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"Squids"
Squirting obscuring (virtual) ink that makes it harder to find things | |
The internet has spawned some obnoxious fads in the
past. One was people posting "First!" on forum pages.
Society squashed that for the most part but there's a new
one that begs to have a derogatory name attached to it.
I propose "Squids". Like a squid, they throw ink around
that makes it harder
to find things. In this case the ink is
virtual as it's typing on an internet post.
The culprits are those who post responses on question
forums like Yahoo Answers telling people they don't
know the answer. It's rampant and as Shakespeare might
have said, it pisseth me off.
Questioner: "Hi. Does anybody know if a Holly 950 CFM
four barrel carburetor power valve provides further
enrichment to the main metering system under load (low
vacuum) conditions?"
Answerer: "Hmm. Sounds like a car question. Maybe you
should look at a book on cars, or take it to somebody
who knows about cars. Sometimes people at garages
work on cars and they might be able to help. Sorry I
couldn't be more helpful."
Questioner: "Thanks for that squidly advice. Really
appreciate your help."
Not a rant, a proposed term, method of use for said term
and associated course of action to deal with a legitimate
problem.
Ok, it's a rant.
PS. The obscuring virtual ink part (the clever part) is
Spidermother's.
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This does not sound like a rant. |
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It looks like it would be more suited to a page on net ettiquette. Are you sure you do not wish to make one? Or ask the editors of one to add this to the page? |
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Naa, the editors are too busy sifting through the
hundreds of "marked for deletions" this site
generates every day. |
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Showing results for "squills"
Would you like to see results for "skids" instead ? |
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I like some of the weird stuff Google auto suggests
when you type in it's search window. |
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There's a show called "American PIckers" where
the guys go around finding antiques and
collectibles. So of course, wondering if they were
gay, I typed: "Are the A" and that's as far as I
needed to go. Try it sometime when you're really
bored. If you're as easily amused as I am you'll
have a good laugh. |
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That actually relates to the squids thing.
Everybody answering the "Are the American
Pickers Gay?" question chimed in with "I don't
know" making me wonder why they thought
anybody would want to know that a complete
stranger doesn't know something. |
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'Cause squid squirt ink everywhere making it harder to see what you're looking for? |
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Maybe. You should probably be asking a cephalopodologist that question though. |
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Squids _do_ squirt ink; the question mark reflects uncertainty as to whether this is the reason for the name choice. [Edit] Damn. You got me. |
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The subject is contributions to technical
discussions based on near-total ignorance of the
subject at hand. I'd like to make such a
contribution to this discussion, but,
unfortunately, I'm highly expert in contributions
to technical discussions based on near-total
ignorance of the subject at hand. |
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(//Ok, it's a rant// Naw. It skirts "word
invention" and "lets all," but the idea here seems
to be "coin an
insulting epithet to discourage this particular
behavior" which is a practical approach to a
perceived problem. e.g. "scab") |
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I like the squids squirting obscuring ink thing. |
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Honestly I hadn't thought of that but I'm taking
Spidermother's idea and putting it up on the
original. It's by far the most clever part of this idea.
(Credit will be given of course) |
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Thank you. It seemed appropriate, as text on the internet is equivalent to old-school writing, which sometimes used ink, if I recall. |
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Squid could also stand for: "Squirting Query
Undermining Incoherent Drivel" |
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If one's unhelpful response is flagged as SQUID, one
should claim to have been ironically pointing out
that the original post was a Stupid Question
Undeserving of Intelligent Discussion. |
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I suppose, but is there such a thing as a stupid question? |
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(Obligatory) No, just stupid people. |
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That would be a funny line for that movie "Bad Teacher" which I understand could use a couple of funny lines. |
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Student: "Teacher, can I ask a dumb question?" |
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Teacher patting kid on the head: "Aww, come now. There are no dumb questions, only dumb students." |
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And thank you for not saying "Sure there are stupid questions. Like that one." |
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A friend of mine has an Edelbrock 1027; he hasn't had any problems with it. |
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