# Are you still "basking in the warm glow"..... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 23, 2012, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-basking-in-the-warm-glow/619694 "2012-04-23T15:29:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-basking-in-the-warm-glow/619694/21 "2012-04-24T16:23:24Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > Moving from IMHO to MPSIMS. Does that qualify as an insult? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-basking-in-the-warm-glow/619694/22 "2012-04-25T12:11:36Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > I know a few people in addition to the OP who do this, which to me is the text equivalent of aimless muttering: “hmm, I can still taste that donut I had an hour ago…my ankle itches…wonder what’s on TV tonight…” I’ve politely asked each of those people what they are trying to indicate with this non-standard punctuation, and no one has ever answered. What’s up with that? It’s not a rude question, it’s genuine curiosity. > > So, OP, I’m asking, why do you do this? I’m not sure exactly… maybe so I don’t have to deal with the whole sentence/paragraph thing. On the bright side, it allows some of the less bright around here to participate in the beat-up-the-Conservative goings on 😃 Why does anybody really care… like with my poor spelling? If you can figure out the word isn’t that enough? ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-basking-in-the-warm-glow/619694/23 "2012-04-25T12:15:42Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > One reason only. Over and over. Give it a rest. Try on a new schtick, it’s getting stale! The dots? ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-basking-in-the-warm-glow/619694/24 "2012-04-25T12:56:38Z")
> [@What\_the](#): > > I’m not sure exactly… maybe so I don’t have to deal with the whole sentence/paragraph thing. Seriously? “Dealing with the whole sentence/paragraph thing”, for the most part, would consititute ending a thought with one dot rather than ten. In other words, it would actually simplify your life, rather than further complicate it. > [@](#): > > On the bright side, it allows some of the less bright around here to participate in the beat-up-the-Conservative goings on 😃 You could be a bomb-throwing Trotskyite Communist and I’m fairly sure people here would still object to your seeming inability to follow one of the simplest rules of English grammar. > [@](#): > > Why does anybody really care… like with my poor spelling? If you can figure out the word isn’t that enough? Forgive me for even mentioning it. If, as seems apparent, you want to put forward intellectual arguments while simultaneously announcing to the world, “I’m illiterate and proud of it”, then knock yourself out. ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-basking-in-the-warm-glow/619694/25 "2012-04-25T17:03:56Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Seriously? “Dealing with the whole sentence/paragraph thing”, for the most part, would consititute ending a thought with one dot rather than ten. In other words, it would actually simplify your life, rather than further complicate it. > > You could be a bomb-throwing Trotskyite Communist and I’m fairly sure people here would still object to your seeming inability to follow one of the simplest rules of English grammar. > > Forgive me for even mentioning it. If, as seems apparent, you want to put forward intellectual arguments while simultaneously announcing to the world, “I’m illiterate and proud of it”, then knock yourself out. This ain’t the world my friend. This is where I come to learn a few things and play with liberals. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-basking-in-the-warm-glow/619694/26 "2012-04-25T17:16:06Z")
We’re more than willing to end playtime so you can concentrate on beginning task #1. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-basking-in-the-warm-glow/619694/27 "2012-04-25T17:30:34Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > Abuse of ellipsis notation among them. ( **Three** dots. Not four, not more. **Three**.) Tell it to [George Lucas](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_opening_crawl). ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-basking-in-the-warm-glow/619694/28 "2012-04-25T17:37:18Z")
> [@Baal\_Houtham](#): > > Tell it to [George Lucas](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_opening_crawl). It sure wasn’t the last time he did something to fuck up his work. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-basking-in-the-warm-glow/619694/29 "2012-04-25T22:33:46Z")
> [@What\_the](#): > > This ain’t the world my friend. This is where I come to learn a few things and play with liberals. Ah, I see, so your main interest is to dick around with people. I’ll leave you to it, then. ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-basking-in-the-warm-glow/619694/30 "2012-04-26T12:42:36Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Ah, I see, so your main interest is to dick around with people. I’ll leave you to it, then. “Play with” = “dick around” ? ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-basking-in-the-warm-glow/619694/31 "2012-04-26T13:18:57Z")
> [@What\_the](#): > > “Play with” = “dick around” ? Pretty close. There’s also another, more appropriate term. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-basking-in-the-warm-glow/619694/32 "2012-04-26T17:43:10Z")
> [@What\_the](#): > > “Play with” = “dick around” ? The way _you_ do it? Yeah, pretty much. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-basking-in-the-warm-glow/619694.md?page=1)