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Signatures are stupid. Do you really want to read the same "witty" comment after each and every one of my posts? If so, why? Are you that forgetful that by the time my next post rolls around it will seem original and funny again? Maybe you are. You probably have zero short term memory. And thus with my very next post you will read this all again, even if my next post is just me replying to myself because nobody else will. OK OK... it would be really stupid and egotistical of me to think that whatever I put in my signature will be fresh and original more than once. As everyone knows, I am quite modest and would never think anything negative about anyone else, especially lovable souls like Jack Valenti who are only trying to make the world a better place for you and me! So why must I thrust this paragraph on you each time I post? Is what I am saying right now that damned great and important that you need to read it again and again and again? Will my comments here become completely useless once people read them once and then skip over them in every subsequent post I ever make? If so, then what is the point of me doing this in the first place? Or what if I am making a post about something, and the signature is in the completely opposite tone of my post, thus breaking the mood of the reader and rendering my comments useless. What the hell am I supposed to do then? Who knows. The only thing that matters is that this signature is on every post I make, because you need to see it and you need to see it often! It helps me express my individuality since obviously member pics could never do that. But hell, signatures can! Hooray signatures!

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Really, signatures ARE stupid and a couple of them are starting to create some problems. Of course every time I email a member about something they have typed that is generating legitimate complaints, they flip out. So screw it. I have turned them off. We can do without them for awhile, or perhaps forever. Send in a member picture instead.
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 10-08-2004, 06:54 PM:
 
***FINALLY***!!!!

I agree....

Kudos to you Grand-Poo-BAH for having the courage to turn off this Film-Tech "feature". Hopefully it's permanent!

I credit Joe. Joe has killed it for all of us by his ridiculously long sig. (And small penis...)

All is right with FT.

>>> Phil
 

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Posted by Evans A Criswell (Member # 381) on 10-08-2004, 07:17 PM:
 
I admit I've never really liked signatures and have seldom put them on email messages. I don't believe I've ever setup a system to automatically put one on email for me. It's funny now that sigs are turned off -- I can't even remember if I had one that appeared on my posts. If I did, it probably was a link to my web site.

I found that I never read the sigs anyway and automatically ignored them after seeing them for a short while.
 

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Posted by Greg Davis (Member # 2687) on 10-08-2004, 08:07 PM:
 
Your not your job. Your not your car. Your not your kakhis. You are the all seeing all knowing scum of the world. You are not special. You are a space monkey.
 

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Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 10-08-2004, 08:16 PM:
 
You're not very good with grammar.
 

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Posted by Adam Martin (Member # 641) on 10-08-2004, 08:19 PM:
 
And Brad can't spell.
 

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Posted by Brian Michael Weidemann (Member # 2243) on 10-08-2004, 08:32 PM:
 
No signatures? Now I have no way to distinguish myself!

I know I haven't been here that long, compared to many, but I don't recall seeing anyone's signature that was in any way offensive, at least not enough to elicit complaints from other members. At least not enough to elicit a complaint from ME. Perhaps I am just mature enough not to think too much about what other random people's signatures say.

I didn't realize this was such a problem. I mean, I learned after reading it once to ignore Joe's ramble. I eventually ignore everyone's! I like the fun, little aspect of customizing they allow, but I've never made them in any way important.

Although, the sense of signature usage here is much better than some OTHER forums. Yeah, let's put a huge 500x200 animated GIF in our signatures and quote the entire Constitutional Peasant scene from Holy Grail, with lots of smileys and dashes ... and have it on every single post, even though the only replies I type are "I agree, IMHO, so-and-so is so stupid. LOL, etc."

No real need for them here, especially since you've got a contact and website button in the header of every post anyway! I won't say "good riddance," but I won't miss them too terribly either.
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 10-08-2004, 09:47 PM:
 

quote: Phil Hill

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I credit Joe. Joe has killed it for all of us by his ridiculously long sig. (And small penis...)

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Huh? Leave my amazingly microscopic penis out of it! You promised you wouldn't tell!

quote: Greg Davis

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Your not your job. Your not your car. Your not your kakhis. You are the all seeing all knowing scum of the world. You are not special. You are a space monkey.

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With all its hopes, dreams, promises and urban renewal
The world continues to deteriorate.

