Why oh why?

SamIam · 10-16-2008, 11:53 AM

Why is it that every single person (well almost) who is a member here has at least 9,000 posts and I have less than 200? I have tried to follow the board and be a thoughtful (or thoughtless) poster as the case may be, yet I despair of ever reaching the lofty heights of verbiage of the rest of you. Why are there so many people with zillions of posts and so few like me?

Pie · 10-16-2008, 11:57 AM

Hang in there. I feel like I've been around for a bit, but my post-count is... low. You're on track to meet my target.

HungLikeJesus · 10-16-2008, 11:58 AM

Because you do not make trivial posts.

glatt · 10-16-2008, 12:05 PM

post count is not a good way to judge a person.

classicman · 10-16-2008, 12:16 PM

I am a great example of the above post - as is this particular post.

Undertoad · 10-16-2008, 12:23 PM

Yeah the one problem with post count being visible is that everybody thinks it's so very important, and some participate in the nothingland threads just to bump their count which I sometimes think is regrettable. Many small posts are not as valuable to us as a handful of really good ones.

Shawnee123 · 10-16-2008, 12:29 PM

Yeah, so I'm a post ho.

But irony isn't lost on me:

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some participate in the nothingland threads

Maybe some of us just type faster.

Cicero · 10-16-2008, 12:33 PM

Who is "us"?
I like the post whore thread, I am one for idle chit-chat, I like high quality posts, and very meaningful posts. Sometimes I even like the bullshit threads that should not even exist. I like all of it.

I think the post count thing was always a joke around here. Mebbe I'm wrong. That's the way I've treated it, as a bit of a joke. I remember that Zen and I competed to get to a thousand for awhile, and that was also a joke....Maybe you are the only person taking post count srsly?

This is a good question. Who takes post count that seriously?

Yes, you are a thoughtful poster Sam, mmmkay?

Shawnee123 · 10-16-2008, 12:44 PM

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This is a good question. Who takes post count that seriously?

Well, I do NOW, since I feel like post glutton extraordinaire.

Cicero · 10-16-2008, 12:59 PM

Well I like your posts just fine. Screw them if they can't take a joke. Every post can't be profound...Even if it looks profound and beautiful, chances are it's 50 percent bullshit.

This thread is not an example of that.

Shawnee123 · 10-16-2008, 01:01 PM

'Zactly.

BigV · 10-16-2008, 01:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

post count is not a good way to judge a person.

Shut

BigV · 10-16-2008, 01:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

post count is not a good way to judge a person.

up

BigV · 10-16-2008, 01:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

post count is not a good way to judge a person.

you.

classicman · 10-16-2008, 01:56 PM

I never look at post counts - well sometimes I am amazed that people have been here for years and still have single digit posts.

Very funny Cic & S123

10-16-2008, 11:53 AM	#1
SamIam Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Not here Posts: 2,655	Why oh why? Why is it that every single person (well almost) who is a member here has at least 9,000 posts and I have less than 200? I have tried to follow the board and be a thoughtful (or thoughtless) poster as the case may be, yet I despair of ever reaching the lofty heights of verbiage of the rest of you. Why are there so many people with zillions of posts and so few like me?

10-16-2008, 11:57 AM	#2
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Hang in there. I feel like I've been around for a bit, but my post-count is... low. You're on track to meet my target. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

10-16-2008, 11:58 AM	#3
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Because you do not make trivial posts. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

10-16-2008, 12:16 PM	#5
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	I am a great example of the above post - as is this particular post. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

10-16-2008, 12:33 PM	#8
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	Who is "us"? I like the post whore thread, I am one for idle chit-chat, I like high quality posts, and very meaningful posts. Sometimes I even like the bullshit threads that should not even exist. I like all of it. I think the post count thing was always a joke around here. Mebbe I'm wrong. That's the way I've treated it, as a bit of a joke. I remember that Zen and I competed to get to a thousand for awhile, and that was also a joke....Maybe you are the only person taking post count srsly? This is a good question. Who takes post count that seriously? Yes, you are a thoughtful poster Sam, mmmkay? __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

10-16-2008, 12:05 PM	#4
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	post count is not a good way to judge a person.

10-16-2008, 12:23 PM	#6
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Yeah the one problem with post count being visible is that everybody thinks it's so very important, and some participate in the nothingland threads just to bump their count which I sometimes think is regrettable. Many small posts are not as valuable to us as a handful of really good ones.

10-16-2008, 12:59 PM	#10
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	Well I like your posts just fine. Screw them if they can't take a joke. Every post can't be profound...Even if it looks profound and beautiful, chances are it's 50 percent bullshit. This thread is not an example of that. __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

10-16-2008, 01:01 PM	#11
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	'Zactly. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

10-16-2008, 01:56 PM	#15
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	I never look at post counts - well sometimes I am amazed that people have been here for years and still have single digit posts. Very funny Cic & S123 __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

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