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have you noticed how only the idiots here use smilies

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 3:09 am
by SultanOfSurreal
in earnest, that is.

like, you'll never see snorri, neoteny, player, etc. ending a post with ;) or quoting a well-reasoned point and rebutting with :lol:, or quoting their own side's rambling thousand-word diatribes just to add fifty =D> s.

but not a day goes by when rockfist, gabon, john, trollscotty, or whoever, doesn't pump out a metric fuckton of emoticons like a malnourished child making shoes at a taiwanese sweatshop

i wonder why that is

Re: have you noticed how only the idiots here use smilies

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 3:12 am
by muy_thaiguy
SultanOfSurreal wrote:in earnest, that is.

like, you'll never see snorri, neoteny, player, etc. ending a post with ;) or quoting a well-reasoned point and rebutting with :lol:, or quoting their own side's rambling thousand-word diatribes just to add fifty =D> s.

but not a day goes by when rockfist, gabon, john, trollscotty, or whoever, doesn't pump out a metric fuckton of emoticons like a malnourished child making shoes at a taiwanese sweatshop

i wonder why that is
:o :? :lol: :cry: :evil: :oops: :sick: =D> :P :shock: :-s :-$ 8-[

Re: have you noticed how only the idiots here use smilies

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 3:14 am
by SultanOfSurreal
muy_thaiguy wrote:
SultanOfSurreal wrote:in earnest, that is.

like, you'll never see snorri, neoteny, player, etc. ending a post with ;) or quoting a well-reasoned point and rebutting with :lol:, or quoting their own side's rambling thousand-word diatribes just to add fifty =D> s.

but not a day goes by when rockfist, gabon, john, trollscotty, or whoever, doesn't pump out a metric fuckton of emoticons like a malnourished child making shoes at a taiwanese sweatshop

i wonder why that is
:o :? :lol: :cry: :evil: :oops: :sick: =D> :P :shock: :-s :-$ 8-[
thanks thaiguy for getting the most banal and predictable reply possible out of the way early

you have a real knack for this though so i suppose it shouldn't be surprising

Re: have you noticed how only the idiots here use smilies

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 3:25 am
by rockfist
like I don't know, maybe its because we like, are so like unsophisticated in our like vocabulary that we like have to use emotes because we are like preteens or something like that ;)

Re: have you noticed how only the idiots here use smilies

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 3:30 am
by InkL0sed
Vaguely relevant:
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Re: have you noticed how only the idiots here use smilies

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 3:54 am
by SultanOfSurreal
rockfist wrote:like I don't know, maybe its because we like, are so like unsophisticated in our like vocabulary that we like have to use emotes because we are like preteens or something like that ;)
ahahaha, do you of all people really want to get into a discussion about which one of us has a larger vocabulary and a better grasp on language and usage

Re: have you noticed how only the idiots here use smilies

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 5:49 am
by billy07
SultanOfSurreal wrote:
rockfist wrote:like I don't know, maybe its because we like, are so like unsophisticated in our like vocabulary that we like have to use emotes because we are like preteens or something like that ;)
ahahaha, do you of all people really want to get into a discussion about which one of us has a larger vocabulary and a better grasp on language and usage

you seem to fly under the radar of the mods. this feeble attempt at flaming would've earned me a 6 month forum ban.

if flaming is what you crave, then you should visit cosmicoutpost.com . however, i feel that having your safety blanket here, which is akin to fighting a man with his hands tied behind his back and his trousers round his ankles whilst being attached to a morphine drip is surely an advantage you will not dare walk away from.

just saying...

Re: have you noticed how only the idiots here use smilies

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 6:05 am
by Mr Changsha
Nothing wrong with a knowing ;) at the end of a post. Not all the time, use it sparingly and all that, but I think they have their place.

However, a feeble joke with a :lol: does annoy. It just screams "So you know I'm trying to make a joke, right?"

Re: have you noticed how only the idiots here use smilies

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 6:41 am
by DAZMCFC
Mr Changsha wrote:Nothing wrong with a knowing ;) at the end of a post. Not all the time, use it sparingly and all that, but I think they have their place.