GIVE UP!

You are a fluke
Of the universe.
You have no right to be here.
And whether you can hear it or not
The universe is laughing behind your back.

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Oh, and Brad, thanks for getting rid of the sigs...they were really getting annoying.
 

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Posted by Steve Kraus (Member # 476) on 10-08-2004, 10:51 PM:
 
Well thank God...er...I mean me...that I am Butt God otherwise without my sig you would never know I walk amongst you.
 

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Posted by Erick Akers (Member # 875) on 10-08-2004, 10:59 PM:
 
I've been here for quite a while, and I have never had a signature, but I have never been offended by one either.

As we constantly are loosing our freedoms, why in the name of whomever would someone be offended by just a silly signature.

Who's sig was so offensive to come to this conclusion or was this the ultimate goal of Joe's extended signature rant.

Or was Joe the actual offender???

Do we really have to cow down to every ones Political Correctness?

If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything!!!

Brad,

I know it's your site, but not to include the opinions of your membership before closing this feature of silly free expression, just seems like a wussy way out to me.

"The needs of many out weigh the needs of the few!"

Who were the precious few that were offended anyway?
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 10-08-2004, 11:59 PM:
 
"Needs"? Sigs are just clutter. Nothing more. I can't see anyone actually needing them. I am amazed that anyone really cares that they were turned off.
 

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Posted by Nate Lehrke (Member # 1460) on 10-09-2004, 12:38 AM:
 
I like the non signature style now. It streamlines the posts & makes topics roll more effectively.

Though I do think that Joe should just change his name to that ever so long sig, just so he can inflict his torture on us every post.

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I could always just add a fake signature everytime I make a post.
 

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Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 10-09-2004, 01:29 AM:
 
MEMBERS MANUALLY TYPING IN SIGNATURES AT THE END OF THEIR POSTS WILL BE BANNED!

Really how pathetic is this? Nothing is more rude than when people intentionally try and work their way around the rules.

I have never liked signatures. I almost did not permit them in the beginning. The only signature on this board that truly served a purpose was John Pytlak's, but he is probably the easiest person ever to contact, so even the loss of his is no big loss.

Before everyone starts pointing fingers and trying to guess as to "who's fault" this was, no one person is responsible for the removal of signatures. Life will go on, and it will be better now that the extra clutter is gone.
 

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Posted by Brent Neal Jones (Member # 1048) on 10-09-2004, 01:39 AM:
 
But, I'll miss my signature! Can't you just blow up at Joe and the others that have abused them? I thought the whole deal with the long sig's was funny 'till this point. Now' it's just ridiculous. It looks bad on the forum and it looks bad on you Brad.

Anyhoot, that's my $.02 worth...

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Film Guard Directions
1.) Lather
2.) Rinse
3.) Repeat
 

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Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 10-09-2004, 01:44 AM:
 
Joe's signature had nothing to do with it. Why is everyone blaming Joe? At least his signature was entertaining. That's why I quoted it.

This does not look bad on this forum, and it does not look bad on me. Whatever you're smoking, you should stop.
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 10-09-2004, 02:18 AM:
 
The whole point of my signature was to make people think: "Hmmmm... what is the point of signatures?" Probably the best/most useful signature I've seen is Daryl's, which was just a link to the SEARCH page under the disguise of the Magic Answer Machine.

Does that mean we need signatures back? No. Daryl's sig was a casualty and life will go on. Want to express your individuality? Send in a new pic! Be creative. Just make sure it's clearly YOU in the picture. And members with a high level of participation can even be given custom titles under their name by the Administrator. Those are short and MUCH less intrusive to a thread.
 

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Posted by Dean Kollet (Member # 1789) on 10-09-2004, 02:37 AM:
 
can you limit the size of a signature?
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 10-09-2004, 03:23 AM:
 
Brent, you are obviously trying to provoke the moderators by adding a signature to each of your posts after it has been made clear by Brad that is not "encouraged".

 

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Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 10-09-2004, 03:26 AM:
 
Clearly everyone thinks this is some sort of voting situation. THERE IS NO DISCUSSION OR VOTE. My decision is final and plees for a change directed publicly will not be taken seriously anyway. Read the rules page please for more info on that.

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