@mediocrebot brought snipped berries is more like it

@therealjrn hear, hear! Or is it “here, here”?

@therealjrn @ybmuG maybe it’s “Hear here”? As in, come here and listen.

@therealjrn @ybmuG

The phrase hear, hear seems to have come into existence as an abbreviation of the phrase hear him, hear him, which was well-established in Parliament in the late seventeenth century. … When you say hear, hear, you are in fact saying that you agree with something another person has just said.

Voting @stolicat for the impressive altruism score.
I struggle to keep mine at 5.5.

@kdemo you too can have a high altruism score. Just stop commenting and only star posts.

@RiotDemon - Right.
Likes given / (topics created + comments added + replies added)

My point was that I appreciate when mehniacs give more likes - better ambience all around, and it has a lot to do with the way I goat vote.

@kdemo when people have less than 1, then it bums me out. Anything above that means they are least try and star stuff.

I talk too much for a high score.

@kdemo I starred your post just to up my score. Oh CRAP! Now I have to star a bunch more to keep my score up because of this post! It’s like an addiction. Suck you in, they do.

@kdemo @ybmuG 3.9! Pretty nice!

@ybmuG -
Relax.
None of us will ever come close to @shrdlu’s level.

@kdemo @Shrdlu @ybmuG

/image stars 2

/giphy stars

@f00l @ybmuG
/giphy starman

@bleedmichigan
*She

@RiotDemon my apologies she

@bleedmichigan

You might not have noticed that @shrdlu does not often post?

The best goats are often those who are currently in a “posting mood”.

Also, there is a kind of a (partially tacit, partially overt) ongoing agreement among some of “we-sort-of-old-timers”.

That agreement is that we will not nominate, or vote for, @shrdlu as Goat, unless @shrdlu first indicates an enthusiastic and active interest in serving.

The reasons:
@shrdlu is awesome and brilliant, and was absurdly and constantly helpful, kind, generous, and informative with personal time, support, and information, during the early and ongoing days of woot; and later, at deals.woot.

Once woot changed its flavor after @snapster and co departed, and once deals.woot became a neglected-by-mgmt, spam-filled monstrosity; then @shrdlu did come over to the Meh forums (and many of us were/are v glad of that).

But notice: here at Meh, @shrdlu has been more quiet than otherwise; tho, obviously, quite active as a prolific reader.

We all value @shrdlu. But none of us want to put @shrdlu into a situation of “Goat expectations” without it first being obvious that @shrdlu actively wants the job.

Even tho I know that @shrdlu could handle it without breaking a sweat; and that @shrdlu has easily handled much more stressful “honors” than that of being dragged to Goatdom.

So, tho I would have, in your shoes, thought @shrdlu is a great potential Goat, I can’t vote that way.
You understand? I hope? Will you forgive?

It’s true that having more @shrdlu commentary would be a great thing for the forums. But …

I owe @shrdlu a lot. I suspect many people here feel similarly.
It’s a “respect thing”.

Just wanted you to know some of the specific forum history you might never have encountered before.

PS. @shrdlu never asked to be exempted from Goatdom, or commented on that possibility, to my knowledge.
I’m not even sure that @shrdlu knows there is a sort of a no-@shrdlu-Goat-vote agreement among some of us.

VAN MURALS! GROUND SQUIRRELS! SPIT CURLS! AWESOME!

@bleedmichigan @RiotDemon Not happening. @Shrdlu is like omniscient since the early days of Woot.

@f00l @Shrdlu @snapster I understand But that is the great part about nominations they can be accepted or turned down. When was the last time @shrdlu was nominated? Here is the chance for @shrdlu to accept or decline.

@bleedmichigan @f00l @Shrdlu @snapster honestly, I’d be surprised if anyone voted for her. She brings commentary when needed and she’s a light in the darkness, starring many posts to let us know she hears us.

@f00l @RiotDemon @Shrdlu @snapster hey that’s fine. I haven’t seen a lot of people recently who aren’t past goats posting regularly but I know @shrdlu was been liking posts like a fiend so why not give it a go with the nomination on my part.

