# Valete, Vox Imperatoris **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 22, 2009, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valete-vox-imperatoris/482419 "2009-01-22T06:23:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valete-vox-imperatoris/482419/1 "2009-01-22T06:23:05Z")
Valete, Vox Imperatoris Valete, Vox Imperatoris Valete, Vox Imperatoris Valete, Vox Imperatoris Valete, Vox Imperatoris this is from a thread not even 2 pages long…isnt this just a sig that breaks the one sig per thread rule? I know you have been told this is irritating as hell, why keep doing it? ---
**Author:** ![Windwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/5e9695/32.png) [@Windwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Windwalker)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valete-vox-imperatoris/482419/2 "2009-01-22T06:42:48Z")
He doesn’t want you to forget who he is, in case your eyes have a hard time rolling to the left and must follow the current of gravity down? Blow where you’ve never blown before, Windwalker ---
**Author:** ![PopeJewish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@PopeJewish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PopeJewish)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valete-vox-imperatoris/482419/3 "2009-01-22T06:48:13Z")
the hell does it even mean? “goodbye, voice of Imperatoris” ? ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valete-vox-imperatoris/482419/4 "2009-01-22T06:52:07Z")
This has been done to death. Its becoming more annoying than the posts temselves. Just let it go. Put him on the ignore list if you have to. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valete-vox-imperatoris/482419/5 "2009-01-22T07:02:12Z")
The funny thing is he pits [others](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=498349) for much the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valete-vox-imperatoris/482419/6 "2009-01-22T07:13:01Z")
> [@PopeJewish](#): > > the hell does it even mean? > > “goodbye, voice of Imperatoris” ? “Goodbye, {says} Voice of the Emperor”, I guess; although the Goodbye could be addressed _to_ the Voice since the word’s vocative case is orthographically identical to the nominative, the verb then would be in the singular (“Vale”). ---
**Author:** ![Jeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valete-vox-imperatoris/482419/7 "2009-01-22T07:20:48Z")
Don’t assholes like the OP have anything better to contribute to this message board than this shit? Fuck off, Jeff ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valete-vox-imperatoris/482419/8 "2009-01-22T07:45:04Z")
> [@Critical1](#): > > I know you have been told this is irritating as hell, why keep doing it? He’s a pompous, infantile ass-goblin? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valete-vox-imperatoris/482419/9 "2009-01-22T07:58:32Z")
It’s an artificially adopted schtick; the messageboard equivalent of the “wacky” shirt, tie, and personality worn by [Colin Hunt](http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wqwDoMqyWxw). ---
**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valete-vox-imperatoris/482419/10 "2009-01-22T08:14:17Z")
> [@Jeff](#): > > Don’t assholes like the OP have anything better to contribute to this message board than this shit? > > Fuck off, > Jeff heh heheh heehehehehahahahahohohohoohohhoho snork that was somehow sublime…probably because I was distracted at first read. but still ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valete-vox-imperatoris/482419/11 "2009-01-22T08:35:31Z")
Well, as long as he believes it makes him look cool, why should anyone complain? ---
**Author:** ![leander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bcef8e/32.png) [@leander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leander)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valete-vox-imperatoris/482419/12 "2009-01-22T09:08:27Z")
> [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](#): > > Well, as long as he believes it makes him look cool, why should anyone complain? That’s the really sad bit. He thinks it makes him look “distinguished” or some such shit. But then again he’s really young. (17 I think.) I’m not sure what Shodan’s excuse is…😉 ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valete-vox-imperatoris/482419/13 "2009-01-22T09:23:08Z")
At the very least, Shodan speaks and writes English instead of an officially dead language. ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valete-vox-imperatoris/482419/14 "2009-01-22T10:09:46Z")
I got tired of the stupid signatures long ago and just don’t read the posts by those posters. Which works out great because all they post is crap anyway. Still, I thought the rule of it having to go in the signature, and not in the body of the post, and used only once per thread was a good one. ---
**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valete-vox-imperatoris/482419/15 "2009-01-22T11:31:31Z")
> [@Jeff](#): > > Don’t assholes like the OP have anything better to contribute to this message board than this shit? Hey, other boards have Grammar Nazis. We have the Grammar Nazis, the Syntax Crusaders and the Style Inquisition. It’s the Grand Semiotic Conspiracy. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valete-vox-imperatoris/482419/16 "2009-01-22T11:55:12Z")
We should use only pretty words. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valete-vox-imperatoris/482419/17 "2009-01-22T11:59:17Z")
> [@Sr\_Siete](#): > > It’s the Grand Semiotic Conspiracy. I think you’ll find that’s “symbology”. ---
**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valete-vox-imperatoris/482419/18 "2009-01-22T12:17:42Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > I think you’ll find that’s “symbology”. Do not question the Grand Semiotic Conspiracy. ---
**Author:** ![newcrasher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b3f665/32.png) [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valete-vox-imperatoris/482419/19 "2009-01-22T12:20:57Z")
This pit thread has been bouncing around my brain for a few days. **Vox** must be a real twti. And the “ **enjoy** ” guy too. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valete-vox-imperatoris/482419/20 "2009-01-22T14:21:22Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Put him on the ignore list if you have to. You know, his forced sig really does irritate me. To the point that every time I see it, I sigh and shake my head. So… Sorry to see you go, **Vox**. Your posts had content, but your sig deleted them from my mind. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valete-vox-imperatoris/482419.md?page=2)