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    BillWoodruff
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    imho, the frequent use of imho is an attempt to hide arrogance. imho, afaik is an attempt to hide belief that what you know is the only truth. imho, both imho and afaik are less serious offenses than using obscurantist protologisms like "acronymic netiquette." imho, the most distasteful techniques to engineer interest in a post by linguistic paradox are exhibited in this post. :wtf: p.s. since inappropriate sexual and scatological innuendo are so frequent in public forums, I do not mention them, here.

    «One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali

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      imho, the frequent use of imho is an attempt to hide arrogance. imho, afaik is an attempt to hide belief that what you know is the only truth. imho, both imho and afaik are less serious offenses than using obscurantist protologisms like "acronymic netiquette." imho, the most distasteful techniques to engineer interest in a post by linguistic paradox are exhibited in this post. :wtf: p.s. since inappropriate sexual and scatological innuendo are so frequent in public forums, I do not mention them, here.

      «One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali

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      I hope you enjoyed your Lagavulin!

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        imho, the frequent use of imho is an attempt to hide arrogance. imho, afaik is an attempt to hide belief that what you know is the only truth. imho, both imho and afaik are less serious offenses than using obscurantist protologisms like "acronymic netiquette." imho, the most distasteful techniques to engineer interest in a post by linguistic paradox are exhibited in this post. :wtf: p.s. since inappropriate sexual and scatological innuendo are so frequent in public forums, I do not mention them, here.

        «One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali

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        BillWoodruff wrote:

        imho, the frequent use of imho is an attempt to hide arrogance.

        otoh, otoh is often used to attempt to hide even greater arrogance than an other's ho imho

        after many otherwise intelligent sounding suggestions that achieved nothing the nice folks at Technet said the only solution was to low level format my hard disk then reinstall my signature. Sadly, this still didn't fix the issue!

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          imho, the frequent use of imho is an attempt to hide arrogance. imho, afaik is an attempt to hide belief that what you know is the only truth. imho, both imho and afaik are less serious offenses than using obscurantist protologisms like "acronymic netiquette." imho, the most distasteful techniques to engineer interest in a post by linguistic paradox are exhibited in this post. :wtf: p.s. since inappropriate sexual and scatological innuendo are so frequent in public forums, I do not mention them, here.

          «One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali

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          isisa, but far worse are those who invent their own initialisms, and just assume that everyone understands them.

          I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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            isisa, but far worse are those who invent their own initialisms, and just assume that everyone understands them.

            I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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            wtm? rotflmto!

            after many otherwise intelligent sounding suggestions that achieved nothing the nice folks at Technet said the only solution was to low level format my hard disk then reinstall my signature. Sadly, this still didn't fix the issue!

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              BillWoodruff wrote:

              imho, the frequent use of imho is an attempt to hide arrogance.

              otoh, otoh is often used to attempt to hide even greater arrogance than an other's ho imho

              after many otherwise intelligent sounding suggestions that achieved nothing the nice folks at Technet said the only solution was to low level format my hard disk then reinstall my signature. Sadly, this still didn't fix the issue!

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              :thumbsup: yes ! a pretence of indifference, or balanced opinion, disguising contempt.

              «One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali

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                isisa, but far worse are those who invent their own initialisms, and just assume that everyone understands them.

                I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                Mark_Wallace wrote:

                far worse are those who invent their own initialisms

                I hope Nelek doesn't see this :omg:

                «One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali

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                  imho, the frequent use of imho is an attempt to hide arrogance. imho, afaik is an attempt to hide belief that what you know is the only truth. imho, both imho and afaik are less serious offenses than using obscurantist protologisms like "acronymic netiquette." imho, the most distasteful techniques to engineer interest in a post by linguistic paradox are exhibited in this post. :wtf: p.s. since inappropriate sexual and scatological innuendo are so frequent in public forums, I do not mention them, here.

                  «One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali

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                  In other fora, if you make any statement whatsoever that is not an Indisputable Absolute Fact, you will immediately have three to five guys yelling at you: That is just your d*** opinion! Don't present it as a fact! Others may think differently! You have this yelling even if the context clearly indicates that the statement is a personal reaction or opinion. If I say that "J.S. Bach was the greatest composer of all times", any reasonably witted person would know that this is my opinion, not 100% neutral Fact. But in some fora, the statement is invalid. Whether I use imho or spell it out, "In my opinion, J.S.Bach was the greatest composer of all times", every opinion must be guarded this way. Not too long ago, I stated two opinions, in the same paragraph. The first one was guarded; for the second one, I didn't repeat the guard that started the paragraph. Yet I was attacked for presenting personal opinions as if they were facts. So, in some fora, the style is prefix any judgement, opinion or other reference to non-Absolute-Facts with ihmo or similar guard. But it variaes from one forum to the other.

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                    imho, the frequent use of imho is an attempt to hide arrogance. imho, afaik is an attempt to hide belief that what you know is the only truth. imho, both imho and afaik are less serious offenses than using obscurantist protologisms like "acronymic netiquette." imho, the most distasteful techniques to engineer interest in a post by linguistic paradox are exhibited in this post. :wtf: p.s. since inappropriate sexual and scatological innuendo are so frequent in public forums, I do not mention them, here.

                    «One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali

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                    Hmm. Are these symbols lexically taxonomied in a tome called the Netacronymicon?(*) :rim-shot: (*)with apologies to H.P.L.

