A forum inside a forum? Paradoxical!

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10-20-2012, 10:37 AM
Lone Wolf Leonhart

A forum inside a forum? Paradoxical!

So this place is collectively known as the Forum.

I thought about this while reading BoBs tasks for the poster giveaway, the first task always being "Post in the Final Fantasy forum", "Post in the Final Fantasy 8 forum", "Post in the Final Fantasy 14 forum". Etc etc.

So i'm posting in a forum inside of a forum? Doesn't it seem like there should be some sort of name differentiation?

The forums have forums, which some in turn have sub-forums, which have threads, which have topics....:monster:

"The website is known as the forums because there are forums inside of it" is an acceptable answer. I still enjoyed pointing it out.
10-20-2012, 10:38 AM
Agent Proto

Forumception
10-20-2012, 11:59 AM
Jiro

The Forum is the collective group. Fora are the individual "sections" (not to be confused with actual sections like General, Staff, etc).
10-20-2012, 06:46 PM
Heath

I thought this was going to be a thread about sub-forums and I was looking forward to moaning about them :(
10-20-2012, 07:25 PM
Formalhaut

Instead, we get the etymology of the word "forum".
10-21-2012, 12:05 AM
Denmark

can we also talk about how it's not a paradox?
10-21-2012, 03:08 AM
Jiro

We can do whatever you like denmark
10-21-2012, 03:11 AM
Lone Wolf Leonhart

Quote:

Originally Posted by Denmark

can we also talk about how it's not a paradox?

Yes. I just wanted to say paradoxical, hoping no one would call me out on it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Heath

I thought this was going to be a thread about sub-forums and I was looking forward to moaning about them :(

Well, by all means...
10-21-2012, 03:27 AM
Jiro

I also like saying paradoxical. So I'm with you on that.