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from wet 'n wild Monday, April 19, 2004 - 18:14 (Agree/Disagree?) If only your d..... were as big as your thesaurus, then we'd have something to work with. (reply to this comment)

from Hackneyed Observer Friday, April 16, 2004 - 21:22 (Agree/Disagree?) This is your attempt to encourage less banal commentary on this website!??? Perhaps you could direct me to to your articles that were not tiresome pabulum. A man of your intelligence and wit must have more to contribute than a Joan Rivers commentary. We are hot, the Family was not. Moving right along. (reply to this comment)

From exister Monday, April 19, 2004, 07:44 (Agree/Disagree?) It is seldom worth the effort to respond to an invertebrate hiding behind a pseudonym, but I feel compelled to show solidarity with my well educated peers who have come to my defense. This was actually my attempt at absurdism. Our existence in the Family was clearly absurd, and so pointlessness and absurdism are the optimal ways to address it. I would expect such high brow content to be lost on you anyway though, so don't feel too put out. Incidentally, I misspelt pablum, and you in your dearth of originality copied and pasted "pabulum" into your response. Monkey see, monkey do, I suppose. Now run along and be a good little monkey so the rest of us can evolve.(reply to this comment)

From Hackneyed Observer Monday, April 19, 2004, 08:34 (Agree/Disagree?) Glad to see you can speak for youself. There's a bit of a flaw in your thinking though. Besides your self-proclaimed intellectual superiority, what is the difference between your attempts at absurdism and those of everyone else on here? If the best way to address the nonsenical nature of the Family is through nonsense then there's no need to whine about general banality on the website. Incidentally here's another word to add to your lexicon (words one understands and can pronounce). Pabulum: speech or writing that is simplistic or bland. Pablum is an cereal for babies. Yes, there is an alternate definition of pablum that is similar to pabulum, but it sounds like a corruption of the original to me. (reply to this comment)

From exister Monday, April 19, 2004, 08:43 (Agree/Disagree?) Your tenacious defence of this site's content makes me suspect that you are somehow involved in the site's maintenance. You still have no point. If arguing about similar P words is the best you can do then, by all means, let us delve into a spirited discussion of the Postulate vs. Pustulate Conundrum.(reply to this comment)

From Hackneyed Observer Monday, April 19, 2004, 09:00 (Agree/Disagree?) Keep guessing. I'm not Ben (I assume that was your monkey reference) or Tim or Jules. Incredibly there are other people who are equally intelligent and articulate and who find your ostentatiousness unimpressive and tiresome.(reply to this comment)

From exister Monday, April 19, 2004, 09:04 (Agree/Disagree?) Cobarde!(reply to this comment)

From Hackneyed Observer Monday, April 19, 2004, 09:48 (Agree/Disagree?) This from the man who sics his women on people who criticize him?? If you must know I registered under the name Anonymous. Some of us don't use this website as a dating service. Why does it matter? (reply to this comment)

From frmrjoyish Monday, April 19, 2004, 11:36 (Agree/Disagree?) Hmmm! Talk about your ad hominem attacks. It's tough keeping up with ex, isn't it?(reply to this comment)

From Hackneyed Observer Monday, April 19, 2004, 13:04 (Agree/Disagree?) Again with the devotees? If it will appease you we can all chant the Existerite Creed together. “Oh Exister thou art great among all members of movingon.org. No white sneaker is like unto thy white sneaker and thy thesaurus is chief among all thesauruses. Thy benevolence to us, those of lesser brains, is both merciful and kind. Behold, we long for the pizza crusts of wisdom and the beer cans of wit that fall from thy couch. Lo, thy intellect reaches up to the heavens and thy boyish good looks eclipse the very sun, yet none but those that thou hast chosen may utter thy true name or look upon thy face. Surely it is better to be a porno under the bed of Exister than to dwell in the library of propriety. May all thy enemies be smitten with grammatical errors and may they languish eternally in hyperbolical bickering.” Everyone happy now? (reply to this comment)

From exister Monday, April 19, 2004, 13:14 (Agree/Disagree?) How interesting that you allowed yourself to become victimized by my words. Your obsequiousness surely results from those hours of JJT time that you endured. I don't fault you. I only pity you. BTW if you want to continue to write Bergian Odes to me go right ahead.(reply to this comment)

From Hackneyed Observer Monday, April 19, 2004, 13:23 (Agree/Disagree?) Save your pity. I'm not the one who needs devotees and creeds to service their delicate ego. I wish you and the Existerites the very best of luck. (reply to this comment)

From Nancy Monday, April 19, 2004, 10:37 (Agree/Disagree?) Listen here, cock-eyed observer, I am no one's woman, neither are are my comments made at someone else's suggestion. If I notice something rotten in Demark or blatant critical ignorance, then I say so. Those are my thoughts, no one else's. For God's sake, get over your sexist drivel.(reply to this comment)