                    Software Zen: delete this;

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                      In other fora, if you make any statement whatsoever that is not an Indisputable Absolute Fact, you will immediately have three to five guys yelling at you: That is just your d*** opinion! Don't present it as a fact! Others may think differently! You have this yelling even if the context clearly indicates that the statement is a personal reaction or opinion. If I say that "J.S. Bach was the greatest composer of all times", any reasonably witted person would know that this is my opinion, not 100% neutral Fact. But in some fora, the statement is invalid. Whether I use imho or spell it out, "In my opinion, J.S.Bach was the greatest composer of all times", every opinion must be guarded this way. Not too long ago, I stated two opinions, in the same paragraph. The first one was guarded; for the second one, I didn't repeat the guard that started the paragraph. Yet I was attacked for presenting personal opinions as if they were facts. So, in some fora, the style is prefix any judgement, opinion or other reference to non-Absolute-Facts with ihmo or similar guard. But it variaes from one forum to the other.

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                      Greg Utas
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                      If you really want to trigger people who troll you for what is clearly an opinion, just respond, "When I'm right, I don't care about your opinion."

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                        Hmm. Are these symbols lexically taxonomied in a tome called the Netacronymicon?(*) :rim-shot: (*)with apologies to H.P.L.

                        Software Zen: delete this;

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                        BillWoodruff
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                        :thumbsup: bonus points awarded for creating a portmanteau !

                        Gary R. Wheeler wrote:

                        Netacronymicon

                        «One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali

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                          Mark_Wallace wrote:

                          far worse are those who invent their own initialisms

                          I hope Nelek doesn't see this :omg:

                          «One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali

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                          BillWoodruff wrote:

                          I hope Nelek doesn't see this

                          WTF? LMDAA

                          M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

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                            imho, the frequent use of imho is an attempt to hide arrogance. imho, afaik is an attempt to hide belief that what you know is the only truth. imho, both imho and afaik are less serious offenses than using obscurantist protologisms like "acronymic netiquette." imho, the most distasteful techniques to engineer interest in a post by linguistic paradox are exhibited in this post. :wtf: p.s. since inappropriate sexual and scatological innuendo are so frequent in public forums, I do not mention them, here.

                            «One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali

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                            Alan Faiers
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                            This thread reminds me of when, while driving around with the kids, we used to play I-Spy. After a short while basic clues got too easy so we graduated to things like "PIFATSOTR". This, obviously, is for "pylon in field at the side of the road".

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                              imho, the frequent use of imho is an attempt to hide arrogance. imho, afaik is an attempt to hide belief that what you know is the only truth. imho, both imho and afaik are less serious offenses than using obscurantist protologisms like "acronymic netiquette." imho, the most distasteful techniques to engineer interest in a post by linguistic paradox are exhibited in this post. :wtf: p.s. since inappropriate sexual and scatological innuendo are so frequent in public forums, I do not mention them, here.

                              «One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali

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                              YMMV but IMHO IMHO and AFAIK are a PITA. OTOH, WGAF? ROFLWTSDF.

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                                imho, the frequent use of imho is an attempt to hide arrogance. imho, afaik is an attempt to hide belief that what you know is the only truth. imho, both imho and afaik are less serious offenses than using obscurantist protologisms like "acronymic netiquette." imho, the most distasteful techniques to engineer interest in a post by linguistic paradox are exhibited in this post. :wtf: p.s. since inappropriate sexual and scatological innuendo are so frequent in public forums, I do not mention them, here.

                                «One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali

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                                That's not unique to acronyms though. It's entirely possible to be arrogant while pretending to care about the other party in a fully-fledged sentence. Just like with any other form of speech, acronyms can be used for good or bad. Heck, one of the last times I spoke with my mather, she followed the usual "how to make sure the other side feels cared abut"-advice to the letter. Meaning she followed the form and form only.

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                                  That's not unique to acronyms though. It's entirely possible to be arrogant while pretending to care about the other party in a fully-fledged sentence. Just like with any other form of speech, acronyms can be used for good or bad. Heck, one of the last times I spoke with my mather, she followed the usual "how to make sure the other side feels cared abut"-advice to the letter. Meaning she followed the form and form only.

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                                  Member 9167057 wrote:

                                  It's entirely possible to be arrogant while pretending to care about the other party in a fully-fledged sentence.

                                  No one has ever dared to imply any sentence I write is not arrogant :wtf:

                                  «One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali

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                                    Member 9167057 wrote:

                                    It's entirely possible to be arrogant while pretending to care about the other party in a fully-fledged sentence.

                                    No one has ever dared to imply any sentence I write is not arrogant :wtf:

                                    «One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali

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                                    I can't come up with a witty follow-up, but I'd like to commend on a good one!

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                                    • B BillWoodruff

                                      imho, the frequent use of imho is an attempt to hide arrogance. imho, afaik is an attempt to hide belief that what you know is the only truth. imho, both imho and afaik are less serious offenses than using obscurantist protologisms like "acronymic netiquette." imho, the most distasteful techniques to engineer interest in a post by linguistic paradox are exhibited in this post. :wtf: p.s. since inappropriate sexual and scatological innuendo are so frequent in public forums, I do not mention them, here.

                                      «One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali

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                                      W Balboos GHB
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                                      FWIW, There's always cultural differences in the meanings of these things, like, this (with a UK flavor): Fracken' Weird Idea, Wanker

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