Posted on 03/16/2002 10:33:33 AM PST by NevadaY
When a freeper replies to a post, and then is replied to, and then s/he responds again, and is replied to again..........
Seriously, I usually just say, "Gotta run, I'll be back later." or some variation of that.
It's a secret code that you just kinda' figger out an' get the hang of.
You'll be OK.
Welcome.
IMHO, I think it very, very rude when someone calls you into a thread...I call it trolling, others call it a bang list, and they do not even have the courtesy to respond/acknowledge your comment. If you do not want discourse on a thread you post, do not troll people to it.
If I am trolled to a thread, and I respond, if the troller does not respond to, at times, lenghty and thought out responses, I will never answer the persons call again. Some veterans surely have paid the dues over time, and we understand each other's politico...the newbies, who troll and have me on their list, are marked and discarded quickly.
SR
The polls are only open for another hour and you haven't yet voted for the best conservative;
Brook Burke is lounging on your bed in lingerie and waiting for you;
Your signs are made, you're wearing your buttons, and your ride is waiting to go Freep a liberal;
Flood waters have risen within four inches of your computer or electrical outlets;
Your wife has been in labor for over ninety minutes and needs a ride to the hospital;
Some thug has broken into your home and needs to be shot;
Your Freepathon check is still on the mantle waiting to be mailed;
Your child hasn't eaten for a day and is whining pitiably;
You don't have the sense of humor to take these comments in the spirit they were intended.
WFTR
Bill
Ok, consider this a non-response.
LMAO! You can "speak of" tpaine but not "with". Yep I've had my dealings with tpaine once. No maas!
Help! I've looked in vain for the Ignore Reply link; where is it?
In all seriousness, it really does depends upon what the point of the discussion is. Sometimes it's just plain old fun to keep it out there especially in a flame war, so others can join in. Often it's a DU Lurker, whom we can all work together to verbally reduce them to a quivering mound of jello.
That's becomming more and more difficult these days. The moderators are moving on DU Lurkers faster than we can "have at them". There was one fellow who made a nonsensical accusation against GW followed by a threat of violence. He became "No current Freeper by that name" so fast I couldn't get my jab in. *grin*
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