Poll: Are you a "Serious" poster?
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Some topics don't require the same level of seriousness.
Combine that with the content of the posts in the discussion in question, and there we go.Colour-Scientist said:
Some topics don't require the same level of seriousness.
so this was daystars 20k post. hmm. i guess it wasn't important. o.o; oh well.Daystar Clarion said:
OT: what topic is is? oh. that one. er, hmm. i already answered it earlier. still the same.
Nope, 20k post was in the Brovengers UG chatAkytalusia said:
Once you start using UGs, post count means very little.
I have a bad (good for academics though) habit of needing to be extremely thorough in my tackling of a serious subject. I need to research, think things through, and make sure everything logically follows (to the put where I sometimes rerun the argument in symbolic logic to make sure it works). This shit takes time and effort, effort that would be wasted because the result would be too long and "dry" for anyone to care to read.
I'd like to be able to talk about how I highly disagree with prevailing escapist opinions that art is merely subjective, or how I think the answer to the drowning threads can be found more readily in the ethical theories of utilitarianism, deontology, or natural law morality than mere opinion based on emotional ties or experience, but no one would read any of it
Not a single person has even commented on my early attempts to talk about "deep" stuff so I was like "Fuck it! To the forum games" XD
I generally try to answer the OP's in good faith though.
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I'd like to be able to talk about how I highly disagree with prevailing escapist opinions that art is merely subjective, or how I think the answer to the drowning threads can be found more readily in the ethical theories of utilitarianism, deontology, or natural law morality than mere opinion based on emotional ties or experience, but no one would read any of it
Not a single person has even commented on my early attempts to talk about "deep" stuff so I was like "Fuck it! To the forum games" XD
I generally try to answer the OP's in good faith though.
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It depends on whether you think comedy can be serious.
I can deliberately parody or satirize something in a manner that (is intended to be funny for the reader) but is making a valid point.
But most people on The Escapist just call that trolling.
I try to walk the line, and it's hard to measure my success because most people don't even acknowledge that there is a line to be walked...
I do take top 5 or best/worst game/movie threads rather seriously because I am crazy enough to think anyone cares about what I think
I can deliberately parody or satirize something in a manner that (is intended to be funny for the reader) but is making a valid point.
But most people on The Escapist just call that trolling.
I try to walk the line, and it's hard to measure my success because most people don't even acknowledge that there is a line to be walked...
I do take top 5 or best/worst game/movie threads rather seriously because I am crazy enough to think anyone cares about what I think
I do a whole lot of joking in RL, and know very few people who can level with me (I'm trying to figure out a way to say this without sounding pretentious) on a intellectual or geeky level, so this place is an opportunity to be really thoughtful and hopefully gain some insight from the posters here.
I've developed a habit of being very wordy and re-framing/phrasing my argument/point to ensure that it gets across, kind of like The Jimquisition does. I've also been called "parenthetically insane", but I consider that a term of endearment. While all of this has helped with great discussion, there are instances where the post below mine asks a question or makes a statement where it's clear that they passed over the wall of text and ignored the information within it.
It's a growing process, this is still new to me (being on any internet forum in general) and I'm apt to change things as I found out what works and what doesn't.
I've developed a habit of being very wordy and re-framing/phrasing my argument/point to ensure that it gets across, kind of like The Jimquisition does. I've also been called "parenthetically insane", but I consider that a term of endearment. While all of this has helped with great discussion, there are instances where the post below mine asks a question or makes a statement where it's clear that they passed over the wall of text and ignored the information within it.
It's a growing process, this is still new to me (being on any internet forum in general) and I'm apt to change things as I found out what works and what doesn't.
I'm serious, except when I'm not.
And when it gets down to that, expect me to seriously not be serious.
Now, on a ostensibly objective metric, I want you to rate the seriousness of this post. Go on.
A lot of people around the internet just end up with a puddle of dumb, and it is a bit sad to behold sometimes.
Love your avatar/username combo by the way. It's just vague enough to be a reference, but I honestly can't tell if it's supposed to be or not. That in of itself only solidifies my resolve to take it as the reference it probably isn't.
And when it gets down to that, expect me to seriously not be serious.
Now, on a ostensibly objective metric, I want you to rate the seriousness of this post. Go on.
I hear you. It takes even more effort to build a fully functional protective moat around said tower.TIMESWORDSMAN said:
A lot of people around the internet just end up with a puddle of dumb, and it is a bit sad to behold sometimes.
Love your avatar/username combo by the way. It's just vague enough to be a reference, but I honestly can't tell if it's supposed to be or not. That in of itself only solidifies my resolve to take it as the reference it probably isn't.
I rarely put much thought into my posts.
Granted, most of them are in Forum Games, but still.
If I'm posting anywhere else, I like to think I put a little bit of thought into my posts.
Though I usually end up scrapping the majority of my thought out posts.
Granted, most of them are in Forum Games, but still.
If I'm posting anywhere else, I like to think I put a little bit of thought into my posts.
Though I usually end up scrapping the majority of my thought out posts.
I have noticed that i am in the more serious camp of the intertubes mostly
Some people just go nuts when they can be anonymous
If you do not have a name... how do you find and learn from your past mistakes
Some people just go nuts when they can be anonymous
If you do not have a name... how do you find and learn from your past mistakes
Im not pretty enough to be on a poster especially not a serious one!
OT :- I think im fairly serious.. i tend to think a bit before making a post.
especially not a serious one!OT :- I think im fairly serious.. i tend to think a bit before making a post.
