# Quit using fucking massive fonts in threads, arseholes. (Brief, to the point) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 20, 2004, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quit-using-fucking-massive-fonts-in-threads-arseholes-brief-to-the-point/275756 "2004-11-20T00:08:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quit-using-fucking-massive-fonts-in-threads-arseholes-brief-to-the-point/275756/1 "2004-11-20T00:08:33Z")
I browse the SDMB at work. I know I shouldn’t, but I do. Normally I can be fairly discreet about it. But when people post huge, or even worse, huge RED words on the screen [like](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=5514392&postcount=9) [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=5517222&postcount=14) it kind of draws attention to my nefarious time-wasting activities. So please cut it out. Molto grazie. ---
**Author:** ![Liz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/liz/32/17737_2.png) [@Liz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liz)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quit-using-fucking-massive-fonts-in-threads-arseholes-brief-to-the-point/275756/2 "2004-11-20T00:12:09Z")
I will not… I will not… I will not… Must… resist… ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quit-using-fucking-massive-fonts-in-threads-arseholes-brief-to-the-point/275756/3 "2004-11-20T00:13:05Z")
I don’t see what the problem is with the particular posts lnked to in the OP. It’s the ones where the huge red letters happen to spell out “FUCK” that are annoying when I’m trying to read SDMB on the sly. ---
**Author:** ![stately\_plump\_buck\_mulligan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@stately\_plump\_buck\_mulligan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stately_plump_buck_mulligan)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quit-using-fucking-massive-fonts-in-threads-arseholes-brief-to-the-point/275756/4 "2004-11-20T00:14:21Z")
While you’re at it, might as well pit that big huge Straight Dope logo that appears at the top of _every fucking page_ here. The nerve! I exercised tremendous restraint in not using huge letters for this post. But I warn you, those that come after me may be a different story altogether. ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quit-using-fucking-massive-fonts-in-threads-arseholes-brief-to-the-point/275756/5 "2004-11-20T00:18:58Z")
Must resist temptation… must resist… must… oh, fuck it. Mwahahahahaha! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quit-using-fucking-massive-fonts-in-threads-arseholes-brief-to-the-point/275756/6 "2004-11-20T00:22:00Z")
When come back, bring rant. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quit-using-fucking-massive-fonts-in-threads-arseholes-brief-to-the-point/275756/7 "2004-11-20T00:22:01Z")
Were [these](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=5477268&postcount=7) out of line? ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quit-using-fucking-massive-fonts-in-threads-arseholes-brief-to-the-point/275756/8 "2004-11-20T00:27:36Z")
Stop stealing from your employer. ---
**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:** [November 20, 2004, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quit-using-fucking-massive-fonts-in-threads-arseholes-brief-to-the-point/275756/9 "2004-11-20T00:30:11Z")
I think people should stop doing it, not to aid people who are trying to surf, but because it’s fucking annoying. It’s not dramatic. It’s not impressive. It’s lame. Everyone’s impressed you figured out how to use both the size and the color tags, but it’s still lame. In my mind, people who add enormous fonts to their posts are on the same level as those early AOL users who typed in all-caps and didn’t use punctuation, quickly making an aol domain name a badge of shame across the Internet. Just say no. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quit-using-fucking-massive-fonts-in-threads-arseholes-brief-to-the-point/275756/10 "2004-11-20T00:35:05Z")
I did it yesterday because I was making a parody of a very popular children’s book in a joke thread. For it to work, I had to use large letters during part of it just like they do in the book for it to work at all. So there you go, there are legitimate uses for it. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quit-using-fucking-massive-fonts-in-threads-arseholes-brief-to-the-point/275756/11 "2004-11-20T00:38:56Z")
Just in case you scrolled down quickly . . . > [@Liberal](#): > > Stop stealing from your employer. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quit-using-fucking-massive-fonts-in-threads-arseholes-brief-to-the-point/275756/12 "2004-11-20T00:43:24Z")
I must admit, I laughed out loud just at the _thought_ of opening this thread. When it gets to be _that_ obvious, I just skip posting the obvious. ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quit-using-fucking-massive-fonts-in-threads-arseholes-brief-to-the-point/275756/13 "2004-11-20T00:49:29Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > I think people should stop doing it, not to aid people who are trying to surf, but because it’s fucking annoying. It’s not dramatic. It’s not impressive. It’s lame. Everyone’s impressed you figured out how to use both the size and the color tags, but it’s still lame. > > In my mind, people who add enormous fonts to their posts are on the same level as those early AOL users who typed in all-caps and didn’t use punctuation, quickly making an aol domain name a badge of shame across the Internet. Just say no. So what you’re saying is that you don’t find this $5p3. #337 AWESUM!!!1!11 ? ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quit-using-fucking-massive-fonts-in-threads-arseholes-brief-to-the-point/275756/14 "2004-11-20T00:53:48Z")
Maybe all they’re saying is L@@K!!! at me? ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quit-using-fucking-massive-fonts-in-threads-arseholes-brief-to-the-point/275756/15 "2004-11-20T00:56:07Z")
I must agree with the OP! I’m at home now, and laughing my ass off. But if I had been opening one of those threads at work… Bugger the lot of ya! ---
**Author:** ![Metacom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecae2f/32.png) [@Metacom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Metacom)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quit-using-fucking-massive-fonts-in-threads-arseholes-brief-to-the-point/275756/16 "2004-11-20T00:58:10Z")
Letting people know you browse at work like that is an invitation for trouble… FURRIES ANONYMOUS ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quit-using-fucking-massive-fonts-in-threads-arseholes-brief-to-the-point/275756/17 "2004-11-20T01:01:15Z")
Now what’s wrong with furries… on the other hand… How to execute a bloody workplace rampage in ten easy steps ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quit-using-fucking-massive-fonts-in-threads-arseholes-brief-to-the-point/275756/18 "2004-11-20T01:03:30Z")
😃 > [@Liberal](#): > > Stop stealing from your employer. 😃 I’m sorry, but this is flat out brilliant. Bravo Liberal! and to add my own (but nowhere near as good) WELCOME TO N.A.M.B.L.A ---
**Author:** ![Metacom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecae2f/32.png) [@Metacom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Metacom)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quit-using-fucking-massive-fonts-in-threads-arseholes-brief-to-the-point/275756/19 "2004-11-20T01:03:54Z")
How To Tell Your Co-Workers You Have Genital Herpes ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quit-using-fucking-massive-fonts-in-threads-arseholes-brief-to-the-point/275756/20 "2004-11-20T01:11:29Z")
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