Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 6 Jan 2005.
Nerd Boy, episode 624
alt.ascii-art
· 7 messages · 6 Jan 2005 - 8 Jan 2005
So that's it, I guess. Really?! Wow,
The end of the world. ` ___ , awesome!
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You're weird, shut up!
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End of the world
how exactly?
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I spilled some self-replicating I knew I shouldn't have
nanobots out of that My First Nanotech bought you something that
Kit I got for Xmas. They're destroying is "from ages 7 and up".
the world at an exponential rate. ` ,
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You could pretend that this isn't three days late.
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OO Joaquim G�ndara
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In article <345...@individual.net>, Joaquim G�ndara wrote: > You're weird, shut up! > ` ___ > OO ~-- (oo() > || .>>- || > ___________ bb ________ || ____ || _______ > It's not at all obvious who is saying this to whom. Which is good. -- Aidan Karley, Geologist, "You are in a maze of twisty little presentation styles, all [different | alike]."
Joaquim G�ndara <joa...@telia.com> wrote:
End of the world
> how exactly?
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Brilliant! The Hammerhead sub-plot is even funnier than the main joke.
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Aidan Karley wrote: > In article <345...@individual.net>, Joaquim G�ndara wrote: > >>You're weird, shut up! >> ` ___ >> OO ~-- (oo() >> || .>>- || >> ___________ bb ________ || ____ || _______ >> > > It's not at all obvious who is saying this to whom. > Which is good. It is for some of us. Mandy to Hammerhead - I'd say your "arty" experience was due to newsreader program or google groups "inspiration" via the form of "display screwup" :) You're weird, shut up! ` ___ OO ~-- (oo() || .>>- || ___________ bb ________ || ____ || _______ -- ABCGi - Atomic ______________________ <===> Bacterial Genetic |---------------------|| Chemical Infantrymen <=========== http://abcgi.fly.to =-+-=> |---------------------|'
Aidan Karley wrote: > Joaquim G�ndara wrote: > > You're weird, shut up! > > ` ___ > > OO ~-- (oo() > > || .>>- || > > ___________ bb ________ || ____ || _______ > > > It's not at all obvious who is saying this to whom. > Which is good. I disagree. It is very obvious. If you look at the original instead of your quoted (and slightly distorted) version: You're weird, shut up! ` ___ OO ~-- (oo() || .>>- || ___________ bb ________ || ____ || _______ you will see that there's a little ` character pointing to Mandy, and the text is centered above her. Her hair is to the left, and her breasts point to the right, and she is pointing. She is talking to Hammerhead. -- __ __ _____ _____ ______ __ _ _ _____ __ ||| \ \ ) )/ / \|| | \ \ / / \ \ | \ | || | / / \| ) \ ||.. \ \/ /| |_/| | |_/ /| | | || \ | || || | / \ |.PP. \ / | | \| | | \ \| | | || |\_\| || || | / /\ \ _\/___ \_( \_\__/||_| \_\\_\__/_/ |_| |_||_| \_\__/|(_( \_\ |_______ Troll Spokeswoman _____ http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/ ___|
In article <41D...@gmail.com>, Veronica Karlsson wrote: > I disagree. It is very obvious. If you look at the original instead of > your quoted (and slightly distorted) version: > > You're weird, shut up! > ` ___ > I noticed the "space muncher" after I'd pressed the send. I hadn't noticed the `backtick' indicating direction of speech though. Quite why my newsreader munched the spaces, I do not know (mouse-o maybe - it didn't happen on this quote (as I see it now, while composing). But the backtick remains near invisible. But I still can't see what's "weird" about someone replying "Really Wow Awesome" to reports of the impending End of The World. If it's an accurate report, what's the point of struggling against it, lie back and hope it doesn't hurt too much. If the report is inaccurate, then interesting questions of the source of the reports, and the credulousness of the messenger all follow. Awesome. -- Aidan Karley, Geologist, "You are in a maze of twisty little presentation styles, all [different | alike]."
Aidan Karley wrote: > > But I still can't see what's "weird" about someone replying > "Really Wow Awesome" to reports of the impending End of The World. Why would Mandy need an excuse to call somebody "weird". She's just being herself. -- __ __ _____ _____ ______ __ _ _ _____ __ ||| \ \ ) )/ / \|| | \ \ / / \ \ | \ | || | / / \| ) \ ||.. \ \/ /| |_/| | |_/ /| | | || \ | || || | / \ |.PP. \ / | | \| | | \ \| | | || |\_\| || || | / /\ \ _\/___ \_( \_\__/||_| \_\\_\__/_/ |_| |_||_| \_\__/|(_( \_\ |_______ Troll Spokeswoman _____ http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/ ___|
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