# Quote sniping is fucking annoying to read and respond to. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 3, 2010, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298 "2010-11-03T03:22:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/141 "2010-11-06T06:35:10Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Oops. I do this, but didn’t know it was annoying. (And still don’t understand why.) Responding line-by-line pointlessly _is_ anal-retentive, but when I use the feature it’s usually just to get 2, rarely 3, excerpts from the quoted post. > > . Two is Ok, three is a maybe. A dozen is **right out.** 😛 ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/142 "2010-11-06T13:47:44Z")
> [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](#): > > So let me see if I have this right… One choice is to quietly ignore someone whose posting style annoys you and the other choice is to make a Pit thread complaining about how a few people handle quotes. You believe that the second choice is the one less childish? > > I see. What I think I see is someone annoyed that someone else didn’t rise to their bitch bait. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/143 "2010-11-06T22:42:16Z")
> [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](#): > > So let me see if I have this right… One choice is to quietly ignore someone whose posting style annoys you and the other choice is to make a Pit thread complaining about how a few people handle quotes. You believe that the second choice is the one less childish? > > I see. In a contest between silent censorship and open discussion… which one is more childish… I don’t need to say more. Because I’m classy. Although that bitch bait butthurt comment made me chuckle heartily. hah! ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2010, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/144 "2010-11-07T04:50:26Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > So _that’s_ what it was. (I thought I might be suffering from a virus. :smack: ) > > Why did “we” abandon the “automatic nested quotes” anyway? Any way to make them _optional_ ? I apparently missed the announcement that they were being implemented, and so when they started happening I couldn’t figure out what the hell was going on. Why is all this crap that I didn’t quote showing up in my message-composition text box? And then it stopped almost as quickly as it started, and I shrugged the whole thing off as a board hiccup. Anyway, I think that to understand the reason behind the OP’s complaint, you need to have been following our massive World of Warcraft threads in The Game Room. **SFG** tends to post to the thread once per day, and in her daily post she seems to to quote _almost every single other post made since her previous post_, which is usually a whole crapload of posts, and then respond to each one individually, all in one giant, wall-of-text post. Reading her posts doesn’t bother me at all, but it can be a nightmare when she says something _I_ want to reply to and I have no choice but to then quote her entire wall of text and spend a goodly amount of time combing through it trying to relocate that one line and then trim away everything else before and after it. Actually, that’s where the aforementioned nested quoting went from puzzling to “I’m in Hell!” because it was next to impossible to get the cursor in the right place before hitting “Delete” so that I didn’t end up with a bunch of broken quote tags and have to start all over again. ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2010, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/145 "2010-11-07T05:16:33Z")
Thanks for the good laugh, **CarnalK**! , needed that tonight. ~gets CarnalK a beer~ ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/146 "2010-11-08T10:20:16Z")
> [@Darth\_Panda](#): > > I read that as bananable offense. > > We should have bananable offenses… This post has been banana’d by the Bananaist! ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/147 "2010-11-08T17:22:57Z")
> [@rachelellogram](#): > > I have no idea who Morella is. Uh huh. I’m sure you’ve got the most wide, innocent eyes painted on the paper bag you’ve got jammed over your face, **Morella**. A troll is a troll is a troll. > [@DrDeth](#): > > SFG engages in Mod-baiting a lot. > [@DrDeth](#): > > True, she’s also a shit-stirrer. Cites for these vile calumnies, you fucking dickgarage? ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/148 "2010-11-08T17:33:17Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Cites for these vile calumnies, you fucking dickgarage? I know many a’posters have thanked you for adding ‘dickgarage’ to their vocab. But me being a more meek and mild young lady; I’ll just thank you for teaching me ‘caluminies’ which I have googled and set aside for future use. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/149 "2010-11-08T17:46:16Z")
I’m just wondering where the idea comes from that **rachelellogram** is a renamed **Morella** , other than both names including “ell.” ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/150 "2010-11-08T17:53:08Z")
> [@spark240](#): > > I’m just wondering where the idea comes from that **rachelellogram** is a renamed **Morella** , other than both names including “ell.” No idea, and I’m disappointed in **Guns** for pursuing it. **rachel** ’s posting style is nothing like **Morella** ’s, and if one’s going to make the case from there that of course a professional troll would deliberately change up posting style, then there’s no use throwing accusations around at random people just because they’re obstreperous. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/151 "2010-11-08T17:54:26Z")
