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Title: Posting Ruts - Best ways to get out of them, etc.
Post by: Pete on May 18, 2015, 10:59:44 AM
I have been in a posting rut for much of the last year.  I've had plenty of stuff keeping me busy and on my toe's in my personal life, but it's more than that....I just haven't been inspired.  The oscar Weber saga, my lack of optimism about the 2015 football cats and Bill's progressing dementia can really get a guy into a posting funk.

I am going to try and pull this sucker up out of a decline.  I am open to ideas on how best to do this, but I think I'll just throw myself into combo fanning. 

(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.azquotes.com%2Fpicture-quotes%2Fquote-when-i-feel-like-i-m-in-a-rut-i-remember-it-s-the-little-things-in-life-that-are-important-michelle-kwan-91-72-10.jpg&hash=844678f56d92681e61750804ecf8d422efdf9795)
Title: Re: Posting Ruts - Best ways to get out of them, etc.
Post by: 420seriouscat69 on May 18, 2015, 11:04:04 AM
Pete, remember when Moose was in a rut? Now look at him now! Wow! You've got this.
Title: Re: Posting Ruts - Best ways to get out of them, etc.
Post by: OK_Cat on May 18, 2015, 11:09:55 AM
Pete,

You miss 100% of the shots you don't take!

- OK_Cat
Title: Re: Posting Ruts - Best ways to get out of them, etc.
Post by: DQ12 on May 18, 2015, 11:16:14 AM
i'm with you pete -- feel like i've been rutting around for a few years, really.  i've often thought about "hanging it up," rather than continuing to sully my once proud posting record.  i need a kick in the ass to really get me back on track.
Title: Re: Posting Ruts - Best ways to get out of them, etc.
Post by: puniraptor on May 18, 2015, 11:16:28 AM
the bbs handbook says the most reliable solution is to start a thread where you ask people to ask you questions which you then answer.
Title: Re: Posting Ruts - Best ways to get out of them, etc.
Post by: Asteriskhead on May 18, 2015, 11:32:14 AM
find yourself a muse. (i don't know how where to find muses).
Title: Re: Posting Ruts - Best ways to get out of them, etc.
Post by: CNS on May 18, 2015, 12:04:50 PM
Pete, maybe a good photo shop topic could do the trick?
Title: Re: Posting Ruts - Best ways to get out of them, etc.
Post by: star seed 7 on May 18, 2015, 12:47:27 PM
Start simple and pi some browns
Title: Re: Posting Ruts - Best ways to get out of them, etc.
Post by: slobber on May 18, 2015, 01:00:48 PM
When the best posters post things like this, it makes me question my own existence.
Title: Re: Posting Ruts - Best ways to get out of them, etc.
Post by: Dr Rick Daris on May 18, 2015, 01:01:39 PM
i read this thread title really quick and thought it said roasting nuts
Title: Re: Posting Ruts - Best ways to get out of them, etc.
Post by: Stevesie60 on May 18, 2015, 01:06:17 PM
Pete, remember when we had the thread that was "_______'s typical post" and we couldn't come up with one for you? Maybe you need a schtick.
Title: Re: Posting Ruts - Best ways to get out of them, etc.
Post by: slobber on May 18, 2015, 01:09:05 PM
Pete, remember when we had the thread that was "_______'s typical post" and we couldn't come up with one for you? Maybe you need a schtick.
bump that thread
Title: Re: Posting Ruts - Best ways to get out of them, etc.
Post by: OK_Cat on May 18, 2015, 01:09:36 PM
I think pete's schtick is that he is the voice of reason. Not really a ratings grabber, ya know?
Title: Re: Posting Ruts - Best ways to get out of them, etc.
Post by: Pete on May 18, 2015, 01:31:58 PM
i read this thread title really quick and thought it said roasting nuts

