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    Question General Board Discussion - what's the point of posting "unread" in a thread?

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    don't know.....when Micci did it I didn't read it......
    Isaiah 6:5
    “Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.”

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    Quote Originally Posted by PostmodernProphet View Post
    don't know.....when Micci did it I didn't read it......
    Yet you didn't feel compelled to announce it, until now, did you?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Legion View Post
    Yet you didn't feel compelled to announce it, until now, did you?
    sometimes I feel compelled to ignore people......
    Isaiah 6:5
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    Quote Originally Posted by PostmodernProphet View Post
    sometimes I feel compelled to ignore people......
    Understandably. To your credit, you don't feel compelled to repeatedly post "unread" in their threads, however.

    Kudos.

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    Unread!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Legion View Post
    Discuss.
    Unread.

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    To make you start a thread asking about it. I guess trolls don't like to get trolled, eh Legion?


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    Quote Originally Posted by Legion View Post
    Discuss.
    It is the exact same thing as the folks who post that the person is on ignore. On occasion I will tell one person in particular that I do not engage with them, but it is usually only when I've accidentally engaged to begin with or when they quote me somewhere.
    Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
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    Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
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    It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Damocles View Post
    It is the exact same thing as the folks who post that the person is on ignore.
    Why do you suppose people do that?

    https://www.justplainpolitics.com/sh...quot-on-ignore

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    Quote Originally Posted by anonymoose View Post
    Unread.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Legion View Post
    Usually they are just trying to show the world that they are not participating because the person is on ignore. One or two of them do it to congratulate themselves for being "superior" to someone else.
    Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
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    Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
    - -- The Buddha

    It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
    - -- Aristotle

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    Quote Originally Posted by Damocles View Post
    Usually they are just trying to show the world that they are not participating because the person is on ignore. One or two of them do it to congratulate themselves for being "superior" to someone else.
    I see. Wouldn't it be more effective to simply ignore somebody?

    How many of the people who claim to be ignoring someone actually are ignoring them, in your estimation?

    https://www.justplainpolitics.com/sh...on-ignore-quot

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    Quote Originally Posted by Legion View Post
    I see. Wouldn't it be more effective to simply ignore somebody?

    How many of the people who claim to be ignoring someone actually are ignoring them, in your estimation?

    https://www.justplainpolitics.com/sh...on-ignore-quot
    Very few. It is my experience that folks who put others on ignore and have to tell everyone about it are reading every post and getting all bent out of shape about them regularly. I've even had two folks who would constantly complain to me about what somebody they ignored was saying...
    Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
    - -- Aristotle

    Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
    - -- The Buddha

    It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
    - -- Aristotle

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