

@f00l @mfladd @nolrak @therealjrn

Have you folks considered what would happen with three Goats in such close proximity?

Yup, instant Goat Void. Shlooooooop!

POPSOCKETS! SPA KITS! POLLY POCKETS! AWESOME!

@tinamarie1974 Well there was @acraigl, the Photoshop goat. He served a term already.

@ACraigL @narfcake no no…remember someone was doing a photo a day and then someone else was photoshopping his pic into amazing scenes

@tinamarie1974 The person with the Photoshop skillz would be @Nate311

@tinamarie1974

Supporting information:

https://meh.com/forum/topics/selfie-a-day

A master of this sort of magic:

@f00l yes, yes, yes!!!

@Kidsandliz Such as? Almost all the names are old goats, or are flash-in-the-pan no-shows (like the current scapegoat) that don’t stick around.

@nolrak this is your fault.

@mike808 I didn’t read through the lists. I just pulled them from @narfcake’s post. I haven’t paid much attention this month due to an on again off again breaking computer screen and was out of town where there was no internet. Read fewer threads so have fewer ideas.

@mediocrebot @nolrak Yeah, like Mike’s friend the noodle boy.

@JnKL There’s never been any requirement to respond to every blame or unblame every day. We do worry when it’s well over a week, though.

@JnKL @narfcake
/giphy amuse me

@JnKL well why don’t you try it?

@JnKL @narfcake NOW you tell me!

@tinamarie1974 Nope. ybmuG hasn’t done anything to piss me off yet.

@tinamarie1974

@sammydog01 in that case I also nominate @ybmuG

/giphy backward gumby

@Barney @tinamarie1974 Thanks…I think

@Barney @ybmuG oh, it is a great honor. Don’t worry. You will it!!!

/giphy evil laugh

@tinamarie1974 Eventually. @ybmuG is still a bit too fresh, though off to a good start and a definite goat in the future.

@cinoclav @tinamarie1974 Been a long time since I’ve been called “fresh”. I’m not sure if I’m relieved or offended. Good either way, though.

@cinoclav @ybmuG hhuummm…I guess that is a fair point!

/giphy ruin my fun!

@cinoclav @tinamarie1974 @ybmuG

/giphy fresh

Vs

/giphy rotten

Hmmm…

@cinoclav @ybmuG omg!!! That cycled at the last minute and I cannot change it. I think I threw up a little in my mouth!!!

@tinamarie1974

Ask @thumperchick or @narfcake or@RiotDemon or @ignorant to change it out for for you.

Yeah that giphy is kinda over the top there.

@cinoclav @tinamarie1974 I was a little concerned, but more for giphy than for you.

@f00l @Ignorant @Thumperchick @tinamarie1974
Changed.

@f00l @Ignorant @narfcake @Thumperchick aawwww THANK YOU

@f00l @Ignorant @narfcake @Thumperchick @tinamarie1974 Thanks. Definite improvement, though we’ve gone from disturbing to…I’m not sure…

@f00l @Ignorant @narfcake @Thumperchick @ybmuG uummm since I am not a fan of necrophilia, I am good with whatever that is!

@Ignorant @narfcake @Thumperchick @tinamarie1974

/giphy thanks

(For those who didn’t see @tinamarie1974’s original accidental last min giphy she wanted to change out and are curious, it was something kinda necrophiliac out of a slasher flick. It’s ok that ppl didn’t see it.)

@f00l @Ignorant @narfcake @Thumperchick @tinamarie1974 Amen to that!

@f00l @ybmuG I wish I didn’t see it! I feel like I lost a piece of my innocence with that gif

to…I’m not sure…

@ybmuG

https://shirt.woot.com/offers/i-have-no-idea-what-im-doing

@narfcake I could wear that shirt proudly most any day!

@tinamarie1974 might want to nominate @ybmuG in a separate post rather than a reply so more people will see it.

@f00l @Ignorant @narfcake @Thumperchick @tinamarie1974 @ybmuG
Re: image redacted

@CaptAmehrican I don’t think I am Meh enough. But thanks for thinking of me!

@dashcloud people still use that extension?

@dashcloud @jsh139

Ooo, I like that. Worth a vote just for that.

Although I also voted for everybody else, so…

@shahnm meh

@f00l Not mine, though I’ve updated it:
https://meh.com/forum/topics/calendar-of-the-scapegoat

@nolrak this is your fault.

