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nomaco-10 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-03 06:01 PM
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I think I'll just give up posting,
atleast at GD. Maybe, I'm just a bad poster and don't have that literary "grab line" that's needed to get a response.
How many of you, have just decided to call it quits and settle for mediocrity and self masturbation threads at the lounge because your threads sink like rocks in GD?
Misery loves company, so one or two replies will make me feel better LOL.
THANKS, N
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Wetzelbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-03 06:02 PM
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1. I just read the word "masturbation" and I lost all train of thought
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trumad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-03 06:04 PM
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3. It's Nader's fault!
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Wetzelbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-03 06:09 PM
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8. or Clinton's
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ewagner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-03 06:03 PM
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2. Gotcha beat,
I think I'm the DU reigning champ at killing threads....whenever I post to a discussion, it stops right there and drops like a rock.

...maybe I'm wierd but I always thought I was topical.......on point....etc....
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ikojo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-03 06:04 PM
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4. The lounge is my home. I feel most comfortable there
I may not be able to convey my sarcasm in my posts but I do enjoy reading what others have to say. I offer my comments and whatever happens, happens.

I post threads and if people respond it's good. I do admit I hope for high numbers but then again maybe others aren't interested in what I have said.

Who knows?

:shrug:
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Maple Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-03 06:05 PM
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5. What you need in GD
is a thread labelled '{candidate name} sucks!'

You'll have lots of answers in short order....mind you, your eyebrows will have been flamed off.
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branch Donating Member (234 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-03 06:07 PM
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6. Just throw out some Flame Bait.
If no one is responding to you it is because whatever you posted made sense. Just say somthing like "School vouchers rock" you will get plenty of replies.

For the record, school voucher's bad very very bad.
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neuvocat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-03 06:08 PM
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7. You could start an inflammatory post
and criticize entire scores of people by pointing the finger at them for things you don't like. This includes how other people act, what they post, and the subject matter involved. It won't matter that this is purely personal, because you can proclaim yourself a savior and the little brown-shirts will flock to your side without you having to say much more than what you first posted. You'll be the life of the site.
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branch Donating Member (234 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-03 06:12 PM
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12. Easy now.
We don't need a hanitization of DU.
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Iverson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-03 06:09 PM
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9. try this:
"Clinton's Penis Sends School Vouchers to Nader, Lieberman"

You'll get something.
;-)
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smallprint Donating Member (778 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-03 06:13 PM
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13. LOLOL!

How about:

"Dean, Clark, Kerry Sponsored PNAC-Israeli Gang-Bang In Cuba"

that'll rack up a few hits...

:D

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Iverson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-03 06:17 PM
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17. a variant, humbly submitted
Fatal Attraction: Dean, Ann Coulter in Iraq
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Wetzelbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-03 06:16 PM
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16. Can we include Clark's cologne in on that somewhere
or Kerry ordering Swiss cheese on a Philly Cheese steak?
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Iverson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-03 06:19 PM
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19. like this?
"Gen. Clark's After Shave Derails 'Roadmap' in Mideast"
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smallprint Donating Member (778 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-03 06:30 PM
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21. heehee

that's a good one

how about:

"Arnold, Hillary in Secret BBV/Heroin Conspiracy with Will Pitt"

(gotta work DUers in there somehow)
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Old and In the Way Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-03 06:10 PM
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10. Trying posting in the other forums......
almost nothing hangs in GD. Don't give up....I think I average 2.3 responses for every post I initiate.

