BS: Second Thoughts before Posting

Subject: BS: Second Thoughts before Posting
From: Cluin
Date: 11 Dec 06 - 07:17 PM

Among the things I first thought to post, but decided against before hitting the SUBMIT button:

"Last night I walked out of a session..."

Did you stop for tampons on the way home?




It's hard to put a jibe across around here sometimes. Though everybody seems to have a good sense of humour, it doesn't translate without the body language.

What are some you may have abandoned between the typing and the submitting?

Subject: RE: BS: Second Thoughts before Posting
From: WFDU - Ron Olesko
Date: 11 Dec 06 - 07:20 PM

Good thing you had second thoughts!

Subject: RE: BS: Second Thoughts before Posting
From: Cluin
Date: 11 Dec 06 - 07:23 PM

Story of my life.

Subject: RE: BS: Second Thoughts before Posting
From: bobad
Date: 11 Dec 06 - 07:24 PM

I have on many occasions done the very thing though I can't recall the specifics at the moment. It was always for the reason you cite - the concern that someone would not get it and take offence. Visual cues play a crucial role in communication, especially when the humour is subtle.

Subject: RE: BS: Second Thoughts before Posting
From: Cluin
Date: 11 Dec 06 - 07:29 PM

It's tough because my first impulse is always to be a smartass.

Subject: RE: BS: Second Thoughts before Posting
From: bobad
Date: 11 Dec 06 - 07:31 PM

That seems to be a common problem around here.

Subject: RE: BS: Second Thoughts before Posting
From: pdq
Date: 11 Dec 06 - 07:40 PM

"some of the best posts I've ever made are ones I didn't"

                                                                                           ~ me

Subject: RE: BS: Second Thoughts before Posting
From: JennyO
Date: 11 Dec 06 - 07:55 PM

I had a big long post typed up to put on the S******s thread the other day, but thought I would wait and see how the 'conversation' went. In the end I decided not to bother - Spaw says it so much better!

Now should I have posted this?

Subject: RE: BS: Second Thoughts before Posting
From: Cluin
Date: 11 Dec 06 - 08:27 PM

Generally, if I have a big long post typed up, I abandon it long before I finish and never submit it.

I don't read long posts from anyone else for the most part. Why would I inflict one myself?

Subject: RE: BS: Second Thoughts before Posting
From: JennyO
Date: 11 Dec 06 - 08:55 PM

Very true, Cluin - particularly in the case of the post I abandoned. It's not like it would have been read or responded to in any meaningful way anyway.

Subject: RE: BS: Second Thoughts before Posting
From: Rapparee
Date: 11 Dec 06 - 09:05 PM

I've tried to remember that whatever I post here will be, literally, around the world in minutes. And no matter how hard you try, you can't retrieve a tap of the "Submit Message" button.

Subject: RE: BS: Second Thoughts before Posting
From: GUEST
Date: 11 Dec 06 - 09:13 PM

Pinochet dies

Well I hate to hear that because I've always enjoyed his wine. (his name just reminds me of that....it seemed too frivolous for the tone of that thread)

And too, the universally applicable "Oh Yeah?!! Fuck YOU!!" - while personally satisfying - would probably serve no useful purpose in moving any discussion forward.

Subject: RE: BS: Second Thoughts before Posting
From: Sorcha
Date: 11 Dec 06 - 09:25 PM

It's not exactly second thoughts.....just thoughts that I don't post. I have a LOT of them! Mostly things better off not said. I'm trying to learn to keep my mouf shut sometimes. Note, the 'sometimes'

Subject: RE: BS: Second Thoughts before Posting
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 11 Dec 06 - 10:18 PM

I never have first thoughts, much less second ones.

Subject: RE: BS: Second Thoughts before Posting
From: Rapparee
Date: 11 Dec 06 - 10:20 PM

Gave 'em up for Lent and never started again, huh Bee-dubya?

Subject: RE: BS: Second Thoughts before Posting
From: Slag
Date: 11 Dec 06 - 11:37 PM

Proverbs 29:11 "A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards."

Sometimes it is wiser to wait and see how a thread developes but then again some threads are just silly or for fun and you just let it go.

Subject: RE: BS: Second Thoughts before Posting
From: GUEST
Date: 11 Dec 06 - 11:48 PM

nah.. cant be bothered with 2nd thoughts..

I'll just post anything, anywhere, anyway..


Thats what mods and clones are for..

they'll usually delete most of the crap,

so might as well give them something to do to keep 'em occupied....

