Litiquette2

[cowslinger64]

It's a statistical fact that, regardless of the font, people who use a combination of upper and lowercase letters in their user names can automatically be assumed to be more sarcastic than those who don't.

Sure about that? Even after checking the spelling of mine?

 

[GiggLeGasm]

Sure about that? Even after checking the spelling of mine?

I knew there was something different about him…

Mr Father, (Daddy just seems so informal)
you think I'm sarcastic? a way with the tongue??

<halo smile>

 

[Lord Pmann]

Are you kidding me?

These one line, blurted posts are always frustrating to me. I feel like I'm outside the club when I don't know what's going on. Now I get that 99% aren't in the know but from a Utilitarian point of view doesn't the frustration of the greater good out weigh the value of smug silent acknowledgement of those in the know?

Is this a joke?

 

[RubenesqueAphrodite]

*scribbles on the walls*

I have no idea what CHained is referring to...

 

[Ellafun]

Are you kidding me?

These one line, blurted posts are always frustrating to me. I feel like I'm outside the club when I don't know what's going on. Now I get that 99% aren't in the know but from a Utilitarian point of view doesn't the frustration of the greater good out weigh the value of smug silent acknowledgement of those in the know?

Um...did you mean here, or on random threads (other than the "blurt" thread, of course)?

Sure about that? Even after checking the spelling of mine?

You have a number. I was warned about your type -- I mean sarcasm font -- when I came in.

 

[Miles Long]

Um...did you mean here, or on random threads (other than the "blurt" thread, of course)?



You have a number. I was warned about your type -- I mean sarcasm font -- when I came in.

That's a bold joke to make, Ella.

 

[Ellafun]

That's a bold joke to make, Ella.

*snerk*

 

[JoyDyan]

It's a statistical fact that, regardless of the font, people who use a combination of upper and lowercase letters in their user names can automatically be assumed to be more sarcastic than those who don't.

What??

Naw......

 

[ChainedUp]

I suppose clarification can't hurt.

Let's take two blurts 1) Fuck you asshole vs 2) to the guy that called me a bitch for taking the last gallon of milk at the grocery store: Fuck you asshole

Maybe the second really isn't a blurt but it's clear what's going on and why the expletive was needed. I prefer the second because usually I'm curious enough to wonder but busy enough to not make the effort to sort it out. And I'm far more likely to respond to the second one.

Just one man's thoughts...

 

[Mr_Jon_Thon]

The annoyingly vague Facebook-type please validate my existence by asking what's wrong type of posts that get the response, "I don't want to talk about it right now." Which translates to: "You're not the person's attention I was after."

I personally rush right to those. What can I say? I'm a shoulder. And to answer a previous topic: Sarcasm?

 

[Bitesback]

At the risk of being seen as something of a hypocrite, I don't get why anyone would choose Lit threads to blurt about unfortunate moments in their life*. I get that the obscure blurt like example (1) might be a little bit of a release of frustration, but why give details as in example (2).

Admittedly, these are not generally the threads I read, but I have from time to time. Sometimes it's obvious posters have rushed onto Lit to blurt right away about seemingly innocuous things like the milk example. I wonder do they similarly blurt such things to a SO, friend, or the check-out person as that milk is being scanned, or is blurting on Lit more satisfying because it is narcissistic and does invite wider options for discourse, perhaps as Mr_Jon_Thon states, to validate their existence.

If these types of posts are about cliques or private jokes, I would care even less. I cannot see the attraction of responding either, but I confess I tend to be naive about these things. In that vein, I hadn't really thought about such posts being used to seek the attention of a particular person or for readers to hit on the OP of the blurt. It seems that those that follow the second example in their posts are providing you with an 'in', a chance to demonstrate readily your empathy. Perhaps to responders, these are, therefore, more worthy of your time, rather than having to begin your response pretending to be concerned or that you are simply trying to satisfy your curiosity.

Of course, offers of shoulders and hugs do seem quite common across The PG and I am sure are more often than not genuinely offered and received. Even online a problem shared can be a problem halved. But dangling a carrot and shouting 'I know something you don't know', so what?

*reserving my right to choose Lit to blurt about unfortunate moments in my life anytime in the future

 

[LWulf]

I don't think a sarcasm font is a good idea. I would be using it almost all the time, in some form or another.

I'm not exactly proud of this trait and have been seeking to leach it out of my demeanor but then some git* pops up, and the sarcasm flies.


