Every time one of those threads appears, the posts that follow remind me of a group of little kids. One says, "The next one who talks is a rotten egg!" "But YOU just talked, that means that YOU'RE a rotten egg!" says another. "Hah! Another voice says YOU are a rotten egg because YOU just talked too! Yet another says "You are ALL rotten eggs!!" And so it goes.All but the very newest of us know that simply not posting is the thing to do and yet there are always some who continue to post and to bring these embarrasments to the Mudcat to the top of the pile where they are the first thing a visitor will see. Hell! It is just like trashing your front walkway while swearing to all that the house is just wonderful inside.
I don't know why folks can't understand that there are no clever words, there are no clever comebacks, there is NOTHING you can say that will get rid of the nastiness faster than ignoring the offending thread and thus damn it to oblivion as it drifts off the thread list.
I am sick of having to wade through the trash to get to the good stuff that I know is still here.
Hey, if "Killing the Thread" can finally drift off the main page, surely some of this crap can as well - IF WE LET IT!!!!!
Joe, Jeff, thank you for your many efforts toward making this a better place. I hope we can find ways to make your tasks easier.