[HairOfTheDog]

No virtue (or fault) is ever found in a transitive verb. We do not know if someone is virtuous simply because they "love." What do they love? Or that they are wicked if they "hate." What do they hate? When literature like The Lord of the Rings is criticized, it is often attacked for being "escapist." This means we should ask a question. What is being escaped from? As Tolkien once put it, the people who are so concerned about escapism do have a name—we call them jailers.

Hmm.... I am so tempted to ping someone.... But I hate to do that to a nice friendly thread....

[Overtaxed]

.... I am so tempted to ping someone.... But I hate to do that to a nice friendly thread....

Should I? :)

[Paul Atreides]

Don't waste your pings. The big words, in the quote, would only confuse the person.