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I'm not sure how many folks are aware of this, but there are these message boards on many websites where like minded people communicate with others about whatever topic a particular website focuses on. For instance, many fans of a certain athletic team write back and forth on these message boards about the vagaries of that team's doings. If you've ever scrolled through comments left on any of these message boards, you know that the whole thing is tediously silly and generally a waste of time and effort. Most of the time the regular commentors on a given message board never meet each other. They are "online friends" or something ridiculous like that. However, as I learned last night, on some rare occasions folks from a message board actually get together in person to hang out and get hammered ass drunk. Here in the Gate City, the local Fox affiliate (channel 8) has a website and as you can guess there are a number of regular posters to the comment section of the site. I found myself at a get together of hard core members of the Fox 8 message board community yesterday at some kid's house off Battleground near the Village Tavern. I myself have never been on the Fox 8 website. And I have never left a comment on any message board associated with any website in the known world. It's about as pointless pulling for a Cleveland sports franchise to win a title. At this party for the Fox 8 message board people, I learned why no one should ever get involved with a message board group. The reason is that these folks were freaks. I showed up at this place right after 9. There were all of 6 people there. They'd been drinking since 1 in the afternoon. Tons of jello shots had been consumed to go along with dozens and dozens of beers. I am an acquaintance of the kid who hosted the party and he invited me and I was interested in seeing how a group of online friends might interact together in the flesh. I was there for strictly anthropological purposes. I was a benign observer. In the hour or so I was at this party, I never could figure out what common belief or whatever drew these 6 people together. None of them seemed civic minded in the least. There was no talk of politics, local or national. Instead there was endless talk of going to strip joints over the din of Van Halen playing on the stereo. It was reminiscent of college parties I stopped in on 20 years ago. Pure stupidity. There was a brother there whose name I believe is Justin. This kid was shit-faced drunk and screaming at a bald headed white kid to go to some skank riddled strip club in east Greensboro. That's all the talk I heard. It makes me wonder if Fox 8 is aware that their website fosters this kind of get together. I mean, does Fox 8 want a group of their message board posters getting fucked up for 10 hours on a Saturday and screaming at each other about the merits of dropping $100 at cheap sister laden strip club? Maybe they do. I have no idea. But I do know this. If you're involved in some message board silliness on a regular basis, that's weird. It's fine, but weird. But if anyone ever suggests that the group throw a party at some kid's house on a Saturday in early May where 6 of these message board regulars get oiled up to the point of inanity, someone should discourage it. Because the event was tedious. I took off just after 10, went to a nearby bar, ordered a Red Stripe, and watched the last quarter of the Pacers/Knicks game. I hoisted that Red Stripe back pretty quickly by the way. I felt dirty after attending that Fox 8 website party. I really did.
The biggest news event of recent note comes to us from the sordid world of White House hoops. Our dear fake leader, one Barack Hussein Obama, got into a 3 point shooting competition last month at some Easter Egg party where folks got rolled. Barry managed to jack up 22 shots from distance during the festivities. He made 2. Yes, Barry went 2 for 22. That's a sterling 9% from deep. Awesome. It's no wonder Barry never started for his high school team in the great state of Hawaii. The man shoots under 10% from 3 point range. Very impressive there. Maybe he should stick to skeet shooting. Barry's gotta be better than 10% successful at skeet shooting. Right??? Maybe???
