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I just have to say I've never been confused by what someone meant when they posted "This", "That", "Not this" or any other variation of the short reply.
 
medic417 said:
We're not talking about it we're talking about this.
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We are not talking about anything. You are apparently talking about something, and I am completely failing to comprehend whatever that might be. Give it a miss is what I say.
 
lightsandsirens5 said:
Missed this?

It is just as incomplete as this. Does this make any sense? It doesn't. It is this in terms of subject. This it confuse you yet?
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"But then this seagull came, and it was this is this, and that is that, and... "
 
JJR512 said:
We are not talking about anything. You are apparently talking about something, and I am completely failing to comprehend whatever that might be. Give it a miss is what I say.
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I do not believe he was talking about just "anything". I think he was talking about this in particular.
 
lightsandsirens5 said:
Missed this?

It is just as incomplete as this. Does this make any sense? It doesn't. It is this in terms of subject. This it confuse you yet?
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The only thing that confused me was your last question; I understood everything else you wrote just fine. Keep in mind, I didn't say anything at all about being complete. All I asked for was a few words put together to indicate some kind of opinion or meaning. "Sorry I missed it" holds up to that test in my own opinion, as does everything you just said, except for your last question.
 
JJR512 said:
We are not talking about anything. You are apparently talking about something, and I am completely failing to comprehend whatever that might be. Give it a miss is what I say.
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Yes we are talking about something. We are talking about this.

We are NOT talking about that!

So stop talking about it!!!
 
Lifeguards For Life said:
I do not believe he was talking about just "anything". I think he was talking about this in particular.
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medic417 said:
Exactly it was as clear as this.
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Well, I'm glad it was clear to someone. Again, give it a miss is what I say. At this point—well, several points back, really—I'm perfectly happy to just call it a loss and forget about it, since you clearly have no intention of explaining whatever it was you meant in preference of just continuing the nonsense. And at this point, no explanation would be worth the effort it'd take you to give, the moment is so far gone. So really, just give it a miss. You got me, you stumped me. Good for you. :applause:
 
JJR512 said:
Well, I'm glad it was clear to someone. Again, give it a miss is what I say. At this point—well, several points back, really—I'm perfectly happy to just call it a loss and forget about it, since you clearly have no intention of explaining whatever it was you meant in preference of just continuing the nonsense. And at this point, no explanation would be worth the effort it'd take you to give, the moment is so far gone. So really, just give it a miss. You got me, you stumped me. Good for you. :applause:
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Is this some type of joke to you?
 
lightsandsirens5 said:
This indicates you did!
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What you quoted from me indicates that the word by itself is not a complete sentence; however, that quote does not indicate that a complete sentence is necessarily what I'm asking for.

In other words, just because I say, "It doesn't look like it's going to rain today," it doesn't necessarily mean that I want it to rain today. The statement is just an observation.

I never actually asked for anything at all, although I did come close by implying that I'd like "a few words [thrown] together to indicate some kind of opinion or meaning" at a minimum.

I didn't ask for anything because I have no right to expect anything. Nobody here is going to change the way they post on the internet just because I say I don't like it. But I do have the right to complain about it, if I feel like wasting the time to do so.

I have never once heard a person say out loud only the word "this" to indicate agreement with, or support of, something that another person has just said out loud. If it doesn't seem to make sense in oral communication, I don't see why it should seem to some people to make sense in written communication.
 
Lifeguards For Life said:
Is this some type of joke to you?
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Not even close. I thought you and medic417 were the ones perpetrating the joking here.

Lifeguards For Life said:
perhaps this is what you thought we were talking about? (notice you can actually click on that "this"):)
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Since you pointed it out, I noticed it's a link, as you requested. I didn't click it, though. I firmly believe that if someone can't make their point to me directly, I'm not going to make any effort to go figure it out for myself.
 
I feel like this is in the shadow of an omnipotent moderator.


Afraid this has to end sometime.
 
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But this thread is much more entertaining than that thread.
 
Locking this thread.
 
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