poorly worded/hastily submitted posts

Have you ever posted something here on the Boards that you either[ul][li]Immediately regretted, due to the manner in which it was worded or perhaps the forum in which it was presented, or[/li][li]discovered it the following morning, possibly hung over, and realized that you probably should’ve held back and refrained from hitting the “submit” button until you were in a better frame of mind?[/ul]Have you ever made a post you wish you hadn’t?[/li]Did you ever wish you could take it back?

I’ve read a few posts here lately where I’m certain that the writer(s), though they have a right to their feelings and are certainly entitled to airing their views in what I consider an open forum, might be regretting their decision to have worded their thoughts the way they did.

If these posters were generally well-liked and respected beforehand, would you hold against them forever a moment of anger, frustration or a lapse of verbal lucidity? I consider Dopers, as a whole, to be an open-minded and forgiving bunch, although certainly it depends on the poster and his/her comments.
But it is my hope the the poster’s reputation would be based on their post history and not on a few, ill-chosen words.
Comments?

Been there. Done that. Many times.

Most recent event that comes to mind was my “10 Signs of a Professional Catholic” thread. This one was a double wammy.

First of all, though I thought the jokes were okay, I realized the next morning that I should’ve changed “Catholic” to “Christian”, since most of them were about fundamentalist dogma that didn’t apply to Catholics. Nuts.

As a mixed blessing, though, it was closed, since I put it in the Pit, and it was more of a joke thread than a rant. Still regret it now, since I was really proud of it, mistakes aside. I’ve actually been thinking about checking with the mods about re-posting it in MPSIMS. With the proper changes made, of course. :wink:

Hopefully, this didn’t lower anybody’s opinions of me. Not sure about that one, though.

I jush wanna shay that hic I’ve NEVER regretted poshting anyfing at all. An’ whatsh more, I’ve never liked any of you anyways.

BRRRRRRP!

Cecil is a poo-poo head, the mods are stinky monkeysh, an’ you’re all a bunch o’… zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

:smiley:

Sorry, but were you calling me?

Yup.

In one of my periodic periods of depression and self-doubt I started one of those “Woe is me” threads that I deeply regretted the next day. Fortunately I don’t have a reputation to sully, but I did find it embarrasing.

Posts, hell I’ve started threads I wished I could take back…

Keith

Man,you don’t know the HALF of it!

I do it a lot.

So hiow YOU doing Poopah light of my life, sweet of my heart ?

I think I’ve said many more stupid things in chat than on the boards, so no, I don’t have any posts I regret :).

Uhh, hiya Ayesha…is this supposed to be one of those regretable posts?

Ah . . . yes, I think there are a few. Just a few.

Like maybe . . . oh, ten or fifty of them.

I did one yesterday.

sigh Can’t keep my big mouth shut sometimes.

Have I ever not?

Yes dearest it is. I don’t understand how I manage to let so many typos slip by me. Ah well such is life.

Have I ever done one that was NOT?? I think not.

Posting under the influence… fun at the time though.