How many times have you started a new thread, or wanted to post a reply, but..

How many times have you started a new thread, or wanted to post a reply, but..

You DONT because you know only bad things will result?



I'd say for every reply or new thread I want to make, I actually hit the Submit button on about 30%.

Imagine how much of an asshole I would be if I didnt practice such self-restraint

Champie

Haha.

If you are restraining yourself from pope jokes, please show less restraint.

haha, no, it isnt racy humor that I am holding back


I havent heard any pope jokes? what do you got?

Too many times. I frequently have opinions on things and I type out a response and at the last minute change my mind so I dont feed the trolls.

That's true for me, too.

It's happened.


Ever noticed how lot of online debates get silly?
How often the following appears?

1. "You obviously hate..."
   
2. bumpersticker-esque cliches used to support points
   
3. "Nazi" "Hitler" or "Facist"
   
4. quibbling over irrelevant points
   
5. a dictionary definition used to "support" a claim
   
6. an absurd back and forth about what someone "obviously implied" when they said something
   
7. an absurd back and fourth about whether or not someone undertood what someone else said
   
8. moral indignation: "How DARE you suggest that...." and so on.
   
9. parroting the latest statements and suggestions from favorite activists, politicians and talk show hosts
   
10. the wily tactics of the [fill in the blank] agenda
    

I have learned recently thaat many forums, or post I strongly disagree with I wont post since in doing so it gives credence somewhat to what its all about Im much happier now to simply ignore them. If that makes any sense

Perfect sense Toy!

I feel so much better when I dont hang my nuts out in the forums just to have them trampled. And there is a lot less pain and swelling in the morning

*a dictionary definition used to "support" a claim
- Guilty as charged. But arguing from a structuralist mind-set makes it justifiable, right?

*an absurd back and fourth about whether or not someone undertood what someone else said
- What are you talking about? I think you're missing the point entirely. You obviously have no idea what you're talking about, fascist.

I have a Pope joke. It's quite bad, doesn't involve any dead popes and isn't at all racy.

You were warned.

So the Pope is in a limo one day heading to some meeting in Rome. He's feeling kind of bored and restless so he tells the driver to pull over and get out. The Pope and the driver both get out and the pope tells the driver to sit in the back while he hops into the front seat over the driver's nervous protests. Now the Pope hadn't driven in years but he wasn't going to let that bother him. He floors the accelerator and starts careening through the streets at something close to 80m/h taking corners on two wheels, narrowly missing pedestrians and generally having more fun than he's had since before he took his vows.

Predictably, it doesn't take long for a cop car to come squealing in pursuit of the speeding limo. The Pope pulls over and when the policeman walks up to the car rolls down the window and says 'Yes my son?'

The cop, seeing who he's just pulled over says, 'Excuse me Your Holiness, I'll be right back.' and goes back to his car and gets the police chief on the radio.

Cop: 'Uh, Chief, I've just pulled someone over for reckless driving but he's very important and I'm not sure if I should give him a ticket.'

Chief: 'Well exactly how important are we talking about here? Is he more important than the mayor?'

Cop: 'Oh yes Chief, definitely more important than that.'

Chief: 'Well is he more important than the governer?'

Cop: 'Yes sir, more important than that.'

Chief: 'Is he as important as the president then?'

Cop: 'I think he's even more important than that sir.'

Chief: 'Well just who the hell is it?'

Cop: 'I don't know sir, but the Pope's his chauffeur.

thats pretty funny Akuma, thanks!

I guess he thought it was God in the back..lol

I dare you to randomly insert that gem into the next jumbo debate...

This is great. I think we should number these, and then everytime we see it simply reply with a #.

I know I can catch a "wily tactics of the FIC agenda" at least every 10 minutes... and not the joking about the FIC, but the truly paranoid FIC claims.

Oh yea... for #3, don't forget "liberal" to go along with "nazi", "facists" or "hitler".

Um.....

Ok I just hit my 30%

Shadow

It depends who I would be replying to.

A drill instructor once told me, "Son, if you don't like the smell of S**T, don't hang around the latrine." I have learned to ignore certain people's postings and comments altogether. Life in the forums has been much better ever since.

T

I do this more often than not. My Almost-Post Count would put Eggy to shame.