# must you quote the entire fucking post?! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 23, 2002, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-you-quote-the-entire-fucking-post/144528 "2002-12-23T12:54:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Scruloose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@Scruloose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scruloose)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-you-quote-the-entire-fucking-post/144528/41 "2002-12-25T01:41:04Z")
> [@](#): > > MeanOldLady > Member > > Registered: Sep 2002 > Location: los ange & palo alto, ca > Posts: 165 > must you quote the entire fucking post?! > Nothing pisses me off more than people who feel the need to quote someone’s entire freakin’ post in their responses. If you would like to address a specific statement, quote it, and it alone. You do not have to fucking paste the whole damn thing in your response. If you would like to reply to the post overall, just address the person with your questions/comments/misc concerns. > > Allow me to demonstrate. Here is an example of someone having a question about a specific remark: > > ## quote: > > ## If you would like to address a specific statemen, quote it, and it alone. > > Random dude(tte): But MeanOldLady, what if I want to address the entire post? > Fabulous, that’s a beautiful question which just so happens to bring me to my next point. Now let us suppose someone thinks I totally freaking rule and is also pissed off by people quoting the whole damn post. Observe: > > Random dude(tte): MeanOldLady, I totally freaking agree. There’s nothing more irritating than having to flip though 90 pages of quotes just to get to the person’s response. Grrr. > See how that works? Lovely, yes? If you would please refrain from quoting the whole damn post, I’d be appreciative. Thanks. > > I just know some wise guy is going to quote this entire post in his reply. > > Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged > > 12-23-2002 06:54 AM > > RobertTB > Member > > Registered: Dec 2002 > Location: At work. > Posts: 158 > Re: must you quote the entire fucking post?! > > ## quote: > > ## Originally posted by MeanOldLady …e… > > Good point, and I agree. > > Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged > > 12-23-2002 06:59 AM > > MeanOldLady > Member > > Registered: Sep 2002 > Location: los ange & palo alto, ca > Posts: 165 > Hahahaha! I knew there was going to be a wise guy sooner or later. > > Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged > > 12-23-2002 07:01 AM > > SmileyDeath > Member > > Registered: Dec 2002 > Location: > Posts: 260 > Re: must you quote the entire fucking post?! > > ## quote: > > ## Originally posted by MeanOldLady … > > Makes sense. > > Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged > > 12-23-2002 07:01 AM > > SmileyDeath > Member > > Registered: Dec 2002 > Location: > Posts: 260 > > Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged > > 12-23-2002 07:02 AM > > Juniper200 > Member > > Registered: May 1999 > Location: The Five Percent Nation > Posts: 1315 > I think this happens most often when people hit the Quote button under the post in question. It pulls up the whole post in the reply window. > > This is not necessarily a problem if someone wants to address a single statement, as they need only cut the lines that don’t apply, leaving the board-produced coding intact. > > But if our hypothetical poster wishes to address many statements in turn, more coding is involved. Lots of people are a little hesitant to undertake anything but the most basic vB code. I’d rather read a thread full of full-post quotes than a thread full of broken code that impedes my reading/understanding of the thread. > > Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged > > 12-23-2002 07:03 AM > > MeanOldLady > Member > > Registered: Sep 2002 > Location: los ange & palo alto, ca > Posts: 165 > I would rather look at a lengthy quotes than to see 25 paragraphs quoted. Grrr! > > Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged > > 12-23-2002 07:07 AM > > MeanOldLady > Member > > Registered: Sep 2002 > Location: los ange & palo alto, ca > Posts: 165 > Umm, I have an extra article hanging around there somewhere. I’d rather look at lengthy quotes, that is. Not a lengthy quotes. > > Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged > > 12-23-2002 07:10 AM > > SmileyDeath > Member > > Registered: Dec 2002 > Location: > Posts: 260 > > ## quote: > > ## I would rather > > So would I. > > ## quote: > > ## look at a lengthy quotes than to see 25 > > ## I’m looking. Where? quote: > > ## paragraphs quoted. Grrr! > > What would you quote? The current stock market quotes? > > Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged > > 12-23-2002 07:12 AM > > MeanOldLady > Member > > Registered: Sep 2002 > Location: los ange & palo alto, ca > Posts: 165 > This Death guy (notice the selective quoting of your name) is apparently a comedian. Very funny. > > Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged > > 12-23-2002 07:16 AM > > welby > Member > > Registered: Jan 2000 > Location: Fairfax, VA > Posts: 283 > Re: must you quote the entire fucking post?! > > ## quote: > > Originally posted by MeanOldLady > Nothing pisses me off more than people who feel the need to quote someone’s entire freakin’ post in their responses. If you would like to address a specific statement, quote it, and it alone. You do not have to fucking paste the whole damn thing in your response. If you would like to reply to the post overall, just address the person with your questions/comments/misc concerns. > > Allow me to demonstrate. Here is an example of someone having