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So have you ever read a post you liked, gone to thank it, and...

  • 30-12-2009 07:16PM
    #1
    Herbal Deity
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,397 ✭✭✭


    ...realised it was written by a poster you really don't like, and not thanked it as a result?

    It's happened to me once or twice.

    So, are you a thanks snob? Will you only thank certain individuals? Or do you judge all posts independently on their individual merits?


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  • #2
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 4,630 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I was going to thank this post, but then I saw...


  • #3
    Blush_01
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,016 ✭✭✭Blush_01


    Someone thinks way too much about thanks...


  • #4
    mle1324
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,881 ✭✭✭mle1324


    Yep,its happened to me a few times since i joined here.:pac:


  • #5
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,626 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    Not really. I'd thank a post on the merits of the post itself, not who posted it


  • #6
    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,257 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    I don't have posters I don't like, that's just sad...

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



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  • #7
    spinandscribble
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,000 ✭✭✭spinandscribble


    sometimes i have done this, only because later on in the thread i would notice them suddenly getting abrasive and lose support of their original post. So i've gone back and removed thanks as a result.


  • #8
    epgc3fyqirnbsx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,228 ✭✭✭epgc3fyqirnbsx


    I can't be bothered looking at the posters name. The only poster I could name offhand is the legendary Feeky McGee


  • #9
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,598 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Your forgetting the infamous SlasherMcGurk.


  • #10
    Fintomiginto
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 426 ✭✭Fintomiginto


    The After Hours section must be full of some of the most
    self absorbant people on the planet!!!!

    Every 2nd thread now is about thanks and thanks.

    Who gives a flying fook whether somebody thanks your post or not,
    an opinion should be honest and not influenced by the need for thanks.
    Im beginning to think AH is a web of lies and deceit and is built on
    the falsification of the truth just to get some thanks!!!!!!!!

    Ok maybe that was a bit OTT but you get my drift


  • #11
    Blush_01
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,016 ✭✭✭Blush_01


    Fintomiginto wrote: »
    The After Hours section must be full of some of the most
    self absorbant people on the planet!!!!

    Every 2nd thread now is about thanks and thanks.

    Who gives a flying fook whether somebody thanks your post or not,
    an opinion should be honest and not influenced by the need for thanks.
    Im beginning to think AH is a web of lies and deceit and is built on
    the falsification of the truth just to get some thanks!!!!!!!!

    Ok maybe that was a bit OTT but you get my drift

    I get your drift, but it's ok, the posters here are so self absorbant we can just soak ourselves and our neediness up. End result? No mess. It's like a Bounty (or Plenty) ad, but the men look better in their dresses.


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  • #12
    OutlawPete
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,689 ✭✭✭✭OutlawPete


    Fintomiginto wrote: »
    The After Hours section must be full of some of the most self absorbant people on the planet!!!!

    Mad how they all frequent After Hours .. the odds must be staggering.
    Fintomiginto wrote: »
    Every 2nd thread now is about thanks and thanks.

    Can you provide links to these threads as I must have missed them as the only one that I can think of is this one.
    Fintomiginto wrote: »
    Who gives a flying fook whether somebody thanks
    your post or not

    I couldn't care less about getting 'thanks'.

    Ignore the sig ;)


  • #13
    Pushtrak
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,640 ✭✭✭Pushtrak


    Nope, I'd give thanks to the post that deserves it. And facepalm at the ones they come out with that make me wish there was a dislike button.


  • #14
    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,293 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    yeah, i totally judge people by their username

    :rolleyes:


  • #15
    dylano_k
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 809 ✭✭✭dylano_k


    I had one thismorning and then wiped it straight off....wait did you say thanks or.... ?


  • #16
    xw2lj9uspm1eyh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 450 ✭✭xw2lj9uspm1eyh


    I thanked your post couldn't live with myself if someone thought i was a thanks snob :(.


  • #17
    Mossy Monk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28,128 ✭✭✭✭Mossy Monk


    No. That is quite sad.


  • #18
    Sparky
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,227 ✭✭✭✭Sparky


    Yeah.... if I dont like them I press the 'Remove all thanks' button.


  • #19
    OutlawPete
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,689 ✭✭✭✭OutlawPete


    18 posts and yet only three 'thanks' in the thread so far.

    Think if you scared people away from the 'thanks' button OP.

    Edit: Five now :)

    Edit II: Ten now :D

    Edit III: Twenty Two now.


  • #20
    walshb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 61,078 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    It's human nature; it is hard to credit somebody that you are not really fond of.
    And, usually when you do, it is faint praise


  • #21
    RoyalMarine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,824 ✭✭✭RoyalMarine


    Mossy Monk wrote: »
    No. That is quite sad.

    yes eshieldsuk it is indeed! :D
    Sparky wrote: »
    Yeah.... if I dont like them I press the 'Remove all thanks' button.

    legend.


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  • #22
    KnifeWRENCH
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,148 ✭✭✭✭KnifeWRENCH


    My name is URL wrote: »
    Not really. I'd thank a post on the merits of the post itself, not who posted it
    This.
    Mossy Monk wrote: »
    No. That is quite sad.

    This also.


  • #23
    tech77
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,736 ✭✭✭tech77


    Fintomiginto wrote: »
    The After Hours section must be full of some of the most
    self absorbant people on the planet!!!!

    Yeah, they're good for mopping up kitchen spills.


  • #24
    mia1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 51 ✭✭mia1


    ScienceNerd wrote: »
    I don't have posters I don't like, that's just sad...

    Really? I don't think it's sad. Just like in real life there's certain posters get on my t1ts!
    I would still thank them if I thought their post deserved it, just like I would laugh at someones joke in real life even if I didn't like them.


  • #25
    Ridley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,366 ✭✭✭Ridley


    mia1 wrote: »
    Really? I don't think it's sad. Just like in real life there's certain posters get on my t1ts!
    I would still thank them if I thought their post deserved it, just like I would laugh at someones joke in real life even if I didn't like them.

    Since you joined two days ago? :eek:


  • #26
    mia1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 51 ✭✭mia1


    Ridley wrote: »
    Since you joined two days ago? :eek:

    I've been reading for a long time before signing up;)


  • #27
    Rented Mule
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,154 ✭✭✭Rented Mule


    Fintomiginto wrote: »
    The After Hours section must be full of some of the most
    self absorbant people on the planet!!!!

    Every 2nd thread now is about thanks and thanks.

    Who gives a flying fook whether somebody thanks your post or not,
    an opinion should be honest and not influenced by the need for thanks.
    Im beginning to think AH is a web of lies and deceit and is built on
    the falsification of the truth just to get some thanks!!!!!!!!

    Ok maybe that was a bit OTT but you get my drift

    ...and yet, not a single thanks on this thread.

    Irony can be so ironic.


  • #28
    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,293 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    OutlawPete wrote: »
    18 posts and yet only three 'thanks' in the thread so far.

    Think if you scared people away from the 'thanks' button OP.

    Edit: Five now :)

    Edit II: Ten now :D

    and the thanks whoring continues

    :D


  • #29
    OutlawPete
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,689 ✭✭✭✭OutlawPete


    irish-stew wrote: »
    and the thanks whoring continues

    :D

    I'm more of a 'thanks slut' than a whore :D

    Especially if I start a thread, anyone who responds by answering the question I pose or task I set - I will inevitably 'thank' ..


  • #30
    CrazyRabbit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,659 ✭✭✭CrazyRabbit


    Herbal Deity wrote: »
    ...realised it was written by a poster you really don't like, and not thanked it as a result?

    It's happened to me once or twice.

    So, are you a thanks snob? Will you only thank certain individuals? Or do you judge all posts independently on their individual merits?

    I thank them anyway. If the post is good, it's good....and so it gets a Thanks.


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  • #31
    OutlawPete
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,689 ✭✭✭✭OutlawPete


    Blush_01 wrote: »
    I get your drift, but it's ok, the posters here are so self absorbant we can just soak ourselves and our neediness up. End result? No mess. It's like a Bounty (or Plenty) ad, but the men look better in their dresses.

    Yeah, but he's talking about 'After Hours' - whereas this is 'Lonely Hearts' .. ;)


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