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LanceHughes -> RE: Derail this thread (12/13/2010 11:01:03 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Valyraen
I said nothing about being a titled thread-closer, Lance... though seeing Thread-killer or "Die, thread, die!!!" as my title might be amusing for about five minutes. I said I've earned a reputation for derailing, and rightly so - barbecue, anyone? So I'll pull them off topic, then y'all can come in and deliver the coup de gras.
I did NOT say you were. What I said was:
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LadyPact and I both have a (self-proclaimed) rep as thread killers.
I thank you for demonstrating one of the best tactics to derail. Slightly misread / mis-understand a post, post your opinion of [purposefully (?)] misread version, and let the author of what you misread take it from there. Actually, this technique (among many techniques to derail, too many to detail..... get it? derail / detail) is one of the few that has a name, that being: "The Litella Method," named, of course, for Emily Litella of Saturday Night Live fame. (If you don't know what I'm talking about, go Google her name, you young pup, you.)
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Now that that's out of the way... *clears throat and puts horn-rimmed glasses on* "le necro" refers to the forum-originating verb "to necro", referring to resurrecting a dead topic of discussion. Hence, in bringing this thread "back to life," I would have rezzed (in MMO gaming terms) or necroed it. *removes glasses* Thanks for the lesson - actually a reminder. Of course, I had not looked at the date-o-origin. I thought the death-period MUST exceed 1 FULL year before it could be called up as a necro.
/Monologue to rafters: How's that for an example of another popular AND effective method to de-rail a thread? Make a pedantic statement about the definition of an un-defined term and open the door to a semi-infinite thread trying to reach consensus of something that has no relevance anyway?
Name? I hereby declare the name of the techniquer define above to be "Peddef."
O....oooo another technique..... Out of ignorance, poster defines a term for which there is either another defition, or uses a definition other than that generally decided upon. So, my def. of "Peddef" is an example and I hereby declare the term to be "War of the Definitions." Alaways good for Derail +1; Pages +3 or +4 depending on 50/50 roll
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To get the thread back on topic, I am neither a heated alcoholic beverage nor a non-alcoholic variant of said beverage. I am also not an anteater, nor a dinosaurian divinity. However, the power of fuzzy kitteh belly compels you all!
Now then, I'm off to wash and find a sunny windowsill to nap on.
Lance mulls Valeryn having his own "fuzzy kitteh belly," and wonders if Bear gets the same vibe of ..... ewwww.... maybe he's an otter.
Mulling...... oh, wait - that IS a heated alcoholic beverage, maybe non-alcoholic.
I lurves most words what start with "al" and Arabic roots for the rest of the word. Alcoholic, Algebra, Alkaline, and such.
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