# Vox? Valete? Globos meos lambe **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 20, 2008, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vox-valete-globos-meos-lambe/478103 "2008-12-20T19:27:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vox-valete-globos-meos-lambe/478103/181 "2008-12-22T01:37:52Z")
> [@askeptic](#): > > well I consider it slightly less stupid than posting merely to point out how uninteresting you think the topic is… Yes, this. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vox-valete-globos-meos-lambe/478103/182 "2008-12-22T01:55:11Z")
> [@Diane](#): > > Because four lines of text is not a signature, it is an additional paragraph that pretty much adds nothing to the conversation. Hell, three lines is too many. > > You stay classy San Diego, > Ron Burgundy Hol-eeee Schmolies! **Diane**! I was just thinking of you the other day! (The exact thought was something along the lines of “Where the hell’s Diane been?” if you’re curious.) ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vox-valete-globos-meos-lambe/478103/183 "2008-12-22T02:15:45Z")
OP, in this season of giving, I can only give your opinion the finger. I’ll sign off any and every goddamned post I want to! Regards, Tripler I gotta agree with **newcrasher** , this Pit thread is lame. ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vox-valete-globos-meos-lambe/478103/184 "2008-12-22T02:20:41Z")
> [@Tripler](#): > > OP, in this season of giving, I can only give your opinion the finger. I’ll sign off any and every goddamned post I want to! > Regards, > Tripler > I gotta agree with **newcrasher** , this Pit thread is lame. you might want to read the whole thread first or your new post signing policy may end in a big surprise. Not jr modding you can do as you please.. ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vox-valete-globos-meos-lambe/478103/185 "2008-12-22T02:26:28Z")
> [@Vox\_Imperatoris](#): > > I was using the signoff because I wanted to, asshole. And I don’t need nor do I care for your (plural) permission (I do make it clear to the mods that I will no longer do so, except in the first post of the thread). Congratulations on personifying your nick, though. There’s something about your latest post it seems less classy and distinctive somehow. I wonder what it is? ---
**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:** [December 22, 2008, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vox-valete-globos-meos-lambe/478103/186 "2008-12-22T02:44:16Z")
> [@askeptic](#): > > There’s something about your latest post it seems less classy and distinctive somehow. I wonder what it is? Gee, I hadn’t even noticed that post. Oh! It was **Vox**. What a sly fox slipping that post in there. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vox-valete-globos-meos-lambe/478103/187 "2008-12-22T02:53:00Z")
> [@SkipMagic](#): > > \*\*If you’re using the same text to end each post regardless of the content of the post (whether it’s your name, a brief quote, a smiley, etc…) it’s a signature. \*\* You may not have it recorded in the signature field of your user profile, but it serves the same purpose and needs to follow the same rules as other signatures. You’re welcome to use it once per thread, and no more than that. (Bolding mine) > [@askeptic](#): > > you might want to read the whole thread first or your new post signing policy may end in a big surprise. Not jr modding you can do as you please.. Well, seeing as how my “policy” is not new, and doesn’t fall inside **Skip** ’s definition, I think I’m okay. This “policy” may change later due to new rules, but for now, it’s pretty concrete to me. I drop my name, I add a relevant post-script. I’ve read the thread, and commented on the pettiness of the OP. My style is my style, and I ain’t changing it just because someone is “offended.” Tripler That’s my read on the situation. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vox-valete-globos-meos-lambe/478103/188 "2008-12-22T03:41:17Z")
> [@Tripler](#): > > (Bolding mine) > > Well, seeing as how my “policy” is not new, and doesn’t fall inside **Skip** ’s definition, I think I’m okay. This “policy” may change later due to new rules, but for now, it’s pretty concrete to me. I drop my name, I add a relevant post-script. I’ve read the thread, and commented on the pettiness of the OP. My style is my style, and I ain’t changing it just because someone is “offended.” > > Tripler > That’s my read on the situation. An appropriate _and different_ sign-off for different posts? I’ve got no problem with that. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vox-valete-globos-meos-lambe/478103/189 "2008-12-22T03:57:25Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > An appropriate _and different_ sign-off for different posts? Yup! Been doin’ it since 2000. > [@](#): > > I’ve got no problem with that. Awesome. Tripler I wasn’t expecting a nod, but this is good to know. ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vox-valete-globos-meos-lambe/478103/190 "2008-12-22T04:05:34Z")