From Nancy Friday, April 16, 2004, 22:22 (Agree/Disagree?) Uh, apparently, humor is completely lost on you.(reply to this comment)

From Hackneyed Observer Friday, April 16, 2004, 22:56 (Agree/Disagree?) Ah, you misunderstand. Humor or irony is rarely lost on me. The appreciation of wit, although, is certainly a matter of what one finds funny. This article was not to me. I suppose I am not sufficiently infatuated with Exister to revere whatever he says. (reply to this comment)

From Nancy Saturday, April 17, 2004, 08:28 (Agree/Disagree?) So basically what you're saying is that you have nothing to offer yourself, so you just peruse around criticizing other people's thoughts and comments. When you're called on it, you glorify your manificent sense of wit and humor. All hail, Observer! I highly suspect you're just another usual suspect using some new name for yourself. Yawn! (reply to this comment)

From Hackneyed Observer Saturday, April 17, 2004, 09:09 (Agree/Disagree?) Those with something to contribute don't need a flock of groupies to protect them from criticism. Don't mistake a multisyllabic vocabulary for substance. (reply to this comment)

From Nancy Saturday, April 17, 2004, 13:16 (Agree/Disagree?) Alas, the origins of what website you crawled out from under are revealed.(reply to this comment)

From frmrjoyish Saturday, April 17, 2004, 09:50 (Agree/Disagree?) Please!! I would hardly call those who can appreciate and understand the intellect and wit of someone like ex groupies! Remember who your talking to, bubba!(reply to this comment)

From Sean Saturday, April 17, 2004, 19:21 (Agree/Disagree?) Fuck dude, that's quite the stable you have! So tell me, how can I get my own private harem of exfamily chicks? What happens when they meet each other? Or is that the point of being online? No offense to the lovely ladies but meow. Get out of the way of those claws. (reply to this comment)

From Monday, April 19, 2004, 12:03 (Agree/Disagree?) As sure you want to they are mostly 30+.(reply to this comment)

From frmrjoyish Sunday, April 18, 2004, 06:22 (Agree/Disagree?) Grow up, you over paid corporate executive (yeah right!), do you see any claws around here?(reply to this comment)

From Hackneyed Observer Saturday, April 17, 2004, 10:57 (Agree/Disagree?) These scintillating debates with such devoted supporters evoke a certain nostalgia for the Family Youth Yahoo Group.(reply to this comment)

From frmrjoyish Saturday, April 17, 2004, 09:52 (Agree/Disagree?) *you're (looks like I need some of ex's wit to rub off on me)! : )(reply to this comment)

from itsxena2u Friday, April 16, 2004 - 15:26 (Agree/Disagree?) 7 REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD WEAR WHITE SNEAKERS: (posted by the all time "white sneaker" champion) 1) WHITE MATCHES WITH EVERYTHING 2) WHITE CAN BE USED FOR BOTH GUYS AND GIRLS 3) WHEN THEY GET DIRTY, YOU CAN BLEACH THEM 4) IT ISN'T HARD TO FIND SHOE STRINGS TO MATCH THEM 5) YOU CAN MAKE THEM "AS GOOD AS NEW" BY USING WHITE SHOE POLISH 6) THEY'RE EASIER TO FIND IN THE DARK 7) THEY'RE PROVISIONED, DAMN IT! SO JUST WEAR 'EM AND QUIT BITCHIN' (reply to this comment)

from steam Friday, April 16, 2004 - 14:38 (Agree/Disagree?) My someone loves their thesaurus. I remember the days (at about 15-18 years old) when I loved this verbose posturing in my conveyance of a persuasory postulation. Anyway, thanks for reminding me of provisioning. Have a great day! (reply to this comment)

From Joe H Friday, April 16, 2004, 15:30 (Agree/Disagree?) A plebian like you who works as a store manager is in no position to second-guess the vocabulary level of Exister, the walking thesaurus. When are the idiots among you going to get over your stupid jealousy and just accept the fact that some are more equal than others? Accept your place in the proletariate you filthy peasants!(reply to this comment)

From Joe's Ex Friday, April 16, 2004, 19:42 (Agree/Disagree?) Joe darling, if you didn't fawn all over certain men so much, your disgust for women could be dismissed as you just being an ass. (reply to this comment)

From Distaster!!!!! Friday, April 16, 2004, 15:46 (Agree/Disagree?) Oh no, it's an emergency! The Grammarfuhrer himself has misspelled "plebeian"!(reply to this comment)

From Joe H Friday, April 16, 2004, 16:33 (Agree/Disagree?) Thank you for pointing that out Distaster!!! [sic] Even monkeys fall out of trees. By the by, were you trying to title your comment "Disaster," or do you really consider yourself to be a distasteful person?(reply to this comment)

From Distaster Friday, April 16, 2004, 16:41 (Agree/Disagree?) It's because dissing you leaves such a sweet taste in my mouth.(reply to this comment)

