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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:14 PM Original message |
How about a SNAKE PIT forum? (Seriously) |
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rox63 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. Isn't that kind of what the Lounge is for? n/t |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. No. the Lounge is more for fun and socializing |
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Phredicles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. I think the lounge is maybe a little more chummy than these things, |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. I get the same impression about the Lounge |
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DonkeyInChinaShop (108 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 03:33 AM Response to Reply #1 |
163. General Discussion has become The Lounge |
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buckybadger2007 (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
2. I like it.... |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. As much as any of us. |
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wicket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Welcome to DU! |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Yeah, welcome |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Hi - Welcome to DU |
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live love laugh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 04:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
133. I can see it now.... |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
7. I was thinking for the anti-vaccine threads... |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. When those threads degenerate into hyper hysteria (and they do so almost from the OP) |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:19 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Exactly.... |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:22 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. I've been using the "hide thread" function a lot more lately |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
68. Of course you were. How about if DU makes a "snake pit" for any posts you |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:10 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. The post with the bad math. I remember you. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:15 PM Original message |
Case in point... |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 05:12 PM Response to Reply #68 |
139. . |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-17-07 01:16 PM Response to Reply #7 |
167. Would an "anti-vioxx" thread be a candidate as well? |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
10. Yeah, I think |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:21 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. No. See the posts about the Lounge above |
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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
15. Great idea |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:25 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. How about the "I'm leaving and here's why (you bastards)!" threads? |
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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:27 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. sounds right |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:30 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Maybe we need forum for personal messages. Hmmm |
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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:40 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. A special forum for those experiencing grief from a recent loss |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:43 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. That sounds very nice |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:51 PM Response to Reply #32 |
44. There already is one, here: |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:53 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Thanks |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:57 PM Response to Reply #47 |
56. Maybe |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:07 PM Response to Reply #56 |
64. Thanks for posting the Bereavement forum info |
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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:56 PM Response to Reply #44 |
54. Great , but now I don't understand |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:58 PM Response to Reply #28 |
59. I only visit GD, for instance. If one of my friends here suffers a loss I would like to know. nt |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:09 PM Response to Reply #59 |
67. But GD is not your personal club. DU is organized by topic, nnot clique |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:50 PM Original message |
do you see the irony there, nikki? it ain't your club either. LOL... |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
121. LOL |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
155. Not asking for a club, dear. Just asking that people follow the structure of the forums themselves |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 11:07 PM Response to Reply #155 |
157. Child, it's GENERAL disc, and the Admins determine the content, not YOU, not a club.... |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 01:02 AM Response to Reply #157 |
158. Dear heart, DU has already set up a system. I think we should respect that |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 02:37 AM Response to Reply #158 |
159. your imagination has created some cliques that do not exist.... |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 02:39 AM Response to Reply #159 |
160. Stop! You're not following the system that DU has set up! |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 02:47 AM Response to Reply #160 |
161. did the mods tell her something about a "system" and neglect to tell us? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 02:51 AM Response to Reply #161 |
162. If the system is in place, why is she suggesting a new forum? |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 08:04 PM Response to Reply #18 |
149. Can I say |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 08:23 PM Response to Reply #15 |
153. That's what happens when a community is formed. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
17. You think Anna Nicole is a "useless piece of garbage". I don't. |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:26 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Why put her in GD? Why not the Lounge? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:27 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Maybe people here who never go to the lounge want to discuss her? |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:28 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. What's so hard about going to the Lounge? (It's a click away, not a mile walk) |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:33 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. I'm waiting... |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:36 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. so not worth it |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:40 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Sounds like you have no real answer, so you're forced to reply with a question |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:42 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. You can ask as many times as you keep yourself entertained. |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:43 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. No, you can actually answer the question. How about it? |
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blonndee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:45 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. . . . |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:47 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Good luck with that |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:50 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. My "luck" depends on you. Why couldn't you post Anna Nicole in the Lounge? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:46 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. So you object to brawls and you engage in one here? OK |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:50 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. Not a brawl, just question. You're turning a very simple question into a major issue |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:51 PM Original message |
I already answered you so quit badgering me, please. It's annoying, |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
48. Where is your answer to "Why can't you post Anna Nicole in the Lounge"? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:55 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Good bye. |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:56 PM Response to Reply #27 |
52. I'll answer that one |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:07 PM Response to Reply #52 |
63. I appreciate your answer and wish Bluebear had been the one to answer it |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:08 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. oh yawn |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:09 PM Response to Reply #66 |
69. Tired, sniffa? Maybe a little coffee? |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:11 PM Response to Reply #69 |
72. i wish bLuebear had answered you |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:13 PM Response to Reply #72 |
74. I wish Bluebear had answered me too. |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:14 PM Response to Reply #74 |
76. i know, he keeps avoiding you |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:15 PM Response to Reply #76 |
80. Well, such is life |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:17 PM Response to Reply #80 |
83. What the fuck ails you anyhow? |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:18 PM Response to Reply #83 |
87. jeez, just answer the question |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:19 PM Response to Reply #87 |
88. I was informed upthread that GD is not my "personal club" & to make lounge friends |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:24 PM Response to Reply #88 |
96. Deleted sub-thread |
bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:47 PM Response to Reply #88 |
117. really! get over yourself and discuss the 9/11 conspiracy theory du jour, because THAT matters |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 03:13 PM Response to Reply #117 |
123. That's right. |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 03:49 PM Response to Reply #123 |
131. lets take the "general" out of GD and remake it in our self important image, shall we? |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 06:30 PM Response to Reply #131 |
145. No, that's how it reads |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 07:37 PM Response to Reply #145 |
146. so it's an elitist circle jerk, what matters to me daddy? ooooh, your words are so big and hard!! |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 07:46 PM Response to Reply #146 |
147. hehehehehe |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 06:29 PM Response to Reply #117 |
144. Yup, all those trivial vanity threads about equal civil rights |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:19 PM Response to Reply #83 |
89. You still haven 't answered the question. Why? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:20 PM Response to Reply #89 |
90. Answer my question! It was: What the fuck ails you? |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:22 PM Response to Reply #90 |
93. You still haven't answered the question |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:24 PM Response to Reply #93 |
98. You are sounding real familiar now. Be an angel & tell us who you really are. |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:32 PM Response to Reply #98 |
109. Anything but answer the question, eh? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:37 PM Response to Reply #109 |
113. LOL |
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swimboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 04:20 PM Response to Reply #93 |
135. He did answer your goddamn question |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:39 PM Response to Reply #63 |
114. Why don't they go to GD-Politics then? |
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jannyk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 03:21 PM Response to Reply #114 |
124. Perhaps it would be more pertinent to ask |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 03:23 PM Response to Reply #124 |
125. I think it's sad that you want GLBT issues moved to the GLBT forum. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 03:28 PM Response to Reply #124 |
126. perhaps it more pertinent to ask why you think your issues are more important than my civil rights |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 03:32 PM Response to Reply #126 |
128. People in the majority often think that civil rights is a |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 03:31 PM Response to Reply #124 |
127. The GLBT forum is where we discuss among ourselves. |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 03:39 PM Response to Reply #124 |
130. I can agree with that to some extent really, my notes on it all: |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 03:57 PM Response to Reply #124 |
132. Who are you to determine what is tidy and interesting? |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 05:02 PM Response to Reply #132 |
138. Oh snap! |
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swimboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 04:17 PM Response to Reply #63 |
134. I think you have a very strange attitude. |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:48 PM Response to Reply #19 |
118. Then why a snake pit? Why not the Lounge? |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:24 PM Original message |
Anna Nicole Smith has nothing to do with politics |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
102. That's why there's GD: Politics. n/t |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:52 PM Response to Reply #102 |
120. so thats what its for!!!! |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:34 PM Original message |
No, I think there are a number of ways to avoid threads you don't like |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
29. I do use the hide-thread feature. But a lot of folks have been complaining lately |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
25. sounds like a good idea... however |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:42 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. I know, the one drawback. Some of those topics should be in GD |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:45 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. One forum I would support, however |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:51 PM Response to Reply #35 |
43. Wasn't GD-political for that? I agree there needs to be a place for it. |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:59 PM Response to Reply #43 |
60. I thought so, too |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:11 PM Response to Reply #60 |
71. A lot of these are very personal threads: "I hate Hillary, Obama, Biden....etc" |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:40 PM Response to Reply #30 |
115. see, i think most of the 9/11 threads are crap and belong in a snake pit! |
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CabalPowered (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
34. Another forum I used to frequent had a "mud pit" |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:52 PM Response to Reply #34 |
45. Sounds right. Snake pit, mud pit, something on that order |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
39. Yeah,let's bring more potential negative energy here |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:55 PM Response to Reply #39 |
