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Vanity about vanities..what makes a good or bad one
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| 10-28-08
| Bob J
Posted on 10/28/2008 1:44:24 PM PDT by Bob J
Tensions and anxiety are high right now and everybody wants to purge. But as the mods are constantly pointing out there are way too many vanities clogging the system.
Here is an easy rule of thumb to use when thinking of posting a vanity. A good vanity is one that informs, educates, amuses or otherwise delights the reader. By its nature it is positive as it contributes to the participants overall FR experience.
A bad vanity is a vent or whose purpose is to get something off the chest of the poster and is by its nature, selfish, because only the poster benefits. If you're angry and just want to vent, shout or grouse, do it inside a good thread because you're just boring people and wasting their time.
And before I get set upon by the modwannabees, I believe this vanity is a good vanity because it's purpose if to inform/educate the reader. I think the mods would agree. And I'm not doing their job for them, just trying to assist.
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posted on
10/28/2008 1:44:25 PM PDT
by
Bob J
To: Bob J
Is this a good one or a bad one?
2
posted on
10/28/2008 1:45:58 PM PDT
by
Doomonyou
(Let them eat lead.)
To: Bob J
And before I get set upon by the modwannabees, I believe this vanity is a good vanity LOL
3
posted on
10/28/2008 1:45:58 PM PDT
by
sam_paine
(X .................................)
To: Bob J
A good vanity is one that informs, educates, amuses... So, this ones lame? :oP
4
posted on
10/28/2008 1:46:49 PM PDT
by
IllumiNaughtyByNature
(Democrats don't have opposable thumbs and are scared of vacuum cleaners, like my dog.)
To: Bob J
If it’s interesting, it’s a good one. If it’s not, it’s ZOT!..............
5
posted on
10/28/2008 1:46:56 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(My wallet is made out of depleted you-owe-mium........)
To: Bob J
A vanity about vanities....pondering the irony...
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posted on
10/28/2008 1:50:17 PM PDT
by
Jersey Republican Biker Chick
(You cannot help the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer. - Abraham Lincoln)
Comment #7 Removed by Moderator
To: Bob J
8
posted on
10/28/2008 1:53:54 PM PDT
by
TonyInOhio
(This is no time to go wobbly.)
To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick
Vanities are a time worn and integral part of FR. The problem is some people think their privilige to post an opinion gives them the green light to post any sophomoric notion that posp into their head.
And then the good vanities get swallowed up in the tide of one liner rants.
9
posted on
10/28/2008 1:55:26 PM PDT
by
Bob J
(For every 1000 hacking at the branches of evil, one strikes at it's root.)
To: Bob J
10
posted on
10/28/2008 1:56:52 PM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
To: Bob J
11
posted on
10/28/2008 1:57:31 PM PDT
by
mnehring
(We Are Joe!)
To: Doomonyou
“Vanity, vanity, all is vanity.”
The book of Ecclesiates
To: AppyPappy; Bob J
13
posted on
10/28/2008 1:59:02 PM PDT
by
mnehring
(We Are Joe!)
To: Bob J
Just a tad more powder...
14
posted on
10/28/2008 1:59:23 PM PDT
by
xcamel
(Conservatives start smart, and get rich, liberals start rich, and get stupid.)
To: Bob J
This may be the reason some people are posting bad vanities....They have a posp in the head....and that is ten times worse then having a brick or log in your head.
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posted on
10/28/2008 1:59:36 PM PDT
by
Esther Ruth
( Jesus - No other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. Acts 4:12)
To: Bob J
A vanity about vanities?????
This ranks up there with Kramer’s coffee table book about coffee tables!
16
posted on
10/28/2008 2:00:39 PM PDT
by
aMorePerfectUnion
(Stalin was a community organizer...)
To: Bob J
I agree....I was just laughing at the irony of a vanity about too many vanities...ha ha ha.
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posted on
10/28/2008 2:00:56 PM PDT
by
Jersey Republican Biker Chick
(You cannot help the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer. - Abraham Lincoln)
To: Bob J
As someone who has posted vanities before, I really do not see what the big deal is about them.
So what if people want to vent or get something off their chest! As long as people put it in the correct category, it is not a crime.
People who get their panties in a twist over this seem petty and appear to be nothing but bullies hiding behind the aninimity of their laptop!
To: mnehrling; Bob J
I think he has a hairball. Will one of you post a prayer thread for it? I don’t want to do it because I would appear vain.
Oh gross, never mind.
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posted on
10/28/2008 2:03:28 PM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
To: aMorePerfectUnion
![](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41TNDPFD0VL._SL500_AA240_.jpg)
It could be worse, a coffee table book about coffee table books on coffee tables.
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posted on
10/28/2008 2:06:20 PM PDT
by
mnehring
(We Are Joe!)
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