Gimme a list of abbrevations...
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martygreene
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/me twitches
Now now, just because you understand it doesn't mean you need to mimic it.
/me is aware you are most likely joking
By the way, I'm not sure if those covered this, but /me is an carryover from the old IRC channels from before instant messenger and all that existed. It changed the post format so that one could input an action or something. Normally a line of discussion would be like this:
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But using /me when typing in what you want to say changes it to look like this:
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For that, I would have typed /me is so cool, to get the second line to format as it did. This was later co-opted by chat rooms that did not function with the IRC protocols to be the *action* that you may be familiar with.
Now now, just because you understand it doesn't mean you need to mimic it.
/me is aware you are most likely joking
By the way, I'm not sure if those covered this, but /me is an carryover from the old IRC channels from before instant messenger and all that existed. It changed the post format so that one could input an action or something. Normally a line of discussion would be like this:
Quote:
| [11:59] martygreene: It's 11:59 right now, and I still haven't gotten out of my pajamas! [11:59] martygreene: I'm so cool! |
But using /me when typing in what you want to say changes it to look like this:
Quote:
| [11:59] martygreene: It's 11:59 right now, and I still haven't gotten out of my pajamas! [11:59] *martygreene is so cool! |
For that, I would have typed /me is so cool, to get the second line to format as it did. This was later co-opted by chat rooms that did not function with the IRC protocols to be the *action* that you may be familiar with.
mac_obsession
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heh I have the tendency to write /me too because I still hang out on irc...but I thought people would think I'im crazy. lol
| Originally Posted by martygreene /me twitches Now now, just because you understand it doesn't mean you need to mimic it. /me is aware you are most likely joking By the way, I'm not sure if those covered this, but /me is an carryover from the old IRC channels from before instant messenger and all that existed. It changed the post format so that one could input an action or something. Normally a line of discussion would be like this: Quote:
But using /me when typing in what you want to say changes it to look like this: Quote:
For that, I would have typed /me is so cool, to get the second line to format as it did. This was later co-opted by chat rooms that did not function with the IRC protocols to be the *action* that you may be familiar with. |
heh I have the tendency to write /me too because I still hang out on irc...but I thought people would think I'im crazy. lol