@bleedmichigan @RiotDemon @Shrdlu @snapster

: )

You appreciate @shrdlu and other wonderful souls. That’s what matters.

/image etaoin shrdlu

@bleedmichigan

@therealjrn not sure how to take that but

@f00l - FYI, she has been nominated in the past, and has diplomatically but firmly refused.

@CaptAmehrican
The Goat is dead!
Long live the Goat!

@CaptAmehrican nah if we cannot find someone I’ll run for a second term (is that allowed? Let’s amend the Meh-stitution)

I think some of the goats who volunteered and actually lobbied for it ghosted when they found out there wasn’t a golden IRK ticket or something in it for themselves, @CaptAmehrican.

On the other hand, @mike808 has been bleating about #PeakGoat for awhile now…

The goat thing is supposed to be just a fun little bit of silliness but we have some do appear to be a little too serious about mining the goat thread.

I dunno. Maybe we need a poll. I’m mostly in favor of keeping the tradition but much like the face calendar, I can live without it.

There’s no need for a 2nd term @bleedmichigan. Soon it will be time for you to get your key to the Emeritus Lounge from @tinamarie1974 and start enjoying the prestige and honor befitting your status.

In the interest of an unbiased vote, I think @stolicat shouldn’t be allowed to vote nay or yay on this vital issue.

@bleedmichigan @CaptAmehrican @mike808 @therealjrn @tinamarie1974 ain’t saying nothing … y’all work it out.

Yer a wise goa…um…nominee then, @stolicat

@bleedmichigan @CaptAmehrican @mike808 @stolicat @therealjrn @tinamarie1974

Noooooo!!!

This would be sacrilege. We need the goat as if it were golden.

We don’t have 10 commandments (well, we do have eight) so we need a blameless person to sacrifice each month. This is not faith, it is religion and must have laws. The rule of the goat is one of our most basic laws.

@carl669 What does the mehcromicon have to say about this?

@bleedmichigan actually, as current goat, you get to make the rules.
I seem to recall that idea worked successfully for a goat earlier this year and a precedent has been established.
So… tell us how this is gonna work!

@JnKL then by executive decree (best way to rule btw, especially after saying you will never do it, which I have not said) the goat remains

@CaptAmehrican @mike808 long live the Goat!

@bleedmichigan @CaptAmehrican @mike808 @stolicat @therealjrn agree!! Your mistress came into goatdom kicking and screaming the word NO over and over to no avail. I was told the popular vote decides not the nominated. I am not saying I did not enjoy myself, because I did. That said, seems like declining was not an option…

@CaptAmehrican Nah. Even though some are shitty, the goat must go on.

@thismyusername wait there were once trophies?

@bleedmichigan aye, and they were glorious.

@carl669 ummm now I want a trophy. @chadp help a guy out?

@carl669 for previous goats there is a new thread for you. Check it out

THERE it is:

POLL

• @moonhat
• @stolicat
• someone else

@aetris @stolicat
/giphy verrrrry funny

@UncleVinny I thought I might start signing YbmuG. But I could get into signing KuoH for a month of a KuoH goathood…

@UncleVinny @ybmuG I think Jan should be the month of KuoH

TM74

@tinamarie1974 @ybmuG Yes! We three can sign KuoH during January as a solemn pact, goat or no-goat.

KuoH

@UncleVinny @ybmuG Do or do not, there is no try

KuoH

@tinamarie1974 @ybmuG Maybe in February we can indulge in a little “WE HAD A PACT” recriminations!

KuoH

@UncleVinny @ybmuG AH-HA!!

KuoH

@tinamarie1974 @UncleVinny @ybmuG How grand!
KuoH

@therealjrn @tinamarie1974 @UncleVinny @ybmuG

I dunno. Hmmm.

KuoH

@tinamarie1974 @UncleVinny

@tinamarie1974 @UncleVinny oh, wait, wrong pact. I’m in!

KuoH

@tinamarie1974 @UncleVinny @ybmuG This is past due.

KuoH

@sammydog01 @tinamarie1974 @ybmuG our movement builds! soon there will be a handful of us!

