Cultural Differences and Forum Moderation
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Alasdair,
Posted on: 2009-07-31 22:06 in The European Lounge
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Originally Posted by Doctor_Gemini
I always thought the tongue-poking one meant you were poking fun, either at the subject, the poster, or yourself, depending on what you had posted.
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No it means you want to lick the OP all over
Thelonious Monk
lol, well I'm satisfied that there is more than one meaning associated with the tonguing smiley then.
Eco.
EDIT chanegd 'winking' to 'tonguing', as thats what I meant to say 
MArcs:
The Echo, Arc ID 1688 (5mish, easy, drama)
The Audition, Arc ID 221240 (6 mish, complex mech, comedy)
Storming Citadel, Arc ID 379488 (lowbie, 1mish, 10-min timed)
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Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
[The Incarnate System is] Jack Emmert all over again, only this time it's not "1 hero = 3 white minions" it's "1 hero = 3 white rocks."
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I agree with the good Doctors definition as to what I use it for but depending on who the OP is, this might work too. |
Originally Posted by Scarlet_Shocker
No it means you want to lick the OP all over
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Badging in a PvP zone?
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This is an enjoy-the-ride game. "50" is only a number, not the goal of the game. - Noxilicious
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And I have noted that the main disagreements have actually been with EU users. Hows that for irony?
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Originally Posted by Mothers_Love
This thread remind me of the scene in Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country where the Klingons dine aboard the Enterprise, and everything is going fairly well until biases start creeping in and arguments break out.
As Chancellor Gorkon said (in so many words): "Well, this was nice but clearly we have some way to go." To the undiscovered land that is the new forums! /em,raiseglass |
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This, to be honest. Or that you're drooling all over the OP.|
Originally Posted by Scarlet_Shocker
No it means you want to lick the OP all over
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As for the winking, you've got it all wrong. It means something just got into your eye and you can't get it out because you're a yellow ball with no members!
Aaaaaaaaaah!
By the way, this one
means someone just stuck a wet carrot in your ear canal (or other orifice of choice).
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Originally Posted by Lodestar_1977
And I have noted that the main disagreements have actually been with EU users. Hows that for irony?
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LMAO that wasn't lost on me either
Eco.
MArcs:
The Echo, Arc ID 1688 (5mish, easy, drama)
The Audition, Arc ID 221240 (6 mish, complex mech, comedy)
Storming Citadel, Arc ID 379488 (lowbie, 1mish, 10-min timed)
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Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
[The Incarnate System is] Jack Emmert all over again, only this time it's not "1 hero = 3 white minions" it's "1 hero = 3 white rocks."
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See, now you've called it that, I can't look at it any more....|
Originally Posted by MrCaptainMan_NA
lol, well I'm satisfied that there is more than one meaning associated with the tonguing smiley then.
Eco. |
However, it turned out that Smith was not a time-travelling Terminator
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Cats and dogs can live in peace, it all depends on how they were brought up.
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Originally Posted by Eisregen_NA
You'd think so, but you're wrong.
There's a strong Jewish lobby over here which likes to play the Holocaust card everytime they don't get their way. Likewise, some Israeli governments have liked to do so whenever they had a political agreement with the German state. Which, amusingly enough, leads to a certain amount of resentment towards Jews on the German side. Maybe cats and dogs really can't live in peace. |
Actually in the context of this thread, I can say with a degree of certainty that "winking" is surely a typo
Thelonious Monk
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Yes, I declined to mention it since I've never seen that use on these forums. |
Originally Posted by Scarlet_Shocker
No it means you want to lick the OP all over
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@Doctor Gemini
Arc #271637 - Welcome to M.A.G.I. - An alternative first story arc for magic origin heroes. At Hero Registration you heard the jokes about Azuria always losing things. When she loses the entire M.A.G.I. vault, you are chosen to find it.
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Originally Posted by Doctor_Gemini
Yes, I declined to mention it since I've never seen that use on these forums.
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That's because they are new and respectable posters never lick on their first post
Thelonious Monk
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How many thousand before you're allowed to?
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Originally Posted by Scarlet_Shocker
That's because they are new and respectable posters never lick on their first post
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@Doctor Gemini
Arc #271637 - Welcome to M.A.G.I. - An alternative first story arc for magic origin heroes. At Hero Registration you heard the jokes about Azuria always losing things. When she loses the entire M.A.G.I. vault, you are chosen to find it.
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Originally Posted by Doctor_Gemini
How many thousand before you're allowed to?
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Depends who you're licking and where
Thelonious Monk
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I meant number of posts, not number of licks...
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Originally Posted by Scarlet_Shocker
Depends who you're licking and where
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@Doctor Gemini
Arc #271637 - Welcome to M.A.G.I. - An alternative first story arc for magic origin heroes. At Hero Registration you heard the jokes about Azuria always losing things. When she loses the entire M.A.G.I. vault, you are chosen to find it.
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2,000 American... no idea what that is in metrics.
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Originally Posted by Doctor_Gemini
I meant number of posts, not number of licks...
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2k |
Originally Posted by Lady_Athyna
2,000 American... no idea what that is in metrics.