@narfcake

Here’s a quick list. If it’s useful. Or if it’s not useful.

Prob contains spelling errors. Apologies for zero proofreading

Meh Goat List

June 2014 @davegrey (Kickstarter Goat)
July 2014 @Ryaneil
Aug 2014 @marklog
Sept 2014 @studerc
Oct 2014 @Thumperchick
Nov 2014 @cengland0
Dec 2014 @lisaviolet

Jan 2015 @joelmw
Feb 2015 @Barney
Mar 2015 @BillLehecka
April 2015 @carl669
May 2015 @narfcake
June 2015 @Pavlov
July 2015 @starblind
Aug 2015 @mfladd
Sept 2015 @sohmageek
Oct 2015 @jaremelz
Nov 2015 @christinewas
Dec 2015 @TaRDy

Jan 2016 @thismyusername
Feb 2016 @Lotsofgoats
Mar 2016 @Stardate820926
April 2016 @KDemo
May 2016 @medz
June 2016 @dashcloud
July 2016 @brhfl
Aug 2016 @sammydog01
Sept 2016 @OldCatLady
Oct 2016 @ignorant
Nov 2016 @PlacidPenguin
Dec 2016 @f00l

Jan 2017 @jbartus
Feb 2017 @ELUNO
Mar 2017 @mikibell
April 2017 @ruouttaurmind
May 2017 @DrunkCat
June 2017 @cranky1950
July 2017 @Trillian
Aug 2017 @2many2no
Sept 2017 @kidsandliz
Oct 2017 @RiotDemon
Nov 2017 @djslack
Dec 2017 @therealjrn

Jan 2018 @CaptAmehrican
Feb 2018 @ACraigL
Mar 2018 @KittySprinkles
April 2018 @shahnm
May 2018 @seeds
June 2018 @UncleVinny
July 2018 @pooltoywolf
Aug 2018 @lichme
Sept 2018 @katylava
Oct 2018 @reclaimercube
Nov 2018 @jst1ofknd
Dec 2018 @tnhillbillygal

Jan 2019 @mike808
Feb 2019 @eonfifty
Mar 2019 @blaineg
April 2019 @deathbynoodlez
May 2019 @TheFLP
June 2019 @tinamarie1974
July 2019 @cinoclav
Aug 2019 @nolrak

@2many2no @ACraigL @Barney @BillLehecka @blaineg @brhfl @CaptAmehrican @carl669 @cengland0 @christinewas @cinoclav @cranky1950 @dashcloud @deathbynoodlez @djslack @DrunkCat @ELUNO @eonfifty @f00l @Ignorant @jaremelz @jbartus @joelmw @jst1ofknd @katylava @kdemo @Kidsandliz @KittySprinkles @lichme @lisaviolet @Lotsofgoats @marklog @medz @mfladd @mike808 @mikibell @narfcake @nolrak @OldCatLady @Pavlov @PlacidPenguin @PooltoyWolf @RiotDemon @ruouttaurmind @Ryaneil @sammydog01 @Seeds @shahnm @sohmageek @Starblind @stardate820926 @studerc @TaRDy @TheFLP @therealjrn @thismyusername @Thumperchick @tinamarie1974 @tnhillbillygal @Trillian @UncleVinny what a damn list!!!

@reclaimercube

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz…

Huh? Wha?

@reclaimercube Correction, what a fucking list.

@carl669

@2many2no @ACraigL @Barney @BillLehecka @blaineg @brhfl @CaptAmehrican @carl669 @cengland0 @christinewas @cinoclav @cranky1950 @dashcloud @deathbynoodlez @djslack @DrunkCat @ELUNO @eonfifty @f00l @Ignorant @jaremelz @jbartus @joelmw @jst1ofknd @katylava @kdemo @Kidsandliz @KittySprinkles @lichme @lisaviolet @Lotsofgoats @marklog @medz @mfladd @mike808 @mikibell @narfcake @nolrak @OldCatLady @Pavlov @PlacidPenguin @reclaimercube @RiotDemon @ruouttaurmind @Ryaneil @sammydog01 @Seeds @shahnm @sohmageek @Starblind @stardate820926 @studerc @TaRDy @TheFLP @therealjrn @thismyusername @Thumperchick @tinamarie1974 @tnhillbillygal @Trillian @UncleVinny I can’t believe it’s been a year since I was the goat.

what a damn list!!!

It’s at the point the deadgoat badge is more common in the forums than anything else.

