In which we discuss Sigs

[El_Machinae]

Feel free to not stick to the sigs I mention! Feel free to discuss the topics in the sig.

What's with all the "I'm staunchly <religion>, be careful!" signatures? What value do people see in putting that in their sig?

 

[tomsnowman123]

Well, I just put my opinion in my sig, it saves me the typing time of putting it in my posts.

 

[skadistic]

I think the religios "I'm a catholic beware" sig things are silly. Some sigs are cool with neat links. I like reading the quotes in many. The worst are latin quotes of some obscure medevil pope.

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

I think the "Roman Catholic" ones are just a way for the relatively few Catholic posters here to have a sense of solidarity and fellowship. I think it's actually kind of interesting, but I expect it is aimed more at fellow Catholics than at other posters. The only sig I know which quotes medieval popes is Inqvisitor's, and I will just say that it is not his sig that is the issue. Mine mentions that I consider my religion interesting (the idea came from Lockesdonkey back in the days that I posted outside OT) and also quotes Jack Chick, the craziest fundamental Christian I have ever encountered.

 

[blackheart]

What's the first line of your sig supposed to mean, Eran?

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

What's the first line of your sig supposed to mean, Eran?

It's from a tract by the aforementioned Chick, which explains the spiritual dangers of Dungeons and Dragons. You see, this young woman (Debbie) had gotten involved in D&D, which naturally led to her recruitment by a coven of witches, who taught her all sorts of black magic, even going so far as to address her by the name of her character, Elfstar. But when our intrepid Christian hero told her about Jesus, she freaked and wanted out, telling him that she wanted to go back to being Debbie.

Jack Chick is so ridiculous that I felt I had to honor (or dishonor) him in some way in my sig.

 

[Erik Mesoy]

Average person in OT: "Bush is a war criminal, he killed just for OIL! He set up 9/11 as a means to justify invasion! Bush is a moron! Bush is a mastermind who can set up conspiracies! Michael Moore tells the whole truth and nothing but the truth! FOX News is run by the US government and is a means to spread NeoCon agenda, while CNN is very unbiased! USA is a fascist state, they are agressors against benevolent countries like Iraq and Iran! Dick Cheney shot a man on purpose! Posting biased articles and adding an edgy little phrase like 'I wonder how neocons are going to counter THIS!' is a very effective means of argument! I believe in free speech, so long you're a liberal. Conservatives want to secure the borders cause they are RACIST!"

I can only conclude that garric is so far-right that one could arguably call him fascist when he has this hateful a view of the "average" poster.

Moderator Action: Warned for flaming. Eyrei.
Please read the forum rules: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=422889

 

[blackheart]

BTW, damn you skadistic, your link in your sig bit me!

 

[GenMarshall]

I think the religios "I'm a catholic beware" sig things are silly. Some sigs are cool with neat links. I like reading the quotes in many. The worst are latin quotes of some obscure medevil pope.

I dont believe that the "I'm a Catholic beware" are silly. I have seen other Catholics with that signature and it gives me a sense of unity and as Eran of Arcadia stated, a sense of solidarity and fellowship because there are a few Catholic posters in this thread are in the minority.

I admit that I do feel left out and lonely being in a minority in the forums that has an atheist/agnostic majority. I felt out of place after I rediscovered God and decided to return back into the Catholic Church.

 

[El_Machinae]

Eran - I never got the Chick reference. I didn't know what it meant, because I assumed you didn't have gender-displacement issues.

Erik: in 25 words, can you explain how nihlism is contradictory?

edit:
CivGeneral's

"Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned." - Buddha

Reminds me of the scene in Romeo Must Die where he kicked a bucket of coals at his opponent.

 

[Mr. Dictator]

i just like the sites in my sig

 

[.Shane.]

Jack Chick is so ridiculous that I felt I had to honor (or dishonor) him in some way in my sig.

Jack Chick is awesome. That's probably my favorite tract of his!

My general opinion on sigs... I'll quote myself:

They're like bumperstickers. No one but you cares that your kid is an honor student or that you're an atheist or a catholic crusader or that you're a whatever. Honestly, I think its an exercise in narcissim. In the US people have been socialized to think that everyone is important and special and that each of our individual feelings are so special and precious.

Guess what, there are 6 billion people on earth. Your sh*t ain't that hot.

So, why do I have one myself? Same reason my titles are always obscure... to amuse myself.

TBH, I think the forums would be improved if sigs were not on EVERY post by default.

 

[Till]

I use it as advertizing space for threads i find interesting. It's also a handy way of finding those threads for me. I just post and look at my sig... ahem...

 

[skadistic]

BTW, damn you skadistic, your link in your sig bit me!

Yes yes it did. And you can be bitten once a day so feel free to click it again tomorrow and the next day and the next day..................

 

[Erik Mesoy]

Erik: in 25 words, can you explain how nihlism is contradictory?

Nihilism states that nothing is true. Liar's paradox!

Well, it doesn't strictly state that, but rather claims the negation of all truth and knowledge as I understand it.

Edit: And when combined with quantum fluctuations, it really makes discussions valueless. "The sun might disappear tomorrow!" (Never mind that the chance is 10^-(10^20)).

 

[EolTheDarkElf]

The sigs that read "poster is <religion here>" don't bother me at all, but the part "respond at your own risk" seems a bit deffensive to me.

I first noticed it "on" CivGeneral and I thought "he must be getting flamed a lot for being Roman Catholic". That didn't have to be true, but that's what I thought seeing this.

 

[tomsnowman123]

Personally, I thought that my sig might scare people.

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

Personally, I thought that my sig might scare people.

I've seen sigs that were almost as long, but not from someone so new to CFC (welcome, by the way). The actual beliefs you espouse seem to me personally to be a bit odd, but who am I to judge? And not to be completely pedantic, but it's "Gandhi".

 

[tomsnowman123]

I've seen sigs that were almost as long, but not from someone so new to CFC (welcome, by the way). The actual beliefs you espouse seem to me personally to be a bit odd, but who am I to judge? And not to be completely pedantic, but it's "Gandhi".

Thank you for respecting my beliefs... and catching the typo, I don't know how I missed that.

 

[.Shane.]

Personally, I thought that my sig might scare people.

I fell asleep after the 8th page.