RE: [Killietalk] Please trim down your posts

[Bill Edwards <Bill_Edwards at asu.edu>]

To those of like mind, I offer SUBRF (ver 78.7) otherwise known as the
"Standard Usenet Bonehead Reply Form."

Caution: If you lack a sense of humor or are easily offended, DO NOT
open the attached file.

cheers,
bill

> -----Original Message-----
> Behalf Of matt kaufman
> Sent: Friday, 26 March, 2004 11:11 AM
> To: killietalk at aka_org
> Subject: [Killietalk] Please trim down your posts
> 
> 
> My annual (if not more often) plea to trim down your posts.

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STANDARD USENET BONEHEAD REPLY FORM (version 78.7)
--------------------------------------------------
 
 (check all boxes that apply)
 
 Dear:
[   ] Clueless Newbie        [ X ] Lamer         [   ] Flamer
[   ] "Me too"-er            [   ] Pervert       [   ] Geek
[   ] Spammer                [   ] Racist        [   ] Fed
[ X ] Stereotypical AOLer    [   ] Freak         [   ] Troller
[   ] Fundamentalist         [   ] Satanist      [   ] "Expert"
 
  You Are Being Flamed Because:
  
[ X ] You obviously don't know anything about the topic at hand
[   ] You are trying to make money on a non-commercial newsgroup
[ X ] You quoted an ENTIRE post in your reply
[   ] You started a long, stupid thread
[   ] You continued spreading a long, stupid thread
[ X ] Your post is absurdly off topic for where you posted it
[ X ] Your lack of understanding of the fundamentals is disgusting
[   ] You posted a followup to crossposted robot-generated spam
[   ] You posted a "test" in a discussion group rather than in alt.test
[   ] You posted a "YOU ALL SUCK" message
[   ] You posted low-IQ flamebait
[   ] You posted a blatently obvious troll
[   ] You followed up to a blatently obvious troll
[   ] You said "X rules, Y sucks" and gave no support for your lame
      statement
[   ] You said "me too" to something
[   ] You make no sense
[ X ] You made a post yet failed to say anything
[   ] Your sig/alias/server is dreadful
[   ] You posted a phone-sex ad
[   ] You posted a stupid pyramid money making scheme
[   ] You claimed a pyramid-scheme/chain letter for money was legal
[   ] You are claiming that you know more than Newton, Ohm, Pavlov, etc.
[   ] Your margin settings (or lack of) make your post unreadable
[   ] You made a baseless assertion
[   ] You posted SCREAMING in RANDOM CAPS (OR IN ALL CAPS) for
      NO APPARENT REASON
[   ] YoU tYpEd SoMeThInG lAmE lIkE tHiS
[   ] You didn't do anything specific, but appear to be so generally
      worthless that you are being flamed anyway
 
  To Repent, You Must:
 
[ X ] Refrain from posting until you have a vague idea what you're
      doing
[   ] Stop masturbating for a week
[   ] Read every newsgroup you posted to for a week
[   ] Give up your AOL account
[ X ] Bust up your modem with a hammer and eat it
[   ] Tell your Mommy to up your medication
[   ] Jump into a bathtub while holding your monitor
      (monitor must be plugged in)
[   ] Actually post something relevant
[   ] Read and memorize the FAQ
[   ] Post to alt.test
[   ] Print your home phone number in your ads
[ X ] Be the guest of honor in alt.flame for a month
 
 
  In Closing, I'd Like to Say:
 
[   ] Blow me
[   ] Get a clue
[   ] Get a life
[ X ] Go away
[   ] Grow up
[   ] Never post again
[ X ] I pity your dog
[   ] You need to seek psychiatric help
[   ] Morons like you give ammo to pro-censorship morons
[   ] Yer momma's so fat/stupid/ugly that etc...
[   ] Take your gibberish somewhere else
[   ] Go back to school and actaully learn something
[ X ] Learn how to post or get off the usenet
[   ] All of the above

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