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dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts) Mon Oct 20, 2014, 04:12 PM Oct 2014

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Best Ask the Admin. question and answer of Sept!!!!!!!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12596919

Is there a way to deliver a mild electric shock through the internet to a user?
And could the DU software be modified to do so when someone alerts on a post and gets shutout 0-7 or nearly skunked 1-6 to Leave it?
There are a lot of alerts coming from people who lack basic reading comprehension skills. I've even tried typing slower to help them, but that doesn't seem to help.

Skinner's Answer is......classic!

Maybe we could give each of our users one of these:

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Best Ask the Admin. question and answer of Sept!!!!!!! (Original Post) dixiegrrrrl Oct 2014 OP

As long as the mice don't get hurt. femmocrat Oct 2014 #1

LOVE the question..........AND the answer! CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2014 #2

I had just been on 3 of the most face-palmiest juries ever NightWatcher Oct 2014 #3

It's a skinner box. surrealAmerican Oct 2014 #4

That's what makes the reply so damn funny dixiegrrrrl Oct 2014 #5

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)

1. As long as the mice don't get hurt.

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Mon Oct 20, 2014, 05:20 PM

Oct 2014

It would drive all the DU cats crazy though.

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,580 posts)

2. LOVE the question..........AND the answer!

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Mon Oct 20, 2014, 05:43 PM

Oct 2014

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)

3. I had just been on 3 of the most face-palmiest juries ever

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Mon Oct 20, 2014, 07:09 PM

Oct 2014

I wished people could get a zap...while I'm over here eating my yummy pellets.

surrealAmerican

(11,360 posts)

4. It's a skinner box.

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Mon Oct 20, 2014, 08:39 PM

Oct 2014

We should have anticipated this.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

5. That's what makes the reply so damn funny

Reply to surrealAmerican (Reply #4)

Tue Oct 21, 2014, 04:45 AM

Oct 2014

IMHO.

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