I am going to make this general observation, again...If you dont like a topic, if you dont like a certain

[Eliot Rosewater]

sport or interest or activity, but you then go out of your way to comment about how you don't care about something or you don't like the particular thing someone is talking about, it annoys the shit out of me.

Last thing I ever do, I don't spend my time telling you how your interest bothers me, I don't know how to say it better than that, meaning not sure if I am being clear.

Happens at various message boards I participate in. I can't get over how people will spend their valuable time telling others that they dont care or aren't interested.

That is all. Just my opinion. I dont mean to hurt any feelings, etc.

[Beachnutt]

1. If it doesn't interest me I skip over it,

And if someone wants to ridicule my post I say have a great day and refuse to be baited into an argument.
or I just delete the post and move on.

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. I hope when someone reads this thread they might think about it a bit...yes, skip over it

I do that too delete all the time, i hate arguing...

[Arne]

3. If before you post, you stop,

think and then back out.
That's ok, and usually for the best.

[NewHendoLib]

4. That is social networking tools. Everyone ends up airing

their opinion. I've just accepted that is how it is.

As the saying goes, opinions are like assholes - everybody's got one. Social networking tools make it way too easy to share them.

[3catwoman3]

53. Some folks are doubly blessed - they both have one...

…and are one.

[unblock]

5. What a useless thread! Thanks for wasting my valuable time, Eliot!

Sorry, couldn't resist

[Eliot Rosewater]

7. Was waiting for that one, well done

[unblock]

11. I prefer subtle snark, but if you throw one straight up the middle, i'mma swingin'

[CrispyQ]

6. Another thing that bugs me are those who leave recipe reviews that state, "This sounds great! I can't wait to try it!"

That's not a review & it clutters up the review section.

[Eliot Rosewater]

8. And whenever someone responds to me and they are not an ass I usually try to hit the recommend button

just as a way to show appreciation.

[CrispyQ]

14. It's a nice feature. I like it!

[ret5hd]

16. been about 15 minutes and eliot hasn't rec'd your post!

i’d be rephrasing that snarky reply if i was you!!!

[RobinA]

40. Or....

I haven't used it yet [$1000 camera], but it looks like a really good camera. Gee, thanks, my mind is made up!

[debm55]

9. Agree with you.

[senseandsensibility]

10. I love DU but that is a pet peeve of mine as well

What is so difficult about scrolling past topics you're not interested in? I will never understand the impulse to crap on someone else's thread.

[Shermann]

28. Boredom / lack of stimulation / seeking attention

It's the same reason a pet (or JD Vance) ruins a couch.

[PatSeg]

39. I think some people are addicted to be annoyed or pissed off

and they go hunting for things to complain about.

[MLAA]

51. I thought he ruined couches because no woman would let him get close to her 😉

[spanone]

12. K&R

[SWBTATTReg]

13. I know what you mean. If you don't like a particular topic or whatever, simply just move on to the next topic.

There are thousands of new things on DU every day. But some people have to stop, tell everyone that they don't like a particular thing, I guess to let everybody know that they don't like a particular thing. Okay, so what? Move on. There is enough fish in the sea w/ all of the thousands of stories to read and enjoy on DU, w/o having to be negative about it.

[Jeebo]

15. I've done that, you're right, I shouldn't do it.

I will try to curb that impulse in the future when it surfaces in me. Thank you for calling it to my attention and making me think about it.

-- Ron

[senseandsensibility]

20. Self awareness!

Something the other side never exhibits.

[Eliot Rosewater]

22. And without seeing any of your other posts, THIS is why you are a liberal or a progressive, etc.

We can learn from others at the risk of our egos.

Personally, I love it when I am wrong because it means I am going to learn something.

[Blue Owl]

17. Like Tim Walz said....

“Mind your own damn business….”

This is how the whole “Karen” phenomenon got started — people who have to ‘insert themselves’ in other people’s business…..

[Nixie]

18. Absolutely right! There's also some who comment regularly

about their ignore list. If you're ignoring them, then quit posting about them. It cracks me up.

[PatSeg]

41. Ha, ha, ha!

Yeah, that's pretty pathetic. Apparently some don't get the actual concept of "ignore".

[PCIntern]

19. I agree totally...

I love baseball. I love the unpredictability, the pace, the skill set required to play at whatever level I happen to be watching.

I understand why millions don’t like it. I don’t care. That’s their business. I don’t require the rationalizations of their collective psyches to comprehend their position and my interest isn’t going to flag one iota whatever the arguments posited are.

[Eliot Rosewater]

23. GREAT example...thanks. For instance, as this is my thread I will do this:

Many years ago I was a huge NFL fan, an Oakland Raiders fan, I went to their training camp when I was a kid, and also a 49ers fan.

After seeing the movie "Concussion" and talking with my cousin Robert, who happened to have been a ball/bat boy for the San Francisco Giants in the 60s and knew Willie Mays and the rest of them, played catch with them and worked for the team, and he talked about how irresponsible and dangerous it was to play football because of the concussions and that until they resolved that he would not watch anymore.