a question about a specific remark: Random dude(tte): But MeanOldLady, what if I want to address the entire post? > Fabulous, that’s a beautiful question which just so happens to bring me to my next point. Now let us suppose someone thinks I totally freaking rule and is also pissed off by people quoting the whole damn post. Observe: > > Random dude(tte): MeanOldLady, I totally freaking agree. There’s nothing more irritating than having to flip though 90 pages of quotes just to get to the person’s response. Grrr. > See how that works? Lovely, yes? If you would please refrain from quoting the whole damn post, I’d be appreciative. Thanks. > > ## I just know some wise guy is going to quote this entire post in his reply. > > Well of course someone will, MeanOldLady. > > See there? I’ve stooped lower than usual. > > * * * > > Master of Parody TM > “I’ll take the awe of knowledge over the awe of ignorance any day.” > > -Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt > > Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged > > 12-23-2002 07:23 AM > > elf6c > Member > > Registered: Oct 2001 > Location: Work, again. > Posts: 1176 > Re: must you quote the entire fucking post?! > > ## quote: > > Originally posted by MeanOldLady > Nothing pisses me off more than people who feel the need to quote someone’s entire freakin’ post in their responses. If you would like to address a specific statement, quote it, and it alone. You do not have to fucking paste the whole damn thing in your response. If you would like to reply to the post overall, just address the person with your questions/comments/misc concerns. > > Allow me to demonstrate. Here is an example of someone having a question about a specific remark: Random dude(tte): But MeanOldLady, what if I want to address the entire post? > Fabulous, that’s a beautiful question which just so happens to bring me to my next point. Now let us suppose someone thinks I totally freaking rule and is also pissed off by people quoting the whole damn post. Observe: > > Random dude(tte): MeanOldLady, I totally freaking agree. There’s nothing more irritating than having to flip though 90 pages of quotes just to get to the person’s response. Grrr. > See how that works? Lovely, yes? If you would please refrain from quoting the whole damn post, I’d be appreciative. Thanks. > > ## I just know some wise guy is going to quote this entire post in his reply. > > Sometimes you need to do so to reply to things in context, especially on multi-page threads. > > What? > > Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged > > 12-23-2002 08:14 AM > > Epimetheus > Member > > Registered: Jun 2001 > Location: > Posts: 733 > Re: must you quote the entire fucking post?! > > ## quote: > > Originally posted by MeanOldLady > Nothing pisses me off more than people who feel the need to quote someone’s entire freakin’ post in their responses. If you would like to address a specific statement, quote it, and it alone. You do not have to fucking paste the whole damn thing in your response. If you would like to reply to the post overall, just address the person with your questions/comments/misc concerns. > > Allow me to demonstrate. Here is an example of someone having a question about a specific remark: Random dude(tte): But MeanOldLady, what if I want to address the entire post? > Fabulous, that’s a beautiful question which just so happens to bring me to my next point. Now let us suppose someone thinks I totally freaking rule and is also pissed off by people quoting the whole damn post. Observe: > > Random dude(tte): MeanOldLady, I totally freaking agree. There’s nothing more irritating than having to flip though 90 pages of quotes just to get to the person’s response. Grrr. > See how that works? Lovely, yes? If you would please refrain from quoting the whole damn post, I’d be appreciative. Thanks. > > ## I just know some wise guy is going to quote this entire post in his reply. > > Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged > > 12-23-2002 08:20 AM > > Early Out > Member > > Registered: Sep 2002 > Location: Reston, VA > Posts: 375 > MeanOldLady, you will soon regret that you ever started this thread! Every SDMB comedian will be coming out of the woodwork to play with it. > > Lottery time! When do you think some kindly mod will come along and close the thread for its own protection? > > Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged > > 12-23-2002 08:52 AM > > ultrafilter > Member > > Registered: May 2001 > Location: Pen Island > Posts: 3773 > > ## quote: > > ## quote: > > ## quote: > > > [@](#): > > > > > [@](#): > > > > > > * * * > > > > > > * * * > > > > > > * * * > > Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged > > 12-23-2002 11:03 AM > > Enderw24 > Member > > Registered: Sep 2000 > Location: Lawrence, KS 38n58, 95w14 > Posts: 3771 > > ## quote: > > ## Originally posted by The Raven Nevermore \*\* > > Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged > > 12-23-2002 11:10 AM > > Protesilaus > Member > > Registered: Jan 2001 > Location: New Jersey. Hey, don’t look at me like that! > Posts: 956 > > ## quote: > > ## the entire fucking post > > Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged > > 12-23-2002 11:55 AM > > World Eater > Member > > Registered: Sep 2001 > Location: Approaching Earth > Posts: 1855 > Sometimes you need to pick the whole post apart. > > Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged > > 12-23-2002 12:02 PM > > XJETGIRLX > Member > > Registered: Mar 2001 > Location: Tallahassee, Fl > Posts: 300 > Some of the times when I’ve pulled just a particular sentence or point from someone’s post to respond to, I’ve been accused of taking it out of context. I