1. Put an asparagus in your ear and listen for moonquakes.
2. Eggs are allowed in the discussion. Do not put your knees or kidneys in other people's eggs.
3. Using vitamins is unfair, but you are allowed to argue from inside a hamper.
4. Spreadsheets are welcome, as well as combovers.
5. Farting is permitted, but please give at least 30 seconds advanced notice so that we can prepare for your wrath.
6. No throwing poop, unless you have gloves on.
7. When an impasse occurs, both parties must go into a field and moo for an hour at each other.
8. Rubber duckies are allowed in the bathtub. So are colanders.
9. Bring your own archipelago.
10. You are only allowed to post a Gish gallop if you use the word "mayonnaise" in it at least 15 times.
11. Postage is due if you roll marbles through a puddle of butter.
12. You are permitted to share soup recipes only after the first posting of the words Uranus, swimsuit, or thermometer.
13. All recliners should be on a leash. If your recliner poops, you must clean up after it. Poopbags are available in the Just for Fun section of the forum.
14. You can save face by offering everyone a pretzel dipping sauce or showing off your favorite Norman Fell t-shirt.
15. Be more like cornmeal.
16. If your argument comes in a paperback version, please share it with either teeth, walnuts, or photocopier paper.
17. Cereal maps and directions to a functioning toilet are always welcome.
18. Only share your bellybutton lint if it has been immunized.
19. Use your front mouth for talking, your side mouths for producing snow, and your rear mouth for forwarding e-mails.
20. No melching in the belchbox, please.
21. If you have a free wall, please give it to Richard Sanders.
Thank you for your cooperation.
OK, I'm going to ask, no offence intended, but why do you spend your time thinking up and typing in this stuff (or is it AI-generated)?
Although not related to these political discussions which I avoid like the plague (I'm not interested in reading about the context for terrorist organisations that have the stated aim of genocide for instance) but really one thing that annoys me is when comments are taken out of context. Ie taking someone else's comments and then editing them. Hate that! That's my tuppence worth.
I can say, I only quote what I relate to in my answer and what I consider to be the main point, but I always think about whether I get all the context in my quotation.
quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond
1. Put an asparagus in your ear and listen for moonquakes.
2. Eggs are allowed in the discussion. Do not put your knees or kidneys in other people's eggs.
3. Using vitamins is unfair, but you are allowed to argue from inside a hamper.
4. Spreadsheets are welcome, as well as combovers.
5. Farting is permitted, but please give at least 30 seconds advanced notice so that we can prepare for your wrath.
6. No throwing poop, unless you have gloves on.
7. When an impasse occurs, both parties must go into a field and moo for an hour at each other.
8. Rubber duckies are allowed in the bathtub. So are colanders.
9. Bring your own archipelago.
10. You are only allowed to post a Gish gallop if you use the word "mayonnaise" in it at least 15 times.
11. Postage is due if you roll marbles through a puddle of butter.
12. You are permitted to share soup recipes only after the first posting of the words Uranus, swimsuit, or thermometer.
13. All recliners should be on a leash. If your recliner poops, you must clean up after it. Poopbags are available in the Just for Fun section of the forum.
14. You can save face by offering everyone a pretzel dipping sauce or showing off your favorite Norman Fell t-shirt.
15. Be more like cornmeal.
16. If your argument comes in a paperback version, please share it with either teeth, walnuts, or photocopier paper.
17. Cereal maps and directions to a functioning toilet are always welcome.
18. Only share your bellybutton lint if it has been immunized.
19. Use your front mouth for talking, your side mouths for producing snow, and your rear mouth for forwarding e-mails.
20. No melching in the belchbox, please.
21. If you have a free wall, please give it to Richard Sanders.
Thank you for your cooperation.
OK, I'm going to ask, no offence intended, but why do you spend your time thinking up and typing in this stuff (or is it AI-generated)?
^ it’s not always the intention to take things out of context though, sometimes when you respond to a lengthy post you just don’t want to quote the whole thing.
I agree. Sometimes, a reply is to a small section of a larger post. Editing the post being replied to makes it clear which specific part of the post is being replied to, as well as reducing the visual clutter on the page. It's only a problem if one is deliberately taking the section out of context for the purpose of attacking a point that was not intended to be made.
No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man.
Although not related to these political discussions which I avoid like the plague (I'm not interested in reading about the context for terrorist organisations that have the stated aim of genocide for instance) but really one thing that annoys me is when comments are taken out of context. Ie taking someone else's comments and then editing them. Hate that! That's my tuppence worth.
I can say, I only quote what I relate to in my answer and what I consider to be the main point, but I always think about whether I get all the context in my quotation.
I also prefer much when others do it, instead of maybe quoting a large text and only relating to a little part of it.
quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond
1. Put an asparagus in your ear and listen for moonquakes.
2. Eggs are allowed in the discussion. Do not put your knees or kidneys in other people's eggs.
3. Using vitamins is unfair, but you are allowed to argue from inside a hamper.
4. Spreadsheets are welcome, as well as combovers.
5. Farting is permitted, but please give at least 30 seconds advanced notice so that we can prepare for your wrath.
6. No throwing poop, unless you have gloves on.
7. When an impasse occurs, both parties must go into a field and moo for an hour at each other.
8. Rubber duckies are allowed in the bathtub. So are colanders.
9. Bring your own archipelago.
10. You are only allowed to post a Gish gallop if you use the word "mayonnaise" in it at least 15 times.
11. Postage is due if you roll marbles through a puddle of butter.
12. You are permitted to share soup recipes only after the first posting of the words Uranus, swimsuit, or thermometer.
13. All recliners should be on a leash. If your recliner poops, you must clean up after it. Poopbags are available in the Just for Fun section of the forum.
14. You can save face by offering everyone a pretzel dipping sauce or showing off your favorite Norman Fell t-shirt.
15. Be more like cornmeal.
16. If your argument comes in a paperback version, please share it with either teeth, walnuts, or photocopier paper.
17. Cereal maps and directions to a functioning toilet are always welcome.
18. Only share your bellybutton lint if it has been immunized.
19. Use your front mouth for talking, your side mouths for producing snow, and your rear mouth for forwarding e-mails.
20. No melching in the belchbox, please.
21. If you have a free wall, please give it to Richard Sanders.
Thank you for your cooperation.
OK, I'm going to ask, no offence intended, but why do you spend your time thinking up and typing in this stuff (or is it AI-generated)?
No offense taken. I have a weird sense of humor and get a kick out of inserting gibberish into what are otherwise serious or semi-serious threads. This mostly started when I took a stab at writing my own lyrics and poetry when I was a teenager and has some of its influences from I Am the Walrus and Jon Anderson's stuff. The lyrics eventually were put to music in my own music project which I think I've posted about elsewhere. So, it pre-dates AI and PA. Otherwise, I blame it on Man With Hat.
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^ it’s not always the intention to take things out of context though, sometimes when you respond to a lengthy post you just don’t want to quote the whole thing.
I agree. Sometimes, a reply is to a small section of a larger post. Editing the post being replied to makes it clear which specific part of the post is being replied to, as well as reducing the visual clutter on the page. It's only a problem if one is deliberately taking the section out of context for the purpose of attacking a point that was not intended to be made.
quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond
1. Put an asparagus in your ear and listen for moonquakes.
2. Eggs are allowed in the discussion. Do not put your knees or kidneys in other people's eggs.
3. Using vitamins is unfair, but you are allowed to argue from inside a hamper.
4. Spreadsheets are welcome, as well as combovers.
5. Farting is permitted, but please give at least 30 seconds advanced notice so that we can prepare for your wrath.
6. No throwing poop, unless you have gloves on.
7. When an impasse occurs, both parties must go into a field and moo for an hour at each other.
8. Rubber duckies are allowed in the bathtub. So are colanders.
9. Bring your own archipelago.
10. You are only allowed to post a Gish gallop if you use the word "mayonnaise" in it at least 15 times.
11. Postage is due if you roll marbles through a puddle of butter.
12. You are permitted to share soup recipes only after the first posting of the words Uranus, swimsuit, or thermometer.
13. All recliners should be on a leash. If your recliner poops, you must clean up after it. Poopbags are available in the Just for Fun section of the forum.
14. You can save face by offering everyone a pretzel dipping sauce or showing off your favorite Norman Fell t-shirt.
15. Be more like cornmeal.
16. If your argument comes in a paperback version, please share it with either teeth, walnuts, or photocopier paper.
17. Cereal maps and directions to a functioning toilet are always welcome.
18. Only share your bellybutton lint if it has been immunized.
19. Use your front mouth for talking, your side mouths for producing snow, and your rear mouth for forwarding e-mails.
20. No melching in the belchbox, please.
21. If you have a free wall, please give it to Richard Sanders.
Thank you for your cooperation.
OK, I'm going to ask, no offence intended, but why do you spend your time thinking up and typing in this stuff (or is it AI-generated)?
