Let's ban signatures! Compulsory poll included

[plaaynde]

Originally Posted by ractar

You forgot the all-important "8-)". Without that sideways smiley, the true meaning is lost.

OK



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[stratofortress]

Originally Posted by ractar

You forgot the all-important "8-)". Without that sideways smiley, the true meaning is lost.

i'm about to blow your mind

keep on truckin'

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[Zeno]

Reading this thread reminded me of a "poem" from a play titled, The Psychoed

As I was going up the stair
I met a man who wasn't there.
He wasn't there again today.
I wish, I wish he'd go away.

Originally Posted by Lovesantiques

Gregorio,

Long ago, probably before most posters on this forum were even born, there were no personal computers. Let alone an Internet, www, forums, etc.

Back then, people were taught that signing one's name to the bottom of a missive was considered mandatory courtesy. And has become an ingrained habit that just feels totally wrong to break, even though intellectually we know that the rules (on the internet at least) have changed and signatures are no longer considered necessary, and by some at least not even desirable.

Thus, some of us sign posts. Even though most don't.

Having said that, I do see a clear distinction between a simple signature (typed, but still a signature IMHO) with perhaps a "regards", "sincerly yours", or something of that ilk, and those who sign with long verbalizings and/or images. The latter get to be bulky, unnecessarily repetitious, and simply make a forum harder to read.

That's my viewpoint, and thank you for asking!

Lee

A reasonable explanation and viewpoint. I especially like the comment in the last paragraph. Simple signatures are a quirk or an atavistic twitch that at most is mildly esoteric, hardly annoying, and much ado about nothing. Adding more than that however enters into another realm. A curb on that type of activity by posters may be justified depending on intent. Trying to implement such a curb on verbose signatures however will surely be much more difficult than most here realize. Shooting or hanging come to mind but that as yet can’t be done effectively by the exchange of ether waves through the internet.

Perhaps all should consider it a test of stoicism. Those that have none lose out and must suffer horribly; wailing in the darkness, yelling at clouds, eyes bulging from their sockets to the point of exploding, and finally having their minds melt into complete pools of mush. So all in all this is a good thing I think.

-Zeno

[plaaynde]

Originally Posted by Zeno

Reading this thread reminded me of a "poem" from a play titled, The Psychoed

As I was going up the stair
I met a man who wasn't there.
He wasn't there again today.
I wish, I wish he'd go away.








A reasonable explanation and viewpoint. I especially like the comment in the last paragraph. Simple signatures are a quirk or an atavistic twitch that at most is mildly esoteric, hardly annoying, and much ado about nothing. Adding more than that however enters into another realm. A curb on that type of activity by posters may be justified depending on intent. Trying to implement such a curb on verbose signatures however will surely be much more difficult than most here realize. Shooting or hanging come to mind but that as yet can’t be done effectively by the exchange of ether waves through the internet.

Perhaps all should consider it a test of stoicism. Those that have none lose out and must suffer horribly; wailing in the darkness, yelling at clouds, eyes bulging from their sockets to the point of exploding, and finally having their minds melt into complete pools of mush. So all in all this is a good thing I think.

-Zeno

Keep on truckin' o-)



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[plo ufo]

Just wanna try this on, see how it fits.

-uFO

[tompakee]

Wowzers a whole thread whinging about sigs...How many kids missed their ritalin today?

FWIW sarge did send me a pm asking me to shorten my sig which i have done (except in the riggie thread cos they just deserve all the pain) But i will still continue to use my sig whenever i can. the following post makes a lot of sense imo.

Originally Posted by Lovesantiques

Gregorio,


Having said that, I do see a clear distinction between a simple signature (typed, but still a signature IMHO) with perhaps a "regards", "sincerly yours", or something of that ilk, and those who sign with long verbalizings and/or images. The latter get to be bulky, unnecessarily repetitious, and simply make a forum harder to read.

That's my viewpoint, and thank you for asking!

As so many people are complaining about my sig i will translate for you ( though a simple google search could have told you this).

Is misé Tompakee literally means I am (with respect) Tompakee

Just be happy i don't use this as my sig

Go n-éirí an bóthar leat
Go raibh an ghaoth go brách ag do chúl
Go lonraí an ghrian go te ar d'aghaidh
Go dtite an bháisteach go mín ar do pháirceanna
Agus go mbuailimid le chéile arís,
Go gcoinní Dia i mbos A láimhe thú.

Is misé Tompakee

[gregorio]

holy **** i'd never actually seen this in action before but wow is it annoying. your ****ing signature is longer than your post. no wonder everyone hates you.

Originally Posted by tompakee

Only in America

Is misé Tompakee®

Originally Posted by tompakee

Just be happy i don't use this as my sig

Go n-éirí an bóthar leat
Go raibh an ghaoth go brách ag do chúl
Go lonraí an ghrian go te ar d'aghaidh
Go dtite an bháisteach go mín ar do pháirceanna
Agus go mbuailimid le chéile arís,
Go gcoinní Dia i mbos A láimhe thú.

Is misé Tompakee

I wish you'd use that as your signature because if that were the case you'd have been banned by now.

[tompakee]

Originally Posted by gregorio

holy **** i'd never actually seen this in action before but wow is it annoying. your ****ing signature is longer than your post. no wonder everyone hates you.





I wish you'd use that as your signature because if that were the case you'd have been banned by now.

Erm look again....My signature is 3 words and a smiley. I said i COULD use the longer one. Jeez so many people with issues on here.

Is misé Tompakee®

[tompakee]

Ah you mean from previous post in a different thread.

Is misé Tompakee®

[gregario]

yes i mean the post I quoted.

~is post made from gregorio's account on twoplustwo but my name in real life is not gregorio

[tompakee]

Originally Posted by gregario

yes i mean the post I quoted.

~is post made from gregorio's account on twoplustwo but my name in real life is not gregorio

See this is not something that would bother me! Maybe you should spend less time caring about someone posting an extra 3 words in a comment on an internet forum.

Is misé Tompakee®

[gregorio]

why am i not surprised that you aren't bothered by a behaviour that is so important to you that you insist on doing it despite knowing how much it annoys people?

[gregorio]

my mom learned quite quickly that she didn't have to sign her posts on facebook owing to the fact that her name and picture appear alongside the post, so people knew who she was even though she wasn't signing her name. but then again my mom is old enough to be my grandmother.

[tompakee]

Originally Posted by gregorio

why am i not surprised that you aren't bothered by a behaviour that is so important to you that you insist on doing it despite knowing how much it annoys people?

If it annoyed 90% or even 66% of people then i would have no problem stopping using it but as the only people who it seems to bother are a few who seem to think that this site is their personal domain i will keep using it. If you don't like my signature then please feel free to place me on your ignore list. I will sleep soundly tonight either way.

Is Misé Tompakee®

[gregorio]

i think it annoys 66% of people.