Subject: RE: BS: Second Thoughts before Posting
From: Uncle_DaveO
Date: 12 Dec 06 - 09:51 AM

I not infrequently set out to do a serious, "scholarly", explication of some subtle distinction that I think people have missed.

So I type and type, and it gets longer and longer, and finally I realize I'm creating complete bullshit. (That's a technical term.) Or maybe it's not complete bullshit, but it's pretty weakly reasoned. Awww, what the hell, it's not worth it, so just abandon it!

Yeah, yeah, I know: A lot of you will say that I let too many "complete bullshits" get by me. Oh, well.

Dave Oesterreich

Subject: RE: BS: Second Thoughts before Posting
From: Beer
Date: 12 Dec 06 - 09:55 AM

More often than not. A great thread could be started then all of a sudden someone jumps in and it's an immediate attack in a personal nature. The thread is then destroyed. I have come close in pushing the submit button then delete it because to submit is only to go against what I don't like about Mudcat. How long will it take before this thread will be railroaded?
I know, if you don't like it then don't read it. That's not always true if your involved in a really good post. What I don't understand is why "management" lets it go so long. I don't have a problem with foul language. Heck most of us use it. But when it starts to be a personal attack and degrading another person the powers that operate this great site should immediately cut them off. Maybe for a week or so to make a point.

Subject: RE: BS: Second Thoughts before Posting
From: Dead Horse
Date: 12 Dec 06 - 12:48 PM

I should guess that most of us have a need to be liked, to appear helpfull, or to be seen as having a well rounded education.
Some of us sadly do not. It takes all sorts, huh?
There are a few who seem to like coming accross as "objectionable old buggers" :-)
Posting by "Anonymous Guest" is of course outside this 'envelope' and maybe why such posts are usually seen as an annoyance.
I (usually) try to appear jovial, educated and helpfull, so if I read my post before sending and it doesn't measure up, I don't hit submit.
But sometimes I cant see my own flaws too well :-)

Subject: RE: BS: Second Thoughts before Posting
From: Bee
Date: 12 Dec 06 - 01:15 PM

I frequently don't comment on lots of subjects. It's often not worth the possible misinterpretation, or having to read the following "Oh yeah, and yer mudder, too!!" responses.

There've been plenty of BS threads I'd have enjoyed expressing my opinion on, but damn, I got smacked down first week I was here for supporting something I was actually opposing. Heck with that.

Subject: RE: BS: Second Thoughts before Posting
From: Bill D
Date: 12 Dec 06 - 01:53 PM

I am so often tempted to post:

**They make GOOD spell check programs these days....why don't you get one?**

but I refrain.

I am also tempted to post:

"That subject/question has been done forty-leventeen times. Why not search first?"

but I usually refrain.

I am also tempted to post:

"And how is that related to FOLK music?"

I sometimes refrain.

Subject: RE: BS: Second Thoughts before Posting
From: Amos
Date: 12 Dec 06 - 02:00 PM

I concur, Bill D. Often, on reflecting on the logical lacunae inherent in some intellectually impoverished post, I am tempted to craft a delicate and incisive rebuttal, usally of the general form "Hey, jerk-wit!! Whyncha just shove it where the sun don't shine, ya effin' nincompoop!!". But then I ask myself, "What will this really contribute to the dialogue or the culture of the Mudcat?". Often, after such introspection, I find it best not to make such remarks, and will sometimes, even then, hit the Submit button anyway.

A

Subject: RE: BS: Second Thoughts before Posting
From: Bill D
Date: 12 Dec 06 - 02:09 PM

Amos, why not just post:

"After reflecting on the logical lacunae inherent in your intellectually impoverished post, I am tempted to craft a delicate and incisive rebuttal, but I surmise that it's relevant nuances would be beyond your powers of discernment, so I have eschewed the opportunity."

or some such.

Subject: RE: BS: Second Thoughts before Posting
From: Bert
Date: 12 Dec 06 - 02:13 PM

Some months ago there was a thread about a dog getting run over.

I resisted the temptation to make a wisecrack about Dead Dog Cider.

Subject: RE: BS: Second Thoughts before Posting
From: Slag
Date: 12 Dec 06 - 03:00 PM

"A soft answer turneth away wrath." Proverbs 15:1

Subject: RE: BS: Second Thoughts before Posting
From: 3refs
Date: 12 Dec 06 - 03:22 PM

It happens to me all the time!

Just before I hit that submit button, it flashes before my eyes!

"Ti's better to remain silent and thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt!"

Subject: RE: BS: Second Thoughts before Posting
From: fat B****rd
Date: 12 Dec 06 - 03:27 PM

I occasionally get the urge to submit a post which, to me, is witty/scathing or clever. Then a certain cyber paranoia comes over me and I don't. Daft, really, 'cos I don't think anybody's going to come and beat me up about it.

