If you're the last poster in a thread, and after that the thread dies,

[raccoon]

does that make you a bad person?

[MiddleFingerMom]

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But more likely, in my case, it's "EWWWW, that post has cooties!!! YOU post next!!!"
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[Duer 157099]

15. Yep, those are the two options that go through my head, too

:thumbsup:

[whistler162]

2. Only if you forgot to turn off the lights!

[kentauros]

3. It means you won!

You got in the last word :D

[WillParkinson]

4. Not really.

It used to. But it happens so often I just kind of got used to it. And I look at it as fertilizer for the next set of posts. For new ones to blossom and grow the old ones must die.

[Iggo]

5. A Thread Killer is a winner.

[applegrove]

6. Perhaps you are just so profound that there is nothing left to say?

[raccoon]

8. I expect that's it. Thanks a lot. nt

[struggle4progress]

7. In GD, it just means everybody has run off to post in the 20 latest threads on that topic

[LiberalAndProud]

14. You're right.

*** official threads *** are much more cohesive. It's hard to read 95 threads on the same subject, ya know?

[Crystal Clarity]

9. I too often take it personally

Not so much in GD but certainly at times here in the Lounge where we all know each other a little better... I'm not important enough to single-handedly kill a thread, but I occasionally wonder if I'm not being 'cool' enough or whatever. I'm such an awkward dork sometimes... lol :blush:

It's clearly a self esteem issue... at least in part. Sometimes the lounge feels to me a bit like jr hs and I'm that new weird kid that no one wants to be seen with. So if a thread dies after I've posted in it, I sometimes think I've somehow ruined it by my mere presence. Sort of like a skunk at the picnic kind of thing. Funny and pathetic at the same time, I know... I guess I just take minor things WAY to seriously. Most likely, it probably has little or even nothing to do w/me but I too often think it might. :crazy:

TMI? Probably. But I might as well just say it. There are alot of smart, witty, wonderful people here and sometimes I just don't feel as if I measure up. Maybe it's just me, or maybe it's a newbie related trying-to-fit-in thing that others have felt at times too? :shrug:

[siligut]

11. Well...

:D I would agree that there are some posters whose posts beg for a response and some people in The Lounge are close, so they tend to play off each other in threads, I find this very enjoyable to read, as I am sure most people do. But to think your posts are not good enough for a response? Probably not right on that. Most posts don't get responses, take a look. Anyway, repeat after me, "I am good enough, smart enough and doggone it, people like me." Now; feel better?

[Crystal Clarity]

13. LOL! Yes, I do feel better

Thanks!!! And you're right... Furthermore, who cannot help but truly appreciate someone who quotes Al Franken's "Stuart Smalley" character? :-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvgMIerTXl4

[Rosie1223]

10. Absolutely not.

and I think Crystal Clarity is a cool lounger!

:hi:

[Bucky]

12. Or did the tree not make any sound at all?

[Tikki]

16. I never take it personally...I am a slow to respond..

poster. Sometimes it just takes me a while to
get it all together now.

Tikki