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On Wed, 28 Apr 1999 11:48:36 GMT, Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote:
> ... Not everything that is in off-topic.fun
> is necessarily funny. It's the intent that matters, people posting there
> are TRYING to be funny.
I thought it was 'fun', as in 'light', as opposed to 'serious'. Not
necessarily 'light-weight', and definitely not 'lite'.
Steve
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Message has 1 Reply: ![](/news/x.gif) | | Nature of .off-topic.fun
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| (...) Yeah, that's probably more accurate. The name was chosen at the same time that .off-topic.debate was -- it's the juxtaposition of the two that help give them their respective characters. Here are their charters: lugnet.off-topic.fun (group): (...) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) I like this name of the choices. Not everything that is in off-topic.fun is necessarily funny. It's the intent that matters, people posting there are TRYING to be funny. Some of us are just better at it than others. So puns belong with fun. If (...) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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33 Messages in This Thread: ![Re: Lar's hoppers -Todd Lehman (28-Apr-99 to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)](/news/x.gif) ![](/news/246.gif) ![Re: Lar's hoppers -Larry Pieniazek (28-Apr-99 to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)](/news/x.gif) ![](/news/246.gif) ![You are here](/news/here.gif) ![](/news/46.gif) ![Nature of .off-topic.fun -Todd Lehman (28-Apr-99 to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)](/news/x.gif)
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![](/news/x.gif) ![](/news/268.gif) ![Re: Lar's hoppers -Mike Stanley (28-Apr-99 to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)](/news/x.gif)
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