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History

alt.religion.kibology has been in existence since November 24, 1991. I started lurking there in 1992, and have posted occasionally. While I'm a regular reader, I do not claim for myself the lofty title of Kibologist (see below), for a number of reasons, including the fact that I don't post very often.

The newsgroup is a sort of a meeting place for Usenet old-timers (some of whom date back to those heady days of the 1980s and the net.* hierarchy) and others who enjoy the wide range of topics, which include trolling of obsessive Star Trek fans, serious philosophical discussion, and just plain silliness.

It has a certain feeling of "home," due to the consistency of the regulars. Some leave, some join from time to time, but many of the regulars have been posting for many years.

Philosophy

Kibo is Usenet. Usenet is Kibo. Without Usenet, There Is No Kibo (TINK). Paradoxically, without Kibo, there is no Usenet. Kibology is a distillation of all that Usenet was, is, and will be, because Usenet is what Kibo was, is, and will be.

Acknowleding the truism of the existence of Usenet, we also know that There Is Only One Kibo. Many have claimed some degree of Kibo-ness, including the likes of Grub*r, and have been shown to be the frauds that they are.

Even casually considering one's own alleged Kibo-ness can be dangerous and costly. Consider the following, from the very NewsWatcher of Kibo:

     asuter@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Lupus Yonderboy) wrote:
     >
     > I'm not sure if I'm a demi-God or not. All Kibo ever did was compare me to
     > cherry Pez soaked in pickle juice.

     And now you've gotten all soggy.

     Worrying about whether or not you are a demigod has just demoted you to
     Black Level in my scorefile.

     For the record, I am the god. I AM THE GOD! Everyone else here is a not-god.
     There is no in-between; demigod is like demidead or funnypaulyshore.

Even lesser claims of greatness can foil the quest to achieve True Bozosity. To claim for oneself the title of Kibologist, is to deny oneself the title of Kibologist. Listen to the hollowness of such a claim from "Jesse Garon":

     Baby, the only person who's more kibologist than me is mack daddy
     James Parry his bad self. *smirk*

Kibology Favorites (and not-so-favorites)

Favorite Kibo	Favorite Non-Kibos	Things I still don't get, after five years	Least Favorite Joel Furr
Kibo	Stephen Will Tanner Michael Straight	"Jesse Garon"	Jay Furr