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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,715
    cincybearcat said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    benjs said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    njnancy said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    njnancy said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    njnancy said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Meghan drains intelligence and life out of me. 

    Biden sounds like an "all words" kind of guy. A lot of talk about fluffy stuff - "this is what America is all about, this is our spirit - to say thank you to one another like we did back when I grew up in the 17th century". 

    But I guess we'll see. Wonder if he's aware that America does a few things backwards compared to e.g. Europe, like Bernie does.
    Sanders is older than Biden. So did he grow up in the 16th century? The man is in his 70's, he thinks that this country has been pulled apart and we are at each other's throats. This is true. Why do you make fun of him for wanting comity in governing and healing in the country. Biden has his baggage, just like every other candidate, but making fun of him for wanting to heal the country and his age (when the other front runner and the President are both in their 70's also) just looks like nitpicking. I haven't seen you make fun of Sander's age. Gotta be consistent with the pros and cons. 
    Bernie sounds like a young hipster. I bet he's got some Post Malone on his Iphone X. Biden only listens to "the wind carrying the spirit of the country and soaring eagles in the great american sky. A sky like no other country has ever seen. Heil Hydra"

    What's the difference between "heal the country" and "make america great again". When was it ever great? When was it ever healed?
    You completely rewrote your response and I find what you wrote to not be worth answering. You are better than that. 
    What?
    You wrote one response and I answered it. Then I saw that you had added stuff about Bernie's cool iPhone and Biden having some ridiculous, based on I don't know what, listening device. It changed the entire tenor of your question. 
    I can't help that you quote me before I've had the chance to edit and add to my post...
    That's not how message boards work. It's not a reader's responsibility to question whether you've had ample time to sanitize the words you say.

    You'll see plenty of examples where I backtracked something I said, and I do so by adding a big "EDIT: .....", and leaving my original shitty messages fully visible. The words you put on here (or anywhere publicly frankly), you have to own them as they were originally read, as they were originally stated by you.
    It's not your role to dictate how other people edit their posts. I think this "you must leave your original statements as they were" idea is completely unreasonable. We can edit our posts anyway we want to. I personally edit my posts all the time because I decided I wanted to add ideas or be more specific than I was the first time around, and like it that way! (I just did it with this very post! Ha!). I do not expect people to wait for me to have time to do so though - if someone replies to the original before I posted an edit, I usually mention to them that I actually updated the post they quoted, in case they're interested in readdressing the edited version.
    I fully expected you to enter a discussion about editing posts ;)

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  • njnancy
    njnancy Posts: 5,096
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Who the hell would use "EDIT:" to add some jokey text.

    EDIT: Oh wait, I came up with something funny. So after you've read my post above and come all the way down here. You can now read the joke out of context. But if you wish, you can copy it, and paste it into Word where it is suppose to belong in the original text that's written about this "EDIT:"-part. And get the context.

    Thank you.
    I answered your main question of the difference between healing the country and MAGA but you were busy adding stuff so you never responded. 

    I think that when someone asks a question, they want an answer. Obviously you cared more about making Bernie cool and Biden insane. So the main point is lost. 

    But you're the millennial so I'm obviously incapable of properly understanding a messageboard.

    EDIT - Just in case
  • njnancy
    njnancy Posts: 5,096
    Just an idea - the Preview button is an awesome tool to see if you like how your answer looks before you post - this way people don't respond to something that you really didn't mean to post. But to each their own. 
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,835
    njnancy said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Who the hell would use "EDIT:" to add some jokey text.

    EDIT: Oh wait, I came up with something funny. So after you've read my post above and come all the way down here. You can now read the joke out of context. But if you wish, you can copy it, and paste it into Word where it is suppose to belong in the original text that's written about this "EDIT:"-part. And get the context.

    Thank you.
    I answered your main question of the difference between healing the country and MAGA but you were busy adding stuff so you never responded. 

    I think that when someone asks a question, they want an answer. Obviously you cared more about making Bernie cool and Biden insane. So the main point is lost. 

