# Blah Blah Blah **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 17, 2003, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blah-blah-blah/189066 "2003-07-17T04:42:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eilsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c68b51/32.png) [@Eilsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eilsel)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blah-blah-blah/189066/1 "2003-07-17T04:42:56Z")
Did you ever see someone’s posts and just skim thru it? Well, I skim alot, yes, I admit it, I’m a skimmer…but at least I admit my faults. Sometimes tho, even when you skim, you can’t skim fast enough. I chat on this other site and this one person, it’s all about her and her family, they have no money but have money to spend on their only child’s EXTRA CURRICULAR activities. blah blah blah I need more wine. ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blah-blah-blah/189066/2 "2003-07-17T04:45:08Z")
I skim. Then, I feel guilty and deprived, and I read the passage carefully. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2003, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blah-blah-blah/189066/3 "2003-07-17T04:46:56Z")
I need _some_ wine. Yes I am a skimmer - I am especially put off by long threads. Even if it’s just a long paragraph I haven’t the will to read it. Most of my own posts have lots of spaces between sentences. I try not to post long paragraphs. Not that my style is the right style - it’s just the way I am. Spacing sentences out adds a ‘graphical’ element to the text (causing sentences to be seperate ‘objects’ rather than seperate text ‘elements’) ---
**Author:** ![HerMajestyLorna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7cd45c/32.png) [@HerMajestyLorna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HerMajestyLorna)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blah-blah-blah/189066/4 "2003-07-17T04:49:34Z")
I agree, **Lobsang**! I always add in couple spaces between lines. It just looks better. ---
**Author:** ![Eilsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c68b51/32.png) [@Eilsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eilsel)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blah-blah-blah/189066/5 "2003-07-17T04:50:06Z")
oooo I hate when it’s one long paragraph. _pouring some wine for Lobsang_ (it’s okay, I’ve had 6 glasses already) ---
**Author:** ![Eilsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c68b51/32.png) [@Eilsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eilsel)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blah-blah-blah/189066/6 "2003-07-17T04:51:21Z")
I wish we could post gifs, I have so many that say it all w/just the graphic LOL ---
**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:** [July 17, 2003, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blah-blah-blah/189066/7 "2003-07-17T05:00:11Z")
I wish we had avatars. Mine would be this picture I have of a pigeon. The expression on the face of the pigeon (completely blank - as if someone stole it’s brain) is a classic. ---
**Author:** ![Eilsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c68b51/32.png) [@Eilsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eilsel)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blah-blah-blah/189066/8 "2003-07-17T05:01:50Z")
ROFL… …wait… they have brains?? ACK!!! Where did the PETA drones come from??? HELP!!! ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blah-blah-blah/189066/9 "2003-07-17T05:07:01Z")
I skim… really long blocks of text are offputting. On the other hand, I hate posts where every sentence is its own paragraph - I find that extremely annoying. Guess I’m hard to please. ---
**Author:** ![Eilsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c68b51/32.png) [@Eilsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eilsel)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blah-blah-blah/189066/10 "2003-07-17T05:09:23Z")
REally? So every sentance shouldn’t be it’s own paragraph? I can understand how that can be annoying. Want a drink? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blah-blah-blah/189066/11 "2003-07-17T05:13:17Z")
LIIT? ---
**Author:** ![Eilsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c68b51/32.png) [@Eilsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eilsel)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blah-blah-blah/189066/12 "2003-07-17T05:17:42Z")
Long Island Iced Tea ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blah-blah-blah/189066/13 "2003-07-17T05:18:52Z")
I know… I was asking for one. ---
**Author:** ![Eilsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c68b51/32.png) [@Eilsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eilsel)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blah-blah-blah/189066/14 "2003-07-17T05:20:49Z")
OH ROFL… here, fresh batch…just for you…even tho you always love 'em and leave 'em…humpf. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blah-blah-blah/189066/15 "2003-07-17T05:26:30Z")
**humpf** an onomatopoeia if ever I heard one 🙂 ---
**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:** [July 17, 2003, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blah-blah-blah/189066/16 "2003-07-17T05:28:18Z")
Print your long long post onto a t-shirt and make [her](http://www.whatsbetter.com/display.pyt?item=19627) wear it. Then try and stop me reading it all! ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blah-blah-blah/189066/17 "2003-07-17T05:32:09Z")
Damn. Your mom’s HOT! ---
**Author:** ![Eilsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c68b51/32.png) [@Eilsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eilsel)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blah-blah-blah/189066/18 "2003-07-17T05:32:20Z")
Hey!! How did they get my photo? No fair!! I’ll sue… **onomatopoeia** Huh? Never m ind. I’ve had wayyyy too much wine. I’m hitting the sack now…alone…_sniff_ _sob_ _waving goodbye_ ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blah-blah-blah/189066/19 "2003-07-17T05:33:42Z")
I’ll tuck you in, _if you know what I mean_ ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blah-blah-blah/189066/20 "2003-07-17T07:02:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eilsel \* > \*\*Did you ever see someone’s posts and just skim thru it? \*\* Always! :wally [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blah-blah-blah/189066.md?page=2)