Poll

Well?

To show they support something but cannot expand on it
0 (0%)
Because it's simple
1 (14.3%)
Both 1 and 2
3 (42.9%)
Because they're idiots
3 (42.9%)
Other (post in thread)
0 (0%)

Total Members Voted: 7

Author Topic: Why do people say /discuss, /support, /thread, etc.?  (Read 1313 times)

Because we're not writing college essays here. Most of the discussion here is informal. You can almost hear different tones of voice in your brain when you read sentences that end with different punctuation, and we can interpret these tones via our social understanding of them.

Why would you put ! at the end of "i don't know" instead of a period? Because it gives it a different exclamatory tone. The question mark can work in similar ways.

If you even remotely have any sort of social life, you should know that tone and body language express thoughts and messages more clearly than just words themselves. This may be why I'm constantly thinking poorly of your intelligence.
Here's two key points you're missing.
I generally dislike all overdone 'voice' put into sentences.
I'm not trying to put off expressing yourself. Completely robotic and perfect sentences show no emotion --and that's just how some people like to be. Having emotion and the ability to express yourself are things that makes us individuals and human; I fully support being able to express yourself.

What I'm speaking of here (in an admit-ably harsh manner) with disdain is the general 'fake-ness' of a sentence when somebody posts / texts something in an extremely theatrical matter (why I mention teenage girls) in which it would be very unnecessary and obnoxious. We both know people don't speak or act in the same manner as they do online, so saying 'If you even remotely have any sort of social life" is pretty unfair and unnecessary.

Once again, I fully support expressing yourself via non-voice ways, but I look at the over theatrical and 'fake' notion of some of these things as obnoxious and unintelligent. I do however, apologize if my initial post wasn't clear enough in my statement and came off too harsh.


if you have a pet peeve of that then seek medical help

If you're Australian then every sentence should end with a question mark.

if you're australian you are legally required to not be on this forum.



ummm i think its to express tone through tet

to show confusion or a condescending tone like ^
But it can't be condescending???
the pitch is going up???
it's conascending???????

New question. I've seen the, heavily thrown around but never understood the slash ( / for you kids out there) before the word. Is it to grab attention or does it engage some psychological response that makes them feel compelled to do it?

Discuss if you want

If you're Australian then every sentence should end with a question mark.
if you're australian you are legally required to not be on this forum.
WHAT THE forget YOU SAYIN CUNTS? YOU WANT ME TO COME OVER THERE AND HOOK YOU IN THE forgetIN GABBA? I SWEAR I'LL KICK YOUR TOYS OUT RIGHT?

Discuss if you want
don't you mean /discuss



no it's just a jokey term because we have those slash commands ("/fetch", "/help", etc)
so lets all "/discuss".

because theyre loving dorks

Yeah, it's just a joke based on the fact that we use /slash commands ingame.
It's the same as saying you're *doing an action *.

it's just a jokey term because we have those slash commands ("/fetch", "/help", etc)
so lets all "/discuss".

Yeah, it's just a joke based on the fact that we use /slash commands ingame.
It's the same as saying you're *doing an action *.

Many games have /slash commands... I really don't get it...