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The thread where we use punctuation religiously.

redfenixredfenix Aka'd as rfixRegistered User regular
edited November 2008 in Social Entropy++
This is a thread where we utilize mr. period.

There he is twice!

And an exclamation point, I'm pretty sure that emphasizes a sentence.

O hey, a comma and an apostrophe, how classy.

So glossolalians, what's your favorite little non-letter character?

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  • Me Too!Me Too! __BANNED USERS regular
    edited November 2008
    The comma, it's the only one I use!
    EVER

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  • RuckusRuckus Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I, like: them! all?

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  • LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I am a big fan (on most occasions) of parentheses.

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  • FandyienFandyien But Otto, what about us? Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    i am not particularly fond of punctuation unless it's in a formal paper

    basically what i'm saying is you guys aren't classy enough for punctuation

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  • QuetziQuetzi Here we may reign secure, and in my choice, To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered User, Moderator mod
    edited November 2008
    Me Too! wrote: »
    The comma, it's the only one I use!
    EVER

    Ahahahaha

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  • tuggatugga Makin' movies Makin' songsRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I'm Ron Burgundy?

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  • thorgotthorgot there is special providence in the fall of a sparrowRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    i use so many semicolons (while coding), but mostly i use way too many commas

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  • Me Too!Me Too! __BANNED USERS regular
    edited November 2008
    Only fags (and others who like dicks) use parentheses.
    Wait. Shit.

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  • That Dave FellaThat Dave Fella Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    i...like...punctuation...

    why do some people love elipses so much

    I probably spelt that wrong too

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  • LednehLedneh shinesquawk Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I parenthesize way too goddamn much

    Probably comes from being a C++ software developer, everything's all () [] {} <>

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  • FandyienFandyien But Otto, what about us? Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    i like the term parenthetic

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  • OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited November 2008
    punctuation is severely underutilized both in casual fora and academic discourse

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  • OrestesOrestes Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I hate {}'s and ;'s. Stupid programming, making me use them everywhere.

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  • redfenixredfenix Aka'd as rfix Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Damn it guys, you're not using puctuation.

    Do I have to start reporting people who don't participate?

    Do I?

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  • Me Too!Me Too! __BANNED USERS regular
    edited November 2008
    punctuation is severely underutilized both in casual fora and academic discourse

    This will soon lead to pages of nothing but punctuation.
    Semi-colons as far as the eye can see.
    More backslashes than a piece of Java that you wrote in high school.
    More periods than a locker room of cheerleaders.

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  • redfenixredfenix Aka'd as rfix Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Orestes wrote: »
    I have {}'s and ;'s. Stupid programming, making me use them everywhere.

    The first thing I thought of when I saw "{}"?
    Hacking.

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  • OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited November 2008
    Me Too! wrote: »
    punctuation is severely underutilized both in casual fora and academic discourse

    This will soon lead to pages of nothing but punctuation.
    Semi-colons as far as the eye can see.
    More backslashes than a piece of Java that you wrote in high school.
    More periods than a locker room of cheerleaders.

    i have seen conceptual art and poetry which match this description exactly

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  • Me Too!Me Too! __BANNED USERS regular
    edited November 2008
    Orestes wrote: »
    I have {}'s and ;'s. Stupid programming, making me use them everywhere.

    {
    if (Orestes == gay)
    system.out.print("You are a fag");
    }

    I think
    It's been six months since I wrote any kind of code

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  • Dread Pirate ArbuthnotDread Pirate Arbuthnot OMG WRIGGLY T O X O P L A S M O S I SRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I love the semi-colon. I want to stroke it gently. ; Look at that quivering tail, that alert tip. Oh, yes.

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  • QuetziQuetzi Here we may reign secure, and in my choice, To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered User, Moderator mod
    edited November 2008
    Me Too! wrote: »
    punctuation is severely underutilized both in casual fora and academic discourse

    This will soon lead to pages of nothing but punctuation.
    Semi-colons as far as the eye can see.
    More backslashes than a piece of Java that you wrote in high school.
    More periods than a locker room of cheerleaders.

    i have seen conceptual art and poetry which match this description exactly

    As have I

    It's pretty fucking terrible poetry

    Conceptual art I guess it's okay

    Not my thing though

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  • RuckusRuckus Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Me Too! wrote: »
    punctuation is severely underutilized both in casual fora and academic discourse

    This will soon lead to pages of nothing but punctuation.
    Semi-colons as far as the eye can see.
    More backslashes than a piece of Java that you wrote in high school.
    More periods than a locker room of cheerleaders.

