Redo The Spork Function

[Ultrarunner]

i think you can buy them on the internets...

Pre-pandemic. Spork production fell off in March and has not recovered - yet.

[Rich]

It cracks me up to this day that we all refer to those pitchfork icons as "sporks." I mean, we all get the connection between Duke Blue Devils and pitchforks, right? But someone in their infinite wisdom made the connection with the spoon/fork combo thingy all those years ago, made a joke about it, and it stuck. It freakin' stuck so much so that no one even thinks about calling them pitchforks. They're just "sporks." It's really funny as hell when you think about it.

Who was the first person to give it that name? Anyone remember the origin?

[mph]

It cracks me up to this day that we all refer to those pitchfork icons as "sporks." I mean, we all get the connection between Duke Blue Devils and pitchforks, right? But someone in their infinite wisdom made the connection with the spoon/fork combo thingy all those years ago, made a joke about it, and it stuck. It freakin' stuck so much so that no one even thinks about calling them pitchforks. They're just "sporks." It's really funny as hell when you think about it.

Who was the first person to give it that name? Anyone remember the origin?

I vaguely remember it being devildeac. Or possibly OPK. I always get those guys confused.

[Skydog]

I’m not an old time frequent poster so I don’t imagine my opinion matters. But I’ll throw it out there for shxxs and giggles.
I really enjoy reading the discussions on here - they are informative, funny, entertaining. But I find the software rules the most frustrating of any place I post. I want to spork posts I like and not spork the ones I don’t like. Its as simple as that. But here I can’t do that. Because a lot — but not all by any means — of the quality posts tend to come from a corps of posters, my sporks are repeatedly denied because “you must spread around...yada, yada.” But I dont want to search around for new posters to spork because, for me, its never about the name behind the post, its the post itself I’m appreciating. And I don’t want to write yet another post saying “you must spread around” to let the poster I liked what they posted. I just want to give my spork and move on. I gotten so frustrated by the continual spork blocks I‘ve mostly given up on that part. But thats just me.

tldr; I love the discussions here - just not the software.

[bedeviled]

I vaguely remember it being devildeac

You win a spork.gif!
devildeac, in jest, gave a spork icon to Devil in the Blue Dress in lieu of a pitchfork (2010)

[DukieInKansas]

So the visible sporks are capped at 11. Is there a secret ledger somewhere with the actual count? Asking for a friend.

[Steven43]

So the visible sporks are capped at 11. Is there a secret ledger somewhere with the actual count? Asking for a friend.

It’s all subjective anyway. The fact that I only have two or three sporks is not definitive proof that my posts are not as consistently good as the DBR heroes with Max 11 (plus the untold multitudes of extra sporks they have on the secret ledger). 😉

[JetpackJesus]

So the visible sporks are capped at 11. Is there a secret ledger somewhere with the actual count? Asking for a friend.

If you go to the Settings page, there's a point total in parentheses on the "Latest Comments Received" line. Of course, I have no idea what that number means, but I assume it somehow corresponds to whatever number of sporks I have.

[BLPOG]

If you go to the Settings page, there's a point total in parentheses on the "Latest Comments Received" line. Of course, I have no idea what that number means, but I assume it somehow corresponds to whatever number of sporks I have.

Interesting. A question for the people behind the curtain: is that all comments, positive and negative? I suspect it is.

[Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15]

Interesting. A question for the people behind the curtain: is that all comments, positive and negative? I suspect it is.

I'll play along. My number is 6,761

[devildeac]

I vaguely remember it being devildeac. Or possibly OPK. I always get those guys confused.

You win a spork.gif!
devildeac, in jest, gave a spork icon to Devil in the Blue Dress in lieu of a pitchfork (2010)

And, all the “confusion” is actually between Tripping William and me, but caused/originated by OPK and it’ll be his story to tell. Come visit us for some interesting and thoughtful discussions on Ymm, Beer sometime. 😁

[OldPhiKap]

I vaguely remember it being devildeac. Or possibly OPK. I always get those guys confused.