    But you're the millennial so I'm obviously incapable of properly understanding a messageboard.

    EDIT - Just in case
    :lol:


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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,505
    edited April 2019
    njnancy said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Who the hell would use "EDIT:" to add some jokey text.

    EDIT: Oh wait, I came up with something funny. So after you've read my post above and come all the way down here. You can now read the joke out of context. But if you wish, you can copy it, and paste it into Word where it is suppose to belong in the original text that's written about this "EDIT:"-part. And get the context.

    Thank you.
    I answered your main question of the difference between healing the country and MAGA but you were busy adding stuff so you never responded. 

    I think that when someone asks a question, they want an answer. Obviously you cared more about making Bernie cool and Biden insane. So the main point is lost. 

    But you're the millennial so I'm obviously incapable of properly understanding a messageboard.

    EDIT - Just in case
    You built up a narrative about me "completely rewriting" my post which I find a lot more important to take time to rebute. As it is an attack on my character. And what have I on this board but my character?

    EDIT: Added joke: "It's not like I'm in the Bennaroya Hall-vinyl club"
    Post edited by Spiritual_Chaos on
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • njnancy
    njnancy Posts: 5,096
    edited April 2019
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    njnancy said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Who the hell would use "EDIT:" to add some jokey text.

    EDIT: Oh wait, I came up with something funny. So after you've read my post above and come all the way down here. You can now read the joke out of context. But if you wish, you can copy it, and paste it into Word where it is suppose to belong in the original text that's written about this "EDIT:"-part. And get the context.

    Thank you.
    I answered your main question of the difference between healing the country and MAGA but you were busy adding stuff so you never responded. 

    I think that when someone asks a question, they want an answer. Obviously you cared more about making Bernie cool and Biden insane. So the main point is lost. 

    But you're the millennial so I'm obviously incapable of properly understanding a messageboard.

    EDIT - Just in case
    You built up a narrative about me "completely rewriting" my post which I find a lot more important to take time to rebute. As it is an attack on my character. And what have I on this board but my character?
    Your character is intact. Didn't mean to make you feel attacked. Bernie's character, however, is questionable. :wink:

    vv look, I edited after posting - getting the hang of this message board thingamajig!! vv  :lol:

    EDIT: I need arrows down, not arrows up - dang it! Oh wait! I got it! (My edits are for grammar and spelling - I'm boring. )
    Post edited by njnancy on
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,715
    njnancy said:
    Just an idea - the Preview button is an awesome tool to see if you like how your answer looks before you post - this way people don't respond to something that you really didn't mean to post. But to each their own. 
    I am aware of this feature, but it doesn't work. My thoughts don't clarify until that fucker is posted for real. :lol:
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  • benjs
    benjs Toronto, ON Posts: 9,385
    edited April 2019
    PJ_Soul said:
    benjs said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    njnancy said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    njnancy said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    njnancy said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Meghan drains intelligence and life out of me. 

    Biden sounds like an "all words" kind of guy. A lot of talk about fluffy stuff - "this is what America is all about, this is our spirit - to say thank you to one another like we did back when I grew up in the 17th century". 

    But I guess we'll see. Wonder if he's aware that America does a few things backwards compared to e.g. Europe, like Bernie does.
    Sanders is older than Biden. So did he grow up in the 16th century? The man is in his 70's, he thinks that this country has been pulled apart and we are at each other's throats. This is true. Why do you make fun of him for wanting comity in governing and healing in the country. Biden has his baggage, just like every other candidate, but making fun of him for wanting to heal the country and his age (when the other front runner and the President are both in their 70's also) just looks like nitpicking. I haven't seen you make fun of Sander's age. Gotta be consistent with the pros and cons. 
    Bernie sounds like a young hipster. I bet he's got some Post Malone on his Iphone X. Biden only listens to "the wind carrying the spirit of the country and soaring eagles in the great american sky. A sky like no other country has ever seen. Heil Hydra"

    What's the difference between "heal the country" and "make america great again". When was it ever great? When was it ever healed?
    You completely rewrote your response and I find what you wrote to not be worth answering. You are better than that. 
    What?
    You wrote one response and I answered it. Then I saw that you had added stuff about Bernie's cool iPhone and Biden having some ridiculous, based on I don't know what, listening device. It changed the entire tenor of your question. 
    I can't help that you quote me before I've had the chance to edit and add to my post...
    That's not how message boards work. It's not a reader's responsibility to question whether you've had ample time to sanitize the words you say.