    American Highschool cheerleaders? Because I was under the impression that they're usually pregnant.

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  • QuetziQuetzi Here we may reign secure, and in my choice, To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered User, Moderator mod
    edited November 2008
    Guys let us discuss the greatest of all punctuation marks

    The hilariously named, rarely used

    The Mighty Interrobang

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  • LednehLedneh shinesquawk Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    s/(\.\s)punctuation(\.?)/\1Punctuation\!/g

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  • FandyienFandyien But Otto, what about us? Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Straightzi wrote: »
    Guys let us discuss the greatest of all punctuation marks

    The hilariously named, rarely used

    The Mighty Interrobang

    sounds like a really hot sex trick

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  • redfenixredfenix Aka'd as rfix Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    redfenix wrote: »
    Orestes wrote: »
    I have {}'s and ;'s. Stupid programming, making me use them everywhere.

    The first thing I thought of when I saw "{}"?
    Hacking.

    Dud removed.

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  • Me Too!Me Too! __BANNED USERS regular
    edited November 2008
    Me Too! wrote: »
    punctuation is severely underutilized both in casual fora and academic discourse

    This will soon lead to pages of nothing but punctuation.
    Semi-colons as far as the eye can see.
    More backslashes than a piece of Java that you wrote in high school.
    More periods than a locker room of cheerleaders.

    i have seen conceptual art and poetry which match this description exactly

    Seriously?

    ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;\\\
    (((((((((((()
    ,,,,,,,,,,,{{{{{{}]]"
    &&!!

    Look at that shit, I'm a master poet

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  • LednehLedneh shinesquawk Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Ledneh wrote: »
    s/(\.\s)punctuation(\.?)/\1Punctuation\!/g

    Pretty sure that's a valid perl regexp

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  • OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited November 2008
    Straightzi wrote: »
    Me Too! wrote: »
    punctuation is severely underutilized both in casual fora and academic discourse

    This will soon lead to pages of nothing but punctuation.
    Semi-colons as far as the eye can see.
    More backslashes than a piece of Java that you wrote in high school.
    More periods than a locker room of cheerleaders.

    i have seen conceptual art and poetry which match this description exactly

    As have I

    It's pretty fucking terrible poetry

    Conceptual art I guess it's okay

    Not my thing though

    i have little to no respect for conceptual poetry

    free verse can take quite a bit of skill and result in some mightily profound images

    but conceptual poetry

    get the fuck out of here

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  • QuetziQuetzi Here we may reign secure, and in my choice, To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered User, Moderator mod
    edited November 2008
    Me Too! wrote: »
    Me Too! wrote: »
    punctuation is severely underutilized both in casual fora and academic discourse

    This will soon lead to pages of nothing but punctuation.
    Semi-colons as far as the eye can see.
    More backslashes than a piece of Java that you wrote in high school.
    More periods than a locker room of cheerleaders.

    i have seen conceptual art and poetry which match this description exactly

    Seriously?

    ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;\\\
    (((((((((((()
    ,,,,,,,,,,,{{{{{{}]]"
    &&!!

    Look at that shit, I'm a master poet

    No you're a shitty poet

    That doesn't mean anything

    Even the people who make poetry out of punctuation only do better than that

    Still sucks, but I mean come on

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  • OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited November 2008
    Me Too! wrote: »
    Me Too! wrote: »
    punctuation is severely underutilized both in casual fora and academic discourse

    This will soon lead to pages of nothing but punctuation.
    Semi-colons as far as the eye can see.
    More backslashes than a piece of Java that you wrote in high school.
    More periods than a locker room of cheerleaders.

    i have seen conceptual art and poetry which match this description exactly

    Seriously?

    ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;\\\
    (((((((((((()
    ,,,,,,,,,,,{{{{{{}]]"
    &&!!

