Steampunk, get ye off the computer!

[Caine]

I really want to find a waffle forum now, haha.

[kiskolou]

Make one!

[JD_McKenna]

Ooh! Usage of Pagan ideas! Where are we going with this (I like it!)

Nowhere, really. I was mostly (politely) telling John-boy to stuff it as elitists, pricks, and elitist pricks bore me to tears. Also, subtlety isn't my strong point.

Besides, waffles are much more interesting to talk about. On that note, has anyone ever lightly toasted two frozen waffles and then used them in the bread for a peanut butter and jelly sandwhich, or am I just weird?

[MrFats]

Well, I do like wiccans and all other Pagans...

However, waffles are delicious. I am partial to banana walnut myself.

[CinnamonAndSpite]

There's Waffle in 'em! *claps* Wow. That story REALLY does make one want some waffles. And Pagans are very much, to break down into internet speak, teh rockzors.

[Cory]

Pagan ideas? Man, haven't we had enough of people telling other people that they’re better than them without giving witches yet another opportunity to do it? 

[Daemon]

Oh crap. Waffle sandwiches. I forgot about those. Thanks, gonna buy some waffles now.

[Dr. Tobias Archer]

Have you ever been having the sort of conversations in which the same word is used with great repetition, and after a while that word begins to sound absurdly foolish?  I feel as though the word "waffle" has lost all comprehensible meaning and yet for some reason, I would dearly love to have one with maple syrup and banana slices!

Ahem . . . more to the point, however, I agree that the elitist nonsense should end.  I will not waste anyone's time (including my own) reiterating the excellent points on all sides that have hitherto been made, but I would like to put forward that no small number of internet users, such as myself, find themselves confined in rather drab and uncomfortable cubicles for forty of their waking hours each week, and often we turn to the aether to distract us from the horrors of our professions (I am not really a doctor ).  As much as I would enjoying spending this in my sewing room/workshop, that is simply not possible if I wish to continue living in the house in-which that space rests.

The internet, and forums like this one in particular (I am a member of several), are an opportunity for me to be inspired and to plan out the grand and over-ambitious designs for delightful things that I will likely never have leisure to create.  For some masochistic reason that is fun for me, and I refuse to allow anyone to take it away.

Also, I don't understand why some people seem to feel that it would be a bad thing for the victoriana/steampunk aesthetic to become mainstream.  I have a devil of a time finding clothes that I like, and even if it means that everyone will be wearing them, I can only hope that one day they will so popular to affordably priced at Target.  I don't care one way or another if I stand out in a crowd, I just want the clothes!

[heresyoftruth]

And with all that, this morning I am going to make homemade waffles from scratch. I will top them with bananas, and strawberry sauce. Hmmmm. If any of you were near me, I would make you up some, too, but I fear I am way too far away from anyone to have a waffle brunch. Too bad, too. This conversation is interesting, and would be nice to dissect in person. I fear we may all be thinking things that are very similar at this point, but the constraints of written communications might be obscuring that.

But, waffles for brunch, I say.

[Clym Angus]

There is a small cabul within the bowels of the culture of steampunk;

A group of Gentlemen and Ladies deadicated to frivolity and light heartedness.

These deadicated individualists will derail any tread that;

A) Appears to be going round and round in circles.

B) Have semi-accusation-al leanings

C)  Trump up too much spite.

They will do all in their power to redirect it towards Happyland and away from Trollville. These noble few are known to myth and legend as "The Treadjack Railroaders".

You know who you are. 

[Tristian Dreyman]

I say, do we get a badge?

[Baron Verndorf]

Then it wouldent be secret dummi!

[MrFats]

I say, do we get a badge?

Indeed, we shall have no badges, perhaps a mug shot of our faces?

"Wanted, for crimes most foul. Threadjacking and tangent-creation"

[CinnamonAndSpite]

Y'all can borrow one of my badges...

[JD_McKenna]

Oh, I like the sound of that.

*updates profile*

[Lilithgow]

We come silently, and then post. Our posts may appear disrespectful, but we are very clearly saying "We understand the discussion, and through this post both acknowledge the topic, and completely refuse to be dragged into an endless argument that will end in tears."

[CapnHarlock]

Badgers are wonderful (if a bit vicious)  creatures and should not be maligned!

*ooopppppssss.. wrong spectacles.... *     

[Lurker]

We come silently, and then post. Our posts may appear disrespectful, but we are very clearly saying "We understand the discussion, and through this post both acknowledge the topic, and completely refuse to be dragged into an endless argument that will end in tears."

Secret Handshake number 4:
Sounds like yer speaking of the ol' "Gears and Goggles" group, or was it the "Steam Masons"? I can never remember which is what.

[morriganslayde]

Oh crap. Waffle sandwiches. I forgot about those. Thanks, gonna buy some waffles now.

I'm not sure if you're aware, but waffles can be made.

[Daemon]

But that would require purchasing a waffle iron. I generally wouldn't exert the effort for such a culinary endeavor. If I purchased such an item it would also open the floodgate to rampant waffle eating (as they are scrumptious) which would result in the further decline of my physique due to quitting smoking about a year ago.

[Johnny Payphone]

I would hate for it to seem like you have to have a locomotive to gain some sort of subculture status points.  That's not what I mean at all.  Pointing out differences or trends in social classes isn't calling for them, it's calling them out.  Championing those who do over those who cling tight to words and "I was into this band before they were cool"-ism isn't elitist, it's anti-elitist.  That's what I mean about straw men.  It's easy to set that up as my point and write pages and pages of well-structured retort.  Meanwhile I'll be in the shop or at the park listening to a Victrola.

Cred, in any society or scene, will never ever come from anything you say.  Sometimes it comes from what you do.  Usually it comes from who you are.

I'm just fighting for a mindset of using this forum as a tool to engage further real-life interactions and a medium for reporting upon those actions, as opposed to the body of the community itself.  You don't have to be skilled or crafty, just get some friends together, dress up, and take tea.  Maybe you can find some nearby through this forum.

I'm certainly not mad at Tinkergirl for doing what she has done, as it's gained me amazing new friends.

[Clym Angus]

Well, that's as maybe. And all above board and reasonable...... But where do you stand on the all important question of waffles?  Make or buy?

[Cory]

Because obviously, people who don't build wacky bicycles have no life. And denigrating people who aren't like you isn't elitist at all. One doesn't have to build a locomotive from scratch to have status points, it's just that people who build locomotives simply are better people.

Mmm, waffles.

[Clym Angus]

Boiler envy, it's a terrible thing to see in a man. Anyway, that's not an answer. That's just a taciturn waffle based justification of existence in the affirmative. Buy or make dammit, lets stay on point here.

[Cory]

*chuckle*@boiler envy