49. I think the potential negative energy is already here. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:57 PM Response to Reply #49 |
57. Do you not see that threads like this |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:12 PM Response to Reply #57 |
73. Having never posted a thread like this, I had no way of predicting the outcome |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:15 PM Response to Reply #73 |
79. There have been too many in recent days. |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:16 PM Response to Reply #79 |
82. I hide the fluff all the time. I do see some great threads here. That's why I posted this |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:18 PM Response to Reply #82 |
86. They do not get lost, if you simply bother to click the little x there. |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:21 PM Response to Reply #86 |
92. Thanks for bumping my thread, Redqueen |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:25 PM Response to Reply #92 |
99. Hahaahaha... I see how it is.... |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:26 PM Response to Reply #99 |
101. You did your best to make in non-meaningful and I appreciate that |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:29 PM Response to Reply #101 |
106. Good one! |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:34 PM Response to Reply #106 |
111. Total truth, cross my heart |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
40. There is a lot of stuff in GD that should be in the lounge. |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:56 PM Response to Reply #40 |
51. I know. I wish the mods would be more active on moving those kinds of threads to the Lounge |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
46. Sounds like Freerepublik |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
53. Why not just hide the threads? |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:14 PM Response to Reply #53 |
77. I do it all the time, hon. But lots of folks have been complaining about the distractions |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:17 PM Response to Reply #77 |
84. Complaining is not helping. |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:24 PM Response to Reply #84 |
97. Thanks for bumping my thread, Redqueen |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:31 PM Response to Reply #53 |
108. It's a bit tedious having to do it one at a time |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
55. If that happens hopefully Skinner can get a deal on padlocks |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
58. Where would this thread go? |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:15 PM Response to Reply #58 |
81. LOL!! The irony has not escaped me. I can tell you I won't be posting this suggestion again. |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:21 PM Response to Reply #58 |
91. No, this thread would go in the Snark Pit. |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:23 PM Response to Reply #91 |
95. Yep, it surely would. And that says a lot about DU GD, doesn't it. |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:44 PM Response to Reply #95 |
116. It's not a BAD idea. The name could use a little work, though. |
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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:50 PM Response to Reply #116 |
119. I think the snake pit name is awesome |
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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
61. I really think Skinner should consider this |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:04 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. The people who post deaths of loved ones here pay their dues too. |
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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:07 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. It used to not be like this |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:25 PM Response to Reply #65 |
100. No kidding. What happened? |
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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:26 PM Response to Reply #100 |
103. I don't know |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:17 PM Response to Reply #62 |
85. "Paid their dues"? What does this have to do with the topic of a forum? |
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Strawman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:58 PM Response to Reply #61 |
122. I think that's going way too far with this idea |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
75. Yeah! And we could put requests to the DU's administrators for new forums there, too! |
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Done (680 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
78. An always anonymous forum? nt |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:26 PM Response to Reply #78 |
104. There's a dangerous one |
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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
94. I really don't get all the hostility this thread is getting |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:28 PM Response to Reply #94 |
105. I think because some people mistake a topic forum for a personal home |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:30 PM Response to Reply #105 |
107. 1079 views and not a single rec. Yeah, this is an idea whose time has come. |
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Puglover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 04:28 PM Response to Reply #105 |
136. Better yet why don't you start your own message board |
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johnfunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
110. Very good idea... but call it... |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:35 PM Response to Reply #110 |
112. Yeah, that was the original idea before this thread degenerated |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 03:32 PM Response to Reply #112 |
129. "Flamebait Forum" perhaps. |
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TX-RAT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
137. Heres a snake for the pit. |
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InvisibleTouch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 05:24 PM Response to Reply #137 |
140. Nice! |
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TX-RAT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 05:30 PM Response to Reply #140 |
141. One of my little buddies on the ranch. |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 08:08 PM Response to Reply #137 |
150. Hey |
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k_jerome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
142. why not post this in the lounge? nt. |
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tinfoilinfor2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
143. I'm glad you brought this up because I guess that I have been wrong |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
148. oh I would just love that |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
151. Cross between GD and the lounge |
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Sydnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
152. We used to have that - it was called the Ask the Admins forum |
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troubleinwinter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 10:48 PM Response to Reply #152 |
156. Hahahahahahahaha!!!!!!! |
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ContraBass Black (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
154. Who keeps recommending these "put posts I don't like somewhere else" threads? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 12:38 PM Response to Reply #154 |
166. :) |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 06:31 AM Response to Original message |
164. y'know, not a bad idea. |
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Balderdash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
165. kick |
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