Listen, I'll be honest with you: I love Jesus, but I drink a little

[Alex]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Sorry, Alex, but if I thought I was laughing at them, as opposed to with them,

I don't know what you were doing and wouldn't begin to presuppose.

But I was laughing at her, because laughing at old people is fun. That's why I was laughing before she said anything funny and it just seemed she was rambling like an old person with her story of the stupid local news people.

By the way, if there some reason I'm missing for you to put half a dozen blank lines and a period at the end of your posts?

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

By the way, if there some reason I'm missing for you [innerspaceman] to put half a dozen blank lines and a period at the end of your posts?

I've been wondering the same thing myself.

[innerSpaceman]

Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

By the way, if there some reason I'm missing for you to put half a dozen blank lines and a period at the end of your posts?

Funny you should ask in the very thread that inspired me to one of my rare signatures (it may very well be gone tomorrow, with no replacement for months).

And that is - I don't like my signature to appear immediately below the text of my posts. Were it a graphic signature, that placement wouldn't be a problem. But text right up against text looks bad, imo.






So, I force some space with the most subtle character I could think of.


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[Alex]

Ah.

If you put the blank lines at the beginning of the signature you wouldn't have to remember it (unless the short line is part of the problem, too) and it would go away from the post when you do away with the signature.

Not that I'm complaining either way, I was just curious.

[tracilicious]

That was fantastic!

[innerSpaceman]

Yeah, the line bugs me.


I generally don't like signatures, so it'll be a distraction to others for two weeks out of the year. I know the lack of signature makes me a message board weirdo, but that's that.



btw, where's your avatar, Alex?







(heheh, asks the man who changes his avatar three times a year).

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

btw, where's your avatar, Alex?

Probably right next to his list of favorite smilies.

I will always like Alex for his post (on MP) listing the words that were blocked by the filter (this was a few years back).

[Alex]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

btw, where's your avatar, Alex?

Did you know there are options in the control panel to turn off avatars and signatures?

I did.

Did you know this makes for a much more visually pleasing display of threads?

I knew that too.

And as a bonus did you know, did you know you can set it so that 100 posts show per page?

That is good too.


Having 90% of threads on a single page with no distracting avatars or signatures makes reading flow smoothly. Thus your blank lines and a period looked even more odd since there is no signature after them.

In all my time on message boards I have only had an avatar once (for about a month and only because Lani asked me to) and don't recall ever have a signature. I do use one on LJ but there it serves a function unnecessary to me on message boards.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I didn't laugh until she said something funny, but then I laughed my ass off. If only Kevy hadn't blown the best punchline

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

I didn't laugh until she said something funny, but then I laughed my ass off. If only Kevy hadn't blown the best punchline

I'm sorry. I had to do something to catch your attention.