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What are some ways Quora lingo could be incorporated into common conversation?

For example: To express disappointment at someone proving you wrong - "Dude! You totally downvoted my answer!"
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I was requested to do spoken answers in response to my question about whether they would make Quora fun.

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What are some ways Quora lingo could be incorporated into common conversation? Who's asking these stupid questions? Oh my days, man like! I mean who's asking these stupid questions, like. Oh, it's a new person. I was about to say. Seriously, stop asking stupid questions. The only thing good about them, is that I can make them into jokes. Okay? Well, what. I know what my answer is already. Be nice. Be nice. Be nice. Like? What more do I have to say man? Like, just be nice.

So you're talking to someone? On the street, road, whatever? I don't know. On the phone, in your house, maybe on the internet. Just say Be Nice. I don't want no ad homonium attacks. "What's that? What does that mean?" Who cares what it means? Just be nice. Just be nice, like.

The thing with Quora, is like, because it's real life, you can tell who's downvoted you in real life. It's not anonymous. If you was to go to someone and say "Ooh! Why are you downvoting me for?" People would look at you like you're mad. It's like you want to get slapped. Like let's say I'm talking to someone, and, I say something, and the other person disagrees, and doesn't like what I'm saying. And I say "Oh! Why are you downvoting me for man? I'm going to get every comment thread. I'm going to upvote this person, and this person. But I'm going to downvote what you're saying." That would be like, very ignorant. You can't do that in real life. Like, keep your downvoting, of things you don't agree with, out of real life.

Like you've got your inboxing, yeah, because you've got texts on your phone. You've got your board, because you've got your Facebook, you've got your News Feed on that. You've got your News Feed that's already on Facebook, your status updates. All you've got is your Answer Needs Improvement, or Needs A Sincere Answer. But you was going to say that anyway. So all you've got left is Be Nice, so just be nice.
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