| Poll: Is being silly, making jokes, and otherwise being 'happy' a good thing for this forum in your opinion? You do not have permission to vote in this poll. |
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| It is very good. It attracts new members, retains old ones, and makes this place feel worth coming to. | 17 | 56.67% | |
| It's moderately good. It can be a nice breather from the debates, though should be toned down some perhaps. | 8 | 26.67% | |
| I have no opinion, see it as neutral, or think it has similar amounts of good and bad. | 2 | 6.67% | |
| It's moderately bad. It detracts from debates, takes up space, and is unappealing to newcomers. | 1 | 3.33% | |
| STOP THAT, IT'S SILLY! | 2 | 6.67% | |
| Total | 30 vote(s) | 100% | |
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"Stop that, it's SILLY!"
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 (April 27, 2010 at 11:15 am)Eilonnwy Wrote: It's not impossible to convey tone without emoticons. They help but it's not the only way. This is true... but it's easily visible and adds a lot of color to posts, or at least I think they are and do 
Please give me a home where cloud buffalo roam
Where the dear and the strangers can play
Where sometimes is heard a discouraging word
But the skies are not stormy all day
 
Not good, not bad, I say. We are individuals.
 EvF 
rax
Newbie  Religious Views: Ex-mormon. agnostic weak/negative explicit militant atheist, anti-theist (the Hitchens type), secular humanist, rationalist, freethinker
odd poll lol
RE: "Stop that, it's SILLY!"
April 28, 2010 at 4:31 pm
(This post was last modified: April 28, 2010 at 4:32 pm by Violet.)
(April 28, 2010 at 4:25 pm)rax Wrote: odd poll lol But awesome poll nonetheless  (April 28, 2010 at 3:22 pm)EvidenceVsFaith Wrote: Not good, not bad, I say. We are individuals. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVygqjyS4CA I'm not!
Please give me a home where cloud buffalo roam
Where the dear and the strangers can play
Where sometimes is heard a discouraging word
But the skies are not stormy all day
H0ary H0bbit Religious Views: “Never to suffer would never to have been blessed.” - Edgar Allan Poe
*yes, you are*
Morilyn
Blood Frost and Unholy. Death Knight powers Religious Views: It is in death we are truly tested. RE: "Stop that, it's SILLY!"
April 28, 2010 at 5:53 pm
(This post was last modified: April 28, 2010 at 5:54 pm by Morilyn.)
Humor, even in rather serious topics, can be very good. It relieves pressure and tension, making everyone feel better.
However, at the same time it can derail topics or tone down the seriousness of the thread farther than it was intended to be. But, i think the good outweighs the bad by a good margin. Also, as far as emoticons go, they are fine where they're at. Maybe they need to be toned down, but doing so would create more problems than they fix. (Yes, the emoticon thing is directed to YOU, Sae.) Morilyn Wrote:(Yes, the emoticon thing is directed to YOU, Sae.) If only you had a dollar for every emoticon I've used 
Please give me a home where cloud buffalo roam
Where the dear and the strangers can play
Where sometimes is heard a discouraging word
But the skies are not stormy all day
Nah that would make things MUCH too easy.
EvF (May 2, 2010 at 10:55 am)EvidenceVsFaith Wrote: Nah that would make things MUCH too easy. I disagree... it would stop things from being fucking terrible, and turn it into a challenge. Please give me a home where cloud buffalo roam
Where the dear and the strangers can play
Where sometimes is heard a discouraging word
But the skies are not stormy all day
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