# How many of your posts do you discard?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-your-posts-do-you-discard/443602>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 1, 2008, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-your-posts-do-you-discard/443602 "2008-04-01T23:46:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-your-posts-do-you-discard/443602/21 "2008-04-02T21:04:30Z")

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Very rarely. Only if either A) The post has timed out somehow and I lose what I wrote and don’t want to bother writing it again or B) The extremely insightful and well written post I have in my head somehow has failed to make the transition to reality while typing.

It would have been amusing if this thread got no replies, for the obvious reason…

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**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-your-posts-do-you-discard/443602/22 "2008-04-02T23:16:43Z")

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About 9 out of 10, usually because halfway through writing it I’ll

A. stop being angry  
B. realize it’s a “me too” post, which I don’t see any point of writing  
C. get a phone call or need to stop and attend a meeting  
D. get bored and just sort of stop typing

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**Author:** ![Sleel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Sleel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleel)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-your-posts-do-you-discard/443602/23 "2008-04-04T15:01:47Z")

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[QUOTE=TroubleAgain]  
I mostly don’t even get to the point of typing a reply, rather than start a reply and then trash it. Generally, if I’ve gone to the trouble to type a reply, it’s because I have something I want to say.  
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Pretty much the same as me. If someone wants to get into a debate or pissing contest then I’ll carry on for a while, but as soon as I feel like it’s not worth my time anymore, or if I find myself actually becoming upset about the interaction it’s time to stop replying. Life’s too short to continue dealing with people who piss me off.

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**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-your-posts-do-you-discard/443602/24 "2008-04-04T16:26:51Z")

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I do however have a high rate of needing to edit my posts, often several times!

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