This is directed at Polycarp, WallyM7, Satan and others like them (OK, like us) who drop a quick witticism into a thread.
Have you ever decided not to? Not because it isn’t funny, or because the thread is too serious. I mean when it’s a really good one, and doesn’t detract unnecessarily detract from the topic, but you’re concerned that it might be taken the wrong way.
If you don’t normally do the quick-joke post, has there ever been a time when you really wanted to, but demurred?
Well, drop it off here. Let the other SDMBers try to figure out where it belongs!
I’ve got one, but I’m only gonna post it if this thread gets some response.
Yep. I used to be too quick on the trigger. I think I’ve toned it down simply because a lot of times it wasn’t funny after all. And even if it was, it was out of place.
I still get the urge, but I manage to overcome it.
As an example, in the “earth is flat” I was sorely tempted to tell Phaedrus that evolution does not apply in his case, but I was afraid he would take that as an endorsement of his stance. Whatever that stance is.
After Konrad posted this little bon mot in the BBQ pit, reffering to Diane,
I was going to write:
I didn’t, though. It was kind of lame, it didn’t add anything to the debate, such as it was, and I figured there wasn’t any point in provoking him into any further diatribes. Don’t feed the trolls, as it were.
But it shows that, although it doesn’t always look like it, I usually think carefully about what I’m going to post.
Well, to answer this question giving it a tad more brevity than most would give it, I think that my ratio of smart-ass drive-bys is not out of proportion with posts oof significant length and attemps at actual conversation.
And in my world, attempting to make people laugh and attempting to give something back to a board I take a lot from are of equal importance to me.
If my ratio is out-of-wack, please let me know. I do not want to be just the “class clown” here. I’ll leave that to Wally! (DOH! )
The Guy Stuff thread has done wonders in satisfying my urge to drop one-liners where they won’t do any good. It’s a great place to blow off steam. Thanks UncleBeer!
So far I haven’t made nearly as many wisecracks as I do in real life, because A) they don’t always come of as well typed, and B) I was new, so I didn’t want to be thought of as a troll.
Now that I’m just about comfortable making smartass remarks to those that need 'em, she had to go dump Satan.
Not at all! But I just bet you’ve got one or two drive-bys that you didn’t drop. I created this thread so “orphaned” witticisms could find a home. Here’s mine:
It’s been my experience that the people who most object to the use of the term “babe” are, well, babes.
P.S. to Satan: I still have your package, I just haven’t got to a post office. I hope this weekend.
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