-Removed-i never said thumbing down is cowardly, normally when someone start twisting words it is a sign they have nothing to give in an discussion.but i will give you the benefit of doubt as you do reply.
Do you not think there is readers who just automatically thumb down or up a certain players post regardless of merit or humour,
take one of robbie carrobies posts, it had six thumbs down but only two players posted in response, now what does that tell us?
Four gave him a thumbs down without bothering to post why they did not like it, or is it more likely they just thumbed down when they saw his name.
the same goes to grampy Bobby constant thumbs down for posting some poetry.
i would never call anonymous thumbs downers cowards more likely to be part of a "pack" going for the same player
Originally posted by GHOST HUNTERIt's you who seems to think that significant meaning is attached to them. You yourself suggested that the the type who thumb down Grampy Bobby are people who "bury their heads in the sand" and that they are on the other side of a "line" from where the people who "stick up for what is right" are. Do you think that thumbs up or down for Grampy Bobby actually mean these things, and if not, why did you post what you posted?
i never use the thumbs option
Do you think they actually mean something?
Originally posted by GHOST HUNTERI think your focus on whether or not Grampy Bobby gets thumbs up or thumbs down is probably very much in line with his personal agenda and ulterior motive for starting this thread.
i never said thumbing down is cowardly, normally when someone start twisting words it is a sign they have nothing to give in an discussion.but i will give you the benefit of doubt as you do reply.
Do you not think there is readers who just automatically thumb down or up a certain players post regardless of merit or humour,
take one of robbie carrobie ...[text shortened]... ll anonymous thumbs downers cowards more likely to be part of a "pack" going for the same player
Originally posted by robbie carrobieWhat makes you say this? I never thumb anyone down and I never comment on the fact that posts in any given discussion have or have not been thumbed down. Surely it is the likes of Grampy Bobby (for whom thumbs down are cowardly and may potentially cost Russ money) and GHOST HUNTER (thumbs down are given by people with their heads buried in the sand and who do not stand up for what's right) who are attaching meaning here? Can you cite just one example in my 40,000+ posts where I've ever made a comment about thumbs up and down where I suggest that they are anything to do with my "sense of self"?
I am afraid he actually does think they have meaning. Perhaps they hold meaning for him? like some kind of beacon lighting the way through the passage of uncertainty, reaffirming his sense of self in this online community.
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Originally posted by Grampy BobbyRed Hot Pawn Public Forums: "The forums are the core of the 'Red Hot Pawn' community. Feel free to just read, but please consider posting a comment.Most posts will develop into a conversation (called a 'thread' ), so be sure to check back and follow up on any of your earlier posts".
"The original meanings of "thumbs up" and "thumbs down"
"Juvenal refers to the Roman custom of spectators’ voting on the fate of wounded gladiators with their thumbs. You may think a gladiator would appreciate the crowd’s “thumbs up” (verso pollice), but exactly the opposite is true. Where we give thumbs up as a sign of approval, it meant ...[text shortened]... acrone and Fabulous Fallacies by Tad Tuleja] (italics mine) http://wordinfo.info/unit/3735/ip:1/il:K
Quite an interesting contrast with the Customs of Ancient Rome: ."The Arena Shows were often sponsored by various Roman governments and private businesses to keep the Roman mobs entertained". http://wordinfo.info/unit/3735/ip:1/il:K
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyWe don't want you killed, Bobby. That's why the thumbs for you are down.
"The judge usually based his decision on the desires expressed by the mobs in the stadium; whether they would cheer, applaud, and give the thumbs down if they liked the man, who was then carried away to be treated for his wounds. If, on the other hand, they gave him the silent thumbs-up treatment, his opponent was given the signal to execute the mortal blow. The corpse was then dragged off like a dead animal."
Originally posted by HandyAndy"Our reverse interpretation of this custom apparently was the result of the work of the French artist Léon Gérôme who apparently understood the Latin verso ("turned" ) to mean "turned down", and therefore in his painting Pollice Verso (1873), he presents the death sentence with the thumbs-down gesture. The painting became so popular that Gérôme’s mistake became the accepted interpretation and it is unlikely that it will ever be changed back to the meaning that it had with the Romans." http://wordinfo.info/unit/3735/ip:1/il:K
We don't want you killed, Bobby. That's why the thumbs for you are down.
In 1807 or 1808, the Maori tribe NgΔti WhΔtua won a battle against their
Ngapuhi enemies on a beach at Moremonui in the far north of New Zealand.
One of the victorious chiefs, Taoho, drew a line in the sand with his spear
and ordered that no Ngapuhi were to be slain beyond that point. This battle,
the first of the Musket Wars, was called Te Kai a te Karoro
(the Feast of the Seagulls) because seagulls joined the victors in eating the slain.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_in_the_sand_(phrase)
When the seagulls follow the trawler, it is because
they think sardines will be thrown into the sea.
Eric Cantona