# Why do some sign their posts with 'Regards'?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 6, 2006, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-sign-their-posts-with-regards/371717 "2006-09-06T23:58:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-sign-their-posts-with-regards/371717/16 "2006-09-07T13:09:21Z")

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[QUOTE=EJsGirl]  
I was coming in to say that maybe those folks haven’t lost all of their good writing manners in the digital age… 😉  
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Not yet, but I’m working on it. 😃

It’s just a habit. Sometimes it means just what it says; sometimes it is shorthand for “fuck you, you meerkat-molesting slimebucket”. Depends on the context.

Regards,  
Shodan

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