It’s an old rule on the Internet. It’s based on the fact that those who persist off topic eventually stop if and only if nobody else responds.
Sometimes, even people with useful things to say sometimes hemorrhage posts. Think of it as a variant of Tourette’s. Read what you want, ignore whom you must, but if you think a post is a waste of time DO NOT RESPOND TO IT.
Including this one. Hehe.
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I responded ANYWAY!.. Hang in there...
Vulcan -
It goes back further than that! Back to the BBS days. You can't avoid death and taxes but you can avoid non animate equestrian carcasses.
The other axiom of on line communication: If you feel like writing a retort to a message, write it, save it, then read it the next morning before sending it.
Toby, good call. Also see the one on trolls...
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