Definitely wouldn't say like a person. I like the choices of the slowly expanding vocabulary. They mostly seem limited to basic Barney quips like "Aww" "Blush" etc. I could even see "Hugs" "I'm Sorry!" "Share" etc. Just like that purple friend to kids uses all the time when he's not actually speechifying.
I was (and still am) enchanted with the concept of a persona here that responds to any mention of any color in a discussion with a mention of purple, and nothing else. It was startling initially, but not in any negative way. And now it's part of the zeitgeist of this place, and I'd miss it if it went away. My hope is that @Barney will continue to fulfill that role during and after his/her/hir position as goathood, but I do also welcome the branching out of vocabulary, even if only for a month.
@ABitterWoman Wow! The Slithery Dee! Haven't heard that since I was a little kid. My dad used to say it, then plant a fat kiss on us kids. Thak you for reviving a sweet, long lost memory.
@narfcake Yes! Are you familiar with the Chinese Room argument? Perhaps @Barney is a very clever AI script that's been provided with all forms of information about #purple?
@narfcake Well played. Technically, yes. But it's unlikely the horsepower to do that would be trolling the forums for a daily deal website. Therefore, I believe that to be one suitable evaluation.
Okay. I'll fess up. @Barney's vocabulary enhancements are the fault of all of us previous goats. We all got together (@davegray, @Ryaneil, @marklog, @studerc, @Thumperchick, @cengland0, @lisaviolet, & @joelmw) and did some goaty mystical crap to beef up @Barney's language skills, so that she (we have settled that you're a ladysaur, right?) could more effectively perform her goatly duties. It remains unclear if these enhancements will stick around after her term is up. If this bothers you, well, you know who to blame!
@Thumperchick 27 1/2 days of enhanced language skills left. I better get busy. Now, how am I going to deal with that little gremlin in the monitor thread? Hmm.
@Ignorant your comment wasn't what set them off. Being an asshole is what set them off. Sometimes, you can't help someone who'd rather be mad than be helped.
@Ignorant What's sad is that the people that get pissed at you, are the people you've been pretty nice to. I've seen to flat out pick on someone and they're just happy to get pointed in the right direction. You've been fairly tame, as far as I can tell.
Ironic though it may seem, I think @Barney says what @Barney feels needs to be said. I find the economy of vocabulary--though also it's rapid growth--not only charming, but admirable and logical.
@nadroj I kind of like how little we know of @Barney, but a gender pronoun would make things simpler. Barney is people so "it" seems appropriate, and I just can't bring myself to say "they" when a singular pronoun is the correct version.
While we have @Barney at increased vocabulary levels, do you also post here under another username? I don't want to know who, but I like the thought that we've had conversations with someone on here all the while never realizing that that person (or perhaps persons?) was behind our endearingly charming lover of purple.
@unixrab I went to Cal Poly the same time Weird Al did, and in fact a friend roomed with him. He did graduate with a degree in Architectural Engineering, but with the promise he made to one of his teachers that he would never actually use the degree (the promise was made to pass the class).
He made most of his early records in what he called Studio 227, which was actually room 227 in the graphic arts building near the KCPR studios; room 227 was the men's bathroom, which had the desired acoustics off the tile.
Blame the goat for that one.
@narfcake Happy purple!
@Barney
@shahnm Aww…
Definitely wouldn't say like a person.
I like the choices of the slowly expanding vocabulary. They mostly seem limited to basic Barney quips like "Aww" "Blush" etc.
I could even see "Hugs" "I'm Sorry!" "Share" etc. Just like that purple friend to kids uses all the time when he's not actually speechifying.
@HELLOALICE I'm going to love watching @Barney's development in February.
I am groot.
@haydesigner
http://shirt.woot.com/offers/the-art-of-conversation
@haydesigner Happy purple!
@haydesigner or perhps you would like my website, http://askgroot.com
@MrGlass Is that seriously your site? Because that's awesome.
@joelmw Thanks :) I actually should go back and update the images now that the DVD is out
@narfcake I just bought 2. Thanks for posting!
/image groot hodor
I like purple two but I'm not gone tell nobody.
@unkabob Happy purple!
@unkabob FTFY
@editorkid wtf is that? Why do I want to poke it?
