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Drama: Run with the pack or what is shmeng??? |
Posted by
feralucce on Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - 12:04 AM PST
I have been holding an intense discussion with one of our newer members for about a week now on the nature of Shmeng... not the term, but the site. I have been giving it a great deal of thought. The definition that came to mind was a community: A group of people having common interests; or sharing, participation, and fellowship. In the conversation, I outlined community as a group of like-minded individuals. But it went much more in depth than that.
We are a pack. We run together out of a common need, mindset and desire. We started out as a small group of like-minded individuals, with a place to discuss in an elite fashion. Dictionary.com defines elite as “A group or class of persons or a member of such a group or class, enjoying superior intellectual, social, or economic status.” An important article on this site states “Originally, the site was a place for us to be better than everyone else. Not by talking about how much better we are than those idiots, but by talking about Lucid Ideas in an effort to become better than everybody else. I think it's important for us to get back to that, since that is the value of this site. There are thousands of other sites where you can assert your leetness, but there are very few where you can talk about the kind of things that you used to be able to talk about here.” We revel in that.
New members, sometimes referred to as newbis and 14.8s, have experienced a peculiar phenomenon while perusing this site. They find that they are not automatically accepted, even if they are friends of a long-standing member. They find what they interpret as hostility and an unwillingness to just welcome them with open arms.
In that article posted by Devin Here, definitions of people on the site are listed. And it is said that there is a major difference between cliquishness and elitism. But, still, the newbis are confused as to why we don't just snuggle them. Ask yourself, honestly, which group do you fit into?
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Run with the pack or what is shmeng??? | Login/Create an account | 15 Comments |
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Re: Run with the pack or what is shmeng???
by Schizo (Aranea@spidersdance.com)
on Jul 20, 2004 - 02:37 AM
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Feral, I agree 100%. Shmeng IS like an elite school. You don't get admitted just by knocking on the door. You have to show that you are capable of participating, otherwise it is just a waste of the instructors' and other students' time.
On the other hand, we ARE equal opportunity. It does not matter what your race, age, or creed is, as long you can show that your presence makes Shmeng MORE rather than LESS than what it is.
I would be very wary of anyone who tried to conform to Shmeng. I shudder at the thought of anyone coming to this website trying to be Schizo. It would completely creep me out. None of us tried to "be" anything but what we were, and we were tested and accepted on the strength of that. It is not what we conform to, just what we are, that fits together and works to create the atmosphere of intelligence and exploration that exists here at Shmeng.
We ask no one to conform. We simply ask that you either show the Shmeng-worthy aspects of your true nature, or please go away.
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Re: Run with the pack or what is shmeng???
by Devin (devin-at-vibechild-dot-com)
on Jul 20, 2004 - 08:28 AM
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I've been trying to find time to write this for a few weeks now. It's all needed to be said. I'm glad someone wrote it for me. I'm a bit surprised that it came from Feral, but I have to say I'm impressed. Feral, I think this is one of the better things I've seen you write. Thanks.
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Re: Run with the pack or what is shmeng???
by littlegothgirlthatcould (thelittlegothgirlthatcould@yahoo.com)
on Feb 15, 2007 - 09:22 AM
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Okay, Ferraluce, I give... I came in and acted like a complete ass and like a noisy idiot and I learned from my experience as you were so kind to email me and inform me of my... mistake for lack of a better word.
Thank you and I respect your brilliance.
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Re: Run with the pack or what is shmeng???
by pale-face (-)
on Feb 18, 2007 - 09:20 PM
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this was an enlightening piece that helped me shed some light onto some of me weaknesses. i have always tried to impress the members of this sight, pay my dues and earn my respect. Now, my success in doing so is questionable but i feel as though i must confess. when i signed up to this sight i was an ignorant 14 year old trying to, as you say, run with the pack. unfortunately for me the pack consisted of intellectual marathon runners and i was out of breath before I started running. i hope i can get in better shape so to say. and if i say something totally fucking stupid call me on it, hell if you feel i'm one of the useless and mindless posters that you spoke of tell me and i'll fuck off till i think i can contribute something worth saying. thank you, goodnight.
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