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Username: Reddog289
Post Number: 897
Registered: 08-2007
| | Posted on Friday, February 06, 2009 - 3:47 am: |    |
I don,t hate anyone here, Not even that Englishskills dude. |
Pam
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Username: Pam
Post Number: 4963
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Friday, February 06, 2009 - 7:14 am: | |
quote:I don,t hate anyone here
Grammar attack: Reddog, please review the difference between an apostrophe and a comma. If your apostrophe key is broken, get a new keyboard. Thanks. |
Sean_of_detroit
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Username: Sean_of_detroit
Post Number: 2191
Registered: 03-2008
| | Posted on Friday, February 06, 2009 - 3:13 pm: | |
Mayor, I think you are confusing haters as only existing for people who have success, fame or people who do a million good things first. That isn't what I'm talking about. If you're happy and doing things you enjoy, you'll get haters eventually.
Haters are wannabe judges who are upset they aren't doing what you're doing, or that they can't be as happy doing it. They don't practice the Live and Let Live Philosophy. They seem to think their is some rules or standards you MUST stay with, otherwise you are a.... whatever.
You know, it's hard to not respond, and it's hard to remember that they aren't the majority, just the most vocal. If you get some positive comments, I imagine there is a ratio to balance it all out. In the end, I don't know if it matters (Sigh, I had to play the fool to learn. But, I am learning).
Haters 102: http://theflipfloplifestyle.co m/2008/01/30/dealing-with-hate rs-and-negativity/
Since I know there are some issues with people who hate all things Detroit/DYES, here's an excerpt:
'The comments themselves don’t affect me and normally I wouldn’t validate them with any sort of response but as I thought about it, I realized there is a lesson here that may benefit many people who may find themselves in a similar situation. The unfortunate fact of the matter is that as you progress and grow in your professional life, your spiritual life and in your personal life there are going to be people in this world that start to dislike you for what you have accomplished or what you are trying to accomplish.
It’s sad indeed that there are people who will take pleasure in seeing you stumble or worse, actively try and do you some sort of harm. At first you may not imagine that this would be the case, but the minute you make the decision to excel or achieve at a level beyond the status quo, you become a target for small minded and ineffective individuals that hate to see anyone try and better themselves.
This can come in many forms - perhaps it is the person at your job who is in line for the same managerial position as you and may try to sabotage your advancement instead of just doing the best they can. Maybe it is one of your friends or family who simply tells you over and over that you can’t start your own business and succeed. Maybe it’s people in chat rooms and on forums who bad mouth you merely because you are starting to make a name for yourself.'
PS: Retroit, you speak like a fish... and... and your Momma dresses you funny. So, get out of here. 
(Message edited by Sean_of_Detroit on February 06, 2009) |
Sean_of_detroit
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Username: Sean_of_detroit
Post Number: 2192
Registered: 03-2008
| | Posted on Friday, February 06, 2009 - 3:18 pm: | |
Jimaz and Johnlodge, you are now awesome. Thank you for that!
Gistok, that is one of the good things about DetroitYES. When you say something really dumb, most give you a chance of redeeming yourself, offer advice, or they just forget.
(Message edited by Sean_of_Detroit on February 06, 2009) |
Bearinabox
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Username: Bearinabox
Post Number: 1202
Registered: 04-2006
| | Posted on Friday, February 06, 2009 - 5:46 pm: | |
quote:Gistok, that is one of the good things about DetroitYES. When you say something really dumb, most give you a chance of redeeming yourself, offer advice, or they just forget. Unfortunately, we're often so kind to people who consistently make mind-blowingly stupid posts that they don't realize how stupid they sound, and keep making stupid posts. By the time anyone gets tired of it and tries to rein them in, the forum has become so clogged with stupidity you can't even breathe. I'm of the opinion that idiots should be dealt with promptly, succinctly, and honestly, because otherwise they'll never get any smarter. If we drive them away in the process because they think we're "being mean," so be it. At least we don't have to read their moronic drivel anymore. |
Vetalalumni
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Username: Vetalalumni
Post Number: 1085
Registered: 05-2007
| | Posted on Friday, February 06, 2009 - 6:05 pm: | |
On a future upgrade to DYes, aditional forum features could help. Personal "notes" discretely between each other by clicking username. And you can ignore or block receiving personal notes from someone if irritating. Lot of features we don't (yet) have on DYes. |
Bigb23
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Username: Bigb23
Post Number: 3675
Registered: 11-2007
| | Posted on Friday, February 06, 2009 - 6:31 pm: | |
Does anybody do that OMG thing when they automatically post after the preview ?
I can't help it !
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Jimaz
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Username: Jimaz
Post Number: 6524
Registered: 12-2005
| | Posted on Friday, February 06, 2009 - 7:02 pm: | |
quote:Personal "notes" discretely between each other by clicking username. DetroitYES used to have that option using email. I don't know why it was disabled.
I think Lowell recently said he was working on a new system but it was being difficult. |
Mauser765
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Username: Mauser765
Post Number: 2954
Registered: 01-2004
| | Posted on Friday, February 06, 2009 - 7:11 pm: | |
"Lot of features we don't (yet) have on DYes."
tis stripped down for speed.
aint broke = dont fix |
Vetalalumni
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Username: Vetalalumni
Post Number: 1087
Registered: 05-2007
| | Posted on Friday, February 06, 2009 - 7:43 pm: | |
Point taken Mauser765. DYes remains one of my fav forums. |
Thames
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Username: Thames
Post Number: 379
Registered: 02-2007
| | Posted on Friday, February 06, 2009 - 8:11 pm: | |
"...If we drive them away in the process because they think we're "being mean,"..."
I agree Bearinabox, especially the part about "being mean".
To a forumer, you know who you are:
For the love of gawd, grow a pair already. I'm really, really tired of reading about how people are being "mean" to you.
Based on your posts, I suspect this "mean" stuff is causing you a lot of turmoil. I have some advice for you in that regard.
Since I've had to read your unsolicited whining, you have to read my unsolicited advice. Fair is fair. Here are your options* (pick one):
1. Stand your ground.
2. Change your behavior.
3. Go away
*remember, whining is not an option. |
Sean_of_detroit
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Username: Sean_of_detroit
Post Number: 2195
Registered: 03-2008
| | Posted on Friday, February 06, 2009 - 8:56 pm: | |
Quote:
'Unfortunately, we're often so kind to people who consistently make mind-blowingly stupid posts that they don't realize how stupid they sound, and keep making stupid posts. By the time anyone gets tired of it and tries to rein them in, the forum has become so clogged with stupidity you can't even breathe. I'm of the opinion that idiots should be dealt with promptly, succinctly, and honestly, because otherwise they'll never get any smarter. If we drive them away in the process because they think we're "being mean," so be it. At least we don't have to read their moronic drivel anymore.'
So, you are implying that it takes one person (you) to decide what is "moronic"? The only thing bigger than a moron spouting off dribble, is the person wasting their time yelling or talking about them. Worry about yourself first. |
Vetalalumni
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Username: Vetalalumni
Post Number: 1091
Registered: 05-2007
| | Posted on Friday, February 06, 2009 - 9:31 pm: | |
That was efficient Thames. Sean_of_detroit, with all due respect, they are correct. |
Townonenorth
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Username: Townonenorth
Post Number: 777
Registered: 10-2007
| | Posted on Friday, February 06, 2009 - 9:39 pm: | |
Hey, one can always go elsewhere if you don't like the way things are going here.
I think Bearinabox is absolutely right. Calling stupidity for what is needs to be done. And I think that there's more than one person here that's sick and tired of reading stupidity.
Some people might like the mindless drivel, but I think that there's far better conversation to be had without the BS and drama. |
Vetalalumni
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Username: Vetalalumni
Post Number: 1093
Registered: 05-2007
| | Posted on Friday, February 06, 2009 - 9:46 pm: | |
Let me restate regarding my previous post # 1091. "3. Go away " is a bit harsh. |
Downtown_lady
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Username: Downtown_lady
Post Number: 557
Registered: 08-2008
| | Posted on Friday, February 06, 2009 - 10:42 pm: | |
Back to the personal attacks...
You son of a biscuit-eating bulldog!
What the french, toast?
Did you think I wouldn’t find out about your little doodoo head cootie queen?
Who are you calling a cootie queen, you lint-licker?
Pickle you, kumquat!
