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Old 01-24-2012, 02:16 PM  
Socks
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Originally Posted by Jim_Gunn View Post
I don't really personally care about the subject the o.p. is talking about myself. But it always amazes me how so many people take a certain perverse pride in posting that they are *not* reading something longer than a paragraph or two. Reminds of of that Chris Rock comedy routine where he explains that "N*ggers love to NOT know." I suspect that it is not only because the people saying they will *not* read soemthing are not intensely interested in the subject but probably because they are also slow readers with poor reading comprehension skills.
It's just one of the many short responses people use to get their sig posted, inflate their post counts, etc. I could make a new post about Zombie Zebras right now and the first 15 responses will be one liners - the same 15 people who make the first 15 responses in every thread, most likely. Just so happens that this was a long post, so it's easy to reach into the rarely used one liners of "too long, boring" etc and breathe a little fresh air and excitement into their daily one line response ritual.
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