Ever post a thread, edit it, and then blame the edit when it sinks?

[jpgray]

Poll question: Ever post a thread, edit it, and then blame the edit when it sinks?

I think that red text makes a post look insecure. Like a comic that stutters delivering the punchline--it just doesn't get the same reaction

[ahem]

1. I wish it was smaller and at the end of the message. It really distracts

at the top.

[swag]

2. Maybe I should have edited

this one:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4366372

then I'd have something to blame.

[In_The_Wind]

5. I wish

I could go *poof* to a thread I've started if it was too seriously too bad for an edit to help . . . like when people have already noticed

[swag]

6. You and me both, Joan.

And when the editing period has expired and my horrible typo is just hanging there.

[In_The_Wind]

15. or the morning after

*hanging head* while asking oneself 'what the hell was I thinking' damn!

[swag]

20. The morning after is better with an unwanted thread

than with an unwanted stranger in your bed.

[In_The_Wind]

24. agreed

in my college days . . . I do remember wondering 'what did I see in him' *ouch* I've grown up & thankfully that never happens anymore.

[swag]

26. A rotten piece of meat is bad,

but when it talks, hangs around, and wants coffee and your number, a rotten piece of meat is really bad.

[In_The_Wind]

28. that's when it's

divorce time


anything else is easily deposed of, kicked to the curb ( as one DUer so eloquently put it last week)

[ahem]

7. That's where a time machine would come in handy.

I know I could use one of those. :)

[In_The_Wind]

19. *word*

Monday-Morning-Quarterbacking



*shaking head* why am I 'here' anyway

[ahem]

23. I'll get me a time machine and you can hitch a ride.

:hug:

[In_The_Wind]

27. promise

that's one ride I would gladly take over & over again . . . I'd like to 'fix' one or two little things

[ahem]

29. Yep, I promise.

And given your thread about your loss the other day, I can guess one of things you'd like to 'fix.'

I hope there aren't too many other big stresses going on for you right now. :pals:

[In_The_Wind]

30. I'm moving everyone gently forward.

planting flowers & trees to add beauty to the sadness I cannot erase ... some things are meant to be ... accepting them with as much grace as possible is the best we can hope for


it has been a year of great loss for us all, perhaps the worst is over

[ahem]

31. I hope the worst has passed, too.

But if not we just keep going on. (Though there are days when that time machine sounds really good.) Seeing the beauty that's already here, and making new beauty--that's one of the best pursuits. Despite everything, the world is an amazingly beautiful place.

Peace.

[In_The_Wind]

32. Peace.

[usedtobesick]

3. have never started a post of my own...

just never have yet. But I'll add that excuse to my list for future use.

[nookiemonster]

10. The anticipation of seeing a reply. Wow.

Refresh..refresh...refresh...refresh....

:rofl:

[expatriot]

4. 'tis a red mark of shame upon your cursed, deserving soul! nt

[sundog]

8. no n/t

[jpgray]

11. Well, ever look in the body of a message with "n/t" in the subject? (nt)

Jerk

:P

[sundog]

14. why did you put 'no' in the poll if you didn't want anyone to use it n/t

asshole

[jpgray]

16. There's no such option

:shrug:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x3866803

[sundog]

17. other is the same thing as no n/t

you piece of shit :P

[jpgray]

21. I guess I just want everyone to agree with everything I say all the time

"No" is just a placeholder.

[nickgutierrez]

9. What do you have against people who stutter?

:shrug:

[ghostsofgiants]

12. No, I blame it on the vast left-wing conspiracy to keep me down

[jpgray]

13. Your thread inspired this

I looked at it, and I thought "that's pretty amusing, but since no one's replied and it's edited, there must be something wrong with the thread or the poster who posted it."

[ghostsofgiants]

18. Again, vast left-wing conspiracy to keep me down

My non-edited posts sink just as fast.

The edit, if you're wondering:
I changed the title from "Jonathan Swift had it backwards" to "Jonathan Swift had it all wrong" when I realized that I wasn't really reversing the situation as much as I was rearranging it altogether.

[Tom Kitten]

22. Not really

I'm always feel insecure when I post...no matter what I say or do, somebody somewhere is not gonna like it...
But so far so good! :o

[jobycom]

25. I blame Bush and the mainstream media for all failures, even my own.

It means I'm right most of the time but I'm developing a nasty Republican-esque habit of never admitting I'm wrong, no matter what. :-)