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| Stripped out .off-topic.fun because this isn't! (...) Obviously some have taken offense to my use of the word "Sucker" and I would like to explain that I don't find the word insulting. Last year when Ben did his April Fool's train post I got (...) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) Since my name continues to reappear, I'll reiterate: I know this thread is long over, and it would probably be best to simply leave it alone, but something needs to be clarified. I don’t believe that anybody was really offended by the joke. (...) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Being a week early made me think it was real. (...) I agree. (...) I agree again. Has foot in mouth reached the states already? Posting the message in the Top Stories was the main reason I thought it was for real. (I missed the downward (...) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) <snipped> (...) Amen, brutha! :) Dan (25 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) And I strongly feel that this media lends itself to people acting in a manner they normally wouldn't in a face-to-face, real life situation (flaming. etc). Since computers create a safe distance, people start acting like they can say anything. (...) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) Perhaps I could stand to lighten up, but perhaps I'm also genuinly concerned for our community, but maybe I shouldn't. Perhaps I should just let the community go where it wants. Maybe I shouldn't care about my fellow man. If you believe I am (...) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) I wasn't particularly offended by it, but it did bother me, for a couple of reasons. The first being "What the (heck) is this doing in my e-mail?"...like a lot of people, I subscribe to .announce by e-mail; unlike many of those, I read a lot (...) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Jon, over the years, several people online (here and in RTL) _have_ actually exited the hobby. Some permanently, some for a few months or a few years. Offhand, in the past three years, I remember several people who at one time or another (...) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| "Frank Filz" <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:3ABF58EB.1D70@m...ing.com... (...) Mark put in some clues of his own. Did you read down on the side of his message, all the capital letters lined up to spell 'APRIL FOOLS' and the FUT was set (...) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Thanks for raising those last points about "show[ing] genuine concern for someone giving it up, and then getting slammed for it." And "[r]ealize that people come here for a variety of reasons and with various backgrounds." Indeed, the joke was (...) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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