Tuesday, May 19, 2009

RTMS

The question most often asked by people unfamiliar with the rich history of the snob is:
What does RTMS stand for?
That question is more complex than they realize. Much more complex. It started innocently enough, but throughout the years has taken a life of its own. The best, if not necessarily accurate, answer came to us from legendary commenter Wes: Read The Many Scripts. For it is one thing to know what it stands for, but a different thing to understand what it stands for. To achieve a state of full understanding, one must spend many Wednesdays naked in front of a computer screen (that’s just how I imagine Frilly reads BSNYC) rummaging through endless posts, following many a link, and reading innumerable comments by douchebags such as myself. In this fast paced world, a simple rip thorn's torn’s mug shot might suffice, but to the true believer it embodies a philosophy, a way of life, a tao of snobbery, if you will. It is both a journey and a destination, a mean and an end…
Don’t be a Mackey: do your research, study.

26 comments:

Renders Fenders Moot said...

I rock!

Renders Fenders Moot said...

I rub!

Renders Fenders Moot said...

I palp!

Wes said...

Torn, ant1, torn. Jesus, if this is going to be The Source we'd better get his alter ego right.

ant1 said...

thanks wes. like I said, this will be a group project.

ant1 said...

wes - you've got full admin.

ant1 said...

It’d be nice if people could make suggestions as to what topics need to be covered. I suck at putting links, or pics, in, so if someone with a little more skill than me could add an AHYSMB post, complete with links to the original BSNYC post, as well as a pic of the now famous rim, I would appreciate it.

hillbilly said...

Crabon - not just a typo.

hillbilly said...

and of course, salmon...and fenders/eyebrows

Wes said...

Should we not leave thorn as thorn and then strikethrough, put torn, to show The Way is littered with pitfalls and pratfalls and typos? Shall I do that? Can people see this? Is this what they call a word processor?

g said...

great. another site to waste more time than I care to acknowledge. One observation (so far): if you are merely going to define things with a simple "RTFMS", why bother? Love the concept, but not sure it will get legs, or rims as may be more appropriate.

Wes said...

G

I don't know what you mean. RTMS, no F, is the abbreviation. The definition is in the post, lovingly crafted by ant1.

ant1 said...

wes - go for it

g said...

sorry... RTFMS is 'read the fucking manual stupid'. I mean no disrespect. It seems that while ant1 did clarify the acronym, he still said, ultimately, you have to read the blog to know the blog. I think that the concept of an index to the blog is an interesting one, the amount of wiki-snob-pedia that would be needed, is mind boggling. Besides, BSNYC-RTMS is only gone for a week.

ant1 said...

G - it will probably be a lifelong endeavor. Even if it only lasts a week, it beats doing work.

g said...

i can't argue with that, and, really, why would I want to?
best of luck to all and will contribute what I can.

Wes said...

G

No disrespect taken.

Left my shell off there and got my naivete all exposed. Who'd have thought RTFMS would crop up in an RTMS post?

Next thing, someone'll assume crabon is just a misspelling of carbon, amateurs.

hillbilly said...

pick me!!!!
wac0202@gmail.com

ooh, im naked!!!

hillbilly said...

Thanks!

hillbilly said...

I'll get back to this later, first I encourage everyone to fire away at these fucking douchebag and douchebag commenters
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/19/cyclists-routinely-disobey-law-study-finds/

Luck E. Seven said...

Yo.


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Anonymous said...

RTMS - Rip Torn's Mug Shot - as seen on 04/04/08 post
PSA - Public Service Announcement

ant1 said...

Hillbilly - wow, I had no idea cyclists broke the law. Thank god motorists are all law abiding.

bikesgonewild said...

...anon 4:36pm...

...nobody trusts anybody named anonymous...

...how could anyone believe that ???...

Glenn said...

wes - you've got full admin.

Riverabjsf said...

sorry... RTFMS is 'read the fucking manual stupid'. I mean no disrespect. It seems that while ant1 did clarify the acronym, he still said, ultimately, you have to read the blog to know the blog. I think that the concept of an index to the blog is an interesting one, the amount of wiki-snob-pedia that would be needed, is mind boggling. Besides, BSNYC-RTMS is only gone for a week.