Year-in-and-year-out, we see a variation of the same damn photo of MFM at the office Xmas party.

[MiddleFingerMom]

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[pacalo]

1. *hides eyes*

You're...nekkid!!!!

[rurallib]

2. truly he is, yet there is no stick in the stick figure where the stick should go

perhaps there is, yet it be much too small to see.

[MiddleFingerMom]

18. SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t

[MiddleFingerMom]

17. Shhhhh!!!! n/t

[BeachBaby]

3. I hardly ever post here anymore, but I still read, from time to time.

I am curious as to why all your posts have endless lines of dots, and very little content in between the dots. Why do you do that?

[CreekDog]

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

...............................

[BeachBaby]

5. Really?

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Maybe you're right.

[CreekDog]

6. you aren't getting enough sleep

[Kali]

8. he does it to JUST

to irritate people

[Rosie1223]

9. People find it irritating?

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How is that even possible?

[Kali]

23. actually

it makes a pretty good asshole filter

[Rosie1223]

26. So people that do that are assholes?

I'm sorry, but I don't understand your post.

[Kali]

28. sorry about that

[MiddleFingerMom]

10. Shhhhh!!!!! n/t

[BeachBaby]

11. So, Kali is correct?

You do it to irritate people? How mature.

[MiddleFingerMom]

20. Thank you. And I apologizefor overestimating your sense of humor.

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Maybe the full explanation that I took the time to compose for you hadn't been
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[BeachBaby]

24. I just saw your reply downthread.

Honestly? Your excuse that it's easier to read a post when it's broken up, is patronizing. As if we're not capable of reading a single-lined paragraph. I'd like to know who has difficulty doing that. I can't say I've ever heard someone say "I wish somebody would separate every single sentence of their posts with a series of 100 dots".

Call me crazy, but when I come here, I'm here to READ. Not scroll.

[Lil Missy]

46. Ignore is your friend. n/t

[CreekDog]

60. we don't have ignore

[MiddleFingerMom]

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

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... are in my own OP's.
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There's such a simple solution to your annoyance.
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Don't click on my OP's.
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We should have an "Ignore" feature again soon.
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Until then, my suggestion above is an EXTREMELY effective low-tech "Ignore".
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But I'm betting most people are aware of that already.
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[CreekDog]

62. I don't ignore anybody

I was just pointing out that ignore isn't an option yet.

[CreekDog]

43. well maybe when I get my PhD in particle dynamics I will finally understand why dots are funny

but until then, I guess we're SOL.

[CreekDog]

21. He needs dots to irritate people?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. He does it to build anticipation...

The way a comedian pauses, just before delivering the punch line.

[BeachBaby]

13. I would agree with you, Peggy....

if there was an actual punchline.

[Rosie1223]

15. Think of it as a sitcom script

where they need to insert the laugh track if the audience doesn't actually laugh.

[CreekDog]

45. oh it's coming

and i can't wait!

[hunter]

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

A person can't unsee that which has been seen.

Looking at an MFM post requires some mental hardening and preparation.

Otherwise:

[MiddleFingerMom]

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

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[MiddleFingerMom]

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

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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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[BeachBaby]

19. It could be interpreted as an air of self-importance.

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Or not.

[Kevin Beyer]

34. It could also be interpreted as a symptom of mental illness.

Just like throwing a tantrum when asked politely to be respectful for someone who is suffering.

[CreekDog]

22. yeah, it's like a line of cartoon gunpowder

...with a bomb at the end.

[MiddleFingerMom]

25. I like that very much. Thanks for the image. n/t

[BeachBaby]

29. Expressing yourself with dots.

Wow. REALLY?

So, let me get this straight - you know that what you do is intentional, unnecessary, and annoys people, but you do it anyway. Correct?

[mentalsolstice]

30. The mond boggles, right?

[Jamastiene]

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

The dots are annoying as all fuck. Use paragraphs. They have worked just fine as long as writing and typing have been around.

THAT is your excuse?

[Jamastiene]

33. On THAT, we agree.

"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. "

[Brickbat]

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

And you, sir, have a style.

[MiddleFingerMom]

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

[CreekDog]

7. it is kinda funny actually

once i got to it.

[RedCloud]

27. You are sponsored by Julianna Rae silkware! Congratulations!

Doctor MY EYES!

Now she ran away.

[Gold Metal Flake]

35. Sorry about your thread, man.

Looks like the DU2 Lounge is back.

[MiddleFingerMom]

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

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Things will probably cool down again... for one reason or another.
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But, thank you.
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[CreekDog]

40. need to have fun with it guy

once i posted about leaving a $1 tip at a restaurant where my service was atrocious (they actually forgot about me completely).

so, i posted a Lounge thread saying I felt really bad, but that I had to tip just $1.

it was during a DU fundraiser.

next thing i know there's a sticky up above saying: "Bastid tipped me $1"

was i hurt? no, i was too busy laughing.

[racaulk]

42. Ya cheap bastid!

You're right, most of us have innocently done something like this at one time or another just to have our words take on a life of their own. You never know what can start a flamewar here. We're in the Lounge after all, it's the nature of the beast!

[dixiegrrrrl]

55. I consider your my favorite Rorschach test at the moment.

[CreekDog]

37. maybe we need a vibes thread for dot-fursecution

or something. i'm confused.

[helderheid]

39. *giggle*

SPANK!

[TZ]

41. .

Just like you to drag furries into this.

[CreekDog]

44. Drag Furries?

i didn't know you could combine those two.

but then again, i thought the Latte Frappuchino couldn't be done and boy was I wrong!

[motely36]

47. OMG! Drag Furries

[Gold Metal Flake]

48. Dots happen.

Might as well enjoy it or move on to other threads.

[CreekDog]

57. are you lecturing me?

[Gold Metal Flake]

58. Oh, no.

Just waxing extemporaneously about the inevitability of dots. Them fuckers get into everything.

[CreekDog]

59. ROFL

[LynneSin]

49. I'd give you a kiss under the mistletoe..

provided you clean that beard out first. I don't want today's lunch all over my chin

[Gold Metal Flake]

50. Only today's lunch would be a welcome change!

[MiddleFingerMom]

54. What part of S-A-V-O-R don't you understand? n/t

[Gold Metal Flake]

56. It's thrifty, too.

A bowl of warm water, a swish and a squeeze. Soup!

[MiddleFingerMom]

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

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... after I take a Christmas Santa wannabe photo -- I really prefer it to be about 1/2" long
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On my last visit to the ER (where they deal with a substantial number of homeless people),
the doctor examining me told me that it's NICE to deal with a beard that didn't have any
NUMBER of recent meals archived within it.
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He had a pretty impressively dry sense of humor.
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