    You'll see plenty of examples where I backtracked something I said, and I do so by adding a big "EDIT: .....", and leaving my original shitty messages fully visible. The words you put on here (or anywhere publicly frankly), you have to own them as they were originally read, as they were originally stated by you.
    It's not your role to dictate how other people edit their posts. I think this "you must leave your original statements as they were" idea is completely unreasonable. We can edit our posts anyway we want to. I personally edit my posts all the time because I decided I wanted to add ideas or be more specific than I was the first time around, and like it that way! (I just did it with this very post! Ha!). I do not expect people to wait for me to have time to do so though - if someone replies to the original before I posted an edit, I usually mention to them that I actually updated the post they quoted, in case they're interested in readdressing the edited version.
    I didn't say anything about what people should write, nor did I claim to tell people how to do anything - in fact I said the exact opposite: post whatever you want, but be aware that if someone reads it before you edit it, that's not their fault - it's yours, and regardless of what you choose to do with it (edit it, erase it, etc.), your original position is out there and should be owned by you. I stand by that.

    In terms of adding "EDIT", that's my approach, you guys do whatever you'd like!

    EDIT: Feel free to heckle away, any preachiness I exhibited before was not intentional but I can laugh at myself (and the responses above did make me laugh by the way!) 

    SECOND EDIT: :lol:

    THIRD EDIT: PJ_Soul, I'm also so sorry about your cat (thanks njnancy for the reminder). Family means everything and I hope you're doing okay.
    Post edited by benjs on
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  • njnancy
    njnancy Posts: 5,096
    edited April 2019
    PJ_Soul said:
    njnancy said:
    Just an idea - the Preview button is an awesome tool to see if you like how your answer looks before you post - this way people don't respond to something that you really didn't mean to post. But to each their own. 
    I am aware of this feature, but it doesn't work. My thoughts don't clarify until that fucker is posted for real. :lol:
    It happens. BTW, I'm so sorry about your cat. I know it sucks real bad.

    EDIT - You're welcome @benjs . That's what this dysfunctional family is all about. 

    EDIT: I'm loving this adding on things people will never see. :lol:
    Post edited by njnancy on
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,575
    I sometimes edit for clarity, in which case I might erase something or add. BUT, if I am changing my position on something, then I will add the "EDIT:" and post under my original post, just so it doesn't look like I'm trying to pull a fast one. 
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  • OnWis97
    OnWis97 St. Paul, MN Posts: 5,616
    edited April 2019
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Who the hell would use "EDIT:" to add some jokey text.


    Not me.

    EDIT: No, seriously, not me.
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,505
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    I sometimes edit for clarity, in which case I might erase something or add. 


    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • njnancy
    njnancy Posts: 5,096
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    I sometimes edit for clarity, in which case I might erase something or add. BUT, if I am changing my position on something, then I will add the "EDIT:" and post under my original post, just so it doesn't look like I'm trying to pull a fast one. 
    I'm the same way. I'm always editing for grammar, context, better way of saying, realizing something sounds snide. I'll post something new if I have a whole new position. 

    But edit is what all the cool kids are doing, so if you wanna sit at the popular table at lunchtime. EDIT.
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,575
    or, if you are @ikiT, TIDE
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  • njnancy
    njnancy Posts: 5,096
    OnWis97 said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Who the hell would use "EDIT:" to add some jokey text.


    Not me.

    EDIT: No, seriously, not me.
    :rofl:
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,575
    PJ_Soul said:
    cincybearcat said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    benjs said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    njnancy said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    njnancy said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    njnancy said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Meghan drains intelligence and life out of me. 