Between that reasoning and just no longer finding it interesting I don't watch football much anymore but I will watch highlights here and there of this or that. What you won't see me do I hope is enter a conversation where other people are talking about how much they like football and tell them that I don't like football and if I've done that I was wrong to do it.

If you are a fan you would love to hear Robert's stories. For instance he played catch with different players like Willie because he was at the park before most of the other players (Willie) showed up and needed someone to warm him up. Robert said he was the most difficult person to play catch with because of the side arm throw he had, semi side arm. The ball moved a lot.

He also said you knew when Willie was in the clubhouse because you could hear him laughing, he had a distinct laugh and laughed all the time. He loved life, he loved other players. We lost a Giant in more ways than one recently.

[PCIntern]

34. Great post!

[marble falls]

21. meh.

[Evergreen Emerald]

24. Irony

[Eliot Rosewater]

25. Point taken.

[marybourg]

26. I guess the same could be said about posts

that say “I don’t like that thing”. They could be ignored also. Just sayin’

[Eliot Rosewater]

27. yep

[Srkdqltr]

29. Some just want to say. Something. To be noticed. If it is unpopular and someone notices and answers they are noticed

Some just want to be looked at.

[grumpyduck]

31. Yup, just like some repukes.

JD's comments about Walz come to mind.

[Srkdqltr]

32. That is not what i had in mind at all. But, thank you for reading and answering my post.

[JoseBalow]

55. HOORAY!

[grumpyduck]

30. I've caught myself making snide remarks about OPs that just have a link to a video

without any summary or hint as to what they're about and why "I" should watch it. I responded "hint?" to a couple recently, but from now on I'm just going to move on the next topic. It's easy and free.

[Eliot Rosewater]

46. No, those (your posts) are appropriate I think...And the folks who do it are not being obnoxious I dont

think, they just assume we just watched the same thing they did and know what they are talking about.

[Zoomie1986]

56. The assumption everyone has watched something,

Is, ipso facto, obnoxious. And lazy. No, not everyone is watching the same thing you are when you are. No, we can't read your mind.

Think of it the same way you would this real-world situation: You're at a party and a new neighbor or colleague is tagging along because they've met no one else yet. Now imagine going up to different people you know and not making introductions between those people and the newbie. You just yammer away with the prior acquaintance as if everyone knows each other.

That's exactly what these low info posters are doing. Because, just like it takes a bare minimum of time to introduce people who don't know each other, it takes no time at all to include people who weren't watching X to say, 'I was watching X just now, and Y said this awful thing, or Z made a great point about...'

[Batshit_Bruin_CA]

35. Thank you for the reminder -- direct, clear, but at heart kind.

I like the examples in the responses.

[UTUSN]

36. Hear HEAR!!!!!

[RussellCattle]

37. Eliot, I agree completely. So much so that I censor my own unfortunate messages by not posting them after....

......composing something that, on second thought, adds nothing to a discussion.

[Eliot Rosewater]

45. I do that often, I ask myself "are you gonna get into an argument with this one?" and I answer

myself "yes" I usually hit escape.

[RussellCattle]

49. There you go, that too. Sometimes it's like an open invitation. "Best left unsaid" - my mom.

[wolfie001]

38. If this is in regards to the Aussie breakdancing hip hopper lady, well....

....I kind of thought she was adorable. In an Elaine Benes kind of way

[Eliot Rosewater]

44. No clue, post it so we can all enjoy please!

[wolfie001]

52. Sure! Sorry, I've been away

I need to do a quick search:

Pretty lame channel but you'll get the idea. She went all in 100%. Gotta give her props for that. She also did a kangeroo jump a few times! How great is that! A bit on the comical side but it was fun to watch.




* I still gave the channel an upvote!

[bucolic_frolic]

42. Now I can never post again

I agree, I get more than a smattering of posts where I say -A and immediately it's 'you don't know what you're talking about, i believe in A!!'

Did i need to know? I usually block them. It's why I have so many users blocked.

[SocialDemocrat61]

43. It's not just sports

it’s TV shows and movies, songs, artists, etc. some just can’t help spreading their negativity to the world.

[Eliot Rosewater]

50. Oh yes, I was not limiting it to sports by any means. Another thing I try and never do is

make any kind of negative comment about someone performing whether it be sports or the arts, acting, singing etc.


One time years ago Elton John, one of the most talented human beings to ever live, remarked that contrary to what others were saying at the time HE was a BIG fan of Britney Spears and that all the negativity about here was unnecessary and wrong.

He made the point as I would that it is not my type of music, but to achieve what she has achieved in any "arts" is amazing, etc.

I dont like some types of music myself and I like many more than I dont. But I dont criticize the music or the talent. I might say FUCK YOU to a singer songwriter who makes it clear they love magats and trump and rightwing garbage, but I wont attack the music itself.

[birdographer]

47. Happens now and then

In one post I said "If you are not a fan of (whatever I was praising), just scroll on by" and I got a comment "I hate (whatever I was praising)". Why post that? My assumption was just to build up his post counts.

[Iggo]

48. Happens here, too.

A lot.

[JoseBalow]

54. Some people vastly overestimate the importance of their meaningless opinions

[OldBaldy1701E]

57. Truer words were ne'er spoken! (n/t)