I'm reading the FR Wikipedia entry and am lmao-ing at the terminology

[tinfoil tiaras]

-Freeper is an active member of the Free Republic site.
-Freep is an event organized by a local Free Republic chapter. Freeps are often presented as responses to protests by various politically left-wing groups. Freepers, as Free Republic's active users are called, will assemble at some point with signs and banners, generally designed and hand-drawn by individual members. See Social Organization and Events.
-Freeping is most often the participation in a Freep. For example, if a Freep was organized because of an appearance by Bill Clinton, a group of Freepers would say they were going to Freep Bill Clinton and would then congregate and Freep. Afterwards, one would say Bill Clinton had been Freeped. In some cases, freeping is the act of directing the members to influence an online poll. See Influencing polls. However, these could just be considered online freeps.
-Freepathon is a quarterly fundraising event, aimed to collect donations for running the site.
-Freeploader is a pejorative term to address those who may not have donated to the site. The term is not part of the official lexicon of the site, but its use is not discouraged by management. Many posters at Free Republic who do donate do not make their donations known as they prefer to donate privately. It has become a source of irritation to some freepers that this practice has begun, as some freepers do not have the financial means to donate, or as mentioned, wish to do so anonymously.

:wtf: :rofl:

I didn't know they considered "freeper" like a title. I thought it was a DU only insult...

[rusty charly]

1. "they prefer to donate privately"

what's up with that?

embarassed by their own party and beliefs?

[tinfoil tiaras]

4. I'd sure be

if i ever had the displeasure to be one of them....


Hi, Freepers! :hi: I'm sure y'all are reading this!! :D

[orleans]

24. what's up with this???

"some freepers do not have the financial means to donate"

WHAT? in this fucking booming economy? with all that the republican party has done for them and they can't *afford* to donate?

freeps can't afford to donate because they're paying a few cents more for their gas?
they can't afford to donate because they have to pay a little extra for their health insurance & their meds?
they can't afford to donate because all of a sudden minimum wage isn't high enough?
oh...because they're unemployed?

they need to remind themselves "yeah, but it's worth it" -- otherwise they are behaving like the hypocrites we know they really are.

[LTR]

25. WHAT?!?!?! Freeloadin' sumbitches!

The nerve!

What? Those cheap-ass freepers tryin' to get something for nothing?

Come on! RimJob's got payments to make on his Escalade and his gold-plated wheelchair!

[orleans]

28. lol n/t

[rurallib]

2. Thanks for this - I had always thought 'freep' was a term for

a number 2. As in 'George bush is a piece of freep' Or 'There is nothing like a morning freep'.
Or 'Be careful not to step in the dog freep'. And a 'freepload' happened in your pants when your couldn't get to the 'freeper' in time.
I like my way better. Makes more sense.

[tinfoil tiaras]

3. haha, yeah, i like yours too!

"Dammit! I just freeped my pants!! They're ruined now!!"

or

"That girl on Flava of Love, she freeped ALL over the floor...eew"

:rofl:

edit-i just found this gem:

-"Few users divulge their true identities in their online profiles. However, many freepers meet in person on annual freeper cruises, titled "Freeps Ahoy."

Oh my dear Jesus. "Freeps Ahoy"? :rofl:

[rurallib]

7. Freeper cruises? God those must be fun!

What do you suppose they cruise in? An '83 Toyota Carolla? 1985 S10? Maybe as cabin boys on the gambling casinos?

[tinfoil tiaras]

9. Hahaha

I am LMAO-ing right now!!!

We really need to get some stupid terminology like that here at DU. Kidding :P

Kinda reminds me of the KKK code-language or something....:scared:

[Dr.Phool]

5. Well, I guess it could be used in that context too.

Now, I gonna go take a freep.

[rusty charly]

8. "looks like freep... smells like freep ... tastes like freep:

sure glad i didn't STEP IN IT!"

[FairVotes4all]

18. I always thought A "Freepathon" was like the special olympics...

But stupider, and with more portapotties.

[tinfoil tiaras]

21. Or a four part (because freep and four both start with f's) race

that consists of:

-running through HUGH!1 piles of mud/shit
-swimming through a SERIES!1 large lake of Miss. Sound water (which is really nasty, btw)
-biking 1 mile up a sandy, dusty hill
-the obstacle course (like that Double Dare show back in the day) where you try to get as many flags as you can out of the portapotties/sinkholes.

