Thread Bombs - Page 2

MaggieL · 06-22-2006, 03:34 PM

Gotta agree. I've often been known to throw in images I think are relevant--especially cartoons...but if all you have is a comment, and your words can't do the heavy lifting, maybe your words need work. Lots of colorful pics (that somebody else made, in most cases) aren't a substitute thoughtful posting. MySpace is for illiterates.

On the original Cellar, you had to download and view images separately; everybody was on a character-mode connection.

wolf · 06-23-2006, 01:59 AM

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Originally Posted by MaggieL

On the original Cellar, you had to download and view images separately; everybody was on a character-mode connection.

And we rarely used smilies.

In the current incarnation of The Cellar our thread bombs tend to be limited to the occasional use of the venerable "Grammar Nazi" image.

glatt · 06-23-2006, 09:02 AM

Well, I did post a Nelson "Ha! Ha!" image in the SUV limo thread. While I thought it was a good comment, I thought it was much too large in its original format. So I shrunk it considerably.

There are still many Dwellars out there on dial-up connections. I think large images should be used judiciously. If they appear in threads outside the usual image areas, they can be an unexpected drag for those on dial-up.

MaggieL · 06-23-2006, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by glatt

Well, I did post a Nelson "Ha! Ha!" image in the SUV limo thread.

Yeah, that rocked because it was a meaningful part of the comment; you could just hear Nelson's voice and 'tude.

But this "I put a big, slightly strange or gross image here mostly to generate a gut reaction I can't get from my words, which are neither particularly clever, insightful nor well-supported on their own." is annoying.

Ibby · 06-22-2006, 05:00 PM

06-22-2006, 05:20 PM

A theme?... classy!

Ibby · 06-22-2006, 05:36 PM

The ORLYOWLS!

courtesy the *snicker* good people at the UltimateGuitar forums.

JayMcGee · 06-22-2006, 06:34 PM

jeez, arkansangry, you sure hit a nerve here... 20 posts in four hours... didn't know the cellar could move so fast....

06-23-2006, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by JayMcGee

jeez, arkansangry, you sure hit a nerve here... 20 posts in four hours... didn't know the cellar could move so fast....

Counting my posts... stalk much?

xoxoxoBruce · 06-23-2006, 05:31 PM

You're arkansangry?

BigV · 06-22-2006, 06:46 PM

oookay.. feel better now? I'm glad that's behind us.

Clodfobble · 06-23-2006, 11:06 AM

Not as annoying as the cutesy animal pictures. Christ I hate those.

06-23-2006, 05:34 PM

Nope... thought he was making fun of my alias. Did not see anyone by that name on the page.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-23-2006, 05:40 PM

I didn't either.

Ah....his was post 20....he was probably refering to the thread getting 20 posts in 4 hours.

06-23-2006, 05:50 PM

Hmmmmm.... perhaps. Either way, sorry if I was incorrect.

06-22-2006, 03:34 PM	#1
MaggieL in the Hour of Scampering Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Jeffersonville PA (15 mi NW of Philadelphia) Posts: 4,060	Gotta agree. I've often been known to throw in images I think are relevant--especially cartoons...but if all you have is a comment, and your words can't do the heavy lifting, maybe your words need work. Lots of colorful pics (that somebody else made, in most cases) aren't a substitute thoughtful posting. MySpace is for illiterates. On the original Cellar, you had to download and view images separately; everybody was on a character-mode connection. __________________ "Neither can his Mind be thought to be in Tune,whose words do jarre; nor his reason In frame, whose sentence is preposterous..."

06-22-2006, 05:00 PM	#5
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	__________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

06-22-2006, 05:36 PM	#7
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	The ORLYOWLS! courtesy the snicker good people at the UltimateGuitar forums. __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

06-22-2006, 06:34 PM	#8
JayMcGee Cardigan-wearing man Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Much Binding In The Marsh Posts: 1,082	jeez, arkansangry, you sure hit a nerve here... 20 posts in four hours... didn't know the cellar could move so fast.... __________________ I like wearing cardigans...... my current favourite is an orange cable-knit with real leatherette buttons.

06-23-2006, 05:31 PM	#10
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	You're arkansangry? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-23-2006, 09:02 AM	#3
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Well, I did post a Nelson "Ha! Ha!" image in the SUV limo thread. While I thought it was a good comment, I thought it was much too large in its original format. So I shrunk it considerably. There are still many Dwellars out there on dial-up connections. I think large images should be used judiciously. If they appear in threads outside the usual image areas, they can be an unexpected drag for those on dial-up.

06-22-2006, 05:20 PM	#6
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	A theme?... classy!

06-22-2006, 06:46 PM	#11
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	oookay.. feel better now? I'm glad that's behind us. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

06-23-2006, 11:06 AM	#12
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Not as annoying as the cutesy animal pictures. Christ I hate those.

06-23-2006, 05:34 PM	#13
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	Nope... thought he was making fun of my alias. Did not see anyone by that name on the page.

06-23-2006, 05:40 PM	#14
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I didn't either. Ah....his was post 20....he was probably refering to the thread getting 20 posts in 4 hours. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-23-2006, 05:50 PM	#15
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	Hmmmmm.... perhaps. Either way, sorry if I was incorrect.

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