Subject: RE: BS: Second Thoughts before Posting
From: Amos
Date: 12 Dec 06 - 03:39 PM

That's just 'cuz we don't know where you live, you know....


A

Subject: RE: BS: Second Thoughts before Posting
From: fat B****rd
Date: 12 Dec 06 - 04:00 PM

Ooer ! Two of you do.

Subject: RE: BS: Second Thoughts before Posting
From: Bill D
Date: 12 Dec 06 - 06:27 PM

Proverbs 13:3 "The one who guards his mouth preserves his life; The one who opens wide his lips comes to ruin." (New American Standard Bible)

Subject: RE: BS: Second Thoughts before Posting
From: akenaton
Date: 12 Dec 06 - 06:43 PM

I admire Little Hawk's style.
He has perfected the art of putting over his point of view very strongly, without hurting anyone....This is very much harder than it sounds.
Even when being attacked by some of our more virulent members, he retains good humour and good sense ...Ake

Subject: RE: BS: Second Thoughts before Posting
From: Slag
Date: 13 Dec 06 - 04:32 PM

Here, here! Three quarks for our hardy fellow well met! Little Buzzard, my you soar forever!

Subject: RE: BS: Second Thoughts before Posting
From: Bill D
Date: 13 Dec 06 - 04:56 PM

[Pedant alert!]

That's "hear, hear"

[/pedant alert]

Subject: RE: BS: Second Thoughts before Posting
From: jacqui.c
Date: 14 Dec 06 - 08:10 AM

I agree with a lot of what has already been said. I will quite often type a reply and then look and decide not to submit it. A lot of what goes no here isn't really worth the aggravation that a reaction to a post can cause. There are exceptions, but even then I try to think if I would say that to that person face to face, before I press the button......

Subject: RE: BS: Second Thoughts before Posting
From: Deckman
Date: 14 Dec 06 - 08:52 AM

I was going to post a comment to this thread ... but then I changed my mind. Aren't you glad! Bob

Subject: RE: BS: Second Thoughts before Posting
From: Cluin
Date: 20 Dec 06 - 10:16 AM

Good thing you had your Alpha-bits!

Subject: RE: BS: Second Thoughts before Posting
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 20 Dec 06 - 01:59 PM

A couple of days ago I opened a "create new thread," had a nice post all set up and ready, clicked the preview box, and right clicked the link in the preview to check that it worked.

It didn't work.

Opening a new tab, I found that the link was to a really messed up page where I couldn't easily make a link to what I wanted, so my second thought was %$@#!, and I decided to forgo starting the thread, but:

THERE AIN'T NO "CANCEL" BUTTON FOR CREATING A NEW THREAD.

It did cause me to wonder if just backing out left a mess somewhere in need of elf attention(?).

Inability to easily check back within a thread while one's preview is up may perhaps contribute to an occasional misquote or misattribution that could be more easily caught before hitting the "Submit," but I suspect few people are AR enough to be much concerned.

John

Subject: RE: BS: Thoughts seconds before posting
From: Wolfgang
Date: 20 Dec 06 - 02:35 PM

My thoughts seconds before posting are quite variable:
"Be carefull not to type Wolfgnag"
"That'll make that bugger furious"
"Should I proofread? Nah."
"I shouldn't post that but oh the temptation"
"Such a good thought but it will be ignored"
"Fucking English"

Wolfgang

Subject: RE: BS: Second Thoughts before Posting
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 20 Dec 06 - 05:11 PM

Just saw this thread and thought I should post on it but have now changed my mind.

Subject: RE: BS: Second Thoughts before Posting
From: Cluin
Date: 23 Dec 06 - 08:53 PM

"This parenting thing is so hard."

So the Viagra is working then?

Subject: RE: BS: Second Thoughts before Posting
From: jeffp
Date: 23 Dec 06 - 11:42 PM

Wolfgang (or is it Wolfgnag?) - your posts are frequently a delight. This one is no exception.

Cluin, great line. Thanks for saving it for this thread because it would have been really inappropriate in the original, but I'm so glad I got to read it. Does that make me a bad person?

Subject: RE: BS: Second Thoughts before Posting
From: JennyO
Date: 23 Dec 06 - 11:51 PM

I was going to post here, but then I thought - Nah, why should I?

Subject: RE: BS: Second Thoughts before Posting
From: freda underhill
Date: 24 Dec 06 - 02:05 AM

Unfortunately, on occasion I have had second thoughts AFTER posting.

