Raise your hand if.....

[Bouncy Ball]

every single thread you have started in the lounge has sunk with zero responses.

Only if EVERY thread you have posted here has been completely ignored.

[ScreamingMeemie]

1. ME!!!!!

Hey, give me a break. I was looking to create a little drama here in the Lounge on what appears to be a dead night. :P

BTW, why can't I see your sigline pic anymore....:bounce: :bounce:


:hi: :hug: :higgggggg

[Bouncy Ball]

Hi, sorry I can't risk hugs.

Might look a bit clique-ish.

Just pretend I hugged you, ok?

;-)

I need to take out that pic, it's gone wonky.

[ScreamingMeemie]

11. It was really cool, though...

and I sincerely mean that, in the most straightforward, non groupie, non clique-ish way imaginable...;)

[Bouncy Ball]

14. Thank you and I mean that in the least exclusionary way possible, as well.

If anyone else were to have said that about my sig pic, I would have thanked them in the exact same manner.

[sundog]

2. me

ok i lied... so sue me :P

[ScreamingMeemie]

3. I bet I could sue you for something...

You're always up to something...yeah. :hi:

[sundog]

4. sue me for trauma & nightmares from evil marionette pics

[XanaDUer]

5. Please BB!

I am still traumatized by having to explain bestiality to kids because of Laura Bush!

[Bouncy Ball]

13. Oh God I know!

There, there. :hug:

[XanaDUer]

59. Lol!

The horror, the horror...

[Droopy]

6. Well, I've had it happen a few times

But I probably deserved it ;) Even back in the early days when I was new somebody would always at least throw me a bone. But way more often than not when I start a thread I get at least a few replies. I'd say my average thread gets about ten replies. And I'm cool with that. But every once in a while I'll start one of those monster threads and it usually happens when I'm not expecting a lot of replies.

[Bouncy Ball]

19. That's exactly how it goes.

I've written up stuff I thought was really great only to watch it sink without a single response and I've written stuff I thought sucked that went crazy.

It's wild, isn't it?

:crazy:

Anyway, hi there!

[Droopy]

24. Yep

You just never know when you are going to be the popular one in the lounge. :hi:

[ghostsofgiants]

7. I don't post many, but I'm pretty sure they all have

I had some good shit in there too. Ah well.

[Bouncy Ball]

20. Aw, no way!

All of them???

[ghostsofgiants]

23. I only remember two, and both of those did

Not sure if I posted any others.

[TK421]

8. I lucked out on my first two threads....

The first one was locked (I still don't know why). Anyhow, pleased to meet you, Bouncy Ball!
P.S- I DO mean lucked out!;-)

[XanaDUer]

9. My Lounge post

(I rarely post in the Lounge) with the most responses was about my cat puking on the bed.

[Bouncy Ball]

16. Pleased to meet you!

:toast:

[Schema Thing]

10. Led Zeppelin here

[Bouncy Ball]

22. Led threads?

I love Led Zeppelin, must have missed it.

[MazeRat7]

12. Trouble maker....

[Bouncy Ball]

21. Yes?

LOL

[texas1928]

15. Well most of mine average 3 posts.

Even the Storm ones from last night. Hell I provided art work for the threads. and Not that many people seemed interested.

[Bouncy Ball]

17. I looked at ALL of those, just didn't post in them.

I loved the photos. Really cool.

[sundog]

18. shaddup & go drive your new car

cry baby :P

[texas1928]

25. bite me

Jason boy, or I will get the dog out.

:P

[sundog]

29. if this was a Friday the 13th movie, you would be one of the first 3

to get killed

I, of course, would be the first... before the credits even start

[texas1928]

32. Nah

I am freddy in disguise.

[FuzzySlippers]

26. Stop telling people to shaddup.

You shaddup. Damn flame warrior.:P

[sundog]

30. shaddup... and put on some real shoes dammit... we're going to the opera

[FuzzySlippers]

38. Oh goodie!

What are we going to see? That Jerry Springer thing I hope.

[sundog]

45. no, the operatic version of the Tracey Gold story

[texas1928]

31. You talking to me?

[FuzzySlippers]

35. No, I was talking to sundog.

He's the loudmouth around here.:D I would never tell you to shaddup.

[texas1928]

37. Yeah he does not realize I will send him a haunted license plate.

I have it ready and all I have to do is send it in the mail.

[Taxloss]

27. Me.

I'm glad to see the complacent powers that be shaken up a bit.

[Bouncy Ball]

34. Now, what do you mean by that?

[Taxloss]

39. OK, you're right, I haven't been completely ignored.

[Bouncy Ball]

43. ....

:shrug:

I may be wrong here, but you seem like you are into passive-aggressive stuff.

Didn't you say on another thread that because you are in the UK, you don't post here at peak hours, anyway and that's part of it?

[Bouncy Ball]

36. Actually I'm making a point.

There's you and one other person, who said a couple of his have sunk.

So there's two of you who have never started a thread that got any responses? Actually one because he said he has had threads with responses, he just had a couple that sank.