> [@Green\_Bean](#): > > Hol-eeee Schmolies! **Diane**! I was just thinking of you the other day! (The exact thought was something along the lines of “Where the hell’s Diane been?” if you’re curious.) Hiya! How have you been? ---
**Author:** ![newcrasher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b3f665/32.png) [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vox-valete-globos-meos-lambe/478103/191 "2008-12-22T04:06:26Z")
> [@Vox\_Imperatoris](#): > > I was using the signoff because I wanted to, asshole. And I don’t need nor do I care for your (plural) permission (I do make it clear to the mods that I will no longer do so, except in the first post of the thread). Congratulations on personifying your nick, though. Every once in a while we need to be taken aside and enlightened about things we do or say that are not perceived as we intend. For you, this is one of those times. Make the most of it. Your latin sign off is pompous and ridiculous. I don’t know how you think it comes across…learned, studious, erudite… but it is pompous. In case I did not make clear, it is also ridiculous. I can’t think of 2 adjectives that better describe the act of closing each communication with an obscure latin conclusion. Pompous. Ridiculous You can stamp your feet and be as petulant as you like. Perhaps you will insist on posting it once per thread. That will be once per thread that you assert your pomposity and ridiculousness. However, a word, to the wise, is sufficient. ---
**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:** [December 22, 2008, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vox-valete-globos-meos-lambe/478103/192 "2008-12-22T04:07:03Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > An appropriate _and different_ sign-off for different posts? > I’ve got no problem with that. Just curious…what’s so appropriate and different about posting his name and a postscript that would fit just fine in the body of the post sans name? Seems a bit redundant considering his name’s at the top of the post and not germane at all to the meat of the post which is interrupted by his name. ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vox-valete-globos-meos-lambe/478103/193 "2008-12-22T05:34:03Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > An appropriate _and different_ sign-off for different posts? > I’ve got no problem with that. You fucked up with your italicizing there, boss. The thing that annoys people about sigs is that they’re extraneous bit of a post that catch the eye, only to be essentially valueless. All this bitching about whether we’re having an online conversation versus an online correspondence is just window dressing for people who find it impossible to ignore extraneous information at the end of a post It’s the _appropriate_ bit that’s important. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vox-valete-globos-meos-lambe/478103/194 "2008-12-22T06:27:16Z")
> [@Stealth\_Potato](#): > > Regards, > Most Sincerely, > Your Humble Servant, > Who Never Until Now Realized That He Ought Rightly To Be So Farcically Annoyed By Honorary Signature Lines, > Who Furthermore Never Considered Using One Himself Until He Realized How Farcically Annoying Certain Other Persons Find Them, > Who Regardless Will Not Make Use Of Them In The Future Because He Knows What Is Good For Him, > Who Also Derives A Perverse Enjoyment From Capitalizing Every Word In A Sentence When He Can Get Away With It, and > Who Finally Should Stop Tacking On Extra Clauses To This Now Implausibly Long Signature, > In Peace And Love And All That Jazz, > ~ **Stealth Potato** OK. There, right there… what HE said. or… “That.” As the cool losers here just love to repeat over and over and over. I was going to make a similar post with an absurdly long “added-text” signature (as opposed to a standard sig that can be ignored by others) and then proceed to add that absurd signature to every single post I make from here on out. But then I thought for a moment about how the desperately bored and trigger-happy mods here would react to it. I quickly realized