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MiddleFingerMom

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47. Did you somehow translate Kali's generic message of...

Fri Sep 28, 2012, 02:41 PM

Sep 2012

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... "If your creativity and Lounge contributions are limited to ridiculing ... people
you don't like and can't seem to ignore, you probably ought to just trash the forum"
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...into a generic message of "either like (my) friend or go away and never return."?
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I'm serious... can you explain that conclusion? I think lack of communication skills
(either on the part of the "speaker" or the "listener" -- either innocently or willfully)
may be a big part of the problem here. And your interpretation MAY very well be
valid in some way that I'm just not seeing.
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I'd seriously (and good-naturedly) like to be able to see how you made that connection.
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more like his proteges. Tuesday Afternoon Sep 2012 #12

Kick for more input. Ptah Sep 2012 #8

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I think so! Things are however, what we make of them. ohiosmith Sep 2012 #13

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It's my opinion. MineralMan Sep 2012 #30

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If you don't like his posts, HappyMe Sep 2012 #27

thanks for missing my point completely. Rosie1223 Sep 2012 #31

No, I didn't miss your point. HappyMe Sep 2012 #32

Why isn't the simple solution for MFM's posse to ignore his critics? Rosie1223 Sep 2012 #34

I didn't lock that thread. HappyMe Sep 2012 #36

Then I wish others would follow your lead. Rosie1223 Sep 2012 #37

his critics, if they have such a hard time either dealing with his posts Kali Sep 2012 #39

Thank you. MiddleFingerMom Sep 2012 #40

Ah, Kali, I knew I could count on you for a friendly, welcoming post. Rosie1223 Sep 2012 #41

no you have that wrong, please read again Kali Sep 2012 #45

I was reading the part where you invite people to trash the lounge forum and never return. Rosie1223 Sep 2012 #46

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