Want responses? Start a "It's all Ralph's fault" or the converse "It's not Ralph's fault". That should be good for 150 posts, I think.
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polmaven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-03 06:55 PM
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28. Or just use the words Skull and (or) Bones
WHAM!!!! Flames everywhere!
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KFC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-03 06:11 PM
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11. Make fun of conspiracy theorists
They always go bonkers when you question them. They are especially sensitive to demands for proof.
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WoodrowFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-03 07:24 PM
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32. that's cruel
damn fun tho...
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MuseRider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-03 06:13 PM
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14. You are not alone
and I kill threads with regularity. Feels kinda bad but I mostly just reply anymore, not that I ever started much anyway.
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branch Donating Member (234 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-03 06:14 PM
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15. This is a good thread.
I'm laghing my ass off.
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Bossy Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-03 06:18 PM
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18. Front page of GD currently has 15 minutes worth of threads
No reflection on you; it just goes fast fast fast. You can practice on the other boards, but GD will always zoom. The one sure thing is the thread you start that finally catches on will be the one that you were dead sure would sink like a rock.
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foxy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-03 06:19 PM
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20. I started thinking that way at first
Then the wonderful people here on DU reminded me of how many threads go on and there is no way that everyone can read and respond to all of them. If my threads get one responce I feel thankful.

Hi nomaco-10
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TreasonousBastard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-03 06:30 PM
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22. Jeez...
I thought I was the champion threadkiller.

Anyway, it's virtually impossible to get a real discussion going in GD-- things just move too fast and you're on page 15 by the time you get back to it.

Kicking doesn't seem to help.

And then, there's the dupes. Everyone wants to start a thread on Pigboy, or Ah-nuld





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moof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-03 06:30 PM
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23. aaaaaa isn't self masturbation redundant ?
Short message & still on review,
----------------
Maybe, I'm just a bad poster

grab

response

masturbation

rocks

loves

make me feel better
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with the amount of sexually suggestive buzz words it seems like you should be getting a rise out of a few posters.

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Kamika Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-03 06:34 PM
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24. *cry
Edited on Mon Oct-06-03 06:44 PM by Kamika
I stopped posting new threads in gd since whenever i actually get a post with alot of answers i got banned.

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displacedvermoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-03 06:42 PM
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25. Things tend to be very cliquey (sp?) if that is a word
here, like in life. I often write some very profound stuff, that drops like a rock, too! Gotta have the gift, I guess.
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dweller Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-03 06:47 PM
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26. then i'll reply
and kill the thread.
i just dunno...

dp
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nomaco-10 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-03 06:47 PM
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27. 24 Replies and you made me revisit.....
an Ozzy Osbourne MTV moment....
"I love you all, more than life it's self, but your all fucking mad."
Yeah, that'll work... THANKS
LMAO
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nomaco-10 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-03 07:02 PM
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30. Now see, this very post is the very reason why.....
I don't get much feedback, it could be that peeps think I'm a smartass when in fact, it's a failed attempt at sarcasm on my part.
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Shanty Oilish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-03 06:59 PM
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29. I feel your pain.
My posts often die of neglect too. :(

Ummm...feel better? ;)
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criticalmass Donating Member (444 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-03 07:20 PM
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31. I gave up regular posting months ago
I was a thread-killer in any forum.

I went off and did a blog for awhile instead, as an outlet for my angst. Now I'm blogged out and back to the forums, but mostly I just lurk.

It isn't that I don't have any profound or amusing thoughts, but writing is just not my gift. Trying to translate thoughts in my head into written words is like trying to take dictation from somebody who talks way too fast--my mind races ahead of my fingers and it's distracting when I have to back up--I can't remember what I meant to say or how I meant to say it. It's a tedious chore, and I don't enjoy it at all.

Also, I worry that I'm not skillful enough to convey to readers my rolling eyes or the tongue that's usually in my cheek, and that someone will take something I've written all wrong and think I'm a complete idiot. So I'm very inhibited at writing--page fright, I guess.

Being the introverted sort, I don't usually interact with very many people, but I've been doing so much reading and research and learning that it seems like a waste to keep it all the info I've collected to myself and not try to pass it on somehow.

So I keep trying. On DU's forums, if I can answer a specific question or give additional information, I do, and if I can contribute a different perspective, I try. Sometimes I can't resist posting a silly thought that pops into my head. But I'm still a thread-killer.

Mostly, while I'm at DU, I'm just enjoying the fact that I'm not the only one who sees things the way I do. Out here in the Bible Belt, surrounded by hard-line right-wingers, it sure helps.
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