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The main reason that I didn't like it is that you two pretended to be together. There are some parties on this forum who would come close to selling their souls to have a girlfriend. I know...because not too long ago, I was one of them. Personally speaking, I feel that playing a gag about something that precious isn't a laughing matter.
I live halfway across the country from my girlfriend, and this is just about the only way we can communicate. I see the two of you come on here, and I'm happy to see another online couple. Then I find out it's nothing more than a joke. That is very disquieting to me.
------------------ "I see you have the ring. And that your Schwartz is as big as mine! -Dark Helmet, Spaceballs
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If there were a devil, I'd sell my soul to him for a girlfriend. But I, for one, don't care about that gag at all. It's just a relatively innocent bit of jokingly abusing people's trust in internet contacts. But I won't shoot myself over it.
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Does the community need Zilla to be a member?
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We need everyone. This is supposed to be a trek board. To be truly represintive of the series, we need to be as universal as possible. I enjoy hearing the ideas and museings of people all over the world. I hate to see anyone leave. It's why I came back. I may not be happy with everything that happens, or is said, but I miss the people when I'm not here.
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I, for one, think it rather thin-skinned for people to be deeply offended by such a poorly constructed "joke".
Humor, in very general terms, is a matter of leading people to view things one way, then revealing (or allowing them to discover) a different perspective. How can two complete strangers, posing as lovers, be a joke? We have no way of knowing you weren't lovers, so we accept you at your word. That is no more funny than if I were to post a picture, claiming it was me.
This picture for example...
And then revealing it wasn't. It isn't a photo of some widely-recognized celebrity like
Elvis Presley (Thank ya. Thank ya verra much!)
so how could you possibly understand the joke unless you had special knowledge (the picture is of a scientist who resembles me in the slightest).
Having said that (I tend to take my humor rather seriously), since the joke was poorly conceived and poorly executed, but not motivated by malicious intent, I hereby recommend we tie the perpetrators to the floor, spray them with beef gravy, and sic' the toothless chihuahuas on them. When they're all wrinkly (just like when you've stayed too long in the bath) we'll cut 'em loose and give them stern looks.
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