My Fledging Attempt At A Screenplay
The Scene: a small table with a few chairs, a few of the Usual Suspects sit at the table, sipping their beverage of choice. On the wall is a huge dry-erase board, with those taped-on black lines, forming a massive AMP spreadsheet.
Me: (points to the last 5 posts of Certain Member, not present at the Table) "Is anyone going to do anything? Say anything about this?
JJB944: (sighing) Don't do it, Nik.
Me: What? Is he retarded? Or something?
JJB944: Don't! You're going to get the All-Blue, Editor's Note, Largely Argumentative shut-down stamp of disapproval from the Admins.
Me: But he's had 5 posts of contributing. Nothing. He's either retarded, or he's making some weird point.
Zmac1: He's making a point, Nik. It's a very passive-aggressive way to make the point. But he's making a point.
Logan14: Yeah bro. He's trying to underscore the fact that nobody shares info, here. Or very seldom, anyway. The Seniors all keep their finds to themselves, while the others sort of stumble around asking the same question. Like "Who has the biggest tits in Hudson Valley? ".
ZMac1: Agreed. Or they ask about a recently-posted Provider who, if they had just dug (digged?) a little deeper with a Search or read a few pages of Posts. They'd have found the info they were looking for.
Me: Okay. I thought MAYBE that might be what he was doing. That. Or he's retarded.
JJB944: You can't say THAT word any more, Nik!
Me: Look, fellas, if somebody's retarded. It's Society's job to let them know. They might go out into the World and hurt themselves. Or worse: others.
JJB944: (shaking head) He ain't retarded. If we just ignore him, he'll lose interest and wander off.
ZMac1: Fat chance. Now that Nik said something? He's going to linger a while. You watch.
End scene.