Annoying Signature Blocks on MFP

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  • RoseBlanc
    RoseBlanc Posts: 140
    As a person that is allergic to glutens, I will tell you that what happens immediately following contamination certainly ISN'T hilarious. In fact, every glutening leads us closer to awful surgeries and cancers. So, try to remember that when you're yuckin' it up at your friend's expense.

    Sensitive about your allergy much?
  • BeeElMarvin
    BeeElMarvin Posts: 2,086 Member
    I'm hearing Peter Griffin's voice, saying "You know what really grinds my gears....? Those really big signature blocks.... They're WAY too big...."

    Perfect!
  • bunchesonothing
    bunchesonothing Posts: 1,015 Member
    As a person that is allergic to glutens, I will tell you that what happens immediately following contamination certainly ISN'T hilarious. In fact, every glutening leads us closer to awful surgeries and cancers. So, try to remember that when you're yuckin' it up at your friend's expense.

    Sensitive about your allergy much?

    Considering how serious it sounds, I would be too.
  • FabCheeky
    FabCheeky Posts: 311
    As a person that is allergic to glutens, I will tell you that what happens immediately following contamination certainly ISN'T hilarious. In fact, every glutening leads us closer to awful surgeries and cancers. So, try to remember that when you're yuckin' it up at your friend's expense.

    Sensitive about your allergy much?
    Yeah. I am. There are serious consequences attached to these kinds of allergies, and most people just don't understand.
  • RoseBlanc
    RoseBlanc Posts: 140
    Yeah. I am. There are serious consequences attached to these kinds of allergies, and most people just don't understand.

    I have an eating disorder.
    Trust me, I empathize no one understanding.

    I don't think she was referring to the fact her friend could have serious health complications. I think she was referring to the terminology used. :]

    Edit: my best friend is severely allergic to walnuts. Sometimes she'll say or do something referring to that that'll make me laugh. She knows I'm not making light of her allergy, she also knows I'm a giggly person by nature & she likes making me laugh. She also deals with things in way of laughter. I think you took that differently than she meant it.
  • JeSuisPrest
    JeSuisPrest Posts: 2,005 Member
    By the way.... I changed my signature JUST FOR YOU MAX!!!

    Maximus pwning the interwebs
    pwning???
  • kapeluza
    kapeluza Posts: 3,434 Member
    By the way.... I changed my signature JUST FOR YOU MAX!!!

    pwning??


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pwn

    Pwn
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    For other uses, see PWN (disambiguation).

    "Powned" redirects here. For the Dutch public broadcaster see PowNed.

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    Pwn is a leetspeak slang term derived from the verb own,[1][2][3] as meaning to appropriate or to conquer to gain ownership. The term implies domination or humiliation of a rival,[4] used primarily in the Internet-based video game culture to taunt an opponent who has just been soundly defeated (e.g., "You just got pwned!").[5] It was popular among Counter-Strike gamers before spreading through the more general Internet world.[6] The past tense and past participle, pwned, may also be spelled pwnd (sometimes with an apostrophe before the d), pwnt, or powned.[citation needed]

    In hacker jargon, pwn means to compromise or control, specifically another computer (server or PC), web site, gateway device, or application. It is synonymous with one of the definitions of hacking or cracking. The Pwnie Awards are awarded by a group of security researchers.[4]

    Popularity of the term among teenagers rose in the mid-2000s, with the spread from the Internet written form to use in spoken language.[7]
    Etymology

    The word pwn most likely came about as a common typo of the word "own" because the "p" and "o" keys are adjacent on a standard English keyboard.[7][8] A long debate on Urban Dictionary, however, suggests many derivations including "pawned" (a chess term for when a player is put in check by a pawn) and "permanently owned," an escalation of the term "owned."[9]
    Pronunciations

    Because pwn is primarily used in written form, it has no single generally accepted pronunciation: renditions include /ˈoʊn/ ohn, /ˈpoʊn/ pohn, /pəʔˈoʊn/ pə'-ohn, /ˈpɔːn/ pawn, and /piːˈoʊn/ pee-ohn. Originally, pwn and its variants were pronounced /ˈoʊn/) in the same way as the verb own, the tail of the p being "silent". A notable usage of this pronunciation can be seen in the Internet distributed series Pure Pwnage (pronounced "pure ownage" /ˈpjʊər ˈoʊnɨdʒ/).[10]

    Where speakers vocalize the p, pronunciations include pwen, "pwin", pawn, "pone", pun[11] and pwone.[12]
  • JeSuisPrest
    JeSuisPrest Posts: 2,005 Member
    Thanks....thought it was a typo! ;)
  • darkrider42
    darkrider42 Posts: 5,464 Member
    My pet preve? People who quote every last word of a conversation from 7 people without editing it down just so they can say "Yup."
  • RoseBlanc
    RoseBlanc Posts: 140
    My pet preve? People who quote every last word of a conversation from 7 people without editing it down just so they can say "Yup."

    yup.

    ;]
  • dlaplume2
    dlaplume2 Posts: 1,658 Member
    haters-gonna-hate.gif

    You tell em..
  • FORKDOWN
    FORKDOWN Posts: 1,754

    oh i get it because you have 6500 post everyone should bow down to you and worship and obey

    Now you get it.

    *bows facing away and farting*
  • Hearts_2015
    Hearts_2015 Posts: 12,032 Member
    This is to all of you that have massive signature blocks so that every time you post, we have to scroll down like a mile to see the next post.

