Re: [OFFTOPIC] Plonk (wss: Meta: behavior on list)

From	Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@surfnaked.ca>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: [OFFTOPIC] Plonk (wss: Meta: behavior on list)
Date	2021-08-14 19:50 +0200
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On Sat Aug 14 10:23:31 2021 Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
<debian@polynamaude.com> wrote:

 > On 2021-08-13 4:59 p.m., John Hasler wrote:
 >
 >> Stefan writes:
 >>
 >>> How odd.  I always assumed that it was the comic-strip style
 >>> representation of the sound of hanging up the phone abruptly.
 >>
 >> No.  I was there when it came into use.  It definitely represents the
 >> sound of a small object dropping into a large tank with liquid at the
 >> bottom.  A septic tank, for example.  It was common to respond to a
 >> particularly asinine article with the one-word followup "plonk".
 >>
 >> I've never seen any point in telling the world (or the plonked
 >> individual) about the action, though.
 >
 > I have serious doubt against the "plonked" being able to appreciate
 > what is happening to him. Most of the time, they won't stop and will
 > just continue to argue against themselves. Something trying to use
 > words from language they don't even master while trying to do so.

Some people will respond by switching to a different e-mail address
in order to work around the killfiles they know they're now in.
These are particularly dedicated individuals who feel that their
message must be heard under any circumstances.

https://xkcd.com/386/

-- 
/~\  Charlie Gibbs                  |  "Some of you may die,
\ /  <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid>      |  but it's a sacrifice
  X   I'm really at ac.dekanfrus     |  I'm willing to make."
/ \  if you read it the right way.  |    -- Lord Farquaad (Shrek)

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Re: [OFFTOPIC] Plonk (wss: Meta: behavior on list) Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@surfnaked.ca> - 2021-08-14 19:50 +0200
  Re: [OFFTOPIC] Plonk (wss: Meta: behavior on list) John Hasler <john@sugarbit.com> - 2021-08-14 20:30 +0200
    Re: [OFFTOPIC] Plonk (wss: Meta: behavior on list) Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-08-14 20:40 +0200
      Re: [OFFTOPIC] Plonk (wss: Meta: behavior on list) Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2021-08-14 21:50 +0200

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