Formatting etiquette

September 22, 2004 1:26 PM

Enough with the big / strong / italics.
posted by bshort to Etiquette/Policy at 1:26 PM (41 comments total)

Yeah, wtf?
posted by mr.marx at 1:29 PM on September 22, 2004

QUIT WHINING.

Sheez. It's only Witty. And he's only doing it in response to the whingefest about small type. And I'd be surprised if he does it more than a couple day, and I'd be further surprised if Matt doesn't deal with him appropriately if he doesn't stop.

Nothing to see here. Move along.
posted by five fresh fish at 1:31 PM on September 22, 2004

If he keeps it up matt's going to take away our font size tags.
posted by Space Coyote at 1:39 PM on September 22, 2004

Seconded.

It's only Witty. And he's only doing it in response to the whingefest about small type.

a) No its not.
b) Then he should keep it in the small-type thread. Spreading it to the rest of the site only makes thing look sloppy and annoys people who aren't even involved. Things like this have a nasty tendancy to expand exponentially. Early call-outs are the best medicine.
posted by ChasFile at 1:42 PM on September 22, 2004

Why the hell are you people so hung up on type settings????

Jesus Christ, this is like the third thread today!
posted by SweetJesus at 1:54 PM on September 22, 2004

Okay. I thought it was funny, especially (but only) if it's only for the one day.

Besides, it's not like ye never picked up an accent in yer posting before, some of ye anyway, fer a day or two. Arrr.
posted by chicobangs at 1:56 PM on September 22, 2004

Seriously, quit whining.
posted by jpoulos at 2:00 PM on September 22, 2004

I think he's making an excellent point.

And I agree completely.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 2:03 PM on September 22, 2004

Seahawks look great this year. I think they might come out of the NFC.
posted by The God Complex at 2:07 PM on September 22, 2004

                        



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posted by Witty at 2:13 PM on September 22, 2004

I like how witty is anything but witty. It's kind of amusing in a post-ironic sort of way.
posted by elwoodwiles at 2:20 PM on September 22, 2004

Why the hell are you people so hung up on type settings????

Because if you use the wrong type setting, when people come and look at the thread thirty years from now, they'll accuse it of being a forgery?
posted by DevilsAdvocate at 2:26 PM on September 22, 2004

I'm pretty sure that I was racist once today.
posted by angry modem at 2:38 PM on September 22, 2004

I like how witty is anything but witty. It's kind of amusing in a post-ironic sort of way.

LOL. Good/new one.
posted by Hildago at 2:38 PM on September 22, 2004

Why don't you guys just pick your own posting format 
and/or style and reserve your jealously for something else.

And elwoodwiles... you're a god damn genius!  I love you man.

posted by Witty at 2:42 PM on September 22, 2004

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posted by seanyboy at 2:46 PM on September 22, 2004

Dear Witty,

Please wear more kilts.
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posted by Witty at 2:53 PM on September 22, 2004

^{Hey, it's} _{House of Leaves!}
posted by darukaru at 3:01 PM on September 22, 2004

I ♥ Witty
posted by Kwantsar at 3:05 PM on September 22, 2004

This Witty is better than the other Wittys.
posted by Armitage Shanks at 3:56 PM on September 22, 2004

I ? witty too. Sod off bshort, you pedantic twat!
posted by SpaceCadet at 4:27 PM on September 22, 2004

? = ampersand + hearts + semicolon
posted by SpaceCadet at 4:28 PM on September 22, 2004

posted by SpaceCadet at 4:40 PM on September 22, 2004

I wished I could have gotten the Blink tag to work on that thread. I couldn't, and I was irked.
posted by troutfishing at 5:02 PM on September 22, 2004

Wow !

That's a neat trick!
posted by troutfishing at 5:03 PM on September 22, 2004

I'm so confused. Because the two people whose comments are making me laugh the most on this thread are Witty and Space Cadet. Worse, I think it's laughing "with."
posted by soyjoy at 7:04 PM on September 22, 2004

So, after 'tribute to Y2Karl day' this will stop, right?
posted by graventy at 7:15 PM on September 22, 2004

soyjoy - just ease into it. This won't hurt a bit.
posted by troutfishing at 7:39 PM on September 22, 2004

Hey, get yer hands off my kilt, buddy.
posted by soyjoy at 9:15 PM on September 22, 2004

posted by quonsar at 10:21 PM on September 22, 2004 [1 favorite]

Are these big words something I'd need a widescreen monitor to be able to read?
posted by nthdegx at 4:07 AM on September 23, 2004

I'm sorry, but I think this is all very cool. It adds so much flavor to the site.

There was a hidden design community with a few thousand graphic designers (mostly swankarmy folks) a few years ago, and it was even more insane than this. Someone worked out you could link an entirely new stylesheet in a forum post, so you'd go to view a thread and the style sheet would change about 20 times. If you had epilepsy, you were screwed.

Of course, you might be able to change stylesheets here too. If so, I look forward to the action.
posted by wackybrit at 4:37 AM on September 23, 2004

I guess not.
posted by wackybrit at 4:41 AM on September 23, 2004

wackybrit : gifs could mimick style sheets. Thus :


posted by troutfishing at 7:25 AM on September 23, 2004

Thanks for searing my retinas there trout.

I can tell I am going to have flashbacks when I read my son Cat In The Hat now...
posted by longbaugh at 7:41 AM on September 23, 2004

I think Witty needs a fish in his pants.

A nice, big one

With sharp, Dickensian Principles.
posted by Secret Life of Gravy at 9:55 AM on September 23, 2004

If he keeps it up matt's going to take away our font size tags.

Oh dear god I hope so.

Please keep it up, Witty.
posted by Mars Saxman at 12:15 PM on September 23, 2004

longbaugh - You're welcome. I'm just trying to keep everybody on their toes so we're all ready for the unexpected.

Terrorists could strike any day, you Know.
posted by troutfishing at 12:16 PM on September 23, 2004

There was a hidden design community with a few thousand graphic designers (mostly swankarmy folks) a few years ago

Dreamless?
posted by SpaceCadet at 2:24 PM on September 23, 2004

That'd be the new Terror Alert Level "Cat (Stevens) In The Hat" I take it?
posted by longbaugh at 6:04 AM on September 24, 2004