If you want to make comments about a post that is in response to a subject, but not comment on the subject directly, rather the comments made in the post about the subject, post those comments here. Already the “What have you learned at ILP” thread is being over-run with side comments. Example:
In a thread entitled “Electrons and Protons,” Joe says “these two have opposite charges, and they revolve around the atom. I was in physics class one day discussing this and my professor, William, wanted us to write a detailed report about the anatomy, and draw a graphic as well.”
Then John says: “Damn! You know professor William too? I had him last year, etc., etc.”
So if you want to make a side-comment about something, copy and paste it here. Well, at least regarding my threads.
The “What have you learned” thread will prove to be a positive addition to counter the overwhelming ranting and insulting we see everywhere at ILP. We shouldn’t disrupt the flow of the thread. I do it too, but I’ll bring it here from now on.
Pssst…She, watch this, I bet I can get Dunamis to post in the Mundane Babble thread.
Certainly not Dunamis. He has an affinity for degrading those philosophers who would send him to the corner, sucking his thumb like a baby, if they were alive and here at ILP.
A noble idea. Hope it works, but do you mind if I don’t hold my breath waiting? Most threads are successful if they last 5 or 6 posts without wandering off. It’s frustrating, but people being what they are…
Nope, I’ve read the entire thread twice and I can’t work out what it is for. What am I supposed to be doing on this thread?
What am I not supposed to be doing on this thread?
Oh, you mean this should be the depository for off topic tangents that you didn’t think belonged in the thread that inspired them yet are too larval to justify a new thread yet cried out for public expression, kinda like thought limbo? Give it more time, we could have fun guessing where the idaes came from.
so adler, next time let’s stick a thermometor on a guy who crashes off his bike, so I can prove to you that it’s not the temperature of the sun. Or we can just look at his/her skin and see that it’s not a charred blackened mass of flesh.
I wouldn’t think of closing this thread. It is testament to all of our frustrations with trying to maintain focus - which we all do not very well.
Tell me, did you ever run a meeting with 30 or 40 people involved? It’s like herding cats. That is ILP. We get used to a conversation with two or three people, and staying on task is fairly easy. I think we forget just how many people are looking at our threads and chiming in with whatever they see as the salient point - whether it is, or isn’t.
F, I really wasn’t that interested in getting involved in that discussion in detail, which is why I didn’t respond to this PM you sent me regarding the “Nigger on TV” thread. When I made that particular comment I had been drinking and I was kind of just spouting shit out.
The lack of attention paid to the fact I wrote ‘wannabe nigger’ rather than just ‘nigger’ and the relevance of this word to the question of whether the post was racist is surprising, even silly.
“My statement that I will not post anymore in that thread is because the thread was nothing more the rantings of a peice of shit racist.”
Gotta love the ‘I’m not even going to talk about your opinions because I deem them to be bad’
If someone were to send me a PM that was truly personal in nature, I would not divulge that information publicly. There have been plenty of debates here about what is said, deleting posts and so on. I have argued on the side of preserving respect for people’s privacy.
I think you’re barking up the wrong tree if you’re trying to question my ethics. From where I’m standing it seems like something a person might say or do to create drama.
So my post offended you enough to elicit what appears to be a quick, thoughtless and reactionary retort (like so many here on ILP, even some of my own), which leads me to believe that you misunderstood my intent to jokingly support Detrop’s idea for a thread.
I am interested to know what you were thinking when you chose to reprimand me.
I was merely commenting that I thought it was fucking lame to post a PM period. I should have added “without the express written permission” of the person that sent the PM in the first place, regardless of whether its personal or not… The second sentence should have further explained that it is especially lame to make a whole post about not wanting to discuss something… why post something if you don’t want to discuss it? Either don’t reply to the PM or send a PM that says: I’d rather not discuss… Saying that something is ‘lame’ is hardly barking… Of course, the benefit is that it sparked a nice “Side-Effect” conversation.
If someone is PMing you with inflamatory stuff then they are simply being a coward. The PM allows them to act out in a nasty way and simply get away with it. I think that this is especially true of the person that wants to maintain a “good” public appearance.
The behavior reminds me of the guy that is nice to his wife in public and then beats her in private. People like this need to be exposed. So, if you get a PM that is insulting or threatening then post it. Let the person defend themselves in the community that we have here.
