Silent-kicking is the lamest, cheesiest messageboard gimmick ever

[DS1]

:eyes:


Yes, I feel better now

[mcctatas]

1. I only hate it because I don't know how to do it!

;)

[flvegan]

8. You don't know how to do it?

Want a tutor?

:evilgrin:

[krispos42]

32. Check your PM n/t

[CaliforniaPeggy]

33. Could you tell me too, please?

I am dying to know...

TIA!

:hi:

[krispos42]

34. I suppose I could tell the sweetest person in the Lounge

:-)


Check your PM

[CaliforniaPeggy]

35. Thanks, my dear krispos42!

Message received...

;-)

[flvegan]

2. I sense this will have 40 "responses" in an hour

yet very few actual responses.

And no, I have no idea how to do it, so it wasn't me.

[DS1]

3. no, not that

the 'just post a period' thing


it irks me, everything all solemn and shit.

[flvegan]

5. Ahah.

I thought you meant that ghost-kicking thing. Silent kicking...makes sense to me now.

[SallyMander]

31. Yeah... how the hell do people do that???

It is one of the great mysteries of the world...

[Dr. Strange]

7. You mean like a moment of silence thread?

Or someone who just posts a period to kick a thread to the top?

[DS1]

9. yes, those

not the other technique

[leeroysphitz]

43. .

[DS1]

4. .

:7

[flvegan]

6. .

[AwakeAtLast]

10. Whew, glad I read all the responses

I thought you meant this: :kick:

I do that all the time!

:kick:

:D

[Orrex]

11. It was in May of that same year that we came upon his tracks in the woods

From the depth of each print and the state of nearby foliage, we guessed that he'd been traveling at a fast walk. I'd expected him to be running, but Greg shook his head.

"He'd been foraging," he said. "Probably had a full load on his back by then. This trail's worthless."

I sighted the moon near the horizon. The pink glow opposite gave us maybe a quarter of an hour until twilight, and neither of us had a gun. Better to be home before the predators came out.

"Don't worry," Greg said. "Road's maybe five minutes that way. We'll be fine."

He turned to go but then stooped to examine a rock about the size of his thigh. He turned it over and inspected the soil underneath.

"He wasn't foraging," he said. "He was leaving a trail. Probably had a dozen of these, carried from the river."

"The river's four miles."

Greg nodded. "He's strong, I'll give him that."

I heard something in the near distance. It might have been a deer.

[JTG of the PRB]

12. This thread is messing with my brain.

On the Lounge page it says this thread has 22 responses... but INSIDE the thread, there are only 11ish! I think my head's gonna explode!

[arcadian]

13. Weird. It says 22 replies.

Yet there are only 10 actual posts. 11 with this one. :D

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

14. .

what's that?

[JTG of the PRB]

15. This thread is defying logic! It says there are 33 posts, but there are only 15!

And the post count has been INCREASING with no posts being made! :argh:

[Orrex]

16. And it says there are 304 views, but I've only read it once!

Amazing!

[JTG of the PRB]

17. Only says 235 views on my screen.

Maybe your screen is from the not-too-distant future? :shrug:

[Midlodemocrat]

18. Doesn't bother me. If someone feels strongly enough to

ask for it, meh, I'm okay with it.

Now, ghost kicking. That shit sucks. Mainly because I don't know how to do it.

[flvegan]

20. .

[Midlodemocrat]

21. OMG!! You like me!!! You really, really like me!!!!!

freak.

[flvegan]

22. .

[Midlodemocrat]

24. Goodness. I'm all a'twitter.

:rofl:

[flvegan]

26. Wow. Just, wow.

[Midlodemocrat]

27. Can you photoshop something for me? And find the source photo?

K? Thanks!

[DS1]

28. A completely reasonable request

I'll find you a cat wearing a flaming top hat riding a dolphin through a suspended hoop

[flvegan]

29. A little TM Golden Penis Antlers? No problemo.

[flvegan]

19. Hey, DS1, post #2...told ya so.

:rofl:

[DS1]

23. .

:think:

[Starry Messenger]

25. .

[Lucian]

30. .

[ghostsofgiants]

36. Sikent kicking? Ghost kicking? What the fuck are you people talking about?

[boilerbabe]

44. Yeah, I was wondering, too! n/t

[SOteric]

51. Silent kicking is just posting a " . " and no text. Ghost kicking is

posting an empty set of brackets in the subject and nothing else so that the thread is kicked and reflects another post, but nothing appears in the thread.

[billyoc]

37. .

[KG]

38. you should have prefaced your OP w/ 'Check in if...'

which is an even cheesier messageboard gimmick.

[billyoc]

39. I must master this dark art!

:rofl:

[BurtWorm]

40. How do you silent recommend?

:think:

[Deja Q]

42. As loudly as possible

:D

[CreekDog]

41. Is this done by alerting on the OP?

:shrug:

[amitten]

45. We're gonna ghost-kick this puppy 'til the end of time. n/t

[DS1]

48. That's not what I was even talking about, but trust DU

to fuck things up completely

[amitten]

50. Yay, us!!!1!1 n/t

[Garbo 2004]

46. did I break it? oog

[Drunken Irishman]

47. I agree. I also hate "If you agree...recommend!"

I don't recommend any post telling me to, even if I agree.

Reply to this if you agree.

;)

[orleans]

49. all i have is ^ not a greater or lesser n/t