Y&R Josh Griffith fired!

[Sylph]

Wow, wow, wow... How much the rhetoric of some people changed... Wow, wow, wow...

And P. S. Y&RWorld - you were forcing Nelson's cr*ppy column on us! :P

I still believe Josh is out.

[brimike]

Of COURSE Josh is out. They just don't want to announce it until they have a replacement, for fear of seeming "unprofessional".

I just wish they realized we're all clued in to their "unprofessionalisn" eons ago. No need to try and hide it at this point. :lol:

[Y&RWorldTurner]

Well, if they're taking their time to find his replacement, it better be damn good.

I'd hate for them to take forever, and then hire John Valente or someone else as bad.

[brimike]

Careful, A...

You never know. You might WISH for someone like Valente.

(ANd no, I don't know anything. Just pointing out it can always be worse. )

[Sylph]

Don't shout. I've (notice I, not others) had it with your capitals and mean posts.

[brimike]

If I've come across as mean recently, I want to apologize to the entire SON network. I know sometimes things in prints don't come across the way we originally intended it. So I really want to apologize to everyone reading if I've overstepped my bounds recently. That's not cool and I'm truly regretful if I've rubbed anyone the wrong way.

[KLN]

I personally haven't ever taken offense to anything you've posted. I want you to be my baby daddy, LoL.

On the internet, using CAPITAL letters is considered "shouting." That's why I use italics alot when I want to stress a word rather than using caps lock.

[Y&RWorldTurner]

Oh, Sylph, the epitome of sweetness in SON posting.

[brimike]

Thanks, Kenny. I knew about the capital letters/shouting thing, but unfortunately, I grew up in the years pre-Internet, so sometimes I just type all caps to emphasize without realizing the rules have changed. I'll try and keep and eye out for that in the future.

[Toups]

I haven't noticed anything.

I didn't take your "OF COURSE" as being mean either.

I sometimes use CAPS as emphasis and I don't consider it shouting.

ie: "What the HELL was that?" to "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?" <---- obviously that one is shouting.

LMAO!

[Y&RWorldTurner]

OK, now our dear friends over at Daytime Confidential are reporting this.

http://daytimeconfidential.com/2008/08/did...-fire-me-i-quit

[dm.]

Hmmmm... interesting news....... whatever happens next, I'll be happy just as long as he's really out. And hopefully a replacement will be reported soon.

[cdawg]

Ugh, seriously, all this makes me think of is the Tao quote "Those who know, do not speak. Those who speak, do not know." There's become such a rush to be the "one site" that breaks news, its all become a big game of telephone with "inside sources" that usually don't know the whole story, or even a quarter of it.

[Y&RWorldTurner]

Yeah, all we can do is hope for a positive replacement.

I mean, I guess whoever replaces him could be just as bad, but I'm still glad he's gone.

[MarkH]

Brimike, to me you come across as positively sweet. Sometimes you do a teasing thing...but I think teasing is good when it is not mean spirited. I think Sylph is a daily joy for me here, who delights in being contrarian and strongly opinioned. I like that you spar with him, but I never personally read it as mean.

I want to fess up to frequently using ALL CAPS myself. Some of that comes from usenet, where the 'emphasis' options are limited. Some of it comes from laziness: I can just hit the caps lock, as opposed to highlighting and then doing something (ctrl-I, or the i button, or hard coding the i). I'd like to hope that we are a tolerant enough bunch here to tolerate a range of post-emphasis styles?