Meeting omar

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I’m still excited about this. Tonight, I met, for the first time (in the flesh) someone I have known on this, and another, philosophy forum for some years. His name is Omar, but you may know him as omar. He once knew me as faust, and now knows me as Faust.

Okay, that wasn’t really the exciting part. The exciting part was, for the first time in my life, I sat in a Starbucks.

But the conversation was quite good, too. We basically decided that we didn’t like any of you, and are now going to form a united front against all comers.

I jest.

It was fun, and made me think of that oft-proposed ILP Summit Conference (which name I think should be adopted for it, and which I think should be held at Disney World). Omar remarked that I was much older-looking than he had envisioned, despite that he knew my age aforehand. And that I was much less impressive than he had expected from a fellow-philosophiser.

It was fun.

I got a sort of condescending but sympathetic look when I ordered “the closest thing you have to Dunkin’ Donuts” (an iconic coffee chain in New England), and the cappunista (or whatever you call them) got a quick apology. From Omar. When I tried to pay, he graciously told me to sit in the corner, and that he would take care of it (subtext: “Gramps”).

It was fun.

Anyway, do this if you at all can, and haven’t yet. Go to Starbucks.

I jest.

Meet an online forum friend. It really was fun.

We talked about philosophy, politics, religion and hot chicks. Recommended books to each other. Okay, Omar (omar) recommended books to me. Thought I should try something “a little more Twentieth-century”. I was grateful.

I think if more of us did this, some momentum for the ILP Super-Deluxe Summit Conference Meeting (I thought I’d ease into the full name) might build.

And think of this - at one point, as we were gesticulating and yabbering animatedly (in some admittedly casual clothing) a woman gave us each a dollar. And a smile.

It was fun.

Just sharing with my fellow philosophisers.

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That was fun

I jest. :wink:

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Not that I’m in any way slagging off the posters at ILP but most of the online friends that I have that I want to meet are from the old KDH days - Imp, Faust’s good self, Omar, Colin, Jakob…

In fact, I’m sure that if we got together a select committee of the best posters that we’d be able to solve just about every remaining philosophical problem…

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I wouldn’t sit in a Starbucks…even to meet Dunamis! :laughing:

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Hahahaha. What a pleasure you are faust.

I also recently met Alexistentialism. She was visiting London from New York and had asked about ideas of things to do while she was here. She loved my suggestions and so I felt that I could do even more. I could meet her and so we had lunch together - which was perfect, I took her to my favourite vegetarian restaurant - turns out she’s also vegetarian and it would be the kind of place she would go all the time if she lived here… She’s cool. Bright (in the light kind of way). We chatted about philosophy of course, but it was more than that. We spoke about our lives philosophically. It felt as though we were always gonna meet. We didn’t have much time, I wanted to spend more time with her. I definitely recommend meeting other members of ILP. As I turned away from her after having walked together until we needed to go in our own directions, I felt sparked. Like everything is happening as it should.

A

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Sounds like great fun, it is always good to meet people after you have known them only in “2D”. Turns out the internet really isn’t full of people who want to murder you. At least not until after they meet you.

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Ah, glad to read this post, it’s always refreshing to here of some ILP folk meeting up and enjoying each others company! You see the internet is not necessarily a superficial ego-driven village for the dispossessed of culture! It’s quite the opposite, particularly on this FORUM.

This just reaffirms for me that we should organise an ILP Summit Conference as soon as possible…perhaps one in London and N.Y. (I’ll attend both)

But Starbucks? Hmm, I’ll refrain from passing judgement, the editor from the free paper I write for always insists in meeting me in Beanscene…a hideously trendy little coffee shop, I go, but I always feel like a homeless man trying to enter the Bellagio hotel in Las Vegas. OK, I exaggerate…I mix between the trendy and the dishevelled with great regularity.

Roll on ILP meeting!

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someoneisatthedoor: Not that I’m in any way slagging off the posters at ILP but most of the online friends that I have that I want to meet are from the old KDH days - Imp, Faust’s good self, Omar, Colin, Jakob…
In fact, I’m sure that if we got together a select committee of the best posters that we’d be able to solve just about every remaining philosophical problem…"

K: Tom, I noticed you didn’t mention me. That’s ok,
I can take a hint. I have been rejected before, by people
better then you… :laughing:

Kropotkin

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Peter, I have a friend visiting from Napa. I will owe her a visit after this. You’re on my list, bluestate brotherman. Maybe in the wintahtime.

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faust: Peter, I have a friend visiting from Napa. I will owe her a visit after this. You’re on my list, bluestate brotherman. Maybe in the wintahtime.

K: love to meet you man. I have been to NY city, but not north
of it. By the way, have you been to napa? Great place.
Very beautiful with all the wine you can drink. I live
about 2 hours south of it. My wife don’t get there as often
as we like, you know how that goes.

There are actually quite a few people around here I
wouldn’t mind meeting and hopefully I get to meet them
and you.

