I’d like to request that this thread be reopened. It is a masterpiece. As such, it deserves to be resurrected periodically to the front page so that new Dopers can appreciate its magnificence.
I note that it has been resurrected numerous times before in the 5 years since it was written, and was never closed before. It should live on.
I second that motion.
As well wondering how the fuck did a guest resurrect it anyway?
It’s linked in the “101 best threads” thread.
It’s been linked to several times recently in “funniest threads” type threads.
What I’d suggest is: the thread should be left in its (fairly) pristine state. Venerate it in the true and proper fashion, by starting up a new “The Telemarketer Speaks” thread. Keep the truth alive!
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I dunno. “The Horror of Blimps” was closed and it still seems to live on… 
It’s been closed, not deleted. You can still link to it and open it and read it. Big whoop.
I think a thread has a natural life span. Would The Horror of Blimps be a better thread if it had six more pages of “Man, that was some funny shit!” appended to it?
If the post that resurrected it wasn’t so fucking stupid, I’d say keep it open. But it was a horrible post, and keeping it open will only attract more of that crap. Close it.
Meh. It wasn’t that great.
Linky?
What’s with the recent trend of closing resurrected threads, anyway? It’s not like this is a 5-year-old thread that was just resurrected for the first time. I wasn’t kidding when I said that it’s been resurrected numerous times in the past:
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[li]Dec. 15, 2000 – Post #1[/li][li]Feb. 25, 2001 – Post #111[/li][li]Apr. 15, 2001 – Post #124[/li][li]May 28, 2002 – Post #126[/li][li]Feb. 19, 2003 – Post #136[/li][li]Sep. 25, 2003 – Post #153[/li][li]Dec. 13, 2003 – Post #163[/li][li]Apr. 7, 2004 – Post #192[/li][li]Dec. 9, 2004 – Post #193[/li][li]Dec. 9, 2005 – Post #207[/li][/ul]
By my count, this thread has thus been resurrected eight times prior to the latest. What has changed such that it needed to be locked down now?
In the past, people who resurrected threads might have been gently admonished, but the thread wasn’t locked down. In the case of a truly deserving thread such as this, there generally wasn’t any criticism whatsoever.
Some choice quotes from the past:
I agree with the general policy of locking zombie threads, but I really think that there should be an exception for this one. Periodically resurrecting it is practically a board tradition, at this point.
Damn, Cervaise is a jerk. Not just him, but everyone who came into that thread decrying telemarketers. Dude, just HANG UP THE FUCKING PHONE. Is your mealtime so precious that you have to make a federal case out of having to get up for less than a minute, say “no thanks,” and hang up? What the fuck is up with people who act like their house is some kind of Fortress of Solitude that no man may tear asunder (with their slightly annoying phone calls that can be easily terminated)? Reminds me of that thread about people who said they make appointments for others to visit them at their house and will NOT OPEN THE DOOR if someone comes by without express written permission signed by three witnesses one of whom must be an ordained minister.
If you really hate it THAT MUCH, get caller ID. But on the list of petty complaints, anti-telemarketer-ism has to be at the top (the bottom?). Westerners really do have too much time on our hands, don’t we? And it is true that telemarketing is one of the few career paths open to stigmatized groups such as high school dropouts and the mentally retarded. Let them earn their paltry pay.
(This comment posted here since other thread has been closed; I have no opinion about the continued existence of that thread either way, except that I kinda wish it was reopened so I could post this in there. I’m sure I’ll get slammed for this no matter what though.)
<sigh> There’s always someone who has to defend these human flukeworms, isn’t there?
Great, you’ve just offended flukeworms everywhere.
I suggest we convene a posse of volunteers to go knock on davenportavenger’s door at two minute intervals between the hours of 5.00p and 11.00p and offer to sell him magazine subscriptions, aluminum siding, and term life insurance.[sup]*[/sup]
I keep a phone for my personal convenience, not so some slack-jawed factotum can invade his insufferable personality to pitch his pleonastic plea to purchase the unwanted product, service, or scam that his employeer offers. I don’t want to have my meal, movie, or book interrupted by the ringing of a phone for the banal and irritating purpose of informing the mentally indigent and ethically destitute creature on the other end that, in fact, I do not require the services of a parrot claw clipping service.
As for the Telemarketer Speaks thread, I agree that it should be left in situ and simply referred to subsequent threads. I daresay Cervaise’s response cannot be improved upon by further addendums.
Stranger
[sup]*[/sup]Just a sarcastic hypothetical here. I’ve no intention of visiting, harassing, stalking, or otherwise contacting the person in question.
Just because an opinion is popular doesn’t mean it’s right.
Well, that’s certainly a relevant response to what I posted.
You really want to go ten rounds over this issue? Feel free to open another thread. I’ll be there with bells on. Abusing telemarketers and those that defend them is a hobby I’ve long neglected. I’d love to have another go at it.
I would never defend flukeworms. I might, however suggest that we keep in mind that these are unskilled young adults, single moms, people who believed the ads, and guys trying pull in a little extra paycheck, all of whom are soujourning for a 4 month (on average) period of time in a special little hell called the Telemarketing Operation. Your being a dick to them won’t make them quit any faster; they couldn’t quit any faster.
For Christ sake, how about a little perspective. they call you at dinner. They don’t hang your puppies.