dixondean

I dont know why , but I hate these brightly colored little things . The manual ones people used to make were mildly annoying , but these cute little ones piss me off .

I'm afraid of them , which probably comes from the same source that makes me uncomfortable around clowns or santa claus . If I see either walking my way I cross the street . People wearing santa hats give me the urge to jump off a bridge . In the summer it's different. Then it makes sense .

My two most loathed emoticons are these two; , . I'd like to kick them .

Hey Im clever! I Just stole ice cream from that kid and he didnt even notice!! "

People are gaining growing distance from each other . First the telegraph, telephone, and now the internet . With other communication stuff in between, but those are the big ones . Letter writing has always been a good form of expression , second only in intimacy to face to face talk.

Now even digital communication is being replaced by little munchkin thingies .

Off the subject, but in the same neighborhood . Why do so many people on SG proclaim themselves to be Nerds or Giant Dorks or both ?

I always picture the nerds wrinkling their noses to push up their bulky, badly scratched glasses, carrying two laptops, talking in head-set cell phones, a backpack full of computer manuals, and playing video games on their hand-helds .

For Giant Dorks I picture someone like 7 feet tall and 400 pounds, knocking a glass off their table at a restaurant, trying to catch the glass and knocking over the salt and pepper shakers which fly through the air and hit a neighboring table sending food flying, and when they get up to clean the neighboring table their pants fall down .

Why do lots of people comment to sets this way: