Does anybody else feel tempted to post something short and mean

[raccoon]

Does anybody else feel tempted to post something short and mean, and then on second thought, decide it would be better not to?

And have these urges a lot?

[Meadowoak]

1. All the time.

[Ohio Joe]

2. I smoke a lot of weed...

I find it helps with my meanness.

[JanMichael]

17. Yep works for me too

[Better Days Ahoy]

3. Yes but I cannot find

A full-length photo of Karl Rove.

[RockRaven]

4. No. I'm usually long-winded.

[mucifer]

5. I try to think things through for a moment before I post often I decide not to and

once in a while someone will point out something I posted that was insensitive and I delete it.

[BigmanPigman]

6. When I started posting on DU

I got banned by the jury several rimes until I realized what crosses the line. I don't do Fakebook or Twitter so I am not familiar with the rules.

I still edit or delete many posts before posting them. My emotions are too strong sometimes.

[ZZenith]

7. I get done typing them and then hit the back button.

A lot.

Discretion being the better part of valor and all.

[yardwork]

8. Yeah.

[Hugin]

9. Short and mean, no.

Long and mean, all the time.

[brewens]

10. I post them in the middle of the night and delete if I was going too far. I'm my own

therapist and it seems to help. I hope that's not like representing yourself in court though.

[Mr.Bill]

11. Only since January 20th, 2017. n/t

[Maraya1969]

12. On Twitter all the time.

[spike jones]

13. I use this instead, "This message was self-deleted prior to posting." n/t

[LiberalFighter]

15. That is similar to what I say to people at times.

Can you read my mind?

[spike jones]

19. Yes.

[Solly Mack]

14. I must confess to rarely fighting the urge to post short, sometimes one word, snide comments.

But as my comments usually only make sense to me - the connection not being obvious as they are generally a reflection of the associations my own brain makes - I can do it without attracting attention.

Well, that and few people pay attention to me anyway.

But I do try to avoid the truly mean comments and find it helps to type them out and then delete without posting.

Gets it out of my system.

Also, I sometimes post actual truths about myself, but - again - as few people pay attention to me anyway, it doesn't matter.

[Sympthsical]

27. Self-posting is best posting

I squirrel in literary references to posts all the time as an alternative to being unkind. Most of the time they go sailing unless someone is familiar with the work. This month I'm on a Dickens kick. A few months back, I was lacing William Carlos Williams into a bunch of unrelated things.

Most of the time it really is just because I think they're funny.

If other people do too, well that's a nice bonus.

[Raine]

16. Yeah, lots of times

I feel like make making an ugly response to someone else's OP or another poster in that thread but I don't. 🤔

[Stinky The Clown]

18. Yes. Yes I do.

[iemanja]

20. Especially lately

because I've been irritable. Irritability is not a good sign for me.

[Leith]

21. Lots of times

When I'm in a lashing out mood, I type a response and then I reread it 3 or 4 times to make corrections and soften language. Once I got it out of my system, I delete the post and move on.

Recently though, I couldn't stop myself from blessing out an irritating poster and it didn't get the hide I expected. Perhaps it was reported, but enough people agreed with me to leave that post alone.

[Rebl2]

22. Yep

[usonian]

23. Mean only if it's done in a witty or really informative way.

Or some incredible graphic that is so laden with "MEAN"ing that I can't resist posting it (or creating it, Nyuk, Nyuk, Nyuk)

And if at all possible, I try to include something positive to help me and others get something out of it ourselves.

Two sayings:

• “Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.” (a certified fake Buddha quote, but true)
• Wisdom turns poison into medicine by channeling anger into positive action.

So without further ado:
MY ASS-KICKING GOTV PAGE. (Dan and Eddie would approve)
https://democraticunderground.com/100216884744

and as always:

and THEN take names.

[dchill]

24. Lately, more and more. Like this:

I think we should change the name of this holiday. It's not Independence Day anymore. It's Second Amendment Day. A completely Republican Party/NRA success. Murder, mayhem and Constitutional mischief by Rogue SCOTUS.

[Torchlight]

26. When the temptation hits me

I generally respond with, sounds serious. good luck.

Began doing that a long, long time ago in my everyday life, and it's become kind of a habit of mine to say that instead of sneering at or trying to hurt anyone.

[HAB911]

28. I have homicidal thoughts

does that count?

[MineralMan]

29. Why do you ask?