Potentially The New Cat – First Open Thread 31 July 2021

Hi Cats,

As you can see I have created a copy of the Cat for you to continue to bicker, argue and occasionally make a reasonable point.

I do hope a solution is found with the original Cat but just in case Sinc doesn’t want to transfer the site to a new generation I have built a replica before the closure so we can migrate as many of the community across as possible.

Programming Note: I rushed out the site so there will be bugs. I can get them fixed but did not want perfection to get in the way for progress.

Community Note: Please let as many cats know of the new blog as soon as possible so we can capture the magic of the original. In particular would love for the original posters to continue their great work here.

Ideological Note: I am an infrequent poster but long time reader of the Cat. The discussions there have been a huge part of my own ideological growth on many issues. In particular free speech is key for me so will have a very similar light touch to the original Cat, potentially adopting my one policy on an earlier forum I built: “No D***heads” which is subjective but surprisingly easy to implement.

Website Note: I will run the Cat as close to possible as the original because I don’t believe in re-inventing the wheel. However if the community so wants I am happy to make changes to improve the experience so if you have any ideas let me know. For anything specific hit me up at the contact form, else go nuts in the comments.

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3,112 Responses to Potentially The New Cat – First Open Thread 31 July 2021

  1. egg_ says:

    areff says:
    July 31, 2021 at 5:13 pm
    I just had egg’s name and email details come up in the posting form below. Doesn’t seem quite right.

    Not that I’m in fear of doxxing, but some may be.

    Thanks, areff.


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  2. cohenite says:

    “Erm….I have Rockdoctor’s name and email pre-filled.”

    I have someone else’s.

    Bit of a glitch here, Adam.


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  3. Lee says:

    Good on you, Adam!
    All we need now is the usual contributors and maybe some new ones as well.


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  4. Lee Semmens says:

    Took a minute or so for my first comment to pop up.


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  5. Mark A says:

    Yes the last poster’s log in details are showing,
    I don’t mind myself but needs fixing because you have to type in your email and name every time you post


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  6. The Lady of Ithaka says:

    And Monty is here! Monty loves us.


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  7. cohenite says:

    I didn’t write that but I endorse it.


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  8. egg_ says:

    I’m JC

    Why is egg’s name and email address appearing in the name and email boxes? It’s also very disturbing from phycological level too.

    I don’t want be boiled, fried or scrambled.


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  9. Speedbox says:

    The Cats back baby!

    My sincere thanks to Adam and Dot plus others involved. The Cat is possibly more vital now than at any time in its recent history. Well done and thanks again.


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  10. Adam D Adam D says:

    Massive Glitch – Will sort


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  11. JMH says:

    I’ve just unticked save name, email etc. See if this works with a blank card for the next poster.


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  12. Adam D Adam D says:

    Don’t need to add your email for comments as a quick fix whilst I work on a lasting solution.


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  13. PeterW says:

    Heh…. and I got Rockdoctor’s ID.
    Anyway, as Adam said, we will expect bugs, and roll with the punches.

    Cheers..


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  14. Rockdoctor says:

    I had Cronkite (cohenite) and his email address and I’ve now got Rockdoctor and his email address. It’s snot safe.


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  15. JMH says:

    Untick save name and email. I just did and the reply box was clear. This might be the way to go until Adam sorts out the problem.


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  16. Indolent says:

    Thank you Adam. I feel at home already.


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  17. Speedbox says:

    Something has changed (for the better). Until recently if I refreshed the page, I could see the previous posters email address, but not now. It retains my details.


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  18. The Lady of Ithaka says:

    “JMH says:
    July 31, 2021 at 5:47 pm”

    Correct JMH.


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  19. Rockdoctor says:

    This was me too. JC.
    Rockdoctor says:
    July 31, 2021 at 5:47 pm

    I had Cronkite (cohenite) and his email address in the respective slots and I’ve now got Rockdoctor and his email address. It’s snot safe.

    Look, I have a problem being confused with Cronkite, but I do have a huge one coming here as the Egg? That goes way beyond the pale. Very offensive.


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  20. TailgunneR says:

    InB4 the Banhammer


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  21. TailgunneR says:

    I was going to make you go full MadMax, rockdoc 🤣
    But I’m not about that imposterlyfe


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  22. Testy Mc Testface says:
  23. TailgunneR says:

    Rockdoctor, you’re blown. Go to Protocol 3.


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  24. TailgunneR says:

    Do you work for the security services, Adam?
    Are you wearing a wire?


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  25. ikamatua says:

    This has blown up big time.
    Finally everyone has been unmasked as being JC.


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  26. Adam D Adam D says:

    @TailgunneR

    I have never felt so bad in my life then I do at the moment.


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  27. cohenite says:

    So, don’t save your name and email address.

    I don’t mind folks being me; it’s a thrill for them and people should aim to better themselves by impersonating better people.


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  28. cohenite says:

    No. They’re Cohenite.

    Umm, I hope now they’re not me.


