Rules - Off-Topic Posts / Bumping Old Threads / Capitalization

[yohanan]

You've been warned.

 

[alaskanpiper]

I read "The Road" and I thought that Cormack McCarthy did the minimalist thing even better than Hemingway. I hope this isn't too much of an off-topic post.

At the risk of off topic offense, I have to agree. My favorites are Blood Meridian and Suttree. Not for the faint of heart his writing.

 

[brian64]

I love how a rules thread about off-topic posts and proper capitalization/punctuation has generated a discussion about literature and artistic expression.

 

[alaskanpiper]

I love how a rules thread about off-topic posts and proper capitalization/punctuation has generated a discussion about literature and artistic expression.

It was bound to happen, haha, although unintentionally I swear. At least it hasn't turned into a pissing match like some threads.

I can't help it, I'm American. When anyone says "You shall not" we can't help but say "Oh, we SHALL!"

 

[perdurabo]

Precisely, so you understand it completely!

So I guess I’ll start that thread, “How you been Deathmetal?”

 

[perdurabo]

I love how a rules thread about off-topic posts and proper capitalization/punctuation has generated a discussion about literature and artistic expression.

Went off topic

 

[woodsroad]

Incorrigible, all of you!

 

[brian64]

Incorrigible, all of you!

Now that's on topic.

 

[captainsousie]

I love how a rules thread about off-topic posts and proper capitalization/punctuation has generated a discussion about literature and artistic expression.

Don't ya hate it when the OP drops a bomb and then doesn't come back...? ? Oops, didn't realize who the OP was...well, it was nice knowing you all. (Jokes, just jokes. No offense meant.)

 

[3rdguy]

At least for me when someone bumps an old thread I frequently learn something from years ago. Is it tough to spend 3 seconds to see the thread was started in 2015?...yes it is..like square flakes in a round tin.

 

[jpmcwjr]

I guess there's bumping, and then there's adding something cogent to an existing thread that hasn't seen action in quite a while. I see a big difference, and I bet the admins do, too.

 

[weezell]

Yawn...Now lets get real! What the ? is all these stupid "smilies" ? Good Lord, bring all the old ones back, these new ones are ? in a BIG PILE! That...is how I really feel...(Except for the ?. I like it!)...

 

[weezell]

if you dont punctuation and caps are out the door...

 

[brian64]

these new ones are ? in a BIG PILE!

 

[danimalia]

At the risk of off topic offense, I have to agree. My favorites are Blood Meridian and Suttree. Not for the faint of heart his writing.

I remember a few years ago they were talking about making a film version of Blood Meridian, with Ridley Scott as director. Ridley Scott is talented, but as far as I'm concerned, it is un-filmable. It was hard enough reading it, I most certainly do not want to actually see some of the horrors described in that book. Jesus.

Sorry for going off-topic, but I could not live without submitting my Blood Meridian take.