Stop with the "those little bracket's that seem to indicate, 'I'm sending you Karma'"

[Trunk]

Thank you Dooku. My productivity just increased many-fold

Why is it that everyone on the SDMB insists on including those little bracket's that seem to indicate, "I'm sending you Karma" like {{{{mittens the kitten who swallowed a razor blade}}}} in their posts? It's not funny anymore, nor was it ever funny to begin with.

I don't know how many times I've seen multiple threads with those little bracket's that seem to indicate, "I'm sending you Karma" like {{{{mittens the kitten who swallowed a razor blade}}}} in the title. Or how many times an interesting thread about something I deem relevant gets derailed by a those little bracket's that seem to indicate, "I'm sending you Karma" like {{{{mittens the kitten who swallowed a razor blade}}}} post, which inevitably leads to a bunch of those little bracket's that seem to indicate, "I'm sending you Karma" like {{{{mittens the kitten who swallowed a razor blade}}}} posts in the replies. Why does everyone insist on doing this?

Can we just stop it please? Yes, I know I don't have to open those those little bracket's that seem to indicate, "I'm sending you Karma" like {{{{mittens the kitten who swallowed a razor blade}}}} threads and I can just ignore those those little bracket's that seem to indicate, "I'm sending you Karma" like {{{{mittens the kitten who swallowed a razor blade}}}} posts, but instead of behaving rationally and doing exactly that I'd rather bring this those little bracket's that seem to indicate, "I'm sending you Karma" like {{{{mittens the kitten who swallowed a razor blade}}}} to everyone's attention by starting a thread about it, ignoring the irony of same.

Oh, and ha ha to everyone who replies with those little bracket's that seem to indicate, "I'm sending you Karma" like {{{{mittens the kitten who swallowed a razor blade}}}} in their posts.*

[Ludovic]

They're hugs. Been around for at least a decade. Get used to 'em.

[Frank]

That template worked pretty well, didn't it? Might have to try it myself.

[Airman Doors, USAF]

An apostrophe followed by an s generally indicates possession, except in the case of "its", where an apostrophe would indicate the contraction "it is". There's more to it than that, but if you follow that simple guideline you won't write a post that is so disturbingly annoying to read. Nowhere in your post, not once, did you use the appropriate form of "brackets", not even in the title. They do not possess anything.

{{{people who don't have any clue about the difference between plurals and possessives}}}

[Homebrew]

Sounds like someone has a case of the Mondays.


Do you need a hug, Trunk?

[Trunk]

They're hugs. Been around for at least a decade. Get used to 'em.
WHOOOOOOOOOSH!!!!!!

[Trunk]

Nowhere in your post, not once, did you use the appropriate form of "brackets", not even in the title.
Major drawback of templates, huh?

They do not possess anything.

They possess the thing I'm hugging.

[Airman Doors, USAF]

Major drawback of templates, huh?

So, this is a parody? Or is it a joke? Whatever it is, you can't expect me to know that it's a template with out a link to something that would indicate that.


They possess the thing I'm hugging.

That is not correct. Brackets do not possess anything, they contain things, or they hold things, but they do not possess anything. That would indicate that brackets are animate objects capable of possession, and unless that is a last name (which would mean that you still used it incorrectly), "brackets" is the correct usage.

Incidentally, even if it is a template, there's nothing that says that you can't make corrections to make it more readable, which has the added effect of making you appear to be more learned.

{{{hugs for people who don't know the difference between possessives, contractions, and plurals and are unable or unwilling to take the lesson gracefully without making some sort of justification as to why their English usage was flawed throughout their post}}}

[Frank]

So, this is a parody? Or is it a joke? Whatever it is, you can't expect me to know that it's a template with out a link to something that would indicate that.
Airman, it's here (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=262175).

[Airman Doors, USAF]

Ah. Thank you.

[Ludovic]

WHOOOOOOOOOSH!!!!!!So what you're saying is, this was a joke thread?

[Trunk]

So what you're saying is, this was a joke thread?
oh jesus.

Someone could come in here and pit nuns for feeding starving puppies and people would go, "how can you pit nuns for feeding starving puppies?"

"uh. it was a joke."

"But. . .but. . .but, there's a RULE. A RUUUULE."

[Ludovic]

oh jesus.