    Stop it!
    :laugh: :noway:
  • Hearts_2015
    Hearts_2015 Posts: 12,032 Member
    When is big, too big?
    Are some things ever 'too big"?:tongue:
  • Hearts_2015
    Hearts_2015 Posts: 12,032 Member
    When is big, too big?

    when there is a complaint.. but to be honest.. if its all you have to work with..
    :laugh:
  • Hearts_2015
    Hearts_2015 Posts: 12,032 Member
    Roseblanc ...love your signature photo!:flowerforyou: Also very unique way of keeping your goals, never seen a size goal list and I love it, what a grand idea!:happy:
  • Tiff_09
    Tiff_09 Posts: 5,627 Member

    oh i get it because you have 6500 post everyone should bow down to you and worship and obey

    Now you get it.

    *bows facing away and farting*
    :laugh:
  • javablondie
    javablondie Posts: 411 Member
    I agree. Huge signatures (and animated images) are obnoxious. Basically a lot of people are obnoxious.

    I'd love to be able to "ban" other users so that I never have to see anything from them again. Those with huge signatures, those with bad attitudes, etc. Frankly that way people could also choose to ban me. I'm all for it.
  • kapeluza
    kapeluza Posts: 3,434 Member
    When is big, too big?
    Are some things ever 'too big"?:tongue:

    That's what she said....
  • mommared53
    mommared53 Posts: 9,543 Member
    This is to all of you that have massive signature blocks so that every time you post, we have to scroll down like a mile to see the next post.

    Stop it!

    :laugh:
  • mommared53
    mommared53 Posts: 9,543 Member
    but i love my old timey head banging chick.... :sad:

    She creeps me out!
  • ATT949
    ATT949 Posts: 1,245 Member
    LOL - first world problems :-)
    Well, I suspect that the whole thread was "demi-troll" but the OP has posted…frequently.

    To address your comment. I couldn't agree more. I'm a thankful American. Thankful that I live in the US 'cause I didn't move here 'til I was 24 years old and, on an almost daily basis, I am in awe of this country. I've traveled across it many times, raised a weapon to defend it, and enjoyed the fruits of the labor and genius of its Founders and defenders.

    As much as the nation, as an entity, amazes me, the pettiness of some of its people, too, amazes me. Even though I make a good living, I am in awe of people who spend their money on Starbucks and, this will get a smile, bottled water. And complaining about someone's signature block? Well, I guess that some folks are fortunate that their lives are so dress right dress that they can take exception to a "large signature block".

    A site that I appreciate - http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/

    An the expression that comes to mind is from a man who lived in Romania under Nicolae Ceaușescu. He said, paraphrasing badly, that having lived in Romania and suffering under a brutal dictatorship, he had very little compassion for the fears and complaints of people who had lived in the Free World.

    We are on this site because our inability to control our appetite has lead us to unhealthy or deadly excess. Now that we've escaped slow suicide, we turn our attention to…signature blocks.
  • WWH_AJ
    WWH_AJ Posts: 419 Member
    I agree. Huge signatures (and animated images) are obnoxious. Basically a lot of people are obnoxious.

    I'd love to be able to "ban" other users so that I never have to see anything from them again. Those with huge signatures, those with bad attitudes, etc. Frankly that way people could also choose to ban me. I'm all for it.

    I have to agree that it is disheartening to view a topic that has just been created and it'a already at 7 pages not because of the comments being posted but because the pages are full of people's sigs. Now I know mine is toward the medium size and I was thinking about resizing my green monkeys banner. I have been to countless forums where we had a sig limit and if someone went over the limit they were given 3 warnings and then banned. However, if it's not in the rules then people can have as big of a sig as they want. I love a lot of people's sigs that are huge, but things can always been resized. Just my two cents :)
  • kapeluza
    kapeluza Posts: 3,434 Member
    Hey Maximus....


    e6621_political-pictures-nicolas-sarkozy-smallest-violin.jpg
  • jillwaller
    jillwaller Posts: 82
    I don't have a problem with large blocks... Don't you have to scroll JUST as much when people quote multiple things? It's not a big deal haha just leave the thread if you don't want to see it!
  • avarielle1215
    avarielle1215 Posts: 59 Member
    Solution: Download the Web Developer Add-On for Firefox, and go to Web Developer > Images > Disable Images > External Site Images. This will block any images off-site (including ads!) which pretty much just leaves the trackers!

    block.png

    (And yes, I do realize the irony of posting a large image to explain how to block large images! ;P)
  • RoseBlanc
    RoseBlanc Posts: 140
    Hey Maximus....


    e6621_political-pictures-nicolas-sarkozy-smallest-violin.jpg


    <3
  • RoseBlanc
    RoseBlanc Posts: 140
    Roseblanc ...love your signature photo!:flowerforyou: Also very unique way of keeping your goals, never seen a size goal list and I love it, what a grand idea!:happy:

    :blushing: Thank you, "Strong is the new skinny" is my mantra.
    And I was posting on another thread and the OP had a size-goal instead of a weight goal. She inspired me to change the way I look at weight loss! I feel less pressure to maintain a certain weight than I do a certain dress/pants size.
  • javablondie
    javablondie Posts: 411 Member
    I thought this site was for people to help and support each other with there goals. Can people just stop and read what as been written. WHAT A JOKE

    I agree.
  • javablondie
    javablondie Posts: 411 Member
    Solution: Download the Web Developer Add-On for Firefox, and go to Web Developer > Images > Disable Images > External Site Images. This will block any images off-site (including ads!) which pretty much just leaves the trackers!

    block.png

    (And yes, I do realize the irony of posting a large image to explain how to block large images! ;P)

    I'm pretty sure I love you. Thank you for this.
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