@Anonymous wrote:
@Callandra wrote:That's just how this is; same if you went to a One Direction forum -- it's going to be full of OD fans! It doesn't represent the general population who listens to their songs casually.
Right, but it's pretty similar stuff: "How many copies should I have of each albumn?" "How does OD want me to listen to their music?" "If I don't play a song for three days will OD take it away"
lol..I'm pretty sure you're being sarcastic but I would not doubt the first two questions actually being asked and discussed..
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@Anonymous wrote:
I guess im crazy then.
Hmm ... now there is a thought 
@ArmyVietVet wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:
I guess im crazy then.Hmm ... now there is a thought
Thought??Fact 
@Anonymous wrote:
It's not normal to have 20 credit cards. It's not normal to charge something and then run home to pay it off before it posts. It's not normal to want a collection of every card AMEX and Chase issues.
It's not normal to earn thousands of dollars per year in cash back and signup bonuses. I'll take free money over being normal any day of the week.
@Anonymous wrote:
As for the signatures, they help me weed out the crazies when I read threads.
Haha best line ever. Even though I don't agree with it that had me chuckling.
Maybe the folks you speak of really are crazy though. Crazy like a fox.
@ecxpa wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:Bragging or otherwise, one good reason for not having a detailed signature: to avoid a lender identifying you (if you are a little paranoid). With many cards listed, and in some cases open dates, you are probably identifiable if they chose to bother!
Now you got me paranoid......I'm removing mine too. Seems far fetched but possible. I am almost sure though some of the CCC have spying eyes on these boards.
You know, they do put listening devices in our cheese....
edit: "Just because you aren't paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get you"
@Anonymous wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:First time poster, long time lurker. This isn't an attempt to troll or a flame. This is my honest to goodness impression of the forum re the OP's question:
I suspect that a fair amount of people on these boards have some sort of obsessive compulsive disorder that they're trying to channel in a positive way. It's not normal to have 20 credit cards. It's not normal to charge something and then run home to pay it off before it posts. It's not normal to want a collection of every card AMEX and Chase issues. It's not normal to think that every card issuer has a set of secret unwritten rules regarding how they *really* want you to use their cards (e.g., AMEX will ruin your life if you ever let a balance post). A lot of what people write on this board is flat out crazy and as others have noted, their approach to credit defeats the entire purpose of having a credit card--which is to make like SIMPLER and more ENJOYABLE.
As for the signatures, they help me weed out the crazies when I read threads.
Im fairly sure your post where at the end you refer to other posters as 'crazies' is pretty much the definition of a flame. Whether you are troll or not is yet to be seen but you're not off to a good start.
Perhaps a bit of hyperbole, but I think it is at least a reasonable opinion, and I think a lot of have identified posters whose habits you would not wish to follow, whether or not we actually used a term like "crazy" And we do indeed tell peple that they excessively worry over FR/AA etc
He could have made the same point in a less than inflammatory way. When you start using words like crazy, OCD, 'it's not normal' 4 times, I consider that a flame regardless of his intent and whether he made a few valid points.
I note that Zach doesn't have a siggy.
I include so much data in my siggy because it relates to my goals, and puts perspective on how I actually manage my cards: I've got high utilization that I've got to pay down, and I'd like to see lower APR on cards I keep open, so for me it is just a statement of my reality. It has taken me about 15 years to get thsi list of cards. Others who don't have such a siggy, I find difficult to put their comments in any kind of perspective, because we don't know anyone on this forum, except by what they post here, and their siggy.