    Biden sounds like an "all words" kind of guy. A lot of talk about fluffy stuff - "this is what America is all about, this is our spirit - to say thank you to one another like we did back when I grew up in the 17th century". 

    But I guess we'll see. Wonder if he's aware that America does a few things backwards compared to e.g. Europe, like Bernie does.
    Sanders is older than Biden. So did he grow up in the 16th century? The man is in his 70's, he thinks that this country has been pulled apart and we are at each other's throats. This is true. Why do you make fun of him for wanting comity in governing and healing in the country. Biden has his baggage, just like every other candidate, but making fun of him for wanting to heal the country and his age (when the other front runner and the President are both in their 70's also) just looks like nitpicking. I haven't seen you make fun of Sander's age. Gotta be consistent with the pros and cons. 
    Bernie sounds like a young hipster. I bet he's got some Post Malone on his Iphone X. Biden only listens to "the wind carrying the spirit of the country and soaring eagles in the great american sky. A sky like no other country has ever seen. Heil Hydra"

    What's the difference between "heal the country" and "make america great again". When was it ever great? When was it ever healed?
    You completely rewrote your response and I find what you wrote to not be worth answering. You are better than that. 
    What?
    You wrote one response and I answered it. Then I saw that you had added stuff about Bernie's cool iPhone and Biden having some ridiculous, based on I don't know what, listening device. It changed the entire tenor of your question. 
    I can't help that you quote me before I've had the chance to edit and add to my post...
    That's not how message boards work. It's not a reader's responsibility to question whether you've had ample time to sanitize the words you say.

    You'll see plenty of examples where I backtracked something I said, and I do so by adding a big "EDIT: .....", and leaving my original shitty messages fully visible. The words you put on here (or anywhere publicly frankly), you have to own them as they were originally read, as they were originally stated by you.
    It's not your role to dictate how other people edit their posts. I think this "you must leave your original statements as they were" idea is completely unreasonable. We can edit our posts anyway we want to. I personally edit my posts all the time because I decided I wanted to add ideas or be more specific than I was the first time around, and like it that way! (I just did it with this very post! Ha!). I do not expect people to wait for me to have time to do so though - if someone replies to the original before I posted an edit, I usually mention to them that I actually updated the post they quoted, in case they're interested in readdressing the edited version.
    I fully expected you to enter a discussion about editing posts ;)

    not sure why this GIF gives me the warm fuzzies. 
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,505
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    cincybearcat said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    benjs said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    njnancy said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    njnancy said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    njnancy said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Meghan drains intelligence and life out of me. 

    Biden sounds like an "all words" kind of guy. A lot of talk about fluffy stuff - "this is what America is all about, this is our spirit - to say thank you to one another like we did back when I grew up in the 17th century". 

    But I guess we'll see. Wonder if he's aware that America does a few things backwards compared to e.g. Europe, like Bernie does.
    Sanders is older than Biden. So did he grow up in the 16th century? The man is in his 70's, he thinks that this country has been pulled apart and we are at each other's throats. This is true. Why do you make fun of him for wanting comity in governing and healing in the country. Biden has his baggage, just like every other candidate, but making fun of him for wanting to heal the country and his age (when the other front runner and the President are both in their 70's also) just looks like nitpicking. I haven't seen you make fun of Sander's age. Gotta be consistent with the pros and cons. 
    Bernie sounds like a young hipster. I bet he's got some Post Malone on his Iphone X. Biden only listens to "the wind carrying the spirit of the country and soaring eagles in the great american sky. A sky like no other country has ever seen. Heil Hydra"

    What's the difference between "heal the country" and "make america great again". When was it ever great? When was it ever healed?
    You completely rewrote your response and I find what you wrote to not be worth answering. You are better than that. 
    What?
    You wrote one response and I answered it. Then I saw that you had added stuff about Bernie's cool iPhone and Biden having some ridiculous, based on I don't know what, listening device. It changed the entire tenor of your question. 
    I can't help that you quote me before I've had the chance to edit and add to my post...
    That's not how message boards work. It's not a reader's responsibility to question whether you've had ample time to sanitize the words you say.

    You'll see plenty of examples where I backtracked something I said, and I do so by adding a big "EDIT: .....", and leaving my original shitty messages fully visible. The words you put on here (or anywhere publicly frankly), you have to own them as they were originally read, as they were originally stated by you.
    It's not your role to dictate how other people edit their posts. I think this "you must leave your original statements as they were" idea is completely unreasonable. We can edit our posts anyway we want to. I personally edit my posts all the time because I decided I wanted to add ideas or be more specific than I was the first time around, and like it that way! (I just did it with this very post! Ha!). I do not expect people to wait for me to have time to do so though - if someone replies to the original before I posted an edit, I usually mention to them that I actually updated the post they quoted, in case they're interested in readdressing the edited version.
    I fully expected you to enter a discussion about editing posts ;)

    not sure why this GIF gives me the warm fuzzies. 


    haha...
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • njnancy
    njnancy Posts: 5,096
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    or, if you are @ikiT, TIDE

  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,575
    edited April 2019
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    cincybearcat said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    benjs said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    njnancy said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    njnancy said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    njnancy said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Meghan drains intelligence and life out of me. 

    Biden sounds like an "all words" kind of guy. A lot of talk about fluffy stuff - "this is what America is all about, this is our spirit - to say thank you to one another like we did back when I grew up in the 17th century". 

    But I guess we'll see. Wonder if he's aware that America does a few things backwards compared to e.g. Europe, like Bernie does.
    Sanders is older than Biden. So did he grow up in the 16th century? The man is in his 70's, he thinks that this country has been pulled apart and we are at each other's throats. This is true. Why do you make fun of him for wanting comity in governing and healing in the country. Biden has his baggage, just like every other candidate, but making fun of him for wanting to heal the country and his age (when the other front runner and the President are both in their 70's also) just looks like nitpicking. I haven't seen you make fun of Sander's age. Gotta be consistent with the pros and cons. 
    Bernie sounds like a young hipster. I bet he's got some Post Malone on his Iphone X. Biden only listens to "the wind carrying the spirit of the country and soaring eagles in the great american sky. A sky like no other country has ever seen. Heil Hydra"

    What's the difference between "heal the country" and "make america great again". When was it ever great? When was it ever healed?
    You completely rewrote your response and I find what you wrote to not be worth answering. You are better than that. 
    What?
    You wrote one response and I answered it. Then I saw that you had added stuff about Bernie's cool iPhone and Biden having some ridiculous, based on I don't know what, listening device. It changed the entire tenor of your question. 
    I can't help that you quote me before I've had the chance to edit and add to my post...
    That's not how message boards work. It's not a reader's responsibility to question whether you've had ample time to sanitize the words you say.

    You'll see plenty of examples where I backtracked something I said, and I do so by adding a big "EDIT: .....", and leaving my original shitty messages fully visible. The words you put on here (or anywhere publicly frankly), you have to own them as they were originally read, as they were originally stated by you.
    It's not your role to dictate how other people edit their posts. I think this "you must leave your original statements as they were" idea is completely unreasonable. We can edit our posts anyway we want to. I personally edit my posts all the time because I decided I wanted to add ideas or be more specific than I was the first time around, and like it that way! (I just did it with this very post! Ha!). I do not expect people to wait for me to have time to do so though - if someone replies to the original before I posted an edit, I usually mention to them that I actually updated the post they quoted, in case they're interested in readdressing the edited version.
    I fully expected you to enter a discussion about editing posts ;)

    not sure why this GIF gives me the warm fuzzies. 


    haha...
    i was going to say something other than "warm fuzzies", but just today I got a friendly reminder pm about this being a family friendly forum. LOL
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  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,853
    I personally think you all should be banned for improper use of an edit feature. It’s clearly only for spelling and grammar.

    hippiemom = goodness
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