Long posts

buttercup · Post by **buttercup** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 7:01 am

Do you even bother reading them? Do they annoy you?

Post by **spot** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 7:02 am

spot buries himself in the garden tip and refuses to come out for the next week

neffy · Post by **neffy** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 7:02 am

well i start off reading them,then i start to skip a few lines than i am sorry to say i jst give up:wah: :wah:

pinkchick · Post by **pinkchick** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 7:05 am

Good question Buttercup.

I gotta be honest and say - it depends on the subject:-3

mikeinie · Post by **mikeinie** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 7:07 am

Some post turn into speeches, to be honest if the first few lines don’t interest me I move on.

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 7:16 am

buttercup;650242 wrote: Do you even bother reading them? Do they annoy you?

It depends.

If Im in a thoughtful mood I might enjoy cozying up to spocks insights on

theoretical quantum mechanics and string theory.

For instance the time Spock worked himself into a frenzy describing resonance

patterns of microwaves. That was intriguing. I cant get enough of that.

Then there was the time he spiraled into a maniacal violent agitated state

discussing ultramicroscopic three dimensional thermodynamic supersymmetric

standard model tachyon's.

I really thought that episode was going to tear FG apart, but alas it didnt.

We survived, we gained and crossed some imaginary (or not) evolutionary

boundary so VIVA Spock.

Thats what I say. Sometimes too much, in fact I get nervous when I find

myself on the bippy at 3am muttering VIVA Spock. That cant be right.

Then I get all insecure and wonder what happened to me. Anyway Im glad we

had this time to share. I think Im walking away a better person because of it.

I hope you feel the same, I really do.

Has anyone seen my slippers ?

Peg · Post by **Peg** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 7:18 am

I usually skim, yawn, move on.

Did you check the refrigerator for your slippers Nomad? :wah:

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 7:43 am

Yes, if I'm interested in it. I admit I don't read Coberst's posts usually, but that's because philosophy is way over my head, not because I don't care.

I don't read hardly any of the "world conspiracy/freemasons are the devil" posts or the excessive religious posts because my eyes glaze over and my interest wanes. But just a regular long post about something I can understand, I'll most likely read it.

crazygal · Post by **crazygal** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 1:10 pm

buttercup;650242 wrote: Do you even bother reading them? Do they annoy you?

Rarely.

littlemissgiggle · Post by **littlemissgiggle** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 1:15 pm

good one nomie :wah:

i think it depends what mood i am in, and i have only been on here 2 months so still finding out what i like best.

KB. · Post by **KB.** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 1:17 pm

Wanted: The man who stole the peoples attention span

Reward: Insight, wisdom, laughter, inspiration, and a free trip to somewhere that has stores stocked with items other than the same old sh!t.

Contact your local chapter of Muses, poets, writers, and fools (MPW&F) for information concerning the reward. Please do not text message said organization. Use a pen and paper and proper postage, no SASE required.

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 1:33 pm

I'm thinking of some long ones I've written....sorry guys. *eep*

:-3

KB. · Post by **KB.** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 1:34 pm

RedGlitter;650675 wrote: I'm thinking of some long ones I've written....sorry guys. *eep*

:-3

Don't apologize.

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 1:36 pm

KB.;650677 wrote: Don't apologize.

Wellll......OK! :-6

Bill Sikes · Post by **Bill Sikes** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 2:14 pm

buttercup;650242 wrote: Do you even bother reading them? Do they annoy you?

Sometimes. Sometimes. They do tend to be great blocks of unoriginal cut'n'pasted stuff, often IME an indication of a nut-job.

buttercup · Post by **buttercup** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 2:17 pm

Its a fair enough question, why are you upset about it AF?

Do you think its aimed at KB? Like he's the only person who's ever done a long post here :rolleyes:

buttercup · Post by **buttercup** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 2:19 pm

Its a question not a battle.

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 2:20 pm

almostfamous;650698 wrote: No sh!t, what he says. Too many people are made to feel bad about what they share, myself included, and NO, this isn't directed at One person. I'm just getting sick of it

Start ignoring whoever's doing that, AF. You know how weary I get of penile threads? And masturbation threads? And "I'm drunk off my ass again" threads? And other stuff that sometimes comes off as totally insipid? Very! There are a few on here who think I'm a prude, or at least they say so. I have another word for it. But it all evens out because those are the ones who are probably sick of me writing about my dead mother and my dogs and those other weird long posts I ramble off at 3 am.

I've learned to look past that junk and hope they'll look past my stuff that they don't like as well. It seems to work okay so far.

KB's right. I retract my apology and I'm not apologizing anymore.

KB. · Post by **KB.** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 2:21 pm

buttercup;650723 wrote: Its a fair enough question, why are you upset about it AF?

