I used to take message boards very seriously.
Every day I would scour the GD boards, intent on discovering any threads, usernames or underpants that infringed upon my self-imposed belief of serious discussion at all times.
Each and every single time I logged on to the UFS boards, I would treat it as a battle, nay, a war... a lone posters crusade against corruption that only I could fulfil. Only my sharpened net senses... only my chiseled fingertips, honed through months of typing could achieve this. My online frineds used to call me Rambo!
Then I discovered multi-symboling and that occasionally, off-topic and light hearted threads can be fun!
Now I divide my time. In the majority, I post sensibly, trying to respond politely to other users discussions or ideas, so as to offer my concise and yet strangely verbose opinion to all users in all threads, both dispensible and required .
Other times and always in the minority, I feel it necessary to vent steam, to adulterate my wit by means of a literary punching bag. This thread is one such as this!
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