Do those of you who hang out in the lounge all the time get irritated or offended

[madmom]

when some one (like me) comes in only occasionally and makes a post or leaves a reply on one already here? I only stop by every now and then and I've seen posts I've been tempted to reply on and thought better of it because I feel like an outsider if you know what I mean. So I've decided to ask does it bother you if we come here and add our 2 cents occasionally?


I did want to add that I do stop by every Sunday morning for LOL cats. Love them with my morning coffee!

[Call Me Wesley]

I can only speak for myself,

and I'm glad your posting here. That you should feel like an outsider (I don't feel this way in any other DU forums I post in,) makes me sad, to be honest. DU is a community and not a country club.

Welcome to all who venture into the Lounge! :hi:

[Heidi]

8. "A community and not a country club."

No freakin' wonder I hauled off and married you. :*

:yourock:

[I Have A Dream]

12. You were a very smart woman, Heidi.

(CMW was equally smart though because :yourock: just as much.)

:loveya: both.

[Call Me Wesley]

21. Seems like I still can't get

'your' and 'you're' right sometimes. :blush: *puts away his grammar nazi helmet*

[Richardo]

1. The lounge can use all the diverse visitors and contributors it can get

The fact that some infrequent posters like yourself feel like outsiders shows how much of a clique farm this place is.

Welcome! :pals:

[Call Me Wesley]

2. GMTA!

:hi:

[Richardo]

3. ...and ours as well!

:hi: Wesley!

[hippywife]

4. No one is an outsider here.

No one owns any part of DU and says who can and can't post somewhere. It's wide open country, and folks are welcome to come and go as they please. Mingle freely! :hi:

[Iggo]

5. We love it when the grown-ups visit.

Leave the kids in GD.

[Heidi]

6. I'm glad you're here, madmom. And it takes a WHOLE lot to offend me.

So, no, I don't get offended by folks outside Lounge "regulars" posting here. Essentially, my opinion is: screw those who fancy themselves the official arbiters of who can/can't or should/shouldn't post in the Lounge. I'm glad you stop by here and hope you'll do it more often. :hug:

[fizzgig]

7. come on in and hang out any time

we don't bite, unless you want us to ;)

i don't like the fact that some feel this way about the lounge, especially when a lot of us come here to goof around and squee over cute animals :)

[LeftyFingerPop]

9. Please stick around, madmom...

and express yourself freely.

I am glad you are here, and so are a lot of other people.

[Ptah]

10. Pull up a chair, stay a while

[Tuesday Afternoon]

11. Hello

:hi:

[Bluzmann57]

13. Can only speak for myself

But I usually only venture in here on Sundays and I'll say anything to anyone about nearly any subject, even if I don't really know what I'm talking about. Lol. But that's just me.

[Eyerish]

14. Welcome!!

Everyone's opinion is welcome here and we are glad you've stopped in! :hi:

[madmom]

15. Thanks everyone for the welcome, I'm sure I'll be around more often. : )

[Bucky]

16. You know we're not real people, right?

Most of us Loungers are just random sentence generating AI autopost programs that Skinner came up with to create an artificial sense of community. Deja Q is actually a snark-based algorithm. I'm a more advanced copy integrating Gen-Xified Henny Youngman one liners. LynnSin is actually a rogue tollbooth change automator from the Delaware turnpike. Take no concern about what we say.

[tigereye]

17. no!

everyone welcome except those living under bridges! :hi:

[Strong Atheist]

18. Not at all! Welcome!

:toast:

[Iggo]

19. Welcome, my friends! Welcome to The Lounge!

(Welcome, indeed...)

[Dr. Strange]

44. What kind of M&Ms would you like? Peanut?

No, de plain, de plain.

[cwydro]

20. Everyone is welcome in the Lounge!

Come in more often and enjoy yourself!:hi:

[Gormy Cuss]

22. Post and run is annoying in any forum.

However, replying infrequently is par for the course. If you have something to add to the thread, post!

[Call Me Wesley]

23. If I post a thread,

and nobody's replying, is it considered post and run? I often stayed awake at night asking myself this, weeping into my Hello Kitty life-size pillow, but no one ever answered. ;)

[Gormy Cuss]

27. Yes, but in that case, you're the poster and WE'RE the runners...

;)

[Call Me Wesley]

28. LOL!

Seems I made quite some run. Well, it's good for the health though. ;)

[Ptah]

29. Print this out ans keep it under your pillow. You'll sleep much better.

[Call Me Wesley]

30. Heh heh!

We sent our nephew some Swedish fish from here, but he already got some from his granny, so he knew what they were. Unfortunately, ours were more colorful, because the next time granny got him some, he complained: "But they're all red! Aunt **** sent me some that were other colors, too!"

;)

[old mark]

24. Who gives a shit?

The lounge is actually fun, unlike the stiffs over at GD.

mark

[ShenandoahAspen]

25. Welcome! And do post more often.

This is a great place with some really awesome people. I've started posting here more often in the past week and really enjoy it. I think you will too. :) Glad to have you!

[Name removed]

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[Kali]

31. not me

the more the merrier

I don't get offended by individuals, although I might by subjects - more likely my reaction to an un-loungy post is more of a WTF? - there isn't much that actually OFFENDS me:rofl:

[Louisiana1976]

32. Not me--and I love the LOL cats, too!

[Blue Diadem]

33. Hi madmom!

:hi:

I love the LOL cats too.

[LeftyFingerPop]

34. Seriously...how in the hell did this thread get a deleted message?

[Shell Beau]

35. I feel similar to that when I go into GD. Of course, everyone is welcome

to post wherever they want to!!! Post all you like!

[mopinko]

36. just don't expect to get the jokes.

that's my advice (another infrequent poster.)
:hi:

[Name removed]

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[texanwitch]

38. Welcome.

Now where is the beer and pizza.

[elocs]

39. I only come once and awhile, but it is generally nicer here than the big forums.

When I get fed up with the big forums and the crap that often goes on there I just make a trip to the lounge to relax.

[madmom]

40. Yup, that's about the way I do it do, and Thanks again everyone! : )

[Beer Snob-50]

41. please leave a tip in the jar by the keg

and enjoy yourself.

[MissMillie]

42. I say, "the more the merrier". The Lounge is for everyone. (n/t)

.

[ThomCat]

43. The more people here who aren't part of the clique the better.

So, welcome. :)

[Common Sense Party]

50. I am a member of the 'not-a-member-of-The-Clique' clique!

I hope it's okay if I post here.

[merh]

45. The more the merrier.

Everyone is welcome in the lounge.

:hi:

[Name removed]

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[Soylent Brice]

47. yeah, i'm 100% guilty of that.

[Swede]

48. Get off my lounge!

[mtowngman]

49. I pretty much do the same thing and never thought that I might be

offending regulars by dropping in and out. Hmmm.
Okay, I'm over it.