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12-03-2007, 06:29 AM
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How long before someone brings up the "You wouldn't call your country...." example??? 
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12-03-2007, 11:34 AM
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How long before someone brings up the "You wouldn't call your country...." example??? |
Hopefully they won't now that you've called them out. 
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12-03-2007, 11:41 AM
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Hopefully they won't now that you've called them out. |
I wouldn't put money on that. We've seen this debate so many times, and I know I've seen people explain why it's a horrible example, and then we see someone throw it out there again 15 posts later, after the thread dies and then gets bumped.
It may take another n00b and a year or two, but it will happen. 
As the frat/fraternity debate grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving "country" approaches one. - AlphaFrog's Law #2
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12-03-2007, 11:52 AM
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I wouldn't put money on that. We've seen this debate so many times, and I know I've seen people explain why it's a horrible example, and then we see someone throw it out there again 15 posts later, after the thread dies and then gets bumped.
It may take another n00b and a year or two, but it will happen.
As the frat/fraternity debate grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving "country" approaches one. - AlphaFrog's Law #2 |
Well let's keep this new thread going. 
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12-03-2007, 11:53 AM
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As the frat/fraternity debate grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving "country" approaches one. - AlphaFrog's Law #2
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LOL! So what's AlphaFrog's First Law?
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My farternity chapter uses "fraternity" and we call each other out when one of calls us a "frat." I like the country analogy.
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Sorry -- I know it was a typo, but it was a humorously ironic typo.
And whether you like the country analogy doesn't really make it any better an analogy. It's a stupid analogy because it compares apples and oranges. However much you may dislike the word "frat," that word is not and never has been considered an obscenity.
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12-03-2007, 11:57 AM
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LOL! So what's AlphaFrog's First Law?
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That's the one about newbies who feel snarked looking back at that person's previous posts to determine that they are not, in fact, special. I just haven't had time to formulate it into a nice concise statement of law yet.
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12-03-2007, 11:58 AM
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That's the one about newbies who feel snarked looking back at that person's previous posts to determine that they are not, in fact, special. I just haven't had time to formulate it into a nice concise statement of law yet. |
Oh, of course.
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12-03-2007, 12:11 PM
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That's the one about newbies who feel snarked looking back at that person's previous posts to determine that they are not, in fact, special. I just haven't had time to formulate it into a nice concise statement of law yet. |
That sounds like two laws to me, I'm a little confused. I get the part about newbies feeling snarked on (of course I understand that one. Sigh.) but then there seems like there's a second part about them looking back at their own posts, or did you mean you looking back at their old posts to prove they're not special? That's where I get confused...  If it's going to be a law, it needs to be easily understandable. Just trying to help ya formulate it coherently!
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12-03-2007, 12:14 PM
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That sounds like two laws to me, I'm a little confused. I get the part about newbies feeling snarked on (of course I understand that one. Sigh.) but then there seems like there's a second part about them looking back at their own posts, or did you mean you looking back at their old posts to prove they're not special? That's where I get confused... If it's going to be a law, it needs to be easily understandable. Just trying to help ya formulate it coherently! |
Actually, I can't remember who first said it, but I meant for the newbie to look back on the posts of the person who snarked them. If that person snarked other people, chances are, they're just snarky, and the newbie isn't special. It's in one of the newbie threads.
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12-03-2007, 11:44 AM
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My farternity chapter uses "fraternity" and we call each other out when one of calls us a "frat." I like the country analogy.
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12-03-2007, 11:48 AM
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I like the country analogy.
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12-03-2007, 11:53 AM
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LOL @ the picture and your "receipt" signature.
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12-03-2007, 02:57 PM
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LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!
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12-03-2007, 11:54 AM
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My farternity chapter uses "fraternity" and we call each other out when one of calls us a "frat." I like the country analogy.
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Perhaps an edit in the first 2 words is desirable?
And wow, AF, within 3 minutes of your prediction! That must be a record!
ETA: And I wondered about the "PhiGam" thing too when I first saw the username, the FIJIs on my campus were militant about ONLY being called FIJI.
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12-03-2007, 11:55 AM
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And wow, AF, within 3 minutes of your prediction! That must be a record!
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Seriously, it got posted WHILE I was posting my response to AF (so mine looks like I didn't read the thread).
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