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10-19-2008, 12:50 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: El Paso, Texas/ Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua
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You annoy me
If you have ever used *these asterisks** to imply you're performing an action through the internet, you deserved to get *****, violently.
It means nothing!!
You're not pouring champagne to other people. You're not fucking passing zoo biscuits.
It's especially idiotic when a post is dedicated specifically and solely for these little pretend-servings.
You're not having a fucking reunion with hors d'oeuvres! You're just typing in your computer; the same one that has your illegal porn.
Stop being so inferior to me and realize that saying that you're hugging someone or giving them cookies means shit online.
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I cleave to no system. I am a true seeker."
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Originally Posted by George Carlin
People who say they don’t care what people think are usually desperate to have people think they don’t care what people think.
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10-19-2008, 01:00 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Show Low, AZ
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Sorry to set you off on a rant, but it's an easy way to convey an action. Sure it amounts to shite for the other party, but it gets the intention across.
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"Bless me, Father, for I have sinned. I did an original sin. I poked a badger with a spoon." ~ Eddie Izzard
"Mmm-hmm. Hm. Yeah? Mm-hmm. WELL FUCK YOU, MR BEAR!!! YOU SPEAK LIES!!! LIIIIES!!! Stuffed with pure venom, you vile, lint-infested bastard!! How many more, like you, are there!! How many more?!!! You can't even imagine the things I've endured!! And always at the hands of shit like you!!! YOU DON'T KNOW THE TRUTH!!! *stabs Shmee repeatedly*" ~ Kudos to whoever knows. :3
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10-19-2008, 01:03 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Nowhere
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*facepalm*
For the record, I did actually facepalm.
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10-19-2008, 07:05 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2007
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*sympathetic pat*
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10-19-2008, 07:15 AM
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Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 1,419
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They're hardly that annoying.
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10-19-2008, 07:40 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: In your dreams.
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Originally Posted by Raptor
They're hardly that annoying.
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I agree. To me this is just the stirring up of nothing. I rarely use it, so I'm not offended by this at all, but it is pretty haughty in my opinion and very arrogant towards others who are just having fun. No one's hurting anyone else, or being rude to anyone else, or tipin lik dis. So there's no reason for this thread to even exist. People come to the internet to have fun, let them.
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10-19-2008, 08:04 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 4,678
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Why are people suddenly getting defensive about this when they're quick to criticise things of the same meniality?
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10-19-2008, 08:16 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Florida
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I use them all the time, it's just a fun way of, I suppose you could say, playing pretend.
Actually, I really look at it in the sense of "actions speak louder than words" it's much easier to convey what you are feeling in response to certain things by telling the actions you wish to take rather than saying something, you can't hear sarcasm through the internet, so I've gotten into the habit of putting "/sarcasm" after all my sarcastic remarks (which are surprisingly few on this board). Some people perfer you to "envision" the body language they use behind their words.
*smiles*
Yeah, I just thought I'd let you know I'm not angry, insulted, or annoyed by this thread.
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Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.
~Oscar Wilde, De Profundis, 1905
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10-19-2008, 08:19 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: In the broken temple bells, in the ringing...
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*Munches pomegranete..* <------ I actually am.
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10-19-2008, 08:35 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: the concrete and steel beehive of Southern California
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I prefer it when Jillian gets intense about political issues. If he ever teaches, woe to his students!
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10-19-2008, 09:02 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: In front of a computer screen.
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It annoys me a lot.
Especially when people use it instead of proper sentences or even emoticons, ie. '*is annoyed*'. What's the point in that? It doesn't take any longer to type 'I am annoyed'.
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10-19-2008, 09:38 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Earth.
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It's annoying, but your feelings are pretty dramatic, Jill.
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10-19-2008, 09:58 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: London.
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It's alright OCCASIONALLY when it's like to convey a point or something. (But I must admit, I do find it annoying occasionally too, especially when it's done alot and pointlessly).
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10-19-2008, 10:38 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: In your dreams.
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Okay, creating a thread completely for the purpose of it is dumb, I can concur with that aspect, but I believe your ardent feelings are a bit misdirected. Still, they aren't that annoying.
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10-19-2008, 11:54 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: El Paso, Texas/ Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua
Posts: 9,203
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Cookies all around!
