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efusco , please stop using the (you) tag to embarrass everyone here.

Discussion in 'Fred's House of Pancakes' started by Kablooie, Mar 30, 2006.

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  1. Capt132

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    I was told this was an informative forum. I don't see the point of this foolishness.
     
    #21 Capt132, Mar 31, 2006
  2. micheal

    micheal I feel pretty, oh so pretty.

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    Come on people! It's all in good fun! Can we not be informative and humorous?


    If you only want Prius info, do not, I repeat, do not venture into FHOP or you will be shocked and apalled.
     
    #22 micheal, Mar 31, 2006
  3. TonyPSchaefer

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    I'm going to have to agree with Micheal and point out that this is Fred's House of Pancakes. This forum is "recess" to Priuschat's "school." I would rather joke about the {YOU} command n Fred's than read flamewars and monitor for trolls.

    If you're looking for knowledge, here are a few starting places:
    http://priuschat.com/index.php?showtopic=11078
    http://priuschat.com/index.php?showtopic=17793
    http://priuschat.com/index.php?showtopic=17543
    http://priuschat.com/index.php?showtopic=2530
    http://priuschat.com/index.php?showtopic=17670
    http://priuschat.com/index.php?showtopic=17781
    http://priuschat.com/index.php?showtopic=17552

    I could go on but I won't. The point is that the "intelligent" posts are in other forums. If you use the "posts since your last visit" tool like I do, be sure to look exactly one column to the right where the forum is listed. Do'nt click on the ones in Fred's.
     
    #23 TonyPSchaefer, Mar 31, 2006
  4. Betelgeuse

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Capt132 @ Mar 31 2006, 12:08 PM) [snapback]232973[/snapback]</div>
    A while back, I saw Ira Glass (host of "This American Life" on National Public Radio) give a talk. He talked about how their show was different from most other "news" shows. Many "news" shows have the format of:

    1. Serious Story
    2. Serious Story
    3. Serious Story
    4. Wacky/Funny Story (usually by the weatherman or sports guy)

    This American Life is not like that. There's very funny humor mixed with much more serious issues and serious discussion. Ira Glass' position was that this is what life is like. Life doesn't neatly seperate into "serious" components and "funny" components.

    If this were a purely informational forum, I probably wouldn't be as addicted to it as I am. I wouldn't enjoy the conversations here as much. Most of that wackyness is confined to FHOP, so you don't have to read much of it. But, on the occation that it does spread into the main forums, it doesn't bother me; in fact, it may be part of the reason that I actually keep reading.

    Just my $0.02

    EDIT: Oh yeah. If you've never heard This American Life, it's well worth it. Go have a listen. . .
     
    #24 Betelgeuse, Mar 31, 2006
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