Comments on: empty sentiment carelessly flung http://urbanhonking.com/cowboyz/2006/10/05/empty_sentiment_carelessly_flu/ Fri, 14 Oct 2016 21:37:10 +0000 hourly 1 By: marisa http://urbanhonking.com/cowboyz/2006/10/05/empty_sentiment_carelessly_flu/#comment-1202 Mon, 09 Oct 2006 22:11:49 +0000 http://urbanhonking.com/cowboyz/2006/10/05/empty_sentiment_carelessly_flu/#comment-1202 Ouch. I just got a very standoffish and poorly timed best and immediately thought of this.

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By: Michael http://urbanhonking.com/cowboyz/2006/10/05/empty_sentiment_carelessly_flu/#comment-1201 Mon, 09 Oct 2006 01:10:46 +0000 http://urbanhonking.com/cowboyz/2006/10/05/empty_sentiment_carelessly_flu/#comment-1201 non-linguistic symbols are the way to go…
why bother with the solid connotations of words like “best” and “love?”
(ref. above: using “love” blithely is annoying because it a) waters the word down, and b) sets us up for the laborious situation of finding a replacement word for the set of individual emotions and dependencies that add up to what we now call “love.”
for example, my industry [music journalism] involves a lot pseudo-friendships between PR people and record labels and such. the publicists i deal with on a regular basis love to say “love” in order to accelerate that pseudo-friendship for obvious reasons. thus, the line ‘i love you too dad’ seems robbed of something).
anyhow: symbols crafted to be more or less aethestically pleasing depending on the context. this is my suggestion. repeat them no more than three times in a month if you’re an “average” e-mailer. if you recieve a letter signed with a symbol you had created or believed you created, cease using it at once.
this is only a suggestion.

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By: Michael http://urbanhonking.com/cowboyz/2006/10/05/empty_sentiment_carelessly_flu/#comment-1200 Mon, 09 Oct 2006 00:42:49 +0000 http://urbanhonking.com/cowboyz/2006/10/05/empty_sentiment_carelessly_flu/#comment-1200 non-linguistic symbols are the way to go…
why bother with the solid connotations of words like “best” and “love?”
(ref. above: using “love” blithely is annoying because it a) waters the word down, and b) sets us up for the laborious situation of finding a replacement word for the set of individual emotions and dependencies that add up to what we now call “love.”
for example, my industry [music journalism] involves a lot pseudo-friendships between PR people and record labels and such. the publicists i deal with on a regular basis love to say “love” in order to accelerate that pseudo-friendship for obvious reasons. thus, the line ‘i love you too dad’ seems robbed of something).
anyhow: symbols crafted to be more or less aethestically pleasing depending on the context. this is my suggestion. repeat them no more than three times in a month if you’re an “average” e-mailer. if you recieve a letter signed with a symbol you had created or believed you created, cease using it at once.
this is only a suggestion.

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By: jgross http://urbanhonking.com/cowboyz/2006/10/05/empty_sentiment_carelessly_flu/#comment-1199 Sat, 07 Oct 2006 11:57:12 +0000 http://urbanhonking.com/cowboyz/2006/10/05/empty_sentiment_carelessly_flu/#comment-1199 why is “love” more annoying than “best?”

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By: modiggity http://urbanhonking.com/cowboyz/2006/10/05/empty_sentiment_carelessly_flu/#comment-1198 Fri, 06 Oct 2006 15:29:19 +0000 http://urbanhonking.com/cowboyz/2006/10/05/empty_sentiment_carelessly_flu/#comment-1198 warmly yours (we have a winner)

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By: Jordan http://urbanhonking.com/cowboyz/2006/10/05/empty_sentiment_carelessly_flu/#comment-1197 Fri, 06 Oct 2006 12:01:09 +0000 http://urbanhonking.com/cowboyz/2006/10/05/empty_sentiment_carelessly_flu/#comment-1197 “Bests,” even better. “Best regards,” “Kind regards” (I kinda like that), “Warmest regards” (nice!). “Sincerely,” hmm yeah? “Cordially,” cold. “Peace,” …

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By: Jordan http://urbanhonking.com/cowboyz/2006/10/05/empty_sentiment_carelessly_flu/#comment-1196 Fri, 06 Oct 2006 11:58:28 +0000 http://urbanhonking.com/cowboyz/2006/10/05/empty_sentiment_carelessly_flu/#comment-1196 “Bests,” even better. “Best regards,” “Kind regards” (I kinda like that), “Warmest regards” (nice!). “Sincerely,” hmm yeah? “Cordially,” cold. “Peace,” …

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By: mo http://urbanhonking.com/cowboyz/2006/10/05/empty_sentiment_carelessly_flu/#comment-1195 Fri, 06 Oct 2006 10:39:06 +0000 http://urbanhonking.com/cowboyz/2006/10/05/empty_sentiment_carelessly_flu/#comment-1195 yeah but signing love can be even more annoying. or the dash.

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By: jgross http://urbanhonking.com/cowboyz/2006/10/05/empty_sentiment_carelessly_flu/#comment-1194 Fri, 06 Oct 2006 07:23:22 +0000 http://urbanhonking.com/cowboyz/2006/10/05/empty_sentiment_carelessly_flu/#comment-1194 I sign pretty much everything “best.” It’s kinda sad. Someday I’ll have the nerve to sign everything that isn’t for business, “love.”
I’m also weirdly fond on “my best to you and yours” and I couldn’t even begin to tell you why.

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By: jshep http://urbanhonking.com/cowboyz/2006/10/05/empty_sentiment_carelessly_flu/#comment-1193 Thu, 05 Oct 2006 15:49:38 +0000 http://urbanhonking.com/cowboyz/2006/10/05/empty_sentiment_carelessly_flu/#comment-1193 freud! i meant to say “NO ONE” in particular
damn

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