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Bring the JoePa fighting here, y'all
"We're not going to tell people not to express negative feelings here, but if you must bicker about them, please do it in MeTa." [more inside]
RIP Elizabeth Edwards
This is where we discuss the Elizabeth Edwards obit thread. We've done this a few times before, I think.
realjanetkagan (1946-2008)
Science fiction writer Janet Kagan, who posted here as realjanetkagan, died Friday after a long illness (COPD).
James Brown obituary: tripled in sixty seconds
What does the dot mean?
i've seen this in a few posts on the blue and the green, this one most recently. why are people commenting with just a . ?
Tagged!
Someone added tags to my post. I'll wear the 'obit' and 'obituary' but the '.' has to go. When I try to delete it i get "Looks like you're trying to delete tags fromto the wrong post. Go ."
Obit Guidelines
The Kirby Puckett obit thread has attracted some rather distasteful snark about the propriety of discussing "minor celeb deaths." Are obit threads inevitable? Should they be?
What does the dot mean?
Why do people post "."?
What exactly is the . in people's replies? I used to ignore them, but when I saw a dozen or so in the Nipsey Russell thread I just had to know...
Long-time metafilter member Alicia Frantz passed away on June 3rd.
Long-time metafilter member Alicia Frantz passed away on June 3rd.
There is more info on her site, and a news article. She will be greatly missed.
There is more info on her site, and a news article. She will be greatly missed.
What does the dot mean?
Sorry if this is a dumb question, but what does posting a single period (.) as the only text in a respons mean?
Is it okay to use a dot as a bookmark?
Is it no longer acceptable to leave a comment with simply a period - "." - in a thread so you can keep track of it via your profile page? I still see it happen in the blue but don't see it often in the green, and it now seems one of my comments like that was just deleted in the green... I don't want to piss on anyone here about that, just trying to figure out if it is cool to do it or not.
Obituary
What does the dot mean?
What's with the dots? Am I missing a really obvious tradition/in-joke?
Does the dot mean RIP?
Does . mean something like RIP?
What's the deal with the dot?
What's the deal with people posting a comment whose sole content is "."? Example here, but I've been seeing it more and more. Perhaps I missed out on some kewl new meme, but it just seems like lazy, bandwidth-sucking, "me too" ego stroking.
Why do people post periods in obit threads?
I've looked in the FAQ and elsewhere that I can think of, and I'm only asking because another, more longstanding Mefi-ite asked me if I knew the answer, so maybe I'm not the only one who doesn't know. What's the deal with posting a period on threads when people die? Does it refer to something specific? Does it just mean "speechless?" Is there a thread that this sprang from?
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