Vivat aeternum, capra emeritus!

@ruouttaurmind Not dead. Retired. Out to pasture.

@lisaviolet @ruouttaurmind I dunno. I feel dead some days.

@lisaviolet @ruouttaurmind Blissed out, stoned, passed out…

@lisaviolet @OldCatLady @ruouttaurmind Hmmph, I just look at it as trying a new position.

I just saw these mentions, is this something about me getting my goat trophy?

@PooltoyWolf almost FOUR years for me!

@PooltoyWolf I can’t believe it’s been only four and a half years since I was goat.

And, um, who the fuck are you people anyway?

@carl669

@reclaimercube

damned – describing our status

@cinoclav

You happened to that idea. Thx!

@cinoclav Is that a nomination?

@cinoclav I approve.

KuoH

@cinoclav But why are you nominating Kuoh? I’ll unvote my current choice, and vote for Kuoh, but I have to have at least some kind of reason. Currently, I’m voting for Nate311, who seems so very deserving.

@cinoclav @Shrdlu See, the thing is our @KuoH is so very helpful…and he always signs his posts, which is no mean feat. But unfortunately he seems destined to always be a bridesmaid, never the bride.

JrN

@cinoclav @kuoh @Shrdlu @therealjrn well thank god you stuck with JrN and not that other abbreviation

@cinoclav @kuoh @Shrdlu @tinamarie1974
When I take over Earth to rule with my benevolent hand, all that is going to be left of the Urban Dictionary is going to be a smouldering 5 mile-wide crater…for the good of mankind.

@cinoclav @kuoh @Shrdlu @therealjrn ah, but where will teenagers go to look up words and giggle?

@Shrdlu I’m not actually nominating anyone. Just asked the question.

@cinoclav @kuoh @Shrdlu @tinamarie1974 My tolerant regime will keep the teenagers safely locked away until age 30.

@cinoclav @kuoh @Shrdlu @therealjrn omg…all that pent up lust/desire. They will explode. It will not be good JrN

@cinoclav @kuoh @Shrdlu @tinamarie1974 I think, TinaMarie, you may be right. We’re going to need kind mistresses to watch over their nubile selves until maturity I suppose.

@cinoclav @kuoh @Shrdlu @therealjrn hahaha, me watch over the children?

How about I watch over the 25-30 y/o males? I am certain I would enjoy that task

/giphy shirtless men

@cinoclav @kuoh @Shrdlu @tinamarie1974 Thank you in advance for your selfless service.

@cinoclav @kuoh @Shrdlu @therealjrn it will be a long, hard, physically taxing job. But in the end it will be worth the effort, preparing tomorrows youth

@tinamarie1974 Stay hydrated.
/giphy sploosh

@mike808

@tinamarie1974 watching over the males - hmm you might have competition for that “job” from @oldcatlady

@Kidsandliz @OldCatLady I will split them with her. I am not greedy!

@cranky1950

Just wake up?

/giphy just woke up

@f00l Na, I got an email thingy and there’s all this yammering about goats and lists. . .

@cranky1950 - Same.

@cranky1950 @kdemo

: )

/youtube Rolling Stones Miss You

@carl669

@studerc Congrats on all counts!

@studerc Damn that’s awesome!

EVERYTHING IS AWESOME!

@studerc You should post over on @llangley’s thread:
https://meh.com/forum/topics/5-years-of-mehness

Here’s your 5-year pin.

@drhard welcome to Meh! This woke up my dogs Sounds like a good place for a retired goat meet up! Reservations recommended…

@drhard @llangley I’m ready to order:
Beer Braised pork Belly, Sliced Thick, Fried Crispy on Top of our “Jaw Dropping” 12+ oz. Steak Burger
Served with Caramelized Onions and Fried Egg.

I’ll wash that down with a Kilkenny. (Beer list here.)

@cinoclav @drhard me too:
Home-Made Corned Beef Hash & Rye Bread, w/Sunny-Side Up Egg

But not this:
Chicken Wings 12.95 Single (10) - Served w/Special Goat Sauce

@drhard definitely have to check this out next time we go to Buffalo! If we do, I’ll post pics and a review.

@drhard and yes, welcome!

@narfcake I’d like to register 1 vote for each.

