Do you ever leave responses to your posts unread?

[Xipe Totec]

On purpose?

Or does your curiosity overwhelm you?....

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. My dear Xipe Totec!

Nope.......unless somehow I manage to miss one...

I value the folks who talk to me. Ignoring them would be rude.

And yes, I am curious!

[Xipe Totec]

3. Sometimes I light a firecracker and walk away

Because I don't want to continue the argument past the point of civility.

But that's not a problem you are likely to face, being such a nice person....

[ohiosmith]

2. Try to read and in most cases reply to all.

[Xipe Totec]

5. I have a hard time dealing with rejection

Sometimes I'm surprised; weeks later I read them, finally, and discover they actually agree with me.

I am a coward, that's the truth of it.

[valerief]

4. I don't see most of mine, because I have so many people on Ignore.

[Xipe Totec]

6. I only have the one

and it was wicked personal.

Everyone else, is wide open.

Still, sometimes I sense I crossed over the line and pissed people off.

That's when I'm scared to go back and survey the damage.

[pipi_k]

9. Same here...I mean

the part about being scared to go back and survey the damage.

There are only a few issues I really get passionate about, and I'll be honest while trying not to be offensive. Even so, there's always someone who's going to be offended. Or read something into my words I never wrote and never meant.

I'm afraid of rejection also, so I often don't go back to see if anything I've posted has gotten a reply. Sometimes that happens where just about everyone else in the thread has gotten a reply but me. And maybe one or two others. Some people make it a point to reply to everyone who posts in their threads, and those are the ones I do go back to read.

I find it so hard to deal with people...like I can never figure out what they want.

[Tobin S.]

7. The only times I've done that have been when I've been in an argument that's going nowhere

I don't need to get the last word in.

But I rarely get into arguments on here now days.

[Xipe Totec]

8. Sounds about right

When I sense that I am dealing with a parallel universe, complete with its own facts and reality. That's when I back away...

I always wonder, though, what their parting shot might have been.

Whether their last comment, contrary to bitter disappointment, might actually be persuasive.

[we can do it]

10. Not on purpose, sometimes get sleepy or have to go do something.

[bigwillq]

11. Sometimes

I don't always have to get the last word.
If they ask a question, I always respond.

[Chan790]

12. Quite frequently.

Particularly if I'm arguing with someone who is simply factually wrong, has been proven factually-wrong and after two or three go-arounds they're not backing down...psychologically, I feel like I got the last word if I stop reading their responses. It's the Native American in me, my ancestors practiced shunning. (Which was worse than exile or even a death sentence.)

Shunned means "nobody will acknowledge your existence" except that it means so much more than that topical definition: it means you don't eat, it means you don't have a home, it means you're not welcome to rest your head inside the village, it means nobody cares about your well-being, it means you don't share in the bounty of the community, it means you will never be spoken-to-or-of possibly ever again and it means anybody breaking the shunning will be shunned as well.

By ignoring your responses, I am negating your existence.

I am rendering you nothing.

[Pool Hall Ace]

18. I love this response.

You have inspired me to do more shunning in 2013 (and I'm not just talking about on DU).

[fizzgig]

13. sometimes

if a thread turns into a shitshow i probably won't if i miss a reply for hours and hours and the thread has dropped off. no reason to kick it back up, imo.

[mzteris]

28. that, too.

why give it a kick to respond to some moronic statement anyway.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

14. I always read them. I get mad at myself, though

cuz I want to always reply but iif I don't do it right away, I forget....

And I'm realllllllly bad about not being in a talky mood and promising myself to reply later.

Oy.

[HeiressofBickworth]

15. I get so few responses

that each one is read and cherished like a rare treasure --- even if they don't agree with me.

[Curmudgeoness]

23. Rare treasures for you.

I feel the same way as you do. I may not answer the response, but I have never not read them. I suppose that if you post a lot more than I do, you get more responses, so it is partly my fault.....well, or I could also get people angry more often. That certainly gets the responses that you don't want to read.

[LeftofObama]

16. I read them, but don't always respond.

I guess I just figure the person is making a general statement is isn't really expecting a response unless of course it's a question.

[MiddleFingerMom]

17. I read them all... unless I miss them. but I only respond when I have something to contribute back.

[Xipe Totec]

20. I only do that in the lounge

GD is too painful sometimes...

[In_The_Wind]

19. Curiosity usually wins.

That's why I only have 2 DUers on Full Ignore.

just sayin'


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[Xipe Totec]

21. I have a few replies ripening right now

Aging to perfection. 48 hours so-far.

Perhaps I'll read them this weekend.

Perhaps not.

[Xipe Totec]

22. FYI for all those who replied on this thread...

I read your replies, and I thank you, even if I did not respond directly.

[Curmudgeoness]

24. How can anyone not read a response????

I just have to know, even when it is not a good thing. But those are at least educational.

[petronius]

25. Responses? Heck, I barely even read the posts I *reply to*

I just skim enough to get the topic, and start blathering away!

(Except yours, of course - I read it carefully 3 times to consider every possible nuance. Excellent post! )

[hrmjustin]

26. I read them all but i do not always respond to them all.

[mzteris]

27. Yup.

When I know I'm dealing with an irrational, I just ignore the response because I know it's just going to get me all riled up.

When I respond (with something sensible) and they respond with more bullshit drivel, and then I get all agitated and start yelling at the computer and scare the dogs and cat, so ..... it's just better to ignore it and move on.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

29. If it is from Meta and it is someone that is just looking to fight, YES.

But with all others, I have to read them. I can't stop myself!