Mudcat is not the place to come for solace or a friend. Cruelty, criticism, debate and one-upmanship, yes. Kindness, no.

Unless under certain and specific circumstances, i.e. Here, HERE, or, HERE with the latter two being heavily laced with humour.

I know those types are in the minority, but Mudcatters do come through, sometimes.

Ignore this or post on topic. I swear, if someone came in here and said they were thinking about suicide, a semi-regular Mudcat regiment of sanctimonious, knee-jerk offended, judgmental, know-it-all assholes would egg him on. Either that or bitch about the fact he posted.

On the other hand, I agree. We've seen way too much of this, imo and I miss the compassion, too. A whole bunch! I know it never comes down to just one person, but I sure don't remember the nastiness being so prevalent when Rick was still here. I miss him.