Reposted rant:; "no response to my argument = I win!"

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I posted this on a GD thread, but wanted to take it a little wider.

It makes me crazy to see people declaring victory in a thread because a poster does not respond to what the victor believes are his/her devastating, "nuclear" arguments.

It's a fecking BULLETIN BOARD, people.

You leave messages, you go away, you come back when there is a lull in your life. Sometimes the boss calls you into a conference, the baby gets sick, you've got a 2:00 class, the phone rings, or you realize you need to leave RIGHT NOW to get to the gym in time to get your workout in before it closes.

You post your thoughts, and then you GET ON WITH YOUR LIFE and come back later to see what others have contributed.

Just because you got offline does not mean you were somehow devastated by some argument and that's why you aren't posting an immediate reply

/sorry for the rant, but the "no response - I win!"/"tumbleweeds" argument gets my blood boiling, and I've never even had it directed towards me.

[asthmaticeog]

1. *crickets*

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2. Arggh - I should have expected that reply!!!

:dunce: