# Stop with the "those little bracket's that seem to indicate, 'I'm sending you Karma'"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-with-the-those-little-brackets-that-seem-to-indicate-im-sending-you-karma/251029>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [June 18, 2004, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-with-the-those-little-brackets-that-seem-to-indicate-im-sending-you-karma/251029 "2004-06-18T13:20:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-with-the-those-little-brackets-that-seem-to-indicate-im-sending-you-karma/251029/21 "2004-06-18T16:58:04Z")

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> [@Trunk](#):
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> It was a joke because I wanted to be the first to use the template that Dooku made.
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> It required some understanding of other threads currently in the pit, which I thought the SD crew would grok. It wouldn’t have played in MPIMS. . .not that it “tested well” here, either.
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> I just picked the {{{hugs}}} as a random something to fill in the template. I don’t care about {{{hugs}}} anymore than I care about people chiming in with “I can’t beleive nobody has mentioned. . .”
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> Well, maybe they irritate me a little.

I think you’re more likely likely to be “irritated” by the big plunger handle in the ass a mod is going to personally deliver to you if you keep this stuff up.

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**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-with-the-those-little-brackets-that-seem-to-indicate-im-sending-you-karma/251029/22 "2004-06-18T17:26:47Z")

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> [@astro](#):
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> I think you’re more likely likely to be “irritated” by the big plunger handle in the ass a mod is going to personally deliver to you if you keep this stuff up.

Is that how that stick got in yours, or were you born with it?

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**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-with-the-those-little-brackets-that-seem-to-indicate-im-sending-you-karma/251029/23 "2004-06-18T17:27:21Z")

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_Flees from the thread before Lynn gets here_

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**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-with-the-those-little-brackets-that-seem-to-indicate-im-sending-you-karma/251029/24 "2004-06-18T17:34:52Z")

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You know, now that I think about it, I really do hate those little huggies.

There, no longer a joke thread. You can all untwist your panties.

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-with-the-those-little-brackets-that-seem-to-indicate-im-sending-you-karma/251029/25 "2004-06-18T18:16:02Z")

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{{{{boa constrictors}}}}

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