Alpha9992004 opened this issue on Feb 10, 2006 ยท 11 posts
mickmca posted Sat, 11 February 2006 at 5:07 AM
I haven't had enough coffee. This will, I hope, be the last time I open a thread titled, "READ THIS!!!" or "PLEASE HELP!!" Come on, folks, what does it take to put a heading on the thread that gives some glimmer of information to tell you what it's about? I'll open "Problem with IBL in cyclorama" or "M3 sighted on right-wing phone sex billboard," and possibly either learn something, offer a solution, or be amused. But I don't have all day to open every thread. The whole point of having a heading line is to help us determine if the thread is of interest. Frankly, I'd rather be misled than have someone yell "READ THIS NOW PLEASE AND TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK!!!!!!!!" At least gag headings can be amusing. "READ THIS!!!" has all the appeal of a bulk mail ad for prosthetic warts. And "PLEASE HELP!!" reminds me of desperate millionaires in Zambia. One expects that a person with such limited expressive skills will probably not be able to explain what he/she needs help with coherently. Or they are selling something.... Miss Manners asks rhetorically if we just don't know courtesy from a rotten stump? And yes, I'm an ungrateful sod who should appreciate free stuff. More espresso. M