Quotations - a Rant

[xsbank]

Why, when you reply to a topic that interests you, do you find it necessary to quote all of the previous posts, generally more than one screen-length, before you reply? Do you think we are all brain-damaged? Do you think our reading comprehension is so deficient that we can't remember what we read 1 minute ago?

STOP IT!

How do you accomplish a check-list? How do you follow directions? How do you even function after you read something? When you read the paper, do you re-read each paragraph before you proceed to the next, whip-sawing your way down the page?

I don't get it - do you really think it is an aid to understanding the thread to endlessly quote?

AAAaaaarrrggghhhh!

[Ollie]

Why, when you reply to a topic that interests you, do you find it necessary to quote all of the previous posts, generally more than one screen-length, before you reply? Do you think we are all brain-damaged? Do you think our reading comprehension is so deficient that we can't remember what we read 1 minute ago?

STOP IT!

How do you accomplish a check-list? How do you follow directions? How do you even function after you read something? When you read the paper, do you re-read each paragraph before you proceed to the next, whip-sawing your way down the page?

I don't get it - do you really think it is an aid to understanding the thread to endlessly quote?

AAAaaaarrrggghhhh!

I understand.






...sorry I couldn't resist!

[pilotsteve]

Why, when you reply to a topic that interests you, do you find it necessary to quote all of the previous posts, generally more than one screen-length, before you reply? Do you think we are all brain-damaged? Do you think our reading comprehension is so deficient that we can't remember what we read 1 minute ago?

STOP IT!

How do you accomplish a check-list? How do you follow directions? How do you even function after you read something? When you read the paper, do you re-read each paragraph before you proceed to the next, whip-sawing your way down the page?

I don't get it - do you really think it is an aid to understanding the thread to endlessly quote?

AAAaaaarrrggghhhh!

I understand.






...sorry I couldn't resist!

You beat me to it

[Darkwing Duck]

Why, when you reply to a topic that interests you, do you find it necessary to quote all of the previous posts, generally more than one screen-length, before you reply? Do you think we are all brain-damaged? Do you think our reading comprehension is so deficient that we can't remember what we read 1 minute ago?

STOP IT!

How do you accomplish a check-list? How do you follow directions? How do you even function after you read something? When you read the paper, do you re-read each paragraph before you proceed to the next, whip-sawing your way down the page?

I don't get it - do you really think it is an aid to understanding the thread to endlessly quote?

AAAaaaarrrggghhhh!

I understand.






...sorry I couldn't resist!

You beat me to it.

[whiteguy]

Why, when you reply to a topic that interests you, do you find it necessary to quote all of the previous posts, generally more than one screen-length, before you reply? Do you think we are all brain-damaged? Do you think our reading comprehension is so deficient that we can't remember what we read 1 minute ago?

STOP IT!

How do you accomplish a check-list? How do you follow directions? How do you even function after you read something? When you read the paper, do you re-read each paragraph before you proceed to the next, whip-sawing your way down the page?

I don't get it - do you really think it is an aid to understanding the thread to endlessly quote?

AAAaaaarrrggghhhh!

I understand.






...sorry I couldn't resist!

You beat me to it.

What do you mean?

[Rowdy]

Look at all you clowns..

[Slats]

Why, when you reply to a topic that interests you, do you find it necessary to quote all of the previous posts, generally more than one screen-length, before you reply? Do you think we are all brain-damaged? Do you think our reading comprehension is so deficient that we can't remember what we read 1 minute ago?

STOP IT!

How do you accomplish a check-list? How do you follow directions? How do you even function after you read something? When you read the paper, do you re-read each paragraph before you proceed to the next, whip-sawing your way down the page?

I don't get it - do you really think it is an aid to understanding the thread to endlessly quote?

AAAaaaarrrggghhhh!

I understand.






...sorry I couldn't resist!

You beat me to it

Why, when you reply to a topic that interests you, do you find it necessary to quote all of the previous posts, generally more than one screen-length, before you reply? Do you think we are all brain-damaged? Do you think our reading comprehension is so deficient that we can't remember what we read 1 minute ago?

STOP IT!

How do you accomplish a check-list? How do you follow directions? How do you even function after you read something? When you read the paper, do you re-read each paragraph before you proceed to the next, whip-sawing your way down the page?

I don't get it - do you really think it is an aid to understanding the thread to endlessly quote?

AAAaaaarrrggghhhh!

I understand.






...sorry I couldn't resist!

You beat me to it.

Great minds think alike.

[niss]

Why, when you reply to a topic that interests you, do you find it necessary to quote all of the previous posts, generally more than one screen-length, before you reply? Do you think we are all brain-damaged? Do you think our reading comprehension is so deficient that we can't remember what we read 1 minute ago?

STOP IT!

How do you accomplish a check-list? How do you follow directions? How do you even function after you read something? When you read the paper, do you re-read each paragraph before you proceed to the next, whip-sawing your way down the page?

