And it just keeps going....and going....and going.... This subject has run it course, like beating on a dead horse. I know you like that.
I'm really not the right messenger for this message, but I'll give it a try. BornIcon, the guidelines were updated over the summer -- a discussion took place in the Locker Room, to which all spofi members have access. I don't know if it showed up as a sidebar on the front page -- I don't pay as much attention to the sidebar as I should, since it's used for announcements that are of general interest. So while you certainly should have read both the guidelines and the new user message before you joined the site, unless I'm way off my dates, this particular change took place after you joined. Now...about that guideline. You've used a lot of wildly exaggerated out-to-get-me phrasings in your responses about the "u/you" thing, which are really not called for. "U/ur", "lol" and other forms of AOL-speak don't get a good reception here for reasons that I'll try to explain if you're interested in listening to them, rather than raging about how ridiculous they are. Personally, I find that I'm in a better position to judge how ridiculous a reason is once I've heard what it is, but YMMV. But the point is this: when someone uses "u" and "ur" and "lol" and other AOLese here, the reaction is like what you'd get if you had spinach on your teeth. In some cultures, perhaps spinach on the teeth is a fashion plus, but here, people think it makes you look bad. So, rather than scream, "You've got spinach on your teeth! You look like a jerk! Hahahahaha!", they try to drop the hint so that you can do something about it on your own, without drawing more attention to the fact that you look bad. And people really have been trying to drop this hint, which you didn't pick up on -- so now they're saying, "Dude. You got spinach on your teeth." Now, if you were in a room full of people and someone told you you had spinach on your teeth, what would your reaction be? To quietly remove it, or scream about how uptight this person was for telling you you had spinach on your teeth? People have just been trying to hand you a clue. If they were really trying to mock you over the thing, trust me, you'd know the difference.
Dude, cut the shit. People called you out on a small guidelines thing. You didn't know about it, you didn't know rcade was a mod, now you know all of the above. rcade said he'd cut you some slack for this instance. Everything should be cool and copacetic. And yet, you're making it a big fucking deal by attempting to martyr yourself with your dramatic comments and illogical attempts to draw parallels between your minor guidelines faux pas and the Coach bean thread. You asked people to move on from this earlier after admitting you didn't know about rcade or the guidelines, and you can't even do that. Let it fucking die. Stop making snarky little shit comments after about breadcrumbs and being so mistreated.
Yeah... this isn't helping your case with rcade. Actually, the part about eating crumbs for dinner did help a little. I laughed out loud.
Surely you meant LOL. Unless you fell out of your chair, and then it's ROFL. And of course, if your ass fell off in the process of chortling, it's ROFLMAO. (sarcasm. No lolling and rofling around here, please.)
Let it fucking die. Stop making snarky little shit comments What do you think I have been trying to do? If you don't like my "snarky little shit comments", why is everyone on here for anyways? To make "snarky little shit comments" just like you. I appreciate the useful information LBB, I really do. Honestly, I am all for people being on the same page and did not mean to come across as some know-it-all jerkoff, because I sure as hell don't know it all (the jerkoff part maybe). Sincerely, thank you to all that has helped me understand the verbage used here, LBB and Bishop in particular. Thank you. Everyone else, thank you as well for showing your face. By the way, I love Jersey!! Thanks rcade, I knew there were people on here with a sense of humor and I apologize to you too. But didn't you mean LOL?
...some regular would stand up, signal like the referee, and bellow "FIRST DOWN" usually accompanied by a host of fellow schmos. Venice, I think they are just emulating the behavior at Foxboro. What usually happens is that the PA announcer gives the synopsis of the play (ball carrier, tackler, etc.), then says something to the effect of, "The play results in a Patriot's..." At this point, the crowd responds with FIRST DOWN. I agree that this would be a bit overbearing in a bar, but I can understand where it comes from.
Thanks for the enlightenment Howard - the guy usually blurts some unintelligible string of words before yelling "First Down" and I could never figure out what it was. Unfortunately, the Pats offense has generally looked like crap this year against any D worth its salt, so it's a rather rare phenomenon in 2006, I expect.
You want to know how you handle crazy-cheer girl? Every time she stands up or tries to yell something when there is no reason to do so, take out one of those airhorns and blast it right beside her head. If she stops, you stop. She starts up again (unecessarily), you start again. If she complains, just tell her you are providing "musical accompaniment" to her cheering.
And make sure to film it, because that would be awesome.
If she complains, just tell her you are providing "musical accompaniment" to her cheering. Seems like it would give more weight to that claim if you used several horns, of different tones.
I don't know about that. How many notes do you need before it can be called music? Five? Two? One? None? John Cage would have a field day with this idea.
...take out one of those airhorns and blast it right beside her head. The problem with this approach, as attractive as it might be, is that having an air horn will likely get you removed from the stadium. You also might get sued for causing her to go deaf.
A stun gun comes to mind.
But the point is this: when someone uses "u" and "ur" and "lol" and other AOLese here, the reaction is like what you'd get if you had spinach on your teeth. In some cultures, perhaps spinach on the teeth is a fashion plus, but here, people think it makes you look bad. So, -- so now they're saying, "Dude. You got spinach on your teeth." You should also ask the person if the spinach is from California, if it has been washed and sanitized, and if they would like an unrefrigerated carrot juice shooter to accompany their spinach.
I don't know about that. How many notes do you need before it can be called music? Five? Two? One? None? Many death-metal bands only play one note, which, surprisingly, sounds like an air horn. However, I agree. I'd bring one of those trumpet-mufflers and get creative with it.
the woman sitting behind me had a cow bell Must have been a stupid Sacramento Kings fan.
Must have been a stupid Sacramento Kings fan. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! </sarcasm>
Must have been a stupid Sacramento Kings fan. Yeah, 'cause Laker fans would never do anything stupid.