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  29. Elizabeth (Lizzie) Beare says:

    I hope the glitch is fixed now.

    Otherwise, get in touch if you’ve got me email and want to do so, but no spam.

    Sterling work anyway, Adam.


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  30. JC says:

    I don’t mind folks being me; it’s a thrill for them and people should aim to better themselves by impersonating better people.

    It would be very offensive to be confused with you Cronkite.


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  31. mc says:

    If this is the worst you have done Adam, your life has been pretty good.
    Well done for getting it up and running. I am sure the bugs will be worked out.


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  32. Elizabeth (Lizzie) Beare says:

    Yay. Privacy first.

    And now we can chatterbox on the Cat.

    But when do we get the buttons back? If at all?
    No worries, we can manage without them if we must.


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  33. JC says:

    This has blown up big time.
    Finally everyone has been unmasked as being JC.

    LOl..All the names are my sock puppets.


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  34. blind freddy says:

    this could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship


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  35. Speedbox says:

    Adam – minor issue. On opening the home page it shows ’63’ comments but on clicking on comments 133 (to date) show.

    Email issue appears to be resolved.


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  36. Speedbox says:

    Nice work, Adam.
    It’s a problem, but we know you’ll get it sorted.
    Email is not a problem for most.
    Not even my Dan Murphys account has my actual details.


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  37. Speedbox says:

    I’m you now, Speedy!
    🤣
    Love, TailgunneR


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  38. Elizabeth (Lizzie) Beare says:

    “Umm, I hope now they’re not me.”

    I said that, me, Lizzie.

    JC’s in the box now for me, but not his email.

    Nooooo. I don’t wanna be JC ……
    for a start I like being a girl.


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  39. Speedbox says:

    Ok, there’s a problem. The post at 6:13 isn’t real Speedbox but an INTERLOPER.


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  40. Speedbox says:

    I am speedbox and so is my wife


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  41. JC says:

    I also would like to have the golfing pic of monster attached to my name. The funny thing would be that people may have thought it was me when they clicked on if they didn’t read the caption that it’s Fatboy.

    https://www.flickr.com/photos/91779052@N00/4459193302/in/photostream/lightbox/

    It’s like my good luck charm.


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  42. Speedbox says:

    Jeez that made me laugh. Wife is looking at me like I’ve gone mad.

    Do we have to do some weird ceremony like cutting our thumbs and mixing our blood. Have you been tested? If so, what was the result?


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  43. Speedbox says:

    Arrrghhhhh


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  44. Cronkite says:

    No one likes being a girl, Liz. All sheilas really want to be men.


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  45. Ruprecht says:

    I’m still speedbox


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  46. Rones says:

    haaaaa Hello.. my name is Ronery, or Rones. Would someone like to talk about military history and become my blog friend? I’m very ronery.


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  47. Rones says:

    Will someone please be my friend.


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  48. JMH says:

    Speedster showing up in my reply.


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  49. Speedbox says:

    Sock City!
    🤣🤣


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  50. Muddy says:

    I’m happy to continue facilitating the Catictionary if there’s any call for it. I emailed Sinc a post about it early this week, but what with the Catacopalypse and everything, it didn’t make the cut.

    Once this site is running more smoothly – thanks Adam – I’d be happy to accept or cruelly reject any suggestions for NEW words on a separate thread. The same rules would apply as previously, and after one more submission period later this year, I will present the whole, updated, Catalexicon in late November or early December (including those from earlier this year, and previous incarnations).


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  51. Indolent says:

    The name boxes are remaining clear now if the Save button isn’t ticked.


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  52. rickw says:

    Well done Adam! Smells exactly the same, you even replicate that mark in the wall from when TG threw a bar stool, and I even see the oily ring on the bar where munty rests his Krispy Kremes.


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  53. Muddy says:

    Oookay, so that comment vanished into the ether. I’m sure it’ll right itself in time.


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  54. rickw says:

    Muddy, please continue!


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  55. Roger says:

    MIT Study:

    “Vaccine Hesitancy Is ‘Highly Informed, Scientifically Literate,’ and ‘Sophisticated'”

    And the more sceptics are pilloried in the media the less inclined they are to change their minds.


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  56. rickw says:

    “ It’s like my good luck charm.”

    Like say a chipped tooth is a good luck charm….


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  57. JMH says:

    One more go trying to bug off the Speedster.


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  58. JC says:

    This is terrible. Rick’s full name + email address came up.


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  59. Anonymous says:

    Thanks Adam. Now back to lurking.


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  60. Steve trickler says:

    JC says:
    July 31, 2021 at 6:35 pm
    This is terrible. Rick’s full name + email address came up.

    Not at this end.


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  61. wivenhoe says:

    I am not Anonymous, I am a human.


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  62. Speedbox says:

    Italics and bolding tabs? Can we have an underscore tab? Pleeease.
    ———-

    🙂 emoji test


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  63. Adam D says:

    Has the email issue been resolved?