Hmmmm, then how did you reconcile the "Best ways to get out of them" part of the thread title?  Did you think I was being coerced into nut roasts?   
Title: Re: Posting Ruts - Best ways to get out of them, etc.
Post by: sys on May 18, 2015, 02:29:08 PM
i've been a caricature of myself for like three or four years now.
Title: Re: Posting Ruts - Best ways to get out of them, etc.
Post by: Mr Bread on May 18, 2015, 02:36:28 PM
It's bbs-wide.  It was bound to happen. 
Title: Re: Posting Ruts - Best ways to get out of them, etc.
Post by: Winters on May 18, 2015, 02:37:07 PM
i read this thread title really quick and thought it said roasting nuts
omg me too. now i'm hungry.
Title: Re: Posting Ruts - Best ways to get out of them, etc.
Post by: wetwillie on May 18, 2015, 02:37:33 PM
You need a protege.
Title: Re: Posting Ruts - Best ways to get out of them, etc.
Post by: The Big Train on May 18, 2015, 04:11:02 PM
i have been trying to think if I have ever been in a bbs rut, and I can't think of a time right now
Title: Re: Posting Ruts - Best ways to get out of them, etc.
Post by: Pete on May 18, 2015, 04:12:19 PM

i read this thread title really quick and thought it said roasting nuts
omg me too. now i'm hungry.

Did you also think I was being forced to roast nuts against my will?
Title: Re: Posting Ruts - Best ways to get out of them, etc.
Post by: puniraptor on May 18, 2015, 04:12:58 PM
pick an active poster and follow them around until they flip out on you and then continue following them around but say that you arent until they flip out on you even more and then admit you are following them around but say it in a way like you are being sarcastic but really you are following them around
Title: Re: Posting Ruts - Best ways to get out of them, etc.
Post by: Mrs. Gooch on May 18, 2015, 04:13:15 PM

i read this thread title really quick and thought it said roasting nuts
omg me too. now i'm hungry.

Did you also think I was being forced to roast nuts against my will?

Maybe they thought you meant "best way to get them out of the shells after you roast them".
Title: Re: Posting Ruts - Best ways to get out of them, etc.
Post by: Dr Rick Daris on May 18, 2015, 04:14:20 PM
i read this thread title really quick and thought it said roasting nuts

Hmmmm, then how did you reconcile the "Best ways to get out of them" part of the thread title?  Did you think I was being coerced into nut roasts?

i didn't get that far. my brain was already imagining you roasting nuts before i got to the "to" part of "best ways to get out of them, etc"
Title: Re: Posting Ruts - Best ways to get out of them, etc.
Post by: 8manpick on May 18, 2015, 04:26:19 PM

pick wackycat08 and follow them around until they flip out on you and then continue following them around but say that you arent until they flip out on you even more and then admit you are following them around but say it in a way like you are being sarcastic but really you are following them around

Title: Re: Posting Ruts - Best ways to get out of them, etc.
Post by: Winters on May 18, 2015, 04:33:38 PM

i read this thread title really quick and thought it said roasting nuts
omg me too. now i'm hungry.

Did you also think I was being forced to roast nuts against my will?
All I saw was "Re: Posting Ruts - Best ..." on the main page
Title: Re: Posting Ruts - Best ways to get out of them, etc.
Post by: Spracne on May 18, 2015, 04:34:52 PM
It's a confidence thing, Pete.  Pick someone like, say, meow meow and only post right after him for a while.  Your posting will immediately skyrocket in perceived value. 
Title: Re: Posting Ruts - Best ways to get out of them, etc.
Post by: slobber on May 18, 2015, 04:59:35 PM

It's a confidence thing, Pete.  Pick someone like, say, meow meow and only post right after him for a while.  Your posting will immediately skyrocket in perceived value.
Great strategy. (I am now assuming this is why people don't post after I do. INTIMIDATION!')


Gonna win 'em all!
Title: Re: Posting Ruts - Best ways to get out of them, etc.
Post by: The Big Train on May 18, 2015, 05:06:48 PM
(https://33.media.tumblr.com/9367528d07ed83fbf4ea002f04e73028/tumblr_mnitn6twQj1s9cwawo1_400.gif)
Title: Re: Posting Ruts - Best ways to get out of them, etc.
Post by: Spracne on May 18, 2015, 05:36:14 PM
First!