Hatrack River Forum: The Asexual Marriage/Spongebob thread was deleted?(yes, by accident)

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Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :

Was it that bad? It was about how the creator of Spongebob said Spongebob is asexual, not homosexual, as the religious leader tried to say.

[ January 29, 2005, 10:10 PM: Message edited by: Elizabeth ]

Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :

Um, I am really dum, just so everyone is clear. I added the Spongebob quote and checked the delete box instead of the edit box.
Duh.
I didn't think it was that bad, although I was thinking that I might have offended anyone who is asexual, which was not my intent.

Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :

I even spelled "Dumb" wrong. See what I mean?

Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :

I think the images of SpongeBob in his tighty-whities were causing a stir.

Everyone had to take a cold shower.

Posted by sarcasticmuppet (Member # 5035) on :

Dang, now I'll never know if anyone found my "budding" comment funny. [Frown]

Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :

Do you even have to ask?

Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :

"Mr. Krabs: I didn't want to tell you this in front of Patrick, but that hat makes you look like a girl.

SpongeBob SquarePants: Am I a pretty girl?

Mr. Krabs: Yes, yes, you're- you're beautiful."

Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :

Oh wow, there was a thread about asexualism and I missed it! O_o

Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :

Myr, not only was asexualism mentioned, but you were, too!

Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :

[Eek!]

Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :

Well, not in the same sentence, Myr. It was more like "Where is Myr?" of "If only Myr were here."

Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :

So, let me get it straight (no pun intended).

Asexualism is the lack of sexual preference?

Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :

Oh, I see, hehe.

JH: If you want to be technical about it, http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/10/14/asexual.study/index.html

Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :

Not really, Jonathan. I was thinking about this, semantically, and it is kind of odd.
Being asexual means that there is just no interest in sex at all, it is not really an orientation either way.

However, scientifically, it means an animal that can reproduce by a means other than sexual. For instance, a creature that just sort of divides.

Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :

OK, Myr, let's have an "A Pride Parade."

From the article:

"Asexuality: it's not just for amoebas anymore."

Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :

*giggle*

I want that shirt! [Big Grin]

Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :

I don't.

Posted by Joldo (Member # 6991) on :

I'll take yours, Jonathon.

Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :

I really wish they would find a new moderator for this board.

Posted by Olivetta (Member # 6456) on :

Um, actually, SpongeBob is asexual because he's a sponge. Sponges don't have gender, so they are technically asexual, in the literal sense. Lots if creatures reproduce asexually.

Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :

quote:
I really wish they would find a new moderator for this board.

I'm pretty sure Liz said she's the one who deleted it.

Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :

Saxon - the mods didn't delete the thread - Elizabeth deleted it herself accidentally, read the thread before knocking our mods, why don't you?

Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :

Considering what doesn't get deleted, I don' thin' so, StormSaxon. More than anything, the comparative innocuousness of the theads which end up being deleted points to a forum-program glitch.
eg Elizabeth admits to hitting a delete by accident, but she doesn't say whether it was while editing the topic/first posting or while editing a subsequent posting. Who is to say that something weird like eg depressing a key and deleting at the same time doesn't cause a thread to self-destruct?

Crud, there is certainly something flaky about my setup. I can barely brush upon the mouse -- ie without clicking -- while typing, and come up with a screen indicative of use of the control function. Recently I did that, and all of the on-screen controls (including those within this forum) ended up on the mirror-opposite side of my monitor.

[ January 29, 2005, 10:50 PM: Message edited by: aspectre ]

Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :

"but she doesn't say whether it was while editing the topic/first posting or while editing a subsequent posting."

Oh, sorry. It was an attempt to edit the topic title. I remember clicking the box up on the left, but it didn't make sense until later that that is what happened. I think I clicked it because it was close to the title. It is just what my non-direction-following fifth graders would have done.

Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :

gack ! There are substantative facts behind those charges.

Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :

So, is this saying he has finally come out of the pineapple?