Subject: RE: BS: Second Thoughts before Posting
From: Wolfgang
Date: 24 Dec 06 - 04:12 PM

Smile

Wolfgang

Subject: RE: BS: Second Thoughts before Posting
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 24 Dec 06 - 06:02 PM

I actually have a folder called Mudcat\Pending containing about 35 "posts" I've started and never submitted.

Usually, it's because I "need to look up something" and either get interrupted before I finish looking, or it's because it takes me so long to compose one of my typically terse, concise messages that someone's changed the subject before I get it done.

Be warned that I'm saving them all, so just don't bring THAT up again.

John

Subject: RE: BS: Second Thoughts before Posting
From: Sorcha
Date: 29 Dec 06 - 11:21 PM

Gee! Almost 15 minutes! I saved it!!! LOL

Subject: RE: BS: Second Thoughts before Posting
From: Sorcha
Date: 29 Dec 06 - 11:32 PM

In a way, this is just getting too good. Sorry, Max, et al. There are ways to fix/stop it you know. Several suggestions have been offered. Mostly ignored.

Subject: RE: BS: Second Thoughts before Posting
From: dianavan
Date: 30 Dec 06 - 07:53 PM

JohninKansas - Why don't you start a new thread called, 'pending posts'? Post all that has been saved. Doesn't matter if they are about the same subject. Maybe you could call it 'pending post drift'.

Oh, why did I post this, nobody ever listens anyway...

Subject: RE: BS: Second Thoughts before Posting
From: Joe_F
Date: 30 Dec 06 - 08:49 PM

As a cure for stupidity, rudeness is no substitute for assault & battery.

Subject: RE: BS: Second Thoughts before Posting
From: GUEST,punkfolkrocker
Date: 30 Dec 06 - 09:24 PM

rule of thunb:

if you see posts credited to 'punkfolkrocker' after 00.00am GMT

chances are copious bottles of alchohol have been consumed

and the daft middle aged twat is venting off in good [but offensive] humour..



BTW.. any posts regarding guitars, misc other musical instruments
posted under same name at any time day or night..
are usually inoffensive and possibly quite informative..!!!??



.. but i still think the beatles are a very good pop group

but severely overestimated by idiot overpayed ill informed media pundits

and blinkered old 'cult of personality' fanboy worshippers..

Subject: RE: BS: Second Thoughts before Posting
From: Don Firth
Date: 30 Dec 06 - 10:09 PM

From the post that started this thread:

"'Did you stop for tampons on the way home?'   . . . it doesn't translate without the body language."

I'm trying to envision the body language necessary to depict that concept. . . .

Don Firth

P. S. Or should I have reconsidered before posting this?

Subject: RE: BS: Second Thoughts before Posting
From: Don Firth
Date: 30 Dec 06 - 10:10 PM

Oh, hell! Too late now!

Don Firth

Subject: RE: BS: Second Thoughts before Posting
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 31 Dec 06 - 06:37 PM

The secret is not to think too much. Occasionally I have been cyber hurt by unkind cyber comments. but flipping heck......mudcat is really decorous compared to most websites.

By and large we are all really nice. If I was going to make a Cliff richard film where we all went off in a big red bus and had fun, I would pick all the regulars from Mudcat. they are sexy, intelligent and informed on all kinds of subjects.

We all ought to live in Mudcat Street, and be sickeningly nice to each other - share philosophy and swap guitar strings and drugs and stuff like that.

happy New Year!

Subject: RE: BS: Second Thoughts before Posting
From: GUEST,Furious
Date: 01 Jan 07 - 07:30 AM

...or, there again...

Subject: RE: BS: Second Thoughts before Posting
From: Ebbie
Date: 01 Jan 07 - 09:57 PM

Second thoughts before pouting? Nah.

Subject: RE: BS: Second Thoughts before Posting
From: Peace
Date: 01 Jan 07 - 11:05 PM

No second thoughts before spouting.

Subject: RE: BS: Second Thoughts before Posting
From: Ebbie
Date: 01 Jan 07 - 11:45 PM

No Second Thoughts Before Fouting

Subject: RE: BS: Second Thoughts before Posting
From: Peace
Date: 01 Jan 07 - 11:49 PM

LOL. Heavy on the powder there. LOL.

Subject: RE: BS: Second Thoughts before Posting
From: Cluin
Date: 19 Jul 07 - 06:07 PM

"Who's getting excited about Sidmouth?"

Well, I dunno, but I hear BillD has got wood.

Subject: RE: BS: Second Thoughts before Posting
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 20 Jul 07 - 05:15 AM

Peace -

I expected Save the Whale

[Warning: rude image]

John