Another pet peeve of mine is when you post an item on a Facebook group and someone chimes in with something negative or telling you it it overpriced. Dude STFU. I'm trying to sell here and I don't want your review.
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If you can't say anything nice.....
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Words to live by, and one of my mom's favorite platitudes.
so, can that facebook user see this thread?
Nebadon2000,
I did not actually respond with those words.....but I sure thought it. I hide his comments. I am not going to get into an argument over an item that I am trying to sell.
I did not actually respond with those words.....but I sure thought it. I hide his comments. I am not going to get into an argument over an item that I am trying to sell.
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If this thread was ragging on CL I’d be all over it.
I don't know, as rants go, I find it quite nice:How is that nice
Tight focused message, with the requisite F.
It promotes a minor social more that has failed to make much impact in chat room style environments. Furthermore, it is OP's lawn and if he don't want you on it, GTFO.
Support a brother seller. You were a seller once...
The internet is a loop of negativity. Fear and finger-pointing is the best way to go viral. Your bass is over-priced. That movie was terrible. The wait for a table was unbearable. There’s a strange woman with a dog walking around our neighborhood.
Scientists are lying.
Teachers are hurting our children.
It’s a lie.
It’s a scam.
It’s a hoax.
It’s the end of the world.
Scientists are lying.
Teachers are hurting our children.
It’s a lie.
It’s a scam.
It’s a hoax.
It’s the end of the world.
Variation on the theme....
"I know you can't help being ugly but you could at least stay home".
The savvy buyers & sellers have the keen ability to navigate the negativity landmines and make the transactions happen. OTOH, I do give due diligence to the *scam* alerts whereas the gear is not as depicted OR the seller is to be avoided.
Riis
"I know you can't help being ugly but you could at least stay home".
The savvy buyers & sellers have the keen ability to navigate the negativity landmines and make the transactions happen. OTOH, I do give due diligence to the *scam* alerts whereas the gear is not as depicted OR the seller is to be avoided.
Riis
Social media by nature is a nice warm fuzzy place for narcissism to spread its Wings
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Facebook and Twitter are snake pits IMO.
Fortunately, the TB classifieds doesn’t allow negative comments or price discussions. It was a wise decision on the part of management.
Fortunately, the TB classifieds doesn’t allow negative comments or price discussions. It was a wise decision on the part of management.
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Unfortunately, being the internet, you just helped fuel the hysteria. A crap ton of people, as they do with most things written on the internet, will only read your last line...
Good job dude.
We're screwed
Somebody on Kijiji keeps posting ads for his homemade guitar display cabinet. It’s bulky, heavy, not that attractive and he wants big $$ for it. He goes on about how awesome it is. The guy is so delusional someone should set him straight.
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I just keep thinking of the babble fish in Douglas Adam’s book Hithchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. If you inserted one in your ear it linked into your auditory nerve and brain stem and allowed you to immediately understand any spoken language in the universe. It was thought that with this breakthrough in communication the galaxy would enter into a new age of peace and understanding.
What actually happened was it lead to an age of the bloodiest interstellar conflicts in history. Because now it was possible for everyone to understand exactly what someone else was saying.
The Internet is a lot like that. It’s given voice to, and provided a global platform for, the best and worst humanity has to offer. And all for virtually no cost and at the speed of light.
I think they call that: ‘progress.’
What actually happened was it lead to an age of the bloodiest interstellar conflicts in history. Because now it was possible for everyone to understand exactly what someone else was saying.
The Internet is a lot like that. It’s given voice to, and provided a global platform for, the best and worst humanity has to offer. And all for virtually no cost and at the speed of light.
I think they call that: ‘progress.’
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