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iamnotaparakeet
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04 May 2010, 7:58 am

I think that most people are a hybrid between bananas and parakeets. Are you a bananakeet?



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04 May 2010, 8:09 am

I would tend to agree, Mr. Keet.


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04 May 2010, 9:02 am

I've noticed this a few times. Not in any specific forum, but it's not hard to see, usually when the title is a joke and the joke is revealed in the post.



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04 May 2010, 12:17 pm

I couldn't be bothered to read the OP, however, yes, people often will only read the title. I've noticed this on a number of my threads given that I am more likely to have titles that are somewhat bizarre.



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04 May 2010, 12:19 pm

I looked at the title, and immediately thought "yes," before even looking at the OP.

EDIT: I did read the OP, and I always do read OPs, but I cannot help but to start making up my mind about something from my first impression of it (something I imagine is common nature), and in the case of threads on a forum, this first impression would be made by the title.



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04 May 2010, 4:27 pm

iamnotaparakeet wrote:
I think that people tend to read the title of a thread more than the opening post, probably due to inherent laziness... even when replying. What do you think?


Maybe there is some way we could test this.

Eg, perhaps you could start a thread entitled "what is your favourite polyhedron?" and then in the OP write "anyone else who posts in this thread is an idiot".



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04 May 2010, 6:11 pm

Depends on the topic, if i'm feeling lazy i will read the topic, the OP's post, and then post my own with little to no regard for the last person. <.< (Hey, at least it puts a post back on track...damn derailers! XD)



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05 May 2010, 11:40 am

I expected this OP to quickly veer from the topic of the title, so that I could have posted "Yes" to humorously ignore the irony.
Disappointment. :(


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05 May 2010, 11:44 am

skysaw wrote:
iamnotaparakeet wrote:
I think that people tend to read the title of a thread more than the opening post, probably due to inherent laziness... even when replying. What do you think?


Maybe there is some way we could test this.

Eg, perhaps you could start a thread entitled "what is your favourite polyhedron?" and then in the OP write "anyone else who posts in this thread is an idiot".

I like the dodekahedron. Thanks. :)


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05 May 2010, 1:13 pm

PLA wrote:
I expected this OP to quickly veer from the topic of the title, so that I could have posted "Yes" to humorously ignore the irony.
Disappointment. :(

Actually, I had the same hope. The OP and the title were way too similar, as I couldn't even think of a way to appear as if I was doing that.



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05 May 2010, 1:19 pm

Awesomelyglorious wrote:
PLA wrote:
I expected this OP to quickly veer from the topic of the title, so that I could have posted "Yes" to humorously ignore the irony.
Disappointment. :(

Actually, I had the same hope. The OP and the title were way too similar, as I couldn't even think of a way to appear as if I was doing that.


Okay, okay, but I was hoping to do that after the second page began since on the first page the opening post is at the top.



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05 May 2010, 1:50 pm

iamnotaparakeet wrote:
Okay, okay, but I was hoping to do that after the second page began since on the first page the opening post is at the top.

Don't worry, the second page will get here.

Not only that, but it would still be interesting to see if this happened even if the opening post was at the top.



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05 May 2010, 1:56 pm

Awesomelyglorious wrote:
iamnotaparakeet wrote:
Okay, okay, but I was hoping to do that after the second page began since on the first page the opening post is at the top.

Don't worry, the second page will get here.

Not only that, but it would still be interesting to see if this happened even if the opening post was at the top.


Yeah, that would actually be failblog quality there as there would be no excuse.