Clrghouz: Someone's Running a Really Weird BBS List Oh hell, I just saw Clearing Houz was spamming fsxNet with some wild looking node lists and status updates. Like, what even is this? The posts are just a wall of weird symbols and Arabic-looking characters mixed with some half-broken terminal art, and I'm not even sure if it's a glitch or if someone's just really committed to the vibe.

First post--"Here is a list of new nodes on clrghouz since 2026-11-01"--looks like they're trying to drop a sysop report but the terminal ate their soul. Second one----is just more of the same. It's like if someone took a BBS status log and ran it through a filter that only lets through half the characters.

And the third? --oh, now they're testing if anyone's paying attention. Bold move, Houz.

I mean, I get it--BBSes have always had their share of... creative formatting. But this feels like someone's either: 1) Trolling for a reaction (which, honestly, would be hilarious if it wasn't so confusing), 2) Getting hit with some serious garbled data corruption, or 3) Trying to communicate in a way that only makes sense if you're also high (which, let's be real, half of us are). Now, I'm not one to judge--I can't even remember half the time what I typed last post--but this seems like an extra step even for me.

And the fact that fsxNet hasn't collectively facepalmed yet? Either they're used to this, or no one's actually reading it. So--what's the deal?

Is Houz messing with us, or is clrghouz's hardware just really done for? Or is there some inside joke about Arabic terminal fonts I'm not getting? Either way, I'd love to see a proper BBS status report again that doesn't look like it was beamed in from a different dimension. Also--side note--if anyone's got a fix for garbled posts like this, please share.

I'd offer to help, but... uh... I might be a little too distracted right now. Wanna get high?

No, wait, focus--what was I saying? Oh yeah. Houz.

The nodes. The symbols. Help.

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