physco185 said:

FauxReal said:

Official emoticon of November 11, 2011. Who knew?

hahaha i thought of it when i joined because i nearly joined on the 8th... and i had to wait until the 12th because we r ahead over here... so yes... my mind strikes again

So...November 11th. Org gathering?

I try to skip over all posts that are all bold or all in a color (other than the normal black).

Efan said:

I try to skip over all posts that are all bold or all in a color (other than the normal black).

why???

because i think they r shouting i skip caps lock ones... but not colour.....

Efan said:

I try to skip over all posts that are all bold or all in a color (other than the normal black).

In that case, I'll give you a heads up when the Illuminati are coming for you.

physco185 said:

XxAxX said:

me too! phsyco! where are our donuts!

enjoy!!!!

thank you!

physco185 said:

Efan said:

I try to skip over all posts that are all bold or all in a color (other than the normal black).

why???

because i think they r shouting i skip caps lock ones... but not colour.....

Yeah, caps lock posts suck too.

In general, I find that orgers who post in a color or who post in all bold have a "Look at me! Look at me!" whiny, bitchy, and ignorant view on life. I'm just better off not interacting with them (although I don't always maintain that "rule").

I don't have a problem with long posts. It the ones that don't have any spaces between paragraphs that annoy me and cause me to skim through.

FauxReal said:

Efan said:

I try to skip over all posts that are all bold or all in a color (other than the normal black).

In that case, I'll give you a heads up when the Illuminati are coming for you.

Thanks. Send me a hand signal!

XxAxX said:

physco185 said:

enjoy!!!!

thank you! but hey...this one's defective!!! it has a hole in the middle of it! i don't want your crummy donut!!

either you tried to make a pun dear, or you haven't been taught that donuts have holes.....

Efan said:

FauxReal said:

In that case, I'll give you a heads up when the Illuminati are coming for you.

Thanks. Send me a hand signal!

Cool. I have one picked out and everything

BlackAdder7 said:

XxAxX said:

thank you! but hey...this one's defective!!! it has a hole in the middle of it! i don't want your crummy donut!!

either you tried to make a pun dear, or you haven't been taught that donuts have holes.....

not to worry!

Has anyone mentioned McMeekle yet ?

Mach said:

Has anyone mentioned McMeekle yet ?

another AWOL Orger...

Mach said:

Has anyone mentioned McMeekle yet ?

here, i will

FauxReal said:

Efan said:

Thanks. Send me a hand signal!

Cool. I have one picked out and everything

Is that the triangle? You know I'm gonna be like, "FauxReal, what is that? Is that a triangle? Because triangles only have three--" (that's me getting cut off midsentence by the onslaught I wasn't prepared for).

XxAxX said:

johnart said:

Kinda semi-related (quoting/replying) I sometimes don't respond to something someone posts to me (especially on a thread I've started) because I feel like a jackass responding to each and every post. I think folk will find it obnoxious/annoying.

So if you (general "you") post something to me and I skip it, I'm not ignoring, I'm just trying not to fill the entire thread with my posts.

...not that that would be like the worst thing ever or anything.

i always try to respond to each post if i start a thread. i'd offer donuts too, if it were possible

within skimming threads, i usually stop on the ones of people whom I like. like you dear. and whistle, and ndru, and other sane sensible witty people.

johnart said:

Cerebus and I just had a whole discussion on another thread about skimming through long threads (yesterday, I think).

But then again you probably skimmed through that one too.

Yep. You can pretty much guarantee that I skim on most threads that are at least three pages in length. If it's something deep and fact based I'll read very carefully. Otherwise, I speed skim, looking for the same comments or words I have in my head in hopes of not repeating what somebody else has already said.

I also confess that I probably get skimmed more than most orgers because I write too damn much. Can't help it. It's just the way I am. I even try to self edit most of the time and obviously do a piss poor job of it.

FauxReal said:

Not much of a confession, so much as it is a quirk, but even if I really want to comment on what someone has to say, I refrain from doing so if I have already quoted that person like 2-3 times within my last few posts.

Don't want them thinking I'm on their proverbial dick or anything like that.

EDIT: This is assuming this person and I aren't obviously having a back and forth discussion.

I used to take notice of that, but I don't anymore. It's a forum, we're both here, and how else are you going to get to know people?

I try to treat everybody the same and I don't hold grudges, but there are a few people here who I simply won't quote at all anymore.

Cerebus said:

FauxReal said:

Not much of a confession, so much as it is a quirk, but even if I really want to comment on what someone has to say, I refrain from doing so if I have already quoted that person like 2-3 times within my last few posts.

Don't want them thinking I'm on their proverbial dick or anything like that.