It’s how I roll…

@shahnm
/giphy vote early and vote often

@narfcake what sets me apart from the rest of my esteemed colleagues is that I desperately want to be the Goat! And, if elected, promise to post and respond more than my immediate predecessor. #setthebarhigh

@JnKL @narfcake
@nolrak set the bar so low that it would almost be impossible not to exceed. So if your whole campaign is about being better than the incumbent, you could not have picked a better time…

@narfcake @nolrak @ybmuG sly like a goat!

@Barney agree. Voted!!

@tinamarie1974 Did you go to the original nomination by @CaptAmehrican and also did you delete your prior vote?

{VMod edit: https://meh.com/forum/topics/ill-actually-show-up-september-2019-goat-nominations#5d63d09c58d0801184e6fb13}

@RiotDemon @narfcake @Ignorant @Thumperchick @anyone with some power. I messed up @JnKL’s name. Would you please correct it for me (3 places)?

@Barney @Ignorant @JnKL @RiotDemon Done.

@narfcake Thanks, and also for the link!

@Barney @CaptAmehrican i nominated @nate311 but never voted on my own post. I did star what I believe was the original one

@tinamarie1974 Yes, I see that you got the original. This is probably a lost cause, but I’m so tired of goats who only half heartedly participate or who don’t bother to at all.

@Barney agree! But June and July were good

@tinamarie1974 You mean I have to admit that @cinoclav did a good job?

@Barney Be nice now …

@narfcake I’ll try…

@Barney no but how about me

@tinamarie1974 Oh. Do I know you?

@Barney

/giphy sad

@tinamarie1974
/giphy I’m sorry

@Barney

/giphy happy

@Barney @tinamarie1974 You two kill me!

@Barney @ybmuG

@tinamarie1974 @ybmuG Hey, I’m just trying to keep her from crying.

@Barney @ybmuG

/giphy shocked

@Barney @tinamarie1974 now you had to go and say that!

@tinamarie1974 @ybmuG She’s such a wimp.

@Barney @ybmuG who me? Nah I was just being coy.

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but whips and chains excite me!

@Barney @tinamarie1974
/giphy facepalm

@tinamarie1974 That one kid’s reaction is priceless!

@ybmuG THAT is my favorite part of the clip

@Barney

@cinoclav Vote for @JnKL and I’ll tell everyone how wonderful you are.

@Barney I’m not voting for anyone this month. There’s honestly no one that’s given me reason to vote for them. Least of all someone who actually wants to be goat.

@cinoclav Wouldn’t you want to have someone as a goat who will play with us versus one that we never hear a peep baa out of?

@Barney @cinoclav like the old thought, “if they WANT to be a politician, they are clearly unsuitable for it”. My dad used to say that around election time.

@JnKL Hush, you are not helping your case any.

@Barney Nope. I want someone who has earned it. @JnKL can bitch about it for a month or five and than they’ll be worthy.

@cinoclav Meanie.

@Barney

I’m so tired of goats who only half heartedly participate…

Oh cool, that wasn’t me.

…or who don’t bother to at all.

Oh

@Ignorant You were different. You said that you were going to ignore us and you did exactly that.

You kept your promise.

@sicc574

perfecterianorious!!!

@sicc574 I think you nailed it!

@sicc574 no, no I want to LOOK AFTER all those 30 y/o males.

@sicc574 I love purple.

@tinamarie1974

no, no I want to LOOK AFTER all those 30 y/o males.

Like in look after they left the room. Right? (snicker)

@Kidsandliz uuuummmm…sssuuuurrrreeeeee

@sicc574 You missed the part where I complained about too many catshirts.

@narfcake @sicc574

You missed the part where I complained about too many catshirts.

Right before you purchased more catshirts?

@f00l @sicc574 Purrcisely!

Looks like we have another entry, my emeritus collegiam.

@dam091 Every month, a mehmber gets chosen as the unlucky lucky user to be unblamed for almost any reason.
https://meh.com/forum/topics/scapegoat-of-the-month--a-brief-history

@nolrak come on down!

@narfcake others are close though - off by 2 votes. We might need a run off.

@Kidsandliz @narfcake @cinoclav
You mean something like brackets to determine the winning losing goat?

I think there’s someone with experience in that area around here somewhere…

@narfcake

I think @nate311 world make an awesome Goat. But I don’t think he has indicated a willingness to serve.

POKER! JOKER! NOT MEDIOCRE! AWESOME!

. But I don’t think he has indicated a willingness to serve.

@f00l This is a very valid point. Nate311 has not commented about his nomination here at all. If chosen, he might be an even bigger no-show than the current goat.

