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MiddleFingerMom

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16. Sometimes I write a TOME of a response and it's MUCH easier to read a lengthy response...

Wed Dec 14, 2011, 03:52 PM

Dec 2011

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... if it's broken up into small, WELL-defined, easily digestible segments.
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Often for comedic timing (part of MY creative process, anyhow) and antici...
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... pation (thanks to Frankenfurter and The Rocky Horror Picture show).
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It's often the concept of "Wait for it... WAIT FOR IT!!!"
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Sometimes it's completely "unnecessary", but it's become a habit now. I also
do it to a lesser extent in my emails for similar reasons. Some find it completely
annoying and/or distracting. As soon as they get the feature back up... that's
EASILY fixed with the "Ignore" feature. Being put on "Ignore" has never bothered
me. In fact, I'm glad the option has been there (and, hopefully... soon will be).
It relieves the annoyed, yet doesn't "censor" how I choose to express myself.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=uk4WFOH9IJs
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Year-in-and-year-out, we see a variation of the same damn photo of MFM at the office Xmas party. [View all] MiddleFingerMom Dec 2011 OP

*hides eyes* pacalo Dec 2011 #1

truly he is, yet there is no stick in the stick figure where the stick should go rurallib Dec 2011 #2

SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t MiddleFingerMom Dec 2011 #18

Shhhhh!!!! n/t MiddleFingerMom Dec 2011 #17

I hardly ever post here anymore, but I still read, from time to time. BeachBaby Dec 2011 #3

you know how if you fall asleep at the keyboard while pressing a certain character.................. CreekDog Dec 2011 #4

Really? BeachBaby Dec 2011 #5

you aren't getting enough sleep CreekDog Dec 2011 #6

he does it to JUST Kali Dec 2011 #8

People find it irritating? Rosie1223 Dec 2011 #9

actually Kali Dec 2011 #23

So people that do that are assholes? Rosie1223 Dec 2011 #26

sorry about that Kali Dec 2011 #28

Shhhhh!!!!! n/t MiddleFingerMom Dec 2011 #10

So, Kali is correct? BeachBaby Dec 2011 #11

Thank you. And I apologizefor overestimating your sense of humor. MiddleFingerMom Dec 2011 #20

I just saw your reply downthread. BeachBaby Dec 2011 #24

Ignore is your friend. n/t Lil Missy Dec 2011 #46

we don't have ignore CreekDog Dec 2011 #60

Certainly we have a form of ignore. The OVERWHELMING MAJORITY of my "heavy dot posts"... MiddleFingerMom Dec 2011 #61

I don't ignore anybody CreekDog Dec 2011 #62

well maybe when I get my PhD in particle dynamics I will finally understand why dots are funny CreekDog Dec 2011 #43

He needs dots to irritate people? CreekDog Dec 2011 #21

He does it to build anticipation... CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2011 #12

I would agree with you, Peggy.... BeachBaby Dec 2011 #13

Think of it as a sitcom script Rosie1223 Dec 2011 #15

oh it's coming CreekDog Dec 2011 #45

I figure it's so I can back out safely if I accidentally click on one of his posts. hunter Dec 2011 #14

Funny... and I think that's actually a picture I used about "Mr & Ms Starbucks!!! MiddleFingerMom Dec 2011 #31

Sometimes I write a TOME of a response and it's MUCH easier to read a lengthy response... MiddleFingerMom Dec 2011 #16

It could be interpreted as an air of self-importance. BeachBaby Dec 2011 #19

It could also be interpreted as a symptom of mental illness. Kevin Beyer Dec 2011 #34

yeah, it's like a line of cartoon gunpowder CreekDog Dec 2011 #22

I like that very much. Thanks for the image. n/t MiddleFingerMom Dec 2011 #25

Expressing yourself with dots. BeachBaby Dec 2011 #29

The mond boggles, right? mentalsolstice Dec 2011 #30

Oh for fuck's sake, use the damn enter key and make paragraphs. Jamastiene Dec 2011 #32

On THAT, we agree. Jamastiene Dec 2011 #33

Don't let them get you down, MFM. Some people have a style, and some people don't. Brickbat Dec 2011 #51

Thank you. I'm comfortable in my own skin. I wish more others could and would be. n/t MiddleFingerMom Dec 2011 #52

it is kinda funny actually CreekDog Dec 2011 #7

You are sponsored by Julianna Rae silkware! Congratulations! RedCloud Dec 2011 #27

Sorry about your thread, man. Gold Metal Flake Dec 2011 #35

Thanks. I think it's fun and VERY revealing. It's not a problem. MiddleFingerMom Dec 2011 #36

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need to have fun with it guy CreekDog Dec 2011 #40

Ya cheap bastid! racaulk Dec 2011 #42

I consider your my favorite Rorschach test at the moment. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2011 #55

maybe we need a vibes thread for dot-fursecution CreekDog Dec 2011 #37

*giggle* helderheid Dec 2011 #39

. TZ Dec 2011 #41

Drag Furries? CreekDog Dec 2011 #44

OMG! Drag Furries motely36 Dec 2011 #47

Dots happen. Gold Metal Flake Dec 2011 #48

are you lecturing me? CreekDog Dec 2011 #57

Oh, no. Gold Metal Flake Dec 2011 #58

ROFL CreekDog Dec 2011 #59

I'd give you a kiss under the mistletoe.. LynneSin Dec 2011 #49

Only today's lunch would be a welcome change! Gold Metal Flake Dec 2011 #50

What part of S-A-V-O-R don't you understand? n/t MiddleFingerMom Dec 2011 #54

It's thrifty, too. Gold Metal Flake Dec 2011 #56

Funny you should mention that. I've let my beard grow out pretty long (probably trim it WAY short... MiddleFingerMom Dec 2011 #53