Using One's Avatar
- peacock2121
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Using One's Avatar
as a pointy stick.
What a great idea.
What a great idea.
- fantine33
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Assuming that you're speaking of me (because I'm vain/self-centered/paranoid like that), it's not meant to be a pointy stick.peacock2121 wrote:as a pointy stick.
What a great idea.
At least, not what I'd call one. To me, a pointy stick is an unprovoked attack that's entirely uncalled for. Since my first hand knowledge and attestations obviously weren't good enough, I just went to the source. The avatar was the easiest way to do so and, I'll admit, I thought it would give people a chuckle.
I originally had "Suck it, HoltDad" as my location so it would show under the avatar. Now that was probably a little pointy, so I took it out. Ha!
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As long as you use a you can write anything you want.fantine33 wrote:I originally had "Suck it, HoltDad" as my location so it would show under the avatar. Now that was probably a little pointy, so I took it out. Ha!
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In this case, I meant a pointy stick like what you poke a dead animal with to see if he is really dead or not.fantine33 wrote:Assuming that you're speaking of me (because I'm vain/self-centered/paranoid like that), it's not meant to be a pointy stick.peacock2121 wrote:as a pointy stick.
What a great idea.
At least, not what I'd call one. To me, a pointy stick is an unprovoked attack that's entirely uncalled for. Since my first hand knowledge and attestations obviously weren't good enough, I just went to the source. The avatar was the easiest way to do so and, I'll admit, I thought it would give people a chuckle.
I originally had "Suck it, HoltDad" as my location so it would show under the avatar. Now that was probably a little pointy, so I took it out. Ha!
The location woulda been an interesting touch.
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PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:As long as you use a you can write anything you want.fantine33 wrote:I originally had "Suck it, HoltDad" as my location so it would show under the avatar. Now that was probably a little pointy, so I took it out. Ha!
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Ha, that makes me laugh! I have a visual of some guy curled into a fetal position along a highway in Nebraska, clutching a computer mouse to his chest.peacock2121 wrote:In this case, I meant a pointy stick like what you poke a dead animal with to see if he is really dead or not.
The location woulda been an interesting touch.
I don't really expect him to respond further, unless he's a bigger fool than I thought (entirely possible). And I'd rather he didn't. Unless it's to say he's sorry for being a total wad (pretty much not possible).
(Damn, I hate emoticons)
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Similiar to the one I had when I typed it. He was crying in mine, though.fantine33 wrote:Ha, that makes me laugh! I have a visual of some guy curled into a fetal position along a highway in Nebraska, clutching a computer mouse to his chest.peacock2121 wrote:In this case, I meant a pointy stick like what you poke a dead animal with to see if he is really dead or not.
The location woulda been an interesting touch.
Keep the stick out and he will come back to this.
He will.
He can't help it.
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Right now you're using your stick to beat a dead horse.peacock2121 wrote:Similiar to the one I had when I typed it. He was crying in mine, though.fantine33 wrote:Ha, that makes me laugh! I have a visual of some guy curled into a fetal position along a highway in Nebraska, clutching a computer mouse to his chest.peacock2121 wrote:In this case, I meant a pointy stick like what you poke a dead animal with to see if he is really dead or not.
The location woulda been an interesting touch.
Keep the stick out and he will come back to this.
He will.
He can't help it.
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
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Yes, sticks can be used for that as well.Bob Juch wrote:Right now you're using your stick to beat a dead horse.peacock2121 wrote:Similiar to the one I had when I typed it. He was crying in mine, though.fantine33 wrote: Ha, that makes me laugh! I have a visual of some guy curled into a fetal position along a highway in Nebraska, clutching a computer mouse to his chest.
Keep the stick out and he will come back to this.
He will.
He can't help it.
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I'm not sure who you are referencing here, as you responded to peacock's last post, but she was talking about my stick. Probably both of us. If so,Bob Juch wrote:Right now you're using your stick to beat a dead horse.
I had already pointed out that it's not a stick, just an answer.
But I can totally understand why you would feel that way, because I can't imagine that you would ever correct someone.
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Pea was using her pointy stick to beat your dead horse.fantine33 wrote:I'm not sure who you are referencing here, as you responded to peacock's last post, but she was talking about my stick. Probably both of us. If so,Bob Juch wrote:Right now you're using your stick to beat a dead horse.
I had already pointed out that it's not a stick, just an answer.
But I can totally understand why you would feel that way, because I can't imagine that you would ever correct someone.
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
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Prepare for corn......Appa23 wrote:I feel the need to stop the brutal carnage being inflcited on that poor horse.
Apparently, you were right, I was wrong. There is no need to further debate the issue.
Mea culpa! Mea culpa! Mea culpa!
Anyway, Merry Christmas, Fanny and Pea.
It looks that there has now been an ePeaFanny
(sorry)
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Appa23 wrote:I feel the need to stop the brutal carnage being inflcited on that poor horse.
Apparently, you were right, I was wrong. There is no need to further debate the issue.
Mea culpa! Mea culpa! Mea culpa!
Would you like a public flogging now?
A stoning perhaps?
Anyway, Merry Christmas, Fanny and Pea.
Welcome back.
Suitguy is not bitter.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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I didn't know that I was gone.themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:Appa23 wrote:I feel the need to stop the brutal carnage being inflcited on that poor horse.
Apparently, you were right, I was wrong. There is no need to further debate the issue.
Mea culpa! Mea culpa! Mea culpa!
Would you like a public flogging now?
A stoning perhaps?
Anyway, Merry Christmas, Fanny and Pea.
Welcome back.
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Then its my mistake this time.Appa23 wrote: I didn't know that I was gone.
Suitguy is not bitter.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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Appa23 wrote:I didn't know that I was gone.themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:Appa23 wrote:I feel the need to stop the brutal carnage being inflcited on that poor horse.
Apparently, you were right, I was wrong. There is no need to further debate the issue.
Mea culpa! Mea culpa! Mea culpa!
Would you like a public flogging now?
A stoning perhaps?
Anyway, Merry Christmas, Fanny and Pea.
Welcome back.
Well, there was that little petition issue...........
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Looking left - "that's not your hat!"peacock2121 wrote:Tipping my hat.
Merry Christsmas to you as well, HoltDad.
Isn't there some some saying about not knowing the difference between your hat and your .....
Suitguy is not bitter.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.