DORKS WHO SIGN THEIR POSTS LIKE IT'S A FREAKIN EMAIL

I saw it, and take my word for it, you're not missing much.

-al, suddenly not so proud to be from Baltimore

-- al, Sunday, March 10, 2002 8:00 PM (6 years ago) Bookmark Link

Nobody did Steely Dan better than Steely Dan, but everyone who did Bowie did Bowie better, for pretty much every stage of his career - I'd much rather listen to the Associates, or glam Eno, or etc etc etc.

-- etc, Tuesday, May 6, 2008 4:58 PM (28 seconds ago) Bookmark Link

lol

there was this dude in my college that i used to have a few musicology classes with. he'd always raise his hand in class and talk and emphasize everything with "etc, etc, etc". very annoying. apparently he's found his way to ILM :(

it's a terminal nerd condition called Precise Vagueness... the person can't make inaccurate or insufficient statements without feeling like they'll make themselves look stupid so everything's "kind of" or "possibly" or "in most cases" fuzzed out like a mudhoney guitar line. "etc etc etc" and "QED" and whatever extra bonus point snazzy way they can cover everything they didn't know to add.

many developers have this disease. drives the suits CRAZY. "is it secure YES OR NO?!?!?!!" "most likely." "[the sound coming out of your mouth when brains are popping]"

I'm going to start saying "etek etek etek"

when you used to be able to change your name field, i seem to recall some humour there, now lost to the ages.

it's a terminal nerd condition called Precise Vagueness... the person can't make inaccurate or insufficient statements without feeling like they'll make themselves look stupid so everything's "kind of" or "possibly" or "in most cases" fuzzed out like a mudhoney guitar line. "etc etc etc" and "QED" and whatever extra bonus point snazzy way they can cover everything they didn't know to add.

many developers have this disease. drives the suits CRAZY. "is it secure YES OR NO?!?!?!!" "most likely." "[the sound coming out of your mouth when brains are popping]"

-- msp, Wednesday, May 7, 2008 3:56 AM (14 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

this is actually my biggest writing weakness, i always over-qualify

haha me too, top phrases include "in certain ways," "for some people," "at some point"

i get plenty of jokes at my expense over it. "msp's gonna say 'weird' again! LOL!" it's really kind of silly cause they want a very definite answer. for them that's short and to the point. for me, deep in the details, the definite answer is lost to wild speculation. i'm giving them the closest real answer i can. it's fucked up because when i say, "we're pretty secure" i mean, "we're as secure as you're gonna pay for" ... the best practices we can muster. yet i KNOW it's still wide open on points A, F, and Q... meanwhile, there's shit we don't even know about cause we're too busy to go there.

in my own way, i'm being as definite as i can. they don't see me as definite at all. it's the fast track to not getting promoted. and it's the reason why the biggest bumbling idiots always seem to become the boss. (get those guys outta the code anyway... "every time he uses svn, the trunk doesn't build! FUYCK!")

I had a friend who did this on aim. She'd write really long messages then sign them. She was cute so I let it slide. It was cute.

Developers and coders and etc (lol) don't talk in absolutes because if they did, the suits would ream them later if they said "well this will be done in 10 days" and it wasn't.

hey wait. msp, you didn't sign 2!! of yr posts. did you decide to quit somewhere upthread?

i have precise vagueness too then i guess
but only on ilx it wld seem

xxxposts to TOMBOT

Stop what?
You deleted everything and now you want to stop conversation?

It wasn't about me OR Ally - I am starting to understand your moniker and why people actively dislike you.

Ally the Schef attacked me verbally, given this question: Do you have a problem with me?

That entire thing has been deleted because we all love the HOOS.

Could you give me a fucking break? Please?

Thanks, Alison

-- aimurchie, Monday, June 23, 2008 2:46 PM (32 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

That entire thing has been deleted because we all love the HOOS.