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Nor I, metrics is evil.|
Originally Posted by Lady_Athyna
2,000 American... no idea what that is in metrics.
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Dang, I better get to posting then.
@Doctor Gemini
Arc #271637 - Welcome to M.A.G.I. - An alternative first story arc for magic origin heroes. At Hero Registration you heard the jokes about Azuria always losing things. When she loses the entire M.A.G.I. vault, you are chosen to find it.
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Not THAT surprising when one is English and one is Welsh. |
Originally Posted by MrCaptainMan_NA
LMAO that wasn't lost on me either
Eco. |
@FloatingFatMan
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Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
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Originally Posted by Doctor_Gemini
Nor I, metrics is evil.
Dang, I better get to posting then. |
Metric is only evil if you have a succession of governments (such as in the UK) that will not implement the system fully and so you get a half-baked compromise where some things are measured in metric, others in imperial.
most things sold by weight are sold in metric. Most volume is calculated in metric (but you buy a pint in a pub, although spirits are sold in 60cl)
Distance is generally taught in metric, metres, centimetres, etc but roads are calculated in miles. Petrol (gas to you NA lot) is sold in litres, so trying to work out your fuel economy is a frikkin nightmare.
Thelonious Monk
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What I find hilarious here is about our only use of metrics is bottled drinks. You get 2 liter bottles, but 12 oz. cans..... |
Originally Posted by Scarlet_Shocker
Metric is only evil if you have a succession of governments (such as in the UK) that will not implement the system fully and so you get a half-baked compromise where some things are measured in metric, others in imperial.
most things sold by weight are sold in metric. Most volume is calculated in metric (but you buy a pint in a pub, although spirits are sold in 60cl) Distance is generally taught in metric, metres, centimetres, etc but roads are calculated in miles. Petrol (gas to you NA lot) is sold in litres, so trying to work out your fuel economy is a frikkin nightmare. |
@Doctor Gemini
Arc #271637 - Welcome to M.A.G.I. - An alternative first story arc for magic origin heroes. At Hero Registration you heard the jokes about Azuria always losing things. When she loses the entire M.A.G.I. vault, you are chosen to find it.
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Get a Dodge. Mine has a thingy that displays current fuel usage and overall usage in MPG (miles per gallon). The same thingy also shows temp (you can even change it to celsius |
Originally Posted by Scarlet_Shocker
Petrol (gas to you NA lot) is sold in litres, so trying to work out your fuel economy is a frikkin nightmare.
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), how much gas is left, how many miles worth of gas is left (great for when your low and trying to figure which gas station to go to)... and I few others I don't remember cause I don't use 'em that much.
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Bad Scarlet_Shocker. Bad. Still made me laugh though.|
Originally Posted by Scarlet_Shocker
Actually in the context of this thread, I can say with a degree of certainty that "winking" is surely a typo
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Oddly enough I just read a twitter about a new singing to my local football team (no not soccer its football, that thing thats played over there is just a varient of celtic football anyway same as rugby). He is actually a stirker for the US national team and in his twitter he more or less came out and said he was probably going to a premier league club and his forts game would in all liklihood be against chelsea *wink* *wink*. So that reminded me of another connotation of winking "I know somethign you dont" or "Ill tell you something descreetly without actually spelling it out".
Sure people wink when flirting but in my experiance less so. But it could be said its the basis of flortatous winking. A suggestion you would like to express something discreetly.
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Originally Posted by Scarlet_Shocker
Metric is only evil if you have a succession of governments (such as in the UK) that will not implement the system fully and so you get a half-baked compromise where some things are measured in metric, others in imperial.
most things sold by weight are sold in metric. Most volume is calculated in metric (but you buy a pint in a pub, although spirits are sold in 60cl) Distance is generally taught in metric, metres, centimetres, etc but roads are calculated in miles. Petrol (gas to you NA lot) is sold in litres, so trying to work out your fuel economy is a frikkin nightmare. |
The wink could also suggest something conspiratorial, too. The tongue thing I've assumed was meant to represent either that ditzy dumb "gosh, I 'm a twit for saying that" kind of expression, or its blowing a raspberry. The grinning one I don't get - why is it green? Is that significant? It looks like "About to vomit, but don't know how to politely excuse myself from the conversation...oh no, here it comes..."
I miss the animated laughing one we used to have. That did what it said on the tin.
We deffo need more emoticons.
Just not entirely sure about a wanking one, though...
EDIT: Oh, so that doesn't get censored, but idio t does? Talk about your cultural differences...
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Which I think I aluuded to with the I know something you dont but since it was clear then well put.|
Originally Posted by Bindweed
The wink could also suggest something conspiratorial, too.
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Originally Posted by Bindweed
The grinning one I don't get - why is it green? Is that significant? It looks like "About to vomit, but don't know how to politely excuse myself from the conversation...oh no, here it comes..."
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Eco.
@Doctor Gemini
Arc #271637 - Welcome to M.A.G.I. - An alternative first story arc for magic origin heroes. At Hero Registration you heard the jokes about Azuria always losing things. When she loses the entire M.A.G.I. vault, you are chosen to find it.