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Seven Stages of Snoozenet 105

To help lessen the frequency of frequently asked questions, many news-
groups have volunteers who periodically post articles, called FAQs, that
contain the frequently asked questions and their answers. This seems to
help some, but not always. There are often articles that say “where’s the
FAQ” or, more rudely, say “I suppose this is a FAQ, but ...”

Seven Stages of Snoozenet ........................................................

By Mark Waks

The seven stages of a Usenet poster,

with illustrative examples.

Innocence

HI. I AM NEW HERE. WHY DO THEY CALL

THIS TALK.BIZARRE? I THINK THAT THIS

NEWSFROUP OOPS, NEWGROUP --- HEE, HEE) STUFF IS

REAL NEAT. :-) < -- MY FIRST SMILEY.

DO YOU HAVE INTERESTING ONES? PLEASE POST SOME; I

THINK THAT THEIR COOL. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY

BIZARRE DEAD BABY JOKES?

Enthusiasm

Wow! This stuff is great! But one thing I’ve noticed is that every

time someone tries to tell a dead baby joke, everyone says that they

don’t want to hear them. This really sucks; there are a lot of us who

*like* dead baby jokes. Therefore, I propose that we create the news-

group rec.humor.dead.babies specifically for those of us who like

these jokes. Can anyone tell me how to create a newsgroup?

Arrogance

In message (3.14159@BAR), [email protected] says:

>[dead chicken joke deleted]

This sort of joke DOES NOT BELONG HERE! Can’t you read the

rules? Gene Spafford *clearly states* in the List of Newsgroups:

rec.humor.dead.babies Dead Baby joke swapping