It seems that this forum has many members who's intellectually challenged

[BigStar]

  On 1/23/2024 at 6:41 AM, Ben Zioner said:

And why not just abstain?

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Good point, if the poster hasn't been TOO annoying. Of course, good posts and posters should be encouraged with a positive emoji, so I hit a lot of those. 

[Bday Prang]

  On 1/23/2024 at 6:41 AM, jvs said:

Some people speak more then one language and it is easy to get confused with the grammar

part of it.

How many languages do you speak?

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If they have mastered several languages they would not be easily confused by grammar would they

[Gsxrnz]

I'm old skool :-)

[riclag]

  On 1/23/2024 at 6:43 AM, Bday Prang said:

I much prefer to know the identity of all emoji posters, as it enables me, if I so wish to make a targeted response,  either positive or negative..  Ie if somebody is confused I may attempt to explain things to them a little better. If an anonymous person is expressing themselves its hardly worth worrying about 

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Thats a bingo!

[retarius]

  On 1/23/2024 at 4:08 AM, ezzra said:

Thanks for the grammar corrections, I stand corrected.. and yes, too many posters are giving confused emojis

when there's nothing to be confused about so I'm thinking here, are they really that hard on

understanding a simple posts or just trying to annoy and anger other posters?...

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It is simply because there is no way top down vote a post you don't like. Confused or sad are the emojis that come closest to a down vote. 

[Bday Prang]

  On 1/23/2024 at 6:08 AM, carlyai said:

Being a bad spellor doesn't mean a person is stupid it means they are a bad spellar.

My first language is not English but Australian so have pitty.

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I have pity on you, in fact I consider most Australians worthy of pity or as we real English  speakers say "pitiful"

[retarius]

Total inane comments.

[Bday Prang]

  On 1/23/2024 at 6:46 AM, Gsxrnz said:

I'm old skool :-)

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I think the word "Skool" was superfluous

[Liverpool Lou]

  On 1/23/2024 at 6:02 AM, Poilu said:

  On 1/23/2024 at 5:29 AM, Lacessit said:

The Romans had a saying, "Si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses".

Loosely translated, it means: "If you had kept your mouth shut, we might have thought you were clever".

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I like Plato's quote: 'Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.'

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The onslaught of AN intellectuals has begun!

[Bday Prang]

  On 1/23/2024 at 6:53 AM, Liverpool Lou said:

The onslaught of AN intellectuals has begun!

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Sorry , Lou  correction needed

The onslaught of the self professed AN intellectuals has begun

[riclag]

  On 1/23/2024 at 6:37 AM, BigStar said:

 

Yes, you do. And looks like you gon' stay fed up.

 

I rather like the reddit system of simple ups and downs. Here, you could filter out the ones getting the most up votes. :) 

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I agree 

[Liverpool Lou]

  On 1/23/2024 at 6:18 AM, Seppius said:

The forum should either open them up to see who is ranking your post

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How would that be advantageous to anyone?   What does the "ranking" AN posters give to your/mine/their comments matter?

[Liverpool Lou]

  On 1/23/2024 at 6:36 AM, riclag said:

I disagree, I want to know the user name behind the emojis .

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For what reason?

[spidermike007]

  On 1/23/2024 at 4:08 AM, ezzra said:

Thanks for the grammar corrections, I stand corrected.. and yes, too many posters are giving confused emojis

when there's nothing to be confused about so I'm thinking here, are they really that hard on

understanding a simple posts or just trying to annoy and anger other posters?...

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Have you noticed that you are the only person on this entire forum that gives a toss about this? It means next to nothing to most of us. So what? Water off a ducks back. 

[Liverpool Lou]

  On 1/23/2024 at 6:39 AM, sirineou said:

I would say that sad emojis are not the only indication  of the intelligence level of the current clientele of this forum. LOL

17 of them consider it witty to respond with a confused emoji

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"...indication  of the intelligence level..."

and you're actually keeping score?!

[Lacessit]

  On 1/23/2024 at 6:50 AM, Bday Prang said:

I have pity on you, in fact I consider most Australians worthy of pity or as we real English  speakers say "pitiful"

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It's a bit strange all the real English speakers have about 30 different accents, ranging from Cockney to Scouse, and many prefer to live in Australia.

[fondue zoo]

  On 1/23/2024 at 4:43 AM, Ben Zioner said:

Which is useful as nothing needs to be said when on one is in full agreement.

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Not always true, I've requested it before.

An emoji that represents someone saying "You're a complete dck for saying it, but goddammit it your're right."

[Liverpool Lou]

  On 1/23/2024 at 6:41 AM, Ben Zioner said:

And why not just abstain?

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Why should anyone abstain from using the forum of which they are a member?   Because you don't approve of the way they express themselves?

[radiochaser]

  On 1/23/2024 at 5:47 AM, OneMoreFarang said:

I use the confuse icon when mentally challenged members ask confusing questions or make confusing remarks. 

And then there of course all the people who just repeat what they saw somewhere but they didn't understand it.

 

Last but not least, if I want to communicate with intellectuals, then I wouldn't post in this forum. So, if you think that you are so much smarter than all the others, then maybe ask yourself why you post in a forum with all those people who are not as smart as you. Maybe you should try a Mensa member forum or something like that. But maybe they won't let you in.

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I was a mensa member for a few months.   Some of the members I met, were people I did not want to meet again. 
 

[Liverpool Lou]

  On 1/23/2024 at 6:43 AM, Bday Prang said:

If an anonymous person is expressing themselves its hardly worth worrying about 

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In a nutshell. 

 

I'd have topped myself long ago if I worried about what AN commentators thoughts about my posts!

[Morch]

  On 1/23/2024 at 6:13 AM, KannikaP said:

I was going to click the I Agree, or Thanks or Love it emoji.. but all three applied, so here's a proper answer. 

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When in doubt, go with 'confused'.

[KannikaP]

  On 1/23/2024 at 7:12 AM, radiochaser said:

I was a mensa member for a few months.   Some of the members I met, were people I did not want to meet again. 
 

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And that's why I personally did not bother joining.  555

[KannikaP]

  On 1/23/2024 at 7:13 AM, Morch said:

 

When in doubt, go with 'confused'.

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Well that's a confusing, sad answer.

[Chetzee]

you seem to have missed the very point of a forum ...... where them as Don't know , get to find out from them as does ...... 

[1FinickyOne]

  On 1/23/2024 at 7:16 AM, KannikaP said:

And that's why I personally did not bother joining.  555

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some people join groups, others don't - know matter what the qualifications... all my smartest freinds killed themselves. 

[radiochaser]

  On 1/23/2024 at 6:11 AM, cdemundo said:

Interesting to learn that correction of English learned in second or third year of elementary school is considered "nit-picking grammar" by some here.  

Problem is that grievous errors in English hurt the ears of those of us who learned a bit at school.

Even hurts the ears when read silently.

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What hurts even more, is going back and reading something that I wrote, when I was in a hurry, and cannot change it, as it was written in ink!   Oh the embarrassment.  
Writing digital is more better satisfaction!

[NoDisplayName]

  On 1/23/2024 at 3:53 AM, mfd101 said:

The problem with the 2 emojis is that it's usually unclear what they mean in any particular case: Does it mean he/she is confused/sad at the content of my message? or at the fact that I said it? Or is it a generalized feeling of sadness & resignation at the state of the world?

 

It would be much more useful to everyone if the 2 emojis were replaced with signs for "I don't agree' & 'I can't understand a word of what you just said'.

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It might

be wise two attedn

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Posters comprehensile.

[HappyExpat57]

  On 1/23/2024 at 6:03 AM, OneMoreFarang said:

Why?

Does it never happen to you that you listen to someone or read something and you disagree completely? And you know that it would be useless to say or write to that person to change their mind. Then it's easy to just click on sad or maybe confused to show to others that what was written is incorrect.

 

I.e. with some people and some politicians. People just don't want to listen to facts. There is no point in even trying to explain things to them.

 

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I learned that lesson the hard way with "dyed in the wool" MAGAts. I spun my wheels providing them with facts only to eventually get it through my thick skull they didn't care about the truth.

[riclag]

  On 1/23/2024 at 7:04 AM, Liverpool Lou said:

For what reason?

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I remember back in the day it was always the same antagonist who would abuse the laugh emoji,to troll !

Thats why Lou.

 

I want to know who’s trolling me.

[Gottfrid]

  On 1/23/2024 at 3:46 AM, ezzra said:

Judging from the many "Confused" emojis that have been showing lately in many posts, i have come to think that many members here

are  bewildered, perplexed and plain Not with it when it comes to  many topics, is this out of spite or just the mental quality of the people

reading posts here, and yeah, i expect tones of those Confused and sad emojis to this post.. don't disappoint me guys...

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Don´t worry, I have contributed with a confused emoji. Thinking, maybe it should have been a sad. I only have two questions for you.

1. Do you really think opening an arrogant and judging thread like this is the correct way to address what is on your mind?
2. Don´t you think starting a topic like this, can make people think it´s you that are intellectually challenged?