From Joe's Ex Friday, April 16, 2004, 19:21 (Agree/Disagree?) Take it from me, nothing about the Pedantic Prick leaves a sweet taste in the mouth.(reply to this comment)

From charity Saturday, April 17, 2004, 04:26 (Agree/Disagree?) we all know joes got no luck with women! hes just alittle deluded! try not bieng so smart joe, then u might have a shot at bieng normal...(reply to this comment)

From itsxena2u Friday, April 16, 2004, 16:50 (Agree/Disagree?) Sort of like an "oral fixation"?(reply to this comment)

from katrim4 Friday, April 16, 2004 - 12:07 (Agree/Disagree?) LOL! If the photo is from the early 90's the matching shoes can be blamed on the provisioners that provisioned truckloads of shoes. None of them were paired up so we had to spend weeks of quality get out time sorting through piles and piles of trailer trash shoes. "Does anyone have a white size 7 tenis shoe with a grey stripe on the bottom?" "Yes I do, but wait, it's a size 7 1/2" "Is it the right shoe?" "No, it's the left one" "Damn. Oh well, let's put them together, they're almost a match. And besides, there must be someone out there that needs two left shoes." "That's the last of the whites, on to the brown shoes." These got shipped out to the homes in the order they were paired so one home would get all white, one would get all red, etc. (reply to this comment)

From night_raver Friday, April 16, 2004, 13:35 (Agree/Disagree?) heheheh, oh yes, provisioning, (or is it hustling?), I do remember that,we'd go through periods were everybody in a country (or several neighbor countries) wore blue shirts with the same silk-screen design because they 'provisioned' 3 containers of t-shirts that said "Go AT$T" after no AT&T employee wanted the dumb t-shirts that came with their motivational rally. Hell, I think everybody was 1 color (male & female) for over a year, after which every mop rag, cleaning rag, dishcloth, etc, was made of blue cloth. Of course we'd go through times where every home lived on yogurt for 8 months -- 16 yogurt cup makes a good dinner,eh? But dont forget to wash it down with...yogurt!!! PTL for providing (blea) I should've figured out that 35 matching white sneakers = provisioning, took a little while. One of the worst was provisioning a couple thousand white Hanes mens briefs...to where every adult female would be walking around in white Hanes male briefs (I'd immagine the dating level must've dropped, kind of kills the mood to see that). Now y'all be honest...who here terribly misses provisioned goods?? (C'mon, U know you all do)(reply to this comment)

From TC footwear fashions remembered Saturday, April 17, 2004, 09:42 (Agree/Disagree?) Your choice of: Brown canvas "boy scout" shoes worn by (almost) all Thai Training Centre denizens (most certainly including night_raver)... (will that waffle-pattern on my sole ever go away? I think not.) High top "Nike Air" knock-offs that lose their soles after one b-ball/volleyball game. Whichever shoes could be had for under your monthly "personal needs" allowance limit on shopping day. (see #2 for quality reference) A "minor" (demerit) for walking around barefoot (reply to this comment)

From Jealous Saturday, April 17, 2004, 18:09 (Agree/Disagree?) You *had* a monthly "personal needs" allowance?? I was never so lucky. In my 17 years in TF I never had that. I have memories of the quest for a pair of shoes, a winter coat. The pretty top a leader's wife gave me since it was excess for her, which I treasured but was stolen from my suitcase containing all my earthly belongings stowed under the bunkbed. Does anybody else now have some uncertainty as to how to manage prosperity?(reply to this comment)

From another TCer Saturday, April 17, 2004, 21:04 (Agree/Disagree?) Oh, you have no idea...our "personal needs" money was only about 200 baht, roughly 4-5 American dollars, a month. With it we were also required to obtain deodorant, razors, and any other personal hygene needs. Sometimes we were lucky and the kotex was "provisioned". (reply to this comment)

From frmrjoyish Friday, April 16, 2004, 14:01 (Agree/Disagree?) "Y'all"??? Oh, my poor, poor raver!! Looks like the backwoods isolation is getting to you! Do I need to come down there and expose you as an intervention? ;) (reply to this comment)

from Joe H Friday, April 16, 2004 - 10:13 (Agree/Disagree?) I would consider it more disturbing when we take into account that the Heaven's Gate cult also wore matching sneakers. Perhaps in a few months they'll all drink some spiked banana milkshake and fail to wake up from nap time. (reply to this comment)

from neez Thursday, April 15, 2004 - 16:41 (Agree/Disagree?) I'm guessing one of the local sweat-shops was hooking them up in exchange for getting some gringo ass. (reply to this comment)

From exister Thursday, April 15, 2004, 16:49 (Agree/Disagree?) Good point. If they were near Leon they would have access to countless sweat shops churning out Reebboks, Riboks, Ribuks and Rreboks.(reply to this comment)