    Look at that shit, I'm a master poet

    well no usually its a fish or something

    have you read the raw shark texts

    its a lot like that

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  • redfenixredfenix Aka'd as rfix Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I think I'm going to go to the local pub after work, and have a nice mug of Guillemets.

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  • QuetziQuetzi Here we may reign secure, and in my choice, To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered User, Moderator mod
    edited November 2008
    Straightzi wrote: »
    Me Too! wrote: »
    punctuation is severely underutilized both in casual fora and academic discourse

    This will soon lead to pages of nothing but punctuation.
    Semi-colons as far as the eye can see.
    More backslashes than a piece of Java that you wrote in high school.
    More periods than a locker room of cheerleaders.

    i have seen conceptual art and poetry which match this description exactly

    As have I

    It's pretty fucking terrible poetry

    Conceptual art I guess it's okay

    Not my thing though

    i have little to no respect for conceptual poetry

    free verse can take quite a bit of skill and result in some mightily profound images

    but conceptual poetry

    get the fuck out of here

    Pretty much spot on, yeah

    I mean, every once in a while I've encountered some conceptual poetry I found at least interesting

    But it's rare, and just because it's interesting does not mean that it is good

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  • NogsNogs Crap, crap, mega crap. Crap, crap, mega crap.Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    who gives a fuck about an oxford comma?

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  • Me Too!Me Too! __BANNED USERS regular
    edited November 2008
    Me Too! wrote: »
    Me Too! wrote: »
    punctuation is severely underutilized both in casual fora and academic discourse

    This will soon lead to pages of nothing but punctuation.
    Semi-colons as far as the eye can see.
    More backslashes than a piece of Java that you wrote in high school.
    More periods than a locker room of cheerleaders.

    i have seen conceptual art and poetry which match this description exactly

    Seriously?

    ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;\\\
    (((((((((((()
    ,,,,,,,,,,,{{{{{{}]]"
    &&!!

    Look at that shit, I'm a master poet

    well no usually its a fish or something

    have you read the raw shark texts

    its a lot like that

    Poetry ain't really my thang.
    But wouldn't making a fish out of punctuation be the same thing as say, ASCII art or whatever?
    Not trying to be an ass, here, I really want to know.

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  • OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited November 2008
    Straightzi wrote: »
    Straightzi wrote: »
    Me Too! wrote: »
    punctuation is severely underutilized both in casual fora and academic discourse

    This will soon lead to pages of nothing but punctuation.
    Semi-colons as far as the eye can see.
    More backslashes than a piece of Java that you wrote in high school.
    More periods than a locker room of cheerleaders.

    i have seen conceptual art and poetry which match this description exactly

    As have I

    It's pretty fucking terrible poetry

    Conceptual art I guess it's okay

    Not my thing though

    i have little to no respect for conceptual poetry

    free verse can take quite a bit of skill and result in some mightily profound images

    but conceptual poetry

    get the fuck out of here

    Pretty much spot on, yeah

    I mean, every once in a while I've encountered some conceptual poetry I found at least interesting

    But it's rare, and just because it's interesting does not mean that it is good

    Too often ”experimentation” is a license to be careless, silly or imitative in the writing. Even worse, a license to try to brutalize or alienate the reader. Too often such writing gives us no news of the world, or else describes a desert landscape and that’s all - a few dunes and lizards here and there, but no people; a place uninhabited by anything recognizably human, a place of interest only to a few scientific specialists.

    raymond carver

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  • Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I've always like the umlaut, cause of how metal it is

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  • Lucky CynicLucky Cynic Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff, yiff.

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  • edited November 2008
    I love you period
    Do you love me question mark
    Please, please exclamation point
    I want to hold you in parentheses
    I love you period
    Do you love me question mark
    Please, please exclamation point
    I want to hold you in parentheses

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  • QuetziQuetzi Here we may reign secure, and in my choice, To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered User, Moderator mod
    edited November 2008
    Oh shit I found a better punctuation mark than the interrobang

    The gnaborretni

    It's like an interrobang, just inverted, for use in languages like Spanish at the start of sentences

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  • mastmanmastman Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I enjoy the double dash-- it's good at replacing the semicolon as a partial break between two very related sentences.

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