Do you think its aimed at KB? Like he's the only person who's ever done a long post here :rolleyes:

I can assure you Beth feels no need to defend me here. My posts aren't long anyways; they are the normal size for someone with your average attention span, the desire, and half a brain to digest. The ones outside of the WRITING forum anyways.

buttercup · Post by **buttercup** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 2:24 pm

And now your upset about it, its just a question, chill out :rolleyes:

Carl44 · Post by **Carl44** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 2:25 pm

RedGlitter;650729 wrote: Start ignoring whoever's doing that, AF. You know how weary I get of penile threads? And masturbation threads? And "I'm drunk off my ass again" threads? And other stuff that sometimes comes off as totally insipid? Very! There are a few on here who think I'm a prude, or at least they say so. I have another word for it. But it all evens out because those are the ones who are probably sick of me writing about my dead mother and my dogs and those other weird long posts I ramble off at 3 am.

I've learned to look past that junk and hope they'll look past my stuff that they don't like as well. It seems to work okay so far.

KB's right. I retract my apology and I'm not apologizing anymore.

its the posts you made about your mother and your dogs that made me realise that you are a wonderfull human being terri ,any time you want to post about that stuff i'll gladly read it , if people dont like it tough they dont have to read it do they :-6 :-6

i probably go on about chantelle to much but my good friends on fg would like to know about her as i would love to know about their lives :-6

Post by **Betty Boop** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 2:25 pm

Depends on who's written them for me. I don't think that at the moment there is anyone here that I don't read. I always head for the guys that make me laugh first!

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 2:27 pm

jimbo;650739 wrote: its the posts you made about your mother and your dogs that made me realise that you are a wonderfull human being terri ,any time you want to post about that stuff i'll gladly read it , if people dont like it tough they dont have to read it do they :-6 :-6

Thanks Jim. :-4

i probably go on about chantelle to much but my good friends on fg would like to know about her as i would love to know about their lives :-6

You're absolutely right. No, you don't go on about Chantelle too much but you're 100% right that your friends at FG want to hear about her. I'm one of them.

KB. · Post by **KB.** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 2:29 pm

buttercup;650737 wrote: And now your upset about it, its just a question, chill out :rolleyes:

I am far from upset. If I was upset there would be cursing and metaphors being used. Don't expect to ask questions and get cookie cutter answers when those questions are posed on a forum as full of different personalities and opinions as this one is. I don't get angry at people who I see in person that do things far worse to me than ask a question about "long posts". This following statement is not meant to be hurtful, but don't flatter yourself with thinking you can upset me. I've been stabbed before and told the person that did it that I was sorry my arm got in their way. just because I don't throw a :-6 up doesn't mean I am angry.

buttercup · Post by **buttercup** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 2:30 pm

buttercup;650242 wrote: Do you even bother reading them? Do they annoy you?

That's the question, are you saying its not ok to ask it?

almostfamous;650743 wrote: And that's fine but what was the point? To belittle those that write long posts and censor them unknowingly because they don't want to look stupid in the future?

If you post a few words you're thought unintelligent. If you post more than a few lines, you're thought long-winded. If you post more than 5 times a day, you're an attention whore. blahblahblah.

Thats your take on it, not my words

almostfamous;650745 wrote: If you'd quit rolling your eyes at everything everyone posts, it might help.

If i roll my eyes its because thats how i feel at the time.

buttercup · Post by **buttercup** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 2:32 pm

KB.;650748 wrote: I am far from upset. If I was upset there would be cursing and metaphors being used. Don't expect to ask questions and get cookie cutter answers when those questions are posed on a forum as full of different personalities and opinions as this one is. I don't get angry at people who I see in person that do things far worse to me than ask a question about "long posts". This following statement is not meant to be hurtful, but don't flatter yourself with thinking you can upset me. I've been stabbed before and told the person that did it that I was sorry my arm got in their way. just because I don't throw a :-6 up doesn't mean I am angry.

Dont flatter yourself either.

KB. · Post by **KB.** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 2:33 pm

buttercup;650752 wrote: That's the question, are you saying its not ok to ask it?

:rolleyes:

Are you saying it is not okay to answer it? You can't ask it if you don't want an answer. You also can't expect the answers to be what you wanted; not all of them.

KB. · Post by **KB.** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 2:34 pm

buttercup;650754 wrote: Dont flatter yourself either.

Where did I?

buttercup · Post by **buttercup** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 2:35 pm

Of course its ok to answer it, what i'm wondering is why you got so uptight about it, it was not aimed at you, thats' your paranoia that your posts are too long & therefore your issue not mine.

buttercup · Post by **buttercup** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 2:36 pm

KB.;650756 wrote: Where did I?

Assuming the thread was about you.