KuoH

@sammydog01 @tinamarie1974 @UncleVinny I had a movement once…don’t want to talk about it.

@sammydog01 @UncleVinny @ybmuG

/giphy wonder woman

KuoH

@sammydog01 @tinamarie1974 @UncleVinny
You HAD to go there, didn’t you!

KuoH

@sammydog01 @tinamarie1974 @ybmuG I’m not fully sated on WW thoughts, deeds and actions

/giphy wonder woman bracelets

@sammydog01 @UncleVinny @ybmuG I REALLY did!!

/giphy giggle

KuoH

@sammydog01 @tinamarie1974 @ybmuG oh gosh dang it I forgot to add the KuoH signature

/giphy forehead slap

KuoH
KuoH
KuoH

@UncleVinny well you DO know who to blame for that. Right?
KouH

@bleedmichigan is the mastermind behind the war on Christmas.

@mediocrebot we need to rewire you to have more than 3 Christmas sayings

@bleedmichigan @mediocrebot let’s see how long it takes them to sober up recharge the creative juices for the January Goat.

Nice reign, by the way. I learned more about fish tanks, 13-year-olds, 3d printers and vasectomies than I ever thought necessary, or that all those could somehow go together in a package, but what the meh, it was fun!

I am a fairly low-key person …

@stolicat Don’t worry about going all out. It’s never been a requirement for goatdom.

Heck, even daily participation isn’t a requirement; as long as there’s some, even if it’s coming in to say the blaming is on pause. Or paws.
/image paws pause

@stolicat

As long as you stick around, are reasonably nice, are tolerant of others, respond with some reasonable frequency, and try to be a bit entertaining, and to show us some of yourself: you are exactly what is wanted.

I think you’ll be excellent.

No extreme goat mountaineering is required or expected

/giphy mountain goat

@stolicat That sounds like a perfectly reasonable plan. A nice, low-key month to help ease our next KouHGoaT into place for a FABULOUS FEBRUARY.

Right @KouH?

@therealjrn I love how the next’s month victim participant gets set up in each nomination thread.

@stolicat Not quite every month, but it’s nice when we can wrangle it. I haven’t seen @KouH in a couple of days…lol

@stolicat @therealjrn I think you mean @KuoH

@kuoh @sammydog01 @stolicat I haven’t seen him either!

@bleedmichigan

/giphy happy new year

@bleedmichigan @tinamarie1974
To all the goats emeriti:

@bleedmichigan @mike808 aaawww I want to party with that sweet looking kid

@bleedmichigan @mike808 @tinamarie1974 you are free to go, my friend - thank you for your service. And Happy New Year!

@bleedmichigan it is 626pm eastern January 1 , 2020 and you are still the goat

@CaptAmehrican this is just giving the goat-elect time to prepare

@bleedmichigan 8:37pm and counting goat.

@bleedmichigan 9:48pm and still counting goat…

@bleedmichigan @Kidsandliz 0715 EST on 1/2/2020, and you’re still goat…

@bleedmichigan @OldCatLady 7:72 central and counting…

@bleedmichigan @Kidsandliz @OldCatLady I thought for sure it would have flipped by now

/giphy shocked

@Kidsandliz @OldCatLady @tinamarie1974 At this point meh should hire me as a community engagement manager.

@Kidsandliz @OldCatLady @tinamarie1974 Ha ha still the goat

@bleedmichigan @OldCatLady @tinamarie1974 I think someone was stuck for something like 3 extra days once in the past… although perhaps you can go for the world’s record as the most number of days of being goat? I am sure meh has a trophy for that (smirk).

@bleedmichigan @Kidsandliz @OldCatLady that was the goat before me!!

@Kidsandliz @OldCatLady @tinamarie1974 testing-yup still the goat

@bleedmichigan And you are still up (3:12pm central). As a result I blamed you on the blame thread. A real rant. I am beyond pissed off. And have wasted, so far, about 7 hours on this shit. ALL of which could have been prevented by simple communication from the fucking doctor.

@bleedmichigan has 1 holiday album they enjoy and play on a nonstop loop of holiday cheer until everyone around them loses their grip on reality.

@therealjrn cool, thanks!