OT - Notating Off Topic Posts with "OT"

by homerdrew415 on Jan 9, 2009 11:19 AM PST Comment 64 comments

I like to think of myself as a reigning king (or some level of duke) of the OT posts. I like them, I like knowing McC posters views on normalish stuff because they seem to be rationed and intelligent folks. That being said, please put the simple OT in the beginning of your fanpost (retroactively if needed). This is meant for not just Noobs but established lurkers as well.

On an unrelated note, how about Matt Cain for Prince Fielder and JJ Hardy? I heard that the brewers are worried about them hitting arbitration.

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OT: Notating Off Topic Posts with “OT”

by deuce deuce on Jan 9, 2009 11:20 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Shouldn’t a reasonably intelligent person be able to figure it out for themselves?

by Norm Median on Jan 9, 2009 11:23 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Obviously you haven’t seen some of the fanposts that crop up if you’re counting on everyone being reasonably intelligent.

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by jcb9 on Jan 9, 2009 11:34 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I guess not, but I look forward to reading them. All I’m saying is, is there actually anyone out there who sees a post titled “PS3 or 360?” and thinks it’s gonna be a fake trade proposal or a prospect discussion?

by Norm Median on Jan 9, 2009 11:38 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Oh, I know. I’m just taking the opportunity to make fun of dumb trade posts, because That’s What We Do Here.

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by jcb9 on Jan 9, 2009 11:41 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Well, not every post is going to be so obviously titled Some people like to have really cryptic titles for whatever reason.

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by Natto on Jan 9, 2009 11:48 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

You mean like "Where did you get that Blank expression..."?

Even the baseball related ones can sometimes confuse – stupid individual sense of humor and relevancy…

Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers

by victor frankenstein on Jan 10, 2009 10:53 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Back in the 90s, I used to be on a listserv where labeled these things with the prefix “BST,” for Bull Shit Thread. I always liked that.

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by jcb9 on Jan 9, 2009 11:33 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

BST...

has potential :-)

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by nvsfg on Jan 9, 2009 11:48 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

DRUGS ARE BAD

Bovine somatotropin is WRONG.

STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.

by UnleashTheGore on Jan 9, 2009 11:52 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

While a weird topic, this came up just in time...

As I was thinking about HomerDrew when I got an email from Intersection for the Arts.

You may remember that HDrew posted a Fanpost about becoming a taxi driver (a hack I believed he termed it). I had just seen a play called Angry Black White Boy that is about a cab driver who robs his customers. The run was ending that week, so I didnt go all off about recommending it…but it is being brought back.

So if you’re a Taxi Driver, or a hip-hop fan, or a fan of creative small scale professional theatre (score points with your wife or girlfriend), you should check it out. There’s even baseball content integral to the story.

The play made lots of top 2008 lists for theatre and the Intersection is one of the city’s great Arts organizations.

The Chronicle said:
Told with hip-hop verve, edgily manic satire and some bracing baseball history, Dan Wolf’s adaptation of Adam Mansbach’s novel blew open the national conversation about race, as a blacker-than-thou white boy’s increasingly surreal efforts to confront white guilt set off a full-fledged race riot. Wolf and other members of the hip-hop group Felonious turned in dynamic performances in an Intersection, Campo Santo and Hybrid Project production directed by Sean San José. – Robert Hurwitt

Details here at Intersections website.

They say some players get out of bed hitting; Pablo Sandoval doesn't wait that long

by bgunn on Jan 9, 2009 11:49 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Well even though I don't rob my passengers

I’m still interested in seeing this. If you’re interested in similar stuff check out Danny Hoch and any of his performances.

Down in Front Meat!

by homerdrew415 on Jan 9, 2009 2:27 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

You can’t stop thinking about homerdrew?

"He called the sh** POOP!" -- Adam Sandler

by JRPhillips on Jan 9, 2009 11:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

everytime I try and hail a taxi, I can’t stop thinking about…

They say some players get out of bed hitting; Pablo Sandoval doesn't wait that long

by bgunn on Jan 10, 2009 11:58 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

That is kind of hot...

Down in Front Meat!

by homerdrew415 on Jan 10, 2009 7:40 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

There are a lot of decaffeinated brands on the market that are just as tasty as the real thing.

by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 9, 2009 11:55 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

That’s what they want you to think!

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Jan 9, 2009 3:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

"I'm not kidding, Chris."

“Neither am I, Jerry. Neither am I.”

I'm adopting a true Giant and an awe-inspring gamer: tk. "Atta babe."

by Mayor of 311 on Jan 9, 2009 5:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Please put a WOMT in front of any post that is a waste of my time.

Thanks!
Karl

Billy Ripken is not a fuck face

by Karlifornia on Jan 9, 2009 3:36 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

I get your username now!