KB. · Post by **KB.** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 2:40 pm

I never thought the thread was about me, still don't. I thought you asked a question and I answered it using myself as the focus. I for sure am not paranoid about posting long posts. That is obvious considering i've posted two that were over 4 thousand words each today. I answered the question posed. The first answer was done as funny as i could think of doing. I'll gladly leave the thread and move on to something else if you feel like I am being selfish with the attention. If I thought it was about me, I would have said. "I see you posted something about the fact that I write long winded posts".

:-6

buttercup · Post by **buttercup** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 2:41 pm

Im bored to death of the thread to be honest with you KB, maybe its too long :wah:

KB. · Post by **KB.** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 2:42 pm

buttercup;650757 wrote: Of course its ok to answer it, what i'm wondering is why you got so uptight about it, it was not aimed at you, thats' your paranoia that your posts are too long & therefore your issue not mine.

You can save your layman's diagnosis of my problems for someone who requests them. <---- that was uptight and upset, but I refrained from cursing. I'll let you know when I'm upset. Troll away.

Post by **spot** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 3:53 pm

buttercup;650759 wrote: Assuming the thread was about you.

Damn. I *knew* this was aimed at me from the start. Pah. I'll scream and scream 'till I'm sick - I can, you know.

DelicateDominatrix · Post by **DelicateDominatrix** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 4:25 pm

I dont mind lost posts but my attention span is not as long as the thread at times lol

buttercup · Post by **buttercup** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 1:31 am

spot;650843 wrote: Damn. I *knew* this was aimed at me from the start. Pah. I'll scream and scream 'till I'm sick - I can, you know.

Not at all Spot, in fact your long posts are one's i do read if i'm interested in the subject at the time. You always make sure your facts are right before posting so i know its worth reading.

I also very much enjoy some of the long political posts. Politics is not something you can shorten. Its the heavily bias long threads i have issues with.

Post by **spot** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 2:25 am

buttercup;651087 wrote: Its the heavily bias long threads i have issues with.
I'm so glad I don't do heavy bias...

buttercup · Post by **buttercup** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 2:29 am

oops sorry i should have had religion type after heavily

Imladris · Post by **Imladris** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 2:49 am

Long posts are fine, I read them if it's something that I'm interested in or by a person who interests/challenges/engages me.

My only request is that paragraphs are used more often - I'm getting old and my eyes can't cope with long posts that just run on without any breaks - makes me go bosseyed. Thanks.

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 2:54 am

Nomad;650262 wrote: It depends.

If Im in a thoughtful mood I might enjoy cozying up to spocks insights on

theoretical quantum mechanics and string theory.

For instance the time Spock worked himself into a frenzy describing resonance

patterns of microwaves. That was intriguing. I cant get enough of that.

Then there was the time he spiraled into a maniacal violent agitated state

discussing ultramicroscopic three dimensional thermodynamic supersymmetric

standard model tachyon's.

I really thought that episode was going to tear FG apart, but alas it didnt.

We survived, we gained and crossed some imaginary (or not) evolutionary

boundary so VIVA Spock.

Thats what I say. Sometimes too much, in fact I get nervous when I find

myself on the bippy at 3am muttering VIVA Spock. That cant be right.

Then I get all insecure and wonder what happened to me. Anyway Im glad we

had this time to share. I think Im walking away a better person because of it.

I hope you feel the same, I really do.

Has anyone seen my slippers ?
Laconic as ever Nomad

Post by **spot** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 4:09 am

Uncle Kram;651115 wrote: Laconic as ever Nomad

He's a right bugger, isn't he. I am so going to eat his liver when I meet him.

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 4:42 am

spot;651135 wrote: He's a right bugger, isn't he. I am so going to eat his liver when I meet him. With onions I hope

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 5:08 am

If they are copy and paste posts, I do not waste my time.

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 6:06 am

chonsigirl;651165 wrote: If they are copy and paste posts, I do not waste my time.

>>>>>>>is

>>>>>>>that

>>>>>>>so

>>>>>>>?

KB. · Post by **KB.** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 6:08 am

You still listening to Norah? If so, have you heard "Above Ground"?

SlipStream · Post by **SlipStream** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 6:22 am

couldn't make a long post 2 save my life :p

it'd take me weeks to type one :wah:

WonderWendy3 · Post by **WonderWendy3** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 7:20 am

I have a short attention span, but I do read long posts if its something that interests me and that I have the time, there are times that I'm just skimming through...

I would never want to offend anyone about their posts, so I just don't comment...there are a few that I will see and try to remind myself to go back to when I have the time.

Nomad...you never cease to amaze me!!:wah:

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 9:10 am

KB.;651208 wrote: You still listening to Norah? If so, have you heard "Above Ground"? No, any good?

SlipStream · Post by **SlipStream** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 9:17 am

I'm short n 2 the point.