find that I’d rather use the entire statement (or at least use an entire paragraph) so that the poster does not feel as though I’m trying to spin what they said the way I wanted to. > > Just my $0.02 > > Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged > > 12-23-2002 12:06 PM > > cuauhtemoc > Member > > Registered: Dec 2000 > Location: New Jersey > Posts: 704 > > ## quote: > > Originally posted by XJETGIRLX > I’ve pulled just a particular sentence or point from someone’s post to respond to \ I find that I’d rather… spin what they said the way I wanted to. > > * * * > > Oh, I completely agree. > > Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged > > 12-23-2002 12:56 PM > > Munch > Member > > Registered: Mar 2000 > Location: Parts Unknown > Posts: 3354 > > ## quote: > > ## Sometimes > > ## quote: > > ## you > > ## quote: > > ## need > > ## quote: > > ## to > > ## quote: > > ## pick > > ## quote: > > ## the > > ## quote: > > ## whole > > ## quote: > > ## post > > ## quote: > > ## apart. > > Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged > > 12-23-2002 01:29 PM > > lezlers > Member > > Registered: Oct 2001 > Location: > Posts: 349 > For what it’s worth MeanOldLady, I completely agree. It drives me crazy, especially when the post quoted is a particularly long one, a waste of space. > > If you’ve got to pick apart the whole post, quote part of the post, then reply, quote another part, then reply to that and so on and so on. > > Just wanted Lady to have at least one serious response, because quoting an entire post is annoying as all hell… > > Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged > > 12-23-2002 01:45 PM > > blowero > Member > > Registered: Oct 2000 > Location: > Posts: 816 > Yeah, but when I edit down someone’s post, they invariable bitch about “Why did you leave out [such-and-such]”? I did it to save bandwidth, dumbass. > > Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged > > 12-23-2002 04:22 PM > > Blalron > Member > > Registered: May 2001 > Location: Oregon > Posts: 516 > Quoting the entire post is retarded, if it is all in one block. But if you break it up into sentences or paragraphs and do a point by point response, then it’s ok with me. > > Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged > > 12-23-2002 05:01 PM > > vanilla > Member > > Registered: Mar 2000 > Location: > Posts: 4647 > > ## quote: > > ## Originally posted by Blalron Quoting the entire post is retarded,actually, most retarded folk would not do this if it is all in one block. But if you break it up into sentences or paragraphslike this? and do a point by point response, then it’s ok with me. > > good! > > Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged > > 12-23-2002 05:02 PM > > vanilla > Member > > Registered: Mar 2000 > Location: > Posts: 4647 > actually, i tried to break it up into pieces, but it didn’t work. > I give up. I am so noncomputerically inclined! > > Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged > > 12-23-2002 05:04 PM > > featherlou > Member > > Registered: Oct 2000 > Location: Calgary, baby > Posts: 2495 > I’ve seen threads where the second poster in the thread quoted the entire OP. Sheesh. You know what - we just read it. Give us credit for being able to retain written material for at least that long, wouldja? > > Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged > > 12-23-2002 07:24 PM > > MeanOldLady > Member > > Registered: Sep 2002 > Location: los ange & palo alto, ca > Posts: 165 > Oh wow, I actually got serious responses. Nice to know that not everybody is a comedian. > > Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged > > 12-23-2002 09:21 PM > > Ludovic > Member > > Registered: Jul 2000 > Location: > Posts: 266 > > ## quote: > > Originally posted by Early Out > Every SDMB comedian will be coming out of the woodwork to play with it. > > ## Lottery time! When do you think some kindly mod … > > BAND NAME!!! ---
**Author:** ![Scruloose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@Scruloose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scruloose)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-you-quote-the-entire-fucking-post/144528/42 "2002-12-25T01:43:03Z")
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**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-you-quote-the-entire-fucking-post/144528/43 "2002-12-25T01:44:41Z")
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**Author:** ![Thylacine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thylacine/32/1143_2.png) [@Thylacine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thylacine)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-you-quote-the-entire-fucking-post/144528/44 "2002-12-25T01:48:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MeanOldLady \* > \*\*There there, **Thylacine**. You have repented and are therefore forgiven. > > Sincerely, > God \*\* I always knew if there was a God she was a **MeanOldLady** 😃 ---
**Author:** ![typhoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed8c4c/32.png) [@typhoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typhoon)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-you-quote-the-entire-fucking-post/144528/45 "2002-12-25T03:52:12Z")
A hamster just died because of you. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-you-quote-the-entire-fucking-post/144528/46 "2002-12-25T04:24:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by typhoon \* > \*\*A hamster just died because of you. \*\* OMG, that’s not a hamster, it’s a kitten! What are you people _doing_ in this thread? You’re all creepy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-you-quote-the-entire-fucking-post/144528.md?page=2)