Consider this: if CmdrTaco had posted it with the foot icon and said, "boy is this a real funny joke!" he would have spoiled it. The enjoyment of satire comes in part from the discovery that it isn't true. Some people never attain that level of satisfaction, unfortunately.
I don't know if that's what he was thinking, but I think I should get a "No Prize" for it. I like to read the occasional Slashdot post that serves more as a link than a pre-packaged, categorized, analyzed news blurb. Then I form my own judgement and proceed to bore myself to tears reading what all of the hysterical ACs have to say about it.
By the way, have you ever noticed that the people most likely to say, "Jeezus you moron, why don't you think a little before you post," are also the quickest to misjudge in exactly the same way? Funny.
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...the format will also undergo a name change to PHLAC. Otherwise the Phish-heads won't let it into the circle, man.
-Shane
Consider this: if CmdrTaco had posted it with the foot icon and said, "boy is this a real funny joke!" he would have spoiled it. The enjoyment of satire comes in part from the discovery that it isn't true. Some people never attain that level of satisfaction, unfortunately.
I don't know if that's what he was thinking, but I think I should get a "No Prize" for it. I like to read the occasional Slashdot post that serves more as a link than a pre-packaged, categorized, analyzed news blurb. Then I form my own judgement and proceed to bore myself to tears reading what all of the hysterical ACs have to say about it.
By the way, have you ever noticed that the people most likely to say, "Jeezus you moron, why don't you think a little before you post," are also the quickest to misjudge in exactly the same way? Funny.