A Plea to All DUers...

[MineralMan]

A recent thread demonstrated something I've seen here as long as I've been here. Many people do not read an OP's thread. After not reading the thread, they often make comments that have nothing to do with the content of that thread.

Can we not, at the very least, take a minute to read what an OP has written in the thread before posting? It seems to me that that's the very least we can do, out of respect for the person who took the time to write the thread. If you don't have time to read the thread, then why bother to post in that thread? It just doesn't make any sense...

[QC]

1. I don't know why everyone hates Olive Garden so much.

Sure, it's not authentic, but the food is still pretty tasty.

[MineralMan]

2. It's the breast-feeding, you see...

[QC]

14. I took my pit bull there a while back to celebrate his circumcision,

and we saw a woman breast feeding, right in the next booth.

It was disgusting!

[bulloney]

39. Limbaugh today was bitching about liberal breast-feeding mothers at Olive Garden.

[LakeSamish706]

3. Lol.. Good one. n/t

[gimama]

7. k & r

I like the way You think ;)
& thanks for the Smile, I needed that.

[tavalon]

15. Mineral Man has a very good point and I know the thread he's talking about

That said, I just about spewed my coffee. That will likely be the funniest response to this thread.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. My dear MineralMan...

I have observed this too, and it always baffles me.

Is common courtesy uncommon?

Well said!

:hi:

[taterguy]

6. Yashico!!!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. What ARE you going on about?

:shrug:

[taterguy]

17. What am I going on about?

Yashico man, yashico.

Comprende?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

18. Nope, no comprendo...

[taterguy]

20. Read it again

And try to understand it this time.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

22. I did read it, and I tried to understand it.

I do not appreciate your inference that I am not concentrating.

[taterguy]

36. Do I have to spell it out for you?

Y
A
S
H
I
C
O

Get it now?

[hvn_nbr_2]

42. OMG! You've solved the oil geyser problem!

Yes
All
Shit-
Handling
Insects
Consume
Oil

[taterguy]

43. You're so far out of your league that you're not even in the right constellation

[MineralMan]

8. I've always noticed that you do read the posts to which you reply.

For that, you have my thanks! :hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. You're welcome, sweetie...

:hug:

[LiberalAndProud]

5. Pardon me, but what did you say?

So sorry, I wasn't paying attention.

[Dr. Strange]

10. What's wrong with cheese sandwiches?

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

12. I like pie. too....

What were you saying?

Kidding. Joke.

It's frustrating to me when people challenge an OP who posts a link to an article, and the person making the challenge CLEARLY didn't read the article. I can cut them some slack if it's some magnum opus but when it's a simple wire service piece, there's no excuse for it.

[RandomThoughts]

13. Depends how you see it.

Sometimes you can see intent with patterns, and from the tone of the title.

Most of the time I read the posts, I just see different things in them.

Although I do agree it does seem off topic to some, it is just a different context sometimes requiring seeing many posts in sequence.

Also, there are some people that like to post without directly saying something. There are ways to reply to someone with minor correlations, so sometimes what seems like one thing is something else. It is a form of code system some things use. I think that is secrecy so don't use it, but do see it, but many people know that they make comments about one thing, meaning another, I would ask why not say what they mean clearly?

Note that I express my thoughts on topics. Although do know it is sometimes different then topic in OP.

Side note, somethings have to many levels to explain in text. So not talking about that in this post.

[muffin1]

16. I'm sorry...

I was breast-feeding my pit bull. Say again?

[undeterred]

19. You shouldn't have brought a pit bull there in the first place.

[FSogol]

21. Robert Clemente, definitely Roberto Clemente.

:woohoo:

[SDuderstadt]

23. What in the world does this....

have to do with 9/11?


P.S. Sorry...I just couldn't resist.

[Warren Stupidity]

24. You are completely wrong.

Schwarzenegger did call for scrapping all state welfare programs. Here: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64D6JZ20100514?type=politicsNews

I'll accept your apology anytime.

[laughingliberal]

25. People write stuff here? nt

[aikoaiko]

26. But I like eating steak.

:hi:

[bobbolink]

27. In that particular thread, I'm not sure that is the whole problem.

What I notice is that because most people are of the same general economic class and have the same sort of life experience, it just doesn't sink in when something is different.

i.e..... for most people, "DMV" automatically means license. It becomes a stretch to understand that so many don't drive, and use it to get a state I.D.

This holds true for a lot of other things.... I have seen it myself that if it doesn't fit into the "normal" experience, people skip over a lot.

[treestar]

28. Good idea!

though there are times I wish people would keep it brief.

[Auggie]

29. Let's be more civil while we're at it

[sabrina 1]

30. I would agree with that ~ n/t

[blaze]

31. I read the thread

My post was probably off the mark...

not because I didn't read the thread...

More likely because I'm not the sharpest tack.

I try to learn.

I'll go back to being quiet. Not posting. Because I might say something stupid again.

[blogslut]

35. I don't think your post was off the mark

:hi:

[saltpoint]

32. Opie? You mean the kid in the old Andy Griffith program?

My god, that had to be decades ago.

[Mutley]

33. I like turtles, and people who don't like turtles are Freepers!

I'm sorry, just kidding. No, you're absolutely right. :thumbsup:

[elocs]

34. An OP often invites quick responses by a question in the subject line

or how it is worded.

Would it be that every new thread was worthy of respect, but, alas, there are those that are not.

Your OP is a nice thought, but human nature being what it is it is beating the air.

[lunatica]

37. I once made my stand on a subject very clear in the OP

And had to spend the rest of the thread correcting people about my opinion because they accused me of the opposite of what I said I stood for.

There's a lot of that. It seems too many feel the need to challenge based on their misreading everything. Then they refuse to shut up or back down.

[hootinholler]

38. CALL CONGRESS RIGHT FUCKING NOW!

:rofl:

It's like the pleas to change such behavior on UseNet newsgroups. That would be back in the day, eh? ;) Oh, paging Mr. Peabody...

-Hoot

[Nikki Stone1]

40. Good point, Mineral Man

K & R

[customerserviceguy]

41. I'm behind you on this

but I really don't hold out a lot of hope that things will change too much.

[AnArmyVeteran]

44. I've noticed a lot of people don't read or understand the intent of an OP but then attack it...

[Dappleganger]

45. Gouda!

[woo me with science]

46. I think we should have the ability to delete each other's posts.

Or at least edit them.