Dirty Mouth
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Ravine
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Username: Ravine
Post Number: 3068
Registered: 01-2006
| | Posted on Friday, February 06, 2009 - 10:50 pm: | |
I am not directing the following statement at any individual person. Honest, I'm not.
Generally speaking, there usually are about three or four ways of expressing a disapproving (or even a sharply objecting) response without being mean-spirited, cruel, or deliberately insulting. If you are unable, or unwilling, to find one of them, YOU are an asshole.
Of course, if the other person has struck first, in that manner, the above direction is suspended. |
Sean_of_detroit
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Username: Sean_of_detroit
Post Number: 2196
Registered: 03-2008
| | Posted on Saturday, February 07, 2009 - 12:17 am: | |
Vetalalumni, I'm not saying they aren't.
I know they aren't talking about me, but I think they are just being mean too. They aren't doing it to teach anyone anything. They say they are, but they aren't. They're doing it for attention. That isn't to mention they aren't practicing what they preach, or that being an donkey to mentioned personality types, usually makes that type of person talk more, and get stupider in retaliation.
They do less than the talkers.
Think about this;
Gistok isn't just watching some moronic talkers, ad nausea. He is also watching the self righteous teachers yell at air. So, you have the people not thinking and saying whatever comes to mind, then you have the people who are past that, but are still in the same boat because they are wasting even more time reading and responding. Those people waste hours, and the people who dig up dirt are wasting entire days.
Gistok isn't just forced to sift through posts by moronic talkers, he's sifting through the posts of moronic people who haven't learned how to ignore people they don't like. Of course, to the Gistoks, it is irrelevant; it's all just garbage. |
Sean_of_detroit
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Username: Sean_of_detroit
Post Number: 2197
Registered: 03-2008
| | Posted on Saturday, February 07, 2009 - 12:29 am: | |
PS: This thread is proof of ridicule leading to extra talk. They ridiculed Retroit, and he didn't just talk more, he posted a whole new 50 post thread that shouldn't have existed. Now notice what happens when someone posts something unpopular or disruptive, and no one says anything.
Don't get it confused. These groups are incapable of teaching each other much of anything. They view each other as morons, and will NEVER listen to each other. Ignore and move on. We all aren't moving enough to worry about such things right now. Now just isn't the time to keep up sibling rivalries.
(Message edited by Sean_of_Detroit on February 07, 2009) |
Bearinabox
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Username: Bearinabox
Post Number: 1204
Registered: 04-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, February 07, 2009 - 12:52 am: | |
quote:Gistok isn't just forced to sift through posts by moronic talkers, he's sifting through the posts of moronic people who haven't learned how to ignore people they don't like. Idiots are not harmless. They drive good people away en masse, particularly when the folks who know what they're talking about start to get the impression that they're valued less highly as forum contributors than the exuberant morons who can barely string a sentence together. I am not by nature a mean-spirited person, and I would not have made that post if I didn't think this issue had wider-reaching effects than my own annoyance. For the most part, I do ignore stupid posts and the people who make them. |
Islandman
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Username: Islandman
Post Number: 1900
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, February 07, 2009 - 12:53 am: | |
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Sean_of_detroit
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Username: Sean_of_detroit
Post Number: 2202
Registered: 03-2008
| | Posted on Saturday, February 07, 2009 - 2:04 am: | |
Bear, you're right, but you have to speak in a way that will make your audience listen and understand. It's like yelling at a Englishman in Spanish. If you can't seem to reach someone, learn how, or just save your breath. |
Reddog289
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Username: Reddog289
Post Number: 904
Registered: 08-2007
| | Posted on Saturday, February 07, 2009 - 2:34 am: | |
Sorry Pam for the bad Grammar. i MAY NOT raise your Taxes when I become GOVENOR, Hey I took shop not typing.Theres where the Rubiks cube went. Pretty much I am surprised that I have been on here so long, That ADD sucks yet I love this AREA for some reason. But if my writtin skills ain,t good nuff for ya,ll then I guess Lowell may as well boot me.Hey SAY Happy Bday to Cub. |
Bearinabox
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Username: Bearinabox
Post Number: 1205
Registered: 04-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, February 07, 2009 - 2:42 am: | |
quote:But if my writtin skills ain,t good nuff for ya,ll then I guess Lowell may as well boot me. See, this attitude is exactly what I'm talking about. In the time it took you to write that, you could have learned how to use a keyboard. It's really not that hard. |
Bigb23
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Username: Bigb23
Post Number: 3686
Registered: 11-2007
| | Posted on Saturday, February 07, 2009 - 7:17 am: | |
quote: Hey I took shop not typing.
I'll stand by that. |
Gnome
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Username: Gnome
Post Number: 2323
Registered: 08-2007
| | Posted on Saturday, February 07, 2009 - 7:56 am: | |
The lazy person inside wishes there was a thumbs up/down button that you could just click.
The downside of such a system is that it would drive away the asshats. A good asshat is great for conversation, otherwise the forum would look like this:
Yeah
yup
agreed
cheesecakefactory
haha
yep
agreed
AlbertKahn,HenryFord,Coleman, KK
yeah
me too |
Pam
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Username: Pam
Post Number: 4972
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, February 07, 2009 - 8:32 am: | |
quote:Hey I took shop not typing.
Here you go. Never too late to learn:
http://www.nimblefingers.com/ |
East_detroit
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Username: East_detroit
Post Number: 1908
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, February 07, 2009 - 8:40 am: | |
Tear that schitt down, you makeup wearing basic white people, eating crab legs and supporting slavery through socialism. |
Bearinabox
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Username: Bearinabox
Post Number: 1206
Registered: 04-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, February 07, 2009 - 10:08 am: | |
quote:The downside of such a system is that it would drive away the asshats. A good asshat is great for conversation, otherwise the forum would look like this:
Yeah
yup
agreed
cheesecakefactory
haha
yep
agreed
AlbertKahn,HenryFord,Coleman, KK
yeah
me too My point exactly. Since I first discovered this place around May 2005, it has been steadily devolving in that direction. |
Vetalalumni
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Username: Vetalalumni
Post Number: 1097
Registered: 05-2007
| | Posted on Saturday, February 07, 2009 - 11:42 am: | |
Asshat is as asshat does. |
Sean_of_detroit
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Username: Sean_of_detroit
Post Number: 2207
Registered: 03-2008
| | Posted on Saturday, February 07, 2009 - 1:38 pm: | |
Is a constructive spelling and grammar criticism thread in order?
Link: https://www.atdetroit.net/forum/mes sages/10041/175235.html?123403 1792 |
Downtown_lady
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Username: Downtown_lady
Post Number: 558
Registered: 08-2008
| | Posted on Saturday, February 07, 2009 - 4:52 pm: | |
Hey Reddog! Your typing skills are just fine. It just seems that you're typing a comma when you mean to type an apostrophe, which is an easy mistake if you never took typing, since the two look exactly the same on the keyboard.
For an apostrophe, instead of using the key next to the letter M, use the key in the row above that, next to the ENTER key.
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Jimaz
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Username: Jimaz
Post Number: 6529
Registered: 12-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, February 07, 2009 - 7:16 pm: | |
quote:Since I first discovered this place around May 2005, it has been steadily devolving in that direction. The whole internet has devolved. That's not surprising considering it started with academia and the military. Back then everyone worked to earn brownie points for being helpful.
Online communities with selective membership can still operate that way so I don't see it as a problem.
What's the etymology of "asshat"? Oh.
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Reddog289
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Username: Reddog289
Post Number: 907
Registered: 08-2007
| | Posted on Sunday, February 08, 2009 - 3:59 am: | |
Thanks for the typing info. When I get my computer hooked up it has a keyboard with letters I can see.You are lucky that any of you have never got a hand written letter from me. The only person that I know who likes them is my cousin who works for the post office. |
Reddog289
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Username: Reddog289
Post Number: 908
Registered: 08-2007
| | Posted on Sunday, February 08, 2009 - 4:05 am: | |
OH yeah, That add didn't suck, just my A.D.D., That's what sucks.I belive the attack thread is going on in the "Tiger Tunnel" thread. |
Alsodave
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Username: Alsodave
Post Number: 683
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, February 08, 2009 - 3:01 pm: | |
I personally attacked a plate of homemade lasagna. Mmmm, and a side of garlic bread. Good stuff... |
Islandman
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Username: Islandman
Post Number: 1906
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, February 08, 2009 - 4:56 pm: | |
Yummy |
East_detroit
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Username: East_detroit
Post Number: 1915
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 10, 2009 - 7:35 am: | |
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