    @ Muddy – Not a problem, we can set up a standalone page for it if you want? Anyway I am flexible


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  64. Mark A says:

    Speedbox says:
    July 31, 2021 at 6:43 pm

    Would be good but not essential, let him sort out the security issue first.
    Without email anyone can impersonate anyone else.


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  65. Speedbox says:

    Is my email address still showing?


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  66. Adam D Adam D says:

    @ Mark A – Its madness but probably the only chance to have fun with it


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  67. Mark A says:

    speedy it did but I deleted it,
    Definitely not interested in any IDs


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  68. Mark A says:

    Shyte, it came back up again after I posted, deleted again


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  69. Steve trickler says:

    Let’s let the bugs be worked out.


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  70. JMH says:

    Adam D says:
    July 31, 2021 at 6:45 pm
    Has the email issue been resolved?

    No.


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  71. Ruprecht says:

    “Has the email issue been resolved?”

    Possibly.

    But other names keep appearing.


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  72. Ruprecht says:

    “Let’s let the bugs be worked out.”

    Yes; Rome wasn’t built in a day.


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  73. Muddy says:

    No, the email address of the preceding homie is still showing.

    Adam – There’s no hurry if it takes too much tech-thingying as I’m aware this is to be a transitional site. It might give us something to do in the interim though, aside from planning new feuds that is! We can get it started here and then drag any submissions across to a new site when it is ready.

    Summary of the above: Yes please; a separate thread might not mess up the open thread as much.


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  74. Speedbox says:

    Acknowledged Mark. I posted without deleting my details to test whether the issue is resolved (for Adam’s info). I don’t actually care about the address but also understand that many cannot be as casual.

    From a positive perspective, Tailgunner and I are now blood brothers. Can I call you Taileee now? What about Gunny? Do we have a secret code? Handshake? This is fun!!!! A new friend and I promise not to call you every day, well, not more than a couple of times per day.


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  75. JC says:

    Adam

    Nothing is showing now. I quit the browser – force quit- then opened the browser and returned to the website=.


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  76. Vicki says:

    Gee I hope this appears – my last post didn’t.


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  77. Iren Rozsa says:

    The Emperor Has No Clothes: Finding the Courage to Break the Spell by Julius Ruechel –

    https://www.juliusruechel.com/2021/07/the-emperor-has-no-clothes-finding.html?fbclid=IwAR0VEUu-0-4OGAQy6qKbI2bjVFxHBW_BEFlsfK8JX93Ezq2rrhVwZy-f5W8

    This article was linked by Craig Kelly on his Telegram account. An attempt to chart a path through this quagmire. You may need to copy and paste the link.


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  78. Indolent says:

    The Emperor Has No Clothes: Finding the Courage to Break the Spell by Julius Ruechel.

    https://www.juliusruechel.com/2021/07/the-emperor-has-no-clothes-finding.html?fbclid=IwAR0VEUu-0-4OGAQy6qKbI2bjVFxHBW_BEFlsfK8JX93Ezq2rrhVwZy-f5W8

    This article by was linked by Craig Kelly on his Telegram account. An attempt to chart a course through this quagmire. You may need to copy and paste the link.


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  79. John Bayley says:

    Give the man some space, people…he did say the initial site was rather rough around the edges. Considering it’s only been up for a few hours, the number of comments that have appeared already is extremely encouraging,

    Once these have been sorted, we need some html tags, or even better, nested comments.

    And after that, the ability to edit one’s comments that have already been posted.

    Extremely good effort already, anyway.


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  80. The Lady of Ithaka says:

    “John Bayley says:
    July 31, 2021 at 7:37 pm”

    Correct…Adam has done well.


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  81. Figures says:

    Why do I keep reading about a discord site as well?


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  82. JC says:

    John :
    Just who isn’t giving Adam the “space” you describe? Stop calling people out when there is no reason to. People are highlighting problems they’re found with the site. Highlighting problems that would help Adam. Stop being a fussy little drama queen as there are are enough around.


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  83. JC says:

    Adam

    It’s also taking a while for comments to appear. You may want to take a look at this problem too when you have time.


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  84. The Lady of Ithaka says:

    “JC says:
    July 31, 2021 at 7:59 pm
    Adam

    It’s also taking a while for comments to appear. You may want to take a look at this problem too when you have time.”

    Yes…but Adam has done so well. Remember any new venture has teething problems.


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  85. Steve trickler says:

    A hot dog sausage heated with beer. Was it plonked in beer?… they say steamed?

    Sounds like a treat.

    Lum’s Famous Hotdogs – Life in America


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  86. Rez Anger says:

    *Well done Adam! Smells exactly the same, you even replicate that mark in the wall from when TG threw a bar stool, and I even see the oily ring on the bar where munty rests his Krispy Kremes.*

    There’s even the glitter in the carpet from that one time when KD, Mr. Lowe and I enraged Bird so much by refusing to take him seriously, he ragequit.

    And then had a celebratory Goblin-Leprechaun fight afterwards.

    #WeHappyFew


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