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Avenue 5 is a new series on HBO. It's a space parody. No, it's a luxury cruise parody. No, it's a space parody, and a luxury cruise parody, and a dessert topping. *

If you have ever written LOL ** in a post - not in a meta way, as I just did *** - then chances are you will not like Avenue 5 .

I thought it was mildly amusing. There are so many fast one-liners that, like spaghetti thrown to a wall, some are bound to stick to your funny bone. I don't know if the laughs are sustainable over a full season, but at least give the first episode a try.

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* And a floor wax! See https://snltranscripts.jt.org/75/75ishimmer.phtml

** If you have ever written LOL, meaning Laugh Out Loud, online, then whatever you thought was funny, invariably, was not funny.

*** I've covered this before: I've never written LOL other than as meta. But I have written COL, Cluck Out Loud, for a chicken joke.

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Re: avenue 5

Post: # 2667Post fezzik »

>>If you have ever written LOL, meaning Laugh Out Loud, online, then whatever you thought was funny, invariably, was not funny.<<

Does this also apply to the use of emojis to indicate that you are "only kidding"? I often find that my attempts at humor are misunderstood and misinterpreted. But I am sure that you never have this problem. :laugh:
Also, how does one become meta? It sounds like something that I might like to be.

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Post: # 2668Post drib »

New meat!

:cheers:

I think smilies and emojis, although way over-used, are important. I remember one time, on the Regent forum of that other message board, maybe near General Thread, that I pissed off FDR with a comment that would probably have been okay if I had only used a smiley.

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Regarding "meta," it's confusing, circular, often misused (including by moi), and tends to give me a headache thinking about it. Maybe "Fezzik," or a Fezzik meme about a Fezzik meme - boy, I wish I had one of those - is already meta. I think maybe the Dread Pirate Roberts is already meta because he's a concept, wrapped in a riddle, inside an enigma.

My five year old grandson likes to text math problems, back-and-forth, with me. Once, I answered one of his problems for me, and then I asked him if I was right. He replied, "It's right if you think it's right." I think that may be the best answer here too; you're meta if you think you're meta.

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Regarding Avenue 5, I'm still watching it, and it's still amusing, but I'm not glued to it.

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I may have told this story before, but not to Fezzik the Meta, that I was the first person ever to write "I second that emoticon." It happened in in a hockey chat room, maybe mid-to-late 80s, maybe on Prodigy.

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Post: # 2669Post fezzik »

I must say that I tend to use emojis quite liberally on that other board, and do believe that had I not, I may well have been bounced long ago.

While I am not a whole lot closer to understanding what "meta" means than I was earlier, I feel quite proud to be referred as such. I like the sound of Fezzik the Meta!

BTW*, I was actually considering Pirate Roberts as a screen name before settling on Fezzik.

Your grandson is clearly wise beyond his years. I love his philosophy.

* FWIW, I was wondering how you feel about acronyms. IMHO, while they are clearly overused, they do tend to save me time as I am a hunt and peck typist. Also, less wear and tear on the finger pads. WDYT?

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Post: # 2670Post drib »

I'm going to interrupt this discussion by the Future Members of Mensa Club (FMMC) to announce that Fezzik the Meta is now tied for 19th place in the drib critic all-time total post race. These are the totals as I write:
1bodogbodog107117
2drib942
3alex - verified canadian74
4iamheisenberg36
5tmini-t (as of 9-15-2017)27
5trealDonaldTrump - verified27
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8SuziQ20
9ijkh16
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12vanna9
13FlyerTalker7
14louiskam5
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15tMay B4
17tquepaquete3
17tSulljo3
19tAlanR182
19tMarc2
19tfdr2
19tLittleFish19762
19tFezzik2
19txrvlcruiser2
19tadmin2
I don't know if everyone can see these statistics in the member list - it might just be visible to me as an administrator - but I'll be sure to keep everyone updated of any major shakeups in the standings going forward.

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acronyms

Post: # 2671Post drib »

Back on subject (of not Avenue 5) ...
Fezzik wrote: ... BTW*, I was actually considering Pirate Roberts as a screen name before settling on Fezzik. ...
Fezzik wrote:* FWIW, I was wondering how you feel about acronyms. IMHO, while they are clearly overused, they do tend to save me time as I am a hunt and peck typist. Also, less wear and tear on the finger pads. WDYT?
I'm pretty sure I told this story on that other message board, that I once mistook DH, in context, to be "Dead Husband."

TA=Travel Agent, Trans Atlantic, Trip Adviser ...

Generally, I will spell things out unless I use it more than once. But I always use a real keyboard, and I might feel differently if I was only using thumbs or a software keyboard.

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Post: # 2674Post fezzik »

Here's a fun fact:
At my present rate of posting, I shall match bodog on October 11, 2166. Provided, of course, that he ceases posting now.
P the M

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Post: # 2697Post drib »

March 2, 2020, I'm calling it. Avenue 5 * is dead to me.

I made it through five * weeks, and about five * minutes of Episode 6. If you're keeping score out there, the "overs" win.

I also note today that Fezzik is stuck on post 50,005 *, much like Alex Ovechkin was stuck on 698 goals for several weeks.

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All these fives!

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