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Mon Feb-28-05 05:19 PM
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How often do you start to reply to a post and change your mind? |
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I'm doing that more and more lately.
I'll start typing a reply, and I'll think, "I'm not going to jump into that!"
Then I just click out of the discussion thread.
Case in point: I almost jumped into the latest Schiavo thread a few minutes ago, but I changed my mind. That thread (about her parents asking a judge to grant their brain-dead daughter a divorce) is heating up quickly!
Am I the only one who does this?
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Mon Feb-28-05 05:21 PM
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I'll change my mind about jumping into a long thread or decide to blow it off.
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Mon Feb-28-05 05:22 PM
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7. Oh my gosh! I hope you aren't counting the number of times you've |
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seen me bail out of a post!
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Mon Feb-28-05 05:25 PM
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16. Aren't you glad I can't find out? |
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I'm just glad I'm not the only one!
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Mon Feb-28-05 05:21 PM
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Mon Feb-28-05 05:21 PM
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2. Not this time, anyway. |
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Mon Feb-28-05 05:21 PM
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estimating one out of every four posts :)
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Mon Feb-28-05 05:22 PM
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Nevermind
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No, you are not alone.
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Mon Feb-28-05 05:31 PM
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Mon Feb-28-05 05:22 PM
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5. Most times. Otherwise, I'd be ejected from the board, tarred, & feathered. |
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Mon Feb-28-05 05:22 PM
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Especially on touchy subjects.
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Mon Feb-28-05 05:23 PM
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In fact, I just deleted what I started with. I probably should delete a whole lot more. LOL
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Mon Feb-28-05 05:23 PM
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but it happens from time to time. Sometimes I make a reply then look at it again because it is a little too emotional or knee-jerk or offensive, so I don't post it.
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Mon Feb-28-05 05:23 PM
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...thus the extremely low post count :(
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Mon Feb-28-05 05:24 PM
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11. All the time, dt. . . |
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if I can't think of a valid, intelligent comment to make, I pass on it. Same if it seems it'll just degenerate into a flame fest. Sometimes I'll post an initial response, but if I get attacked with no good reasons behind the attack, or others in a thread seem to be holding up my end of the debate, I don't chime in unless I have something intelligent to offer.
I've found that quite often people post on these boards just to hear the sound of their own keyboard clacking.
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Mon Feb-28-05 05:24 PM
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Edited on Mon Feb-28-05 05:25 PM by uppityperson
quickly edited to add of course. Sometimes I don't want to bother getting into it, sometimes it is going nowhere, sometimes it is done. I end up editing after I post too which I find very annoying sorry. Except this time which was as a joke.
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Mon Feb-28-05 05:24 PM
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Mon Feb-28-05 05:24 PM
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I'm new here, I've done it like 500 times. Some posters just want to fight. I don't know my way around here well enough yet to get into anything to serious.
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Mon Feb-28-05 05:24 PM
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I used to enjoy lively conversations, but I found there's no point, and it's not worth the hassle.
So most of the time, unless it's something totally uncontroversial, I practice 'read-only' visits.
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Mon Feb-28-05 05:25 PM
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15. almost just did it again. But, yes, me too.... |
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Mon Feb-28-05 05:25 PM
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I type up what I think is a smart reply, look at it then I realise it's a pile of shite. Many, many times...ask the mods...bet the forum scripts show when someone is replying to a thread...ours do.
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Mon Feb-28-05 05:27 PM
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It used happen all the time, when Kerry bashing was more rampant
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Mon Feb-28-05 05:27 PM
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19. At least 1/2 the time. |
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I often conclude "why bother?" or "who really cares?"
Maybe it's because my first reaction is often to make a joke about something. A lot of those still get through, though.
Would you believe I started a thread about this very topic yesterday, but backed out before hitting "post"? It's an odd little world sometimes.
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Mon Feb-28-05 05:27 PM
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other people usually say what needs to be said better than I do.
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Mon Feb-28-05 05:30 PM
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22. same here. I try to be careful and thoughtful and by the time I decide |
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what to say someone else has said it already, and usually better.
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Mon Feb-28-05 05:28 PM
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And like another said, thus the low post count.
I like to try and make sure that when I *do* respond, my words will be taken the right way. There are a lot of times I look over my response, and feel that it doesn't properly project my thoughts. Also, I have had several instances where I want to respond to someone, who is dealing with rough times, and I just don't think what I have to say will help any. And besides which, you never know when a thread may end up becoming a flame-war.
