IF you see a post and don't understand what the person is trying to say

[RevolutionaryActs]

What do you do?


I found a post(on a thread of mine) that confused me, and I don't know if I should reply or ignore? What? :shrug:

[JVS]

1. have another beer and read it again

repeat as necessary

[RevolutionaryActs]

2. LOL! That's my problem

I'm sober! ;)

[JohnKleeb]

4. You sober?

:rofl:

[RevolutionaryActs]

7. Don't make me bitch slap you.

:P

[JohnKleeb]

8. do that in the other thread

:)

[lenidog]

3. If that fails sooner or later you will be so drunk that wont care

if you understand it or not.

[MADem]

5. Tell 'em you don't understand what they are saying

That usually works. You have to be careful though--it's difficult if you were trying to be light or sarcastic, and the responder is burning the SERIOUS candle at both ends.

[lenidog]

6. Depending if it sounded negative or not

you could always reply and ask for a clarification

[RevolutionaryActs]

10. See I'm just confused by it.

I don't know if it was negative or not.

I think I understand why the posted it, in one sense, but in another sense I don't see how it relates to my OP. Or maybe I'm just having a dumb moment, that could be possibility. :crazy:

[lenidog]

23. I have those moments too and I am a blonde

so its frightening. ;) What you might one to do is find someone around here that you trust and e-mail them the link or a copy of the post through the lounges e-mail system and get a second opinion.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

9. I usually say I'm confused as to their meaning.

It's safer that way. Sometimes I've thought they were being offensive and it was a just miscommunication.

[RevolutionaryActs]

14. Alrighty.

I did it. Of course now if people put two and two together they'll probably figure out what thread and post I'm talking about... oh well.

[hfojvt]

11. fabricate the simplest straw-man

and tear it to shreds.

[RevolutionaryActs]

12. LMFAO!

:rofl:

So funny! :)

[Radical Activist]

13. Assume they meant something that offends you deeply.

Flip out and reply with an inappropriate level of anger and insults.
That's what people usually do around here.

[RevolutionaryActs]

15. ROFLMFAOPMP!

Oh shit! So funny! :rofl:

[Radical Activist]

16. You're laughing at everything tonight.

Have you been...:smoke: ?

[RevolutionaryActs]

17. No.

I just find you incredibly funny tonight. ;)

[Radical Activist]

19. Well, thank you

:D

[Floogeldy]

18. Check this out, Rev

I sent this E-mail to customer service of a website that sells everything having to do with photography:

"Can you please tell me the length of videos that can be taken with the Sony 512MB and 1G memory sticks?

Thanks"

This is the response I got from "Spencer":

"Hi,

There is no limit with the card it with your camera."

I think I'm going to complain to his superiors.

[RevolutionaryActs]

21. Yikes.

...... yikes. :o

[CaliforniaPeggy]

20. This situation happened to me recently on my rhubarb thread.

When Skittles offered to kick my ass! It truly confused and upset me after all the humorous and nice posts I'd had that night. So I kicked out something, and then I pm'ed her, where I asked her if she were kidding, and so on...So I like to use the pm function...At least that time I did. It worked for me...



:kick:

:toast:

[hfojvt]

24. Sending a PM

to SKITTLES???? :scared:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

25. Hi there, hfojvt,

Why not; are you scared of Skittles? Maybe fools (me) rush in where angels (you) fear to tread...? She was fine in the pm, to me! And now I have a much better understanding of her...I do hope she offers to kick my ass again sometime! Maybe I'll let her...

:rofl:

[RagingInMiami]

22. The best thing to do is cut and paste that post

And begin a new thread ridiculing that person as ignorant and illiterate.

[RevolutionaryActs]

26. That's mean.

I'm not mean. :P

Although I asked them to clarify, because I didn't understand and now I'm even MORE confused! :wtf: