Why do people [put half the topic inside brackets]?

jbone · Post by **jbone** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 9:08 pm

I've noticed [an odd trend lately]. People keep [putting the subject of a post's topic] inside [brackets] for no [apparent reason].

Why do people [do this]? I just [don't get it].

Perhaps someone [would care to explain the phenomenon] and why [it seems so prevalent on this forum]?

jasper-isis · Post by **jasper-isis** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 9:15 pm

I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not, but...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't all the bracketed words inserted by mods? To, you know, clarify ambiguous titles.

Zarxrax · Post by **Zarxrax** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 9:23 pm

Yea, when people aren't able to write a clear and descriptive title, a mod will fix it so that people might actually decide to read the thread.

Beowulf · Post by **Beowulf** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 9:40 pm

Jasper-Isis wrote:Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't all the bracketed words inserted by mods? To, you know, clarify ambiguous titles.

JBONE GOT J[BONED] WOOP WOOP WOOP

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 9:40 pm

Who are these [people]?

I'm disappointed in you [jbone]. For a man of your [pretentiously large] stature [and ego] you're lacking [or pretending to be lacking] in the rudimentary writing knowledge [of square-bracket or plain-bracket usage conventions].

At times [like this], I really don't know what to tell you [except "fuck off, man"].

ANTDrakko · Post by **ANTDrakko** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 9:50 pm

This thread is just asking to get [locked].

Sorry, I [had to].

~Seen

x_rex30 · Post by **x_rex30** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 9:52 pm

Otohiko wrote:Who are these [people]?

I'm disappointed in you [jbone]. For a man of your [pretentiously large] stature [and ego] you're lacking [or pretending to be lacking] in the rudimentary writing knowledge [of square-bracket or plain-bracket usage conventions].

At times [like this], I really don't know what to tell you [except "fuck off, man"].

lol.

I thought everyone knew the mods did that? I don't know if anyone else does them.

Flint the Dwarf · Post by **Flint the Dwarf** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 10:07 pm

pen-pen2002 · Post by **pen-pen2002** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 10:28 pm

What I find amusing is when mods piggyback on someone's post when locking a thread:

[mod i: I'm not a real mod. And my number is an imaginary number. This makes me sad.]