:shrug:
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Mon Feb-28-05 05:33 PM
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24. 3 minutes ago i did the same thing in the Schiavo thread. |
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Edited on Mon Feb-28-05 05:34 PM by mordarlar
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Mon Feb-28-05 05:33 PM
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25. Practically every thread I read. n/t |
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Mon Feb-28-05 05:37 PM
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26. Maybe once every few days. I should probably do it more often!! |
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Mon Feb-28-05 05:37 PM
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27. ALOT...lately....Who Cares what I think, I say. I've got the "Blues." |
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Why bother....it's more important to wonder if Condi will run in 2008 or Edwards or Kerry...Who cares, I think...We haven't cleaned up the last two "Selections" and yet folks are running around trying to push candidates in our faces for four years from now...or other stuff that really isn't what we "could" be doing...But...hey ...it's just "Outrage Fatigue," as someone said...
:-)'s...
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Mon Feb-28-05 05:37 PM
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28. Maybe once for every 3 posts I actually make; maybe more. |
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Sometimes I decide it doesn't matter, there's no talking to some folk.
Sometimes I have no point. Or I'm splitting hairs for the sake of creating split-ends, which is to say ... I have no point. Or my point is tangential, and my post longwinded ... so I should have no point.
Every once in a while I'm ready to jump in and say, "No, you're wrong, you idiot!" (in nicer words, of course). But I do a bit of checking to post links showing that I am, once more, infallible ... and discover that no, I'm not, in fact I'm the idiot.
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Mon Feb-28-05 05:42 PM
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29. Most of the time - echo "thus the low post count" |
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If there's a direct question or request for a link & I have the answer or link, I'll post. Mostly it takes me too long to get my thoughts written out. By then, the thread's done. But I couldn't resist this one!
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Mon Feb-28-05 05:45 PM
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30. okay, since everyone else does... :) |
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i do it all the time. I usually read the op, and start to respond, and will read a few or all of the responses and see what i might have said is already said, or start replying to a responder and forget what i was going to say to the op.....sigh...
so i give up, alot, and suffice to just read as much as possible of all threads. My head hurts from info overload sometimes.
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Mon Feb-28-05 05:50 PM
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Mon Feb-28-05 05:51 PM
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32. 1 out of every 4 or 5 never gets "entered" |
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And I briefly considered posting in the Shiavo divorce thread too. Its just not worth it sometimes.
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Mon Feb-28-05 05:51 PM
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33. Funny - the Schiavo thread, I posted, got an error message, and decided |
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it was too much for me, so I just stepped back and didn't repost.
I do it a lot.
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Mon Feb-28-05 05:55 PM
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Mon Feb-28-05 05:56 PM
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Sometimes it just feels good to type out a big old' smart-ass flame -- and then delete it without posting.
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Mon Feb-28-05 06:04 PM
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Mon Feb-28-05 06:05 PM
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Sometimes I decide my post wasnt really neccessary. Sometimes I realize my post is bad. Sometimes I realize I was wrong or I misread. Sometimes I know the argument is just gonna be too much trouble.
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Mon Feb-28-05 06:08 PM
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Some threads are way to volatile to waste my time & energy on.
I also wish more people would re-read their posts before clicking "Post." So many responses are simply rude & in most cases, I don't think the poster meant to be rude. If they would just read through it a second time they would probably pick up on the unintended tone of the post.
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Mon Feb-28-05 06:11 PM
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Mon Feb-28-05 06:15 PM
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40. At least half of the time |
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I'll even start typing -- and then decide to abort with the back button.
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Mon Feb-28-05 06:24 PM
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Quite often, as you can see by my paltry 26 responses. I realize that so many of you say what I want to say so much better than I ever could. I am so grateful that all of you are out there. You save my sanity.
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Mon Feb-28-05 06:25 PM
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42. Sometimes I have it almost fully written out |
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and then think, "ah, fuck it".
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Mon Feb-28-05 06:55 PM
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44. I do that all the time |
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I start to write a reply and then I think, "this really sucks" and end up not posting it.
The great thing about writing is that it forces you to organize your thoughts. If, in my opinion I don't really have a good view on subject then I won't post a reply.
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Tue Mar-01-05 12:06 AM
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46. I do it about half the time.... Damn, why did reply? |
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Tue Mar-01-05 03:30 AM
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47. If I can't say anything nice |
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Then I don't say anything at all.
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Tue Mar-01-05 03:31 AM
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48. Quite often, recently. n/t |
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Tue Mar-01-05 04:09 AM
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49. Often, when I'm reading GD.. |
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I realize the effort isn't worth getting into a flamewar w/ somebody who refuses to listen, so I forget about it..
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