This post is brought to you by the letter z.

[KJM]

On that note, we are sad to inform viewers that we are letting z go as part of out plan to downsize the alphabet.

[KJM]

The letter z, having been laid off, is currently on a suicide watch.

[the_lyniezian]

Two can play at the thread necromancy game!

[freodhoric]

Two can play at the thread necromancy game!

Lynzie, good choice of thread to resurrect, but how can someone with over a thousand posts still be a noob?

[Zyzzyva]

Lynzie, good choice of thread to resurrect, but how can someone with over a thousand posts still be a noob?

You're clearly a follower of the HerroRegend school of Noob thought.

[freodhoric]

You're clearly a follower of the HerroRegend school of Noob thought.
I am?_______

[Zyzzyva]

I am?_______

HelloLegend - believed, for some unknowable reason, that once he hit 1000 posts he was a "valued contributor" and hence invincible. Hit 1000 posts, and promptly started trolling. Discovered the error of his ways.

Post count has no correlation with noobishness.

[MrP]

HelloLegend - believed, for some unknowable reason, that once he hit 1000 posts he was a "valued contributor" and hence invincible. Hit 1000 posts, and promptly started trolling. Discovered the error of his ways.

Post count has no correlation with noobishness.

Neah, he was whacky from the get-go. Claimed Alexander the Great had no impact on history (using a really idiosyncratic definition of impact), espoused some unusual theories on racial characteristics, yadayadayada.

[Zyzzyva]

Neah, he was whacky from the get-go. Claimed Alexander the Great had no impact on history (using a really idiosyncratic definition of impact), espoused some unusual theories on racial characteristics, yadayadayada.

Hey, I'm going by oral tradition here. ;)

...And I want to see the Alexander the great one.

[MrP]

Hey, I'm going by oral tradition here. ;)

...And I want to see the Alexander the great one.

Your wish is my command (http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=38809&highlight=Alexander)!

The first gem:

I don't think Alexander left much of a legacy in any conquered area.

It's not like the Indians today are Greek anything.
It's not like the Egyptians today eat Gyros.
And I haven't heard Jewish being affected.

His empire collapsed soon after his death.
And everyone went about doing what they were doing
before he got there.

[Zyzzyva]

Your wish is my command (http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=38809&highlight=Alexander)!

The first gem:

:D That's awesome.

...And am I the only one who mentally reads that post as blank verse?

[MrP]

:D That's awesome.

...And am I the only one who mentally reads that post as blank verse?

Yeah, distinctive way of writing, ain't it?

[AmericanCataphract]

yyva, why are you still using the cumbersome former final letter of the alphabet?

[freodhoric]

Post count has no correlation with noobishness.

Ah, thank you for explaining. True in some instances, but not what i meant here.

It's just that bumping ancient threads for no good reason is rather noobish. Still, ironic choice in these days of economic instability and the right forum for pointless necromancy.


What's with all this bumbing of old threads?
Blame the noobs.

[the_lyniezian]

Lynzie, good choice of thread to resurrect, but how can someone with over a thousand posts still be a noob?

I guess necro-bumping a thread with a dead poll is a little noobish, indeed...

[Blue Max]

On that note, we are sad to inform viewers that we are letting z go as part of out plan to downsize the alphabet.

Old Alphabet Paradigm:

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

New Alphabet Paradigm:

ABCD3FGHIJLMN0P*R5TUVW*Y*

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"Q" and "X" w3r3 also laid 0ff. Q's r0l3 in languag3 has b33n a55um3d by th3 l3tt3r5 "Cw", whil3 "X" ha5 b33n r3plac3d with "Cs".

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(00C: I wa5 thincing it)