^ this

One day I need some ILXor veteran to sit me down and slowly explain all this Ally business and Luna business, because I've been here since 2005 and I don't understand 90% of what anyone is talking about since all ILX is anymore is Dom bumping old threads.

no, you really really don't need that.

http://i31.tinypic.com/jzimo6.jpg

i've been around longer than that and don't know much either.

what i do know leads me to think that kevin's probably pretty OTM tho.

it's like several circles of meta-melodramatic hell....
m. (< -- dork)

xxxposts to TOMBOT

Stop what?
You deleted everything and now you want to stop conversation?

It wasn't about me OR Ally - I am starting to understand your moniker and why people actively dislike you.

Ally the Schef attacked me verbally, given this question: Do you have a problem with me?

That entire thing has been deleted because we all love the HOOS.

Could you give me a fucking break? Please?

Thanks, Alison

-- aimurchie, Monday, June 23, 2008 2:46 PM (32 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

-- dan m, Monday, June 23, 2008 4:19 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

what thread

i think it was deleted from hoos magic thread

the one I c&p'd was from modreq, dunno where the orig boeuf was

Real names = Real business

We gotta find out what Raggett's middle name is because "Stop it, Ned!" doesn't have the same effect that "Knock it off, Cory!" has.

What a silly thread to read at 12.52 when my stomach is about to TURN ME INSIDE OUT AND EAT MYSELF.

Today - "high fibre cereal". For men who think muesli is too rockin'.

Markx

-- Markx, Sunday, October 21, 2001 8:00 PM (6 years ago) Bookmark Link

nice rack.

Leif.

― Choose Leif, Wednesday, February 25, 2009 12:41 AM (10 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

When I realized all music reviewers pre-wrote glowing reviews of anything Beck, Radiohead, or Ani DiFranco put out when they had only a track listing to go by.
Love, Jeff

― Jeff Guidry, Tuesday, November 20, 2001 5:00 PM (7 years ago)

I won't listen to later R.E.M. because Micheal Stipe went from being a fag to being a really big fag.
Love, Jeff

― Jeff Guidry, Tuesday, November 20, 2001 5:00 PM

^^^^^ valuable old poster

putting the "Love," before your name is ok imo

My question is:
I have no idea of what the popular Gypsy Kings song is that they play in the bars, etc. and I wanted to find that song. Do you know what it is?

Thank you in advance for the answer

Sarrah

― Sarrah Barker

http://5.media.tumblr.com/A2pKzdBmFp5hu57nu5kJGvLgo1_500.jpg

friend has started signing his facebook status updates

I once signed a work email love, erica by mistake. That was pretty embarrassing.

Maybe I should start singing all my posts here that way too. I think I will.

Love,

Erica

daamn, i might come along. u disseminate much Arcade Fire??

Leif.

― Choose Leif, Sunday, February 28, 2010 6:20 AM (2 days ago) Bookmark

Maybe I should start singing all my posts here

it would be cool if you started singing all your posts

Really interesting!! I've got five of Steve Haggard's albums, I've seen him play live once in Nashville and I've reviewed him for an English music zine, but never even heard of 'Slain By An Angel'. Can't find it online, is it available somewhere?? amyanne

― AmyAnne, Thursday, March 25, 2010 8:10 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

j/k w/s

I ACCIDENTALLY DID THIS ON A PHONE MESSAGE

I SAID

THANKS
BYE
RODNEY

AND THEN I FELT LIKE A DORK

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/10/500x_email-hate-4.jpg

thats exactly why mine is just:

--
Ma** Sl*****
FUCK YOU
www.goatse.cx

dorks who type their freakin email address on images that don't belong to them

http://i.imgur.com/zi7hd.gif

todd

we've all been there, MommyHuumps. i salute your bravery and honesty. god bless--

WF

― waterface, Friday, May 17, 2013 8:12 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

A+

hah, I just came here to post that

http://megacycles.tumblr.com/post/54963387772

To no one in particular:
Tell us WHY they're overrated, not just not liking them (or, you know, just prove you're narrow... and don't know much / haven't heard much)

For me, the definition of overrated: The Beatles. I don't hate them, but every single throwaway lameass song they released - has been hailed as genius!

D

― Danelectro, Sunday, 6 October 2013 19:14 (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink