kyoto49
Well-Known Forumite
You realise that to impart emotion you can use emoticons, y'know, if somethings a joke you can put a wink
or a smiley face 
, or a sad face 
. Without them you just come across a a dick!
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You realise that to impart emotion you can use emoticons, y'know, if somethings a joke you can put a wink
or a smiley face , or a sad face . Without them you just come across a a dick!
HopesDad
Don't feed the troll
It was not said as a joke. And I do not use emoticons.You realise that to impart emotion you can use emoticons, y'know, if somethings a joke you can put a wink
kyoto49
Well-Known Forumite
We know you don't use emoticons. The problem with this is that you just come across as an aggressive arse when maybe you're not. Emoticons impart the body language that is missing from forums like this, the non-verbal communication that is 80% of actual communication. It's not the words that matter, it's the way theya re imparted. Or are you an angsty confrontational twit in real life as well?? Cos that is how you come across despite your poins often being valid
HopesDad
Don't feed the troll
Ignoring anything is not a solution. It is simply a way of burying your head in the sand and hoping something will just go away. I realise that this is the approach preferred and adopted by most people in this board, indeed most people in Stafford, which is why it is in the mess it is in. However, if anyone wishes to take the soft option to leave they should do so. There is no need for them to formally announce their departure or make a fuss, nobody is interested, just go, if that is how little you value Stafford.
Chick
Well-Known Forumite
Not too long ago this was a light-hearted friendly forum where local Stafford issues were discussed, information was shared and people chatted and developed friendships.
People not wanting to be spend their free time as part of a constantly negative exercise in trolling that this forum is rapidly turning into is NOT "burying your head in the sand" or taking "the soft option". It's just making a choice on how to spend your free time.
It's not as if posting on this forum does anything other than pass the time of day
proactive
Enjoying a drop of red.
Greedy git!Alright, calm down everybody. Gordon Bennett, have you lot never heard of "don't feed the troll"??
@HopesDad is on a time out, so everyone has a chance to pop the kettle on. Mine's a tea, no sugar. I'll have a mince pie, if there are any still going spare.
It will be a cold day in hell the day I turn down a mince pie.
proactive
Enjoying a drop of red.
The words by which all sane people should live...
Yes, yes I did. Although I was only able to get the salted caramel once; they were sold out every other time I tried to get them!
Dabbler
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50,000th poster!
Alright, calm down everybody. Gordon Bennett, have you lot never heard of "don't feed the troll"??
@HopesDad is on a time out, so everyone has a chance to pop the kettle on. Mine's a tea, no sugar. I'll have a mince pie, if there are any still going spare.
Hmm... tea no sugar, definitely a intellectual.
