I've noticed quite a few people on the "other" gun forums have all their guns, trucks, motorcycles etc (usually followed by some anti BO or liberal crap) listed in thier sig line. I think It's kinda weird an lame but can't quite put my finger on why I feel that way. Your possessions are what define you?

Interestingly enough nobody here does it.

Any thoughts?

The allowed character count for sigs on this board is too low. If I listed all my possessions on every post it would fill up the database in no time flat.

(Yes, I know, the sig doesn't get saved in the db with every message. Shut up you nerds!)

Testing. (I can't even remember what my sig is, its either the definition of warrior/soldier/knight, or the one by shakespear. Lets look)

Edit: oh close, it was the snide reaganism one.

I like the ones that list all the mods they've done. The list can appear trivial on the Prius Chat: 1.5" tweeters, LED dome lights (sweet!)

I hate kv his is just way too big. I can see if you are on a vehicle specific forum you would list guns can be a bit too many.

I've seen it both ways on the "other" boards: They either list all their "toys" to show how much better than you they are for having more things than you do, or they are ardent about not posting ANYTHING else the "gubment" tracks their gun ownership and sends Obama's Secret Police to take their guns away because of something posted on a gun forum the rest of the planet couldn't give two shits about.

Most signature lines on gun forums will fit 4 categories (thankfully, ours here is quite a bit more diverse):

-Bible Quotes that the Original Poster NEVER adheres to (unless it involves subjugating women, Muslims or gays)
-Endless lists of their Military achievements, and how you should worship the ground they walk on because by being a bomb loader for a few years out of highschool makes them morally better than you will ever be
-Endless lists of the stuff they own to show how much more successful they are than you
-Constant reminders of 9/11 and the Muslim Threat.

Pretty much covers it all

neotrotsky wrote:I've seen it both ways on the "other" boards: They either list all their "toys" to show how much better than you they are for having more things than you do, or they are ardent about not posting ANYTHING else the "gubment" tracks their gun ownership and sends Obama's Secret Police to take their guns away because of something posted on a gun forum the rest of the planet couldn't give two shits about.

Most signature lines on gun forums will fit 4 categories (thankfully, ours here is quite a bit more diverse):

-Bible Quotes that the Original Poster NEVER adheres to (unless it involves subjugating women, Muslims or gays)
-Endless lists of their Military achievements, and how you should worship the ground they walk on because by being a bomb loader for a few years out of highschool makes them morally better than you will ever be
-Endless lists of the stuff they own to show how much more successful they are than you
-Constant reminders of 9/11 and the Muslim Threat.

Pretty much covers it all

Yep

I guess if I was posting on a Sailing forum (Which I don't - you think gun folks are opinionated?!) listing my boat type could be informative and possibly put my replies into context for others.

I like KV but yeah, huge signatures are kinda annoying.

Lastly, I am fucking morally superior to you, Neotrotsky.

That gives me an idea.... mount this on a gun.



maybe up the voltage

I only recently decided having a signature at all was relevant. I come here to read what you guys write, not read the same p-phrase over and over again

Duh,
Until the last post, I thought you guys were talking about Sig Sauers and couldn't understand the posts. I guess I'll have to create a "sig" like "clueless in WI".

One of the Head Assholes on the TX gun forum had this as his sig line

The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left. Ecclesiastes 10:2
I confronted him on using the Bible to make a statements regarding Dems & Rep. He became mighty enraged and denied using religion & politics, those are against the rules (HA!) This is about the time my relationship w/that forum started showing signs of wear and the moderators starting openly screwing me. But those f-wads are the catylyst that sent me and Yabuus on the search leading to this place.

masonalannz wrote:I guess if I was posting on a Sailing forum (Which I don't - you think gun folks are opinionated?!) listing my boat type could be informative and possibly put my replies into context for others.

I like KV but yeah, huge signatures are kinda annoying.

Lastly, I am fucking morally superior to you, Neotrotsky.

Well then aren't we mister fancy-pants Some of us are just too pretty for military service

(or in my case, too broken)

When it comes to forums that involve a particular device (like many motorcycle forums I've been on), listing the machine you ride makes perfect sense! But, I never understood why I got to know about a guy's multiple Harleys and the mods done on his lifted Silverado on an AR forum or the like.

