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Mourne not your comrades who must dwell / too strong to strive -
Within each steel-bound coffin of a cell, / Buried alive;
But rather mourne the apathetic throng / The cowed, and the meek -
Who see the world’s great anguish and its wrong / And dare not speak.
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Posted by: J J Kwon
Posted by: x Foman123 x
[quote]Posted by: J J Kwon
Like all fads, it will come and go. I don't think being annoying is against the rules.Haha, ASCII art in a forum is not a fad... it's been around since the days of Bulletin Board Systems (BBSs). Of course, I'm willing to bet that you are way too young to have ever dialed into a local BBS on a 600 baud modem....
Its use on these forums is a fad. And don't ever presume to know me.
You're right, the current usage of ASCII art is a fad, and will probably pass. But try not to take things so seriously. His bet that you have never used a "600 baud modem" says more about that fact that 99% of the people on these forums have never used such a thing. It was also, I would imagine, an attempt at humor, not an attack at you.
Anyways, I don't see them as that big of a deal. I'm more fond of creative ones though. In other words, something that the poster created (or at least not completely over-used).
Also, I can almost guarantee you that those text based images aren't slowing down your browser as much as that little scrolling statistic under the search bar.