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HOLY CRAP. WHY DIDN"T I HEAR ABOUT THIS EARLIER. "And Tara Strong, the voice of everyone's favorite egghead, Twilight Sparkle, will be joining us for the weekend." !bronycon
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@widget >abigpony >being a jerk >weird
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@abigpony People like to assume that others only have one mode of thought because it makes it easier for said person to categorize people, ergo "this guy is always whiny" or "this guy is always rude".
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@redenchilada What would that make me good sir?
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@lyrica I like to think of you as "the happy-go-lucky guy who makes others happy". If and when I need to generalize.
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@redenchilada aww that makes me happy, that's honestly what I try to be :3
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@redenchilada That's myyy goaalll thouughh.
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@redenchilada What am I.
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@redenchilada Lame. Guess I might as well stick with it at this point. Every good site needs a bad member.
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@abigpony You're not constantly a jerk, you're USUALLY a jerk. Big difference. I can get along with you. Sometimes. When the moon is full. On a Saturday.
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@widget Hey, now, that's just wrong. Don't you know it's the _half_ moon on a _Wednesday_?
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@redenchilada Not really sure what you're trying to get at xD.
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@abigpony Read things before posting them. Because people already assume you're a jerk, look hard for the worst possible tone that could be interpreted, and if it's really bad retype it until it's not.
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@widget but I always think about every word when i type it and I honestly can't think of any other way to explain myself most of the time. I usually read over my messages a few times before sending them too, just so I don't usually sound as bad as I could. This is where I get confused when people give me advice on how to better myself on here because they tell me this same stuff and I respond the same way and they're always like "welp, guess you're just a terrible person then." Could you provide examples or something?
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@abigpony Well, I could use the previous comment as an example. It all hinges on the phrase "good question". Silly I know, but if you take just those two words away, it becomes a lot less hostile-sounding. Something more along the lines of "yeah, I think that's been announced since last BronyCon." Maybe add a smiley ( such as xD ) at the end if you want to be extra sure it's not misinterpreted.
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@widget 1) those smilies are stupid as hell? What am I, a middle-school girl? 2) putting the "yeah" at the beginning like that sounds more hostile to me than what I put because it sounds really smart-alack-y. I guess it's the way were raised or something.
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@abigpony You're not a middle school girl, you're a human being communicating over the Internet with no auditory or visual cues from the person you're communicating with. It's like a Helen Keller simulation.
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@widget But you can still pick up tone from the way their writing and that's what we're arguing. your choice of words determines tonality based on family, location, etc. and that's why I brought up the possibility of the way were are raised. Should I use more reaction images or something? Those are fine compared to emoticons for me.
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@widget but what if I know? http://ur1.ca/9eoum
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@abigpony You didn't know, but even if you did, you aren't even going. I felt kind of insulted that someone who wasn't even going to BronyCon was telling me I missed some significant detail of it for five months, even after I read the June 2012 homepage at least six times after it went up.
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@widget Here's my random observation: you seem to be arguing with someone over the internet about what parts of internet communication make you look nice and what parts make you look dumb. I'm legitimately confused; can you clarify the reasoning behind this?
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@redenchilada I'm not arguing, I'm attempting to give advice. I can stop if things seem out of hand.
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@widget So now you're just attacking me because I knew something you didn't as opposed to the phrasing. It seems like I DID know and you should probably chill or something.
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@widget the "Just drop the filler words then. The "I think" however, is a good cushion."? Again, what if I know or it's a fact? What would classify as a filler word?
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@abigpony "good question" and "yeah" are filler words. Even if you know something for sure, "I think" (or even "I'm pretty sure") is a good way to soften the impact. If you're absolutely 100% sure of something (this is usually impossible), use those phrases anyway.
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@widget "If you're absolutely sure it's true, say 'I think' anyway"? That's horrible advice.
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@redenchilada If you're that sure of something, you usually should back it up with some kind of evidence.