No offense taken. I have a weird sense of humor and get a kick out of inserting gibberish into what are otherwise serious or semi-serious threads. This mostly started when I took a stab at writing my own lyrics and poetry when I was a teenager and has some of its influences from I Am the Walrus and Jon Anderson's stuff. The lyrics eventually were put to music in my own music project which I think I've posted about elsewhere. So, it pre-dates AI and PA. Otherwise, I blame it on Man With Hat.
It reminds me of Monty Python's "Dirty Hungarian Phrasebook" sketch:
No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man.
^ Well, this thread is about how I think one should discuss. I'm not telling anyone what to do.
This is exactly what the imperative mood is normally used for.
Also, by rather recently having broken about half of these rules and having regularly accused others who had different points of view from yours of having broken some of these, you don't seem to be in the very best position to moderate a discussion on this topic (as valuable it might be).
^ Give me examples of where I have broken these rules, and I'll comment on them. As for the "imperative mood" ... if you are refering to the title of the thread, it is just a short title. I could rename it to "How in my humble opinion online discussions might work more smoothly", but I won't (and can't, there is a length limitation).
Sadly, as you can see here, there are some folks that don't believe in FREE SPEECH and would rather try to find some kind of this or that ... to make them feel that they can "control" the environment.
I always thought that the best control was no control at all! But, even in America, FS is not exactly believed when the media sets out to enhance ... "you're fired" ... as a way to ruin people's lives and make sure that said person is not "competing". At that point, the rules of the "game" are no longer FS, but something that should be addressed sooner or later.
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^ Well, this thread is about how I think one should discuss. I'm not telling anyone what to do.
This is exactly what the imperative mood is normally used for.
Also, by rather recently having broken about half of these rules and having regularly accused others who had different points of view from yours of having broken some of these, you don't seem to be in the very best position to moderate a discussion on this topic (as valuable it might be).
I agree with a part of your criticism, Lewian, but I've been thinking of the intention with this thread as a good opportunity to improve oneself - maybe too naively thinking so, but it can still happen.
quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond
I think the OP was trying to set forth some guidelines for more productive and less acrimonious discussions on here. Like prog these are just guidelines and not hard and fast rules where you will be sent to progarchives jail if you disobey one of them.
Edited by AFlowerKingCrimson - October 29 2023 at 17:37
1. Put an asparagus in your ear and listen for moonquakes.
2. Eggs are allowed in the discussion. Do not put your knees or kidneys in other people's eggs.
3. Using vitamins is unfair, but you are allowed to argue from inside a hamper.
4. Spreadsheets are welcome, as well as combovers.
5. Farting is permitted, but please give at least 30 seconds advanced notice so that we can prepare for your wrath.
6. No throwing poop, unless you have gloves on.
7. When an impasse occurs, both parties must go into a field and moo for an hour at each other.
8. Rubber duckies are allowed in the bathtub. So are colanders.
9. Bring your own archipelago.
10. You are only allowed to post a Gish gallop if you use the word "mayonnaise" in it at least 15 times.
11. Postage is due if you roll marbles through a puddle of butter.
12. You are permitted to share soup recipes only after the first posting of the words Uranus, swimsuit, or thermometer.
13. All recliners should be on a leash. If your recliner poops, you must clean up after it. Poopbags are available in the Just for Fun section of the forum.
14. You can save face by offering everyone a pretzel dipping sauce or showing off your favorite Norman Fell t-shirt.
15. Be more like cornmeal.
16. If your argument comes in a paperback version, please share it with either teeth, walnuts, or photocopier paper.
17. Cereal maps and directions to a functioning toilet are always welcome.
18. Only share your bellybutton lint if it has been immunized.
19. Use your front mouth for talking, your side mouths for producing snow, and your rear mouth for forwarding e-mails.
20. No melching in the belchbox, please.
21. If you have a free wall, please give it to Richard Sanders.
Thank you for your cooperation.
OK, I'm going to ask, no offence intended, but why do you spend your time thinking up and typing in this stuff (or is it AI-generated)?
No offense taken. I have a weird sense of humor and get a kick out of inserting gibberish into what are otherwise serious or semi-serious threads. This mostly started when I took a stab at writing my own lyrics and poetry when I was a teenager and has some of its influences from I Am the Walrus and Jon Anderson's stuff. The lyrics eventually were put to music in my own music project which I think I've posted about elsewhere. So, it pre-dates AI and PA. Otherwise, I blame it on Man With Hat.
Awwww. I was hoping you were trying to tell us the secrets to the universe and the ingredients of Hostess cupcakes in code. I am sooooooooo disappointed
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