# funny thing about the matrix **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 17, 2003, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-thing-about-the-matrix/175816 "2003-05-17T02:02:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![djf750](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@djf750](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djf750)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-thing-about-the-matrix/175816/141 "2003-05-21T01:23:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LolaCocaCola \* > \*\*He lies, and he lies badly. > > Email was about a totally irrelevant issue since I have not even read this thread. > > PS - you have more mail, beeeyotch. \*\* She said in her e-mail that guys who don’t capitalize are non-conformists and can do anything that they want to…well that was private. I explained to her that capitalization was essential to a post’s clarity and one is not taken seriously if one does not capitalize. She called me a weak little cowtowing bitch. I thanked her. In capitals. ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-thing-about-the-matrix/175816/142 "2003-05-21T01:30:10Z")
I also mentioned that guys who don’t capitalize are undercompensating for their HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE schlongs. les mrowr. (no, i didn’t, really) ---
**Author:** ![djf750](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@djf750](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djf750)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-thing-about-the-matrix/175816/143 "2003-05-21T23:31:39Z")
🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 Thanks to all who convinced me that people wouldn’t take me seriously if I did not capitalize.🙂 You were right.🙂 I was wrong:smack: I acted like a big :wally I realize now that all of you:o :o :o :o :o were just trying to help so that I would have more credibility around here and everyone:) ☹ :o 😃 😉 😛 🆒 :rolleyes: :mad: :eek: 😕 ;j :dubious: would take my posts seriously and not dismiss me as a bufoon if I did not capitalize. This IS serious :dubious: business here so thanks again from the bottom of my heart. I will always capitalize. 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 please lock this thread!!! hurry!! lock it!!! ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-thing-about-the-matrix/175816/144 "2003-05-21T23:49:57Z")
Just couldn’t stand nobody replying to “your” thread for almost a whole day, eh? Might I suggest starting a “Notice me!!” thread in MPSIMS? Oh, and as long as you’re delivering heartfelt apologies, you forgot about the lying part. Unless you care to maintain that you’re a 52 year old veteran, who just happens to be incredibly immature, and who just happens to listen to Japanese compilation Rave CDs from [DJ Hell](http://www.jpc-music.com/1874138.htm). ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-thing-about-the-matrix/175816/145 "2003-05-22T00:02:20Z")
**Dooku** , cut **djf750** some slack. It took him that whole day to think up his hilarious post. Once he had the gut-busting idea of using lots of smilies, he knew it was such comedy gold that it would be a shame, nay a _crime_ to keep it to himself. (And between the username and his behavior in this thread, if **djf750** is a 52 year old WWII veteran, then I’m Coco Chanel. Which I’m pretty sure I’m not.) ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-thing-about-the-matrix/175816/146 "2003-05-22T00:05:49Z")
> [@](#): > > (And between the username and his behavior in this thread, if djf750 is a 52 year old WWII veteran, then I’m Coco Chanel. Which I’m pretty sure I’m not.) Maybe not Coco Chanel, but i’m Coo-coo for CoCo Puffs! ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-thing-about-the-matrix/175816/147 "2003-05-22T00:07:03Z")
I’m not coo-coo for Coco Puffs right now, but I have been in the past, and I’m sure I will be again in the future. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-thing-about-the-matrix/175816/148 "2003-05-22T00:30:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Giraffe \* > **Dooku, cut djf750 some slack. It took him that whole day to think up his hilarious post. Once he had the gut-busting idea of using lots of smilies, he knew it was such comedy gold that it would be a shame, nay a _crime_ to keep it to himself.** 😃 I imagine him tossing and turning in bed, then sitting straight up and exclaiming “That’s IT!!!” > [@](#): > > (And between the username and his behavior in this thread, if djf750 is a 52 year old WWII veteran, then I’m Coco Chanel. Which I’m pretty sure I’m not.) I was hoping to post a picture of Coco Chanel riding a Giraffe, to no avail. She kinda _looks_ like a giraffe in [this](http://www.timelinefashion.de/designer/chanel.htm) picture… ---
**Author:** ![djf750](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@djf750](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djf750)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-thing-about-the-matrix/175816/149 "2003-05-22T00:56:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Giraffe \* > > * * * > > (And between the username and his behavior in this thread, if **djf750** is a 52 year old WWII veteran, then I’m Coco Chanel. Which I’m pretty sure I’m not.) \*\* Nice going gerbel errr giraffe. Let’s see, WW2 ended in 1945, 52 years ago was 1950, so I was a -5 year old soldier. Nice going, dumbass. ---
**Author:** ![djf750](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@djf750](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djf750)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-thing-about-the-matrix/175816/150 "2003-05-22T00:57:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dooku \* > \*\*Just couldn’t stand nobody replying to “your” thread for almost a whole day, eh? Might I suggest starting a “Notice me!!” thread in MPSIMS? > > Oh, and as long as you’re delivering heartfelt apologies, you forgot about the lying part. > > Unless you care to maintain that you’re a 52 year old veteran, who just happens to be incredibly immature, and who just happens to listen to Japanese compilation Rave CDs from [DJ Hell](http://www.jpc-music.com/1874138.htm). \*\* Ok Doogie, what did I lie about again? ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-thing-about-the-matrix/175816/151 "2003-05-22T01:50:42Z")
Doogie? Oh, I am slain! Such a clever insult from an AARP member. It seems pretty clear to me from my post that you should already know what I think you’re lying about, but let me clarify: You lied about your age. You are not 52 years old. 52 year old men, from a generation where written communication was much more prevalent, do not completely ignore the rules of English capitalization. 52 year old men do not use hip slang and such in their written text. 52 year old men do not act as immature as you’ve been acting. 