@Seeds
@thismyusername I wish I could star this more even though I am totally lost.
@Seeds
NOW FOR ALL POPULAR SYSTEMS!
@HELLOALICE Happy purple!
@Barney what color is February?
@VeeDubTDI Black.
Purple February! Happy purple! @VeeDubTDI @Headly
Oh shit, the AI is developing sentience! This is how SKYNET got started!
@Starblind @HELLOALICE Barney is people, too.
Well, the fat is in the fire now, as my granny used to say. Whoever wins the game today, it will be the fault of @Barney.
That's just goatspeak. I hear it lasts for about a month.
@pitamuffin Happy purple!
I was (and still am) enchanted with the concept of a persona here that responds to any mention of any color in a discussion with a mention of purple, and nothing else. It was startling initially, but not in any negative way. And now it's part of the zeitgeist of this place, and I'd miss it if it went away. My hope is that @Barney will continue to fulfill that role during and after his/her/hir position as goathood, but I do also welcome the branching out of vocabulary, even if only for a month.
@SIMBM Yes! Exactly. I do miss it.
@HELLOALICE Aww, I'm purple sorry.
@Barney THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT, BARNEY, YOU CAN'T BE SORRY ENOUGH
@HELLOALICE Baaaa!
Its a trap, @barney is trying to lower your guard... and then... just when you feel safe... BAM!!! Its all over!
@axleman1011 Happy purple!
@Barney You have the other's fooled but you won't get me!
@axleman1011 That reminds me of the Slithery dee. Barney fooled all the others, but she didn't fool me.
Happy purple! @ABitterWoman
@ABitterWoman Wow! The Slithery Dee! Haven't heard that since I was a little kid. My dad used to say it, then plant a fat kiss on us kids. Thak you for reviving a sweet, long lost memory.
@Teripie That's fantastic. I loved Scary Stories as a kid. I still have all the books.
I'm still not convinced @Barney is REAL people. I purpose @Barney submit to a Turing test....
@ruouttaurmind Haven't the goats here been subjected to enough already?! YEEESH!
Besides, would a robot be able to answer the following question?:
red + blue = ...
(My google search result was Pokemon red and blue!)
@ruouttaurmind PURPLE! And a happy and glorious purple to you!
@narfcake Yes! Are you familiar with the Chinese Room argument? Perhaps @Barney is a very clever AI script that's been provided with all forms of information about #purple?
@ruouttaurmind Fair enough ... so would AI be able to count "How many purple fresh cakes are in this pic?"
@narfcake Well played. Technically, yes. But it's unlikely the horsepower to do that would be trolling the forums for a daily deal website. Therefore, I believe that to be one suitable evaluation.
@ruouttaurmind @narfcake Baa baa baa baa baa baa baa baa baa baa
@Barney LMAO! Yes, you are real and you are awesomely hilarious. Thank you for clearing that up.
Okay. I'll fess up. @Barney's vocabulary enhancements are the fault of all of us previous goats. We all got together (@davegray, @Ryaneil, @marklog, @studerc, @Thumperchick, @cengland0, @lisaviolet, & @joelmw) and did some goaty mystical crap to beef up @Barney's language skills, so that she (we have settled that you're a ladysaur, right?) could more effectively perform her goatly duties.
It remains unclear if these enhancements will stick around after her term is up. If this bothers you, well, you know who to blame!
FYI - when you type out all of the names of the previous goats, it reads a bit like Santa's reindeer.
@Thumperchick So that makes @Barney the purple-nosed goat in the lead?
@Thumperchick 27 1/2 days of enhanced language skills left. I better get busy. Now, how am I going to deal with that little gremlin in the monitor thread? Hmm.
@rockblossom LOL, yep. And happy purple to you!
@Barney By tagging @JonT to deal with our "special friend" and revoke posting privileges?
@Barney your first day on the job and I get to blame you for a big old troll!!
Though I will accept some of the blame as I may have set them off.
@Barney - whatever you do, don't feed it after midnight.
@Ignorant your comment wasn't what set them off. Being an asshole is what set them off. Sometimes, you can't help someone who'd rather be mad than be helped.
@Ignorant Yep, blame Barney. My fault.
@Thumperchick He must be a relative of bad lisa.
