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Parasomnium

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Message 11 of 62 (253709)
10-21-2005 2:35 PM

Reply to: Message 1 by NeuroCycle
10-21-2005 11:29 AM

Welcome

Welcome from me too, Neuro. This is getting to be a better and better place with so many virtual friends (and foes) to talk to.

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Message 16 of 62 (253725)
10-21-2005 3:18 PM

Hey guys, the new one has a good sense of humour too.

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Message 18 of 62 (253735)
10-21-2005 3:27 PM

Reply to: Message 17 by Brian
10-21-2005 3:23 PM

Re: Hi

Hahahahahaha!

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Message 44 of 62 (253947)
10-22-2005 4:52 AM

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10-21-2005 10:00 PM

Re: smiley faces

robinrohan writes:

However, some people can be guilty of being half-ironic, of playing both sides of the fence, not making it clear when one is joking and when one is not--and these people are, in my view, evil. That's the worst trick in the world--and the most cowardly.

Well, well, well...

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Message 49 of 62 (254257)
10-23-2005 5:16 PM

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10-23-2005 1:01 AM

Re: smiley faces

Perhaps I should have used a winking smiley face when I said "Well, well, well..."

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Message 52 of 62 (254393)
10-24-2005 7:36 AM

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10-23-2005 5:46 PM

Irony

robinrohan writes:

"Well, well, well" does not convey much.

What do you think my "Well, well, well..." was meant to convey?

the problem of conveying irony over the Internet

Why should irony be less well conveyed over the internet as it has been in other written media ever since Socrates? The problem of conveying irony has nothing to do with the internet. Irony works as much by well chosen meaning as it does by well understood meaning, both of which rely on context. Without context irony is lost, and smileys alone do not a context make.

"One may smile, and smile, and be a villain." - William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

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