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Originally posted by paigowprincess
newbie, please. you miss the point entirely. Perhaps you need a better explanaition This convo is the result of my "thanks a lot for ruining my scientific experiment" IM to the flower
paigowprincess: it just occurs to me that "timmy" is a really stupid fucking tmer and the only reasons it is widely used is bc it conveys a asense of being in the loop, if you will, when reawlly, the blind use of it is anything but being in the loop. its downright outre. right?
p_l_flower: Agreed
p_l_flower: It is like "em"
paigowprincess: so I was testing the theory that timmy has proliferated without a true appreciation for its inventor.
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So, unless we were in the Revolutionary War, we can't use "Benedict Arnold" as shorthand for a betrayal? Or, if we weren't around to see Nixon cry on television in 1952, we can't talk about a "Checkers speech"? Please. If you think it's stupid, fine. I feel the same way about "em" -- not because people who use it weren't around when it was first used, but because I think that it's stupid.
Paigow, you know I dig you in a way much much more than the stereotypical "married FB guy digs unmarried FB betty" way (am I allowed to say "FB betty"? oh, wait -- I may have been around for that one, so nevermind), but this whole board longevity thing is tiresome. As you occasionally point out when others engage in it.
