I enjoy wide ranging, intellectual conversations at cafes and in many ways I think of a good internet forum a bit like such a place. I wondered aloud who from here I think I’d most likely enjoy meeting at a coffee for a good chat and thought it would make an interesting thread. Since I’m starting the thread I’ll go ahead and make my 3 nominations: Clayton, thelion and Esuric. What are yours?
Ricky James Moore II
Clayton
Wheylous
ThatOldGuy, gotlucky, Autolykos
Vive
Clayton
Vive again
I’m not on here like I used to be, so I can’t really “observe” people’s posts. Probably something like vive la insurrection (philosophy/contrasting views), Clayton (non-econ/conspiracy theories), and the third is a wildcard - for politics/econ Esuric, and for general conversation Wheylous or another regular high post user. Though I second Norgath, mainly vive and Clayton.
Autolykos
Clayton
Onebornfree, because of his far-off views on Sept 11th and the OKC bombing.
Ah, score! Wheylous gets two mentions! Happy dance
My picks? Hm. Tough. There are a lot of users here who are intelligent, and hence make for great debate partners. If I use that criterion, it would have to be
Johns James
Jonathan Catalan
Nielsio
But for coffee? That’s a whole different jig! Who here is the most fun guy with whom to have coffee? Oh, that’s a tough one. Here is what I imagine it would be:
Wait, now that I think about it, the above list is quite a good one for coffee as well!
Here is a list of honorable mentions:
Smiling Dave
Neodoxy
MMMark (just to figure out whether that person is a robot or not)
Now, many of you may wonder why I do not include the honorable Clayton. Well, I think that in Clayton’s case I would need more of a still drink and a long Saturday evening of discussion with him, given his lengthy posts on law. Hence, he did not make my Coffee List.