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Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Footnote: The reference to "Robert Frost" was posted to this thread at 2:19am today. This public forum is provided for conversation not litigation. Case closed.
What you did was you posted a link to a page on a thread where you were in the midst of "trolling" ~ by one of your own definitions ~ divegeester with personal information.

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I can't believe how an attention-seeking post by Grampy Bobby has resulted in 102 pages of juvenile finger-pointing - and absolutely nothing has been said.

Tends to support the statement that long threads aren't worth reading, doesn't it?

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Originally posted by Kewpie
I can't believe how an attention-seeking post by Grampy Bobby has resulted in 102 pages of juvenile finger-pointing - and absolutely nothing has been said.

Tends to support the statement that long threads aren't worth reading, doesn't it?
Presumably the people who have posted a lot on this thread have derived some "worth" from it. But I can certainly appreciate that it might not have been every onlooker's cup of tea. 😀

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Originally posted by Kewpie
I can't believe how an attention-seeking post by Grampy Bobby has resulted in 102 pages of juvenile finger-pointing - and absolutely nothing has been said.

Tends to support the statement that long threads aren't worth reading, doesn't it?
Watching pigs wrestle in the mud is not as fun as actually
jumping into the pit and joining the fest.

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Originally posted by Seitse
Watching pigs wrestle in the mud is not as fun as actually
jumping into the pit and joining the fest.
Yes, some threads are like life, meant to be participated in.

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Originally posted by Seitse
I know Frost, thanks. Sandberg and Stevens top it for me, at least
among the meager selection of worthy U.S. poets.

And I am not asking what others think, or links or copy pastes; I
am asking what is [b]your
reading of it and the value it brings
into your life.

Please, apply some gray matter into this. We know your leader is
a copy paster ...[text shortened]... crite extraordinaire, but I have the suspicion
that you may happen to have a brain of your own.[/b]
Seitse, I just like the poem. Truly, that's it, and what I said earlier.

Thanks for your appraisal of me. Mine of you is rather similar.

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Originally posted by Seitse
Watching pigs wrestle in the mud is not as fun as actually
jumping into the pit and joining the fest.
Why pigs and not naked women?

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“Relationships with negative people are simply tedious encounters with porcupines.
You don’t have the remote knowledge how to be close to them without quills being shot in your direction.”
―Shannon L. Alder

“If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed.” ―Adolf Hitler

“The liar's punishment is, not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.”
―George Bernard Shaw, The Quintessence of Ibsenism

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Originally posted by Kewpie
I can't believe how an attention-seeking post by Grampy Bobby has resulted in 102 pages of juvenile finger-pointing - and absolutely nothing has been said.

Tends to support the statement that long threads aren't worth reading, doesn't it?
Then, pray tell, why read and contribute to this thread?

Does your sweeping generalization "that long threads aren't worth reading..."
also apply to Red Hot Pawn General Forum Word Games?

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Originally posted by Kewpie
I'm inclined to think that long forum threads are less an indicator of interest and more an indicator of boredom, because they're mostly just long lists. For example, the hugely popular Word Association thread, now in its second or third incarnation, has no content whatever.
Minimal content, but valuable experience in thinking outside the box. Try it sometime.

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Originally posted by HandyAndy
Minimal content, but valuable experience in thinking outside the box. Try it sometime.
Well said, Andy.

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Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Request to All Red Hot Pawn Members: Please think twice or thrice before disclosing highly sensitive personal information on these public forums.
This is like a wolf warning the sheep.

So, how about information obtained in private forums, sweetie?

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Originally posted by Startreader
Mine of you is rather similar.
Even for that you are lazy? Wow. Must be hard avoiding the
ants from climbing all the way up, through the nose, and into the
empty cavity, uh?

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Originally posted by Seitse
This is like a wolf warning the sheep.

So, how about information obtained in private forums, sweetie?
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