Yes yes! This is exactly what it’s like!
Er, yeah. But why is that information relevant to every damn post they make? I mean, there is a lot of “different information” I could include in every post, but it wouldn’t serve to add anything to the conversation.
XOXOXOXO,
Green Bean
real name: Elizabeth
hair color: red
shoe size: 8.5
favorite drummer: Keith Moon
ate for lunch: tuna fish sandwich
Sans snark – why isn’t it being enforced? I’m not suggesting mass bannings, but some mod-hat-on reminders would be appreciated. If we flag, will you remind?
Kobal2
Post 10599314
Thread 498459
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb
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21 December 2008
Dear Sir
I agree!
Hoping this finds you well and with best wishes for the Holiday Season,
Regards,
Cazzle
“Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.”
Weirdly, there is sort-of a rule like that: threads have to be in English–there was a brief period where a bunch of posters were posting in non-English and the consensus (rightly, IMO) was that mods don’t have the time to Babelfish every post in a thread.
I don’t think thread titles alone trigger that rule though.
Fuck off,
Darryl Lict
Yes, this is why I do it. I want to include the signoff in every post, but I am prohibited from posting my entire signature more than once per thread. I don’t know why it bugs people; I always thought the posters using it looked much classier.
Valete,
Vox Imperatoris
Jesus buddy the Spoiler tag exists for a reason :mad:
Is Mise le m’ass,
An Gadaí
I needn’t admit that. All I’ll admit to is that years ago, you were creeping me out by adopting what I thought was an unwarranted over-friendly tone with me, and I made one single post asking you to call me by another name, explaining that I’d totally understand if you didn’t want to do so–and years later you’re still on about it.
Daniel
Think that’ll leave a mark?
fisha
The weather.
As noted not all of us use our names in the email address and if so it might be a full name, rather than your normal address. For example my first name is Nikola, but I usually sign “Nick” or “Nick last name” because that is what I go by in all but the most formal of circumstances. I don’t always bother with close friends anymore, but I always sign my name if responding to strangers or quasi-strangers, like say someone e-mailing me that I only know from the SDMB and haven’t interacted with in flesh-space.
But ALSO, that’s how I was trained to end letters when I was in High School, damnit! I’ve finally abandoned signing my posts on this board as I slowly inch into the 21rst century, simply because it seems to drive people bugfuck and I’m nothing if not accomodating. Mr. Accomodation they call me. But for the longest time I thought that is what you were supposed to do. Seems to me it was rather more common when I first got on the net back in the Dark Ages ( mid to late '90’s ). Gradually it has appeared to have become obsolete. But forgive some of us lagging behind the pack.
I only got my first cell phone two years ago. Finally moving to HDTV this Chirstmas. And I have yet to embrace 5.1 or larger - it’s still two-channel stereo for at least another year! 
I just wanted to pop in and say that this whole thread makes me giggle.
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
Why do you want to include the “Valete/Vox Imperatoris” with every post? I’m honestly curious.
Haven’t you read this thread and the other one?
They don’t. Sorry.
Just as an example of how ridiculous it looks, take a look at the first five posts of this thread.this thread. 3 of the first 5 posts are from Vox Imperatoris. They’re all one-line posts. And he uses his little sig conceit in every one of them!
I’m struck by the fact that I just saw a poster today say that she wants to see more people post with differing viewpoints. If people can’t even tolerate something as simple as a sig. without forcing others to conform, I think it’s pretty doubtful that people with widely differing viewpoints would be very welcome.
You know, I really like the name Stealth Potato.
Peace out.
Kat
Looked… still don’t get it from a pragmatic standpoint. I could easily… easily… parse out the sig part and read the meat of the post. Didn’t get a brain cramp; my head didn’t asplode; didn’t hear the baby jesus weep from all the non-sig sigs. :shrug: Apparently the quote feature was not working for a short time or somesuch…
Fuck you all,
CircleofWillis
Moderator Note]As has already been noted before, what you are doing is considered a signature. Please use said signature once per thread. Thank you.[/Moderator Note]
Because I think it both looks better and makes me distinctive.
I have read how this signoff has made you feel. I have no idea why you feel that way, though.
I disagree. Heffalump and Roo, yes, that.
Valete,
Vox Imperatoris
ETA: Fine. But only because you forced me to.
You are welcome to it once the non-sig sig kerfluffle dies down.
Fuck you all,
CircleofWillis