Calling out the crumudgeons

September 1, 2001 11:30 AM

We need less "geez, lighten up" and more "ok, sorry, i didn't mean to offend anyone."
posted by o2b to Etiquette/Policy at 11:30 AM (5 comments total)

Yes, some people need to lighten up, but that's no reason to snark off at them. No response to a post is illegitimate if it is truthful. If you tick someone off, do what you would do in real life -- explain your view again without demeaning them.
posted by o2b at 11:32 AM on September 1, 2001

I tried to do exactly that.

I wasn't trying to offend anyone, but that thread reads like a funeral.
posted by Steven Den Beste at 11:51 AM on September 1, 2001

Do you go to funerals and say, "Lighten up! In ten years you'll hardly remember him"?
posted by MegoSteve at 1:08 PM on September 1, 2001

I do, in fact.
Goes real well with the clown nose and "how's your pork?" lapel pin.
posted by dong_resin at 4:07 PM on September 1, 2001

I wasn't trying to offend anyone, but that thread reads like a funeral.

Which makes it an odd choice for you to show up and say, "Hey, I haven't even heard of that guy. No one will miss him!"
posted by rcade at 5:22 AM on September 2, 2001