Kropotkin

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If that were true then I wouldn’t have devoted my 6,000th post to answering you. I would like to meet you too actually, though I imagine we wouldn’t get on very well. Well, we’d get on well for about half an hour but then one of us would say something that would set the other one off and…

:smiley:

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someoneisatthedoor:
If that were true then I wouldn’t have devoted my 6,000th post to answering you. I would like to meet you too actually, though I imagine we wouldn’t get on very well. Well, we’d get on well for about half an hour but then one of us would say something that would set the other one off and…

K: First of all, congrats on 6000. It just means you are just either
more dedicated or more insane, then I am. Secondly, I would love
to meet you. Of course, the conversation would stall, when
my wit, intelligence, brilliance, and humor would
reduce you to answering me with a “yes, master or no master”.
But I would enjoy meeting you, “grasshopper”. :smiley:

Kropotkin

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Hello again, FaustMeister.
I regret now that I missed the opportunity to see your reaction to such a use of your name. I would recommend, all of you reading this post, that the reason why it is exciting and fun to meet a philosopher in the flesh is because online we missed the little body reactions that say a thousand words.
One of the memorable points of the night came as we interrupted our discussion (well I did), when a lady with impressive physical endowments passed before the window.
I stopped ramblimg about Hume and Nietzsche just enough to say:“Hubba, hubba”.
Three hours passed and I began to wish that time was dictated solely by the fun of the moment.
Faust, thank you for the few extra minutes that you stayed, which you probably should not have. Thank you because you made it sound like an hour drive was no big deal. It isn’t but the majority of people often do not share that opinion.

Now let me just describe faust a bit for those that could be curious.
Average height, six feet or so, light complexion. We both demonstrate that we are not philosophers yet visually by lacking a beard. (Actually, our jobs make that an impossibility, really). But what he lacks in facial hair, he makes up with the hair on his head, a sea of dark grey that extends near the bottom of his neck. I recommended products, but he was dismisive. I imagine that hair pulled back in one of those “cool” pony tails, but the reality I had before me was best described as a pillow head.
But enough of the appearances.
I said my goodbyes with the impression within that I had met a person who walked by the beat of his own drum; a man with no shadow, who with a machete in hand–or was it a hammer?-- clear a path in the forests of Civilization–or was it the Pines of Maine?-- rather than walk the beat path where grass no longer grows.
Just remember, goor friend, that you have the next round of caffeinated drinks.

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Do I lie? All this guy can talk about is grey hair.

I walked up Mount Megunticook today. I walked the mud path where intelligent people won’t go for another week.

Close, I guess.

It was an honor to meet you, and I am honord by your most generous comments.

Gotta run - havin’ a campfire tonight. Stuff to do to get ready.

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I think I would prefer not to meet any ILP’ers in direct manner.

Personally, I think it would ruin the appeal, and anonymity is far more entertaining.

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omar,

THREE hours? How slow was she walking? Was it some sort of slow motion caption?

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Faust,…er, um, I mean, faust,

So, Starbucks -no good? got it.

United front against all comers? got it.

meet online forum friend? Seriously, how much fun was it really?

omar described you the way I exactly envisioned you, well, minus the beard.

Hey, have you ever looked into Conditioner for the Philosopher (something about giving you body)? Shampoo is merely a primer right before you delve into the heavy stuff. As you can see, this is one of my reservations regarding rendezvous with online forum friends… the possibility of sharing personal hygene tips.

Anyway, back to cargo pants. Got a great pair (of cargo pants). The only pair of pants I actually like.

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Sandy, I got me cargoes on right now. Comfy, and I got all my gear on me. Ready for anything.

You envisioned me exactly as a pillowhead? Do I sound like a pillowhead? (Talk about asking a question you don’t want the answer to.) Click the www button - I have a half grown-in beard in my MySpace pic. Try “Kookin’ Kids”, while you’re there. It’s a great game. (Parents - I see this game purely as a metaphor for the revaluing of all values, and not literally a way to express my feelings about children. Plus, I’m a foodie.)

I use conditioner. Sometimes. It wasn’t a date, for Christ’s sake. This is Maine, where showers are always optional and we only flush the toilets once a week. I’m serious. No one flushes their fucking toilets up here.

(Break to flush toilet and thereby avoid hypocrisy.)

Anyway, I have heard of this product. It’s by Grease from Greece, is it not? Makes you hair slicker than a Sophist’s tongue. Their slogan is “Give your hair that Aristotelian Form”.

I got a million o’ these.

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faust,
I was thinking more along the lines of Mane. The Mane from Maine.

Pillow head from Maine just doesn’t seem to do it. It sounds somewhat… pedestrian. Lacks that rare quality… the thinner air if you will.

Sophists are really not bad guys when you get to know them. Just don’t shake their hands (grease 'n all), and guard your thoughts like you would your wallet.

So, a million o’ those huh?
You’re in rare form faust, rare form. Let’s see if we can’t coax more outta ya.

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I dunno, sandy. I’m emotionally exhausted after reliving the whole history of the Stoics and the highlights of the Trojan War. And those were pretty much the highlights. Dull war, overall. Needed more chase scenes. Explosions. Peasant women.

Kris - ilovephilosophy.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=150355

I don’t want you to feel left out.