Mikie2times Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 I can get long winded at times. I know others that make my posts look like cliff notes. What's your take on long posts? I usually try and read them but give up quickly if I'm not interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duey Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SACKMARINO Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 I can get long winded at times. I know others that make my posts look like cliff notes. What's your take on long posts? I usually try and read them but give up quickly if I'm not interested. 717380[/snapback] same way. i like short posts that get to the point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 If the post takes up more than 1/2 the height of my screen, I rarely read it. There are exceptions, but that's how I generally view TSW. As if anyone cares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt in KC Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 I think long posts can reflect a lot of thought on a subject. But, the idea here is to communicate with each other, not to give a lecture, even if you are an expert. I say, take only a couple "steps" at a time, and if anyone is responding, keep the dance going. I'd love to have a beer with a sevant who remembers every game perfectly and everything he's seen or heard about the Bills, but not if it means that I first need to hear a 2-hour monologue before I can join the conversation (my beer long since gone). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UConn James Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 I read about the first two sentences of looong posts. Depending on the topic, depending on the poster, depending on the quality of writing/argument.... depending on the blurriness of my eyes.... I read on. If you're referencing BarryBrady/FakeFatSunny/PyriteGal, my rule of thumb is to just skip it and then if anyone quotes part of it I'll read that. All of the fuggin typos (often not small things, e.g. 'erl' when the word should be 'real' You spend 5 seconds/per trying to fill in the correct word) and his finding 50 ways to say the Same. Damn. Thing. hurt my brain. If he had any ability to edit, I'd have no problem, but as he has said, he's not interested in that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mead107 Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 some people just like to hear themselves talk . type a lot of words that could have been said in a lot less space .i belive they think that they know more and that is why they do it . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tux of Borg Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 *ding* What did you say? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajzepp Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 I think the only TBD'er whose posts I'll read even though they're long is Johnny Coli. I'll read a FFS post unless I start seeing numbered headings (which is lke 50% of the time lol), then I pass on it and hope that someone else actually read the whole thing and then quoted the relevant point in their response Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabattBlue Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 I think the only TBD'er whose posts I'll read even though they're long is Johnny Coli. I'll read a FFS post unless I start seeing numbered headings (which is lke 50% of the time lol), then I pass on it and hope that someone else actually read the whole thing and then quoted the relevant point in their response 717404[/snapback] When I first opened this thread my answer would have been "never read long posts", but you reminded me of Johnny Coli....I always read his American Idol reviews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajzepp Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 Whne I first opened this thread my answer would have been "never read long posts", but you reminded me of Johnny Coli....I always read his American Idol reviews. 717410[/snapback] Yep, his are usually good for some laughs.....and I can always go for a piece on "tard ball" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Darin Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 I only read long posts if there are no kickball "matches" to cure my insomnia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajzepp Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 I only read long posts if there are no kickball "matches" to cure my insomnia. 717416[/snapback] bastid!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffal0 Bill5 Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 No. I just copy the post and add a brief reply about how friggin long it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erynthered Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 I can get long winded at times. I know others that make my posts look like cliff notes. What's your take on long posts? I usually try and read them but give up quickly if I'm not interested. 717380[/snapback] What? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apuszczalowski Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 Are you refering to Pyrite Gals Bills posts???? Cause usually they become an all day affair to read, sometime I have to take a lunch break to get through them if I decide to read them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tomcat Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 Its kinda like a golfer who has to tell you about every shot in a round....Get to point and move on..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick in* england Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 . rarely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puhonix Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 How about this. I skipped over this thread because of the very real possibility that the title was a warning that there were long posts within. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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