Why do people write "this" after a quote

[Seagull on the wing]

Quick way to add to your post count.....is this!

 

[HoveHorace]

Piss.

 

[Stoo82]

Agreed.

 

[Stoo82]

Agreed.

This

 

[LowKarate]

resisting the temptation to say "not this"....................it's just a comment in affirmation; agreeing with the preceeding post. Nothing wrong with that.

this

 

[Robot Chicken]

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

This

This

 

[southwickseagull]

That

 

[dingodan]

If you are looking for a little variation in your life, or if you are board with plain old text, then "this" can be expressed using a little dude holding up a thumb to indicate approval.

 

[mune ni kamome]

No, no, no no, no.

You CANNOT add a comment and then say "this".

"This" is a stand alone statement - a shorthand version of "I agree". Conceptually and physically its simplicity can hardly be improved upon unless one were simply to say "yes" or "ok" but whilst those may have the advantage of brevity they add an opportunity for doubt. They lack the simple clarity of "this".

To add another comment however - any other comment - is to impinge on its stark beauty. The only permitted variant might be "this this and this....." or something similar (the exclamatory "this! or "THIS" perhaps) but nothing else. Succinct and to the point..............................




In all honesty I do appreciate that you are new to this forum but please do try to conform to standards learned through long experience


This

Many thanks for the advice Severnside Gull. I will endeavour to follow the rules more closely. BTW I never tire of seeing that photo of Kit Napier so look forward to your posts and hope our next signing from Newcastle takes place ASAP

 

[Tummy Burger]

I prefer JCL

 

[ferring seagull]

This is pathetic !

 

[severnside gull]

Many thanks for the advice Severnside Gull. I will endeavour to follow the rules more closely. BTW I never tire of seeing that photo of Kit Napier so look forward to your posts and hope our next signing from Newcastle takes place ASAP

Th................................... No I won't say it!

No matter how often I reflect I still think Kit was the player I most enjoyed watching in the stripes, even ahead of Ward and Zamora. To a young supporter he had something magical about him, the mixture of wiry strength and deceptive pace that meant he was equally at home mixing it in the centre or drifting out to the wing. And he could shoot from anywhere.

Mind you if we do get KLL to set alongside the Duracell Bunny I think that we may be in the midst of an era which none of us will ever want to forget. Happy times!

 

[dingodan]

KLL just signed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[severnside gull]

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Now that is quality and very clever.

JCL on the other hand is a phrase I really do dislike - an ugly pejorative abbreviation that lacks any sort of class.................... Ugh!

 

[fork me]

As a newbie I don't understand the point of posting a quote with the comment "this" after it. I presume it means you agree with the above comment but its desparately irritating to read, a waste of time and space and totally pointless.
Does it annoy others on NSC? Yes I know what's coming in any replies.

Fixtures!!!

 

[HovaGirl]

I do so agree.

 

[Sussex Nomad]

Very, very much this, with knobs on and cherry's on top ... this, this, this!!!

 

[bassking]

precisely,that.hurrah

 

[xenophon]

As a newbie I don't understand

I stopped reading at this point, "this" point