that any silly 10-line “added-text” sig that I might choose to enter after EVERY SINGLE FUCKING POST would instantly be judged to be indubitably jerkish, trollish, and felonious by the mods, while the Usual Suspects would be free to continue their obnoxious polluting of my computer screen (even as they play lap basketball with [_insert lame moderator here_]). The only reason that I would quickly be squashed, shit on by gnats, then banned, while the Usual Suspects _wouldn’t_ be is that I’m not a member of the SDMB Koooool Kidz Klub (my nose done got no shit on it, and without the tell-tale brown color the simpletons can’t tell if I’m in Lockstep or not). On a similar note-- isn’t it interesting that we are not allowed to post in any language other than English and yet somehow, an exception is made for Latin (which is not only _foreign_n language, but a _dead_ one) merely because the intellectually desperate mods are so eager to prove that they could join Mensa (if only they could juuuust up that IQ score 15 points or so) that they giddily let the Latin slide-- breaking their own rules-- because DAMN! THEY’RE SMART!!! They took Latin for a semester in high school. Get over it, and start enforcing your own rules. Stick your head up your mother’s cooze, but leave room for your sister’s cock, **I Love Someone, And It Ain’t You** ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vox-valete-globos-meos-lambe/478103/195 "2008-12-22T07:04:35Z")
…wow ---
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vox-valete-globos-meos-lambe/478103/196 "2008-12-22T08:07:59Z")
> [@askeptic](#): > > …wow Indeed. > [@](#): > > I quickly realized that any silly 10-line “added-text” sig that I might choose to enter after EVERY SINGLE FUCKING POST would instantly be judged to be indubitably jerkish, trollish, and felonious by the mods, while the Usual Suspects would be free to continue their obnoxious polluting of my computer screen (even as they play lap basketball with [insert lame moderator here]). I look forward to the identification of the Usual Suspects. The two line “added text” sig was so annoying that I completely missed all of the ten line ones that those bastards have been using all over the place. That’s politics for you. The admins have probably been blocking those so I don’t see them. This might explain the delay in the search function. Sorry, everyone. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vox-valete-globos-meos-lambe/478103/197 "2008-12-22T08:23:11Z")
> [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](#): > > OK. There, right there… what HE said. or… > “That.” As the cool losers here just love to repeat over and over and over. “This.” ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vox-valete-globos-meos-lambe/478103/198 "2008-12-22T09:00:03Z")
> [@TWDuke](#): > > “This.” :smack: Damn! I’ll NEVER be kool! Oh well, I actually love you all very much. Did I ever say otherwise? I don’t recall… my moods can change so quickly… Maybe it runs in the family: my sister once sent me a postcard from vacation in Hawaii. Said-- _“Having a Wonderful Time, Wish You Were Dead.”_ ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vox-valete-globos-meos-lambe/478103/199 "2008-12-22T09:24:28Z")
I’m sorry, I usually hate it when people dismiss a long post with a nitpick, but I couldn’t pass that up. It’s not often I get to feel like one of the _cool_ losers. ---
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vox-valete-globos-meos-lambe/478103/200 "2008-12-22T10:30:19Z")
> [@Tripler](#): > > OP, in this season of giving, I can only give your opinion the finger. I’ll sign off any and every goddamned post I want to! > Regards, > Tripler > I gotta agree with **newcrasher** , this Pit thread is lame. Hey, I think you should keep adding in your extra bits and pieces. I bet they are always really funny, and witty, and deep and meaningful and funny and deep and witty. Tell the truth, you get about twenty private messages a day don’t you? From people who want to tell you how much they laughed at one of your message sign off’s, or from people who were inspired to reach that little bit further, to push that little bit harder, to dream the impossible dream, and all because in one line of text at the end of a relatively innocuous post you managed to throw everything into perspective… …and change a life. Dont stop, dont you dare stop. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vox-valete-globos-meos-lambe/478103.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vox-valete-globos-meos-lambe/478103.md?page=11)