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The Doink
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WTF is with the use of the phrase "good find" lately? I swear I see it everywhere! As if the whole point of the internet is to forage about, looking for tid-bits of the same crap with a different name on it, so that we can present it to our e-friends on such-and-such.com's forums in hopes that we may get one or two people that praise us with the highest internet honor, a "good find".
![]() Perhaps it's just the fact that everything's already been done and seen a million times over on the internet already. The fact that 99% of the crap posted is "WTLW". Is that what makes people feel they need to spew-forth admiration to another for simply finding something that doesn't suck and isn't a re-post? But even so, if that's the case, why the phrase "good find"? I know I'm not out there browsing the 'net trying to "find good things". All I'm looking for is the specific information I need, like wheel offsets, or a cheap hard drive, or some simple 3 on 9 on 1 action. If I think someone else might be looking for the same thing, I'll post it up. I don't care if you think it's a "good find" or not, just fucking click the link, or don't. I think what bothers me is that saying "good find" is about as useful as throwing down a "LOLLLLers!!!!!!!1" in response to something funny. It adds *nothing* to the original post. Shit, if I post a joke, I *know* it's funny, that's why I posted it. You don't need to tell me you laughed, mostly 'cause I don't give a fuck if you laughed or not, and partially because it's a contentless post that ultimately wastes bandwidth. If you've got something to add that will entertain me back, then by all means, post it up, but just laughing along smacks of "me-too-ism". Similarly, letting me know something I found on the internet is "good", is just a pathetetic attempt to try to gain cool-points by association w/ whatever it was that I found that was good. Guess what Chuckels, I posted it *because* it was good in some way... I don't fucking need to be told how good the coffee in my fucking house is, I buy the good shit, because when Bonny goes shopping she buys crap. Finally, I think the real reason it bothers me so, is 'cause back in the dorms at college, I had a fat-ass retarded roommate from the armpit of California (Fresno). This mental giant could pigeon-hole all of the world into two catagories: stuff that was "good" and stuff that was "not good". (I know, I know, how did he keep his system straight!?!) Anyway, if something pleased him he said "good stuff", if it didn't "that's not good stuff". Thank you fucking Einstein for breaking it down and letting me know. After 6 months of hearing the phrase "good stuff" tossed around on an hourly basis, I couldn't fucking take it, an started living my life 180 degrees out of phase w/ the mutherfucker. I slept while he was at class, and went out while he was home trying to bang ugly virgin chicks in our dorm room... (there was one girl, everyone on the floor caller her simple "the beast"... and she never gave it up to my roommate either... beast-owned!). Anyway, the whole "good find" thing is just too close to the "good stuff" retardation of old. So in closing, if you're going to post the two words "good find" in response to someone else's post, at the very least, let us know *why* it's good for god's sake. Add some content to the board, expand the knowledge of others, enhance the goodness of the indicated "find". If you don't, well just post these two words instead: "ban me". And trust me, I'm gonna come up with something nice and devious for the chuckle-head that posts "good find" in this thread. This has been a sperry-rant(tm) -- All rights reserved
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El Matador
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Damn, you must be going crazy at your parent's house to go after this one.
Hmm, well I use "Good find" on occasion, and I don't think of it in the same way you do. I consider it important to thank someone for finding useful information and actually taking the time to post it. Sometimes, if a useful link or bit of info is posted, and no one replies, then the poster may feel like it went unoticed. I suppose other phrases could be used, but good find is a common internet phrase that gets the point across.
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Scott, the "3 on 9 on 1 action" just plain scares me. There's nothing wrong with porn, but damn dude. . .
I do have to say that I'm guilty of jumping in and adding my two cents, but I generally try to add something more poiniant than "good find." I too, find that annoying! And yes, as Matt pointed out, you must be going F'ing stir crazy, up at 1:57 am, on a rant about "good stuff". . .
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Isn't 2 AM a little late to get all worked up Scott? I kind of agree with Matt, it's nice to know that other people have found your info useful.
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Excellent discovery!
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![]() Scott, is "Excellent discovery!" okay to use?
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He must be sleeping in since he was up so late getting mad about it.
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You know, after 4 LONG ass days with my Relatives, I can feel his pain......I am a man on a short fuse right now....I can't wait for a them to go HOME!!!!!
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I agree with Scott to an extent. "Good Find" is about as useful as a post with nothing but smilies in it. But unless it is a serious thread, I think they are marginally acceptable. I agree I'd like a liitle more dialog, but whatever... I'm sure I have been guilty of it at some point, so I try to be tollerant.
Oh, and as an example, here is Scott's most recent "Good Find" from the GRM tire comparison thread. Quote:
I'm waiting for Austin to chime in after his LOL rant...
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El Matador
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So, I responded "Good Find" originally in that thread, because I was reading it and using it for fuel in my "street tire" thread.
So, is sperry's "Cool Dean, I hadn't seen that... time to get my read on." comment really much differnet that my "Good find" comment...they basically achieve the same thing. It's a good thing I have nothing better to do than discuss this, man this is sad.
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Señor Cheap Bastarde
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And as Scott mentioned, "find" implies something about the actions of the original poster. I didn't "find" that article, I knew it was there, and passed it on as well as made it easy for me to find in the future to refer to kind of like you did with a thread llast week. Again, i don't mind "Good Finds", but if you are going to spend the time responding, why not comment with some sort of additional information, even if it is that you are going to have to go check it out, whatever it is.
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OKay, I will try to do better.
Haha, the similar threads at the bottom are funny...
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Hah, I've come close to a rant about this, but then I find that it was just a collection of curses that didn't make any sense.
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I hate the internet
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Dude, sometimes too much eggnog is bad.
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I've said 'good find' for years, my intent is to thank the contributor, and it's my business what I might do with the information. So I'm not going to stop because of a sperry rant. Maybe I haven't noticed it's being over-used elsewhere; and if it's getting to you, Scott, sorry for you. (Maybe some therapy to get that fat-assed retarded roommate's phrasebook out of your memory banks would be a good gift for you next year.)
Along the lines of lol and smiley faces--well, sometimes the redeeming value I get from those, is that I can see who shares a similar sense of humor. And I guess in my case, when I 'lol' at something, what I might be trying to say is, Thank you for giving me something funny to laugh about today, because I haven't laughed out loud for awhile and I really needed that. btw: who is Bonny (and why does she buy crap)? ![]() |
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This rant was a good find.
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