On Thu, 28 Mar 1996, paladin wrote:

	I have a question for all of you: How do you find the time to 
read all these FanFics, respond to active threads, and contribute your 
own FanFics?!?!?  Don't get me wrong, I love this mailing list and all 
its creative works but I don't see how anyone can have time to be 
anything else but a lurker here.  For instance, I just finished 
commenting/commending a fanfic author's story, and got the reply that

(cut short fer brevity)

Well, Pal....I ignore the spam, meself. To my mind, spam is a lot like a 
your cat pissing on the rug; you can either yell and rant at the creator, 
which does jack, or you can clean it out of yer mail and ignore the 
stains. Can I sling a mean metaphor or what?
   Read the fanfics, and reply to them. That, after all, is the fun part.

 

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Oh my....you win the prize for cool signature. Wow. :-)

-Mike of No Particular Title or Handle

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