# More-than-cosmic Topic **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 12, 2013, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-cosmic-topic/650041 "2013-02-12T00:17:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jr.DNA\_test](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d78d45/32.png) [@Jr.DNA\_test](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jr.DNA_test)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-cosmic-topic/650041/1 "2013-02-12T00:17:16Z")
Well, now I’m getting delivery failed to recipient at the feedback email address for the Meaning of Life thing. F\*\*\* it. Spent too much time not to be able to share “My Supplication”: Dear Meaning of Life Guardians, Pontiffs, Diviners, et al. ; First, I would immediately like to take the chance to apologize in case my use of punctuation marks has offended you. I have an inkling that you may be fans of preemptive apologies. Second, if you’re confused as to whom I’m addressing, it’s not the minions reading this for I doubt they glow in the Dark. Third, I am but a humble pilgrim. Humbler than most. My itinerary has not included tens or hundreds of Cathedrals, let alone hundreds or thousands of Petty Churches like the few erected by one Robert Wright. My pace is very slow, my voracity is admittedly greater toward food and chocolate which I think deserves the dignity of separate mention, and sometimes my drool reminds me that I’ve lingered too long at one place far before I have finished photo-copying it in my brain. I am also a poor planner and an innocent creature of spontaneity, oft loitering on the mellow path of least resistance. Yet, I think the Lord has stricken me with a Vision! SURPRISE!!! Fourth, half-timid no more for obvious reasons, this humble child not only fancies itself humble but now thinks itself twice-humbled to carry the Word of God in its head-bosom too. Call it delusions of humility. Fifth, there is a problem though. Unlike the Lord I cannot project the Voice very far. I can’t even think of a way right now to turn this into a proper supplication rather an application with the a replaced by a su. Sometimes I consider myself fortunate that I learned to tie my shoes. Sixth, I don’t like this number. Seventh, the moment of Truth and the Day of Days is upon Us! Put some candy in a diabolical cage, make Robert Wright go in the diabolical cage, and make him read what Me, Myself, and I desire to send- whether it be literally two paragraphs or just two pages. My love and compassion may know no bounds (well… that depends) but my Patience certainly does, and I’m starting to lose it. If I read or hear one more stupid thing I will slap my face with my palm until I make a facalm. Now get to it for crying out loud! Convey me to your leader lest you matriculate for a course in the history of Pain delivered by the back of my hand! I.e. is the Old Man really the second smartest person in the world or has he just waxed pretentious as he aged? PS I’d like to include this in my signature too: > [@](#): > > **12. Has there ever been a question Cecil WOULDN’T answer?** > > Well, let’s see. He discussed the calorie content of sperm. That was pretty out there. I thought of this question when I was, like, 6. Answered it at 9 just to make a point. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-cosmic-topic/650041/2 "2013-02-12T01:01:46Z")
You want to meet my leader? [Well, okay, but you’ll be sorry…](http://marvel.com/universe/Leader_%28Samuel_Sterns%29) ---
**Author:** ![Jr.DNA\_test](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d78d45/32.png) [@Jr.DNA\_test](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jr.DNA_test)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-cosmic-topic/650041/3 "2013-02-12T01:11:11Z")
So Cecil Adams’ CV - I presume it’s a CV because otherwise you can’t fight ignorance seriously - essentially boils down to “gamma radiation” and “hyper-intelligence”? Read on Wikipedia the guy from A Beautiful Mind got a one-line reference to Princeton I think it was stating, “This man is a genius.” I guess the movies are in proportion. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-cosmic-topic/650041/4 "2013-02-12T14:52:28Z")
Because the software is set to display each signature only once per thread, because we used to have annoying people posting their sigs dozens and dozens of times in a single thread, and people complained. I’ll take it in singles, please. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-cosmic-topic/650041/5 "2013-02-12T14:56:53Z")
I think I speak for most of us when I say: Take your meds. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-cosmic-topic/650041/6 "2013-02-12T16:33:32Z")
This is going to get old fast. It’s old. ---
**Author:** ![Jr.DNA\_test](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d78d45/32.png) [@Jr.DNA\_test](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jr.DNA_test)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-cosmic-topic/650041/7 "2013-02-12T16:40:40Z")
Surprise me. ---
