[lbo-talk] end of OWS?

// ravi ravi at platosbeard.org
Mon Nov 14 18:26:12 PST 2011


On Oct 26, 2011, at 2:03 PM, Carrol Cox wrote:
> P.S. I have decided, even when they are from friends (as I regard ravi to be)

Yay! Glad to hear it!


> I am going to delete on sight any post which consists of a one-line even faintly cryptic . I do not choose to try to construe what the fucking hell ravi wa sup to with his "You forgot the emoticon." If you are responding negatively to some post, you had better express yourself in "plain American that cats and dogs can understand" (Marianne Moore). In praise you may exercise your cleverness, not in attack.

That’s good advice. A small correction though: The “you forgot the emoticon” was written by someone else, to whom I responded (albeit with attempted cleverness/snark). See reformatted below.

—ravi


> On Oct 26, 2011, at 4:03 PM, // ravi wrote:
> Someone else:
>>
>> You forgot the emoticon.
>>
>
> Emoticons decrease snark value. Why give your comrades the impression that you also want to be their friend?



More information about the lbo-talk mailing list