The types of posters...
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The type to take off her glasses and shake out long luscious tresses? And all of a sudden, you notice the curves in her top?
If those are going to be any place, it would be here...
I like posts with humour in them, cheers me up during the day - nothing like a quick 
to get you through a long day. There are quite a few posters who I find funny, and if I see their name on the thread I definitely look forward to reading them.
I think I fall into this category, but I'm trying to think of a better name for this sort of poster because I don't actually feel ignored but I'm not exactly the life and soul of a thread either, and I don't think I have much of a BBS personality. I'm not complaining mind you, it's my style - I don't share much and I don't have the time - or the attention span
- to get really involved in thread discussions. Usually one post in a thread is all I manage and often those are just a quick response to something someone else has said.
Anyway, all this blather (not one of my more succinct posts) is to say I think there needs to be a different name to describe those of us not in the spotlight.
And, you know, something that makes us sound cool
to get you through a long day. There are quite a few posters who I find funny, and if I see their name on the thread I definitely look forward to reading them.I think I fall into this category, but I'm trying to think of a better name for this sort of poster because I don't actually feel ignored but I'm not exactly the life and soul of a thread either, and I don't think I have much of a BBS personality. I'm not complaining mind you, it's my style - I don't share much and I don't have the time - or the attention span
- to get really involved in thread discussions. Usually one post in a thread is all I manage and often those are just a quick response to something someone else has said.Anyway, all this blather (not one of my more succinct posts) is to say I think there needs to be a different name to describe those of us not in the spotlight.
And, you know, something that makes us sound cool
^ Too glam to spam? 
I like most of all those who make me laugh, and the cheeky ones (short of being vulgar), the clever ones, the cultured ones, the concise ones, the ones who parse quotes, those who actually read the thread, my friends, and... those who quote me or flatter me.
The benevolent mentors too. Anyone who doesn't think themselves superior though they may be.
*Edit* Come to think of it, I'm not systematically happy about being quoted because that's not always good. But I don't shy from arguments. Whoever addresses me gets a reply. (Unless it really deserves to be ignored, or if all has been said - or if I just stopped visiting the thread.)
The benevolent mentors too. Anyone who doesn't think themselves superior though they may be.
*Edit* Come to think of it, I'm not systematically happy about being quoted because that's not always good. But I don't shy from arguments. Whoever addresses me gets a reply. (Unless it really deserves to be ignored, or if all has been said - or if I just stopped visiting the thread.)
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Dare I ask how I would classified?
What's your favourite type of poster? Who do you most look forward to reading...?
The alpha male/female?
The jock?
The tortured adolescent?
The confirmed bachelor?
The alcohol guzzling youth?
The wise old-timer?
The metrosexual geek?
The cool-as-cucumber at all times vulcan?
The cute librarian type?
The new kid on the block?
Help fill in the gaps of type I may have missed out while you're at it...
Dare I ask how I would classified?
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^ All of the above.
I don't care what she thinks I am, but I am curious who she was thinking about for each of those descriptors.
The posters that stand out to me are the ones who have a sharp wit and the ones who can really dish out some intelligent discourse, whether those two things go together or not. I also really appreciate the genuine, honest, empathetic people. That said, I love everybody here. It just wouldn't be as fun without all of the cranks, the narcissists, and the eternally ignorant wads.
^ All of the above.
I don't care what she thinks I am, but I am curious who she was thinking about for each of those descriptors.
The posters that stand out to me are the ones who have a sharp wit and the ones who can really dish out some intelligent discourse, whether those two things go together or not. I also really appreciate the genuine, honest, empathetic people. That said, I love everybody here. It just wouldn't be as fun without all of the cranks, the narcissists, and the eternally ignorant wads.
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Sharp wits are definitely the best. (As in not surrendering to the shortcuts of getting a too easy laugh at somebody's unconsented expense without much foundation.)
And it is nice when we can tell people are being themselves.
So am I.I am curious who she was thinking about for each of those descriptors.
Yes, it would be boring if we were all the same. Everybody needs a foil.The posters that stand out to me are the ones who have a sharp wit and the ones who can really dish out some intelligent discourse, whether those two things go together or not. I also really appreciate the genuine, honest, empathetic people. That said, I love everybody here. It just wouldn't be as fun without all of the cranks, the narcissists, and the eternally ignorant wads.
Sharp wits are definitely the best. (As in not surrendering to the shortcuts of getting a too easy laugh at somebody's unconsented expense without much foundation.)
And it is nice when we can tell people are being themselves.
"Personalities" thread revival! (Not that I wish to see that one brought back from the dead.)Dare I ask how I would be classified?
Big Apple night owl.
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What a copout Windy
Dare I ask how I would be classified?
Big Apple night owl.
What a copout Windy
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^ Great.
For me to know, and for you to find out.
"She", my dears, is the mother of the cat.
I thought you might say that...
The Dark Horse?
^ Great.
So am I.I am curious who she was thinking about for each of those descriptors.
For me to know, and for you to find out.
"She", my dears, is the mother of the cat.
What a copout Windy
I thought you might say that...
The Dark Horse?
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I'm not telling. I shall remain as enigmatic and unknowable as a penguin in a trilby.
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So after all these years I still surprise you?
So after all these years I still surprise you?
My favorites are the total lunatics. Like that guy who occasionally barges around QSF declaring that he runs this shit. 
It doesn't matter to me whether they are fake lunatics or real. With the best ones, you can't ever really tell...
It doesn't matter to me whether they are fake lunatics or real. With the best ones, you can't ever really tell...
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And this serves as a perfect example of just the sort of post I look forward to.
I'm not telling. I shall remain as enigmatic and unknowable as a penguin in a trilby.
And this serves as a perfect example of just the sort of post I look forward to.
