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Silent3

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9. It's not so much any particular OPs that bother me

Reply to donco (Reply #7)

Sat May 10, 2014, 11:42 PM

May 2014

It's more the pattern of reactions to what people post, especially the obnoxious "I've got you pegged!" kind of reaction, where it seems that some people are only scanning for key words and phrases that set off their personal alarm bells, they figure smugly that they've "heard it all before", and simply spew back a slash-and-burn repsonse to the predetermined caricature they've cast you into.

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How often do you have an "I'm not touching that with a ten foot pole" reaction to a DU discussion? [View all] Silent3 May 2014 OP

Regularly. n/t A HERETIC I AM May 2014 #1

Per day or per hour ? nt Bonx May 2014 #2

The better answer for me is "rarely" but never is as close as your poll gets. lumberjack_jeff May 2014 #3

I venture into threads like that when I think I at least have a slightly novel take... Silent3 May 2014 #8

Yup. Agschmid May 2014 #4

More and more. avebury May 2014 #5

Per Hour. Katashi_itto May 2014 #6

Lotta troll donco May 2014 #7

It's not so much any particular OPs that bother me Silent3 May 2014 #9

Sometimes, and I'm also trashing threads constantly quinnox May 2014 #10

The funny thing is that I'd like to get into some of these topics more often that I do... Silent3 May 2014 #12

and those are real concerns quinnox May 2014 #13

or pet poster nadinbrzezinski May 2014 #15

Yup, it sure seems that way a lot of the time lately quinnox May 2014 #18

I admit, I SOMETIMES look at the Obama \Michelle\ kids cute threads nadinbrzezinski May 2014 #14

Our trash lists are SoCalDem May 2014 #16

lol quinnox May 2014 #17

I have been finding myself using the trash can a lot more nadinbrzezinski May 2014 #11

This Site Has Really Been Taken Over On the Road May 2014 #19

Might be less 10 ft pole moments if TOS were followed. Eleanors38 May 2014 #20