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Atticus

(15,124 posts)
Thu Aug 12, 2021, 10:32 PM Aug 2021

Not often enough, but every now and then, it strikes me how much I learn from reading posts on DU.

There are some superstars who consistently share articles or quotes that open up entirely new ways of thinking. But, nearly everyone who posts with any frequency broadens my narrow mind just by offering their opinions formed by their differing life experience.

Even some of those who regularly aggravate me are nonetheless sources of intelligent commentary on the things we all care about.

It was my good fortune to click on a link to DU on Bartcop's site 20 years ago.

I appreciate all of you.

Carry on.

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Not often enough, but every now and then, it strikes me how much I learn from reading posts on DU. (Original Post) Atticus Aug 2021 OP
Agree. My perspective on many issues is often improved here. N/t Hoyt Aug 2021 #1
I agree that some posts are extremely high quality FakeNoose Aug 2021 #2
BartCop was a daily read AnotherDreamWeaver Aug 2021 #3
+100 Thanks. abqtommy Aug 2021 #4
what i learned in the hot tub.... mopinko Aug 2021 #5
Will Pitt rec'd it, so I checked in dweller Aug 2021 #6
And the replies are wonderful! Karadeniz Aug 2021 #7
New words, new ideas, new things to look up. keithbvadu2 Aug 2021 #8
We clicked some of the same BootinUp Aug 2021 #9
same here ! not been here all that long , retired & enjoy the hell out it !!! monkeyman1 Aug 2021 #10
My favorite . . . AverageOldGuy Aug 2021 #11
The things I learn got me here. GulfCoast66 Aug 2021 #12

FakeNoose

(32,634 posts)
2. I agree that some posts are extremely high quality
Thu Aug 12, 2021, 10:38 PM
Aug 2021

... while others (including mine) are just average.

However I give every DU poster the benefit of the doubt - we're all trying to add to the conversation. Nobody comes here to sling BS and lies, like I have found on other boards. We're all good people with good intentions, and that's what I love about DU.

That goes for you too, my friend.



keithbvadu2

(36,786 posts)
8. New words, new ideas, new things to look up.
Thu Aug 12, 2021, 11:41 PM
Aug 2021

New words, new ideas, new things to look up.
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“If you haven't read hundreds of books, you are functionally illiterate, and you will be incompetent, because your personal experiences alone aren't broad enough to sustain you.”

― Jim Mattis, Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9949532-if-you-haven-t-read-hundreds-of-books-you-are-functionally

BootinUp

(47,143 posts)
9. We clicked some of the same
Thu Aug 12, 2021, 11:47 PM
Aug 2021

Links. I was quite worked up back in 03. I think I downloaded one of his, bartcop’s rants… epic.

AverageOldGuy

(1,523 posts)
11. My favorite . . .
Thu Aug 12, 2021, 11:53 PM
Aug 2021

. . . is the DUer with the pics of the feral cats and kitties. What a relief from the insanity that surrounds us!!!! I read the posts the chronicle her/his feeding of the feral cat(s) and kittens and realize there is a whole world out there that has nothing to do with politics, a world that will be there forever.

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