52 year old men do not listen to Rave CDs with such joy that they create a screen name based on a compilation CD from DJ Hell. 52 year old men do not hijack other poster’s threads to get attention. 52 year old men do not resurrect dead threads to get attention. I would spend more time debating this with you if it weren’t so obvious to everyone reading this thread that you’re lying. Or if I cared enough about you. Frankly, you’re not as fascinatingly rebellious as you think you are. Sir. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-thing-about-the-matrix/175816/152 "2003-05-22T02:21:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by djf750 \* > \*\*Nice going gerbel errr giraffe. > > Let’s see, WW2 ended in 1945, 52 years ago was 1950, so I was a -5 year old soldier. Nice going, dumbass. \*\* Damn it. I guess this means I’m not in fact Coco Chanel. [sub]I don’t know where I got the WWII thing from. Was Coco Chanel in WWII?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![djf750](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@djf750](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djf750)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-thing-about-the-matrix/175816/153 "2003-05-22T02:30:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dooku \* > \*\* > You lied about your age. You are not 52 years old. 52 year old men, from a generation where written communication was much more prevalent, do not completely ignore the rules of English capitalization. 52 year old men do not use hip slang and such in their written text. 52 year old men do not act as immature as you’ve been acting. 52 year old men do not listen to Rave CDs with such joy that they create a screen name based on a compilation CD from DJ Hell. 52 year old men do not hijack other poster’s threads to get attention. 52 year old men do not resurrect dead threads to get attention. > > \*\* Do you get high in the morning or do you wait until school lets out? Dude, Son , young man, I DON’T completely ignore capitalization. Do a search on my name. Bra, Cuz, Money, I see movies, I have some young black friends and a 17 year old daughter. TV shows have people using slang. What exactly was the “hip” slang I used? Dog, I DON’T listen to rave CD’s. I never said I did. My name is my three initials and the month and year of my birth. So, yeah, I’ll be 53 in (7) July, born in 1950. get it? 750. Someone else found that rave thing and I thought it was funny. And 52 year old men do things besides having strokes and getting their prostates checked. I CRAVE attention, homey. Don’t we all? But I have already stated, with all the B.S. that gets overlooked here, I don’t understand the obsession some busy bodies have with capitalization. Oh look, I’m capitalizing! Oh look, I WAS capitalizing before this thread. Do you even read other people’s posts thoroughly? Please, please tell me you were joking about all this. Please, because if you weren’t, you better be high because nobody could be this thick. Ok, I gotta book. I have a young bitch waiting for me back at da crib. ---
**Author:** ![djf750](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@djf750](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djf750)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-thing-about-the-matrix/175816/154 "2003-05-22T02:36:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Giraffe \* > \*\* > > [sub]I don’t know where I got the WWII thing from. [/sub] \*\* Maybe you should try, just try, reading instead of skimming people’s posts so that you can hurry and post more things that are just a little bit …uhh… not true. By the way, Dumb and Dumber, have you noticed how Miller has wisely just ignored me? And so have 33,000 other registered posters. You two morons are just egging me on. ---
**Author:** ![owlofcreamcheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@owlofcreamcheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlofcreamcheese)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-thing-about-the-matrix/175816/155 "2003-05-22T03:08:28Z")
this thread is takeing up all the room in the interweb ---
**Author:** ![FranticMad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c68b51/32.png) [@FranticMad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FranticMad)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-thing-about-the-matrix/175816/156 "2003-05-22T03:10:58Z")
So…what do people think about “The Matrix”? Is it cool, or not. And do I care? Deep thoughts… ---
**Author:** ![djf750](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@djf750](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djf750)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-thing-about-the-matrix/175816/157 "2003-05-22T03:21:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by owlofcreamcheese \* > \*\*this thread is takeing up all the room in the interweb \*\* That was VERY funny, but since you did not capitalize, did not spell “taking” correctly, and did not put a period at the end of the sentence, it was NOT funny. ---
**Author:** ![djf750](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@djf750](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djf750)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-thing-about-the-matrix/175816/158 "2003-05-22T03:44:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FranticMad \* > \*\*So…what do people think about “The Matrix”? Is it cool, or not. And do I care? > > Deep thoughts… \*\* If everyone loves this new one, I hate it. And if everyone hates it, I love it. ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-thing-about-the-matrix/175816/159 "2003-05-22T04:13:23Z")
Hey, cut djf750 some slack. I don’t think he is a lier. I think he’s got big cojones for admitting he was wrong about the capitals thing. dooku, you didn’t give him a chance to explain before accussing him of lying. You’re OK by me, djf750. ---
**Author:** ![djf750](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@djf750](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djf750)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-thing-about-the-matrix/175816/160 "2003-05-22T05:44:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by samarm \* > \*\*Hey, cut djf750 some slack. I don’t think he is a lier. I think he’s got big cojones for admitting he was wrong about the capitals thing. dooku, you didn’t give him a chance to explain before accussing him of lying. You’re OK by me, djf750. \*\* i didn’t admit i was wrong. i wasn’t wrong. and you spelled liar and accusing wrong. But I think you are a good guy too, samarm. By the way, why didn’t you capitalize your name when you registered? That is how names are usually written. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-thing-about-the-matrix/175816.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-thing-about-the-matrix/175816.md?page=9)