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DeposeTheBoyKing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 08:47 AM
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Do you ever post something KNOWING it won't get any responses?
I do it all the time. What drives me to this behavior?
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kick-ass-bob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 08:48 AM
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1. Well, if you post the same thing twice, you probably guarantee
one to not get anything!

:7
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DeposeTheBoyKing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 08:49 AM
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2. My browser froze!
It was purely unintentional!
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 08:50 AM
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3. I always expect 0 responses
but, that is just me...

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DeposeTheBoyKing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 09:14 AM
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4. Okay - here's a response!
Not to an original thread, but oh well. :hi:
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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 09:15 AM
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5. Umm... Just about everything I post knowing that.
;)
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 11:25 AM
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6. My threads generally do well, god knows why...
But now and then, I'll post a joke or a cartoon...and it'll sink like a freakin' stone...

I still do it, though...I guess hope springs eternal?

:shrug:
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LaPera Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 11:34 AM
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7. Constantly! Most of the time I really don't want a response-just it read
Edited on Fri Sep-09-05 11:35 AM by LaPera
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 12:50 PM
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8. Practically every thread I start I know will get no responses
unless I put a popular DUer's name in the title. What a pathetic shell of a life!
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anarch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 12:53 PM
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9. every single time
but then again I am usually roundly ignored IRL, too, so I'm used to it
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 12:53 PM
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10. Hi anarch!
:hi:
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anarch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 12:55 PM
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11. howdy!
:toast:
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 12:56 PM
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12. Only 15,178 times now
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 01:03 PM
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13. When ever I start a thread.
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kmla Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 01:06 PM
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14. Yep. Posted one the other day that sank like * in the grammar bee...
Went down.

Down.

Down.

Like a rock lobster.
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In_The_Wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 01:13 PM
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15. I do ... just because I Have Something To Say!
so what if no one else wants to talk about it







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henslee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 01:15 PM
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16. No responses doesn't necc. mean no one read it or appreciated it.
and sometimes you just have to be that maverick, throwing it out there, whether it sticks to the wall or not.
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anarch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 01:16 PM
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17. good point
I have read, and appreciate your post.

:7
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atomic-fly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 01:27 PM
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18. response
Yeah, I posted one about a hurricane(Gaston) victim.
I realized that there would be little response due to the vastness of Katrina. But I felt empathy for the Gaston victim and hoped someone else with more resources could help him.
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henslee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 01:50 PM
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23. For that matter, what is more rewarding than a long ignored post
suddenly getting a thoughtful, appreciative response. It's quality not quantity, no?
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progmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 01:45 PM
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22. right on!
:thumbsup:
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 01:28 PM
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19. Yep, I do!
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Poiuyt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 01:29 PM
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20. I always expect a response. I just never get any
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khashka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 01:44 PM
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21. I do it all the time, too
I think it's a misery thang. If you post something you know nobody will respond to - and then of course, they don't - you can feel like nobody loves you. Which means you get to feel superior to them - just look at what they are missing out on, the damn idiots!

Then again, maybe that's just me....

Oops!

Khash.
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