However, a feeble joke with a :lol: does annoy. It just screams "So you know I'm trying to make a joke, right?"

see Mr C. I prefer :D to :lol: . the old ones were better(slightly). :roll:

Re: have you noticed how only the idiots here use smilies

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 7:06 am
by Serbia
I'd never noticed the smileys before - :-s

Re: have you noticed how only the idiots here use smilies

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 7:40 am
by Neoteny
You know, now that you've admitted to it irritating the piss out of you, they're only going to do it more. :o

Re: have you noticed how only the idiots here use smilies

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 9:33 am
by khazalid
*objective statement alert*

SoS - you are the biggest cock on this site by several hundred bulging veins. christ himself couldn't have mercy on you.

Re: have you noticed how only the idiots here use smilies

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 10:06 am
by thegreekdog
SultanOfSurreal wrote:in earnest, that is.

like, you'll never see snorri, neoteny, player, etc. ending a post with ;) or quoting a well-reasoned point and rebutting with :lol:, or quoting their own side's rambling thousand-word diatribes just to add fifty =D> s.

but not a day goes by when rockfist, gabon, john, trollscotty, or whoever, doesn't pump out a metric fuckton of emoticons like a malnourished child making shoes at a taiwanese sweatshop

i wonder why that is
I'm offended. I have not been included in either list.

Re: have you noticed how only the idiots here use smilies

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 10:23 am
by BigBallinStalin
thegreekdog wrote:
SultanOfSurreal wrote:in earnest, that is.

like, you'll never see snorri, neoteny, player, etc. ending a post with ;) or quoting a well-reasoned point and rebutting with :lol:, or quoting their own side's rambling thousand-word diatribes just to add fifty =D> s.

but not a day goes by when rockfist, gabon, john, trollscotty, or whoever, doesn't pump out a metric fuckton of emoticons like a malnourished child making shoes at a taiwanese sweatshop

i wonder why that is

I'm offended. I have not been included in either list.
:o

Re: have you noticed how only the idiots here use smilies

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 11:23 am
by KoolBak
I do believe that those that do NOT show at least SOME emotion may be robots. One must be on one's guard. :shock:

Re: have you noticed how only the idiots here use smilies

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 12:36 pm
by Imaweasel
InkL0sed wrote:Vaguely relevant:
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this would seem very disrespectful to the handicap children of the world :? very bigoted... :roll:

Re: have you noticed how only the idiots here use smilies

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 1:46 pm
by john9blue
Smileys show emotion... the Internet sucks at portraying emotion... therefore I use smilies. :P

Re: have you noticed how only the idiots here use smilies

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 2:44 pm
by Army of GOD
Does not compute!

Re: have you noticed how only the idiots here use smilies

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 3:23 pm
by 72o
khazalid wrote:*objective statement alert*

SoS - you are the biggest cock on this site by several hundred bulging veins. christ himself couldn't have mercy on you.
=D>

Re: have you noticed how only the idiots here use smilies

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 4:01 pm
by jonesthecurl
I'd use a "mooning" smiley.
And of course this guy hasn't had walkies for a while... =P~

Re: have you noticed how only the idiots here use smilies

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 4:08 pm
by Neoteny
Oh suggs, it's been awhile.

Re: have you noticed how only the idiots here use smilies

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 4:37 pm
by Snorri1234
john9blue wrote:Smileys show emotion... the Internet sucks at portraying emotion... therefore I use smilies. :P
:-s

Re: have you noticed how only the idiots here use smilies

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 5:22 pm
by john9blue
john9blue wrote:Smileys show emotion... the smileyless Internet sucks at portraying emotion... therefore I use smilies. :P
fixed

Re: have you noticed how only the idiots here use smilies

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 5:36 pm
by SultanOfSurreal
john9blue wrote:
john9blue wrote:Smileys show emotion... the smileyless Internet sucks at portraying emotion... therefore I use smilies. :P
fixed
if you can't write well enough to convey a certain tone with only your text, you need to learn to write better. herman melville never used a single smiley to write moby dick and that book is like a billion pages

Re: have you noticed how only the idiots here use smilies

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 5:44 pm
by jonesthecurl
Call me Ismael! :)
Thar she blows! :-o
Hello, suggs, this is where you go to, huh? =P~