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The only thing a discerning poster fears while honing a reply is that the thread might now no longer benefit from what he's crafting.

magenta flame;660911 wrote: Those who use pigeon english are disrespectful:D


its ok MF no need to worry i dont think they will feel disrespected pigeons cant read

magenta flame;660911 wrote: Those who use pigeon english are disrespectful:D


Who is ashamed to seek advice, even from a troll? Every post is an opportunity to learn something new.

I used to take on trust a newbie's intentions after having listened to his words. Now having listened to a newbie's words I go on to observe their consequences. It was on account of visiting administrators that I have changed in this respect.

spot;661148 wrote: I used to take on trust a newbie's intentions after having listened to his words. Now having listened to a newbie's words I go on to observe their consequences. It was on account of visiting administrators that I have changed in this respect.




why not her words buddy





man who speaks in riddles is not easly understood





does he want only clever people to understand him or does he just think out loud and does not seek understanding or reply

jimbo;661152 wrote: does he want only clever people to understand him or does he just think out loud and does not seek understanding or reply


Ah...

On the open board the administrator is disengaged and uncontentious. In the moderator forum he is fluent and flexible.

when you and spock are finnished on planet vulcan ,fg will still be here :rolleyes:

jimbo;661152 wrote: man who speaks in riddles is not easly understood Crazygal started a thread about Chinese Proverbs. We've been exploring them. They seem to each have several messages bound into one snapshot. They never lie. Around each spoken proverb there is an unspoken one waiting to be heard. Within the honey are crystals with entirely distinct flavours.

jimbo;661152 wrote: why not her words buddy The Tao impales herself on the Confucian pulse, expanding his penetration with her wetness. Continued practice is called for.

In his posts the discerning poster is not invariably for or against any fixed position. He is on the side of what is moral.

He who posts purely to display a facility with words incurs much ill will.

A discussion of postcount and popularity in the context of posting stands in the same relation as would discussion of the water closet and septic tank in the context of dining.

spot once said 'If anyone can, while dressed in a much-worn anorak loosely stuffed with cotton filler, stand beside a woman wearing a fleece-lined Goretex hoodie without feeling ashamed, it is I suppose koan. Neither envious nor covetous, how can she be anything but good?'. Thereafter many people sought out such anoraks in thrift shops.

spot commented ruefully 'I wasn't exacly providing a guide to instant karma when I said that'.

Guppy asked how to post without annoying anyone. A discerning poster answered saying "If you are conscientious in your fact-checking and post with singleminded politeness, then even in the most contentious threads you will post without annoying anyone. But if you fail to be conscientious in your fact-checking or you post with a callous disregard for the feeling of others then how can you hope to post, even in threads you yourself started, without annoying anyone? When you post you should have this ideal in front of you, and when you reply in a thread it should be at the forefront of your mind. Only then are you sure to post without annoying anyone". Guppy wrote this down on a sticky label and affixed it to her monitor.

spot;663161 wrote: Guppy asked how to post without annoying anyone. A discerning poster answered saying "If you are conscientious in your fact-checking and post with singleminded politeness, then even in the most contentious threads you will post without annoying anyone. But if you fail to be conscientious in your fact-checking or you post with a callous disregard for the feeling of others then how can you hope to post, even in threads you yourself started, without annoying anyone? When you post you should have this ideal in front of you, and when you reply in a thread it should be at the forefront of your mind. Only then are you sure to post without annoying anyone". Guppy wrote this down on a sticky label and affixed it to her monitor.


Ummmmm......... Me too:)

Nomad contributed posts to a thread. When he ended with a period spot prefaced his reply "you stated", when he ended with a question mark spot prefaced his reply "you enquired", when he ended with an exclamation mark spot prefaced his reply "you exclaimed". Others asked spot whether he was being playful. "With Nomad such pedantry is always necessary", he answered.

pinkchick;663165 wrote: Ummmmm......... Me too:)


Don't, whatever you do, do it, it's a recipe for annoying people.

spot;663169 wrote: Don't, whatever you do, do it, it's a recipe for annoying people.


:wah::wah:

Perhaps it would be safer not to post at all

pinkchick;663170 wrote: :wah::wah:

Perhaps it would be safer not to post at all


There's a check you can make on anything from russian roulette to posting on ForumGarden:Danger = (probability of annoying someone) x (potential damage they can inflict when roused)bearing which in mind, I apologise for tweaking Guppy's tail.