I don't get it - do you really think it is an aid to understanding the thread to endlessly quote?

AAAaaaarrrggghhhh!

I understand.






...sorry I couldn't resist!

You beat me to it.

Great minds think alike.[/quote]

And fools rarely differ.

[. ._]

Why, when you reply to a topic that interests you, do you find it necessary to quote all of the previous posts, generally more than one screen-length, before you reply? Do you think we are all brain-damaged? Do you think our reading comprehension is so deficient that we can't remember what we read 1 minute ago?

STOP IT!

How do you accomplish a check-list? How do you follow directions? How do you even function after you read something? When you read the paper, do you re-read each paragraph before you proceed to the next, whip-sawing your way down the page?

I don't get it - do you really think it is an aid to understanding the thread to endlessly quote?

AAAaaaarrrggghhhh!

I understand.






...sorry I couldn't resist!

You beat me to it.

Great minds think alike.[/quote]

And fools rarely differ.


I couldn't agree more. [/quote]

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[Brewguy]

...STOP IT!
<snip>
AAAaaaarrrggghhhh!

A big, fat +1

On a number of other forums I belong to / participate on, this is actually a forum rule - and repeat offenders get banned. Generally the rule / general forum etiquette goes something like this:
- Do not quote the preceding post (i.e. the one immediately above yours); as it's assumed you're participating in an ongoing conversation.
- If you must quote a previous post, because you're responding to a particular point, then only quote the necessary section(s) of that post

It is generally acceptable to shorten the post you're quoting by using "..." before and after the quoted parts. It's also generally acceptable to insert <snip> (or other similar notation) to replace large chunks of a post.

Beyond that, you shouldn't edit a quoted post so as to mis-quote a person.

But I agree with xsbank, this is by far the worst forum on the internet for quoting ad nauseam. I know you guys are just doing it in jest in this thread - but far too many do this exact same thing in virtually every post. It's maddening!

[. ._]

...STOP IT!
<snip>
AAAaaaarrrggghhhh!

A big, fat +1

On a number of other forums I belong to / participate on, this is actually a forum rule - and repeat offenders get banned. Generally the rule / general forum etiquette goes something like this:
- Do not quote the preceding post (i.e. the one immediately above yours); as it's assumed you're participating in an ongoing conversation.
- If you must quote a previous post, because you're responding to a particular point, then only quote the necessary section(s) of that post

It is generally acceptable to shorten the post you're quoting by using "..." before and after the quoted parts. It's also generally acceptable to insert <snip> (or other similar notation) to replace large chunks of a post.

Beyond that, you shouldn't edit a quoted post so as to mis-quote a person.

But I agree with xsbank, this is by far the worst forum on the internet for quoting ad nauseam. I know you guys are just doing it in jest in this thread - but far too many do this exact same thing in virtually every post. It's maddening!

Roger.

[xsbank]

Thank you Brewguy. The rest of you are too predictable - I had a bet that it would be Niss who did the first quote because, well, its just so Niss... Ollie wins the bet - too bad you are not here to collect. Niss, you're so late, so late you are, Niss!

I'll bet Joe will give you a membership discount if you don't add so much to his bandwidth.

[flyinggreasemonkey]

[quote="niss"][quote="Darkwing Duck"][quote="Ollie"][quote="xsbank"]Why, when you reply to a topic that interests you, do you find it necessary to quote all of the previous posts, generally more than one screen-length, before you reply? Do you think we are all brain-damaged? Do you think our reading comprehension is so deficient that we can't remember what we read 1 minute ago?

STOP IT!

How do you accomplish a check-list? How do you follow directions? How do you even function after you read something? When you read the paper, do you re-read each paragraph before you proceed to the next, whip-sawing your way down the page?

I don't get it - do you really think it is an aid to understanding the thread to endlessly quote?

AAAaaaarrrggghhhh![/quote]

I understand.






...sorry I couldn't resist! [/quote]


You beat me to it. [/quote]

Great minds think alike.[/quote]

And fools rarely differ.[/quote]

On the other hand, weak minds think alike and great minds always differ.

[Intentional Left Bank]

On a number of other forums I...get banned.

Generally... assumed you're participating in an ongoing... conversation.

If you must quote a previous post...t is generally acceptable to...snip...a person.

[T]his is by far the worst forum on the internet...

I know you guys are just...far too....maddening!

Like this?

[Kilo-Kilo]

How much time did you waste on that? Impressive to say the least...

[Big Pistons Forever]

AAAaaaarrrggghhhh!

edited for clarity....

[MCB]

On a number of other forums I...get banned.

Generally... assumed you're participating in an ongoing... conversation.

If you must quote a previous post...t is generally acceptable to...snip...a person.

[T]his is by far the worst forum on the internet...

I know you guys are just...far too....maddening!

Like this?

You work for the media?

[Intentional Left Bank]

Yeah, I deserved that.