# my use of purple **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 30, 2003, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-use-of-purple/165123 "2003-03-30T00:59:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-use-of-purple/165123/161 "2003-04-03T02:28:39Z")
> [@](#): > > But, I have to object to the naked ridicule I’m seeing here. Naked what? ( \* ) ( \* ) Oh and Fenris? That swishy rainbow was pretty ~ ---
**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-use-of-purple/165123/162 "2003-04-03T04:27:12Z")
_Naked? I didn’t know I had to be nekkid! Since I actually prefer (dilemma, I wanted to highlight “prefer” by using an un-italicized font but it goes against my italitist standards) being naked, WHEEEE!_ ---
**Author:** ![Azure\_Eternity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f05b48/32.png) [@Azure\_Eternity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azure_Eternity)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-use-of-purple/165123/163 "2003-04-03T04:32:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fenris \* > \*\*[sup]I have dec[sup]ided[sup] that[/sup] too[/sup] many[/sup] peop[sub]le are[sub] copy[sub]ing my[/sub]back[/sub]wards[/sub] style[sup] post[sup]ing, so[sup] I have[/sup] decid[/sup]ed up[sub]on a ne[/sub]w way[sub] to expr[sub]ess m[sub]y deep[/sub] inner[/sub] enn[/sub]ui. > > [sub]Can[sub] you[/sub] gue[/sub]ss w[sup]hat i[sup]t is? It’s[/sup] sub[/sup]tle…[/sup] > > [sup]F[/sup]e[sub]n[/sub]r[sup]i[/sup]s > \*\* That’s really cool. Now that it’s in quotes I can see all the tags- that must have taken forever! I’d say something on topic to **Raisinbread** , but (s)he’s been ragged on enough. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-use-of-purple/165123/164 "2003-04-03T04:54:14Z")
Thank you **Azure**. You are a gentleman and a scholar, as opposed to **Diane** who is no gentleman. “Swishy”? I am a hairy chested, testosterone laden male. Even if I were gay, I wouldn’t swish, I would _swagger_, baby! 😉 😃 And again, to **Raisinbread** : I got nuthin’ against you or your posts, other than the annoying color choice. Fenris ---
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-use-of-purple/165123/165 "2003-04-03T05:42:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by UncleBeer \* > \*\*Christ. I move this to the Pit and it becomes a goddamned love-in. Fickle. You’re a fickle lot, ain’t ya? \*\* I think it’s because ATMB attracts the more anal posters and the Pit attracts the attention whores, and when the thread was moved here raisinbread found more of his/her own kind. ---
**Author:** ![spinky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@spinky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spinky)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-use-of-purple/165123/166 "2003-04-03T07:28:50Z")
I haven’t seen anyone mention the reason it annoys **me** , and it’s an actual valid complaint about something functional: when you do a search, showing results as posts, the results show a little excerpt of the post, but the vBcode is visible, so the frickin’ purple tags waste space and generally get in the way ([example](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/search.php?s=&action=finduser&userid=20788)). ---
**Author:** ![spinky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@spinky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spinky)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-use-of-purple/165123/167 "2003-04-03T07:29:59Z")
…and my crotchety, stick-up-the-ass reason for hating it is that it’s just stupid. It’s like writing your book report in sparkly pen. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-use-of-purple/165123/168 "2003-04-03T08:05:21Z")
:;RuNs ThRoUgH tHrEaD nAkEd:; I dOn’T kNoW wHaT tOoK mE sO lOnG tO dO tHaT.\>. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2003, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-use-of-purple/165123/169 "2003-04-03T08:45:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ntucker \* > \*\*I haven’t seen anyone mention the reason it annoys **me** , and it’s an actual valid complaint about something functional: when you do a search, showing results as posts, the results show a little excerpt of the post, but the vBcode is visible, so the frickin’ purple tags waste space and generally get in the way ([example](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/search.php?s=&action=finduser&userid=20788)). \*\* IIRC, there are two exceptions: A rather sad OP that was mentioned already, and another one in which the man/woman of the hour forgot the coding. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2003, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-use-of-purple/165123/170 "2003-04-03T08:48:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by iampunha \* > \*\*:;RuNs ThRoUgH tHrEaD nAkEd:; > > I dOn’T kNoW wHaT tOoK mE sO lOnG tO dO tHaT.\>. \*\* This thread has officially jumped the shark. ---
**Author:** ![Kyomara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8edcca/32.png) [@Kyomara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyomara)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-use-of-purple/165123/171 "2003-04-03T11:25:07Z")
A few years ago I met a young man who went by the name “Duck.” Whenever he met someone he would say “Quack quack, Hi! My name is Duck. Quack quack!” Whenever I see one of **raisinbread’s** posts, I immediately think of him. I’m sure Duck was a very nice person, but it was hard to take him seriously. ---
**Author:** ![Einmon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Einmon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Einmon)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-use-of-purple/165123/172 "2003-04-03T11:35:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kyomara \* > \*\*A few years ago I met a young man who went by the name “Duck.” Whenever he met someone he would say “Quack quack, Hi! My name is Duck. Quack quack!” > > Whenever I see one of **raisinbread’s** posts, I immediately think of him. I’m sure Duck was a very nice person, but it was hard to take him seriously. \*\* Yeah, but did his posts echo? :: d&r :: ---
**Author:** ![peepthis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9d8465/32.png) [@peepthis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peepthis)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-use-of-purple/165123/173 "2003-04-03T12:57:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Einmon \* > \*\*Yeah, but did his posts echo? > > :: d&r :: \*\* Yes, and no one knows why. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-use-of-purple/165123/174 "2003-04-03T13:44:24Z")
Wow, no one’s posted in nothing but spoiler space yet. But I will say that while **raisonbread** ’s choice of font color annoys me (I, too, find myself ignoring anything in color - I’d prefer that when I get caught on the internet, it looks like I’m just reading mail or new articles, and color typically isn’t in either of those), I haven’t taken offense or annoyance by anything that he/she has actually written. And yes, I do realize the irony of the above paragraph after I’ve spent three posts in this thread mocking him/her. It was probably a mistake - no harm intended. ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-use-of-purple/165123/175 "2003-04-03T14:03:12Z")
> [@](#): > > I am a hairy chested, testosterone laden male. JPEG! rowrrrrrrr If we have to be naked can we get fabric bus seats as opposed to plastic so we don’t have any suction problems? ---
**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:** [April 3, 2003, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-use-of-purple/165123/176 "2003-04-03T14:20:33Z")
**Raisinbread** is female. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-use-of-purple/165123.md?page=8)