OK, now I have 2 on 'ignore'.

[trof]

Jeez, what's going on with this place?
Not in here, of course.
In GD and GD-P.

Ever since we've had the 'ignore' option I've never used it.
I thought it was kind of childish.
<fingers in ears> "Nyah, nyah, nyah, I can't HEAR you."

The first one was last week. Just someone who bores the crap out of me.
No big deal. Personal preference. Cuts down on the clutter.

Except now it's personal attacks and name calling.
If we can't agree on something I just chalk it up to 'OK, we disagree' and move on.
I don't do name calling.
(And I also don't tattle and 'alert' unless it's an obvious troll.)

And if someone resorts to that then I guess I'm just not interested in their intrusions into a rational discussion or what 'contribution' they may have to make.
Ever.

It's sad.
<insert appropriate smilie here>

"And WHY should we care, exactly, HOW many trof has on ignore?"
You shouldn't.
Just a teeny vent.

[GOPisEvil]

1. Watch Alton. Pomegranates tonight.

:)

[trof]

2. As we speak.

Go Al!

[VenusRising]

3. I just copied his Turkey Brine recipe

into my recipe box. That man is a culinary science genius.

[trof]

4. Brined turkey RULES.

Except it's hard for me to remember to do it beforehand.

[VenusRising]

5. We won't cook our turkey any other way now.

Talk about deliciously spoiled!!

:loveya:

[Catshrink]

24. Costco was sampling their pomegranate ice cream bars today

Oh they were tasty -- enrobed in dark chocolate. Now I wish I'd bought a box. Oh well -- ice cream and beer don't mix.

[trof]

6. Wow. It's weird to look back at a thread and see

IGNORED
..IGNORED
....IGNORED
......IGNORED
........IGNORED

Tenacious, to say the least.

[Pacifist Patriot]

7. I only have one, BUT...

He or she is apparently without a life because although I'm not on constantly I see the "ignore" everywhere!

[trof]

10. There ya go.

[Dervill Crow]

8. Can you see me?

I want reassurance that I'm not the boring one.

[trof]

9. I sure can.

The 'boring one' surely doesn't know they bore me.
I've just never gotten anything interesting (at least to me) or enlightening, or funny, or even "Gee Whiz" from them so I figured "Why take up the space on the Lounge page?"

I guess I'm a hedonist?

[Dervill Crow]

13. Whew, sweet relief.

And there's nothing at all wrong with a little hedonism, especially in the lounge. :evilgrin:

[mainegreen]

11. I'll try to be more interesting! I promise!

[trof]

14. OK, you're not THAT boring.

<insert appropriate smilie here>

Disclaimer:
This is a smilie-free zone.
trof has eschewed* smilies for Lent.
trof will resume use of smilies on Easter morning.
trof appreciates your forbearance and respect of his wishes.




*trof especially likes the term 'eschewed' as opposed to 'has given up'.
trof NEVER gives up.

[crim son]

12. I never leave anybody on ignore, but when really frustrated

I'll make them disappear for a while so I can breathe. If I spent more time in GD maybe I'd be less tolerant.

[trof]

15. 'Tolerance' is my middle name.

I took a lot of crap for it in grammar school.

[Bunny]

16. trof - I'm heartbroken. Shocked and appalled, too.

How could you put me on Ignore? :cry:


j/k! I know the feeling - sometimes there are no other choices. Some people just need to be put away.

[trof]

17. HA! As if. Boring? You? NEVAH! It was Matcom.

What a dweeb.

[Bunny]

18. Yeah, he's a little on the dull side. But he's good at keeping up with

the latest 'news we can use', + his wife is a mighty nice woman!

[trof]

22. I gave up smilies for Lent, but...

You KNEW I wasn't serious about Matt.
Right?

[Bunny]

25. Of course I knew that!

Tee hee! I may have to make it a personal mission to get you to post a smilie before Easter! :D

[Awsi Dooger]

19. Ignore threads are the definition of boring

I have zero on ignore and zero I've ever considered putting on ignore, here or elsewhere.

I've noticed on other forums, when people brag about putting people on ignore, they use the word bore as as substitute for, "I disagree with this person and always come out second best during the argument so I'll run away." I hope that doesn't happen in a multifaceted site like this.

[trof]

21. Nope. To me it means just what I said.

Someone who's just DYING for some attention, ANY attention.
"Hey! Looka ME! I'm a TEW!"
Like that commercial.

Sure, we have some of those here, but some of them are funny.
This one ain't.
whatever

[zanne]

27. I use it to try to calm down.

When I'm involved in a "debate" with someone I really disagree with and it starts getting out of hand, I might put the person on "Ignore" so I don't "lose it".

[LoZoccolo]

20. I had something like 900+ people on ignore once.

I started after the 2004 election and took them all off after the 2006 election. Now I just don't go to DU that much.

[sammythecat]

29. 900 !!

That's impressive no matter how I look at it! I guess you should get credit just for sticking around instead of canceling your membership. That must have been very discouraging, to say the least.

I wasn't even sure there were that many active posters here. Active enough to get on ignore lists. I started sometime in '01-'02, later I took about a 3yr break and just started posting again several months ago. It would be interesting to know just how many are active in say, a random 1 or 2 week period.

[AlCzervik]

dupe

[AlCzervik]

23. someone put me on ignore the other night in gd, they told me they were doing it

it was a big flame war thread and they made a comment that was a straight up personal attack on a poster and then they claimed it wasn't personal---wrong.

[Guava Jelly]

26. I have 2 myself

I had zero Three months ago.
I had one for a bit But I removed the person because i wanted to make peace.
Wasn't in the cards..So now I have two again

[NashVegas]

28. I Have Five

All it does is save me the temptation to get snarky with a handful.

[EstimatedProphet]

30. Just 2?

I'd say that's pretty good. I have 4. The only ones I have put on ignore are people that have IMO personally attacked me.

[libnnc]

31. I have 11 people on my list

But I think only three of them post regularly. One in particular, I just couldn't tolerate anymore. There's no excuse for meanness here.

[greatauntoftriplets]

32. Uh oh......

:scared:

:hi: trof!!!

[GoneOffShore]

33. Only two?

I've got at least 10 at this point, though the list was much longer, because I'm a very impatient person.

Interesting though that the ones on ignore, when I go back and check in a couple of weeks, they are often no longer with us.
:shrug:

One wonders why that would happen