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Lar (or Lair, however you say it, now), are you finally giving in to the dark side? Or was it that silly sock spat with the dumbass Jasper Deng?
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I was wondering how long it would take you lot to notice... (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/smile.gif)

As for why, it wasn't any one thing in particular. My heart just isn't in it any more, and I just got tired of it all.
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QUOTE(Lar @ Tue 12th April 2011, 7:40pm) *

I was wondering how long it would take you lot to notice... (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/smile.gif)

So, Lar. You laid down the tools or laid down being a tool. (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/wink.gif)

Congrats. You'll enjoy life so much more without the drugery. As I suggested before, they really ought to make everybody an administrator at the beginning, until they've amassed enough WP edits to let them edit for free (and whenever you want, or not at all), and not be expected or required to do anything administrative at all. (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/smile.gif)

It is an irony that goes back to Plato's Republic that the very sorts of people who seek social power are the ones that you least want to have it. (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/ohmy.gif) But inevitably, they are usually the ones to end up with it. QED, there is no god. (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/unhappy.gif)
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QUOTE(Milton Roe @ Wed 13th April 2011, 2:58am) *

You'll enjoy life so much more without the drugery.


You said a mouthful.
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QUOTE(Milton Roe @ Tue 12th April 2011, 10:58pm) *

So, Lar. You laid down the tools or laid down being a tool. (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/wink.gif)


Lar is having problems getting laid because of his tool? Po' guy -- you should try having oysters at least once a day. (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/evilgrin.gif)
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QUOTE(Lar @ Wed 13th April 2011, 3:40am) *

I was wondering how long it would take you lot to notice... (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/smile.gif)

As for why, it wasn't any one thing in particular. My heart just isn't in it any more, and I just got tired of it all.


Well done. Hug.
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QUOTE(Peter Damian @ Thu 21st April 2011, 3:52pm) *

QUOTE(Lar @ Wed 13th April 2011, 3:40am) *

I was wondering how long it would take you lot to notice... (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/smile.gif)

As for why, it wasn't any one thing in particular. My heart just isn't in it any more, and I just got tired of it all.


Well done. Hug.



I generally interpret "It wasn't any one thing in particular. My heart just isn't in it any more, and I just got tired of it all." to mean: "Me and the Mrs. had an argument and the amount of time I spent doing X intead of stuff she thinks is productive came up, and there was just no where go but quit."

(IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/tongue.gif) As one grows older one grows more cynical. Also, women identify time spent in other than family-related pursuits as acutely as dogs hear dog barks in the distance, and cats hear catfood cans opening. I believe evolution gives them a special brain circuit for it. (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/happy.gif)


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QUOTE(Milton Roe @ Thu 21st April 2011, 10:14pm) *

QUOTE(Peter Damian @ Thu 21st April 2011, 3:52pm) *

QUOTE(Lar @ Wed 13th April 2011, 3:40am) *

I was wondering how long it would take you lot to notice... (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/smile.gif)

As for why, it wasn't any one thing in particular. My heart just isn't in it any more, and I just got tired of it all.


Well done. Hug.



I generally interpret "It wasn't any one thing in particular. My heart just isn't in it any more, and I just got tired of it all." to mean: "Me and the Mrs. had an argument and the amount of time I spent doing X intead of stuff she thinks is productive came up, and there was just no where go but quit."

(IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/tongue.gif) As one grows older one grows more cynical. Also, women identify time spent in other than family-related pursuits as acutely as dogs hear dog barks in the distance, and cats hear catfood cans opening. I believe evolution gives them a special brain circuit for it. (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/happy.gif)


Naa... "the wife" participates in both hobbies. It's just that when I build something with my LEGO, I don't have to worry about all and sundry coming by and adding pieces where I don't think they belong (of a completely inappropriate color or shape, often as not), putting in shoddy bits they got from who knows where, or worse, trying to make penises out of the leftover parts while I'm not watching.

The LEGO hobby is as nonproductive as editing en:wp, probably more. But it's way more fun. And even financially rewarding, once in a great while.
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QUOTE(Milton Roe @ Fri 22nd April 2011, 2:14am) *

I generally interpret "It wasn't any one thing in particular. My heart just isn't in it any more, and I just got tired of it all." to mean: "Me and the Mrs. had an argument and the amount of time I spent doing X intead of stuff she thinks is productive came up, and there was just no where go but quit."


