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- - Date 2011-01-02 14:55
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Parent - - By Mafi [de] Date 2011-01-01 12:13
That was a joke of mine. I often have problems fitting jokes which heavily rely on pronounciation  - like this one - into textual form.
Parent - - By Luchs [de] Date 2011-01-01 16:30
Use " .".
Parent - - By Maikel Date 2011-01-01 22:09
Actually don't. Please refrain from using such absurd notation in written language, if one feels the urge to do so here.
Parent - - By Luchs [de] Date 2011-01-02 01:40

>Please refrain from using such absurd notation in written language


The French always do so with "!" and "?" :C
(And: yes, I know that behavior isn't universal, but as it's common in the Clonk community, it might also be used here)
Parent - - By Newton [de] Date 2011-01-02 03:01
I don't get it
Parent - - By Fluff [gb] Date 2011-01-02 14:00
I think they're saying that, to make a joke, one should reply with a post consisting of just "." or "?" or "!", as a method of conveying one's reaction, opinion or feelings in a concise manner.
Parent - By Newton [de] Date 2011-01-02 15:01
Conveying which reaction, which feelings? What opinion does "." convey? And what does this have to do with a joke?
Parent - - By Nachtschatten Date 2011-01-02 15:25
No. If you look closely, in Luchs' posting (Use " .") there is a blank space in front of the full stop. In the original Clonk community, it's a habit that you mark an ironic comment with such a blank space. So, for example, "you suck." is meant as it is written, while "you suck ." is a joke.
Outside the Clonk community, it's a terrible idea to try this - nobody will understand it, and assume the space is caused by sloppy typing.
Parent - - By Fluff [gb] Date 2011-01-02 17:49
Ah. That behaviour doesn't carry over to the international forum. Perhaps if more people from the German forum bothered to visit us/grumble grumble.

Aber... Was, willst du das jetzt rauchen?
Parent - - By Nachtschatten Date 2011-01-03 03:26
That's fine by me, its usage just translates to a lose-lose situation.

> Was, willst du das jetzt rauchen?


I don't understand, what do you mean?
Parent - - By Fluff [gb] Date 2011-01-03 13:23

>I don't understand, what do you mean?


You'd know if you were on the international forum.

FOR GONDOR!
Parent - - By Nachtschatten Date 2011-01-03 20:46

> You'd know if


My point exactly.
Parent - By Fluff [gb] Date 2011-01-03 20:51
I don't understand, what do you mean?
Parent - - By Maikel Date 2011-01-02 11:20
The problem in the German clonk.de forum is that a lot of "." irony posts result in two or three extra posts about nothing. And I just don't like the notation, but if everyone does I may adapt.
Parent - By Zapper [de] Date 2011-01-02 13:16
Like that irony post here didn't result in two or three extra posts.. ;P
Parent - - By PeterW [de] Date 2011-01-02 14:43
It is a tad better than relying on the huge amount of insider knowledge often required to detect that a post is meant to be ironic. Incidentally, that was the reason the ";-)" notation was invented originally, so the problem is definitely real...
Parent - - By Maikel Date 2011-01-02 14:55
;-) doesn't conflict with English language standards.
Parent - By Günther [de] Date 2011-01-02 16:39
It does. I'm pretty sure parentheses are supposed to be properly nested. ;-)
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