Posted by Racer on August 26, 2004, at 22:24:53
Question first: when did babble first appear, about? Wondered the other day how early I was here.
My suggestion is something that might reduce some PBCs and be a little fun, too, maybe. Last week, I was in a tidal wave of hurting, and used a short word derived from Anglo Saxon because I just didn't have it in me to find any of my usual semi-synonyms for that situation. When I read Dr Bob's post asking me to be civil, I had my own reactions to it, and I got over them because he was right and he was very kind in his manner of asking me at that time.
It also added a little hurt and a little shame and a little guilt -- three things I was primed to look to add to my load at that moment, so it really was all about me, not about the PCB.
Anyway, the suggestion was a way to avoid those little pinpricks we can give ourselves that way -- how about a little set of PsychoBabble emoticon-style icons we can insert easily instead of trying to find the motivation to type out somthing like <expletive deleted>? Nothing offensive, maybe even as simple as a little icon *saying* <expletive deleted>, for that matter.
Any thoughts out there?
poster:Racer
thread:382738
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