I of course can’t speak for other posters, but when I compose a message here, I write it as I would say it in a face-to-face conversation, since that’s what these threads feel like to me. I’m not creating a literary composition; I’m (at least attempting to) engage in a discussion, and thus use the kind of interjections I’d insert in speech.
To me, this approach to posting also advocates for the judicious use of smilies, to echo the sort of facial expressions I’d be employing in in-person conversation.
Why, yes. Yes, I AM rather longwinded and circuitously verbose in person; why do you ask?
Actually I think “m’kay” entered the vernacular due to Mr. Mackey, the school counselor/psychologist in South Park. (Hey, at least I didn’t say “um” or “er”… and boy did it feel rude.)
And ETF, do you really do things like calling people “my contumacious turnipseed” in everyday conversation? If so, I’d love to see some of the looks you get…especially among the salt-of-the-earth horse and stable set!
Like I’ve ever seen South Park or had even heard of it until a few days ago. First time I heard it, I thought it was the place JR and Sue-Ellen (?) lived.
Just couldn’t resist pointing out that you hadn’t bothered to read the boring drivel others had posted before providing your gem. As if I would ever do that.
As for you, Ths Year’s Model, get your mind out of the gutter. “The Magnificent Pickle” is merely an extension of “Nick” – “Nicky the Pickle”. Which one of my friends extended to “Gherkin”, and thence to “The Gherkmeister”.
There’s more. Shall I go on, or have you had enough?
Well, I can see how you’d think that. There’s a character on South Park named Cartman who I think grew up to be J.R.
No problem. The funny thing is, I scanned the thread twice to try to make sure no one had mentioned Mr. Mackey. (My apologies to Miller, whose posts I almost always read.) For some reason it just didn’t register tonight. Too much wine, perhaps.
P.S.: You are speaking of methamphetamine, I take it? I know you’re in the land of the tall buildings and that you come from the land of our country’s ancestors, so it occurs to me perhaps you’re speaking either of medicinal items or perhaps woozy spirits like could be found once upon a time in Absinthe.
Sometimes it amazes me what a minefiled composing a simple post can be. I’m going to have to completely change my posting style:
"Some other poster: William Henry Harrison won the Presidency in the election of 1480, but died a month later.
Me: THE ELECTION OF 1480??? CHRIST, what kind of FUCKING MORON ARE YOU? Were you fucking educated by FUCKING WOLVES or something?!? American hadn’t even been FOUNDED YET in Fourteen-Fucking-Eighty, you DROOLING CRETIN! FUCK!!! Columbus hadn’t even sailed the fucking ocean blue–“In 1492, Columbus sailed the Ocean Blue”–Clue-by-Four, here, fuckhead, if bloody COLUMBUS didn’t make his first goddamn voyage until 1492, there couldn’t very fucking well have been a PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION in the U.S. of fucking A in 1480!!! Please fucking tell me you were fucking HOMESCHOOLED, and that there’s a history of CONGENITAL MENTAL RETARDATION in your no-doubt INBRED FAMILY OF HILLBILLIES, Mouth-Breather! I mean, how do even manage to sustain basic life functions if you’re so fucking stupid you think WILLIAM HENRY FUCKING HARRISON was elected motherfucking President in 14-Goddamn-80!!!
I weep for my country."
Of course, then I’d have to give myself a Very Stern Warning.