Mrs. Lars: "LEGOs, Wikipedia, me. Pick two."
Lars: "LEGOs and you, babydoll."
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QUOTE(Lar @ Thu 21st April 2011, 7:51pm) *

It's just that when I build something with my LEGO, I don't have to worry about all and sundry coming by and adding pieces where I don't think they belong (of a completely inappropriate color or shape, often as not), putting in shoddy bits they got from who knows where, or worse, trying to make penises out of the leftover parts while I'm not watching.

Naturally you want to watch. (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/rolleyes.gif)

Okay, we'll take your word for the rest. What other choice do we have?
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QUOTE(Milton Roe @ Fri 22nd April 2011, 2:14am) *

I generally interpret "It wasn't any one thing in particular. My heart just isn't in it any more, and I just got tired of it all." to mean: "Me and the Mrs. had an argument and the amount of time I spent doing X intead of stuff she thinks is productive came up, and there was just no where go but quit."


Mrs. Lars: "LEGOs, Wikipedia, me. Pick two."
Lars: "LEGOs and you, babydoll."

It's Lar, not Lars.
It's LEGO (brand building elements) not LEGOs.
(IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/smile.gif)

Stepping away was my idea, not hers. Really. But this really is too selfreferential.
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QUOTE(Milton Roe @ Fri 22nd April 2011, 3:14am) *

(IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/tongue.gif) As one grows older one grows more cynical. Also, women identify time spent in other than family-related pursuits as acutely as dogs hear dog barks in the distance, and cats hear catfood cans opening. I believe evolution gives them a special brain circuit for it. (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/happy.gif)


I shall treasure this forever.
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I remember reading somewhere that 18 months is the typical "participation arc" in almost any online activity - basically, you get interested, and 18 months later you're not anymore. It's probably understandable that the period would be longer with Wikipedia, especially if you have admin rights, because there's constant activity and new problems are always cropping up. Either way, Lar has been around for what, 9 years? That's a long time for any internet-based "hobby," no matter how you figure it.

Whether that's a testament to the addictiveness of WP activity or to Lar's own personal stability, or (more likely) both, is almost irrelevant after that much time.
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Lar has finally realised what the rest of us have. WP is a thankless waste of lifespan.
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They met at a convention and it was all so simple - they just clicked. That night in a Finnish hotel, after some mild protestation and a few bottles of Olvi, Lar got his legover and they built a cute little family in a sweet little house. Then Mrs Lar told Lar to get off the fucking internet all the bastard time and behave like an adult for once in his sorry life. They thought of their duplo and decided to compromise. Le Fin.

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QUOTE(powercorrupts @ Sat 23rd April 2011, 2:46pm) *

They met at a convention and it was all so simple - they just clicked. That night in a Finnish hotel, after some mild protestation and a few bottles of Olvi, Lar got his legover and they built a cute little family in a sweet little house. Then Mrs Lar told Lar to get off the fucking internet all the bastard time and behave like an adult for once in his sorry life. They thought of their duplo and decided to compromise. Le Fin.


I sort of prefer this version of life with Lar:

(Lar is sitting at the computer, where he has been playing on Wikipedia for endless hours. His wife enters the room, but Lar does not turn around. Instead, he looks at his wristwatch and realizes it is early evening)

Lar: Woman, where's my dinner?

Mrs. Lar: (angry) What do I look like, the maid? (Whacks Lar with frying pan)

Lar: (cradling his skull). Ouch, my head! You're a mean mama!

Mrs. Lar: Now get your sorry ass off that stupid website. If I wanted a computer nerd with no redeemable social skills, I would have married MZMcBride.

Lar: I promise not to go on Wikipedia again, dear. (Takes baseball bat and smashes computer to pieces.)

Mrs. Lar: Mmmmm, that's better! I love a man who knows how to swing his bat. (Kisses the spot on Lar's head where she whacked him)

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QUOTE(Lar @ Fri 22nd April 2011, 3:34am) *

It's Lar, not Lars.
It's LEGO (brand building elements) not LEGOs.


I think you're the one who's got it wrong:

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QUOTE(JohnA @ Sat 23rd April 2011, 3:36pm) *

Lar has finally realised what the rest of us have. WP is a thankless waste of lifespan.


Unless you're being paid for your time.
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Lar has finally realised what the rest of us have. WP is a thankless waste of lifespan.
Unless you're being paid for your time.

And Lar ain't being paid. Unless it's in Lego blocks.
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