If you have any additions you'd like to add to the blog, MT them to me!
So you want to be an RCer? Okay, cool. Just start posting on topics, or make your own topic. It's literally that simple! No, you don't need to know anyone in RC, be a "veteran" player, or worry about invading "cliques". Literally we don't care about any of that stuff. It's always great to know a few faces in an unfamiliar situation, but we all have to start out somewhere. Don't stress if you think you're not getting a lot of responses. RC has a lot of hits and misses, even for the most active posters. It's all about timing.
The only thing I will say is this: don't spam emojis during "post here" challenges for site events. We have a sixth sense about this; we'll find you and shame you for making us click on alert that just has a face.
If you're concerned with feeling lost or out of place because you don't know some of the lingo being thrown around, the rest of this blog will explain the most common stuff.
Abbreviations / Key Phrases / Inside jokes Ataf: an abbreviation of "staff", normally used followed with the abbreviation "pls". Expect to see this used when shade is thrown, or when referring to Ryan in general. Stemmed from Ryan actually misspelling the word staff.
[img]https://images.marapets.com/emoticons/chibs/blush.gif[/img]: normally used right after someone says something that could be construed as rude to indicate it's not to be taken seriously. Or, if you're like me, just because it feels so right to post it after every sentence
CB/FB/UA: abbreviations for chat ban, forum ban, and underaged, respectively.
Risquota / "quota met": posting a question/board about something and realizing you completely misread it and will now be doomed to an eternity of notifications and a lifetime of humiliation.
Ed's beard: one of the seven world's wonders, has a secret cult following. Will annoy Ed if you ask him to cut it off.
EPGB: an abbreviation for the Extra Pet Giftbox. What makes it funny: I thought I was in the Giftbox shop and tried to find one to buy, but I was actually in the Missing Giftbox page and didn't realize it until I had made a board that had gotten 100+ replies.
New EPGB board: my attempt at trying to get people shamed like I was on my EPGB board. Not successful thus far.
Tina eats dogs http://i65.tinypic.com/or8n5u.jpg
The Ians: An annual award ceremony first done in 2015 by Nik (user: Nikname), which was pretty much a shade-fest with the "most opinionated" and "most likely to be banned" categories. Sin wants everyone to know that she lost an Ian because of Ryan.
Any misspelling of my name (Clarissa): started by Ryan and Calculus, perpetuated by Lizzy and Alex. I honestly don't know why this is a thing, but they make sure to either misspell my name or my username any time they can.
Old RC: RCers that posted before 2011. Most of them got banned for something or ended up quitting the site. Usually associated with extreme shade/salt and are the reason RC has too many rules now.
The Dopplegangers (aka @Ris=Nis=Rin=Sin=Rev): a cluster of usernames of various RCers that people mistake for each other because the usernames are all so similar. We just go with it honestly, and will call our doppelgangers other usernames from this list. [e: 2019] The list has obviously been extended to include other users with 3-letter usernames that follow the trend, or users that have similar names to each other in a separate category (i.e. @Candles/@Calculus; @FoolsGold/@RoseGold)
S.S. Ram - the offical ship name of @Twi and @Ris, usually vagueposted and sometimes accompanied by an image of a stick of RAM that's used for computers
The Children (by @Waylon): saving the children started after I made a topic calling out the change of all [adult drink] related items to non [adult drink] related names. during that messy topic [https://www.marapets.com/topics.php?id=987071&fid=46&latest=1#791272] someone brought up COPPA which is about children's privacy as a reason the names were changed. COPPA has nothing to do with it lmao
Taco Bell Hot Sauce (by @GrumpyLesbian): taco bell hot sauce packets being currency during the apocalypse which was a conversation between @wax and i about how the cashier gave her like 25 packets and i told her to hoard them for when the apocalypse comes
*robert johnson's (@RJ) many mothers the user RJ is the noncanonical, canonical son of ris (because rj stands for ris jr), but @Sweater believes it instead stands for robert johnson. as the son of ris rj has many rc mothers because i'm married to everyone in rc *Paid for by the campaign to elect Robert Johnson
Memorable Quotes "name it marapets so ian will have a sense of responsibility towards it" - ris
"Ris ruins what is good in the world : ((((" - jessica
"for 1 million dollars you can blow up marapets.com" - alex
"ris youre a human garbage can but not even a good one youre like a garbage can thats all beat up and doesnt stand right and rolls out in the middle of the street as soon as the trash is dumped into the truck and hits a toddler or something" - anon
"neurodegenerate my ass bby" - Kae
"Put my conceited ass all over the place" - ed
"im the most important thing on mara smh" - sephy
"you have stolen something from the wild and just called it a turtle" - nis
"Put you and Ris together and you'll need a seeing eye dog. Too bad I ate them all already." - tina
"marapets dot com / I need to win this auction / God damn it Ian" - a haiku by dakota's boyfriend
"he can't find me if he can't spell my name" - ris
"k but would u pay 4 cents for it" - redditor
"zhzhzzhzhzhzzhzhzhzzhzhzh about 2 secs agao i realized these were z's and not a's but this is hilarious. " - Sofa
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glad it did! it's a wip at the moment so there will be more added later
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