I see the future, and it is Pablo

by CB30 on Jan 9, 2009 4:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Screw that; they should put WOYT to warn it's a waste of YOUR time

I'm adopting a true Giant and an awe-inspring gamer: tk. "Atta babe."

by Mayor of 311 on Jan 9, 2009 8:35 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

WOKT would be even more customized

My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman

by Goofus on Jan 10, 2009 9:06 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

AKA “any post by Howie”

My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman

by Goofus on Jan 10, 2009 9:07 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I’d like to know roughly how much time each of my posts wastes so that I can make some sort of chart.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Jan 10, 2009 10:23 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Pie?

They say some players get out of bed hitting; Pablo Sandoval doesn't wait that long

by bgunn on Jan 10, 2009 11:59 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Pie is delicious.

by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 10, 2009 12:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Nope, bar

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Jan 10, 2009 12:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

wow

insightful. I always read it as j-pon-ry, which doesn’t make sense. maybe u can make another graph plotting the amount of time wasted by howtheyscored’s graphs. I would imagine you would lead in that one too.

by lincypoo i wuv u on Jan 10, 2009 6:51 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I always read it as j-pon-ry

It’s JP on rye.

They say some players get out of bed hitting; Pablo Sandoval doesn't wait that long

by bgunn on Jan 11, 2009 9:34 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

It’s actually JP Onry, for sure. Now, whether or not I was showing off that I knew that or just clumsily covering up an embarrasing jpronry typo is a different question altogether.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Jan 11, 2009 10:17 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Did he tell you that for sure?

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You can ridicule me in 2009 if you like...

by ThrillisGone22 on Jan 12, 2009 7:00 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

He?

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Jan 12, 2009 8:21 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

OMG GURLZ ON INTERWEBS

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by Natto on Jan 12, 2009 10:13 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

BEWBZ!

by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 12, 2009 1:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

PICS OR SHE DIDN’T HAPPEN.

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by WalrusMan on Jan 12, 2009 2:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Jay-Pee-Onry (Pronounced like “Only” with an r)

GROUGTHINK ALERT

by groug on Jan 11, 2009 5:03 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I’m kind of embarrassed that I chose that as my username now, so if anyone wants to call me Jpon-ry or JP-on-Rye, I’m pretty much okay with that.

I actually like JP-on-Rye a lot.

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PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.

by jponry on Jan 12, 2009 3:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

For the longest time I thought your name was j-pony.

Whoops!

Bay City Ball | Beyond the Box Score

by xanthan on Jan 13, 2009 5:24 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

For a long time, I assumed that her last name was Ponry.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Jan 13, 2009 7:07 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Porny

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.

by jponry on Jan 13, 2009 8:50 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

hot,

Bay City Ball | Beyond the Box Score

by xanthan on Jan 13, 2009 10:07 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Awww yeah.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Jan 13, 2009 10:29 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Pics!

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by WalrusMan on Jan 13, 2009 6:42 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Didn’t happen

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by Natto on Jan 13, 2009 7:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

no u

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.

by jponry on Jan 13, 2009 9:36 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

He’ll do it! He’s crazy!

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Jan 13, 2009 11:03 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Golf clap

It’s reassuring to know that I don’t waste as much time on your posts as you do

My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman

by Goofus on Jan 10, 2009 7:27 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

WalrusMan is doing pretty well there.

GROUGTHINK ALERT

by groug on Jan 10, 2009 10:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

On what?

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by WalrusMan on Jan 11, 2009 1:35 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Not wasting time on howie’s posts

My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman

by Goofus on Jan 11, 2009 6:46 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Did you say something?

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by WalrusMan on Jan 11, 2009 8:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

SRTRR

Please put SRTRR before making a Snarky Response To Ridiculous Requests, that way nobodies feelings are hurt.

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by Smotheredinhugs on Jan 10, 2009 4:54 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Please put OTAY in front of any post related to Buckwheat impersonations.

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by S.F. Giangst on Jan 9, 2009 7:53 PM PST reply actions 1 recs

Otay, I’ll do that

Wall-E for Best Picture 2008

by Useful_Idiot on Jan 9, 2009 9:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

OT: I can taste colors, man!

by satyricrash on Jan 10, 2009 1:25 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

I've been rationed.

That’s why I’m in such demand.

bringing you moral turpitude since 1963

by Idaho Nick on Jan 10, 2009 3:58 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

OTOTOTOT

Heh.
Heh heh.

How ’bout them Cardinals!

Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers

by victor frankenstein on Jan 10, 2009 9:32 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

You know, if the offense is clicking, they can run and gun with any team in the league.

And the offense was clicking today. It just so happened that Jake Delhomme decided today was a good day to be terrible, too.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Jan 10, 2009 9:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Before today the last entire football game I'd watched

featured some guy who was related to Brigham Young.

Yup , Delhomme was sensationally bad.
That Fitzgerald catch in the first quarter was a study in concentration , eh? He seems to have a knack for those.
That win was absurdly easy , I hope they don’t lose intensity now.

Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers

by victor frankenstein on Jan 10, 2009 11:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs