Have you ever stopped reading the reply?

by sarah Posted 2012/08/04 11:01:58

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Dave Sawyer ♥ Child of God ♥ 2012/08/06 04:39:54

No

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I will always read a reply, but I will not always reply to the reply.

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XENON23 2012/08/06 03:22:20

yes

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I have a few who I just try not to bother with. I wont block a person unless they are very very rude and vulgar or if they are spamming or are clearly a sock puppet. But some I just let talk and I ignore.

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Farnsworth 2012/08/06 03:01:15

yes

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when it becomes preachy

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Kat 2012/08/06 02:53:11

yes

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After a while it's pointless

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Tony 2012/08/05 14:38:02

yes

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I eventually get bored and move on.

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Red_Horse 2012/08/05 05:46:05
SteamTrunkDolly 2012/08/05 04:25:11

yes

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AT SOME POINT A DEBATE BECOMES TOTALLY FRUITLESS... WHY BOTHER TO GO ANY FURTHER... WHY BOTHER TO EVEN READ REPLIES, YOU JUST RISK GETTING SUCKED INTO THE PERSON'S SICK WAY OF GETTING ATTENTION.

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Catch224u 2012/08/04 22:38:53

No

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No, but I have been blocked several times.

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Sofahead 2012/08/04 21:35:14

yes

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Been there, done that fairly often.

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handeman 2012/08/04 18:50:11

yes

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I don't bother to read reply's, we probably disagree so why waste my time

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bags the Indigenous Guru 2012/08/04 16:38:13

yes

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When it becomes pointless, reply is just...well...pointless.

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Chris- ... to bags th... 2012/08/04 16:52:44

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Exactly!

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PumpkinMuncher 2012/08/04 16:34:23

yes

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I do that a lot actually, or I will read it and just ignore it. I have found there are TONS of people on here that know they are right and wont even hear the other side. I dont care if people disagree with me thats actually great, but at least agree to disagree.

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jubil8 BN-0 PON 2012/08/04 16:30:34

yes

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Oh yeah. There are a couple of goofs here whom I don't read at all. I put my hand over the screen and move it down -- if one of their names comes up, I move on. I won't waste my time on them.

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Vision of Verve 2012/08/04 15:46:45
Seiryuu 2012/08/04 14:47:15

No

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When they've started dishing out the insults, it's time for some real fun. :)

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Chris- ... to Seiryuu 2012/08/04 16:51:45

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And you can certainly hold your own!

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Seiryuu to Chris- ... 2012/08/04 17:35:42

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As I may have stated before, why be mad when you can be amused?

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Chris- ... to Seiryuu 2012/08/04 17:43:06

If I remember correctly we were both on one of the many Chick-fil-A polls the other day talking with someone who was possibly deranged, certainly incoherent. LOL...

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Seiryuu to Chris- ... 2012/08/04 18:44:24

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I've lost track of how many I've been on so far. o_O

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Chris- ... to Seiryuu 2012/08/04 18:45:54

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Ditto.

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Chris- Demon of the PHAET 2012/08/04 14:36:15

yes

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If there's nothing more to say it's time to move on.

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bags th... to Chris- ... 2012/08/04 16:57:21

+2

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Chris- ... to bags th... 2012/08/04 17:00:13

+2

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bags th... to Chris- ... 2012/08/04 17:02:47 (edited)

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edit: sorry for 'belaboring' a point.....

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Chris- ... to bags th... 2012/08/04 17:13:48

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LOL!

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Sister Jean 2012/08/04 14:25:44

yes

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often so too wordy

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I AM A TROUBLEMAKER 2012/08/04 14:22:41

yes

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sometimes.............

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Kiosk Kid 2012/08/04 13:43:39

yes

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Some people ramble on and on. Apparently, they think the more they write the more they justify their point. I usually read two paragraphs and skip the rest. However, if they create one big paragraph then I may read 8 lines or so.

Rarely, do I hit the more buttons. Generally, if you been in the argument for a while, they are just repeating what they already said.

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Louisa - Enemy of the State 2012/08/04 13:39:41

yes

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yeah, I'm on my third day with a hater of Israel, a proponent of same-sex-marriage and circumcision.

I've been volleying replies but I think I'm done. There's nothing more to say and in the end I just like to say............you won.....I'm done.

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U-Dog 2012/08/04 13:29:06

yes

+2
Some people would argue with a dark empty room.

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Alvin 2012/08/04 13:23:16

yes

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Continuing a cyclical conversation like that is akin to beating a dead horse while banging your head against a wall.

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JMCC 2012/08/04 13:20:36

No

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The instant a debate starts to go cyclic I'll read it, but will not bother replying.

If it becomes insulting, that's when I realise that they are stuck - unable to rebut and too pigheaded to back down - no point pushing it, so I either give them a way to get out gracefully or leave it - depending on how offensive they are being.

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susan BN-0 2012/08/04 13:18:50

yes

+4
Yes,I have It's not worth It.

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Jack's Pearl 2012/08/04 13:13:56

yes

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It's futile to me to keep going round and round once I've stated everything I have to say. So I stop. I also stop if someone is outright abusive. I have nothing to say to such peeps.

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cmdrbnd007 2012/08/04 13:13:46

yes

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Do it frequently. Just get to a point where it's not even worth arguing about anymore so I stop. I'll usually delete the reply without even reading it.

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Jack's ... to cmdrbnd007 2012/08/04 13:14:32

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Me too. I don't want to keep engaged after a certain point.

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cmdrbnd007 to Jack's ... 2012/08/06 14:08:40

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Yep, it's no use to continue when no matter what you say and no matter what they say you will just not find common ground on that topic.

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Louisa ... to cmdrbnd007 2012/08/04 13:41:39

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Same here. Or sometimes I tell them to have the last say, that I won't be back.

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Vijay Pawar 2012/08/04 13:12:17

yes

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As you know what you have written, if the reply is as expected........ you get the zest in a few sentences..... so that is it...... !

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