Lol, it's so cool because it's like I'm interacting with yall! Get it?!
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"No theory, no ready-made system, no book that has ever been written will save the world.
I cleave to no system. I am a true seeker."
-Mikhail Bakunin
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Originally Posted by George Carlin
People who say they don’t care what people think are usually desperate to have people think they don’t care what people think.
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10-19-2008, 12:00 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 3,360
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Takes a couple, then throws 'em right back in yer face. See? No asterisks.
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10-19-2008, 12:54 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Luxembourg
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I never really notice those, I don't see what all the fuss is about...
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10-19-2008, 01:33 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Florida
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It's just a way of explaining what you're metaphorically doing. I like them.
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10-19-2008, 02:26 PM
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: Your mother.
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Its just a way saying how you're all idiots. Why? Because you haven't embraced Christ! God loves you all - even if everyone hates you, you are fucking ugly, fail at life, and currently work at a rubbish dump. Even if you're getting eaten by your local fat kid down the street - always remember: God loves you!
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10-19-2008, 02:44 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: El Paso, Texas/ Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua
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Originally Posted by MegearaErotica
It's just a way of explaining what you're metaphorically doing.
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But see. THAT'S why it's so stupid.
You are NOT passing around cookies.
You are NOT hosting a party.
You are NOT playing guitar on a tree stump in the middle of a wood.
You're probably talking about things like *facepalm* as BTS said above.
I'm talking about the stupid pretend-actions involving others in here, going so far into looking like roleplay that the only thing it's missing is someone saying "hai everybody lets cyber!"
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"No theory, no ready-made system, no book that has ever been written will save the world.
I cleave to no system. I am a true seeker."
-Mikhail Bakunin
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Originally Posted by George Carlin
People who say they don’t care what people think are usually desperate to have people think they don’t care what people think.
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10-19-2008, 03:41 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Florida
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Originally Posted by Godslayer Jillian
But see. THAT'S why it's so stupid.
You are NOT passing around cookies.
You are NOT hosting a party.
You are NOT playing guitar on a tree stump in the middle of a wood.
You're probably talking about things like *facepalm* as BTS said above.
I'm talking about the stupid pretend-actions involving others in here, going so far into looking like roleplay that the only thing it's missing is someone saying "hai everybody lets cyber!"
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Ah, it makes more sense to me now, and I was talking about things like *facepalm*.
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Oh, but you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you. If I went 'round sayin' I was Emperor, just because some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away.
-Monty Python and the Holy Grail
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10-19-2008, 04:02 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: London, UK
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I can see what Jillian is getting annoyed at. I don't mind a few words in asterisks to convey a small point, but when entire threads are hijacked by people writing out elaborate bullshit within them it's just... argh. Especially when all these actions in the *asterisks' alternate reality* keep troll-spawned threads alive for pages and pages.
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10-20-2008, 02:50 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Lost City of Atlanta
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Originally Posted by Godslayer Jillian
But see. THAT'S why it's so stupid.
You are NOT passing around cookies.
You are NOT hosting a party.
You are NOT playing guitar on a tree stump in the middle of a wood.
You're probably talking about things like *facepalm* as BTS said above.
I'm talking about the stupid pretend-actions involving others in here, going so far into looking like roleplay that the only thing it's missing is someone saying "hai everybody lets cyber!"
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It's the thought that counts. And can be fun, if not done in excess. I agree that threads almost entirely full of that are mildly annoying, but in moderation it's all in good fun or can even serve to make a point that might be quicker to perform in an "action" than spelling out. Also, I've seen a good bit of this in response to troll threads. If it annoys trolls as much as it apparently annoys you, then perhaps it will discourage them. But...that's probably just wishful thinking on my part.
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10-20-2008, 02:58 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Namibia
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10-20-2008, 11:30 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: CA
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Originally Posted by MitsyMayhem
I agree. To me this is just the stirring up of nothing. I rarely use it, so I'm not offended by this at all, but it is pretty haughty in my opinion and very arrogant towards others who are just having fun. No one's hurting anyone else, or being rude to anyone else, or tipin lik dis. So there's no reason for this thread to even exist. People come to the internet to have fun, let them.
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Amen .................
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