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[ChainedUp]

I'm fluent in Hebrew and got to take a look at the Plates of Nephi.

Nice try at a redirect though, a common ploy for one knowing they've met their match but aren't willing to concede.

lmao... I'm sure you only read the KJV, too, forgetting thats it's a translation of a translation of .....*wait for it*...
the original.

That's alright. I'll agree to disagree, not to be confused with accepting or yielding in any way to your POV.

 

[RubenesqueAphrodite]

I'm fluent in Hebrew and got to take a look at the Plates of Nephi.

Nice try at a redirect though, a common ploy for one knowing they've met their match but aren't willing to concede.

don't tempt me, Chained.. I'm not fluent in biblical hebrew, but I studied it for two years working on my undergrad...

So.....while your opinion of me may be that of a slow-witted, twat waffle....who only shows up to shake her ass as you, you'd be mistaken.

As for meeting my match...

Bring it.

 

[BreezySnow]

I feel the same about giant signatures. Each to their own.

me too, that is why i have it so i cant see them

 

[Callmetim]

me too, that is why i have it so i cant see them

Same here, no AVs, no sigs, though I do so for speed purposes as it makes browsing on Lit far faster than when I leave them on.

 

[BradBigBrain]

me too, that is why i have it so i cant see them

Wait...what???

Your sig may just be the biggest on lit!

 

[BreezySnow]

Wait...what???

Your sig may just be the biggest on lit!

Cool, and I have it so it doesn't show up! But I highly doubt mine is the biggest, I have seen many others over the years that are much bigger.

 

[Aquagal]

Same here, no AVs, no sigs, though I do so for speed purposes as it makes browsing on Lit far faster than when I leave them on.

What?! You can't see my Av?!

Wait...what???

Your sig may just be the biggest on lit!

I'm glad I wasn't the only one.

 

[lexieredefined]

me too, that is why i have it so i cant see them

No sigs for me either. I see them if I look at a profile.

 

[BreezySnow]

No sigs for me either. I see them if I look at a profile.

Same here, lol

 

[dutchrain]

I have AVs and Sigs on, I like them.

They add personalty somehow.

 

[SmileyGirl]

Happy Scottish Independence Vote Day. If your a Scot, remember to vote.

Today's topic is part complaint, part curiousity. And some of the most loyal Litiquette-izans are guilty. And I expect a day full of responses that will contain nothing but what I'm about to bring up.

What's the deal with posting in a font color that's so light it's hard to read? I access Lit exclusively from my mobile device so maybe it's more pronounced but when posts are written in a super light font I don't always read them, as it's too much of an effort. I know there was a thread dedicated to write in white, I never read it.

I've always been of the opinion that if I have something to say I want everyone to easily read it...

I'm exiled I didn't get to vote dammit

I'm too lazy to write in colour too or quote part of posts because I use my mobile and it's too much effort. But sometimes I copy to highlight what's been said. Just 'cos amma nosey biatch
Same reason I leave sigs etc on 'cos I'm noooooseyyyyyy

 

[BreezySnow]

I have AVs and Sigs on, I like them.

They add personalty somehow.

I kept the AVs on, I like looking at what people chose.

 

[ChainedUp]

I kept the AVs on, I like looking at what people chose.

I'm an AV, No Signature type. Really, I'll see your signature if I read the entire letter.

 

[BreezySnow]

Are you kidding? They shit you so much you turn them off, but you have a sig so big it fills my entire laptop screen?! hahahaha That may just be the best or most ridiculous thing I've seen on Lit to date... I can't decide which.



Oh snap!



Oh man.... this just gets better.




Hahahah Oh man.

Oh man.

So glad I could bring humor to your life.

 

[Lord Pmann]

Are you kidding? They shit you so much you turn them off, but you have a sig so big it fills my entire laptop screen?! hahahaha That may just be the best or most ridiculous thing I've seen on Lit to date... I can't decide which.

HAHAHAHAHA.

 

[ChainedUp]

Well now, there certainly was a bit energy to Litiquette yesterday, and most of it positive. That happens when the topic becomes less theoretical and we focus in how we as a community interact. So for today, I've decide to coast us into the weekend.

So apparently Litiquette won an award for Best Thread in IHC's Litties last night. I'm happy that everyone that voted likes this thread. But I'm not a big awards guy of any type. Not the Oscars, the Emmys, the Litties, MVPs, whatever. I've never liked someone telling me what is good or what I should like. As an athlete I didnt need the MVP award to tell me I was the best, every time I competed, I knew and my fellow competitors new.

