2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: This message was self-deleted by its author [View all]WillyT
(72,631 posts)But once the swarm came, and they laughed because I Mention my AA nephew, a 2nd Grader, I was done.
There was no longer a "Discussion" to be had.
I was approached by a friend who thought the attacks were unfair, and that maybe I should take the post down.
I gave him my reasons why that would not do any good...
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And others...
And I suggested to that friend, that I would let it stand because it might be used as a DU barometer.
And it has...
When I strike a certain nerve, with a certain post... it comes back up.
I also suggested that it would say more about the posters than it says about me.
(Check out today's posts, starting with "wow"... after that poster has hung onto this thread for months.)
In short... there was rapidly, very little discussion to be had.
Yet it still informs the shit out of me to this day.