Thread Killer Champions: Franzbear & Moonbear

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The discussion revolves around the humorous concept of "thread killers" on a forum, where participants analyze who tends to end conversations with their posts. The top offenders identified include franznietzsche, Moonbear, and tribdog, with a playful tone suggesting a competition for the title of "thread killer." Participants debate the validity of counting last posts as a measure of thread-killing ability, arguing that it should be adjusted based on the total number of posts each user has made. The conversation shifts into a light-hearted narrative, likening thread-killing to a horror movie scenario, with participants playfully accusing each other of sabotaging discussions and attempting to "steal" the thread. The banter includes references to fictional scenarios involving dramatic rescues and humorous characterizations, maintaining a light and comedic atmosphere throughout.
  • #1,801
Moonbear, I already did get it--as much as there was to get--and explain it thoroughly. Stop trying to put me down.
 
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  • #1,802
BicycleTree said:
http://www.online-literature.com/shakespeare/shrew/ The complete text of the taming of the shrew is here.

Now, just start with Act 1 Scene 1. Read the section where Baptista enters (Gremio's aside is a pretty obvious joke even if you don't see why the rest of the dialogue is humorous). Really, it's the same sort of humor you'd hear between two guys talking about a woman in a bar, just you need to get used to old English.
 
  • #1,803
BicycleTree said:
Moonbear, I already did get it--as much as there was to get--and explain it thoroughly. Stop trying to put me down.

:confused: I wasn't trying to put you down. Good grief! I was actually sticking up for you a bit there.
 
  • #1,804
Leave shall you have to court her at your pleasure.

GREMIO
[Aside] To cart her rather: she's too rough for me.
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Nobody ever laughs at plays on words.
 
  • #1,805
BicycleTree said:
Finally, someone who agrees that humor is cultural. Or did you only do that accidentally?
I never said that it wasn't culturally based. What I said, although not in so many words, is that your vision of it as a hate-fuelled xenophobic 'us against them' bonding ritual is a perversion of reality filtered through what I perceive to be a severely damaged psyche.
 
  • #1,806
BicycleTree said:
Moonbear, I already did get it--as much as there was to get--and explain it thoroughly. Stop trying to put me down.

Oh, I see the confusion now...you slipped in a reply between the post I was quoting and my reply...it wasn't there when I started typing. Type slower! :biggrin:
 
  • #1,807
BicycleTree said:
Leave shall you have to court her at your pleasure.

GREMIO
[Aside] To cart her rather: she's too rough for me.
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Nobody ever laughs at plays on words.

:frown: I do.
 
  • #1,808
I never said it was hate-fuelled, and xenophobic only by implication. It's cultural, in general tribal, and therefore encourages tribal bonding. Exclusion of members of other tribes is only by extension.
 
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BicycleTree said:
http://www.online-literature.com/shakespeare/shrew/ The complete text of the taming of the shrew is here.
Don't need it. I have the complete works in my library, but the type's so damned small that I have trouble trying to read it any more. :frown:
 
  • #1,810
BicycleTree said:
Leave shall you have to court her at your pleasure.

GREMIO
[Aside] To cart her rather: she's too rough for me.
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Nobody ever laughs at plays on words.


People who aren't utter morons do.
 
  • #1,811
There's a reason why people _groan_ at puns rather than laugh at them... they might smile a little while groaning but they don't laugh.
 
  • #1,812
Moonbear said:
(BTW, I did catch the irony...just a slightly different interpretation of cultural there...you can eat your dinner now.)


See, she gets it.

The person with the PhD gets it. I am satisfied that my efforts went unwasted. mmm, yummy food.
 
  • #1,813
Moonbear said:
:frown: I do.
<profound relief> Glad to hear it. That is the basis of most of my posts, after all. I'd hate to think that I'd wasted them. :wink:
 
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BicycleTree said:
There's a reason why people _groan_ at puns rather than laugh at them... they might smile a little while groaning but they don't laugh.

Yes, they are utter morons.

That's the reason.
 
  • #1,815
Franz, I got it and explained it before she did.
 
  • #1,816
Danger said:
<profound relief> Glad to hear it. That is the basis of most of my posts, after all. I'd hate to think that I'd wasted them. :wink:


90% of my humour is based on irony and plays on words. Its how i weed out women not worth my time. Unfortunately, it weeds out almost all of them :frown: . Luckily not the important one. :biggrin:
 
  • #1,817
BicycleTree said:
Franz, I got it and explained it before she did.


Sure you did Bob. Sure you did.
 
  • #1,818
Food? who has food?
 
  • #1,819
BicycleTree said:
There's a reason why people _groan_ at puns rather than laugh at them... they might smile a little while groaning but they don't laugh.
Puns are deliberately designed to be groaned at. That's the whole point of their existence. It's a very specialized genre of humour. If someone actually laughs at one, then the constructor failed in his mission.
 
  • #1,820
She has acknowledged it... I am not an outlet for your drunken stupor. Find something else, punch the wall or something.
 
  • #1,821
Exactly, danger.
 
  • #1,822
BicycleTree said:
There's a reason why people _groan_ at puns rather than laugh at them... they might smile a little while groaning but they don't laugh.

Some puns are bad puns, and thus get a groan, but some plays on words and innuendos are really funny, and yes, I really do laugh. Besides, it wasn't just that one line that was funny there. The entire dialogue had me laughing, I can't just pull one line out of context to show it. Did you read that entire section of dialogue?

Though, does humor require one to be laughing out loud? I would still consider something humorous if it made me smile or chuckle. And I also enjoy jokes that you know you should groan at, but you can't stop yourself from laughing anyway.
 
  • #1,823
franznietzsche said:
See, she gets it.

The person with the PhD gets it. I am satisfied that my efforts went unwasted. mmm, yummy food.

Well, I could hardly leave you there starving, especially when you seemed to be getting grouchy from hunger! :-p
 
  • #1,824
franznietzsche said:
The person with the PhD gets it.
Hey! Let's not forget the guy who never finished high school! I got it too.
 
  • #1,825
Guess I'm out for the night, later all. No hard feelings franz.
 
  • #1,826
BicycleTree said:
She has acknowledged it... I am not an outlet for your drunken stupor. Find something else, punch the wall or something.


I've got two guns. One for each of you.

(i know you won't get it, maybe someone worthwhile will).

Moonbear said:
Well, I could hardly leave you there starving, especially when you seemed to be getting grouchy from hunger!

Its not hunger that's making me grouchy, its withdrawals from not talking to tiny for a week :frown: .

BicycleTree said:
Guess I'm out for the night, later all. No hard feelings franz.

What are those?
 
  • #1,827
hypatia said:
Food? who has food?
I have candy, little girl... :biggrin:
 
  • #1,828
BicycleTree said:
Guess I'm out for the night, later all. No hard feelings franz.

Goodnight.

Phew...good...you guys were typing too fast for me! I kept finding 10 new posts everytime I got a reply typed. My head is starting to spin.
 
  • #1,829
Moonbear said:
Goodnight.

Phew...good...you guys were typing too fast for me! I kept finding 10 new posts everytime I got a reply typed. My head is starting to spin.


You need to learn to keep up.
 
  • #1,830
franznietzsche said:
IIts not hunger that's making me grouchy, its withdrawals from not talking to tiny for a week :frown: .

Tiny? Is this your pet name for her? Well, if you're going to keep talking about her, maybe you should make up a nickname for her anyway. It gets a little awkward constructing sentences that refer to her only as she. :biggrin: