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- From: johnf@Auspex.COM (John Fereira)
- Newsgroups: soc.singles
- Subject: Re: Are you a Young Transplant?
- Message-ID: <15555@auspex-gw.auspex.com>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 00:25:05 GMT
- References: <1992Nov15.210121.18247@bnlux1.bnl.gov> <lgipf2INN78a@news.bbn.com> <1992Nov18.180304.19272@b8.b8.ingr.com>
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- In article <1992Nov18.180304.19272@b8.b8.ingr.com> larry@b8.b8.ingr.com (Larry Billings) writes:
- >In article <lgipf2INN78a@news.bbn.com>, dhardin@bbn.com (Dawn Hardin) writes:
- |>
- |> For the love of god, will you get rid of this miserable sig before I lose
- |> all faith in humanity and tote a gun up to some McDonalds somewhere and
- |> blow hell out of some innocent people? I'm close enough to doing that at
- |> the best of times, you wouldn't want to be the final straw would you?
- |
- |Are we having a bad day Dawn? This presents an interesting question. I
- |haven't had much of an effect on anyone for so long, maybe this could be the way
- |back from my total isolationism. BTW if you do, please take pictures and send
- |me a copy.
- |
- |I drew up that sig for the humor impaired, since I often forget to add the
- |little :) after a joke and so many on the net take everything serious if you
- |forget that. I've had the pants flamed off me several times for this, and while
- |having the pants warmly removed, that is a little warmer than I want.
-
- I'm with Dawn on this one (woo woo). For those that are capable of
- recoginzing sarcasm the large smiley face came across as kind of insulting.
- The way I see it, it's up to me to write such that, if I'm being sarcastic
- it can be recognized as such. Good sarcasm/satire is easily recognized,
- if it is written well. Poorly written sarcasm/satire like any other
- style might potentially need large flashing warning signs. If I write
- an article that is intended to be sarcastic and I am flamed for it there
- are two possiblities. Either it's my own damn fault for writing a poor
- article or some people "just don't get it". There's not much I can do
- about those people. They're not my responsiblity.
-
- |> (I'm not being a net.cop, you understand. I'm just threatening you with
- |> physical violence if I'm not happy. I do that a lot; it seems to work
- |> well.)
- |
- |Gee Dawn, now I'm all misty-eyed, no one has cared enough to beat me in such a
- |long time, Please hurt me GOOD! Hit me, beat me, make me write bad checks.
-
- The way I heard was, hurt me, beat me, make me feel cheap.
-
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- | John Fereira | Auspex Systems | "Ask me about my vow of silence." |
- | johnf@auspex.com | Santa Clara CA | |
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