Every obit thread on MeFi since the start of time* has been a flood of periods/full stops. Why did the Michael Jackson thread become a mess of bad taste jokes with barely an orphaned punctuation mark in sight. What memo did I miss? [more inside]
posted by twine42 on Jun 25, 2009 - 147 comments

Whats with the period? [more inside]
posted by hal_c_on on Mar 19, 2009 - 100 comments

What does it mean when someone posts just a period "."?
posted by xammerboy on Nov 13, 2004 - 52 comments

What's with the dots? Am I missing a really obvious tradition/in-joke?
posted by ascullion on Oct 26, 2004 - 23 comments

What are all the posts that are just '.' in this thread?
posted by cmicali on Oct 11, 2004 - 32 comments