What are your thoughts on awards. I get that the show around them can be fun, but do we as a society need people to affirm or inform what is good/great for us?

 

[BreezySnow]

Well now, there certainly was a bit energy to Litiquette yesterday, and most of it positive. That happens when the topic becomes less theoretical and we focus in how we as a community interact. So for today, I've decide to coast us into the weekend.

So apparently Litiquette won an award for Best Thread in IHC's Litties last night. I'm happy that everyone that voted likes this thread. But I'm not a big awards guy of any type. Not the Oscars, the Emmys, the Litties, MVPs, whatever. I've never liked someone telling me what is good or what I should like. As an athlete I didnt need the MVP award to tell me I was the best, every time I competed, I knew and my fellow competitors new.

What are your thoughts on awards. I get that the show around them can be fun, but do we as a society need people to affirm or inform what is good/great for us?

I have watched the oscars on occassion but because I liked who was hosting it mainly. I usually have no idea what movies are up for awards and could care less. I check out a movie if I like what it is supposed to be about. I don't care what others opinions are about a movie, tv show or otherwise, if I like it I watch it, if not I don't.

 

[may_I_please]

Thoughts on awards

Hmmm...I didn't really go into the threads much after the beginning so I don't know what the categories were or who won but I think ...

If I win something by dint of my effort and/or on a level playing field with other people who also understand the parameters of competition and are willing participants then it means something to me ..

An award that is voted on is necessarily a popularity contest and depends who is eligible / around to vote ...does it have intrinsic value...probably not...does it make those who are interested in it and want to win feel devalued if they 'lose' ...probably. Is it fun? For some yes, for others quite possibly not

Literotica seems to have its share of needy emotional people, perhaps it is not our responsibility to care for how they are affected by it, but maybe it is

It all seemed a little unnecessary to me if I'm honest

(Uh-oh...Is my English showing? *twirls*)

 

[BradBigBrain]

Well now, there certainly was a bit energy to Litiquette yesterday, and most of it positive. That happens when the topic becomes less theoretical and we focus in how we as a community interact. So for today, I've decide to coast us into the weekend.

So apparently Litiquette won an award for Best Thread in IHC's Litties last night. I'm happy that everyone that voted likes this thread. But I'm not a big awards guy of any type. Not the Oscars, the Emmys, the Litties, MVPs, whatever. I've never liked someone telling me what is good or what I should like. As an athlete I didnt need the MVP award to tell me I was the best, every time I competed, I knew and my fellow competitors new.

What are your thoughts on awards. I get that the show around them can be fun, but do we as a society need people to affirm or inform what is good/great for us?

Most times it's a personality contest, right? Ted Williams won the triple crown 2 years and lost the MVP twice. How does that happen? How do you rate an acting performance? Was Sean Penn really better than Bill Murray? Or did the Academy award the best actor oscar to an actor rather than a comedian? Did Jack Palance read the wrong name because he was older and Marisa Tomei's name was last on the list? My friend won a Tony for lightning design...how do you judge whether he did better than the other nominees? There are so many examples of the MVP awards not going to the real MVP because of bias within the voting community. Don't get me started on who should or shouldn't be in the Halls of Fame.

OTOH...I was nominated for two litties and won one. So, I got that going for me...which is nice.

 

[lexieredefined]

Well now, there certainly was a bit energy to Litiquette yesterday, and most of it positive. That happens when the topic becomes less theoretical and we focus in how we as a community interact. So for today, I've decide to coast us into the weekend.

So apparently Litiquette won an award for Best Thread in IHC's Litties last night. I'm happy that everyone that voted likes this thread. But I'm not a big awards guy of any type. Not the Oscars, the Emmys, the Litties, MVPs, whatever. I've never liked someone telling me what is good or what I should like. As an athlete I didnt need the MVP award to tell me I was the best, every time I competed, I knew and my fellow competitors new.

What are your thoughts on awards. I get that the show around them can be fun, but do we as a society need people to affirm or inform what is good/great for us?

It's pure fun for me. I always loved when Billy Crystal hosted award shows. Neil Patrick Harris does a great job too. I could care less who wins.

I think in general people do need an affirmation. Do I always need someone telling me I'm great? No. Is it nice to hear sometimes or get an atta girl for doing a good job? Yeah, it is.

Those things come on a personal level though. Society really doesn't need to tell me I rock. I'm sure that's different for each person though.

 

[Shadowmist99]

I rarely watch tv anyway, so awards shows are near the bottom of what I'll watch. The bottom being 99% of reality tv. So, aside from the litties last night, which I found fun and light hearted, awards shows don't matter to me and I can't remember the last one I watched.