**Author:** ![Jr.DNA\_test](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d78d45/32.png) [@Jr.DNA\_test](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jr.DNA_test)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-cosmic-topic/650041/8 "2013-02-12T16:44:24Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > Because the software is set to display each signature only once per thread, because we used to have annoying people posting their sigs dozens and dozens of times in a single thread, and people complained. > > I’ll take it in singles, please. …The problem is I can’t even give it in singles. :dubious::mad::eek: And boy do I try. Every time. ---
**Author:** ![Jr.DNA\_test](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d78d45/32.png) [@Jr.DNA\_test](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jr.DNA_test)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-cosmic-topic/650041/9 "2013-02-12T17:02:48Z")
> [@How to be less ignorant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-be-less-ignorant/649972/1): > > While ignorance is an evil thing and this Message Board’s main purpose is to fight it, the problem is that according to a lot of people here, I have a lot of it. > > If you know **Anonymous User** even the slightest bit, you are probably aware of my ignorance in almost any thread I post in. > > How do I _not_ be so ignorant? > > I really don’t want to be ignorant. I am a Socrates fanboy and as he said, “There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.” Well this is interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-cosmic-topic/650041/10 "2013-02-12T17:07:25Z")
Given that I can’t divine a point in this, I’m moving it to MPSIMS — Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share. ---
**Author:** ![Jr.DNA\_test](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d78d45/32.png) [@Jr.DNA\_test](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jr.DNA_test)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-cosmic-topic/650041/11 "2013-02-12T17:21:01Z")
Excellent! This section was my second choice. Hope I’m not breaking any forum rules though. There seem to be some here. PS I still can’t see my signature on any post. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-cosmic-topic/650041/12 "2013-02-12T17:25:49Z")
> [@Jr.DNA\_test](#): > > Excellent! This section was my second choice. Hope I’m not breaking any forum rules though. There seem to be some here. > > PS > > I still can’t see my signature on any post. Displaying your sig more than once per thread isn’t done here. Would you mind not typing it in every time, please? ---
**Author:** ![Jr.DNA\_test](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d78d45/32.png) [@Jr.DNA\_test](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jr.DNA_test)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-cosmic-topic/650041/13 "2013-02-12T17:39:42Z")
> [@How to be less ignorant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-be-less-ignorant/649972/16): > > I’ve been a member of this board for almost as long as you’ve been alive, and I can’t recall one single day when I didn’t learn something new from someone here. If nothing else, this place will teach you how others think and why they think that way, and that is just about the most valuable thing _anyone_ can learn. I wonder, can you apply this here? Or are you just used to talking out of your ass? It’s the ‘it thing’ nowadays seemingly. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-cosmic-topic/650041/14 "2013-02-12T17:49:10Z")
> [@Jr.DNA\_test](#): > > I wonder, can you apply this here? Or are you just used to talking out of your ass? It’s the ‘it thing’ nowadays seemingly. From the rules: > [@](#): > > **How many times should I include my signature in a thread?** > Once per thread should be sufficient for people to admire the pearl of wisdom included in your signature. If you post multiple times in a thread it is recommended that you only include the signature in one of your posts. > > **What if I copy and paste the same text at the end of each of my posts? That’s not a profile signature.** > As mentioned above, text included at the end of all your posts is indistinguishable from a profile signature and should follow the rules for profile signatures and links. However, see below about simple signoffs. ---
**Author:** ![Jr.DNA\_test](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d78d45/32.png) [@Jr.DNA\_test](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jr.DNA_test)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-cosmic-topic/650041/15 "2013-02-12T17:57:35Z")
“Cecil Adams’ disdain-child. I’m looking for my Father.” That’s my signature. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-cosmic-topic/650041/16 "2013-02-12T19:55:09Z")
GREAT!! No one cares. And if you want to respond to what people have said in other threads, you’ll find it’s far more effective to actually comment IN THOSE THREADS instead of this bizarre copy-and-paste into your own little thread over here thing you’re doing now. ---
**Author:** ![Jr.DNA\_test](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d78d45/32.png) [@Jr.DNA\_test](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jr.DNA_test)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-cosmic-topic/650041/17 "2013-02-12T19:58:43Z")
You don’t buy into Czarcasm’s wisdom much, do you? How easy playing with words can be. ---
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-cosmic-topic/650041/18 "2013-02-12T20:03:47Z")
Somewhere on the Internet there is a cat video missing its commented snark. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-cosmic-topic/650041/19 "2013-02-12T20:07:57Z")
That poor poor cat. ---
**Author:** ![Jr.DNA\_test](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d78d45/32.png) [@Jr.DNA\_test](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jr.DNA_test)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-cosmic-topic/650041/20 "2013-02-12T20:17:58Z")
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