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[drkaje]

Ever read a thread and have to back slowly away because your response would be inconsistent with forum norms?

It happened to me a few years ago. Was reading a thread where someone complaining about an old medical bill posted the doctor didn't need the money and would only use it for a Benz payment. I started typing something along the lines of "Keep that in mind next time you get sick", actually it may have been a little worse and then quickly deleted, LOL!

What are the responses you couldn't type?

[FrugalRican]

I can't remember, but I back away from posting a thing or two on a daily basis. I forget my humor doesn't always translate too well on the forums and sometimes lingers into off-topic land.

[MarineVietVet]

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drkaje wrote:

What are the responses you couldn't type?

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I couldn't type them in the past without getting in trouble and I still can't.

But I will say I have done much editing many times before the final version was posted.

[drkaje]

LOL, Guys!

I'm not talking about mean-spirited comments. I'm talking about honest responses that wouldn't necessarily work, within the context of a forum's group mentality.

It might not have been a bad thing to make that one comment..... considering they banned me from the site for calling BS BS on all the derrogatory comments moderators allowed to be posted about men, LOL!

[MarineVietVet]

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drkaje wrote:

LOL, Guys!

I'm not talking about mean-spirited comments. I'm talking about honest responses that wouldn't necessarily work, within the context of a forum's group mentality.

It might not have been a bad thing to make that one comment..... considering they banned me from the site for calling BS BS on all the derrogatory comments moderators allowed to be posted about men, LOL!

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No I wasn't talking about mean spirited either. Nor personal attacks or flaming.

But the Marine Corps taught me how to get right to the point and my "honesty" would not play well even if offered with many    along the way.

So in my capacity as a mod I have to be strong and temper my need to say what I really think on various occasions.

[FrugalRican]

I wasn't talking mean spirited either... but sometimes my comments tend to ramble onto Off-Topic land and can derail a thread from its original intent.

I still manage to do that somehow, so maybe I need to gauge it even further.

I do remember reading a story of how someone got locked out and had to call someone to unlock their door and they used a credit card to open it along with something else. My obvious question was going to be what card did the person use and if the APR was really low... but I left it alone.

[webhopper]

Sometimes I have to refrain from telling people that they are stupid to consider going into debt for 6 yrs on a 50k vehicle when they make only 60k per year.

I try to quickly exit the auto threads and run! My views are very bad on auto loans due to my stupid ex husband, so I get tempted to say things based on my experiences rather than the avg persons.

[drkaje]

@ Web,

I feel the same about mortgage threads on occasion. I'm not great at math, though. It's 100% possible I'm wrong those times things don't seem to add up.

I really don't get the car thing, either. In my eyes; it's just sits outside while you work inside to pay for it.

[marty56]

You all are making this too hard.

Once I retire from government service, I will get a job as a MyFICO web developer and then modify the forum code to change the response that the mods see.  For example if someone says that "Marty don;t know anything about anything", then the mod would see "Marty, let me teach you".

Problem solved.

[pakman92]

I am very often tempted to say, "Google it **** ***"