OT - Forum Decorum

dumbluck · #1 January 20th, 2002, 01:29 PM

He does that to bump the thread back up to the top so that it doesn't get lost in the mass of old topics no-one looks at anymore. He does it to keep the discussion going, to keep the thread alive.

PS I know I'm not SJ, but hey, I knew the answer, and I'm sure he won't mind!

Suicide Junkie · #2 January 20th, 2002, 05:09 PM

Do I really bump that much more than other people around here?
I really can't remember the Last time I did...
...A search tells me I've only used the word bump in five threads, not nessesarily as a "bump", either.

[ 20 January 2002: Message edited by: suicide_junkie ]

Shyrka · #3 January 20th, 2002, 08:53 PM

Thank you for your answers, I'm learning...

quote:
Originally posted by suicide_junkie:
Do I really bump that much more than other people around here?

Not really, but every time I see it I cannot understand anything

and that annoys me because I'm usually very interested in the discussion

I mentioned your name because the first time I saw it was in one of your Posts a while ago, and I spent some time trying to imaginate an English phrase that could match that four characters (B.U.M.P.) and with some sense

(Expressions, components, strategies even PBW games)

Of course, I couldn't

Phoenix-D · #4 January 20th, 2002, 09:43 PM

" English phrase that could match that four characters (B.U.M.P.) and with some sense"

Heh. That is your problem right there- it is NOT a phrase. It's a word.

"bump" in this case means "bump it to the top". Think about keeping a volleyball in the air. "bump" in a non-internet context just means a small collison.

Phoenix-D

Growltigga · #5 January 24th, 2002, 03:21 PM

quote:
Originally posted by LLB:
all you "seargeants" out there have your ranks misspelled (should be sergeant, according to my dictionary)

maybe it is intentional so that all 'seargeants' are considered to be 'hot stuff'

think about, think about it

Suicide Junkie · #6 January 24th, 2002, 03:38 PM

How about:
"Bump Up Many Posts"

Growltigga · #7 January 24th, 2002, 03:48 PM

quote:
Originally posted by suicide_junkie:
How about:
"Bump Up Many Posts"

better than my Version which would have been 'bringing up mediocre prattle'