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Vanity Question: What's the deal with all the (parenthesis)?
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Posted on 02/07/2009 2:40:56 PM PST by jra
Who's adding the parenthesis to all the headers? Mods?
Has some decision been made to start doing this?
I assume it's being done to help, but they are VERY distracting.
I'd like to think that most--if not all--FR readers are knowlegeable and don't need to be told that Sarah Palin is a governor.
In some cases, I can see where the help might be needed, but if opinions count here, my opinion is that it's being overdone.
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To: jra
Another great LOL post. This is like 6 (in the last two days.)
Oh, and is it supposed to to before a paren (the punctuation), or after (the punctuation that is.) I always get it so confused )the placement that is.(.
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posted on
02/07/2009 2:52:52 PM PST
by
JSteff
(It was ALL about SCOTUS. Most forget about that and HAVE DOOMED us for a generation or more.)
To: jra
They are included to demarcate the actual headline with the poster's own remarks.
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posted on
02/07/2009 2:53:46 PM PST
by
jla
(Sarah! sarahpac.com)
To: jra
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posted on
02/07/2009 2:55:02 PM PST
by
P.O.E.
(Big Government is the opiate of the masses.)
To: JSteff
Oh, and is it supposed to to before a paren (the punctuation), or after (the punctuation that is.) I always get it so confused )the placement that is.(. Don't get technical on us... most of us don't know what to do if they shut off our free analog TV!! /sarc
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posted on
02/07/2009 2:56:30 PM PST
by
ken in texas
(come fold with us - team #36120)
To: jra
I bet it’s that green guy from Ghostbusters
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posted on
02/07/2009 2:56:47 PM PST
by
xmission
(www.iwilldefendtheconstitution.com)
To: JSteff
“It is supposed to to...”
What exactly does to to mean mean?
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posted on
02/07/2009 2:58:19 PM PST
by
jra
To: Drango
"This is (sirius)" This is Hugh:
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posted on
02/07/2009 2:59:12 PM PST
by
Mad Dawgg
("`Eddies,' said Ford, `in the space-time continuum.' `Ah,' nodded Arthur, `is he? Is he?'")
To: jla
That’s what the comments area is for.
I have a brain, so I can draw my own conclusions.
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posted on
02/07/2009 2:59:25 PM PST
by
jra
To: frankenMonkey
Yours actually does add something. Most don’t.
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posted on
02/07/2009 2:59:59 PM PST
by
jra
To: jra
Yeah sure, you just want to stifle creativity!
Anybody can cut/past a title from a newspaper article. Only the truly talented can make them stand above the crowd of mundane everyday headlines. To insure there efforts are noticed they use parenthesis.
Would you prefer they use ( ), { } or [ ]? After all, this is still a free countyr, isn't it?
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posted on
02/07/2009 3:00:29 PM PST
by
An Old Man
(Use it up, Wear it out, Make it do, or Do without.)
To: jra
Comments dont belong there, IMOBut seriously, I think it started with barf alerts - although I don't know how those started (I mean, if we don't put them before every Helen Thomas picture, what's the point?)
I've also seen parenthesis usefully used in attempts to avoid double posts. For example, different publications might use different headlines for the same syndicated article.
Your point is well taken in regard to placement of comments, but it's a fine line in some cases.
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posted on
02/07/2009 3:00:39 PM PST
by
P.O.E.
(Big Government is the opiate of the masses.)
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To: jra
Thats what the comments area is for... I have a brain, so I can draw my own conclusions. Well then I'm sure all Freepers will now resist the temptation to use parentheses in headers just to placate you.
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posted on
02/07/2009 3:03:06 PM PST
by
jla
(Sarah! sarahpac.com)
To: jra
Look at my parenthesis...(?)
Look at them!
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posted on
02/07/2009 3:05:43 PM PST
by
Dallas59
("You know the one with the big ears? He might be yours, but he ain't my president.")
To: jla
So I take it you need help to digest most of the stuff posted here?
Sad.
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posted on
02/07/2009 3:05:56 PM PST
by
jra
To: jra
If it’s a problem having a pareinthesis, would a single enthesis do? Your choice, an inny, ), or an outee, (.
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posted on
02/07/2009 3:06:49 PM PST
by
tbpiper
To: jra
I think they’re kind of cute. Like little dangling earrings.
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posted on
02/07/2009 3:07:08 PM PST
by
azishot
(I just joined the NRA.)
To: jra
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posted on
02/07/2009 3:07:19 PM PST
by
xmission
(www.iwilldefendtheconstitution.com)
To: jla
jra & jla
Are you two married?
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posted on
02/07/2009 3:08:15 PM PST
by
An Old Man
(Use it up, Wear it out, Make it do, or Do without.)
To: P.O.E.
Arggg, my head is exploding.
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posted on
02/07/2009 3:16:53 PM PST
by
duckman
(Jesus I trust in You. Mary take over)
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