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    Quote Originally Posted by FredRydr View Post
    Rule 142 - Maximum public forum "I quit!" limit per member: 10
    I quit!
    I quit!
    I quit!
    I quit!
    I quit!
    I quit!
    I quit!
    I quit!
    I quit!
    I quit!
    I quit!

    There. I did it.
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    Since your eleven quits weren't preceded by indignation and woe, feigned or otherwise, your count remains at zero. Nice try, though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FredRydr View Post
    Since your eleven quits weren't preceded by indignation and woe, feigned or otherwise, your count remains at zero. Nice try, though.
    Fuck off, in arrears.












    (That's a joke, friends...)
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    and that when Truth and Error have fair Play, the former is always an overmatch for the latter."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Empty_of_Clouds View Post
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    Wrong forum. Try "Help and How-To."

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    Default Re: forum rules suggestions

    How mundane.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Empty_of_Clouds View Post
    That is not only a beautiful sentiment, but also wonderful handwriting. Many thanks.
    And inspired by you, my friend.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SIR View Post
    I always prefer the pirate version.
    Take what you can and give nothing back.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FredRydr View Post
    Rule 142 - Maximum public forum "I quit!" limit per member: 10
    You should've set that limit a lot lower, Fred. It appears to have been taken as an invitation for repeat performance.
    Online arguments are a lot like the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
    As soon as the audience begins to participate, any actual content is lost in the resulting chaos and cacophony.
    At that point, all you can do is laugh and enjoy the descent into debasement.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dreck View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by FredRydr View Post
    Rule 142 - Maximum public forum "I quit!" limit per member: 10
    You should've set that limit a lot lower, Fred. It appears to have been taken as an invitation for repeat performance.
    Not directed personally towards you, Dreck.

    But somehow this reminds me of what the Apostle Paul's wrote in the bible:
    "If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone."
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    I don't know.

    Some days... I tried to make a joke, make light of the situation, and here we are, spinning out of control. I may have to report this to the moderators.
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    I go away for the weekend and look what happens.
    FWIW, I have been trying to ignore the classifieds in favor of the other posts as a matter of principle. Plus I can’t buy more pens for a bit . . . I am enjoying it more. Nothing against classifieds, but they were getting overbalanced. I cured that by looking at them less.
    Fortibus es in ero

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dreck View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by FredRydr View Post
    Rule 142 - Maximum public forum "I quit!" limit per member: 10
    You should've set that limit a lot lower, Fred. It appears to have been taken as an invitation for repeat performance.
    Pure coincidence or synchronicity; either way, unintentional, I think.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Marsilius View Post
    I go away for the weekend and look what happens.
    FWIW, I have been trying to ignore the classifieds in favor of the other posts as a matter of principle. Plus I can’t buy more pens for a bit . . . I am enjoying it more. Nothing against classifieds, but they were getting overbalanced. I cured that by looking at them less.
    I think the content is a bit more balanced today than before.
    At least I see some of us deliberately contribute with fun contents ... sometimes too much fun
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    Just when I thought this thread had at last died a natural death it seems to have been resurrected again.
    Last edited by Chrissy; December 12th, 2017 at 10:10 AM.

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    Default Re: forum rules suggestions



    And a maximum of one post for people playing the victim.

    Sod it, not even one, grow some balls.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dreck View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by FredRydr View Post
    Rule 142 - Maximum public forum "I quit!" limit per member: 10
    You should've set that limit a lot lower, Fred. It appears to have been taken as an invitation for repeat performance.
    You're right.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FredRydr View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Dreck View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by FredRydr View Post
    Rule 142 - Maximum public forum "I quit!" limit per member: 10
    You should've set that limit a lot lower, Fred. It appears to have been taken as an invitation for repeat performance.
    You're right.
    Yep. Here we go again. Believe me, I take no joy in being correct in this one. The self-deprecation to garner attention is truly exhausting.
    Online arguments are a lot like the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
    As soon as the audience begins to participate, any actual content is lost in the resulting chaos and cacophony.
    At that point, all you can do is laugh and enjoy the descent into debasement.

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    This is terribly faskinatin'. I wish I understood what everyone was talking about. (I'm too lazy to go back more than about two pages into this thread.)
    Quid rides? Mutato nomine de te fabula narratur. — Horace
    (What are you laughing at? Just change the name and the joke’s on you.)

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