I'll admit, there is something exhilarating about entering a fresh new thread and seeing zero replies and a big fat softball of a joke just waiting to be knocked out of the park.
No feeling can compare to being "in the zone" and charging at that huge zero-reply hole like Barry Sanders, knowing that if you can just type your one-liner fast enough and hit the "submit" button before your competitors who are trying to do the same thing, you just might live on in infamy as the person who derailed a thread so effectively that it becomes a Bungie.net legend!
This is especially so considering how often this magnificent feat is attempted. Indeed, some users devote a substantial portion of their entire Bungie.net existence to attempting to be the humorous one-liner first reply of a legendary thread. And skilled though some of these users may be, sometimes they simply fail to be in the right place at the right time, like a female gymnast who peaks in a non-Olympic year.
No, legendary first replies require the same elusive combination of talent, luck, and experience as a Pulitzer-prize winning photograph. They cannot be engineered. They cannot be manufactured. But when your moment comes, you must be ready for it.
Will you be?
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I have yet to find that moment present itself to me. But I'm sure my time will come. And simply by posting this, I'm probably defeating the purpose of this thread.
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I always do. I didn't think Ninjas were allowed to make threads? PS: I hated reading your OP. It made me cringe. I despise forced writing. [Edited on 08.22.2012 6:45 PM PDT]
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I'm not funny, so no.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] dmg04 No.[/quote] lmao Good one!
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I'm rarely clever enough
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Firs.... oh crap.
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I never attempted to be funny at any given point... but maybe one day.
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Dragons?
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] x Foman123 x charging at that huge zero-reply hole[/quote] I couldn't stop giggling at this. Reminds me of some mothers I know.
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Sometimes I do this in private groups, but on the mains I find it more entertaining to simply lurk and see what others come up with. However, you may have inspired me to seize that golden opportunity if it ever arises in the future.
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[url=http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/qq352/dmg04/Screenshot2012-08-22at65436PM.png]Where's my Pulitzer, Foman?[/url]
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I don't,I sometimes add my sense of humor here and there but I would not want to be the first in case the "joke" or comment is misunderstood or not comprehensible at all and then it just gets awkward...
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This thread would have been great with a witty first reply. You killed it dmg.
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I think I'm gonna have to lock this thread.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] dmg04 I think I'm gonna have to lock this thread.[/quote]Shadow mod powers are at an all time low, I see.
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I see I still have time to make the first humorous comment....... BAZINGA! ; )
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Sometimes
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Yeah, I totally choke in those situations. I suck. *cries softly in corner*
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I feel like we have broke the 4th wall
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] spartain ken 15 I feel like we have broke the 4th wall[/quote]Are you implying this is all a stage?
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[url=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/HumerusFront.png/250px-HumerusFront.png]Do I win?[/url]
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2/10 wnb
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Well, it sure isn't as bad as being the 24th post in a thread.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] spawn031 Well, it sure isn't as bad as being the 24th post in a thread.[/quote]Don't worry, you aren't very hard to miss spawn.
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Nah, but it happens.