# Say something genuinely nice about/to the previous poster **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 25, 2007, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-genuinely-nice-about-to-the-previous-poster/405488 "2007-05-25T14:55:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-genuinely-nice-about-to-the-previous-poster/405488/1 "2007-05-25T14:55:28Z")
This one might sink like a stone, because a) it’s harder to say something that is both sincere and nice about random people than it is to, say, make up an outrageous lie about the previous poster, and b) it has to start with someone saying something nice about _me_. And this isn’t just a cynical attempt to fish for compliments - I think it might actually be good - if a little saccharine - to find genuinely nice things to say about each other here. Still, anyway, here goes: _Respond with an entirely complimentary observation of some kind regarding the previous poster_\*. If the previous poster happens to be someone you don’t know well, or at all (and to attempt to avoid the thread ending with someone thinking ‘nobody loves me’), you may substitute instead a wish (generic if necessary) for their wellbeing, a warm greeting or something of that nature. \*(I.e. no ‘you’re a complete ass sometimes but I love ya’) Also, you may chime in to agree with other compliments, but you _may not_ chime in with disagreement - if you wish to dispute someone’s compliment toward another member, just give yourself a great big well-deserved pat on the back for the feat of stoic restraint you’ll be performing by saying nothing at all. So I’ll kick off by Saying that **SentientMeat** , you’ve never failed to impress me with the depth and thought-through-ness of your contributions here. It’s nice to see you posting again from time to time. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-genuinely-nice-about-to-the-previous-poster/405488/2 "2007-05-25T15:00:29Z")
**Mangetout** presents his opinions in a thoughtful and articulate manner. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-genuinely-nice-about-to-the-previous-poster/405488/3 "2007-05-25T15:01:42Z")
**norinew** is one of the most consistently pleasant posters I know. I’ve never heard him utter a snarky syllable, and he always expresses his good humour skillfully. ---
**Author:** ![Sunrazor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-genuinely-nice-about-to-the-previous-poster/405488/4 "2007-05-25T15:01:44Z")
\*\*Mangetout \*\* always posts thoughtful answers. By that I mean he/she obviously puts some serious thought in the answers, which makes them valuable to other Dopers, and always makes me think (sometimes pretty hard) about what he/she posts. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-genuinely-nice-about-to-the-previous-poster/405488/5 "2007-05-25T15:12:43Z")
[QUOTE=Sunrazor] \*\*Mangetout \*\* always posts thoughtful answers. By that I mean he/she obviously puts some serious thought in the answers, which makes them valuable to other Dopers, and always makes me think (sometimes pretty hard) about what he/she posts. [/QUOTE] Sunrazor’s posts often make me smile & sometimes even laugh. Plus, you’ve got a cool username. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-genuinely-nice-about-to-the-previous-poster/405488/6 "2007-05-25T15:21:59Z")
[QUOTE=Winston Smith] **norinew** is one of the most consistently pleasant posters I know. I’ve never heard him utter a snarky syllable, and he always expresses his good humour skillfully. [/QUOTE] pssssst. I’m a girl-type doper. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-genuinely-nice-about-to-the-previous-poster/405488/7 "2007-05-25T15:24:31Z")
I feel a friendly and comfortable feeling when I see the name **norinew**. – **gigi** , not fishing ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-genuinely-nice-about-to-the-previous-poster/405488/8 "2007-05-25T15:42:37Z")
**Anaamika** is self-confident, and flirty in a totally cool way (not with me, of course, as I’m a female, and therefore not her type 😉 ) ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-genuinely-nice-about-to-the-previous-poster/405488/9 "2007-05-25T15:48:52Z")
[QUOTE=norinew] **Anaamika** is self-confident, and flirty in a totally cool way (not with me, of course, as I’m a female, and therefore not her type 😉 ) [/QUOTE] Er…thanks? I try not to be as much anymore, unless I know the recipient enjoys it too. Flirty, that is, not self-confident. i try to be that whenever I can. I have a feeling this thread is going to sink, though. I just think Dopers will feel posting in here will think it’s fishing for compliments. Which kind of sucks, it might have been a fun game. Oh, and please don’t compliment me again! It’s…time for someone to compliment gigi now. ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-genuinely-nice-about-to-the-previous-poster/405488/10 "2007-05-25T15:50:42Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] It’s…time for someone to compliment gigi now. [/QUOTE] \*\*Gigi \*\* has made me smile/laugh on numerous occasions. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-genuinely-nice-about-to-the-previous-poster/405488/11 "2007-05-25T16:11:43Z")
**vetbridge** has given a lot of important, helpful, useful information on these boards. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-genuinely-nice-about-to-the-previous-poster/405488/12 "2007-05-25T16:39:09Z")
**Zsofia** called a snake “cute”. I think that was very nice, and I like her for it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-genuinely-nice-about-to-the-previous-poster/405488/13 "2007-05-25T16:48:11Z")
[QUOTE=norinew] pssssst. I’m a girl-type doper. [/QUOTE] That was a quick patch job. I thought I was the first respondent, and so was typing about **Mangetout**. My typing is excruciatingly slow, and so _you_ snuck in before me. I’m ashamed to admit this, but I edited in _your_ name instead of _his_. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-genuinely-nice-about-to-the-previous-poster/405488/14 "2007-05-25T17:12:28Z")
[QUOTE=Winston Smith] That was a quick patch job. I thought I was the first respondent, and so was typing about **Mangetout**. My typing is excruciatingly slow, and so _you_ snuck in before me. I’m ashamed to admit this, but I edited in _your_ name instead of _his_. ☹ [/QUOTE] Ooops. Don’t worry about it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-genuinely-nice-about-to-the-previous-poster/405488/15 "2007-05-25T17:14:53Z")
[QUOTE=norinew] 🙂 [/QUOTE] You seem to really care about your daughter. even to the point of taking a “tuff-love” approach. It’s hard to look at the long run vs the short run, but you seem to be doing that. Admirable. ---
**Author:** ![akira5822](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@akira5822](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akira5822)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-genuinely-nice-about-to-the-previous-poster/405488/16 "2007-05-25T17:33:53Z")
\*\*Noclueboy \*\* is kind to puppies and little old ladies 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-genuinely-nice-about-to-the-previous-poster/405488/17 "2007-05-25T17:39:29Z")
I knew it! I am on everyone’s ignore list. It couldn’t possibly be that there is nothing nice to be said about me. Could it?OK, maybe that’s it. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-genuinely-nice-about-to-the-previous-poster/405488/18 "2007-05-25T17:40:02Z")
[QUOTE=akira5822] \*\*Noclueboy \*\* is kind to puppies and little old ladies 😃 [/QUOTE] You may not post much, but you’ve definitely read _my_ posts! And … You have a good sense of humor. ETA: skip me and do **Crot** ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-genuinely-nice-about-to-the-previous-poster/405488/19 "2007-05-25T18:11:43Z")
**Crotalus** just gave me a warm fuzzy feeling about that cute little snake! ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-genuinely-nice-about-to-the-previous-poster/405488/20 "2007-05-25T18:11:43Z")
**Crotalus** , I had a reply for you all ready and my internet crapped out. You are an articulate poster and seem to have a very good sense of humor. You don’t take yourself too seriously. I like that. 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-genuinely-nice-about-to-the-previous-poster/405488.md?page=2)