Confession: the dumbest thing I've ever posted...

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Forgive me Cecil, for I have sinned…

OK, in my relatively short career of posting here at the SDMB, I’ve said some incredibly dumb things, spelled lots of words incredibly badly, and used some incredibly bad grammar, and no one (surprisingly) has called me on it! It’s no secret that I teach English at a university, after all…

That doesn’t worry me, because everone makes mistakes. Besides, if anyone jumps on me because of it I can always do a search on them and undoubtably find MANY examples where that person has also violated the rules of grammar, spelling, and sanity of the English language.

Also, although I try to be fairly careful with my spelling; the fact is that I am a poor speller! So sue me! I am also dyslexic (usually with numbers, but sometimes with letters)… so the occasional badly-spelled word doesn’t bother me too much (if you look closely, you’ll probably find some in this post… though I am trying EXTRA hard not to make any!).

What does bother me is when I say absolutely DUMB sh*t, and hit the “reply” button without thinking about it. I do this fairly often…:eek:

Then I cringe, and hope no one sees it and the thread in question dies quickly!

Then, after the thread dies, I live in fear that someone will see that post months later, and bring it up again!

There is one post in particular that I made, immediately regretted, and sincerely hope no one ever sees again. I wince every time I think about it. So: I have decided to bring it out myself, to cut any ribbing over having posted this off at the knees, so to speak.

Astroboy clears his throat nervously, and wipes his hands on his pants… which he IS wearing in that picture, dammit!

In a GD thread about God or religion, or somesuch, I posted the following:

As I typed it, it seemed like a really cool thing to say… I hit “reply” and it came up on my screen, posted. I re-read my post, and was mortified!!

Why did I post that? Why did I post it?? Oh, GOD!!

The thread seems to have died (I don’t think I ever went back to see, and am afraid to search it out now!).

So there it is, undiluted asininity!! I posted it, I regret it!

I know I’m not alone in this, however…

So, confession is good for the soul, people! What one thing have you posted that makes you cringe to think of the fact that you actually posted it? What do YOU regret not thinking about more before you made a public ass of yourself?

I eagerly await your confessions!:wink:

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Hang on, hang on – what’s the problem with posting “God speaks to me softly”? You worried we’ll think you’re some kind of – whatever? Nah. Wouldn’t believe that for a second.

I do think you’re a threadmeister, though. Seems every thread you start certainly has a point, mate …

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Thanks, Ice! But EVERY thread I start has a point? BWAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!

I would, calmly, and without reservation, direct you here.

As for why I think that “God speaks to me softly” was a dumb-ass thing to say… I can’t explain, exactly…

I am not a Christian (so far), but I AM a creationist… and an Atheist! On alternate days. IE: I can’t make up my friggin’ mind!!

Given that context, it seems to me a perfectly stupid thing to say!

But, Ice Wolf, you dodged the question! What’s the dumbest thing you’ve posted??

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“God speaks to me softly”?

The entire Doper community is still laughing at you over that one.

Actually, no.

I didn’t see the original post. And now you’ve told us, I can’t see anything wrong with it. It’s actually kinda funky.

Now, go forth and post something which really is embarrassing -and join me. I hate people like you that post good stuff all the time.
:smiley:

Lower the bar for us doofuses (doofi?) already!

**Astro[/b[. yer posts are bloody good. Don’t worry about it.

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See, you even know how to use code properly. D’oh D’oh D’oh

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TheLoadedDog… Dude, I previewed my OP like 100 times to make sure I didn’t screw anything up!

Still not sure that I didn’t!

What have YOU posted that was stupid???

Everyone so far is avoiding the question!!

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Thanks, TheLoadedDog, by the way!:smiley:

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Astro, I can’t recall ever reading any of your posts that I thought was stupid or lacking.

As for my own dumbest posts, just about any that I’ve made while under the influence of alcohol. A breathalyzer for the keyboard would not be overboard for me.

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I posted the following:

Stop.
Breathe.
Awaken on a hillside, your eyelashes heavy with dew.
Look around you. The air is fresh.
Carefully make your way towards the city.

It’s a section of my imagining of arrival in heaven. Unfortunately I failed to make that clear when I posted it to help someone get a handle on a situation, and when some folk responded with praise and e-mailed me about it too, I responded in a fairly pro-Jesus way. Because it was a spiritual vision and did come from a meditation on Christ.

Cue mountain of abuse and cries of proselytization. Wish I’d never spoken.

Oh, and I once asked who Opal was. Oopsie.

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This is the stupidest thing I’ve ever posted. I recognize, though, that I am young in my SDMB career, and knowing myself as I do I rather believe that the stupidity is just beginning.

And, by way of explanation, I’d been away from the SDMB for a week and a half, in which time it seems that several anti-AYB threads had been started. I thought I was being clever, which is usually the quickest way to look stupid.

I got hammered so hard on that one that I almost stopped posting here.

Almost.

sigh

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The dumbest thing I ever posted was on one of Eve’s threads about “No Mail on Saturdays.” I repeated the urban legend about the U.S. gov’t taxing e-mails, 5 cents per message. I thought it was true.

The good part is, someone else got blamed for it! Of course, I had to take credit.

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I don’t find the post you are worried about very upsetting, in fact I think it is rather true, even if you are an athiest. God also speaks to atheists, be glad it is softly. Remember: Atheists do not believe in God, but God beleives in athiests, or they would never have existed. This is by definition. Whether you think of God as a being or as the incarnation of the Universe, we are here because He/It is here.

You don’t beleive in God? look into Astrogirl’s eyes, not a glance, look deep, very deep my friend, think of the enormous numbers of electrons, protons neutrons, that make up her body. Think of the vast inter-stellar-like distances that seperates atom from atom, molecule from molecule, element from element, cell from cell, all working together just so to produce something as wonderful, as unbeleivebaly beautiful as a woman, your woman, and tell me again this was ** JUST A RANDOM ACCIDENTAL HAPPENING **

I am not trying to convert you to religion, and certainly not to my religion. ~ God speaks softly to me too ~

Is this my dummest post?

Retief

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The dumbest thing I’ve posted would be here when I got whooshed. It’s my second post in the thread, where I respond to TheLoadedDog.

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A week or two ago, I did a rant on weddings, because I was upset about a certain one I went to. Upon reading it later, I realized it was absolutely screwed up. I listed a shitload of people that didn’t relate to the story, and just added confusion. I poorly described my relationship with someone I care about. And the last 3 lines of the rant had nothing to do with weddings to begin with. I prayed that it would die hopelessly. Luckily thoguh, it was hijacked, and a debate on how expensive weddings should be emerged. I think the thread might still be in the Pit. I’m not sure. I don’t feel like making a link, but it’s called “weddings are for losers”, if anyone is intrested.

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Well, dear, I have posted MANY dumb things here. And if you think I am going to point them out to you, you don’t know me very well.

I always hope that people care enough about me to have selective memory when it comes to my dumbness.

And, just to be clear here, I think that “God speaks to me softly” is not even remotely dumb.

:slight_smile:

Scotti

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Especially if you’re talking to someone named Softly.

Move this one to the top of the list. :stuck_out_tongue:

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What ONE thing?

Um . . . I’ll give you a leeetle hint. There’s an OP in the Pit from a while ago I regret not fleshing out. There’s a post in ATMB I regret, and there’s a post in GQ I regret.

You get to find them. I’m not going to do a search:)

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Excuse me, Mysphyt?

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I’ve said a few dumb things on here (hasn’t most everyone?).

Thankfully laziness keeps me from pointing them out.