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Photographer

(1,142 posts) Wed Dec 2, 2015, 02:02 AM Dec 2015

PLEASE! Get rid of those goddamned bugs in your sig lines! [View all]

If you have ever been unfortunate enough to bring in a load of fruit flies on fresh corn, broccoli, onions or whatever from your local farmer's market, that graphic can cause a lot of undue fingerprints on your screen.

Really, the gif lost "clever" years ago.

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PLEASE! Get rid of those goddamned bugs in your sig lines! [View all] Photographer Dec 2015 OP

It isn�t about clever, it's about solidarity. pipoman Dec 2015 #1

It's about two cliques flinging crap at each other. Some of us have visual impairments which Bluenorthwest Dec 2015 #32

I don't know what you are talking about pipoman Dec 2015 #51

For weeks during this controversy there was a REAL tiny gnat floating around my desk librechik Dec 2015 #59

/\ THIS /\ hifiguy Dec 2015 #71

This message was self-deleted by its author darkangel218 Dec 2015 #2

How about the fly swatter gifs. madfloridian Dec 2015 #3

I don't like those either. herding cats Dec 2015 #16

Do you know how to block specific sig lines? I've had them all blocked for years due to the bug Bluenorthwest Dec 2015 #33

If you use Adblock Plus you can just right click Cal Carpenter Dec 2015 #65

I use a utility called uBlock herding cats Dec 2015 #75

You can remove (hide) all sig lines by going to the "My Account" link up petronius Dec 2015 #4

It's really a very, very minor irritation on my part. Photographer Dec 2015 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author darkangel218 Dec 2015 #8

It's in your own power to get rid of them... pacalo Dec 2015 #6

Please see post #5. Photographer Dec 2015 #7

Well...okay. pacalo Dec 2015 #11

Just turn off signatures Jesus Malverde Dec 2015 #9

If you become a star member you can remove sig lines entirely. nt LostOne4Ever Dec 2015 #10

No it's available to anyone...nt Jesus Malverde Dec 2015 #61

That bug used to drive me crazy, but now I kind of like it ... slipslidingaway Dec 2015 #12

I thought it was kind of funny when there were only a couple around. world wide wally Dec 2015 #13

LOonix was a star poster on DU for years. delrem Dec 2015 #14

Wasn't s/he the one that asked DUers to sign a petition not to vote for the Democrat pnwmom Dec 2015 #25

He posted an oped from a publication that advocated that. LiberalArkie Dec 2015 #27

It sure looked to me like he advocated for that. Why else post that oped? pnwmom Dec 2015 #62

And now he's over at the shit site dissing DU trumad Dec 2015 #35

Many people still here have their very own sewer site hifiguy Dec 2015 #73

PM the site if you don't mind dlwickham Dec 2015 #78

It's Discussionist. trumad Dec 2015 #79

It is local folklore to those here that have no life. Rex Dec 2015 #15

"to those here that have no life" Wow.. madfloridian Dec 2015 #18

I like myself, but this bug thing is as sad as people fighting over Bernie and HRC. Rex Dec 2015 #19

This isn't about "me" madfloridian Dec 2015 #21

pssssttttt....Rex, the poster to whom you're responding, has "the bug" magical thyme Dec 2015 #67

Busted! Rex Dec 2015 #81

Agreed on all counts. nt hifiguy Dec 2015 #74

uBlock look it up. herding cats Dec 2015 #17

Why? Just ignore the bugs and the bugs will ignore you. akbacchus_BC Dec 2015 #20

I have ocular floaters. JonathanRackham Dec 2015 #22

Yep, same here! n/t RKP5637 Dec 2015 #34

So do I. You get used to it after a while. 1monster Dec 2015 #54

Floaters are entertaining at staff meetings. JonathanRackham Dec 2015 #57

Yep, I don't even notice the bug. I've been amazed at how worked up some people get RKP5637 Dec 2015 #63

It has really grown on me. NCTraveler Dec 2015 #23

+1...nt SidDithers Dec 2015 #40

Nope. Just working against the election of a coporate puppet Android3.14 Dec 2015 #60

Really? Why do you care? eom LiberalElite Dec 2015 #24

Will Not Comply - Solidarity For Fallen DU Members By The Hands Of Paid Disruptors cantbeserious Dec 2015 #26

I had to fight my fingers Aerows Dec 2015 #28

Shit paid? trumad Dec 2015 #36

Chuckles - Thank You For The Laugh cantbeserious Dec 2015 #66

Andrea in accounting has it I think. zappaman Dec 2015 #76

You've been here around a month Aerows Dec 2015 #29

I have been here far longer than you.. trumad Dec 2015 #37

Hmmm Aerows Dec 2015 #43

Well...you were using your tenure to blast another member. trumad Dec 2015 #44

Okay. Aerows Dec 2015 #45

Nah... trumad Dec 2015 #46

Trumad - Have a cup of coffee for crying out loud Aerows Dec 2015 #49

He's dead jim... ileus Dec 2015 #30

REALLY getting old. NOT witty at all. A silly, sophomoric meme. Surya Gayatri Dec 2015 #31

Using my tablet I never see them. B Calm Dec 2015 #38

Long-time troll finally got banned... SidDithers Dec 2015 #39

Looks a bit like a kitchen in here: pots and pans and kettles... 1monster Dec 2015 #56

If I see another one of these threads, I'm adding a bug to my sig line. Travis_0004 Dec 2015 #41

ARRRGH! My eyes!! My eyes!!!! nt longship Dec 2015 #42

Lol, lighten the hell up. My god, this bothers you? Nt Logical Dec 2015 #47

It's infantile that they are so Aerows Dec 2015 #58

No. Besides; I changed my bug gif to white and added HUNDREDS. cherokeeprogressive Dec 2015 #48

phantom power posted a link to how to stop the animations TexasProgresive Dec 2015 #50

PLEASE! Look at this place for what it is: a discussion forum. ScreamingMeemie Dec 2015 #52

Sure. Bring back L0onix. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Dec 2015 #53

That is what will make the bugs go away Aerows Dec 2015 #55

What happened? nt awoke_in_2003 Dec 2015 #69

Well, long time poster L0onix, who happened to be a Bernie supporter, Erich Bloodaxe BSN Dec 2015 #70

The problem with posting things without comment... awoke_in_2003 Dec 2015 #80

The first time I saw one of those, GGJohn Dec 2015 #64

as did pretty much everybody magical thyme Dec 2015 #68

wow I just thought it was acid flashbacks olddots Dec 2015 #72

Oddly, I just do not even notice it. Tipperary Dec 2015 #77

Well now hold still why you get programmed into loving or hating a gif in a sig line. Rex Dec 2015 #82