# Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 2, 2000, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread/21210 "2000-06-02T14:49:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2000, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread/21210/161 "2000-07-29T04:51:21Z")
::Thinks about using smiley to annoy **ChiefScott** :: ::Decides not to use smiley:: * * * “Cryptic sig” - Some Unknown Person ---
**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2000, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread/21210/162 "2000-07-29T04:52:35Z")
Complaint about vB smilies. * * * “Cryptic sig” - Some Unknown Person ---
**Author:** ![notmailman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ac91a4/32.png) [@notmailman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notmailman)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2000, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread/21210/163 "2000-07-29T05:37:42Z")
Claim to having read entire thread. Arrogant attempt to summarize entire thread. Inappropriate acronyms, liberally applied. Underscores and forward slashes. Sig about not having a sig. ---
**Author:** ![Yue\_Han](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/eada6e/32.png) [@Yue\_Han](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yue_Han)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2000, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread/21210/164 "2000-07-29T05:40:06Z")
Posts without reading whole thread. Apology for not reading thread. Repeats, almost verbatim, another post in the thread. Attempt to correct a poster who has made no mistake. Numbered list: 1. Item 2. Item 3. Item Sarcasm. Link to related website to support position. (Note: on closer examination, the linked document will actually contradict said position.) Apology for correcting poster. –Name Attempt at humor/complimentery close –Begin sig– Link to website, with self-aggrandizing text Quotation from pre-1980 music, without citation. Quote from sarcastic bastard, properly attributed. ---
**Author:** ![notmailman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ac91a4/32.png) [@notmailman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notmailman)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2000, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread/21210/165 "2000-07-29T06:27:14Z")
Having noticed earlier flirtatious posts directed to and from Shayna, (which he did not address in his previous grand summary post) newbie looks up her profile. Discovering she lives in same city, he considers sending her an email privately. Decides not to. Proudly re-reads own previous post. Wonders why no one responded to his many excellent points. Considers posting a clarification of his more (he thinks) obscure comments. Decides not to. Self doubt escalates to mild paranoia. Closes browser without posting and without correcting time-zone error in his profile. ---
**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2000, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread/21210/166 "2000-07-29T07:26:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Irishman \* > \*\*Responds to previous comment regarding sexual preference with a comment that no test required, most definitive test already taken. Check female, check male - which gets you hot? Both is also an acceptable answer. > > Answer for said poster - all cases female. > > Poster now looks around for female to test response. \*\* Current poster wonders whether quoted poster is looking for _specific_ female above. Current poster knows answer to question, wonders how quoted poster managed to send last two replies to thread without somehow referencing “The poster formerly known as Michelle”. Current poster contemplates flaming or otherwise ridiculing quoted poster in shameless attempt to steal “The poster formerly known as Michelle” for himself. (Hence, current post) Current poster realizes that “The poster formerly known as Michelle” is at work right now and is highly unlikely to read this. Current poster looks around for someone else to flirt with. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2000, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread/21210/167 "2000-07-29T16:04:08Z")
**Emboldened User Name** Resurrection of dead horse carried over from another thread: > [@](#): > > Posts without reading whole thread. Quarrel over grammar, citing predicate construction of Opening Post rendered in undefined symbology: P = N—P[sub]1[/sub] Comparison to poster’s predicate construction: P = V—(N—P[sub]1[/sub]) Assertion that models differ. > [@](#): > > Apology for not reading thread. Disultory prolegomena ignored by vast majority of other people reading. Chain of implication best described by metaphor: a Trail of Tears. Gratuitous use of — and blatant abuse of — dash symbol. Citation from Strongs: “2730 1201 2341 8247 5920”. Presentation of: “trans liter ated greek”. Oddball personal interpretation. Blissful rambling under the errant assumption that anybody gives a shit. > [@](#): > > Repeats, almost verbatim … a poster who has made no mistake. Inexplicable misinterpretation of poster’s point. List of rhetorical questions _punctuated_ by italicized _emphasis_. Indignant and misdirected anger. Point by point dismantling of straw man. Red herring. [/quote] Apology for correcting poster. [/quote] Acceptance of apology. Request for same. ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2000, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread/21210/168 "2000-07-29T16:42:23Z")
Gentle chastisement of Lib, indacting that the above post is not what was meant by the aforementioned plea to post in MPSIMS more often, but we’re still glad you’re here. Another plug for upcoming Dopefest. Smiley ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2000, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread/21210/169 "2000-07-29T16:59:39Z")
Moderator wanders in … wonders what the hell happened here and if another rum and coke might be in order. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2000, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread/21210/170 "2000-07-29T18:40:13Z")
Embarassed and abject apology to Persephone. Tender plea for mercy. Gratitude for her long-suffering. Inspirational catchphrase. Friendly smile. Imperative that God go with Persephone. ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2000, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread/21210/171 "2000-07-29T18:58:10Z")
Smile returned to Lib, note that no apology is necessary, and it is indeed a joy to have him here. Expression of thanks for wishing his God would go with me, and hopes that my Goddess will go with him. Winky face Offer to Euty of something stronger than rum & coke, because this is turning out to be a very strange, though highly entertaining thread indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2000, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread/21210/172 "2000-07-29T20:00:44Z")
Gentle assurance that if her Goddess is Love, we are one. ---
**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2000, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread/21210/173 "2000-07-29T22:39:29Z")
Wonderment that Libertarian dod not mention “peaceful and honest people” in his post. ---
**Author:** ![Myrr21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Myrr21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrr21)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2000, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread/21210/174 "2000-07-29T23:14:34Z")
Uncalled for and completely pointless pun on previous poster’s missspelling Complete failure to spell on own part. ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2000, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread/21210/175 "2000-07-30T00:31:19Z")
Brief rant about how people keep posting to such a ridiculous, meaningless thread. Small hijack, to remark on another totally unrelated thread. Pointless insult thrown at Satan, who poster doesn’t know and has never talked to, online or IRL. Smilie to indicate to Satan that poster was only kidding. Short sentence wondering when tchchick will show on this thread, if she hasn’t alread. A declaration that THIS poster has better things to do than post to such a ridiculous thread. ---
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2000, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread/21210/176 "2000-07-30T01:02:18Z")
Saying something so profound but inflammatory that the moderator decides to put this post as the OP of what becomes a rollicking “Great Debates” thread. ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2000, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread/21210/177 "2000-07-30T03:04:23Z")
## Response with no new information, just to appear in a ‘Threadspotting’ thread. **Another Poster** said “this about me”. ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2000, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread/21210/178 "2000-07-30T16:36:50Z")
Remark on increasing appearance of post-modern themes in popular culture. Reference to paradoxes of self-reference. Turing. Escher. Mobius strip. Hofstadter. Godel. Umlauts. Plea to visit [new thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=26280) devoted to this theme. Simpsons quote. user name ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2000, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread/21210/179 "2000-07-30T17:04:52Z")
Several minutes have passed and **Cecil** has not replied to my last post. A theory: **Cecil=Sokal** user name ---
**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2000, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread/21210/180 "2000-07-30T17:59:25Z")
Advises **picmr** that self-reference has already been discussed on this board. Offers [this link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=616683#post616683). * * * “Cryptic sig” - Some Unknown Person [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread/21210.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread/21210.md?page=10)