The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[el-remmen]

Sometimes it is because it takes me writing a paragraph or so before I really realize I either have nothing to add or the conversation has already moved past what I have to add.

Other times, it is because I know what I have to say will likely just be ignored anyway.

Rarely, because I realize my anger/annoyance at the OP and/or the responses is pointless.

 

[MarkB]

Sometimes I'll get through a sentence or two and realise it's not worth it.

Sometimes I'll write the whole thing out, be ready to hit Post Reply, and realise that it's not actually going to add anything useful to the conversation.

 

[JAMUMU]

I'm going to have to take some codeine for my backwards compatibility; it's really playing up this weather.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I wish we could post polls within this thread.
But I'll ask the question(s) anyway:

• How often do you start responding to a thread and then just think twice about it and delete what you've written instead?
• About how much on average do you write of this response before coming to this conclusion?

Routinely, especially when I realize I'm getting sucked into a "yes, it is"/"no, it isn't" endless loop.

And given how fast I type, I often have to delete whole paragraphs before that part of my brain kicks in.

 

[Ryujin]

Routinely, especially when I realize I'm getting sucked into a "yes, it is"/"no, it isn't" endless loop.

And given how fast I type, I often have to delete whole paragraphs before that part of my brain kicks in.

CTRL+A is your friend.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

Sometimes it is because it takes me writing a paragraph or so before I really realize I either have nothing to add or the conversation has already moved past what I have to add.

Other times, it is because I know what I have to say will likely just be ignored anyway.

Rarely, because I realize my anger/annoyance at the OP and/or the responses is pointless.

Sometimes I think it would help if there was a dialog box that would pop up before every post on the forum that is a reply to someone.

You know that this won't do any good, right? Do you want to reply anyway?
Y / N

 

[prabe]

Sometimes I think it would help if there was a dialogue box that would pop up before every post on the forum that is a reply to someone.

You know that this won't do any good, right? Do you want to reply anyway?
Y / N

YES I WANT TO ADD TO THIS MEANINGLESS DISCUSSION

NO I WANT TO HANG ONTO THE DREGS OF MY SANITY A FEW MOMENTS MORE

 

[payn]

You two need to take this to a PM.

 

[J.Quondam]

I wish we could post polls within this thread.
But I'll ask the question(s) anyway:

• How often do you start responding to a thread and then just think twice about it and delete what you've written instead?
• About how much on average do you write of this response before coming to this conclusion?

- Very often, ie, almost every time I feel an urge to reply. It's become so frequent for me, in fact, that I hardly ever hit "post" anymore. (Hopefully I can soon train myself to not bother starting the reply, and save myself a lot of time!)

- 50% or more, though rarely the whole thing. I usually get partway through, then realize the fast typers and chronic arguers have already "advanced" the "conversation" by several pages.

 

[JAMUMU]

After much deliberation, I think the thing that I'd like to see most in the new Planescape slipcase is slavery. Loads of slavery. Like, all the slavery.