Flatulating Bovine wrote:Not the first semi-unwelcoming post here. What's with this place? Are you afraid of something I might say? Got something to hide? Why the taking things so seriously? Very odd if I say.
Apologies if the posts to you have come across as unwelcoming. I think I can say with 99.9% surety that was not the intent.
I think LPC's post was simply bantering at the expense of your unusual handle.
And Greg's (as well as JRB's) post was alluding to the time-honored tradition of handing out special titles to those posters who stick around and contribute to the site here. As an example, your current title is the default "stowaway" that is handed out to to all who join. Once you pass 100 posts (my memory is hazy on this point, maybe its 500) you will be awarded the "admiral" title. There are similar nautical-themed titles handed out in the interim on your way to the top.
However, if you look at the regular posters, you will see some very strange and esoteric titles. For instance, my title is "Coordinator of the Grand Conspiracies." Most of the titles are making light of, poking fun at, or just outright mocking the various myths of the Illuminati, admiralty law, tax protestors/defiers, sovruns and the like. Other titles may be based on the poster's handle or their style of posting. None of this is done to "unwelcome" the regular contributor but to reward them and to let them know that we consider them one of the Quatloosian population. I would offer that Greg's and JRB's posts are anticipating that you will be a regular contributor and that a title may be heading your way in the future.