[LMB] Conforming OT: Humour and list-history
Mark Allums
mark at allums.com
Tue Apr 1 11:22:18 BST 2008
D Echelbarger wrote:
> I said:
>
>> Knowing Pouncer, I'm reasonably sure this was meant as a humorous take on the whole "how to
>> post" argument.
>
> Mark Allums said:
>> You mean Pouncer's been TROLLING the whole time?
>
> No, he was not trolling. He was making a point in a fashion intended to be humorous AKA "teasing"
> when done between friends. (See Lois's comments on his actions if you doubt my interpretation.)
>
> Trollling is deliberately posting inflammatory comments for the sole purpose of stirring up trouble.
> They are two *very* different things.
>
> Diane E
I am unable to distinguish one from the other. Yes, I have a sense of
humor. Yes, I get sarcasm. No, I am not anal.
If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck...
I wasn't being a list Nazi by requesting no top posting---that's all it
was, a request. No need to mock me.
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Mark Allums
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