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Re: don't feed the trolls!
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Date: 
Tue, 21 Nov 2006 05:23:05 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Richie Dulin wrote:


ps Actually, it seems like Allister might have been mocking me a bit too.

Perish the thought.

I'm just trying to help. I know in the past I've gotten into trouble for not
knowing whether things are too serious to joke about or not. I wouldn't want new
members to get the impression that this community is anything but warm and
embracing by inadvertantly making the same mistakes I have made [1]. I think
such a list would be a real asset to the community.

Allister

[1] and will probably continue to make



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: don't feed the trolls!
 
(...) I seem to have gotten into trouble for being serious about something which others thought was a joke ? (18 years ago, 21-Nov-06, to lugnet.loc.au)  
  Re: don't feed the trolls!
 
(...) And a complete list of the words that we are not allowed to say because there is someone somewhere who disapproves of the word. Many an innocent Aussie abroad on Lugnet has fallen foul of that one, speaking as we do in the vulgar vernacular! (...) (18 years ago, 21-Nov-06, to lugnet.loc.au)

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  Re: don't feed the trolls!
 
(...) There seem to be some that think compiling lists (either written or mental) is something to belittle or ridicule. I just don't get that. Seems petty to me to harp on other people for such things. It sure reads like you’re mocking him to me. (...) (18 years ago, 21-Nov-06, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)  

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