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01-02-2003, 08:29 PM | #61 | |
Person who doesn't update the user title
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01-03-2003, 12:20 AM | #62 |
Radical Centrist
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The longer the better. Frankly if a message isn't a few paragraphs long, I feel it doesn't have anything to say and I skip it.
Modern communication sends millions of characters over the lines per second. So I prefer it when writers of posts employ words in such a way that they can write sentence after sentence, going on and on and on with needlessly flowery and/or empty language, and still after all of that, fail to really communicate anything whatsoever which is the whole point when you think about it. But if a message is BOTH long AND well-written, I'm intimidated by it! So I only read long posts by poor writers. |
01-03-2003, 07:47 AM | #63 | |
He who reads, sometimes writes.
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01-03-2003, 06:10 PM | #64 |
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Colour me stupid *pauses for the predicable flurry of insults to go past* but are you insulting or complementing me? I"m honestly not sure what you mean.
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01-03-2003, 07:03 PM | #65 | |
still says videotape
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01-04-2003, 09:05 AM | #66 |
Infrequently Astonished
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Re: re: re: re: re: so long ago I can't remember anymore, but that doesn't stop me!
I'm sure this should be in the Word Usage Map thread, but around here we call it a 'back-handed' compliment. Nice diplomatic recovery there, guys.
On a completely unrelated subject (thereby showing that I'm really paying attention) I will try to take all your advice re. Cellar etiquette and improve the quality of my posts to assure maximum readability, readership and entertainment value. I apologize for my earlier attempts to be clear and concise. I can think of nothing more to say, so allow me to continue. No one mentioned it, but should I also include many personal attacks, laced with colorful profanity (as well as a bunch of made-up insults that sound good to me but make no sense to anyone else)? In addition, I guess I should show my fervor, and therefore, my CORRECTNESS about a particular point I am making, by typing so quickly and furiously as to missplel a efw wodrs, you goddamn pantywaist commie pinko fags. And don't think that just because I call those with whom I disagree 'commie pinko fags' that I find myself aligned in any way with neo-fascist capitalist pig-dogs *Sigh* Whay can't we all just get along? Oh, yeah, I'm trying to use a lot more smilies, too. So, thanks again, everyone, for the useful advice. I hope I'm doing better now. PS. Just to pad my message, in order to make it long enough to arouse UT's notice, I'm including this irrelevant, [url=http://uselesslink.com]useless link[url].
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01-04-2003, 01:52 PM | #67 |
still says videotape
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I think she's got it.
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