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Topic: How to fluff inefficiently--participation required
Saruman
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posted October 13, 2003 08:49 PM
Rule #1: Start a thread about fluff. Rule #2: Derail serious threads. Rule #3: Dobies. Rule #4: Register multiple usernames so that people can have something else to complain about.
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Megachirops
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posted October 13, 2003 09:18 PM
What kind of loser would do any of those things?
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rivka
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posted October 13, 2003 09:29 PM
And the band fluffed on . . . ♪
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eslaine
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posted October 13, 2003 10:08 PM
Phfft. Dobies. Other names. Phfft.
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Saruman
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posted October 13, 2003 11:01 PM
Rule #5: Post on fluff threads and complain about them. This helps keep them alive.
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Mr.Funny
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posted October 13, 2003 11:13 PM
Rule #6: Dobie the anti-dobie threads.
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Rasputin
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posted October 13, 2003 11:31 PM
Rule # 7: Start a serious thread. After the 4th dobie of it, change your screenname to its reverse spelling. Then start an anti-dobie dobie of your own thread. Then just sit back and watch the sparks fly.
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Rappin' Ronnie Reagan
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posted October 13, 2003 11:34 PM
Rule #8: Start a Deathmatch thread. Rule #9: Create a chatroom specifically to plot more fluff.
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Hobbes
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posted October 13, 2003 11:47 PM
Rule #10: Don't do anything to tick off Mack, you'll never be able to do anything ever again. Hobbes
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Hobbes
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posted October 13, 2003 11:51 PM
The first two had a very definite point... Hobbes
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Rappin' Ronnie Reagan
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posted October 13, 2003 11:54 PM
Rule #12: Include every smilie known to man. well, crap. apparently you can only have 8.
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Ryuko
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posted October 13, 2003 11:58 PM
I spose.... Rule #13: Make sure your images are REALLY pointless. (edit: Dang! I wanted to use that image, mack, but I didn't think it was allowed on the board anymore...) [ October 14, 2003, 12:02 AM: Message edited by: Ryuko ]
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eslaine
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posted October 14, 2003 12:43 PM
I have to wonder if this Dobie isn't better than the original.
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T_Smith
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posted October 14, 2003 01:27 PM
Darn it, Pat! I figured that thread would eventually be parodied, but I also figured it wouldn't be more popular than the original. --|-- Rule 15: Don't make a dobie that is better than the original. Especially if it's one of T's threads.
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Saruman
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posted October 14, 2003 01:31 PM
Rule #16: If T_Smith comes up with a rule, ignore it.
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T_Smith
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posted October 14, 2003 01:33 PM
What the frell does that have to do with inefficient fluff?!
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Saruman
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posted October 14, 2003 01:34 PM
Rule #17: Make up lots of irrelevant rules. This will confuse people, thus making their fluff more inefficient.
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T_Smith
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posted October 14, 2003 01:35 PM
::scratches head::
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T_Smith
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posted October 14, 2003 01:36 PM
18. The best way to innefficiently fluff is: "pull my finger."
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Megachirops
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posted October 14, 2003 01:46 PM
I've been thinking that Hatrack has gone downhill. What do you think? *sigh* Maybe I'll start a thread about this.
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eslaine
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posted October 14, 2003 01:49 PM
Completely subverted. Yep. <--Pat Hat?
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Jon Boy
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posted October 14, 2003 09:52 PM
Rule #19: Bump threads that aren't worth bumping.
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Morbo
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posted October 26, 2003 01:38 AM
#20: Post during the bewitching hour when the daylight savings candle gutters out
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Jon Boy
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posted October 26, 2003 01:59 PM
Beautiful application of Rule #19, Morbo.
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