Youth in Asia 1,087 Posted December 15, 2020 I've been trying to come up with a name for this situation that happens on forums. Person A makes a joke (possibly the joke is not immediately obvious). Then person B responds to person A's post by basically repeating the joke or the punchline, or overtly stating the humorous part that was implied in the original. Person B then gets several likes from forum members, while person A, who wrote the initial witticism, doesn't. but all person B did was show they understand the joke, or at best reword it, they didn't create it. Possible names: A like thief A like burglar A like parasite A piggy-like (from piggy back) [I was thinking person A could respond to person B's posts by saying "Enjoy your piggy-likes"] An example, relating to Boris Johnson *News article about Boris and his policy on child support* A: Boris shows his deep understanding of this policy area B: lol he has so many kids he's become an expert A: Enjoy your piggy-likes, asshole 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banana 859 Posted December 15, 2020 1 hour ago, Toast said: 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 11,012 Posted December 15, 2020 Social media was supposed to make us happy....but it seems that every supposedly great innovation only causes more depression. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Youth in Asia 1,087 Posted December 15, 2020 In a way it is a relation of the "whoosh", because person B missed the whole joke first time round. So maybe a "whoosh like"? And to get really meta, this thread is now actually quite a good example of it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,179 Posted December 15, 2020 34 minutes ago, Youth in Asia said: And to get really meta, this thread is now actually quite a good example of it. Hardly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted December 15, 2020 14 hours ago, Youth in Asia said: I've been trying to come up with a name for this situation that happens on forums. Person A makes a joke (possibly the joke is not immediately obvious). Then person B responds to person A's post by basically repeating the joke or the punchline, or overtly stating the humorous part that was implied in the original. Person B then gets several likes from forum members, while person A, who wrote the initial witticism, doesn't. but all person B did was show they understand the joke, or at best reword it, they didn't create it. Possible names: A like thief A like burglar A like parasite A piggy-like (from piggy back) [I was thinking person A could respond to person B's posts by saying "Enjoy your piggy-likes"] An example, relating to Boris Johnson *News article about Boris and his policy on child support* A: Boris shows his deep understanding of this policy area B: lol he has so many kids he's become an expert A: Enjoy your piggy-likes, asshole I commented on this very thing a few days back about someone posting an obit and the follow up comment on the obit, which basically rebooted the obit, got several likes and the person ‘won the day’ because of it. I said shouldn’t the OP have won the day? There are a lot of dolts around here, @Youth in Asia, but I shall never count you among them. SirCunto 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,179 Posted December 15, 2020 7 hours ago, gcreptile said: Social media was supposed to make us happy....but it seems that every supposedly great innovation only causes more depression. The Innovations catalogue, however, was the source of much joyous entertainment. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2957409.stm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the_engineer 1,415 Posted December 16, 2020 For every 3 likes I get on this post I will donate one to youth in Asia. 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
