# The new \[del\] function - WTF? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 29, 2005, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-del-function-wtf/310355 "2005-06-29T13:36:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-del-function-wtf/310355/41 "2005-06-29T21:10:45Z")
I am including the words I struckout, before I added the code, in my count. My point is that saying ::Cough::minor insult::Cough:: takes longer. What I am really saying is that one takes a shorter time then the other, even if barely so. ---
**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:** [June 29, 2005, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-del-function-wtf/310355/42 "2005-06-29T21:12:05Z")
> [@Scott Plaid](#): > > What I am really saying is that one takes a shorter time then the other, even if barely so. Well, I’m convinced. ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-del-function-wtf/310355/43 "2005-06-29T21:13:17Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > This has the potential of becoming another “Hi, Opal”. Pre-fucking-cisely. [sub]Yes, I realize the irony of my post. I’m a witty motherfucker. Shut your pie-hole.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-del-function-wtf/310355/44 "2005-06-29T22:49:40Z")
> [@UrbanChic](#): > > Pre-fucking-cisely. > > [sub]Yes, I realize the irony of my post. I’m a witty motherfucker. Shut your pie-hole.[/sub] When come back, bring piehole! ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-del-function-wtf/310355/45 "2005-06-29T22:56:59Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > Again, just say what you want. Why would you need a strikeout? Because the way I want to say what I want to say will require a strikeout at times. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-del-function-wtf/310355/46 "2005-06-30T00:01:58Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > I give it a month before someone gets banned for using it improperly. I give it a [del]month[/del] week. ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-del-function-wtf/310355/47 "2005-06-30T00:30:12Z")
> [@UrbanChic](#): > > I think it is stupid and I will never use it. I too think it’s stupid and shall probably use it someday… ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-del-function-wtf/310355/48 "2005-06-30T00:37:20Z")
Man, some of you are tighta^H^H^H^H^H^H quite vocal about your condemnation. I think strikeout humor can be really funny, but the responses of the [del]lackwits[/del] fine, upstanding people who don’t get this kind of humor are even funnier. It’s tongue in cheek. Like all wit, overuse can get tiring, but it’s a riot when timed well. [sub]I’m next on the angry mob’s list, aren’t I?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-del-function-wtf/310355/49 "2005-06-30T00:49:42Z")
> [@ultrafilter](#): > > I can see a lot of unimaginative hacks using this as vehicles for their lack of wit. . . In time, I predict that the use of the overstrike will evolve along the same path as excessive exclamation points and overuse of smilies: A means of expression for those that employ it, and a means of identifying idiots for the rest of us. ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-del-function-wtf/310355/50 "2005-06-30T00:51:42Z")
> [@Uvula Donor](#): > > In time, I predict that the use of the overstrike will evolve along the same path as excessive exclamation points and overuse of smilies: A means of expression for those that employ it, and a means of identifying idiots for the rest of us. [del] !!! 😃😃🙂 !!! [/del] ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-del-function-wtf/310355/51 "2005-06-30T01:06:13Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > I was just asking a question. I don’t see any usefullness in this function. Actually, you started a friggin’ _Pit thread_ about it, calling it a stupid upgrade. Asking a question because you don’t see any usefulness about it would be an ATMB thread. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-del-function-wtf/310355/52 "2005-06-30T01:07:45Z")
> [@askeptic](#): > > [del] !!! 😃😃🙂 !!! [/del] You know, this could inspire a whole thread of creative artistic endeavors combining smilies with the strikeout. What? ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-del-function-wtf/310355/53 "2005-06-30T01:18:25Z")
In all seriousness, I think the Del function is like any of the others. It is a tool nothing more. Some will abuse it others will employ it with wit to grea[del]g[/del]t effect. The OP might as well have complained about the [quote] function because we could just use “quotation marks”. All in all the OP is [del]lame[/del] lame. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2005, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-del-function-wtf/310355/54 "2005-06-30T01:22:12Z")
> [@Troy McClure SF](#): > > Actually, you started a friggin’ _Pit thread_ about it, calling it a stupid upgrade. Asking a question because you don’t see any usefulness about it would be an ATMB thread. I started a Pit thread because I thought it was a stupid “upgrade” AND I asked a question. Since we aren’t allowed to swear in the ATMB forum, I put it here. BTW, it’s a FUCKING Pit thread. If it were in ATMB, it’d be a friggin’ thread. I still think it a ridiculous feature and certainly is not an upgrade. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2005, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-del-function-wtf/310355/55 "2005-06-30T01:23:17Z")
[QUOTE=askeptic] In all seriousness, I think the Del function is like any of the others. It is a tool nothing more. Some will abuse it others will employ it with wit to grea[del]g[/del]t effect. The OP might as well have complained about the > [@](#): > > function because we could just use “quotation marks”. All in all the OP is [del]lame[/del] lame. See what I mean? ---
**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:** [June 30, 2005, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-del-function-wtf/310355/56 "2005-06-30T01:24:25Z")
Hey, MBS: Nice coding, dickweed. ---
**Author:** ![Pythian\_Habenero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a6a055/32.png) [@Pythian\_Habenero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pythian_Habenero)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-del-function-wtf/310355/57 "2005-06-30T01:24:46Z")
Don’t get your antlers in a knot, **Mr. Blue Sky**. At least [del]to my knowledge[/del] no-one on these boards has figured out invisitext yet. Oh. Wait. Should I have said that? \>_\> \<_\< \>\_\> ---
**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:** [June 30, 2005, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-del-function-wtf/310355/58 "2005-06-30T01:26:31Z")
> [@Pythian Habenero](#): > > Don’t get your antlers in a knot, **Mr. Blue Sky**. At least [del]to my knowledge[/del] no-one on these boards has figured out invisitext yet. Oh. Wait. Should I have said that? \>_\> \<_\< \>\_\> Pray to Og we never get animated smilies or avatars. ---
**Author:** ![Pythian\_Habenero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a6a055/32.png) [@Pythian\_Habenero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pythian_Habenero)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-del-function-wtf/310355/59 "2005-06-30T01:30:42Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > Pray to Og we never get animated smilies or avatars. Actually I don’t think avatars are a bad idea. They aren’t necessary, but they’re nice to have. And some animated smilies really come in useful - ref. [http://img299.echo.cx/img299/4213/trey8tg.gif](http://img299.echo.cx/img299/4213/trey8tg.gif) , from another board I used to frequent. I got banned from it, but you don’t need to know that. ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-del-function-wtf/310355/60 "2005-06-30T01:34:46Z")
> [@Pythian Habenero](#): > > Don’t get your antlers in a knot, **Mr. Blue Sky**. At least [del]to my knowledge[/del] no-one on these boards has figured out invisitext yet. Oh. Wait. Should I have said that? \>_\> \<_\< \>\_\> Don’t be to sure about that… :rolleyes: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-del-function-wtf/310355.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-del-function-wtf/310355.md?page=4)