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There needs to be a prize that goes to whoever uses this phrase first in a MS post. You, sir, are a winner.

by sudioStudio64 11y ago

medecau 11y ago
Like those old "first" comments on forum threads.
kej 11y ago
The prize is "+5 Insightful", and it's redeemable a decade ago on /.
- sudioStudio64 11y ago
  Zing!
sudioStudio64 11y ago
Man, the downvotes is hard in here. In case everyone couldn't tell I think that the incessant posting of "embrace, extend, extinguish" are really childish so I replied childishly. Do we need a sarcasm tag? EDIT: One day I will too be able to down-vote and then woe to you all. woe to you all. OH WHAT DOWN VOTES I WILL BRING!!! EDIT EDIT: That's great advice friendly friend but I don't have enough karma to down-vote. Way to rub it in though...
- dragonwriter 11y ago
  > In case everyone couldn't tell I think that the incessant posting of "embrace, extend, extinguish" are really childish so I replied childishly. Do we need a sarcasm tag? If you think a post is childish, downvote it and move on. If you respond in kind, expect to be downvoted. It doesn't make sense to decrease the signal-to-noise ratio in response to a post whose main problem is that it is decreasing the signal-to-noise ratio.
  - sudioStudio64 11y ago
    I don't have enough karma to downvote comments...but thanks for rubbing it in though. That's a beautiful tall horse your on by the way. This particular comment got flagged, which is great. That being said, I can't count the number of times I've had someone reply to me with "Switch to Linux"...and I can't downvote that. Signal to noise? The rules are unevenly applied. For instance, a couple of weeks ago one of those "Isn't RMS Awesome!" posts came up. I expressed a sentiment that was counter to the glowing praise people where heaping on the guy's article. I wasn't rude, but I do disagree with the guys positions on somethings and expressed that. It started being downvoted immediately...I was close to 200 at that point so I actually wrote a BS set of pablum replies and they were upvoted so I regained the karma. Its frustrating.
    - PhantomGremlin 11y ago
      I can't count the number of times I've had someone reply to me with "Switch to Linux"...and I can't downvote that. FWIW I don't think people are allowed to downvote replies to their posts. At least I can't, maybe I could after getting even more karma?

There needs to be a prize that goes to whoever uses this phrase first in a MS post. You, sir, are a winner.

medecau 11y ago

Like those old "first" comments on forum threads.

kej 11y ago

The prize is "+5 Insightful", and it's redeemable a decade ago on /.

sudioStudio64 11y ago
Zing!

sudioStudio64 11y ago

Man, the downvotes is hard in here. In case everyone couldn't tell I think that the incessant posting of "embrace, extend, extinguish" are really childish so I replied childishly. Do we need a sarcasm tag? EDIT: One day I will too be able to down-vote and then woe to you all. woe to you all. OH WHAT DOWN VOTES I WILL BRING!!! EDIT EDIT: That's great advice friendly friend but I don't have enough karma to down-vote. Way to rub it in though...

dragonwriter 11y ago
> In case everyone couldn't tell I think that the incessant posting of "embrace, extend, extinguish" are really childish so I replied childishly. Do we need a sarcasm tag? If you think a post is childish, downvote it and move on. If you respond in kind, expect to be downvoted. It doesn't make sense to decrease the signal-to-noise ratio in response to a post whose main problem is that it is decreasing the signal-to-noise ratio.
- sudioStudio64 11y ago
  I don't have enough karma to downvote comments...but thanks for rubbing it in though. That's a beautiful tall horse your on by the way. This particular comment got flagged, which is great. That being said, I can't count the number of times I've had someone reply to me with "Switch to Linux"...and I can't downvote that. Signal to noise? The rules are unevenly applied. For instance, a couple of weeks ago one of those "Isn't RMS Awesome!" posts came up. I expressed a sentiment that was counter to the glowing praise people where heaping on the guy's article. I wasn't rude, but I do disagree with the guys positions on somethings and expressed that. It started being downvoted immediately...I was close to 200 at that point so I actually wrote a BS set of pablum replies and they were upvoted so I regained the karma. Its frustrating.
  - PhantomGremlin 11y ago
    I can't count the number of times I've had someone reply to me with "Switch to Linux"...and I can't downvote that. FWIW I don't think people are allowed to downvote replies to their posts. At least I can't, maybe I could after getting even more karma?