Meanwhile, @JnKL has not only been active, but actually wants the position.

@f00l @JnKL @narfcake Don’t make me go vote for @Nate311.

@cinoclav Voting for a scapegoat that potentially might respond even less than the current goat?

@nolrak this is your fault.

@f00l @JnKL @narfcake Hey since when have we goated people advocating for themselves to serve? I remember a few we harassed about that (although I think eventually they were goated). Seems to me we usually goat people who fly under the radar, are active in the forums and have escaped goathood month after month. Or they do something spectacular like finger their dog and post about it or punish honor them with goathood when they do something really nice.

I know I posted a death certificate and that even wasn’t enough to get out of it. That month I had a last minute job interview (they had a failed search and so I was a temp hire), got the job the next day, had exactly 2 weeks to pack, find a place to live, move out of state… I got there at 3:15pm on Sunday, had to be at work the next day at 8am…

@JnKL @Kidsandliz @narfcake

You were active all over the forums. Everyone knew you would respond as Goat if chosen.

Protesting the nomination and actively trying to beg off is not the same as failing to participate or even to acknowledge the nomination.

That latter situation might yeild another dud Goat month.

@f00l @JnKL @Kidsandliz @narfcake Exactly! It’s nothing personal against JnKL but goating isn’t about giving it to someone campaigning for it.

@cinoclav @f00l @JnKL @Kidsandliz @narfcake

I don’t get y’all. You’re talking like there is a special set of rules for being Goat. Take a look. Each and every goat that has been chosen has been picked because he or she has shown to have a particular trait or talent or something that this community has liked and then voted for.

So what if JnKL wants to be goat, there is nothing wrong with that. Nothing. However, if you decide that you don’t want him just because he promises that he will participate for a month, so be it.

@Barney @f00l @JnKL @Kidsandliz @narfcake Never said I didn’t want him. I just want him to have to bitch about it for several months to truly earn it.

@Barney @cinoclav @JnKL @Kidsandliz @narfcake

I don’t think there are any rules for choosing a Goat besides “vote for whoever you want" and “don’t nominate/vote for someone who has already served”.

Aside from that, personal preference.

If people do or don’t want to vote for Goat based on whether the person is even aware of or has acknowledged the nomination, fine by me.

If people do or don’t want to vote for Goat based on stated willingness to serve, fine by me.

If some other reason is the decide-your-vote factor, also fine.

@Barney @cinoclav @f00l @JnKL @Kidsandliz @narfcake Well put, Barney. For a group formed on the principles of “meh!” there’s a lot of anti-meh energy about this. Vote, don’t vote. The Goat is not the leader of the free world, just someone who can take a beating and provide some entertainment. On those counts, the current scapegoat is not entirely a failure. He certainly has taken a beating. And it has been entertaining. Want something different? Vote for someone who you think will do better. Meanwhile, this one will go down in the annals of “do you remember when we had that goat…”

@nolrak this is your fault.

but goating isn’t about giving it to someone campaigning for it.

@Barney @cinoclav @f00l @JnKL @Kidsandliz Not every goat that got elected were kicking and screaming. Some have even volunteered for the position.

One goat even self-nominated his month after failing prior months.

“I nominate myself and I promise not to do a damn thing.”

@Barney @f00l @JnKL @Kidsandliz @narfcake @ybmuG Agree completely. If we are unwilling to vote for someone simply because they WANT to be goat, we should not complain when we arbitrarily hoist the responsibility on someone and they check out.

My POV is of JnKL wants it and is willing to put up with us, why not!

@Barney @cinoclav @f00l @Kidsandliz @narfcake @ybmuG “someone who can take a beating“. Wait, what? Nobody said anything about beatings!
And I hardly call this collection of random posts a “campaign”

@JnKL Maybe @tinamarie1974 should show you her whip collection.

@Barney @cinoclav @f00l @JnKL @Kidsandliz @ybmuG It’s bingo. B10.

@Barney @JnKL well I only have one. How many does a girl need

Let me get ready

@Barney @JnKL @tinamarie1974 @cinoclav @narfcake @Kidzandliz @f00l

but goating isn’t about giving it to someone campaigning for it.

I dunno, it seemed to work out for @jst1ofknd in November, despite my semi-successful efforts to slander him the month before:

How can we be sure you won’t turn around and declare that nothing is your fault, ever? It would undermine the social contract between Goat and Mehmber, leading people to lay blame on the actual perpetrators instead of the ungulate of the month.

