05-01-2002, 06:02 PM
You know, maybe it's just the nature of a message board that makes this happen. Hear me out for a second
In a normal conversation among a group of people, there are very few long pauses in the discussion. Say you and your three roommates are discussing the pros and cons of oil drilling in Alaska. Someone may bring up the problem of killing wildlife, so one smartass in the group makes a comment like, "Hey, if we kill the animals, we're just helping the next generation get a head start on making of fossil fuel...get it!!!" While the others may cringe or giggle, the derailment is not permanent. The other people in the group will just pick up where the conversation left off 4 seconds earlier.
Here on a message board, there are long pauses in between thoughts of different people (some pauses longer than other TOG) so there is plenty of oppurtunity for more than one person to make a smart ass little comment which could throw the whole thing off. Once a few people make teh funney, it is now the OBLIGATION of others to top them with hilarity. All that time in between just makes the problem worse.
Eh...what the fuck do I know, I am that guy who makes the stupid comment trying to be funny. At least on a message board I have time to think up something remotley witty as opposed to the craptacular stuff I say on the fly in person
tupid:
Edited By Doc on May 01 2002 at 2:04
In a normal conversation among a group of people, there are very few long pauses in the discussion. Say you and your three roommates are discussing the pros and cons of oil drilling in Alaska. Someone may bring up the problem of killing wildlife, so one smartass in the group makes a comment like, "Hey, if we kill the animals, we're just helping the next generation get a head start on making of fossil fuel...get it!!!" While the others may cringe or giggle, the derailment is not permanent. The other people in the group will just pick up where the conversation left off 4 seconds earlier.
Here on a message board, there are long pauses in between thoughts of different people (some pauses longer than other TOG) so there is plenty of oppurtunity for more than one person to make a smart ass little comment which could throw the whole thing off. Once a few people make teh funney, it is now the OBLIGATION of others to top them with hilarity. All that time in between just makes the problem worse.
Eh...what the fuck do I know, I am that guy who makes the stupid comment trying to be funny. At least on a message board I have time to think up something remotley witty as opposed to the craptacular stuff I say on the fly in person
tupid:Edited By Doc on May 01 2002 at 2:04
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