Sound like a plan? Freepathon 06!!! :P

[FairVotes4all]

26. You forget the part where we host this on a desert island...

And leave them there with their shit(left over from the contest), a tribute to what they've done to our country.

[tinfoil tiaras]

33. The winner gets a new house (on the island)

made out of shit.

the 2nd place winner gets a portapotty.

[Raydawg1234]

6. this is giving me the freeps

:scared:

[Kali]

10. add freeparrhea

for when it's...you know...runny

[tinfoil tiaras]

13. and freepapation

for when they cant come out. Of the closet. The ones that are secretly gay i mean. That masturbate to pictures of Dumbya.

Oh shit. Now I know I'm gonna get internet stalked. :( :(

[Treclo]

16. Freeparrhea, uh uh

Freeparrhea uh uh Freeparrhea uh uh
People think it's funny but it's really green and runny
Freeparrhea uh uh Freeparrhea uh uh

When Bush has you in a trance then you feel it in your pants
Freeparrhea uh uh Freeparrhea uh uh

You don't care who lives in shanties- then you feel it in your panties
Freeparrhea uh uh Freeparrhea uh uh

Pimpin' patriotism 'til you're blue, then you feel it in your shoe
Freeparrhea uh uh Freeparrhea uh uh

(really, I only USED to be in Junior High....):evilgrin:

[tinfoil tiaras]

17. OMG...i remember that song!

It was from like 4th grade! And I would make up more verses to it. Wow. I was a strange child. :evilgrin:

[NMMNG]

31. .........

[Warren DeMontague]

11. They left out the initiation ritual where they dump buckets of shit on

each other.

Or maybe that's the Hells Angels, but it's probably something similar.




Hey- Nice picture in your sig BTW. I'm gonna guess circa Chronic Town.

"...dreaming of Maria Callas... whoever she is"

[tinfoil tiaras]

12. Thanks!

I know it's from the early days.

Ooh, E-bow!! I love that song! Which means you know where my username comes from! Yaaaay!! :D :D

Haha..."The FR annual shit/freep fest".. :rofl:

[Warren DeMontague]

14. Oh, yeah.

I got into 'em around the time Reckoning was still the "new album"... LOL.

Which reminds me- I really need to dig out my CD of NAIHF. It's been a while. :thumbsup:

[tinfoil tiaras]

15. New Adventures is sooooo good!!

Haha, I wish i would have discovered them earlier than like early 2004 like i did with "In Time"...

[Warren DeMontague]

19. Hey, all that means is, there's a massive amount of ground there for you

to still discover.

For instance, I've been listening to Murmur for, hell, 22 years now? And I still find new stuff buried in there I've never caught before. For me, at least, all their stuff holds up incredibly well.

Hey, In Sept. the IRS Years compilation comes out... :hippie:

[tinfoil tiaras]

23. i know!! i want me some irs!!

Most of their great stuff comes out from the IRS years..."Lifes Rich Pagent", "Fables", etc...oh, R.E.M... *sigh*

SO...about dem Freeperz...:P

[Warren DeMontague]

29. Oh, yeah. The topic at hand. Here you go:

[tinfoil tiaras]

34. Hahaha

Freepers...ASSEMBLE!

Aw, & how many people are at that "pro-war" rally again?

[LSK]

20. does it say why the website still uses a design from 1995?

:shrug:

[tinfoil tiaras]

22. Rofl...i bet it does

it was impossible to navigate the one time i had the displeasure to go there. i don't think i even knew what it was at first. i thought it was a badly html formatted NEWS site (...i know...silly me...).

[FairVotes4all]

27. It is a news site...

Nasty Egotistical Windbag Shitbags...

[Warren DeMontague]

30. !

:thumbsup: :rofl:

[Skittles]

32. can you believe people still donate money to that piece of shit site?

that alone proves the stupidity of FR members. If DU never evolved they would not see a dime from me - I mean, REALLY.

[LostinVA]

35. Are: SERIES and HUGH listed?

[tinfoil tiaras]

36. Nope, but you could add em

though they might accuse you of vandalizing their Wikipedia entry...:eyes:

[LostinVA]

37. giggle