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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: An Old Man
Spot on!
With my right sinus affecting my right eye, I thought the OP was talking to himself!
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posted on
02/07/2009 3:17:27 PM PST
by
netmilsmom
(Psalm 109:8 - Let his days be few; and let another take his office)
To: jra
{women and children affected most} My personnel favorite.
To: jra
43
posted on
02/07/2009 3:22:52 PM PST
by
TornadoAlley3
(Obama is everything Oklahoma is not.)
To: SIDENET
I had an uncle Hugh. (He wasn’t.)
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posted on
02/07/2009 3:26:53 PM PST
by
Past Your Eyes
(Some people are too stupid to be ashamed.)
To: Dallas59
My parenthesis are better than yours (Zeta-Jones)
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To: jra
So I take it you need help to digest most of the stuff posted here?...Sad.Look, you proffered a question, asking the purpose of the ( ) used in a thread's header. I merely replied to your query.
Now, you choose to act insipidly and sophomoric.
Sod off, cretin.
46
posted on
02/07/2009 3:29:49 PM PST
by
jla
(Sarah! sarahpac.com)
To: An Old Man
jra & jla...Are you two married?No. jla is a male.
No idea of jra's gender but if a female then she lacks femininity. If male, he doesn't. (LOL)
47
posted on
02/07/2009 3:34:55 PM PST
by
jla
(Sarah! sarahpac.com)
To: jra
If writers would put their theses properly in their first paragraphs, poster comments wouldn’t be necessary. But alas, most writers now commit many errors against English. English departments in universities are more political than technical.
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posted on
02/07/2009 4:05:34 PM PST
by
familyop
(As painful as the global laxative might be, maybe our "one world" needs a good cleaning.)
To: jra
LOL - thanks for the post and comments - I needed that
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posted on
02/07/2009 4:46:38 PM PST
by
verklaring
(Pyrite is not gold))
To: jra
Well, sometimes parentheses (those diacritical marks that look like little squirmy lines (well, not diacritical exactly, but little marks anyway (actually as little or big as the font you're using (and are curvy no matter what font (except for wingdings (which isn't a font))))) and serve the purpose of setting off parenthetical thoughts (if that isn't redundant, that is (which it is))) make sentences clearer. Like that one. :-)
(Wait - that last one is a smiley, not a parenthesis.)
To: An Old Man; jra; jla
jra & jlaAre you two married?
Not yet, but that's another function of parentheses.
(jra & jla)
There, now they're married.
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posted on
02/07/2009 5:09:45 PM PST
by
BykrBayb
(May God have mercy on our souls. ~ Þ)
To: jla
52
posted on
02/07/2009 6:42:30 PM PST
by
jra
To: jra
Not hardly. I think it amusing that an adult would actually expend the time to publicly air his/her maniacal peevishness over something as trite, and inconsequential, as parenthetical remarks.
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posted on
02/08/2009 4:19:30 AM PST
by
jla
(Sarah! sarahpac.com)
To: jra
Some headlines are clever but overly vague. I hope no zero tolerance rules are placed to prevent [help in flagging].
54
posted on
02/08/2009 4:31:02 AM PST
by
Arthur Wildfire! March
(Ayers unimportant? What about Robert KKK Byrd or FALN pardons? DNC -- the terrorism party.)
To: jra
Also, if a FReeper puts his head on the block and adds [must read], I like that. If someone I respect adds that [and doesn’t do it too much] it helps. [If he does do it too much], people can learn to ignore him.
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posted on
02/08/2009 4:33:03 AM PST
by
Arthur Wildfire! March
(Ayers unimportant? What about Robert KKK Byrd or FALN pardons? DNC -- the terrorism party.)
To: jra
"Sure, when the title is disingenuous, but at some point, it becomes too much IMO., Hold on! Now just hold here! I think some people are using to many comas in their sentences! They are sprinkling them in like pepper! Haven't they heard when in doubt leave them out? How about half a parenthesis? Like ........ :O)? Would that be alright???
56
posted on
02/08/2009 5:19:59 AM PST
by
Old Badger
(After this sorry election, boy do opportunities abound!)
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