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From: Dom Borax
To: Stacey Marchenkova
Sent: Sunday, May 23rd, 1999 21:11 PM
Subject: RE RE RE RE RE RE RE So sorry
“Shame is what will save mankind”
Solaris
----- Original Message -----
From: Stacey Marchenkova
To: dom borax < mailto:printthisplease@printthis.com >
Sent: Sunday, May 23rd, 1999 11:54 AM
Subject: RE RE RE RE RE RE RE RE so sorry
Grow up.
----- Original Message -----
From: Dom Borax
To: Stacey Marchenkova
Sent: Monday, May 24th, 1999 15:12 PM
Subject: RE RE RE RE RE RE RE RE RE So sorry
No I meant me. I am shamed. Not you.
(Damn you email, and your inability to read subtext – why isn’t there a self flagellation emoticon)
What I meant with the quote when I wrote, ‘shame is what will save mankind’ is my shame will save mankind.
Okay not Mankind. Not all of it.
But if I start tipping my hat to shame - then maybe others will too.
Actually I’m kinda raving here. It’s not what I mean at all.
I mean - I am shamed. Period. That’s it. And that’s good.
You haven’t shamed me. I am shamed by my own actions. And it won’t affect the world at all. Why would it? I don’t influence the whole world.
I don’t influence anyone (message to self – you are not Jesus!)
And I continue to feel sorry and shamed and have turned my verbal flagellation to an hourly drenching of self-tipping fruit juice.
And it was an accident – I promise. But I am sorry about it anyway.
Please pass my best onto Marcus and I’ll do anything for your forgiveness (though nothing weird and Teutonic please.)
Dom.
----- Original Message -----
From: Stacey Marchenkova
To: dom borax < mailto:printthisplease@printthis.com >
Sent: Monday, May 24th, 1999 19:21 PM
Subject: RE RE RE RE RE RE RE RE RE RE so sorry
Maybe we should try and forgive each other…we’ve both been dicky…
a nihilist and a depressant…I don’t think so…two dickheads (wrote duckheads there initially – kinda prefer it) …maybe that’s more accurate…
----- Original Message -----
From: Dom Borax
To: Stacey Marchenkova
Sent: Monday, May 24th, 1999 21:43 PM
Subject: RE RE RE RE RE RE RE RE RE RE RE So sorry
Hey duckhead, I forgive you. That’s a given.
What about me?
Was emoticon a word yet in 1999?
ReplyDeleteI'm sure emoticon was a word.
ReplyDeleteSo .... now we're going to be getting laboured New Zealand jokes?
From me?
well played :) Kinda feels like we've just seen first light after the storm.. I am happy for them :)
ReplyDeleteEmoticon
ReplyDeleteFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An emoticon is a textual expression representing the face of a writer's mood or facial expression. Emoticons are often used to alert a responder to the tenor or temper of a statement, and can change and improve interpretation of plain text. The word is a portmanteau of the English words emotion (or emote) and icon. In web forums, instant messengers and online games, text emoticons are often automatically replaced with small corresponding images, which came to be called emoticons as well. Certain complex character combinations can only be accomplished in a double-byte language, giving rise to especially complex forms, sometimes known by their romanized Japanese name of kaomoji.
The use of emoticons can be traced back to the nineteenth century, and they were commonly used in casual and/or humorous writing. Digital forms of emoticons on the Internet were included in a proposal by Scott Fahlman in a message on 19 September 1982.[1]
History
Antecedents
Emoticons published in the March 30, 1881 issue of Puck
The National Telegraphic Review and Operators Guide in April 1857 documented the use of the number 73 in Morse code to express "love and kisses" (later reduced to the more formal "best regards"). Dodge's Manual in 1908 documented the reintroduction of "love and kisses" as the number 88. Gajadhar and Green comment that both Morse code abbreviations are more succinct than modern abbreviations such as LOL.[2][3]
A New York Times transcript from Abraham Lincoln's speech written in 1862 discovered by Bryan Benilous contains ";)"; there is some debate as to whether it is a typo, a legitimate punctuation construct, or an emoticon.[4]
I love how Anonymous answers its own questions.
ReplyDeleteSucks though that some people need help using google.
And finally. I was really ready to stop reading this because of that devil woman.
As Hiranga said, A light at the end of the tunnel, maybe. However, if she is still “with” Marcus, then Dom is a fool and a glutton for punishment.
ReplyDeletei am hopeful...he mentions marcus and she doesnt... wish he hadn't to be honest tho...and although dom is trying tooo hard...self-tipping fruit juice made me giggle...and i am loving duckheads(didnt think of the NZ angle).. shared words/codes form such strong connections ...weaving and binding people together...language makes a tribe..WW
ReplyDeleteWho called it?
ReplyDeleteThat's right. I called it. Perfectly. ;D
That comment originally had "[Insert sunglasses-guy emoticon here.]" but with arrow tags instead of brackets, so it didn't show up (HTML?). Unfortunately, my comment sounds sort of dickish without it.
ReplyDeleteRandall = Dom? That back-pedaling style is quite familiar. ;-)
ReplyDeleteDon't you mean sounds sort of duckish?
ReplyDeleteLOL @ Chris Dixon. Good read. hahaha
ReplyDeleteAs I've made clear before, I'm very Team Dom, haha. Reading these e-mails is like reading something between me and.. well, a certain woman.
ReplyDeleteAnon (10:56) Yes emoticon was a word in 1999
ReplyDeleteBut great question and great wiki answer from Anon (11:41)
ReplyDeleteJohn O' - makes me wonder what Duck would sould like in NZish. Would it sound Like Dick?
ReplyDeleteAnd is there any confusion? Like if you're being fired at and someone yells Duck - could this be taken as offence?
Hiranga, I agree it seems they've finally got their ducks in a row.
ReplyDelete(possible NZ confusion)
Anon (3:07) So has the devil woman won you back?
ReplyDeleteChris, good to hear from you, missed you, my friend. Yes I think she still is with Marcus and perhaps Dom is a fool. I wonder what he'll do to protect himself?
ReplyDeleteWW, language does make a tribe - love it.
ReplyDeleteAlso made me think of these comments how there's a small tribe here built on language.
Wonderful.
Randall, you did call it and I knew when you did. It was so hard to not say - YOU ARE RIGHT! Though I think I hinted. Well spotted, sir.
ReplyDeleteAnd you tantalise with your real life experience. So what do you think will happen next?
(I dread to ask)
Chris, very funny - Randall is Dom!! Excellent. I'm still laughing.
ReplyDeleteI hate to say this, but I think I'm heading to Team Stacey...Dom is irritating me with his verbosity (if that is a word). Although I suspect that if I was really honest with myself it's because Dom reminds me of myself. But that would be a bit too honest of me to post here in public...oh God I really am like Dom.
ReplyDeleteGood to read your back, Missy M'. I hope you're feeling bettter. Personally there's a bit of Dom and Stacey in me. What does that say?
ReplyDeleteAlso, for those reading comments - check out Missy M's photo blog. Really great.
Well, I can't be too sure, I'm not far off where Dom and Stacey are currently in their e-mails. :P
ReplyDeleteRandall, how amazing to have this and your own experience. I wonder if they'll continue to map each other
ReplyDelete(I want to so much to give stuff away - but I'll keep quiet)