Not only did he not declare himself Goat for Life, it turns out I was actually predicting @mike808’s reign of terror. I’m a lousy prophet.

Anyway, after all of that I’m willing to give @JnKL the benefit of the doubt.

(Besides, I constantly get his username confused with @jst1ofknd’s, and I’m still not entirely sure they aren’t the same person.)

At the same time, I’m unvoting @Nate311 in favor of dark-goat candidate @ybmuG, just in case @JnKL is derailed by a major campaign gaffe.

@JnKL @Nate311 @TheFLP @ybmuG plot twist!!

@TheFLP
One little issue: @ybmuG hasn’t been nominated.

Give a few more months …

@narfcake @TheFLP @ybmuG I thought I did, and someone responded and told me it was too soon…

@tinamarie1974 You mean this post? Since it was in the form of a question, I don’t think anyone took that as a nomination. Your follow-up is worded more like it, but past nominations pretty much dictates that it’s only first level posts that qualify.

Suggestion to @ybmuG – if nominated in the future, schedule you time! Try a couple month years decades out.

@narfcake @ybmuG

It sounded like a nomination to me (edited to point to the second time she nominated him):

https://meh.com/forum/topics/ill-actually-show-up-september-2019-goat-nominations#5d63db3e744e12108c91389b

Possibly forgotten amidst the giphy crisis that followed.

@narfcake I literally said “@sammydog01 in that case I also nominate @ybmuG”

@narfcake @sammydog01 @tinamarie1974 @ybmuG What’s the deal here, Narfy? Are you the goat gatekeeper all-of-a-sudden?

@narfcake @sammydog01 @therealjrn @tinamarie1974 @TheFLP
So I just get home after being on the road all day (no “meh-and-drive” allowed!) to all of this fun and fuzziness! Well, here’s the thing. I am ready willing and able. When it looked like I might be nominated, in an anti-meh moment, I planned out a month’s worth of mehriment, just in case. So looks like I’m a decade ahead of schedule, Narfy!

I realize some may think I haven’t earned my stripes, so to speak, and if that’s true, so be it. I’ll help ensure whomever does get the nod has a goatful month. But you’ll get no whining from me!

@therealjrn Nope. I’m just recalling arguments made in the past.

(Granted, it could just be my memory failing again too.)

@narfcake What was this all about?

Suggestion to @ybmuG – if nominated in the future, schedule you time! Try a couple month years decades out.

@therealjrn Scheduling and/or deferring imminent goatdom seems to be a thing for several goats now.

Also that should have said “your”. I’ll take blame blame the goat.

@narfcake Our pool of prospective goats is reaching an end. The forum is awash with emeriti.

@narfcake @therealjrn

If we’ve really hit peak goat, maybe we should choose a new animal and reset everybody back to potential scapeanimal? Just a thought.

@narfcake @TheFLP @therealjrn
Albatross!

@TheFLP @therealjrn @ybmuG
/giphy scape albatross?

@narfcake @TheFLP @therealjrn obscure Monty Python reference. Just my warped sense of humor…

@carl669

@sicc574 Wait, does that mean June or July? Your status on my Christmas card list is dependent on this.

@cinoclav July was hands down one of the best goat months I’ve experienced since I’ve been a part of this mediocre community!

@sicc574 I have to tell you, the last few weeks have been kind of crappy for me. But this comment really made me feel good. Thank you for that, it’s truly appreciated. If I actually had a Christmas card list and knew where to send one you would be showered in glittery goodness.

@cinoclav @sicc574
/giphy glittery goodness

@JnKL looks like you are winning 11-6!

/giphy winning

@JnKL

@JnKL @tinamarie1974 Did you carry the 1 and recount/subtract any and all hanging chads?

@JnKL @sicc574 @tinamarie1974
/image hanging chad

@nolrak is the one sending 30-50 feral hogs into your bed at night.

@mediocrebot

Where are my

30-50 feral hogs into your bed at night

?

Huh?

@f00l @mediocrebot do you want to sleep with them? Might be rough and smelly!

@mediocrebot @tinamarie1974

Not so much.

@f00l @mediocrebot whew! Had me worried!

@mike808 you might want to take a look around again. I posted within an hour of September starting.
Check out the Spam post.
I was NOT tardy. I take the role of Scapegoat V seriously!

Just another day as a scapegoat in Gotham. Right, @JnkL?