nod to haven

re: Can some people extinguish streetlamps by means of their bodily emanations?

i’ve only glanced through it, mildly wondering what drives a person to write so much, only to format it like spam…

anyway, i just want to note that C K Dexter Haven’s post was kinda sweet. i’m not sure if the ‘submit reply’ part was a rib at the op’s several postings or a genuine mistake (i didn’t see any double posts), but i’ve always appreciated the board moderators’ willingness to chide errant posters (though they do misfire sometimes). that was also one of the more polite(?) ways i’ve seen to tell someone that they’re behaving like a small child, whose antics are ignored by the other adults, and that he or she should go to the playground instead if they want to fool around with the buttons.
on the other hand, just how is a person supposed to recover from a bad start like that?

By not posting for a few weeks and spending a lot of time reading the board in the meantime. Who’s going to remember him (assuming it’s a him) in three weeks?

The thread was posted twice, one was locked up.