# Embarrasment **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 8, 2003, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrasment/180439 "2003-06-08T10:19:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrasment/180439/1 "2003-06-08T10:19:39Z")
When you hold the pointer over the “embarrassment” smiley in the box to the left of the text area, the ToolTip that comes up reads “embarrasment.” Might want to fix that. Or not. I dunno. ---
**Author:** ![Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrasment/180439/2 "2003-06-08T13:42:17Z")
I can think of plenty things that the staff have corrected. ---
**Author:** ![MizQuirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/94ad74/32.png) [@MizQuirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MizQuirk)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrasment/180439/3 "2003-06-08T15:36:06Z")
You get smileys? In a box to the left of the text area?? Wonder why I don’t – I need them as much as the next person! ---
**Author:** ![Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrasment/180439/4 "2003-06-08T15:37:41Z")
What the-? I was replying to another post; where’d it go? ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrasment/180439/5 "2003-06-08T15:42:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MizQuirk \* > You get smileys? In a box to the left of the text area?? Wonder why I don’t – I need them as much as the next person! That’s because you’re using the “quick reply” box at the end of the thread. If you click “post reply” you get a page that includes available smileys and formatting for your post. ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrasment/180439/6 "2003-06-08T15:43:11Z")
> [@](#): > > You get smileys? In a box to the left of the text area?? Wonder why I don’t Are you doing quick reply? If you are, they aren’t there. Just click the post reply button next to the new thread button, and your smilies will be the left, in all their glory. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrasment/180439/7 "2003-06-08T16:15:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Aslan2 \* > \*\*What the-? > > I was replying to another post; where’d it go? \*\* Pssst. Read **Ed Zotti** ’s announcement, then do the math. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![MizQuirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/94ad74/32.png) [@MizQuirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MizQuirk)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrasment/180439/8 "2003-06-08T16:16:16Z")
Oh my gosh! :smack: What _fun_! Thank you, thank you. Well, on the preview screen it looks as if these aren’t working for me. Maybe when I post it, it will be okay. Either way, I’ve still learned something. ---
**Author:** ![Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrasment/180439/9 "2003-06-08T16:22:20Z")
Ah, I get it Q.E.D. Kinda strange for a guy with one post and a reg. date this month to be complaining about the staff never correcting errors. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrasment/180439/10 "2003-06-08T16:23:39Z")
Exactly. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrasment/180439/11 "2003-06-09T04:18:05Z")
Dig. Nice catch, Demonstrandum. ---
**Author:** ![skyzoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@skyzoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skyzoo)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrasment/180439/12 "2003-06-09T05:55:18Z")
Well…Thank all of ye from me, too! I liked the one MizQuirk used::smack: I’m still trying to learn and am uhm…noivus 😕 ☹ _smiles bashfully_ Is this the wrong place to practice? _uhm…better worded…is this an okay place to practice?_ Do experienced posters :rolleyes: new posters? ---
**Author:** ![Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrasment/180439/13 "2003-06-09T06:04:53Z")
Well, skyzoo, not really. Most people try to help new people along the way, like I am. Yes, this is the place to post tests of board function, or a question about the technicals of the board. If you wish to discuss an issue with a member of the administration., do it in the pit. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrasment/180439/14 "2003-06-09T06:18:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by skyzoo \* > \*\*Well…Thank all of ye from me, too! > I liked the one MizQuirk used::smack: > I’m still trying to learn and am uhm…noivus 😕 ☹ > > _smiles bashfully_ > Is this the wrong place to practice? > _uhm…better worded…is this an okay place to practice?_ > Do experienced posters :rolleyes: new posters? \*\* hmm-mmm. ---
**Author:** ![MizQuirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/94ad74/32.png) [@MizQuirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MizQuirk)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrasment/180439/15 "2003-06-09T12:35:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mr. B \* > \*\*Dig. Nice catch, Demonstrandum. \*\* Since this is the place to learn, I’d like to know the meaning of this quote. Looks as if it’s to someone called Demonstrandum, but I don’t see him/her as a poster here. What gives? Next, I’ll worry about _what_ you’re talking about! ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrasment/180439/16 "2003-06-09T12:39:31Z")
That would be me. **Q.E.D.** is an abbreviation for the Latin phrase _quod erat demonstrandum_. It was sort of like him calling me by my last name, as it were. ---
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrasment/180439/17 "2003-06-09T12:55:24Z")
And if there are any doubts as to whether that is the correct rendering of QED, there is a thread in GQ that is currently heading towards a divergent limit that will advise somewhere therein… pan ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrasment/180439/18 "2003-06-09T13:00:30Z")
There is no doubt whatsoever what it _stands_ for. The debate is about what it _means_. ---
**Author:** ![MizQuirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/94ad74/32.png) [@MizQuirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MizQuirk)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrasment/180439/19 "2003-06-09T13:51:14Z")
Hmmmmm. Thanks for the replies. This _is_ a learning place! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrasment/180439/20 "2003-06-09T13:51:24Z")
I said neither of those things. I said “rendering”. That word has all kinds of colour that the other two do not. Clever, eh? pan [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrasment/180439.md?page=2)