Daphne Eftychia Arthur, guitarist+. Sep. 15th, 2007.
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eftychia at 02:07am on 2007-09-15Had to share -- for anyone not completely bored with lolcats yet
(and really, even for some who think they are) and all the more so
for Gorey fans:
The Gashlycrumb Kittehs by
starn0star
(with thanks to
skreidle
for pointing
it out)
eftychia at 02:09am on 2007-09-15Had to share -- for anyone not completely bored with lolcats yet
(and really, even for some who think they are) and all the more so
for Gorey fans:
The Gashlycrumb Kittehs by
starn0star
(with thanks to
skreidle
for pointing
it out)
Nearly the whole[*] of the entry
"A note on sarcasm
and excitement" by
dsrtao,
2007-08-22:
Consider the exclamation mark, "!". A single "bang" is taken in the orthodox fashion to indicate an excited state. The use of three is an occasionally forgivable lapse of protocol. Overuse of the exclamation [mark] is a sure sign of a diseased mind, or a sarcastic commentary on the idea in question.
A long string of !!!!!!! thus suggests a fanatical devotion to the pope, or whatever other cause is being espoused.
On the standard US keyboard, ! is produced by holding down SHIFT while tapping the '1' key. If the shift finger were to slip, but the frenzied dance continue, '!!!11!!! might result.
Obviously the next stage of sarcastic commentary is to spell out the digits:
'!!!11one!".Worse: '!!!eleven!!'.
But only overtired hackers say '(2^n-1)'.
[*] ... because it works better as a whole, so the only reasonable options IMNSHO were either to do this or to chop it up to make a teaser and hope y'all would click through for the punch line. You might still want to go to the original entry to catch the paragraph I left off, or to leave appreciative comments, of course!
Nearly the whole[*] of the entry
"A note on sarcasm
and excitement" by
dsrtao,
2007-08-22:
Consider the exclamation mark, "!". A single "bang" is taken in the orthodox fashion to indicate an excited state. The use of three is an occasionally forgivable lapse of protocol. Overuse of the exclamation [mark] is a sure sign of a diseased mind, or a sarcastic commentary on the idea in question.
A long string of !!!!!!! thus suggests a fanatical devotion to the pope, or whatever other cause is being espoused.
On the standard US keyboard, ! is produced by holding down SHIFT while tapping the '1' key. If the shift finger were to slip, but the frenzied dance continue, '!!!11!!! might result.
Obviously the next stage of sarcastic commentary is to spell out the digits:
'!!!11one!".Worse: '!!!eleven!!'.
But only overtired hackers say '(2^n-1)'.
[*] ... because it works better as a whole, so the only reasonable options IMNSHO were either to do this or to chop it up to make a teaser and hope y'all would click through for the punch line. You might still want to go to the original entry to catch the paragraph I left off, or to leave appreciative comments, of course!