GBAtemp's Golden Threads Thread

[FAST6191]

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Kind of possibly related.... would that not make your post kind of possibly irrelevant?

 

[Deleted_171835]

http://gbatemp.net/threads/ggyos-golden-posts-thread.349833/

 

[Veho]

I have found another reaction gif, for those "I ain't touching that topic with a ten foot pole, nope" threads.

 

[Gahars]

http://gbatemp.net/threads/ggyos-golden-posts-thread.349833/

We're going recursive. It's Golden threads all the way down.

 

[Foxi4]

We're going recursive. It's Golden threads all the way down.

Gold within gold?

Au Yeah...

 

[DiabloStorm]

Kind of possibly related.... would that not make your post kind of possibly irrelevant?

Nah. My "RAS" example and the thread title are both equally and similarly redundant in their format.

 

[FAST6191]

Nah. My "RAS" example and the thread title are both equally and similarly redundant in their format.

I do not see it

This is the thread of GBAtemp's golden threads or "GBAtemp's Golden Threads" Thread. I would agree that "GBAtemp's Golden Threads" would be equally functional and that would render the final word redundant in a literal sense, not a candidate for RAS syndrome though.

 

[DiabloStorm]

I do not see it

This is the thread of GBAtemp's golden threads or "GBAtemp's Golden Threads" Thread. I would agree that "GBAtemp's Golden Threads" would be equally functional and that would render the final word redundant in a literal sense, not a candidate for RAS syndrome though.

Which is why they're similar cases, not identical. The repeated word at the end is redundant.

 

[FAST6191]

Which is why they're similar cases, not identical. The repeated word at the end is redundant.

Redundant but entirely grammatically acceptable/sound or even useful unlike most instances of RAS syndrome. I am not sure that rates as similar beyond an entirely superficial level.

 

[DiabloStorm]

Redundant but entirely grammatically acceptable/sound or even useful

Redundant or useful, pick one.

 

[Veho]

Not at all. It's a thread about other threads, therefore a threads thread. Like a game thread or a movie thread, this one is a threads thread. A thread about another thread would be a "thread thread", and it still wouldn't be a redundancy, other than the fact we're on a forum and the things here are by and large "threads" by default. "A thread about other threads", a "golden threads thread" is not redundant because the syntagm denotes the subject "thread" and the descriptive attribute modifier "golden threads". The syntagm is unambiguous and not redundant.

 

[DiabloStorm]

Not at all. It's a thread about other threads, therefore a threads thread. Like a game thread or a movie thread, this one is a threads thread. A thread about another thread would be a "thread thread", and it still wouldn't be a redundancy, other than the fact we're on a forum and the things here are by and large "threads" by default. "A thread about other threads", a "golden threads thread" is not redundant because the syntagm denotes the subject "thread" and the descriptive attribute modifier "golden threads". The syntagm is unambiguous and not redundant.

The fact that it's a thread is a given. The meaning isn't lost if the additional word echoing at the end is chopped off. It is the definition of redundant.

It's kinda like the time I asked Another World why she manually signs every one of her posts. Completely valid question considering there's literally a place on every post designated for that exact thing, signatures. That and the fact that even with your eyes half closed it's not hard to figure out who posted what. No answer by the way.

Spoiler

Also, at this point... obligatory inb4 DiabloStorm is taking a fat shit in one of Guild's threads again.

 

[FAST6191]

Meaning, maybe and maybe not but flavour is lost and that means not redundant.

 

[Veho]

The fact that it's a thread is a given. The meaning isn't lost if the additional word echoing at the end is chopped off. It is the definition of redundant.

Ah, so you're objecting the "thread" in the title in the first place, not the fact the word is repeated. In that case, why single this one out, in particular? You should lodge complaints in all the similarly redundantly titled threads (and there are a lot of those). Either that or make a new one; I suggest "redundant thread titles thread" as a title .

 

[DiabloStorm]

Ah, so you're objecting the "thread" in the title in the first place, not the fact the word is repeated. In that case, why single this one out, in particular? You should lodge complaints in all the similarly redundantly titled threads (and there are a lot of those). Either that or make a new one; I suggest "redundant thread titles thread" as a title .

lol Okay.

 

[Foxi4]

If making a collection of "Golden" threads within a thread is redundant, so is making a movie about the greatest movies of all time or writing a book about the most canonical books of all time. If this is stupid, grab a phone and call Norton and tell them that their anthologies of literature are redundant. Treat the "Golden Threads" list as an anthology or an archive - it has a very specific purpose and is hardly redundant - it's simply handy to record the highs and lows of this community and putting them in a neat index, this in itself is a function.

 

[Veho]

 

[Foxi4]

*Snip! Wrong thread!*

 

[DiabloStorm]

If making a collection of "Golden" threads within a thread is redundant, so is making a movie about the greatest movies of all time or writing a book about the most canonical books of all time. If this is stupid, grab a phone and call Norton and tell them that their anthologies of literature are redundant. Treat the "Golden Threads" list as an anthology or an archive - it has a very specific purpose and is hardly redundant - it's simply handy to record the highs and lows of this community and putting them in a neat index, this in itself is a function.

Ahhh, I see. The point, of which you completely missed.

 

[DiabloStorm]

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