I’m assuming that it isn’t meant in the context of a “garage” where one goes for repairs and upkeep? How many women might welcome such a thing, if they could find a way to make the appointment without alarming their SO’s delicate sensibilities. Some men, I am told, are insecure about such matters. Or so I’ve heard. “Don’t forget, dear, you have an appointment at the dickgarage this afternoon for your annual tune up. And pick up a nice bottle of wine for supper, won’t you? I’ll take the kids over to your mother’s for the evening.” ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/152 "2010-11-08T18:32:49Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > I’m assuming that it isn’t meant in the context of a “garage” where one goes for repairs and upkeep? How many women might welcome such a thing, if they could find a way to make the appointment without alarming their SO’s delicate sensibilities. Some men, I am told, are insecure about such matters. Or so I’ve heard. > > “Don’t forget, dear, you have an appointment at the dickgarage this afternoon for your annual tune up. And pick up a nice bottle of wine for supper, won’t you? I’ll take the kids over to your mother’s for the evening.” You know, I’ve never really pondered the exact meaning of the phrase. But it sure has a ring to it, du’nt it? By the way, I am aware that I misspelled calumnies in my last post. I fail at learning new words, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/153 "2010-11-08T18:59:21Z")
I think a “Dick Garage” is where a guy parks his dick, in other words, a c… oops, forbidden word…! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/154 "2010-11-08T19:01:50Z")
Speak not of country matters. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/155 "2010-11-08T19:38:58Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > But me being a more meek and mild young lady; I’ll just thank you for teaching me ‘caluminies’ which I have googled and set aside for future use. I picked it up from Shakespeare, so you can pass that credit on. > [@spark240](#): > > I’m just wondering where the idea comes from that **rachelellogram** is a renamed **Morella** , other than both names including “ell.” Personally, I suspect it because \*\*rachellelelelelel \*\*showed up right when \*\*Morella \*\*got banned, after the first sock got banned, and is vomiting up similarly trollish assertions while verrrrrrrrrrrry carefully keeping her feet on the right side of the rules that would get her banned. Here is a [direct, unedited quote](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=13077488&postcount=153): “Humans existed for millennia throwing their trash, poo, and pee on the ground. Modern sanitation is great, and I personally put my trash and poo where it belongs. But my belief is that freedom is more important than sanitation.” Can you seriously see any sane, non-retarded person making that statement in honesty? There’s no way that’s not a troll. > [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > You know, I’ve never really pondered the exact meaning of the phrase. It’s like a parking garage, but for dicks. > [@Bosstone](#): > > Speak not of **count** ry matters. Emphasis added–make sure to accent the correct syllable there. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/156 "2010-11-08T22:08:26Z")
“4 out of 5 doctors agree. I am insane.” No, that’s not a troll. It’s a quote from Hard Candy 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/157 "2010-11-09T03:39:02Z")
Sorry, **SFG** , I’ll grant that **rachellelogram** is not making the best first impression I’ve ever seen, and I’ll grant that something about her has rubbed you entirely the wrong way, but the accusation that she’s a returning sock for the late unlamented **Morella** strikes me as really out of left field. And I find that your insistence on pursuing the subject so aggressively does not reflect well on you. I’ll allow as to how I possibly have no frame of reference for correctly judging the provenance of anyone who reads and posts in a WoW thread, and my judgement could be adversely affected by this. But, in my estimation, **rachelellogram** , unlike **Morella** (and **Carol Stream** before her) actually participates, and does not show up just to snark and snipe. If she has it in her to hold and post an opinion that I disagree with (even as a newbie), well, so what? So have some other posters whom I respect as Dopers and as thinkers (you among them). ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/158 "2010-11-09T08:41:33Z")
> [@Noone\_Special](#): > > I think a “Dick Garage” is where a guy parks his dick, in other words, a c… oops, forbidden word…! :eek: Sounds more like the users of the word would be thinking of a public garage… one with space for waaaaaay more than three cars… ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/159 "2010-11-09T08:49:48Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > **rachelellogram** , unlike **Morella** (and **Carol Stream** before her) (underline mine) Wait, **rachelellogram** is supposedly **Carol Stream III**?! :eek: 😕 I missed **Morella** (or don’t hang out in the right threads) but, IM(VH)O, there is _no way_ **rachelellogram** is a reincarnation of **Carol Stream**. > [@Nava](#): > > Sounds more like the users of the word would be thinking of a public garage… one with space for waaaaaay more than three cars… And multiple entrances… And you possibly have to pay for the privilege. By the hour. We can probably go on… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/160 "2010-11-09T09:01:05Z")
> [@rachelellogram](#): > > I figured it’d be best to head off false accusations before others got the idea and joined in. Just in case. > > Is SFG generally seen as a troll? Not by the normal definition, nor the one of this forum (i.e. the Pit). She doesn’t seem to be wanting to get a rise out of people, but just likes to express brash opinions and vent a lot, and rarely cares about being perceived as a jerk _in this forum_. She’s essentially just the person who will call you on your shit (for lack of a better word), and will respond to any perceived attack with extreme gusto–as you have already seen in this thread. She enjoys fighting, but does not do so just to piss you off. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298.md?page=9)