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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 11:14 PM Original message |
The cringe factor |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
1. I don't think you are horrible at all. You seem to be in fact a highly sensitive |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 12:55 AM Response to Original message |
2. I usually think, "This is going to be really funny, and a little bit creepy." nt |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 07:56 AM Response to Original message |
3. The poem makes me cringe because it is a public and ( I believe) bad attempt at poetry. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 09:55 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. That's hardly my favorite poem... |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 10:03 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Actually, I thought of "The Snow Man" as an example of good poetry. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 10:09 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Sorry for the misunderstanding. |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 10:12 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. No problem. I didn't really state what I meant. - n/t |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-06-10 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
8. "energy worker" |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-06-10 11:40 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. If you have no problem taking stupid people's money... |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-06-10 12:01 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I couldn't bring myself to do that... |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-06-10 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
11. Why pay any attention to it, if it bothers you? There are plenty of people |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-06-10 01:17 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Do you suggest blocking my own sister on Facebook? |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-06-10 05:02 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Very well. If you like cringe-inducing, consider this passage from Die Moorsoldaten (1935), |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-06-10 06:45 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. You're missing the point of the OP |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-07-10 06:23 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Not only does he think it's wrong... |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-02-10 10:58 AM Response to Reply #14 |
23. Agreed, totally missed the point. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
16. Here's a great cringe-worthy example |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 01:49 AM Response to Original message |
17. This weekend, I visited my in-laws and saw a Sylvia Browne book. |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 07:15 AM Response to Original message |
18. Well, it doesn't bother me so much |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 04:42 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Yes, the cringing is definitely stronger... |
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onager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 04:48 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Especially since it's a reference to one of the worst songs EVER... |
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iris27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-10 02:29 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Thank you for THAT horrific earworm... |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-02-10 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
22. A new cringe-worthy bit of Facebook posting from my sister |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-02-10 11:02 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Can you share the story of how your sister decided to become born-again? |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-02-10 02:56 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. I certainly didn't intend to convey the impression... |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-02-10 03:33 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Ahh, I see. |
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