# Are sig lines dying out? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 11, 2005, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-sig-lines-dying-out/298739 "2005-04-11T03:24:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2005, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-sig-lines-dying-out/298739/41 "2005-04-12T11:42:56Z")
I don’t mind sigs at all. I’ll leave the board if we get avatars, or flashing smileys. Here’s mine. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2005, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-sig-lines-dying-out/298739/42 "2005-04-12T11:45:28Z")
> [@ITR champion](#): > > **Sage Rat** : when you get the full posting screen, there are two sets of buttons. In each set, there’s one button that says “Submit Reply” and one that says “Preview Post”. To post your sig, you need to both check the “Show your signature” box _and_ click on the _lower_ of the two “Submit Reply” buttons. Hm, well let’s try that: (A thank ye if it works 🆒 ) ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2005, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-sig-lines-dying-out/298739/43 "2005-04-12T11:45:35Z")
what’s mine? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2005, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-sig-lines-dying-out/298739/44 "2005-04-12T12:02:50Z")
> [@](#): > > Oh, rest assured, CalMeacham, I always react to them, just not on the boards. I’ll be scrolling through a thread, not really paying attention to the names, but then I’ll see a witty and new sig line, and say to myself "Hey, is that Cal? > > Where do you get those things, anyway? I’m particularly fond of two of your older ones: “Tell Zeno I’m willing to meet him halfway”, and “‘Of course’, said my grandfather as he stepped from the time machine and drew his gun, ‘there’s no paradox if I shoot you.’”. Many thanks. I’d put these things up anyway, but it’s good to know they’re appreciated. As for where they come from – I don’t know. I make them up, but I have no idea where they come from. The Zeno quote came from a weird phone call I was having with a friend. He started “doing” Zeno’s receptionist – “There’s a man trying to see you, Mr. Zeno, but he sways he _can’t_”. To which my subconscious (which has access to _great_ comedy writers that it won’t share with my conscious brain) instantly replied “Tell him I’m willing to meet him halfway!” I really do wish I knew where these come from. Sometimes I’ll get a glimmer of an idea, and my conscious mind will try to arm-wrestle it into a sig line, and it never really works. So you treasure the golden and occasional oracular gifts from the subconscious. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2005, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-sig-lines-dying-out/298739/45 "2005-04-12T13:21:08Z")
I like mine, but I never use it. So here it is. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2005, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-sig-lines-dying-out/298739/46 "2005-04-12T14:36:45Z")
All power to the sig line!! ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2005, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-sig-lines-dying-out/298739/47 "2005-04-12T20:38:21Z")
I don’t even remember what was in mine, if it meet current standards, or even if I care. Let’s see. ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2005, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-sig-lines-dying-out/298739/48 "2005-04-12T21:00:43Z")
I think mine is one of shameless self-promotion. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2005, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-sig-lines-dying-out/298739/49 "2005-04-13T01:51:53Z")
**Bosda** , old buddy, Without trying to be too much of a jerk, I think you win the award for the largest sig line. And no, IMHO that’s not a good thing. ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2005, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-sig-lines-dying-out/298739/50 "2005-04-13T09:49:50Z")
…checks his sig… Looks Good!!! ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2005, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-sig-lines-dying-out/298739/51 "2005-04-13T09:52:02Z")
> [@Banquet Bear](#): > > …checks his sig… > > Looks Good!!! … :: bugger preview!!! :: ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2005, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-sig-lines-dying-out/298739/52 "2005-04-13T21:33:08Z")
Well, in post 31, I posted what was my sig, but know, after having another one of those, “I posit my theory why things should be a certain way, I get flamed/corrected, I elaborate to show how the perceived holes aren’t real, and things continue forever” threads with someone, I now have a new sig line. Just for the record, my old one was: Yes, I know it’s just a story. :rolleyes: Now, I unveil my new signature, inspired by the following exchange about the stupidity of applying Age of consent laws to older teenager. > [@](#): > > > [@Hamlet](#): > > > > > [@Me](#): > > > > > > That could be. It could also be that the witch hunters of Salem, Mass. where it is possible they were really killing real witches. After all, the culture of the time agreed that witches really existed > > > > It is also possible you are a purple alien marauder, destined to wield the sword of Pixelius to save the entirety of the galaxy from the grip of Deathmachine. > > > > Your comparision is, on its face, idiotic. > [@me](#): > > Goddamnit! How did you guess? Now my whole mission is compromised! Do you know how many space bucks went into this mission! Now Deathmachine know where I live! Hope you like a galaxy where people are imprisoned unjustly, just because Deathmachine would rather have people tried by public opinion, or by combat, as opposed to by evidence, and actual harm done. P.S. The argument in question was redefined, to everyone’s satisfaction. The fact I quoted so much was to explain the story be hind the signature, and if you are a person annoyed by my posting in that thread, well, it’s still open if you want to talk about it there. P.S.S. You know, it doesn’t really look overblown and GWAR-like to me, somehow. Any suggestions on how I can make it look even more obnoxious, and newbie-ish? Perhaps alternating letters should be either red or black, or maybe it needs to be expanded on, or rephrased. I welcome input. ::Drumroll,if you please:: ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2005, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-sig-lines-dying-out/298739/53 "2005-04-13T21:34:16Z")
Iknow I clicked Show your signature before I previewd, it most have gone away after I corrected spelling! ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2005, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-sig-lines-dying-out/298739/54 "2005-04-13T21:35:28Z")
Finally! ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2005, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-sig-lines-dying-out/298739/55 "2005-04-13T22:06:49Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > I haven’t seen a sig in years. I switched off the view sig option. Lemme guess. During the 1st or 2nd go around of the offical brat pack thread? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-sig-lines-dying-out/298739.md?page=2)