@Barney He hasn't played the "I'm a lawyer" card yet ...
@Barney another one I tried to help lol
@Ignorant Does that mean I'll be nominating you again next month?
@Ignorant that's it ig, you're totally the next goat. Starting all kinds of trouble. smh.
@narfcake I'll second it.
@narfcake @Thumperchick @Barney
Don't be silly we still have a short month for someone else to prove their worth of goat hood.
@Ignorant Are you planning on helping someone else because I want to watch.
@barnabee "helping" ;)
@Ignorant What's sad is that the people that get pissed at you, are the people you've been pretty nice to. I've seen to flat out pick on someone and they're just happy to get pointed in the right direction. You've been fairly tame, as far as I can tell.
@barnabee lol. I'll need to wait a month or two before I "help" again.
@Thumperchick no one likes getting help from a self proclaimed ignoramus.
@Ignorant Uh, oh. @Thumperchick is helping someone in the shirt thread. Don't you dare go and help out.
@Ignorant Sooo ... I need to work on making sure shirts don't ship again but derail TWO threads instead.
@barnabee @ignorant was special - he got his multiple shirt order early.
@narfcake I got mine early, too. :)
@narfcake 😉
I like purple.
@Barney
Great collar!
@lisaviolet Aww, pretty purple. Baa!
Ironic though it may seem, I think @Barney says what @Barney feels needs to be said. I find the economy of vocabulary--though also it's rapid growth--not only charming, but admirable and logical.
@joelmw Yes, there's a certain irony to your admiration of someone's economy of words.
@joelmw You ever read the book, Flowers for Algernon, which was made into the movie, Charly? I'm beginning to know how that rat felt. :)
@Barney Put that on the list of things that made me cry...
@mikibell Me, too.
@Barney That is surprisingly deep.
@dashcloud Thank you. I think?
@Barney Heeeeeyyyyyyyy Charlllyyyyyyyy!
@Barney Well I'm not surprised at your profundity.
@joelmw Since @Barney just said she likes cats (in one of the Fuku threads), she is clearly a superior being. Wait, how does she like them?
@OldCatLady The same way Alf liked cats!
Has @Barney expressed a pronoun preference? Not so concerned about the human's gender, but rather the persona-proclaiming-purple-passion's preference.
@nadroj I kind of like how little we know of @Barney, but a gender pronoun would make things simpler. Barney is people so "it" seems appropriate, and I just can't bring myself to say "they" when a singular pronoun is the correct version.
While we have @Barney at increased vocabulary levels, do you also post here under another username? I don't want to know who, but I like the thought that we've had conversations with someone on here all the while never realizing that that person (or perhaps persons?) was behind our endearingly charming lover of purple.
@nadroj I think we need an AMA with @Barney...
@jqubed I take it as a writing challenge to write about @Barney without using pronouns and without sounding stilted.
@jqubed In the darkest recesses of my brain, I fear that @unixrab and @Barney are the same person.
@SIMBM If that were true, my head would implode.
@Thumperchick
@SIMBM @Thumperchick If that were true, I'd encourage @Barney to get some therapy or an exorcism or an assectomy.
In the meantime, for the rest of us, @festercluck has done this. Which is awesome.
https://meh.com/forum/topics/you-all-win----i-give-up---im-leaving-meh-com#54c8b56bffb5f4e005e49c3b
@SIMBM @thumperchick all these conspiracy theories... first I'm @snapster... now @barney?
@unixrab I went to Cal Poly the same time Weird Al did, and in fact a friend roomed with him. He did graduate with a degree in Architectural Engineering, but with the promise he made to one of his teachers that he would never actually use the degree (the promise was made to pass the class).
He made most of his early records in what he called Studio 227, which was actually room 227 in the graphic arts building near the KCPR studios; room 227 was the men's bathroom, which had the desired acoustics off the tile.
@JOATMON very cool...and I concur about the tile acoustics... they're awesome!
Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! -sigh-
@Barney tired? how about some purple goo
@communist Aww...purple.
This seems like a good place for this:
@Thumperchick While I feel compelled to say, that poor person -- WHAT were they thinking, that image is what nightmares are made of!!!
@Thumperchick the tail deflating makes that gif one of my favorites.
I hate purple