EDIT: This is assuming this person and I aren't obviously having a back and forth discussion.

I used to take notice of that, but I don't anymore. It's a forum, we're both here, and how else are you going to get to know people?

I try to treat everybody the same and I don't hold grudges, but there are a few people here who I simply won't quote at all anymore.

You used to pay attention to it yourself...or you noticed I did that?

Because if you noticed that, it would be pretty damn observant of you.

BlackAdder7 said:

XxAxX said:

i always try to respond to each post if i start a thread. i'd offer donuts too, if it were possible

within skimming threads, i usually stop on the ones of people whom I like. like you dear. and whistle, and ndru, and other sane sensible witty people.

AND a donut for you~!

FauxReal said:

Cerebus said:

I used to take notice of that, but I don't anymore. It's a forum, we're both here, and how else are you going to get to know people?

I try to treat everybody the same and I don't hold grudges, but there are a few people here who I simply won't quote at all anymore.

You used to pay attention to it yourself...or you noticed I did that?

Because if you noticed that, it would be pretty damn observant of you.

I used to pay attention to it myself. And I used to pay attention to who quoted me, and how often. But I stopped paying attention to that stuff years ago.

The last one I caught myself doing (here) that I'm trying to change was not quoting people who I've had lame internet beef with. I don't hold grudges and it's just the internet. It's not like I agree with everything my friends and acquaintances say in the real world (I don't! ). So I'm trying to break that habit, too.

Cerebus said:

FauxReal said:

You used to pay attention to it yourself...or you noticed I did that?

Because if you noticed that, it would be pretty damn observant of you.

I used to pay attention to it myself. And I used to pay attention to who quoted me, and how often. But I stopped paying attention to that stuff years ago.

The last one I caught myself doing (here) that I'm trying to change was not quoting people who I've had lame internet beef with. I don't hold grudges and it's just the internet. It's not like I agree with everything my friends and acquaintances say in the real world (I don't! ). So I'm trying to break that habit, too.

I would try not to quote people I've had a beef with, but in my old age, I have a helluva time remembering. I can remember who I like here, but I can't remember all the ones I don't.

there is also, I confess...the unmeasurable thread responses I've typed, then erased before posting them for fear of their political incorrectness, or ticking off another orger..this is supposed to be fun, yes?

I've never formally blocked an orger, but I do exercise a sort of personal anathema policy. If someone shows themself to be an egregious enough idiot enough times, I commit them to nonexistence in my mind. I don't bother reading their posts, much less their threads, and I no longer respond to them even if I'm directly addressed. I can take disagreements -- even fierce ones, but I think some folk come here to do nothing but stir up crap. I cant' be bothered with that.

Cerebus said:

FauxReal said:

You used to pay attention to it yourself...or you noticed I did that?

Because if you noticed that, it would be pretty damn observant of you.

I used to pay attention to it myself. And I used to pay attention to who quoted me, and how often. But I stopped paying attention to that stuff years ago.

The last one I caught myself doing (here) that I'm trying to change was not quoting people who I've had lame internet beef with. I don't hold grudges and it's just the internet. It's not like I agree with everything my friends and acquaintances say in the real world (I don't! ). So I'm trying to break that habit, too.

that's what emotions r 4 ... they can easily break up the monotony and easily say it all!

It irritates me when people keep clicking on "reply with quote" in photowhore threads and we get pages and pages of the same pictures and have to scroll forever to see new faces.

chocolate1 said:

It irritates me when people keep clicking on "reply with quote" in photowhore threads and we get pages and pages of the same pictures and have to scroll forever to see new faces.

Depends on the picture, really...

BlackAdder7 said:

there is also, I confess...the unmeasurable thread responses I've typed, then erased before posting them for fear of their political incorrectness, or ticking off another orger..this is supposed to be fun, yes?

the green auto-save block pops up to mock me later when i do that.

[Edited 1/12/11 17:30pm]

BlackAdder7 said:

there is also, I confess...the unmeasurable thread responses I've typed, then erased before posting them for fear of their political incorrectness, or ticking off another orger..this is supposed to be fun, yes?

I edit like a MF (barely a post I don't edit for one reason or another ).
It's rarely in an effort not to piss someone off tho.

johnart said:

BlackAdder7 said:

there is also, I confess...the unmeasurable thread responses I've typed, then erased before posting them for fear of their political incorrectness, or ticking off another orger..this is supposed to be fun, yes?

I edit like a MF (barely a post I don't edit for one reason or another ).
It's rarely in an effort not to piss someone off tho.

And I quote as many of them as possible before he can do so.

I love emoticons, it's true. But if somebody WANTS to get their panties in a bunch emoticons are just as likely to set them off as text.