March 19, 201015 yr Laser, sonar, radar. I think you're more against people initialling stuff rather than acronyms in general. There are none that are right, only strong of opinion. There are none that are wrong, only ignorant of facts
March 19, 201015 yr If the internets didn't have Google, I'd agree. But you want to force-edit people's posts, to make the boards potentially more understandable to hypothetical newbies that may or may not have basic reading comprehension skills necessary to interpret context AND for whom asking what the **** does X mean is too much effort. So, sorry old boy, but I don't like it. There are better things to add to the boards, such as flash/YouTubes embed support in posts, a spellchecker, class-level dependent titles that work, PS3 gamertags, user blogs, etc. And if it ends up being added, it should be toggleable, to minimize possible inconvenience. No, because this is an extension of an existing mechanism. Add a few terms and shazaam. And frankly nuts to your point about hypothetical newbies. I contend there are constantly new people here, and if there aren't then Obs may as well pack the whole thing in. We fail. The existing mechanism is in place overwhelmingly for smileys, and not to enforce a certain posting style. Further, it's optional, and in the cases it's not, it causes problems (auto-substitution of (r) for
March 20, 201015 yr Author You down with OPP? Yeah, you know me. "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp.
March 20, 201015 yr You down with OPP? Urban dictionary gives this sentence many fun interpretations.
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