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Wow, my head hurts after that, it relly isn't easy to read!!! It must have taken some serious patience to type all of that out, even using the notepad method you mention above.
However I think it is a point well made, it really is lazy to post in a thread if you haven't even read the original post, let alone the subsequent posts. Far too often I've seen people on page three or four of a topic bring something up that became irrelevant on page one just because they were too lazy to read it. Believe it or not the purpose of the BBS is not to get a high post count (gasp!), but rather to talk about things that interest you with a bunch of like minded people.
Oh, and I hope it is unneccessary to post the three criteria you wanted, it should be clear that I read the whole thing and enough people have posted them already to make it irrelevant.

Okay, the first thing about this post I'd like to point out is this: I don't expect many of you to actually read it all. That's okay. That's actually the part of the point.:There's always been the rant that focuses on the TLDR aspect of the forum. It comes up in almost any long, winded post; often appearing in the form of "read the whole post, retard." Well, this is a bit of a test of your forum reading patience, I suppose. Think of it like an experimeny fine filter. Nothing's saying you're undedicated or a bad user if you don't read all this. But if you do read it, that's saying a few things. Patience, for one. Curiosity, another. Too much time on your hands? Possibly. If you have that auto scroller that comes with most mice with a scroll wheel, I'd suggest engaging it. I figure if you've gotten this far, you're going to continue. Okay, that's my little (heh) intro thing. Now for the discussion aspect of the thread. What compels a person to click on a thread, discover that the first post has many rich paragraphs, and then post without reading anyway? Post count could be one thing, sure. personally, I think it's more of an attention span sort of thin. People aren't Patient enough to sit through giant chunks of words and be bothered to sit and have to think about them, let alone come up with an intelligent and contextually sound reply. That's the really no suprise, even though the forum is designed for exactly that. I know this upsets a lot of people who embrace this form of communication, and to those people (preumably the only these people will be reading this anyway) I say: it's okay. really, it is. I'm not saying to stop chastising those who blatantly disregard to read even the most basicof posts, but to understand that this problem really isn't that big of a deal. Consider how dry it would be with consistent, paragraphed and well-thought out discussion. Even the most meticulous of us can find humour in that well-timed one-liner. You're deep enough in to receive my commendations. To prove you've read this far, if you reply, include a country that begins and ends with the letter 'a' a vegetable and a holidy that happens either int he autumn or winter. Really, you're awesome for not ripping out your hair. I truly wonder how many of you will actually read it all.

I'm bored :O

At 1/16/06 11:22 AM, -Sickair- wrote: I can't belive I just read that whole thing.

Me neither... but I just couldn't tear my eyes away. For what it's worth, it's a rather good read, but just completely and obviously very tedious.

America, Peas, Christmas

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i think i became an idiot!!!!!!!

why in the world i read the whole thing anyway!!!!!!!!!

I can't believe I actually bothered to read through all of that scrolling. It did make my head hurt a bit. Quite funny, however. I did enjoy reading that long post. Anyway, country, Africa. Vegetable, carrot. Holiday, meh.

Austria
Pumpkin, Thanksgiving.

And I couldn't read your handwriting in the picture. =(

Good message, it's a shame not that many people actually read it.

At 1/16/06 11:53 AM, Bahamut7 wrote: I can't believe I actually bothered to read through all of that scrolling. It did make my head hurt a bit. Quite funny, however. I did enjoy reading that long post. Anyway, country, Africa. Vegetable, carrot. Holiday, meh.

Africa isn't a country :o

Australia
Lettuce
Thanksgiving

Cheers Rideo

Tldr read, the only reason I clicked on this thread was curiosity, post count and attention span. Then I ripped my hair out.

Oh and: Aruba, A carrot, Hannukah.

what the hell was that???

I agree with you that people perhaps don't read things through enough, but it would be boring if everybody acted all senesible!

And for the record, Albania, Christmas and Potato.

First...Angola carrot Thanksgiving.

Second, I wholeheartedly agree with what you're saying. There are a lot of people out there who simply do not read a thread before posting. Or, if they do read, its only the first post and nothing else. I know I've been guilty of such things in the past, and most other people have too. That's OK, its the people who consistently read the topic title, then go ahead and post something completely irrelevant. However, this posting faux pas often goes away with time and experience on the boards.

You said that it would be dry if there were only intelligent, well thought out discussions on the boards. I disagree with you. It would probably make things a lot better on here. It would be more fun to post and see what people are thinking and then having intelligent replies and conversations about it, instead of what we see today. I know I can definitely deal without the one word/line responses on the boards in favour of longer, more well thought out responses.

But hey, that's just my opinion.

PS...awesome thread.

Yeah dude that was eyepain, i don't mind reading it, would've been better if it was interesting.

Austria, Carrot, Thanksgiving

Will that do? I believe you made a good point, but I, however, have a headache. Thanks. :D

At 1/16/06 12:26 PM, mamatequila wrote: Yeah dude that was eyepain, i don't mind reading it, would've been better if it was interesting.

=)

I was limited by the drastically reduced limit and trying to avoid it being spam.
I'll hit up the nice chunky replies of my own later, I gotta bus it home soon.

I know you warned us, but I was willing to read it had it been written by someone who wasn't a dick. Stop being an unfunny dick and do something productive.

Like giving blood- give all of it away.

WTF? A Very Long Post? I don't get it!

At 1/16/06 10:27 AM, kirbystar wrote: That's spam. If you want to say something, post it like a regular message, not...

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And for the record, you are correct, I doubt many people would read that whole thing.

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Silly noob doesn't know what's going on.

At 1/16/06 01:24 PM, Effsix wrote: I know you warned us, but I was willing to read it had it been written by someone who wasn't a dick. Stop being an unfunny dick and do something productive.

I call into question your curveball hostility. o_O

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Austria, cabbage, christmas. God that fucken post was annoying. Good, but annoying

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Angola, Cucumber, Christmas. I demand my generic congratulations, now.

Anyway, that was an interesting method of point-provery. A unique and original take on the crux of the issue, and the woes heralded therein. I'll admit, I'm one of the people that oft gets upset at the prospect of my posts not being read, when I eventually do decided to make them of the long-winded variety. It pains me to see one of my marvelous pieces of gold sink via lack of collective attention. Still, I'll bear what you said in mind, and try not to shit it out verbally next time my rage rises.

spam = ¥

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At 1/16/06 01:28 PM, Zerok wrote:

At 1/16/06 01:24 PM, Effsix wrote: I know you warned us, but I was willing to read it had it been written by someone who wasn't a dick. Stop being an unfunny dick and do something productive.

I call into question your curveball hostility. o_O

I'm the angry cop who comes down hard on wife beaters. That first post to me was the equivalent of a domestic situation that involved some outer pain. I lost my rag, and I'd do it again (if I could find it).

Plus I like swearing, it's my favourite part of the language. Fuck!

That was just dumb

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I read it all and feel damn proud of it. But even typing it in Word must have taken a helluva long time.