The Traveller Mailing List (to which my husband gridlore has belonged for as long as we've been on the Internet) often refers to the Black Hole of Quality. A carefully crafted post discussing the mechanics of interstellar trade will generate no discussion on-list, but get sucked into hard drives around the world for later use in campaigns. An off-the-cuff joke about Hivers doing the Macarena will set off a six-month-long flamefest.
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Date: 2012-12-01 04:29 pm (UTC)