[Taxloss]

42. I don't have any axes to grind.

I'm not the sort to resent my treatment by a website. But I'm not going to lie to you about how some of my threads have been received.

[Bouncy Ball]

44. Well, that's fine, but like I said above

I recall you saying just today that because you are in the UK you often aren't posting during peak hours anyway.....???

In other words, no one is ignoring you. Very few people are intentionally ignored around here. They have to be BIG total assholes to warrant that.

I've had threads completely sink like a stone with not a single response. They're on like page 17 before you can say snap.

And for months when I first got to the lounge, hardly anyone responded to me. But this place cracked me up, so I kept posting.

[Taxloss]

46. I'm not claiming victimisation.

These things happen. I appreciate your comments on your first couple of months here; I've been here more that a year. I just wish I could feel more relaxed.

Seriously, I love you guys and feel I have a lot to offer, but feel a bit intimidated by the lounge at times.

[Bouncy Ball]

47. I did, too.

Matcom and his big ol' purple spanking itself thing and ass climbing the stairs, all the relationships I couldn't figure out.

I was baffled by most of it. It's a long, slow process but the more you post the more relaxed it becomes.

Post more!

:hi:

[Taxloss]

49. I do my best.

But I only post on threads I thinkI can add something to ... where I think I can genuinely contribute. Maybe that sounds stupid ... perhaps I should post more.

[Bouncy Ball]

50. It's the lounge.

Shout "BUGGER OFF!" if you want to. Call people tossers. They'll never know, they're American.

ROFL!

Silly, absurd, stupid. That's the name of the game in here.

[Taxloss]

54. I'll certainly try.

But I think I'm racially disadvantaged. Seriously, you try being English. It's like walking around with a stick up your arse.

[Bouncy Ball]

55. Racially?

Maybe culturally disadvantaged?

Actually there are a lot of Anglophiles here.

Seriously go start a thread titled "bugger off" and see if people throw some Brit-slang back atcha. The Anglophiles will.

Then you'll get to know some knew Lounge Lizards!

Oh, pull the stick out s-l-o-w-l-y, there's not a first aid kit in here!

:hi:

[undeterred]

28. I would raise my hand but I have armpit stains

maybe that's why my posts sink? :shrug:

[Bouncy Ball]

33. SNARF!!!

I really did laugh out loud.

So you have the Gulf of Mexico in each armpit? LOL

No, that can't be it, we can't see them!

I saw some posts of yours in GD, I think, either earlier today or last night.

[undeterred]

40. actually I did have one with absolutely no responses today

"What news sources do you rely on? Tell me EVERYTHING."

[Misunderestimator]

41. Damn it... thanks for the earworm... now I have a deodorant commercial

going through my head... :banghead:

[Longgrain]

48. I don't know? I posted a thread last night that read...

"Hello Guys and Gals" in the Subject and nothing but a waving guy smile in the Message--THATS ALL-- and I got over fifty posts in a two hour period.

But yeah, I've had a few 0 response posts too?

So go figure...:shrug:

[Bouncy Ball]

51. Isn't it weird?

You just never know!

[Tsiyu]

52. My word, some of you are carrying this to the extreme

But if it helps you make it through the night, who am i to judge? :shrug:

[Bouncy Ball]

56. Read this, then.

You'll like it better:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x3251835

And keep in mind, for as much as you said your friends were hurt, it rather puts my nose out of joint to be accused of being exclusionary when I'm not. I'm sure you would understand that, right? Unfair characterizations are always a bit irritating to a person.

[Tsiyu]

61. read my reply

I am so confused by people. Sorry...just don't understand where some people are coming from....

[tyedyeto]

53. Not only do my threads usually sink...

but many of my replies are threadkillers, here in the lounge, and elsewhere.

[Bouncy Ball]

57. ACK!

You KILLED my THREAD!

:evilgrin:

:hi:

[tyedyeto]

58. Now I'm begging everyone!!!

Please respond to this thread!

Don't let it sink to the Archivelands!

:hide:

[Bouncy Ball]

62. Hee hee.

[Burma Jones]

60. Pretty Much, But I think it's because I have Bad Breath

Or because my teeth are crooked, yeah that's it, you all ignore me because I have crooked teeth.

[Bouncy Ball]

63. Hey silly we can't see you!

:hi:

[Burma Jones]

64. No, you just don't try, nobody tries

Nobody tries to see me....

:nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity:

[Bouncy Ball]

65. PLEASE tell me you are being sarcastic.

[Burma Jones]

66. Sarcasm???????????

It's my native tounge.

[Bouncy Ball]

67. Oh thank God.

[Burma Jones]

68. Well, it IS kinda hard without all the non-verbals

I'm used to having some version of a rimshot to follow my droll remarks, I have a slight aversion to smilies, so I'm still trying to figure out how to indicate intention in these exchanges.

[Biased Liberal Media]

69. It's happened to me

No biggie either. I'm not on as much as I'd like to be these days!