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Originally, I was against the whole idea of signalling all jokes with a "j/k" or emoticon. But in the past few days I've come to see that failing to clearly mark your kidding and joking can lead to horrendous misunderstandings and hurt feelings. In order to strengthen the unity that is Hatrack, I propose that we all make sure to wink or razz or otherwise notify people when we are joking around. This plan has been endorsed by such Hatrack Celebrities as Icarus, katharina, TomDavidson, and Ralphie.
Hop on the bandwagon, people!
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i think it can be done without emoticons or j/ks with the proper amount of audacity.
i hate all of you. and everyone else. and people i havent met. and people who arent born yet. and rabbits. i hate rabbits.
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Oh, saxon, that thingie with the pipe diameter, that was a joke. Just in case. I mean it was funny. Right? Or it was supposed to be funny. I thought you'd get a good snort out of it. A joke, that is. Funny.
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So, Pop, would you say that people are always subtle enough to figure out which threads are jokes and which are serious?
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So, if I ever want to write something malicious about somebody, I just put a smilie behind it and it'll be okay? Cool.
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I think that everyone should just take it as a simple fact that everything I post, on any subject, is meant to be hilariously funny and you should respond accordingly. This may get a little weird during the religious/social/political threads, but hey.
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When I do joke, I attempt to tailor the joke to the audience. If it's a newbie, I'll treat with kid gloves until I find out his tolerance level. And old timer will probably know me well enough to know that if I'm honestly upset about something, I'll make it clearly known.
And even when I am kidding, I'll usually be pretty careful of my word choice. For example, throwing in "perhaps" or "maybe" just in case I unintentionally hit a nerve. But I'm also an apologizer, even when I don't necessarily believe I've done anything wrong.
quote:I'm also an apologizer, even when I don't necessarily believe I've done anything wrong.
That's interesting. When that the case, do you apologize for the behavior, or do you express regret for the way it was taken?
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jehovoid, some people do think that's ok, which has long been one of the reasons for my crusade against the misuse of smilies.
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Depends on the situation. If the person who took offense convinces me that he rightly found me or my words/actions offensive, I'll apologize for the behavior. If he is unable to convince me I acted wrongfully, but nevertheless he was hurt, I apologize for the hurt and express sorrow for the situation. I try to file it away for future avoidance, but as I've told you before, my memory is slipping. Or wait, was that you I told?
--Pop
[Edit -- slight grammatical foible, and additions for clarity. Original intended meaning remains intact, though.]
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I just wish you people would quit referring to me at the end of your posts. It's driving me nuts!
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No one but me doesn't think that no one shouldn't just reject it as a complex fiction that nothing I don't post, on no subject, is not meant to be incredibly depressing and you shouldn't not respond inappropriately. This may not get a little normal during the secular/anti-social/begging-the-question threads, but hey.
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quote: You know, maybe if you were all just a little funnier, it wouldn't be necessary....
Pops, that's the funniest thing I've read here in a long time. I literally LOL.
As far as my opinion goes (I know you don't care) maybe everyone should work on not taking things so personally. I have been carefully lurking for the last couple weeks and except for a few people here that are going through some very difficult times, I think we could all use a little dose of "lighten up".
Let others explain themselves if you don't understand something. Don't jump to conclusions and assume things so quickly.
And my favorite quote from Charles Schulz: "Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia."
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i think that instead of an alert when someone is joking, there should be one when someone is being serious. Everything else should be considered a joke.
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lcarus- you would. You are probably one of those teachers that make their students show their work, or turn in their rough drafts. (j/k)
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So I said "Do you want a game of Darts?", he said "OK then", I said "Nearest to bull starts". He said "Baa", I said "Moo", he said "You're closest".
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A horse walks into a bar and the bartender looks at him and asks, "why the long face?"
And, of course, everybody's favorite pirate-walks-into-a-bar joke:
A pirate walks into a bar and makes his way to the counter. The bartender looks at him strangely and asks, "Is that a steering wheel in your pants?" The pirate looks down and replies and replies, "Yarr, she's driving me nuts!"
Edit: Forgot the word "pirate".
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A neutron went into a bar and asked the bartender, "How much for a beer?" The bartender replied, "For you, no charge."
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A man walked into a bar and sat down, ordered a beer. As he sipped the beer, he heard a soothing voice say, "Nice tie!" Looking around he noticed that the bar was empty except for himself and the bartender. A few sips later the voice said, "Beautiful shirt." At this, the man called the bartender over. "Hey, I must be losing my mind," he told the bartender. "I keep hearing these voices saying nice things, and there's not a soul in here but us." "It's the peanuts," answered the bartender. "They're complimentary
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There was a man who entered a local pun contest. He sent in ten different puns, in the hope that at least one of the puns would win. Unfortunately, no pun in ten did.
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