It's interesting looking back on this, and the answers I got.
I'd agree, at least in part with points #1,3, 5, 6, and 8.
Points #2, 6, and 7 reference length. Nowhere in my question mentioned length. To quote myself, "a well thought out, intelligent, well written post." That can be short or lengthy.
As for #4, Youtube comments epitomize the degradation of society. That site is riddled with insulting, hurtful, and dispassionate commentary from people who care less about others feelings than their own popularity. Though I don't believe that IIN is quite that bad, comparing this site to Youtube proves my point.
As for #9, from experience, sometimes, but not often. You appear to be part of the popular clique, so your experience will reflect that. You may deny that, but that's my observation.
#10, I agree that there are many genuinely hilarious people here, with funny one-liners that really make me laugh, but that isn't whom I was referring to. That's why I said, "insincere, cheesy cliché, the smartass with a one-liner that's usually lame and predictable," and, my opener, "not always, but often."
I'm cynical of Youtube, but not of IIN. Critical maybe...including of myself. I'm far less than perfect. I just wanted to point out this observation.
I think that a large proportion of long comments are thoughtful since it's quite hard to waffle for hours and say nothing thoughtful (although of course exceptions exist :P). In any case, since it seems like I was using the terms interchangeably you can replace "long" with "thoughtful" if that makes more sense.
Maybe I am part of a popular cliche, but it isn't something I honestly feel. Maybe my observations aren't accurate, but it seems like the most thoughtful comments do get recognition even if the commenter is someone I've never seen before. Maybe not so much anymore, because there's less of a tight community now and people talk to each other less overall. Maybe, maybe, maybe.
I think often is still definitely an overstatement since I think a vast majority of humour on this site doesn't fall under that category, which is why I thought you sounded cynical. That's just my personal taste though. Nothing can be funny to everyone.
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It's interesting looking back on this, and the answers I got.
I'd agree, at least in part with points #1,3, 5, 6, and 8.
Points #2, 6, and 7 reference length. Nowhere in my question mentioned length. To quote myself, "a well thought out, intelligent, well written post." That can be short or lengthy.
As for #4, Youtube comments epitomize the degradation of society. That site is riddled with insulting, hurtful, and dispassionate commentary from people who care less about others feelings than their own popularity. Though I don't believe that IIN is quite that bad, comparing this site to Youtube proves my point.
As for #9, from experience, sometimes, but not often. You appear to be part of the popular clique, so your experience will reflect that. You may deny that, but that's my observation.
#10, I agree that there are many genuinely hilarious people here, with funny one-liners that really make me laugh, but that isn't whom I was referring to. That's why I said, "insincere, cheesy cliché, the smartass with a one-liner that's usually lame and predictable," and, my opener, "not always, but often."
I'm cynical of Youtube, but not of IIN. Critical maybe...including of myself. I'm far less than perfect. I just wanted to point out this observation.
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I think that a large proportion of long comments are thoughtful since it's quite hard to waffle for hours and say nothing thoughtful (although of course exceptions exist :P). In any case, since it seems like I was using the terms interchangeably you can replace "long" with "thoughtful" if that makes more sense.
Maybe I am part of a popular cliche, but it isn't something I honestly feel. Maybe my observations aren't accurate, but it seems like the most thoughtful comments do get recognition even if the commenter is someone I've never seen before. Maybe not so much anymore, because there's less of a tight community now and people talk to each other less overall. Maybe, maybe, maybe.
I think often is still definitely an overstatement since I think a vast majority of humour on this site doesn't fall under that category, which is why I thought you sounded cynical. That's just my personal taste though. Nothing can be funny to everyone.
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Fair enough.