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@widget Then tell them to back it up with evidence. Don't tell them to say "I think $eventOccurance" if they have proof that $eventOccurance is real.
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@redenchilada "I think that $eventoccurance is real." "Why?" "Because $evidence"
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@widget "Those rocks fell. I know this because I watched gravity pull them down from the top ledge to the ground right here." Saying "I think" in that instance only makes you look silly. I'm not saying _never_ use the phrase, but it has an actual meaning, not just filler.
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@redenchilada I'm more talking about when you're telling people they're wrong or have been otherwise out of the loop or misinformed. It's better to use something such as "Are you sure? Because I thought..." rather than "That's not right. It's..."
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@redenchilada Disclaimer: If I'm not making sense at this point it's because it's 3AM.
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@bitshift I have stayed up through sunrise. You do not want to meet that pony. He's a little loco in the coco. Especially with the obligatory caffiene offset. Then he's not only tired, but he also laughs at everything.
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@widget Yeah, my thought process is just a roll of the dice at this point. I bet that metaphor doesn't even make sense.
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@redenchilada You're leaving it up to chance? xD
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@minti That's not what I meant at all. THIS IS WHAT I'M SAYING.
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@redenchilada @toksyuryel 's post.
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@redenchilada It's called being humble.
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@widget Well that seems rather unnecessary and it seems like one of those tools people keep recommending me to stop from hurting other people's feelings. I guess I can try and use them all the time now or something, though. It's not gonna last long, but I'll try I guess.
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@abigpony Lol what are you talking about, smilies are gr8 omg!!! xD :) <3
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@redenchilada I JUST LOOKED AT WHAT I TYPED. I'M GOING TO GO KILL MYSELF NOW. r.i.p. me 1994-2012
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@redenchilada Omg, you like them too?! <333 xD
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@minti yeah, it kind of is. Not as sad as the fact that that's how @theawesomepinkpony still types.
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@minti I will say "lol" ironically, "<3" when I'm in a fruity mood, and I've grown kinda fond of ":c", "c:", and ";~;". Anything else (ESPECIALLY "xD" and "omg") make me kill bunnies.
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@redenchilada I need to use the word "fruity" more often.
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@redenchilada The only one I refuse to use is "o3o". HOW IS THAT EVEN AN EMOTICON.
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@minti Oh yeah, I used that ironically once. It's like the super-fruity impossible-to-take-seriously version of <3 as far as I use it.
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@redenchilada Yep that basically describes it. I know of guys who basically use variants of that all the time. T3T
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@minti I'm also probably the only one who likes ponies and yet doesn't care for /)^3^(\
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@redenchilada I hate people who use that with a passion. Wait, never mind that's mean. I love and tolerate them. >.>
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@minti Honestly, I don't dislike _too_ many smilies. You won't catch me using most kinds outside of very specific contexts, though.
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bigpony
@rozeluck I know... http://ur1.ca/9eoym
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@rozeluck I'd claim you re-dead to me, but you use that "xD" enough to where it's not even a problem.
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@redenchilada Do you know what I'm thinking because you post some of the posts I'm writing xD
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@minti No, UU has some squiggly thing also involving 'u's that I can't be bothered to remember. 0u0 was one that Aradia did, then concluded it was terrible.
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@bitshift @minti uu confirmed for new sicknasty. http://ur1.ca/9eoxy
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@carcino Huh. I don't normally like fan-designs for the uU's, but those two seem pretty appropriate.
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@bitshift I don't know where they are from, BUT I LOVE THEM. http://ur1.ca/9eoz0
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@bitshift @carcino Yeah, they do. Wow. (Also I thought uu was Karkat for some stupid reason at first.)
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@minti Share with me all your draws Minti http://ur1.ca/9ep04
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@redenchilada omg xD *Bleh* :P
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@wafers yeah, transportation for me would also require 2 extra tickets (sister and her boyfriend) I REALLY want to go too :<
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