Flem274*
123/5
It was funny the first few months, but it's killing the forum as hard as the endless comparison threads but far more under the radar. Any time someone puts some effort into a post or response, especially if the ideas are unorthodox or earnest, they're drowned in a chorus of our version of snarky teehee iM s0 cLeVeR internet culture.
Teja made a pretty interesting post today and he's copped two oks in response. I don't mean to call those guys out specifically because they're not alone or even the biggest users of it, but it was a good example to use here and spurred me to say this instead of just thinking it for ages. Teja made probably my favourite OT post ever during lockdown and today that would get a chorus of "ok" which is lame.
Likewise in CC, it does more harm than good. My favourite ever post was by either Uppercut or PEWS about Sehwag in like 2009 or something and that was a pretty big challenge to the conventional wisdom of this website at the time and caused a lot of sooking. It didn't quite stick like PEWS longevity stuff where I think Walsh was the example but the Sehwag post was a great post and today he'd just get meme'd.
"ok" is not for beating up on people making a long post or expressing something left field or genuine, it was first used for people who were getting a bit punishing in a thread or posting like dicks. Atm it's basically just a tool to beat "too cool to try or express what i think" conformism into people. It was a contributor to me taking a month or two out of the forum tbh, though mainly I was just busy.
It actually is starting to annoy me a bit when someone makes a genuine effort and just gets meme'd. You're not cool and you're not funny, otherwise you wouldn't post on here. Try contributing something yourself for a change.
I include myself in contributing to this meme because I have definitely done it probably. Cbf to check. Athlai had it coming.
Right, you may now proceed with the inevitable. Get it out of your system and I'll see you in 3 pages.
Teja made a pretty interesting post today and he's copped two oks in response. I don't mean to call those guys out specifically because they're not alone or even the biggest users of it, but it was a good example to use here and spurred me to say this instead of just thinking it for ages. Teja made probably my favourite OT post ever during lockdown and today that would get a chorus of "ok" which is lame.
Likewise in CC, it does more harm than good. My favourite ever post was by either Uppercut or PEWS about Sehwag in like 2009 or something and that was a pretty big challenge to the conventional wisdom of this website at the time and caused a lot of sooking. It didn't quite stick like PEWS longevity stuff where I think Walsh was the example but the Sehwag post was a great post and today he'd just get meme'd.
"ok" is not for beating up on people making a long post or expressing something left field or genuine, it was first used for people who were getting a bit punishing in a thread or posting like dicks. Atm it's basically just a tool to beat "too cool to try or express what i think" conformism into people. It was a contributor to me taking a month or two out of the forum tbh, though mainly I was just busy.
It actually is starting to annoy me a bit when someone makes a genuine effort and just gets meme'd. You're not cool and you're not funny, otherwise you wouldn't post on here. Try contributing something yourself for a change.
I include myself in contributing to this meme because I have definitely done it probably. Cbf to check. Athlai had it coming.
Right, you may now proceed with the inevitable. Get it out of your system and I'll see you in 3 pages.