*Git:
1. A completely ignorant, childish person with no manners.
2. A person who feels justified in their callow behaviour.
3. A pubescent kid who thinks it's totally cool to act like a moron on the internet, only because no one can actually reach through the screen and punch their lights out.

 

[Aquagal]

I suppose clarification can't hurt.

Let's take two blurts 1) Fuck you asshole vs 2) to the guy that called me a bitch for taking the last gallon of milk at the grocery store: Fuck you asshole

Maybe the second really isn't a blurt but it's clear what's going on and why the expletive was needed. I prefer the second because usually I'm curious enough to wonder but busy enough to not make the effort to sort it out. And I'm far more likely to respond to the second one.

Just one man's thoughts...

It irks me too, this cry for attention...and there are always those that will ask for clarification or what's wrong.

The other attention whoring I detest is when one posts how lame, ugly, dumb...whatever derogatory direction they go, clearly for a cry for someone to say, No, you're awesome!

The annoyingly vague Facebook-type please validate my existence by asking what's wrong type of posts that get the response, "I don't want to talk about it right now." Which translates to: "You're not the person's attention I was after."

I personally rush right to those. What can I say? I'm a shoulder. And to answer a previous topic: Sarcasm?

I call this VagueBooking.

 

[rubydlite]

It irks me too, this cry for attention...and there are always those that will ask for clarification or what's wrong.

The other attention whoring I detest is when one posts how lame, ugly, dumb...whatever derogatory direction they go, clearly for a cry for someone to say, No, you're awesome!

I call this eeyore 'ing'.....drives me mental.....

 

[GiggLeGasm]

I have a blurt.

(and since Chained has lost temporary control if his previous format)

It used to be that I could refer to the general public in the masculine. For example,
"if a person carries on ridiculously, it could be said that he is a git."

Now, because of some equality issue, I am required to include "or she."

This bugs me.

 

[BradBigBrain]

It irks me too, this cry for attention...and there are always those that will ask for clarification or what's wrong.

The other attention whoring I detest is when one posts how lame, ugly, dumb...whatever derogatory direction they go, clearly for a cry for someone to say, No, you're awesome!



I call this VagueBooking.

For some reason, my nieces do that VagueBooking thing. They post obscure lyrics to emo songs and we're all supposed to jump on FB and ask what's wrong, only to be told that it's a song lyric. WTF, Over?

 

[Aquagal]

For some reason, my nieces do that VagueBooking thing. They post obscure lyrics to emo songs and we're all supposed to jump on FB and ask what's wrong, only to be told that it's a song lyric. WTF, Over?

Only when I saw my niece posting something about some milkshakes in her yard did it dawn on me what a Smileys' thread was about all this time.

 

[Aquagal]

I have a blurt.

(and since Chained has lost temporary control if his previous format)

It used to be that I could refer to the general public in the masculine. For example,
"if a person carries on ridiculously, it could be said that he is a git."

Now, because of some equality issue, I am required to include "or she."

This bugs me.

The former is more correct, because Lit is 99% dudes.

 

[BradBigBrain]

Only when I saw my niece posting something about some milkshakes in her yard did it dawn on me what a Smileys' thread was about all this time.

That's too funny. It's kinda odd isn't it? I sometimes think that one of them may actually be on Lit.

 

[BradBigBrain]

The former is more correct, because Lit is 99% dudes.

50% of the ladies are dudes.

 

[LWulf]

Now, because of some equality issue, I am required to include "or she."

This bugs me.

I got back into D&D a couple years ago. Bought whole new series of (12) books of D&D. Never cracked them open at the store because... they wouldn't do something stupid like change the format or something or other, right?

They changed the format, and (in theme to what you said) gave examples of "your" characters, which were all in the feminine.

I felt very girly reading it and ultimately paid shipping of all the books back to the corp headquarters telling them in a note "thanks for wasting my money."

 

[Aquagal]

That's too funny. It's kinda odd isn't it? I sometimes think that one of them may actually be on Lit.

You know what it made me think? Maybe I'm past my prime on the PG, among other little comments to add to that.

 

[BradBigBrain]

You know what it made me think? Maybe I'm past my prime on the PG, among other little comments to add to that.

You've graduated to the Fetish threads? Or gonna hang around the GB?

 

[Aquagal]

You've graduated to the Fetish threads? Or gonna hang around the GB?

I don't know, just a floater, I'm without a home. I'm too judgmental for the fetish threads, everyone else's but mine are weird!

 

[BradBigBrain]

I don't know, just a floater, I'm without a home. I'm too judgmental for the fetish threads, everyone else's but mine are weird!

Including my boobie fetish??