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_asbestosman
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Post by _asbestosman »

Do my posts look more professiona when I avoid smilies and instead use [/rant] or [/sacrasm] instead?

The problem with writing in message boards is that we are not writing an essay--at least not usually. I agree that smilies are inappropriate there. However, in message boards we are often dialoging which is something that often includes facial or tonal clues for meaning.

Shakespeare didn't use smilies, but Shakespeare generally didn't write replies to other playwrights. Furthermore, the lengths of his plays were such that meaning was often able to be more clearly deduced. Our short replies in a message board make this much more difficult.

And of course, Shakespeare was better than we are--even if it turns out that someone else may have written many of those plays (the Earl of whatchyamacallit).
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_Blixa
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Post by _Blixa »

Scottie wrote:Come on Shades. The entire board wants them!!



I shan't forget this, Scottie.
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_Scottie
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Post by _Scottie »

Blixa wrote:
Scottie wrote:Come on Shades. The entire board wants them!!



I shan't forget this, Scottie.

Ok? Why??
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_Ren
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Post by _Ren »

On the atheist boards I used to hang around on, they disabled avatars (because they looked 'unprofessional'), but then also allowed smilies...
...no accounting for taste I guess...

:) ;) :D :p
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_harmony
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Post by _harmony »

Scottie wrote:
Blixa wrote:
Scottie wrote:Come on Shades. The entire board wants them!!



I shan't forget this, Scottie.

Ok? Why??


Because the entire board is not united.
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_Scottie
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Post by _Scottie »

harmony wrote:
Scottie wrote:
Blixa wrote:
Scottie wrote:Come on Shades. The entire board wants them!!



I shan't forget this, Scottie.

Ok? Why??


Because the entire board is not united.


Is there someone that doesn't want them? Other than Shades, that is?

Is Blixa in the anti-Smilies crowd?
If there's one thing I've learned from this board, it's that consensual sex with multiple partners is okay unless God commands it. - Abman

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_Moniker
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Post by _Moniker »

Scottie wrote:
harmony wrote:
Scottie wrote:
Blixa wrote:
Scottie wrote:Come on Shades. The entire board wants them!!



I shan't forget this, Scottie.

Ok? Why??


Because the entire board is not united.


Is there someone that doesn't want them? Other than Shades, that is?

Is Blixa in the anti-Smilies crowd?


Pssst Scottie, read the thread....
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_Who Knows
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Post by _Who Knows »

Moniker wrote:Pssst Scottie, read the thread....


and look at the poll results
WK: "Joseph Smith asserted that the Book of Mormon peoples were the original inhabitants of the americas"
Will Schryver: "No, he didn’t." 3/19/08
Still waiting for Will to back this up...
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_Ren
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Post by _Ren »

Who Knows wrote:
Moniker wrote:Pssst Scottie, read the thread....


and look at the poll results


and 'smile' at them...
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_Scottie
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Post by _Scottie »

I DON'T WANT TO DO ANY OF THOSE THINGS!!!! I JUST WANT MY SMILIES!!!!!
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