Someone could come in here and pit nuns for feeding starving puppies and people would go, "how can you pit nuns for feeding starving puppies?"

"uh. it was a joke."

"But. . .but. . .but, there's a RULE. A RUUUULE."
Well, you're just joking now, too :rolleyes:

[vetbridge]

Well, you're just joking now, too :rolleyes:

Seriously? Or are you joking? ;)

[Trunk]

I'm so confused.

All I know is I'm sick of nuns feeding puppies.

{{{dead puppies}}}

[Shade]

That is not correct. Brackets do not possess anything, they contain things, or they hold things, but they do not possess anything. That would indicate that brackets are animate objects capable of possession, and unless that is a last name (which would mean that you still used it incorrectly), "brackets" is the correct usage.Nitpick: I know what you're saying, but just for clarification, brackets certainly can possess things (in the sense of using a posessive apostrophe) as in the brackets' content or the bracket's ASCII code, but the 's' in the title isn't representing possetion (or rather, shouldn't be :)).

Also: thanks for the hugs to people who get apostrophes wrong. I needed them.

Also: Trunk, yeah, what's with this thread? If it's really against people who uses hugging brackets, you wouldn't have said 'whoosh'. If it's a pit against people who post rants against cutesy but harmless things, then it should be in the template thread. If it's a rant against the other thread, ditto. If it's not a rant, it should be in MPSIMS... Is it a rant against people who pit people who have fairly harmless habits? I'm getting confused :confused:

[Trunk]

Nitpick: I know what you're saying, but just for clarification, brackets certainly can possess things (in the sense of using a posessive apostrophe) as in the brackets' content or the bracket's ASCII code, but the 's' in the title isn't representing possetion (or rather, shouldn't be :)).

Also: thanks for the hugs to people who get apostrophes wrong. I needed them.

Also: Trunk, yeah, what's with this thread? If it's really against people who uses hugging brackets, you wouldn't have said 'whoosh'. If it's a pit against people who post rants against cutesy but harmless things, then it should be in the template thread. If it's a rant against the other thread, ditto. If it's not a rant, it should be in MPSIMS... Is it a rant against people who pit people who have fairly harmless habits? I'm getting confused :confused:
It was a joke because I wanted to be the first to use the template that Dooku made.

It required some understanding of other threads currently in the pit, which I thought the SD crew would grok. It wouldn't have played in MPIMS. . .not that it "tested well" here, either.

I just picked the {{{hugs}}} as a random something to fill in the template. I don't care about {{{hugs}}} anymore than I care about people chiming in with "I can't beleive nobody has mentioned. . ."

Well, maybe they irritate me a little.

[Enderw24]

That is not correct. Brackets do not possess anything,

Maybe they're ghost brackets.

[tdn]

Maybe they're ghost brackets.

And as we know, ghost bracket's are 9/10ths of the law.

[Lute Skywatcher]

oh jesus.

Someone could come in here and pit nuns for feeding starving puppies and people would go, "how can you pit nuns for feeding starving puppies?"

"uh. it was a joke."

"But. . .but. . .but, there's a RULE. A RUUUULE."Not just any ol' rule. Lynn really hates to see joke threads in the Pit and tends to suspend those who start such threads. Guess we'll see you in about a week.

[astro]

It was a joke because I wanted to be the first to use the template that Dooku made.

It required some understanding of other threads currently in the pit, which I thought the SD crew would grok. It wouldn't have played in MPIMS. . .not that it "tested well" here, either.

I just picked the {{{hugs}}} as a random something to fill in the template. I don't care about {{{hugs}}} anymore than I care about people chiming in with "I can't beleive nobody has mentioned. . ."

Well, maybe they irritate me a little.

I think you're more likely likely to be "irritated" by the big plunger handle in the ass a mod is going to personally deliver to you if you keep this stuff up.

[Trunk]

I think you're more likely likely to be "irritated" by the big plunger handle in the ass a mod is going to personally deliver to you if you keep this stuff up.
Is that how that stick got in yours, or were you born with it?

[AngelicGemma]

*Flees from the thread before Lynn gets here*

[Trunk]

You know, now that I think about it, I really do hate those little huggies.

There, no longer a joke thread. You can all untwist your panties.

[Happy Scrappy Hero Pup]

{{{{boa constrictors}}}}