Thread: This is the place for those fun, and not so serious threads

Does this mean threads in other forums should be serious and no fun? Is it possible to have a thread that is fun, but serious, or a thread not be fun when it's not serious? If so, is fun seriousness preferable to non-serious no-fun threads? How would this thread be classified? Am I being serious? Is this fun? What is this thread's fate? Suppose it's locked, was it not fun enough for you moderators? - that would hurt my feelings! Or, was it too serious for you? Paradoxically, is locking a thread for being too serious not a serious action itself, thereby increasing the seriousness of the thread? Would a better course of action not be to reduce the thread's seriousness by posting a very silly picture of a cat?

Well, I sometimes wonder whether when people write things online, are they being serious? Or are they just kind of "trolling?" The thread below was a "classic" in this regard. Just reading it is confirmation that some people don't like to be very positive about things, they LOVE to be negative. Read for enjoyment, "fun" or repulsion!

No More Minimalism

Originally Posted by Couchie

Does this mean threads in other forums should be serious and no fun? Is it possible to have a thread that is fun, but serious, or a thread not be fun when it's not serious? If so, is fun seriousness preferable to non-serious no-fun threads? How would this thread be classified? Am I being serious? Is this fun? What is this thread's fate? Suppose it's locked, was it not fun enough for you moderators? - that would hurt my feelings! Or, was it too serious for you? Paradoxically, is locking a thread for being too serious not a serious action itself, thereby increasing the seriousness of the thread? Would a better course of action not be to reduce the thread's seriousness by posting a very silly picture of a cat?

This post reminds me of my one and only (failed) attempt to get into philosophy

Originally Posted by Chris

This post reminds me of my one and only (failed) attempt to get into philosophy

Perhaps when you think you've failed to get into philosophy, you've failed to get out of it....

j/k of course

Hmmm.... Sounds like serious business.

Originally Posted by Couchie

Does this mean threads in other forums should be serious and no fun? Is it possible to have a thread that is fun, but serious, or a thread not be fun when it's not serious? If so, is fun seriousness preferable to non-serious no-fun threads? How would this thread be classified? Am I being serious? Is this fun? What is this thread's fate? Suppose it's locked, was it not fun enough for you moderators? - that would hurt my feelings! Or, was it too serious for you? Paradoxically, is locking a thread for being too serious not a serious action itself, thereby increasing the seriousness of the thread? Would a better course of action not be to reduce the thread's seriousness by posting a very silly picture of a cat?

It means that green monsters should stay away from these things, they get all confused.

Originally Posted by Klavierspieler

Hmmm.... Sounds like serious business.

I love that picture so much I have to comment on it. Look at those adorable demonic eyes!

Indeed. Let's all celebrate by listening to the most magnificent music and drinking the most magnificent wine from the most magnificent castle on this best-of-all-possible worlds.





How many of you get the reference?

Originally Posted by HerlockSholmes

Indeed. Let's all celebrate by listening to the most magnificent music and drinking the most magnificent wine from the most magnificent castle on this best-of-all-possible worlds.





How many of you get the reference?

Candide!!

Originally Posted by Meaghan

Candide!!

Yes!




[filler text]

Baccano! Cue the wild jazz music.

Originally Posted by Lukecash12

Bacano! Cue the wild jazz music.

You mean Baccano.

Originally Posted by HerlockSholmes

You mean Baccano.

Aha! I edited it to make you look silly! Cue the fish slap scene from Monty Python.

Originally Posted by Lukecash12

Aha! I edited it to make you look silly! Cue the fish slap scene from Monty Python.

Look at my post. Your spelling mistake is still there.

Originally Posted by HerlockSholmes

Look at my post. Your spelling mistake is still there.

Precisely. Your quote is incorrect, as far as we can tell. Cue the slick scene where the criminal wipes off his finger prints!