Author: Michael Cummings
Date: 15:06:36 06/14/00
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On June 14, 2000 at 13:36:55, Adrien Regimbald wrote: >Hello, > >>My Friend, 99.9% of people here who reads this post would not have any problem >>with it whatsoever. >> >>I just wonder if you realise when someone puts a :) in his writing on the net, >>what it actually means. >> >>Well I will tell you what it means, its means "Joke" "Smile", "Funny", its >>called a smiley face. Something to be not taken seriously. > > >I think you are mis-smiley'ing. Common practice is that ":)" is "Smile", and >":P" is "Joke" or "Funny" or "Tongue-in-Cheek" > >In any event, if what you said was meant to be tongue-in-cheek, then I >appologize. > > >>I have been posting here for nearly over 2 years, most people here know how I >>post and know my name. Just about everyone here would not think twice about this >>post, with the :) added, they would know that it was a "tounge in cheek" >>comment. >> >>I have not seen your name here around here before. And your response to my >>harmless post is the only troll around here for a long time. > > >Well - I don't think one should write in a fashion which if somebody didn't >understand your mannerisms that it would be completely misinterpreted, >especially when you can't be sure of your audience. Using any style at all is >fine with friends, but I think one should use more discretion when writing a >message which if you take away 2 smileys becomes something _EXTREMELY_ hostile. > >As to having not seen my name around here - I have actually been a member for >quite some time.. > >The original registration e-mail I received is dated "Sat, 5 Sep 1998 09:01:30 >-0400" .. at first, I only read the messages .. I believe I posted occasionally, >but I'm not sure (Well, I'm fairly sure I did reply to some posts concerning my >engine, Faile, and perhaps made a few original posts of my own). I then got >bored of the prevalent type of threads - the ones about such and such a winboard >tourney, or the result of some game with a GM, I mean, I have no interest in >those at all really. > >I then stopped reading the CCC at all for a while. Then a while ago, someone >told me about an interesting post, and I went to log in, and I couldn't .. I >double checked my password vs. the initial registration, and I was indeed typing >it right .. so I re-registered with the same name and handle. The registration >e-mail that time was dated "Sat, 6 May 2000 07:35:58 -0600 (MDT)". I am >actually mildly curious as to exactly what happened.. > >Since re-registering, I have been fairly active - at least a few posts per week, >some of them the starting post for major discussions.. I know I'm not a >prominent poster, and probably you don't remember my name (I don't remember >yours, and I've likely read a few of your posts myself), but it is certainly not >accurate at all to say that I have not been on the CCC before. > > >>In future if you choose to attack me, make sure that I am actually causing >>trouble before you go on a rampage preaching to me about the evils around here. > > >I was not attacking you at all - just simply saying that I didn't think such >attitudes or posts had any place on the CCC. Whether you think the ":)" makes >it acceptable or not is of no consequence. The fact is that post said some >pretty horrible things, unless you take it in the mindset of it being >sarcasm/tongue-in-cheek. Considering that a large number of people reading this >forum are not native English speakers, perhaps next time rather than making a >post which could be considered inflamatory, unless the reader knows your style, >for the purpose (presumably) of making a joke, you could refrain from posting >it. > > >Regards, >Adrien. You seem to grasp :) well enough and also the english writing, so you should of been able to pick up that it was not serious. Anyway History
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