As for society in general, people love being able to compare themselves to others. I don't see awards shows going anywhere in the future.

 

[funluvinaj]

I didn't even know about this thread until IHC's littie (I keep seeing tittie) awards.

Looks like there's some really great interaction and conversations.

*subscribed*

 

[dutchrain]

Well now, there certainly was a bit energy to Litiquette yesterday, and most of it positive. That happens when the topic becomes less theoretical and we focus in how we as a community interact. So for today, I've decide to coast us into the weekend.

So apparently Litiquette won an award for Best Thread in IHC's Litties last night. I'm happy that everyone that voted likes this thread. But I'm not a big awards guy of any type. Not the Oscars, the Emmys, the Litties, MVPs, whatever. I've never liked someone telling me what is good or what I should like. As an athlete I didnt need the MVP award to tell me I was the best, every time I competed, I knew and my fellow competitors new.

What are your thoughts on awards. I get that the show around them can be fun, but do we as a society need people to affirm or inform what is good/great for us?

It's pure fun for me. I always loved when Billy Crystal hosted award shows. Neil Patrick Harris does a great job too. I could care less who wins.

I think in general people do need an affirmation. Do I always need someone telling me I'm great? No. Is it nice to hear sometimes or get an atta girl for doing a good job? Yeah, it is.

Those things come on a personal level though. Society really doesn't need to tell me I rock. I'm sure that's different for each person though.

I think Lexie said what I think about awards better than I could have done.

 

[Aquagal]

Well now, there certainly was a bit energy to Litiquette yesterday, and most of it positive. That happens when the topic becomes less theoretical and we focus in how we as a community interact. So for today, I've decide to coast us into the weekend.

So apparently Litiquette won an award for Best Thread in IHC's Litties last night. I'm happy that everyone that voted likes this thread. But I'm not a big awards guy of any type. Not the Oscars, the Emmys, the Litties, MVPs, whatever. I've never liked someone telling me what is good or what I should like. As an athlete I didnt need the MVP award to tell me I was the best, every time I competed, I knew and my fellow competitors new.

What are your thoughts on awards. I get that the show around them can be fun, but do we as a society need people to affirm or inform what is good/great for us?

I think by the award your thread received, gave others that have not perused it that idea to maybe open it up and see what it's all about. But to make their own decision going forth.

With that being said, I watched Silver Linings Playbook purely because it got so many accolades...and Jennifer Lawrence. I didn't pay anything extra than my normal monthly cable bill. So I watched the whole thing, the acting was great, the movie? Just meh for me.

It's all about the content. You can have all the right dynamics, but it's subjective to the viewer and what is revealed.

 

[Callmetim]

What are your thoughts on awards. I get that the show around them can be fun, but do we as a society need people to affirm or inform what is good/great for us?

My thoughts on awards are that being recognized for being good or arguably the best at something is certainly affirming, especially if that person thinks otherwise. Respy winning I'm sure floored her because that's the awesome lady she is and she would likely never even think she would be nominated. That's her personality and I was very happy to see her win because she is, truly, a fabulous woman. On the flip side, much like what Chained pointed out, he knew he was MVP, he knew he was great, he did not require a panel of his peers to tell him. He was not arrogant, it was simply fact and his hard work and dedication merited the award. His award is based more so on ability than on opinion.

Just yesterday, many folks chimed in on not making others feel left out by creating exclusive cliques, showing favoritism or, in one instance, the absurd ostracizing of someone from a public thread. Awards based on opinion via voters do the same thing. By definition, you are creating a group of people that are set apart from others then whittling it down further by saying someone is the best. Some feelings are always hurt from awards. Is it my intent to hurt from font colors or IHC's intent to hurt from awards? Of course not, but you are creating exclusivity in either case. While I congratulate all winners and the spirit of the event was in fun as IHC is a very humorous fellow, feelings might have been hurt or, at a minimum, someone slightly disappointed by the results. As always within many levels of society, there are winners and there are losers. Two groups, mutually exclusive.

Literotica seems to have its share of needy emotional people, perhaps it is not our responsibility to care for how they are affected by it, but maybe it is

It all seemed a little unnecessary to me if I'm honest

There are many emotionally scarred people on here. We all need thick skins on a site like this, but there can also be a button, a trigger that can break or twist a person in just the right way to do harm, again, unintentionally.

I do hope everyone took the awards at face value for the fun lighthearted event that it was. The problem is, there COULD be someone who did not. Almost any form of voting will stir up emotions on both sides. Is it good? Is it bad? It is democratic favoritism, and it is what it is.