I’m the one with the facial hair these days. (Sorry, dd! ;-) ) I don’t think I came up with the term Sporkz.

And, all the “confusion” is actually between Tripping William and me, but caused/originated by OPK and it’ll be his story to tell. Come visit us for some interesting and thoughtful discussions on Ymm, Beer sometime. 😁

“Caused” is the right word, and not sure there is much of a story. Something about TW having trouble signing in to the virtual pub zoom, a dumb thought that amused me, and the sheer force of repetition to a point of banality by me. And I am glad that TW took it in the light intended, since I do not know him.

Except, of course, he IS an alter ego of dd and therefore I guess I do know him.

I need more coffee, hold that thought. . . .

[devildeac]

I'll play along. My number is 6,761

I’ll play, too. My number has been stuck for years on 9F.

[OldPhiKap]

I’ll play, too. My number has been stuck for years on 9F.

I’ve noticed that when you get to 10,000, you start going back down again like Benjamin Buttons.

[CameronBlue]

I vaguely remember it being devildeac. Or possibly OPK. I always get those guys confused.

Holy Mollycoddle Batman! OPK's a dude? Great, that's just great, another fantasy crushed. 2020 WILL YOU SPARE ME NO INDIGNITY!

[Acymetric]

If you go to the Settings page, there's a point total in parentheses on the "Latest Comments Received" line. Of course, I have no idea what that number means, but I assume it somehow corresponds to whatever number of sporks I have.

I’ve noticed that when you get to 10,000, you start going back down again like Benjamin Buttons.

Points from comments "expire" after some period of time. I don't know exactly what the ratio is of points to sporks, but more points = more sporks.

Additionally, the points you get from a comment vary depending on how many points/sporks the commenter has (so sporks from someone with 10 sporks of their own is worth more than sporks from a new user with only a couple sporks).

Interesting. A question for the people behind the curtain: is that all comments, positive and negative? I suspect it is.

I'm not behind the curtain, but yes your point total goes down if you get negative comments.

[OldPhiKap]

Points from comments "expire" after some period of time.

Did not know that, I was just joking. Interesting.

Holy Mollycoddle Batman! OPK's a dude? Great, that's just great, another fantasy crushed. 2020 WILL YOU SPARE ME NO INDIGNITY!

If it's any consolation, I identify as Sofia Vergara.

[rsvman]

I'm not behind the curtain, but yes your point total goes down if you get negative comments.

And sometimes I get points docked when people give me POSITIVE comments, which is really weird. I see what looks like a brick instead of a spork (I assume it's supposed to be a brick?). So when I see the brick, I assume somebody didn't like something I posted, right? But then I read the comment, and it says something like, "I agree with you entirely. Thanks for posting this." In such cases, I assume that the person accidentally hit the brick when they were attempting to hit the spork? More specifically, I guess, hit the "I disapprove" button when they meant to hit the "I approve" button?

I dunno. Steven43, when you get all those bricks, are they usually accompanied by negative comments? (I kid, I kid.)

Does this happen to anybody else, or am I the only one?

[OldPhiKap]

And sometimes I get points docked when people give me POSITIVE comments, which is really weird. I see what looks like a brick instead of a spork (I assume it's supposed to be a brick?). So when I see the brick, I assume somebody didn't like something I posted, right? But then I read the comment, and it says something like, "I agree with you entirely. Thanks for posting this." In such cases, I assume that the person accidentally hit the brick when they were attempting to hit the spork? More specifically, I guess, hit the "I disapprove" button when they meant to hit the "I approve" button?

I dunno. Steven43, when you get all those bricks, are they usually accompanied by negative comments? (I kid, I kid.)

Does this happen to anybody else, or am I the only one?

You're a brick
house
You're mighty mighty,
letting it all hang out.

(Don't know the answer, have not noticed that but will look for it going forward)

[Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15]

Really? No one else is gonna share their information? I feel sorta bared.