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The reason it's attracted so many views is because of an internet meme, viz. the idea that anyone who use a lot of exclamation marks in their talking on the web is regarded as a troll. [[User:MyOwnBadSelf|MyOwnBadSelf]] ([[User talk:MyOwnBadSelf|talk]]) 00:32, 18 November 2015 (UTC)
The reason it's attracted so many views is because of an internet meme, viz. the idea that anyone who use a lot of exclamation marks in their talking on the web is regarded as a troll. [[User:MyOwnBadSelf|MyOwnBadSelf]] ([[User talk:MyOwnBadSelf|talk]]) 00:32, 18 November 2015 (UTC)
:To elaborate further: [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/the-law-of-exclamation]. Adding a mistyped '1' on the end intensifies it further. [[User:MyOwnBadSelf|MyOwnBadSelf]] ([[User talk:MyOwnBadSelf|talk]]) 03:24, 12 February 2016 (UTC)
::And that link links back here!!!  --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens|talk]]) 04:29, 12 February 2016 (UTC)
:::Indeed it does. [[User:MyOwnBadSelf|MyOwnBadSelf]] ([[User talk:MyOwnBadSelf|talk]]) 01:43, 26 February 2016 (UTC)
== On a scale from zero to mad as a moonbat... ==
Fun fact: some slides for a (scientific) presentation I was watching earlier today had, at one point, 17 exclamation marks in a row. Just a little while later, there was a slide titled "Mental break" - intended to recapitulate what had been discussed so far, but in light of the 17 exclamation marks all I could think was that it might well have been a very different kind of mental break... [[User:Dragonrider|Dragonrider]] ([[User talk:Dragonrider|talk]]) 13:11, 7 August 2024 (UTC)
:Hee hee.  Presenter was huffing dried frog pills during their "break", count on it.  :-) [[User:Moishe Rosenbaum|Moishe Rosenbaum]] ([[User talk:Moishe Rosenbaum|talk]]) 00:36, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

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The reason it's attracted so many views is because of an internet meme, viz. the idea that anyone who use a lot of exclamation marks in their talking on the web is regarded as a troll. MyOwnBadSelf (talk) 00:32, 18 November 2015 (UTC)

To elaborate further: [1]. Adding a mistyped '1' on the end intensifies it further. MyOwnBadSelf (talk) 03:24, 12 February 2016 (UTC)
And that link links back here!!! --Old Dickens (talk) 04:29, 12 February 2016 (UTC)
Indeed it does. MyOwnBadSelf (talk) 01:43, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

On a scale from zero to mad as a moonbat...

Fun fact: some slides for a (scientific) presentation I was watching earlier today had, at one point, 17 exclamation marks in a row. Just a little while later, there was a slide titled "Mental break" - intended to recapitulate what had been discussed so far, but in light of the 17 exclamation marks all I could think was that it might well have been a very different kind of mental break... Dragonrider (talk) 13:11, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Hee hee. Presenter was huffing dried frog pills during their "break", count on it.  :-) Moishe Rosenbaum (talk) 00:36, 8 August 2024 (UTC)