Simmer down wrote:One of the Head Assholes on the TX gun forum had this as his sig line

The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left. Ecclesiastes 10:2
I confronted him on using the Bible to make a statements regarding Dems & Rep. He became mighty enraged and denied using religion & politics, those are against the rules (HA!) This is about the time my relationship w/that forum started showing signs of wear and the moderators starting openly screwing me. But those f-wads are the catylyst that sent me and Yabuus on the search leading to this place.

Funny thing is... didn't the whole "Right" and "Left" thing start off with what side each party sat on in the hall in Parliament (or the Senate)? Correct me if I'm wrong.

masonalannz wrote:I've noticed quite a few people on the "other" gun forums have all their guns, trucks, motorcycles etc (usually followed by some anti BO or liberal crap) listed in thier sig line. I think It's kinda weird an lame but can't quite put my finger on why I feel that way. Your possessions are what define you?

Interestingly enough nobody here does it.

Any thoughts?

Narcissism only looks good to the narcissist, everybody else sees it for what it is. I saw it all over the Sigforum and couldn't understand why anyone would want to advertise their lack of depth like that.

I believe I have only ever had a signature line on one forum. It was a line uttered by Stewie Griffith from the Family Guy. I will display it for a short time.

neotrotsky wrote:

Simmer down wrote:One of the Head Assholes on the TX gun forum had this as his sig line

The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left. Ecclesiastes 10:2
I confronted him on using the Bible to make a statements regarding Dems & Rep. He became mighty enraged and denied using religion & politics, those are against the rules (HA!) This is about the time my relationship w/that forum started showing signs of wear and the moderators starting openly screwing me. But those f-wads are the catylyst that sent me and Yabuus on the search leading to this place.

Funny thing is... didn't the whole "Right" and "Left" thing start off with what side each party sat on in the hall in Parliament (or the Senate)? Correct me if I'm wrong.

You are correect. A/c wikipedia for "Left-wing politics":

The terms Left and Right were coined during the French Revolution, referring to the seating arrangement in the Estates General; those who sat on the left generally supported the radical changes of the revolution, including the creation of a republic and secularization.

The Bible quote presumably suggests some other cultural implications of left/right, now lost to history. Probably bad/good, as survives in some modern cultures and languages (e.g., "sinister" related to a word for left; also consider the various positive meanings and connocations of the word "right").

Where's my tweed jacket? I think I missed my calling as an insufferable pedant of a college professor.

Mine is for my benefit. It often keeps me from writing the first thing that comes to mind. I was originally a sort of redneck dickhead and I'm trying to socialize myself.

Simmer down wrote:I'm trying to socialize myself.

It's overrated.

I just like fun quotes. I am not a man of means, so listing my possessions would be short and pointless. There are a few guys I used to work with who would keep every backstage pass they'd ever gotten on a single lanyard. It always looked silly, but it was good for confusing security.

Irregardless, this doesn't really seem to apply here though; and it's a whole nother thing. All of the sudden I feel silly.

masonalannz wrote:

Simmer down wrote:I'm trying to socialize myself.

It's overrated.

How would you know?

Paladin wrote:How would you know?

I tried it for a while. People kept trying to be my friend. It was creepy.

AmirMortal wrote: There are a few guys I used to work with who would keep every backstage pass they'd ever gotten on a single lanyard. It always looked silly, but it was good for confusing security.

We called them posers and 'jet boys', and most the time they were really useless unless ya could get them to go fetch things for ya, which would make them bigger posers because now they were on a mission. They were also fun to yell at when they got in the way. Which they usually did. I doubt things have changed all that much.

Aren't these the same guys that go skiing and leave their lift ticket on their coat?

AmirMortal wrote:I just like fun quotes. I am not a man of means, so listing my possessions would be short and pointless. There are a few guys I used to work with who would keep every backstage pass they'd ever gotten on a single lanyard. It always looked silly, but it was good for confusing security.

Irregardless, this doesn't really seem to apply here though; and it's a whole nother thing. All of the sudden I feel silly.

If you think listing your posessions is bad... I once worked for a huge jerk who kept a leather bound albumn in his briefcase with photos of his racing sailboat, horse ranch, luxury car, house, etc... On his travels for business, he would whip it out at bars to try and impress women. I think he actually met 2 of his wives gold digging whores that way.