MUCKing about at bus stops
At the Cowell bus stop just now, I saw several signs on the bulletin board about furries. I generally don't hear about them much, and I didn't expect to see anything about them at the bus stop. But no, they had a flyer explaining how the TV programs dealing with furries had been all sensationalized and inaccurate and furries are really nice people who don't have orgies in catsuits. (They offer this website for more information.)
What really puzzled me about it, though, was that one of their flyers advertised that FurryMUCK is the longest running MUCK (of any theme) on the internet. Okay, I won't dispute that, but, really, what's the purpose of advertising that? What are the odds that a random person at the Cowell bus stop will have any idea what a MUCK is? The flyer gave no definition of MUCK. I mean, I know what one is, but that's just because I used to MUSH (and still do sometimes), though I've never played on a MUCK. How helpful is that ad?
On an unrelated note, as a followup to my last post, I should point out that the blog I linked to, Language Log, is really nifty and has bunches of well-known linguists blogging about language and linguistics, and I recommend it if you are at all interested in linguistics or language. You can read it on your friends page by friending languagelog.
What really puzzled me about it, though, was that one of their flyers advertised that FurryMUCK is the longest running MUCK (of any theme) on the internet. Okay, I won't dispute that, but, really, what's the purpose of advertising that? What are the odds that a random person at the Cowell bus stop will have any idea what a MUCK is? The flyer gave no definition of MUCK. I mean, I know what one is, but that's just because I used to MUSH (and still do sometimes), though I've never played on a MUCK. How helpful is that ad?
On an unrelated note, as a followup to my last post, I should point out that the blog I linked to, Language Log, is really nifty and has bunches of well-known linguists blogging about language and linguistics, and I recommend it if you are at all interested in linguistics or language. You can read it on your friends page by friending languagelog.