Which one of these board memes annoys you the most?

[TBG]

I never understood why the quarry one bothered anybody. Creed Bratton was a very underrated character on the Office.

[Knorf]

@TBG

I never understood why the quarry one bothered anybody. Creed Bratton was a very underrated character on the Office.

Agreed.

[DrDeth]

@What_Exit

I can’t vote for the above, the meme that annoys me most is the stupid jokes about zombie threads. They aren’t funny and are quite asinine actually making the poster look like an dope instead of a doper.

Yep. That and “Whoosh!”. :mad:

Cant remember the quarry one.

The sig was my pick of the ones listed, however, I think it should be banned. :mad:

[DrDeth]

@Apollon

That “Regards …” schtick doesn’t as much annoy me, as it makes me think less of whoever puts it at the end of his message. It may be confirmation bias, but after 18 years of surfing the internet, I have found that undersigned forum posts are not worth reading. Their authors fall into the same category of those who refer to themselves in the third person, and those who preface their opinions with “I personally believe”.

Oooh, snap!

[DrDeth]

@Knorf

Ok, let’s clarify something about memes.

The word was coined by one Richard Dawkins, and the definition of a meme, from the horse’s mouth, is that it is a packet of cultural information that behaves in an analogous way to genes in DNA, experiencing analogous pressures of “variation, mutation, competition, and inheritance” as genes do, each of which has an effect on the “reproductive success” of the meme.

A meme is not just a popular idea, catch-phrase, or some stupid picture of a demented cat with a semi-witty caption (those are indeed all memes.)

Yeah, despite what Dawkins may want, the word has changed meaning.:rolleyes: Live with it.

[DrDeth]

@pulykamell

The quarry one, easily. Luckily, I haven’t seen much of it lately. “Regards, Shodan” doesn’t bug me–I’ve become kind of blinded it to it from sheer repetition.

It bugs me only as he’s been told it annoys the snot out of many posters, and has been asked to stop it, but continues- just to piss people off.

[Aquadementia]

Get off the ramp folks and forget all this other stuff. We now live in the era of stinky footed bumpkins. If anyone doesn’t like it and wants to be an Egyptologist they can suck my geyser.

Regards,
Sunsets and rainbows.

[Shodan]

@DrDeth

It bugs me only as he’s been told it annoys the snot out of many posters, and has been asked to stop it, but continues- just to piss people off.

This kind of kvetching has been going on for nine years. Two things -
[ol][li]Not in order to piss people off. Rather, because I like it, and don’t much care if some other minority doesn’t. There is a difference.[/li][li]Read the rules. [/li][QUOTE]
You can do a simple signoff of the form:

[complimentary close - optional]
[your name]

… at the end of each post. By “complimentary close” we mean some brief valedictory such as “regards,” “peace,” etc. Please don’t push the envelope.
[/QUOTE]
[/ol]Perhaps one day we can finally sign this particular equine death certificate. I ain’t holding my breath.

Regards,
Shodan

[phreesh]

My timing is exquisite to register my dislike for ‘Regards…’

Completely redundant.

It comes off as somebody who doesn’t understand how a message board works. It would be annoying from someone like that, but when it comes from somebody who has been told many, many times that it is annoying and then still does it, it becomes infinitely more annoying.

However, free world and all that.

[Trinopus]

@DrDeth

. . . despite what Dawkins may want, the word has changed meaning. . . .

What would you say it means today?

[DrDeth]

@Shodan

This kind of kvetching has been going on for nine years. Two things -
[ol][li]Not in order to piss people off. Rather, because I like it, and don’t much care if some other minority doesn’t. There is a difference.[/li][li]Read the rules. [/ol]Perhaps one day we can finally sign this particular equine death certificate. I ain’t holding my breath.[/li]
Regards,
Shodan

1. No one besides you likes it. Some few put up with it or dont care.

2. Just because it’s legal doesnt mean you have to do it.

No regards
DrDeth

[DrDeth]

@Trinopus

What would you say it means today?

The Op used it correctly.

[Shodan]

@DrDeth

1. No one besides you likes it. Some few put up with it or dont care.

I don’t believe this is accurate, and I don’t believe the burden of proof whether it is or isn’t lies with me.

2. Just because it’s legal doesnt mean you have to do it.

No, I don’t have to. I can if I want. I do want. Deal.

Regards,
Shodan

[zweisamkeit]

@Freudian_Slit

Let’s go down to the quarry is the only one that annoys me at all. Mostly because it doesn’t really seem like a meme. Just something that someone tried really hard to make into a meme and now it gets used more out of a general acknowledgment of how stupid it was to begin with.

That’s exactly why I like it, actually!

[Trinopus]

@DrDeth

The Op used it correctly.

The OP used the word…but offers no context to know what the definition is. You said the definition has changed. Can you go into just a bit more detail?

[DrDeth]

@Trinopus

The OP used the word…but offers no context to know what the definition is. You said the definition has changed. Can you go into just a bit more detail?

No, I don’t have to. Deal.

[What_Exit]

@DrDeth

1. No one besides you likes it. Some few put up with it or dont care.

2. Just because it’s legal doesnt mean you have to do it.

No regards
DrDeth

Such a dumb thing to be annoyed by, I find the complaints more annoying honestly. After all these years how can you even notice it any more? It is automatic and and its going to be there.

[doorhinge]

@DrDeth

1. No one besides you likes it. Some few put up with it or dont care.

2. Just because it’s legal doesnt mean you have to do it.

No regards
DrDeth

I like it. I guess that means you’re wrong? Or maybe you’re just mistaken?

[Trinopus]

Jesus’ bones! You ask for a clarification here, and “I don’t haveta.”

Can someone else, please, help me understand what a meme is, if Dawkins’ definition has changed?

(I’m still sad at the change in the word “hacking,” from just “doing computer stuff in a somewhat obsessive fashion” to “breaking and entering computer systems.” I used to be a hacker, but I’m not one anymore!)

[TBG]

I like your sign off, Shodan.